I saw Rockpile in a dingy dark little club venue in Houston back in 78 or 79. My guy friends wanted to stay and talk to the band and I was a 17 yo (under-age) and was smitten with Nick. Dave was super charming, hung out and chatted and even went out back for a smoke with us after the gig. Nick was stand-offish, which both disappointed and was a relief to me. I wouldn't have been able to get 2 coherent words out of my mouth. Still a bit smitten by the way. :)
Billy bremner and Dave Edmunds, these and the rest of the Stiff crew ruled their era, covered all their songs back then, brilliant times. Thanks for them.
@Superlungs ….in his early career yes, I have the records! He also recorded with Stiff, I have those records as well. If you’re going to criticise make sure of your facts..
A very Happy 72nd Birthday Nicholas Drain Lowe 24-03-49, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.. So talented... Singer, writer and producer. I love Rockpile.. Many more Nick.. Cheers. (hppy brthdy Nena too)
+neveramberdrummer You're saying Williams replaced Withers in DS? I ask only 'cause as far as I knew Withers did at least the first couple (maybe more?) of LP's w/DS. No issue, really, both are good, tight drummers, perfect for moving such snappy tunes along. And imho this take of "Crackin' up" benefits from the bass and drums doing the heavy lifting.
+GlenBraeDude He joined Dire Straits in 1982 until 1988. He was on the live album Alchemy and also Brothers In Arms. Loved watching the Alchemy concert on video. Learned a lot from just watching him.
Spent the morning at the DMV. Ive always loved this song at times like this. Next Im going to listen to Dave Edmonds' Carawling from the wreckage. Those guys are great!
Have been aware of Nick as an influential figure in British music since the 70s but have got much more seriously into his stuff over the last couple of years. After seeing him live for the first time recently it's now been further intensified. Now fully immersed in every note Nick has recorded. Absolute quality.
This needs to be the American Election Anthem 2024. Exactly how I feel: "it's a choice between a Douche and a Taco that Shits Ice Cream..."(South Park ref, in case ya didn't notice). "I don't think it's funny no more...." Pretty much, Nick. Why aren't you playing Portland, Or w/ Elvis and Dave? C'mon now: Dates!!🙏🏽🎶🎄
This whole album is one of the best of all time! Can't say that for the rest of his playing career except for a couple he played at Daryl's house. Comments were not allowed on Big Kick Plain Scrap but deserves equal opportunity. Great Producer with early Pretenders!
In reality they were on several albums, just not under that name. They were on a good chunk of Nick Lowe's PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE, all of LABOR OF LUST, a portion of Dave Edmunds' GET IT (without Billy Bremner), all of TRACKS ON WAX 4, REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY, most all of TWANGIN' and all of Carlene Carter's MUSICAL SHAPES album, along with members of Huey Lewis' News in 1980. So, they were around from 1977 to 1981. They only did shows under the "Rockpile" name. They finally put out SECONDS OF PLEASURE in late 1980, and then broke up in early 1981.
Early 70's ... Great hard rock out of Britain .. Humble Pie .. then came the progressive rock phase .. Yes .. Genesis .. and then the PUNKS .. and then .. what a relief .. guys like Elvis Costello, Nick Low and Dave Edmuds ..
I didn't know Paul Carrack played with Nick Lowe. Never heard Ragin' Eyes before either... There is still a lot of great music from this era I missed somehow.
+jmlynd I was lucky enough to win tickets to see Nick Lowe play at my school (San Jose State) in late 82 or early 83. I was surprised Carrack was in the band, and they even played "Tempted".
Perfetta sintesi musicale che miscela i sixties dei Creedence con le sonorità strumentali e vocali dei last seventies: a first sight love in rock music!!
June 1979. I was in Junior Two! Teacher like Francis De Woolf. Very scary Irishman Mr Saunders! But to cheer me up we had Nick Lowe imitating Dire Straits Sultans of Swing!
I have the same Danelectro bass , the" NRBQ " model, the " Dolphin Nose" 1449....also cool , Nick is playin' a Harmony Bobkat, keyboard guy using the a Wurly 200A. BTW, one of the greatest Nick Lowe song ever !
It's late '11 & I'm STILL diggin' this tune forever! Thanks for the post. Being a fan of Cale, Knopfler and CCR I see the parallels here. Like it? You MUST check out Little Village's "She Runs Hot For Me" here on the tube. Lowe, John Hiatt, Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner just tearing it up.
@@mbogucci1 labour of lust was a Nick album ( all be it was mostly recorded by Rockpile personnel. The only album Rockpile recorded was , Seconds of Pleasure.
One of THE few '80s songs that had a very strong COOL vibe. Still basic simple rock w/no extra crap. The basic hook of the vocals matches that AMAZING guitar hook. The 2nd. song??? No thank you.
I think “Cracking Up” is one of Nick Lowe’s best song
I still remember the first time I heard it on the radio in 1979 when I was right on the edge. Kept me going. Cheers, Nick.
Same here! Great song!❤
And So it goes
He had the most handsome head of hair in the rock music world. Johnny Cash should have been proud!
Because he had good hair? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ha ha🥳
@@johnnybelinda8539 To have him for a son-in-law!
@@danocable Thanks. Most people don't get me.😁😁
Listening to this song is cheaper than going to therapy
How about a fix ,Scott, just don't binge you'll be fine ,even better for the self control.
ROCK PILE !!
Lowe & Edmunds were such a great pair. Wish they were still doing music together
I saw Rockpile in a dingy dark little club venue in Houston back in 78 or 79. My guy friends wanted to stay and talk to the band and I was a 17 yo (under-age) and was smitten with Nick. Dave was super charming, hung out and chatted and even went out back for a smoke with us after the gig. Nick was stand-offish, which both disappointed and was a relief to me. I wouldn't have been able to get 2 coherent words out of my mouth. Still a bit smitten by the way. :)
Excellent tune.
Billy bremner and Dave Edmunds, these and the rest of the Stiff crew ruled their era, covered all their songs back then, brilliant times. Thanks for them.
@Superlungs ….in his early career yes, I have the records! He also recorded with Stiff, I have those records as well. If you’re going to criticise make sure of your facts..
This song is just amazing. It just pops into my head walking down the street and stays there right at the right time and won't go away, ever.
A simple perfect song
The offical theme song for the year 2020.
My thought exactly
And 2021
And 2022
and 2022.25
Love this song nick lowe and Dave Edmons pure genuis
A very Happy 72nd Birthday Nicholas Drain Lowe 24-03-49, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.. So talented... Singer, writer and producer. I love Rockpile.. Many more Nick.. Cheers. (hppy brthdy Nena too)
Love the harmonies.
One of my stranded on a desert island albums.
cant get over how unassumedly cool some of the songs on this album are
I love this song for ever!
The drummer is Terry Williams. Went on to play with Dire Straits after finishing with Rockpile. Great drummer.
+neveramberdrummer You're saying Williams replaced Withers in DS? I ask only 'cause as far as I knew Withers did at least the first couple (maybe more?) of LP's w/DS. No issue, really, both are good, tight drummers, perfect for moving such snappy tunes along. And imho this take of "Crackin' up" benefits from the bass and drums doing the heavy lifting.
+GlenBraeDude He joined Dire Straits in 1982 until 1988. He was on the live album Alchemy and also Brothers In Arms. Loved watching the Alchemy concert on video. Learned a lot from just watching him.
It's Bobby Irwin on Ragin Eyes.
Williams also played in the great Welsh band "Man".
he also played drums for welsh psychers MAN who werefabulous
This will probably never go out of style.
Has that CCR opening sound...Love The Sound of Broken Glass, and So It goes..Rockpile ..
Let's just say he had his own "sound"
@@impalaman9707 Better a good borrow ( steal ) as a bad written he said himself.
Spent the morning at the DMV. Ive always loved this song at times like this. Next Im going to listen to Dave Edmonds' Carawling from the wreckage. Those guys are great!
This song ages well.
0:00 Cracking up
2:58 Raging eyes.
Just the same as on the DVD enclosed on Quiet please
She's got RAGING EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😁Some of the best songs of my life (66 y/o)
Have been aware of Nick as an influential figure in British music since the 70s but have got much more seriously into his stuff over the last couple of years. After seeing him live for the first time recently it's now been further intensified. Now fully immersed in every note Nick has recorded. Absolute quality.
I was just a kid working next to the Paradise Theater in Boston in 1979 and I heard the sound check. Thanks Nick @ WBCN
Thanks Nick Lowe.
he's real cool for someone that's cracking up
If you like this; "Nervous Breakdown" by Eddie Cochran ('59?) is the shit!!!
There is some serious left-right panning in this mix. Love it! As my bumper sticker stated in the late '70s, Rockpile Rules!
much underated artist and song. love it
Yes indeed
Terry on the drums, Billy's guitar and Dave's backing vocals just make this already great song,
Is that Terry? Almost looks like Kenny Jones
friggin lazer eyes!
This needs to be the American Election Anthem 2024. Exactly how I feel: "it's a choice between a Douche and a Taco that Shits Ice Cream..."(South Park ref, in case ya didn't notice). "I don't think it's funny no more...." Pretty much, Nick. Why aren't you playing Portland, Or w/ Elvis and Dave? C'mon now: Dates!!🙏🏽🎶🎄
Do you mean Douche and Turd sandwich? I agree
@@thomastevelde8547that description only fits Trump
President Biden is going to smoke Trump and he's no Taco
"Cracking Up" has been one of my go to songs after a rough day for decades now.
I just rediscovered it. Great song
Mine was Crawling from the Wreckage.
@@jahnsahn7695 That's another good one.
It's good after a rough decade, too.
One of the best drug songs ever written...
Born rockers' ...all the good music then 79/80 & these guys' are the dogs.
Absolutely tremendous song!
This whole album is one of the best of all time! Can't say that for the rest of his playing career except for a couple he played at Daryl's house. Comments were not allowed on Big Kick Plain Scrap but deserves equal opportunity. Great Producer with early Pretenders!
Loved this then love it now.great to hear it again after all these years. !
Only one response?
One of the very first singles I bought.
Was just about to make that coment, but I see that I made it a year ago.
@@williamsterben shit...dude, I do this too. What I wanted to say was: singles! oh yeah...Cheers, all around.
love the bass line and tone! and of course everything else!
Cracking up!Like a worn out shoe, aint wet but the world lleaking through
I keep expecting him to say "face" after "I laugh but it's wrecking me".
Yeah great drummer why bother bringing dire states into it
Rockpile's "Seconds of Pleasure " is one of the best rock albums song for song. It is a shame it is the only they put out.
DrRussPhd Effectively the Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe albums at that time were Rockpile
In reality they were on several albums, just not under that name. They were on a good chunk of Nick Lowe's PURE POP FOR NOW PEOPLE, all of LABOR OF LUST, a portion of Dave Edmunds' GET IT (without Billy Bremner), all of TRACKS ON WAX 4, REPEAT WHEN NECESSARY, most all of TWANGIN' and all of Carlene Carter's MUSICAL SHAPES album, along with members of Huey Lewis' News in 1980. So, they were around from 1977 to 1981. They only did shows under the "Rockpile" name. They finally put out SECONDS OF PLEASURE in late 1980, and then broke up in early 1981.
They were the best.
So underrated! Saw him with Jools Holland. Brilliant!
I drove my roommates crazy with playing this album nonstop in 1979 or 80. Great album all the way through. Why did they disband?
Which album? This video has two separate bands.
@@mbogucci1 I’m only familiar with this version (okay, I know Tom Petty covered it, too). Who are you referring to?
Saw Rockpile at a lovely old ballroom here in Brisbane in the early 80's.. They were really terrific.
...things are so much better now...
Thanks Nick
one of the best songer sing writers in the Engrish language
My personal theme song. Cheers Nick!
Such a great little weird Nick tune. This ones a total grower. Used to bum me out at the beginning of Labour of Lust but now it's a total highlight
Oh wow, two songs! I've never seen this video of Raging Eyes before. Thanks!
Super fantastic happy time track! many many stars.. I need more music like this in my life! Go LoWe
Love it...since iheard it for about 36 years ago! :-)
Some of their best work right here!
I LOVE LISTENING TO THAT AGAIN .AND TONIGHT WAS PERFECT!
Great Song Crackin Up... ,,Rythem,,beat, lyrics, Guitar, bass, drum mixings.. Nice Video ...
! From Nick's Labour of Lust LP; It's essentially Rockpile with Dave on-board. ;)
This song causes Beergasms in dark bars when it screamin sunshine outdoors.
Great Party Song .... Bill Bremner, lead Guitar , Nick Lowe Vocals, Bass, Terry Williams Drums , & Dave Edmunds Acoustic Guitar
A fine group, forsooth.
Gary T the app
BillyBremner was a dirty player> Dav eMcKay sorted him
Dave Edmunds has a great voice. I love how he he harmonizes with Lowe.
Whenever you see Nick, make sure to shake his hand and say, "Howdy!"
Early 70's ... Great hard rock out of Britain .. Humble Pie .. then came the progressive rock phase .. Yes .. Genesis .. and then the PUNKS .. and then .. what a relief .. guys like Elvis Costello, Nick Low and Dave Edmuds ..
Who bead the dupesies?
Lord of lowely most probability
I didn't know Paul Carrack played with Nick Lowe. Never heard Ragin' Eyes before either... There is still a lot of great music from this era I missed somehow.
+jmlynd I was lucky enough to win tickets to see Nick Lowe play at my school (San Jose State) in late 82 or early 83. I was surprised Carrack was in the band, and they even played "Tempted".
X1xone they even played How Long from Ace
There are a number of live clips with Lowe, Carrack and John Hiatt playing together
Terry Williams - the calm, detached looks crack me up
damn good stuff, love Dave Edmunds on here too
Fantastic, bonus track too, well cool.
Perfetta sintesi musicale che miscela i sixties dei Creedence con le sonorità strumentali e vocali dei last seventies: a first sight love in rock music!!
My theme song!
saw rockpile in june of 80 sandwiched between bob marley and fleetwood mac in ktown, w germany. nice
June 1979. I was in Junior Two! Teacher like Francis De Woolf. Very scary Irishman Mr Saunders! But to cheer me up we had Nick Lowe imitating Dire Straits Sultans of Swing!
get what you mean about Dire Straits, but Sultans of Swing ? Think you need a hearing aid or a lobotomy
The bass !!!the bass !!!the bass!!!
Nine years old i was in June 1979! At junior two! I called this BIKERS MUSIC!
Thanks for posting! One of the all time greats!
It would be great if we could get the "Ragin' Eyes" out as a separate video!
So goood
You said it!
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover this beautifully too. It's on his box set. Excellent!
True. Excellent.
Petty's song Spike was similar to this song.
I have the same Danelectro bass , the" NRBQ " model, the " Dolphin Nose" 1449....also cool , Nick is playin' a Harmony Bobkat, keyboard guy using the a Wurly 200A. BTW, one of the greatest Nick Lowe song ever !
Better hang on to it they're getting hard to come by
What the hell is Martin Belmont playing
Hypnotic, brilliant.
Awesome song. Also "Big Kick, Plain Scrap"
Up til last week, I never heard this song. It's a great tune. No doubt, Dave Edmunds producing this one.
@Musical Box I stand corrected. thanx
ROCKPILE
never can get too much Rockpile
Effing everything i love w/this song
I've only ever heard Tom Petty's cover... but this is amazing!!!
Rockpile were4 talented lads. I like this one best.
Fucking great as always Nick. Love the 8-string bass!
Rockabilly
It's late '11 & I'm STILL diggin' this tune forever! Thanks for the post. Being a fan of Cale, Knopfler and CCR I see the parallels here. Like it? You MUST check out Little Village's "She Runs Hot For Me" here on the tube. Lowe, John Hiatt, Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner just tearing it up.
Oh god dude, NO! I recommend people NOT check it out . Just my o'pinion! : )
@@UberLummox I agree. I was disappointed with Little Village. One or two songs were okay, but the rest was blah. A situation of “too many cooks”.
From the brilliant Labour of Lust Album
Cracking up was on Labour of Lust (a Rockpile album). Raging Eyes was on The Abominable Showman.
@@mbogucci1 labour of lust was a Nick album ( all be it was mostly recorded by Rockpile personnel. The only album Rockpile recorded was , Seconds of Pleasure.
FAB !
Great song.
One of THE few '80s songs that had a very strong COOL vibe.
Still basic simple rock w/no extra crap. The basic hook of the vocals matches that AMAZING guitar hook.
The 2nd. song??? No thank you.
Dingwalls Forever !!!!!!!!
The official song for 2021
Great...! Thanks :)
Diggin' the Double-videos!
@1ndi64 His looks here go exactly hand in hand with the mood of the song (not happy and worn-out looking). Amazing!
Still cracking !!!
Raging Eyes is from The Abominable Snowman LP, 1983.
Hell yes 2020