A throwback to the time that Nick Lowe now humorously refers to as his "brief career as a pop star". A brilliant song from one of the all-time songwriting greats.

Always reminded me of "Sound and Vision" in feel, then Bowie subsequently records his own "Breaking Glass"

@216cheri1

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect songs to drop on a playlist

@ethanhill9460

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Bowie's BREAKING GLASS is among my all categories all time favorite songs.

@djlewis5149

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the Bowie link is deliberate. Nick Lowe called an e.p. ‘Bowi’ as an affectionate riposte to Bowie calling his album ‘Low’

@colingeddes2172

2 жыл бұрын

@@216cheri1 petfect song allround.

@bobosims1848

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, so I'm not entirely crazy for always intuitively associating this song with David Bowie. Actually, ever since it was first published, I hear Bowie's style in the instrumentals of this song as well.

One of the first songs that made me aware of bass playing holding a tune together (I later became a bass player)...

@Babeiloveyouso

2 жыл бұрын

Loved this when it came out

@geofflb6537

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, me too! Classic bass part.

@andreaneilcmc

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I'm the only air bass guitar player I know.

@albertusagterberg6093

2 жыл бұрын

🤗

@jugglerjim01

Жыл бұрын

I literally just had this conversation in the pub (after one of our group knocked a pint glass off the table) 🍻😎

Still feel a thrill at Bob Andrew's brilliant piano break after all this time.

@AbuAfakski

9 ай бұрын

Love the piano in this song

Classic 70"s song can't be beaten.

@donyoung7874

2 ай бұрын

This is a great song but I like Cracking Up better.

@sabyasachichaudhuri9427

Ай бұрын

I sometimes wonder how so blissful was the 60's & 70's in America. Then I realise that it was the golden period of America. The one which followed after the WW2 in which America accumulated immense wealth so that people in America were easily taken care of and pampered with a wealthy economy. Again it is this blissfulness which later resulted in the troubles.in the American economy. So USA has again become war mongering. What a cycle of world politics.

One of those earworm songs - gets stuck in your head and won't leave. Bo Diddley riff.

Will never leave him alone in my greenhouse again!

@RW-nr6bh

Жыл бұрын

I'm ok, mine has acrylic panes.

nick lowe ... what a talanted man loved this and all his work . seemed to be a down to earth guy ❤

I love the sound of Nick Lowe singing "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass".....especially when I'm lonely.

I am a white Southerner who grew up in the inner city where I remember almost always hearing the sounds of sirens and angry voices screaming at each other. One of the sounds I often heard were the sounds of breaking glass. To this day I feel completely at home and comforted by sounds that many others would find deeply disturbing.

@dianecristina3319

3 ай бұрын

Should listen to some of hismusic when he was in a band called Brinsley Schwarz which almost is musically country.

So good song. Could be a hit today too if someone sample it.

Loved ❤ and pleasantly surprised 🤗 that this song was featured on last week’s episode (04/09/2024) of “Will Trent” on ABC. It was supposed to have been his mother’s favorite song from her favorite album, “Jesus of Cool”. (U.K. release) / “Pure Pop for Now People” (U.S. release.)

@beeexcited1431

3 ай бұрын

Literally why I’m here! Lol

@stephenvelez9710

3 ай бұрын

Me too❤

@donyoung7874

2 ай бұрын

It's a great album! Will Trent's a fun show too.

Regarding the piano part - Nick Had finished the track but asked Bob Andrews of The Rumour to come in and add some piano. Nick played him the track once in control room then Bob went through to record it. Nick said that he wanted to check levels etc and while Bob was getting used to the song and figuring out what to play , Nick asked if he could play all over the keyboard , sometimes loud sometimes soft just to see if the mics were correctly positioned etc. Sure enough Bob did as asked and was just finding his way around the song and playing the first thing that just happened to come upon. He played through once and shouted up to Nick that he was almost ready to record. Nick called back and said 'that's it we got the take'. Bob begged him not to use it but Nick was sure that was the finished take...take 1. If you listen to the track with this in mind it becomes clear what happened. So, they put the warm up, take 1 on the finished track, Bob just warming up, checking levels and working out the song on only his second listen

@chipgaasche4933

5 жыл бұрын

Where did you get this, sooper?

@eddiecoyle9152

4 жыл бұрын

*@Krisanne Baker Mine too as I once worked for my family's Glass Repair Business and this was our theme song!--r.i.p Nick*

@32laurens

4 жыл бұрын

@@eddiecoyle9152 "r.i.p. Nick"... who's coming to Adelaide with his name then I wonder?

@DKentization

4 жыл бұрын

Brinsley Schwarz bandmates, Bob knew what he liked

@BabeRideEasy

4 жыл бұрын

Love that story!

I'm a samoan and I play these songs around my friends who listen to samoan songs and hip hop.. they really starting to like this kind of music which I absolutely love hahaha 🎶❤️

@plimmerton3992

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarzGustafsson SAMOA

@grasshoffers

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes you just have to be the one who broadens your friends’ musical exposure. It sometimes triggers lifetime love of music they never would have known about! Give some Samoan music recommendations…modern and old. I would love to hear what you think is the best to listen to.

One of the definitive post-punk songs.

There is some really creative and high level musicianship happening here!

@eckeynecker

3 жыл бұрын

The bands tight .

@RogerHuxley

3 жыл бұрын

@@eckeynecker - The Rumour

@eckeynecker

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers @@RogerHuxley , i never knew that .

@roninscholar4515

10 ай бұрын

yeah because he stole it from Bowie...Sound and Vision

@TheRebe30

8 ай бұрын

Nick Lowe is pure genius

Never seems to age. A great, great song.

Evokes memories of spring 1978, when this song charted.

@honeychurchgipsy6

4 жыл бұрын

year i left school - lol - so long ago!!

@clacicle

2 жыл бұрын

I was just a kid back then and recall hearing this on my little radio. It was so great!

The piano riffs do it for me ... always makes me happy :-) great song Nick.

@bgrrrlie

3 жыл бұрын

For me too, pity they missed filming them....

@toriawelsh7274

3 жыл бұрын

great song Nick? As if he is reading this HAHAHA idiot!

@bonnie43uk

3 жыл бұрын

@@toriawelsh7274 You do know that singers do watch youtube and read comments, they are human and like to know what people think about their songs.

@maxwellmark8077

3 жыл бұрын

Hello bonnie....

@bonnie43uk

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxwellmark8077 Hellooooo Maxwell. Have we met?😊

All this song needs is a jukebox and a lively pub in London somewhere and a cold pint of lager and mates 💪🏽

@plimmerton3992

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed 😁

@plimmerton3992

3 жыл бұрын

But here in New Zealand hehe

@Tubebafied

2 жыл бұрын

And a Werewolf. Were wolf you say?! There wolf.

@dominicseanmccann6300

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tubebafied jenny agutter & breaking glass. In the Red Lion. .

@dominicseanmccann6300

2 жыл бұрын

Brentford.

No one gets tired of listening to Nick Lowe singing

This breakthrough single certainly "Shattered" any illusions that any of Nick Lowe's potential detractors may have had!!!

@grahamelliott7276

Жыл бұрын

Boom boom !

"Little Monsters" Fred Savage movie brought me to this song YEARS AGO when you actually had to wait for the end of a movie to see the credits for who sung it and hope you got it right or rewind it lol

@aaronconner9078

2 жыл бұрын

Same bro😂

@hefipaleburp9543

2 жыл бұрын

Haha yep!

once you heard this (like I did in the 70s) you know theres no other tune like it ... magic...thanks Nick!!!

@csurname

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, there's definitely at least one other tune like it

@billygd100

4 жыл бұрын

@@csurname whatever

@clacicle

Жыл бұрын

That’s funny. I first heard it on a little transistor radio in the 70s and it has stayed with me ever since.

Suddenly remembered this in the middle of the night.

Always makes me think of the movie Little Monsters 1989 !! Awesome song!!

That bass half step up off beat is sick !

@derekthompson1187

9 ай бұрын

Is it for real?

1978💖the year I graduated from high school.

One of my all time favoritist favoritist songs..i had just moved back to NJ from rural Texas and i used to go out to lunch from my boring bank job and i'd sit in the car in the parking lot of the pizza parlor and scream sing this song to the closed windows, keeping time with my palms slapping the steering wheel howling out my loneliness..Thanks little Nicky Lowe, you let me vent and i STILL love this song!

@evanwolf6618

Жыл бұрын

Fonseca make great cigars !!

He was a cool man in 79. Same now. Bass melody....

Best piano riff ever

Back when I was a punk, I still had Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds and rock pile records. In fact I still had all my Slade, T-rex and Sweet records too. LOL.

Love this Nick Lowe classic

Haven't heard this tune in over 40 years!!!

@Footjones

3 ай бұрын

You saw Will Trent too? Such a great song!

Not sure why, but I absolutely LOVE this song!..... and he's just too cute!

I really do love the sound of breaking glass..!! (Still) I gave up vandalism in the mid 1980s, after "growing up" but... I miss it but not the criminal damage fines etc etc

@deanosaur808

Жыл бұрын

Oh so it was you 🤣🤣🤣

1978 in england heard this on radio i was 17. just loved it!

I love Nick Lowe and am stunned that I have never seen this before! Thank you so much!

@smacwhinnie

8 ай бұрын

Got little play in the US

I believe a whole set of Pyrex mixing bowls was used to cut Nick's hair! Kidding, I love our Nicky, esp. singing this in his green question-mark suit.

I love how soothing this distruction sounds!

Piano riffs murder it...NL GO FORT & CONQUER.. 9 yrs old loved it..

@peelsequal

Жыл бұрын

I believe Nick called this "'mad piano" by his former bandmate Bob Andrews.

Finally! It was right under my nose all this time. Just had to dig through the rockpile to find it again. Whoo hoo! So many great songs. Big kick.

@pls2554

6 жыл бұрын

Little scratch.

I loved this track when I first heard it as a kid. And I still hum it in the bathroom today. Brilliant timeless classic.

Super showcase of his bass talents! -- I have always loved this song :)

@wittey

5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Bodnar on bass. Immense sound :-)

Loved this song by Nick when I first heard it. Still do!

Loved this as a kid. The piano solo with its Puente inspiration is a standout. Shame the video didn't cut to the playing.

I love Nick Lowe!!

So catchy so good

Saw Nick in concert London’s Barbican maybe twenty years ago. Fabulous

@robertway5756

2 жыл бұрын

Going to see him tomorrow in Buffalo!

Played this a LOT when I was 15 in the mid 80s. But looking back now......what the flaming heck does it even mean 😂

From the time you could walk into any pub in North London and if there was a life music, it was world class.

@isthereanybodyoutthere9397

3 жыл бұрын

Not just North London mate, but East West and South London.

@gravityskeptic8697

3 жыл бұрын

@@isthereanybodyoutthere9397 I lived in North London, that's why I only mentioned North London. I take your word for it that it's also the case in other parts of the city.

Adore Nick Lowe

“I love the sound of breaking glass, like many of the upper class”

Oh how I wish I could go back to then

Sound and Vision

British music legend.☺️😊🙂

Thanks for posting. Nick Lowe's first big hit.

2020 in quarantine I'm breaking glass, love the sounds❤🎧

such a overlooked pop gem this is priceless one the records i ran out to buy minute i heard it.

@evanwolf6618

3 жыл бұрын

🧐 because you have good taste . i had the import on 45 .

Got this in my head! 😊 ❤❤❤ Xxxxx

simply SUPERB

I get what he says about it not being all that of a song, but it’s one of the best records ever made, imho..

Adore jesus of cool!

In my opinion another great song of Nick's

the sound of breaking glass ,thats what this song is about ,i did it and so did NICK.!

True classic

I remember this song

Little monsters!!!. I’ll always love the sound of baken glass.

So right ❤

Little Monsters. Boy gets what he wants!!!!!!

@justinsime532

5 жыл бұрын

jenn starr great movie one of my favorites as a kid

@hector-sauvage

4 жыл бұрын

We take the shit, we break the shit...then we put the shit back!! :D

What a voice🙏🙏🙏🙏

@maxwellmark8077

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Rosita....

back in the day sounded great on medium wave on my dads valve radio gram

I love the sound of breaking glass 🥂

Found this in a forum: "Nick brought in Chaz Jankel of the Blockheads and let him hear the track in the control room- they chatted about ideas and Nick who was producing sent him down to the studio and said to him that he wasn't much used to mic'ing up piano's so go all over the keyboard at various volumes, chords, runs etc to see if the set up works. Chaz plays it through once and kind of finds his way about the chords and works out what he might play for the recording. After 1 take , Chaz says "how's the levels and we ready to roll?" Nick says 'we are done here' Chaz 'What?' Nick 'that's it, thats the take, finished" Chaz has supposedly been embarrassed by the 'sound check' ever since and wanted to do it 'properly'"

@peelsequal

Жыл бұрын

Are you sure? Not Bob Andrews?

@lauraallen55

11 ай бұрын

@@peelsequal It was Bob Andrews, yes. Story is accurate otherwise.

Love this 💎 have the LP Jesus of Cool

Thanks! This!

Love It! dx

Musically so brilliant.

I'll be honest, I never heard much of Nick Lowe until I heard on a radio station on GTA online 👌

Lonely and listening

Amazing conception

Smashed it ❤

Heard the song was Inspired by Bowie and his "Low" album; Low was close to Nick's last name, Nick felt compelled to write this little ditty. May be an urban legend, but makes sense ...

*EPIC*

Love the piani❤

The "Breaking Glass" Nick´s referring to is the David Bowi tune off his "Low" album. Btw, is it The Rumour backing him here? I can spot Bob Andrews ticklin´ the ivories there...

@sea80vicvan

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is the Rumour as the backing band here. Nick didn't have a band of his own then other than Rockpile - whose style wouldn't have fit this song - and he'd produced the first couple of Graham Parker albums, so it was easy to ask the Rumour to play with him on this song.

@sugarjoe50

4 жыл бұрын

Nick named his EP 'Bowi', a spoof on Bowie's 'Low'.

Electric ❤

Yep Roc 👍🏼 Nick Lowe never change ...

been a good songwriter for years ,look back when he was in a band called brinsley

@GinMae

6 жыл бұрын

yep - Brinsley-Schwartz I believe with Dave Edmunds did the original version of "I hear you Knockin" -

wow, just wow. Bowie vibe

Beautiful excellent music sadly missed

2:40 timeless 👌🎶👏👍

Class breaking now❤

Thank you : )

Wow, 2k likes and no dislikes? I think I found the only place on the internet that is more positive than negative

Someone needs to do a Mashup of this and Sound and Vision by Bowie 🙂❤🎶

Tune

Just heard this for first time in my life on 1st wave Sirius radio ...thanks Lori majewski 👍😂

I remember when this came out it had actual breaking glass instead of the synth and caused an outcry and was changed to synth

Well i feel happy. Second best song that i remember from him. This was first tho'.....The best in my opinion was Cruel ti be kind. What a pop performer.