Heart Of The City is still, in 2019, one of the best rock songs ever written.

@christianpatrickdouglass4810

Жыл бұрын

Played it at my wedding in January of this year towards the end of the night. Long live Nick Lowe.

"I left home in a hurry, I ain''t never goin' back" That's what rock n roll is all about right there.

My Beatles...what a band!!! How cooool was Dave Edmunds!!!

This was a really good underrated band from the 70's. Rockpile's lineup included the great Dave Edmonds & Nick Lowe amongst others. To me they're sort of a cross between The Kinks & glitter glam groups like T Rex or David Bowie. Cool, fun tunes. They deserve more attention.

Billy Bremner, Rockpiles secret weapon, always does it right

It still amazes me that many people don't know this band. A shame they fell apart after waiting so long to be able to record as Rockpile.

I saw them at Winterland in 1978 when they opened for Elvis Costello and MInk DeVille. I was a 20-year-old punk and didn't appreciate them immediately but before long Get It came to be one of my favorite albums. Pure Pop for Now People, aka Jesus of Cool, was good too.

This was the opening song at the Whisky in 1978. Nick walked on stage and said " So This Is Where The Doors Played " And Rockpile kicked into gear ! 😎

@laughingcat341

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving it a time and place David. I was there!!!!

@mjemigh3304

2 жыл бұрын

@Yardbirds 67 Yeah, but that's a great line if it's true. I fully realize that people are and were enamored by The Doors, but I personally think they were just about the most overrated band of the era. I can imagine Nick saying that and then blow everyone away. Hilarious!

@mjemigh3304

2 жыл бұрын

@Yardbirds 67 You bet'cha. As I mentioned, I only got to see them live once. It sure left a lasting impression!

@mjemigh3304

2 жыл бұрын

@Yardbirds 67 State University of New York at Albany. I really don't know what year, but I would guess late '70s. Their idea of a concert hall back then was a gym, but it didn't sound too bad. During the (very few) warm months, shows were outside, but we all survived the indoor shows like The Kinks, The Mothers, etc..

Nick in his famous Riddler Suit! No lip synching here. Great!

@williamolson5728

4 жыл бұрын

Watch this kids, this is how it's done live. No backup singers, no dancers, no extra pieces, just wrecking the place....

Nick.. what more can you say... even after all these years... just keeps getting better..

They were astoundingly good.

@chipgaasche4933

5 жыл бұрын

@Gavin MacNeish lol

@donnatribe5297

5 жыл бұрын

I agree - they were incredibly good!

@simonpotter2105

3 жыл бұрын

Best live band I ever saw

@wizardtruestar

3 жыл бұрын

@@simonpotter2105 They were right up there.....saw them @ Armadillo World HQ in Austin. They killed.

@simonpotter2105

3 жыл бұрын

@@wizardtruestar I'm reading the Nick Lowe biography, interesting stuff, well recommended.

Nick Lowe is the only Jesus of Cool, and after Frank Gorshin, he is my second favorite Riddler.

“In the heart of the city, where the cars are the stars” ...I love that line!

I love Rockpile. I saw them at Leicester University back in 1977. I've always loved Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe.

Rock ‘n’ roll at it’s finest, this ensemble packed as much punch as anyone . Not given an AOTA of the recognition they deserve by no means..

Good Ole Nick and the Pile had a great little run in the last few years of the 70's. The sound was pure and flowed well on the Florida Beaches.

Talk about a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act......Unreal!!!!!

FANTASTICAL LOWE

one of the best bands I ever saw. This is a REAL R&R band ...

My band played at a small club in Hollywood in July 1989. Called the Gaslight (in the 60s called Bido Litos - Google it). We were down from Vancouver. The band before us was a great rockabilly/soulful trio. Singer played a plexi Dan Armstrong bass and was a petite afroamerican woman with long blonde dreads. Her guitarist was BILLY FREAKIN BREMNER!!! He was just tossin off thunder during the entire set. Met him via the singer (Dobey Daenger) afterwards...helluva guy

@cary3428

3 жыл бұрын

what was the name of your band?

@dougsmith7083

3 жыл бұрын

@@cary3428 That band was called DIRT. Our touring partners were called Curious George

It really doesnt get any better than this !

Such an incredible band! I loved them when they came out- such talent!

@user-kc3oc9yy5j

3 жыл бұрын

Too short lived. Peter Grant saw to that.

So glad I saw this band! '79 in Detroit at a bar called Harpo's.

Killer live music from one of the best no frills rock bands ever. "Heart of the City" is as authentically punk as any Ramones' song of 1976-78.

@johndouglas6354

6 жыл бұрын

I hear more Modern Lovers than Ramones

@nurknanker6105

6 жыл бұрын

Better than both put together imho. And i hate to compare bands.

@williamgamble547

3 жыл бұрын

@@johndouglas6354 maybe heart of the route 128 down by the power lines

@lulakirby

Жыл бұрын

If you listen to the album version of Heart of the City and Blitzkrieg Bop there are some similarities for sure, both killer rock n roll songs, and great driving music.

My opinion is that Rockpile were the best band of the new wave era at least they were certainly my favorite. Dave Edmunds and Billy Bremner wetr probably the best guitar players of their Circle shall we say and Nick Lowe was the best songwriter and everyone knew it and come on can any of you out there think of a better Rock drummer than Terry Williams. These guys had everything you meed for a perfect R&R band.

@igorstein5616

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Sabsay The Monkees had been and gone in the 60`s and that mop haircut ruined the band and that`s about it really

@andybowen1249

5 жыл бұрын

Yes you’re right and the story goes is that they were too good,they were opening for Bad Company and kept on stealing the show so they asked em to shorten their set which only made things worse as they played all their best stuff lol. As soon as the big wigs said they were onto something big with a bit of “work” Lowe said that was it,the bubble just burst as they were truly doing for the fun of it and I reckon this shows. Can’t think of any other band that does rock n roll as good as those guys,heard each member doing the songs with other guys and it’s not a patch on Rockpile.

@chipgaasche4933

5 жыл бұрын

I loved Rockpile, Rick..and I agree about Bremmer..but I'd say The Attractions were the best of that era..and Elvis it's best songwriter.

@KristinaDeak-Linsner

4 жыл бұрын

@@igorstein5616 ? It sure worked for the Ramones. If you're worried about his hair you missed the musical point.

Pure pop for now people

@wildwall

6 жыл бұрын

Jesus of Cool

@mjemigh3304

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, "Labor of Lust" was the Rockpile album issued as a Nick record. And there were two Dave albums, as well. Four albums altogether by the band with only one released under the Rockpile name.

@noblesseoblige9947

4 жыл бұрын

@@mjemigh3304 got your allusion we are among the few

this is incredible stuff

I bought Blondie tix in 82 because Rockpile was supposed to open in Denver and then they didn't. Very disappointed. Thanks for posting, rock on.

@Slamit88

4 жыл бұрын

We caught the SAME bill in Detroit in 1977 John!!....GREAT SHITE'!!....~EW

Man I love this SIG alternate solo. I wish they'd released an official studio version 2 of the song with it.

I've seen this many times, and every time it just makes me say DAMN!! Mind-blowing.

@kegalormoon

2 жыл бұрын

Some people just look and act right guys class not to mention the voice the playing and songs😁

Terry Williams is a hell of a drummer. Billy Bremner easily can hang with Dave Edmunds.

Nov. 1980, the Agora in Cleveland. Haven't been the same since.

Terry Williams, right in the groove.

@MicroSoftner

Жыл бұрын

Definitely had his own flavor...

Rockpile were such a great band!

Don't you worry, "What's for afters?". Even without the seconds missing it is an excellent upload of a grat musical moment. Cheers and thanks so much!

@blairhelsing630

3 жыл бұрын

Could be the best versions of both songs I think. They were having a great night here.

Dudeeeee do people not talk enough about how cool Nick Lowe is!? What a rock star in these performances. His bass is so driving too. I LOVE the studio version of And So it Goes, but they handle it really well here. But Heart of the City is a revelation here damn guys. They were pretty damn cool at this moment.

These guys were sooo damn good!

Loving their energy and the presence .

Thanks for the video! Rockpile was a unique band that combined pub rock with pop through Edmunds and Lowe's different talents in both genres. In the late 70's I liked Edmunds the most and have only recently understood the craft behind Lowe's pop art.

@whatsforafters7843

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I also kept going back and forth between the solo releases of each, during the late 70's, but already being an Elvis Costello fan, at the time, I leaned a bit more towards Nick Lowe's releases..... That being said, Dave Edmunds' work with Flamin' Groovies, and a host of others, is also great :) Thanks for the note of appreciation, and have a safe and happy New Year!

@bosundborg5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@whatsforafters7843 I started with Dave Edmunds as a kid with I hear You Knockin’ and when Rockpile was formed as a group I found Nick Lowe, who led me into Mr Costello. Yesterday KZread served me this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/g2ShkquOepyZfps.html. In the part with Albert Lee we also see Phil Lynott (not shure) and Graham Parker in the Eden-studio. There are also glimpses of a guy who could be Huey Lewis. According to Wikipedia it may be true when he at the time was in the American group Clover, who was musicians on Costello's My Aim Is True. Must say that the algoritms are welltuned. Very interesting. Thanks again and I wish You a happy new year!

@whatsforafters7843

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Sundborg, your comment got lost in the KZread shuffle, and suddenly popped up in my "held for review" section, awaiting my approval, weeks after you posted it - which is the reason I am only responding now!!! Thank you very, very much for sharing that link with the documentary, as I will make time to sit and enjoy it, in the very, very near future ;) Thank you for the happy returns on the New Year's greetings, and take good care of yourself ;)

They brought taste to the new wave of music.

Just fantastic.

I want a Gibson ES-335. BAD!

Now this what I call music.

Yeah man!!! Could flow beautifully.

This is a great tune.. it could easily be a Thin Lizzy tune.

@Francis-rs7zu

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah - I always thought it was a Thin Lizzy song - until now.

@MrBayern66

4 жыл бұрын

@@Francis-rs7zu I just read Nick Lowe's biography. He admits the song is based on "The Boys are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy who he toured with.

@DeanMk1

4 жыл бұрын

I swear I've heard Thin Lizzy do this song.

@YellowChoklit

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Schilling ive heard it was also inspired by steely dan reeling in the years

@lizzyfan1986

4 жыл бұрын

@@DeanMk1 never.....Philo could of done it tho

Saw Nick last night. Such a cool cat.

Powerful performance

BEST VERSIONS

Just great stuff, great band.

This is awesome. They killed Heart of the City. Too bad it cuts out just short. Thanks for posting.

@whatsforafters7843

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! I just wish it was complete and in better quality ;) Thanks for posting the note of appreciation!

i saw rockpile and blondie on the same bill what a great concert

Thanks so much for this

Rockin Dave!

Thanks for posting!

DE and NL = Magic!

pure pop for now people.

Thankx ROCKpile👀nj♥️u

Great! Thx!

They sound like a freight train about to run you over, the drummer is incredible.

A rare sighting of a 1970's Fender Telecaster bass

"And You Know The Plan..." Nice.

Good rendition , I must of been 6 when this was on air . But mist it!

Wow!

So tight.Great guitar! Powerbillypop, or something. Wish I'd seen this band.

Funny how things go, big fan of Elvis Costello, led me to Nick and Dave Edmonds and Rockpile .

Rock N Roll WooF!

The epitome of the new wave.

Classic!

Met een jonge Nick Lowe ,

I got a foggy notion in the heart of the city.

more than great thanck you

@whatsforafters7843

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thrilled so many people enjoy this footage, even though it is somewhat rough, and incomplete :)

@77tyrex

6 жыл бұрын

I am French and unconditional of nick lowe and for the rest that has no importance I adore him and he is a great man I do not grow tired of listening to him his voice is wonderful and in more he is as the good wine he ages well i ' hope that he will live hundred-year-old because we cried a lot when johnny haliday died, And I ' try to play them and to sing them, it ' is not easy, because they are masterpieces as cruel to bekind first , peace love and etc etc It's a pity that at the school they taught us English earlier because it is much more difficult to interpret ( first fan of Mr lowe)

Billy effin Bremner. Nov.1980, the Agora in Cleveland.

I wish they would do a Rockpile reunion….the four fellas are still around…so why not

@mbogucci1

Жыл бұрын

Dave is ill, Nick is a dick, Terrys knees are shot. But you still got Billy on the road for a few more months!

I want that green suit!

Dig that green suit!

CUT THE END !?!? CRIMINAL !!!!!!

this was my favorite part from burt sugarman

Saw Rockpile at the LA Forum back in '77. They blew Bad Company off the stage.

@murraypassarieu9115

5 жыл бұрын

Not a fair fight tbh

@sdcalaca

4 жыл бұрын

Would you of rather they blown them on the stage?! But seriously folks, they were one of the greatest live bands I've seen.

But ... I want a GREEN Suit

@pereraddison932

5 жыл бұрын

Grunter . . I just want floppy hair...

Bloody good!

@tombeasley4769

6 жыл бұрын

All I can say, that : This is great. Thanks!

@whatsforafters7843

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Glad you enjoy it so much, and let me know :) Appreciate it!

@tombeasley4769

6 жыл бұрын

This live version is better than the single version with just Nick by him self. Thank's . I apreshiate this!

@tombeasley4769

6 жыл бұрын

What can I say but thanks!

@tombeasley4769

6 жыл бұрын

Thank's again!

Don’t forget Dave Edmonds, terry Williams .

Nick washed his hair!

Nick with version two of the Tele bass.

4:58 Dave Edmunds guitar

Thanks for posting this, great stuff. I saw these guys open for Blondie in 1982(?), Greek Theater in Los Angeles. I hate to say it, but they were musically sharper on stage than Blondie was (even with 'maniac' Clem Burke on the drums behind Debbie Harry!).

@whatsforafters7843

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for the note of appreciation, too. Sadly, I would never get to see the band, live [Only Nick Lowe, on a solo tour, decades ago].

@mjemigh3304

4 жыл бұрын

@@whatsforafters7843 I only got to see them once. They played my college. In the gym. As we learned in high school, a basketball court doubles as a very active dance floor sometimes (as it did for the Stray Cats, as well, around the same time).

@donjohnson9688

4 жыл бұрын

It would have to have been 1980 or prior

@mjemigh3304

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Don is right. They were done by sometime in '81. I've seen several shows by Dave and Nick with their own bands, and both were real pros. Dave was in at least one Ringo band that I saw, as well. But as a band, Rockpile was pretty hard to beat! And their songs should be a place for new bands to dig into for a head start, like we all did with Chuck Berry a few years earlier.

beginning is almost identical to reelin in the years

Fuckin fantastic record. Played it to death back in the day. Probably worth a couple of quid now

Saw them at the Bottom Line NYC couple of times, excellent. One late show, Keith Richards showed up for a song. What a great band they were! #PubRock

Okay 🙏 d band is so

I always wondered what happened to Meredith Hunter’s suit.

The first song sounds like Reelin in the Years

Thin lizzy good

Nick Lowe, a very smart man spending almost his entire career pretending to be naive

This is great but there is an even better version from British tv. It begins with a host saying "the death has been announced of Bernard Manning....that was only a joke you bastards". Find it, I can't. It's amazing.

@dougsmith7083

4 жыл бұрын

YES! THAT IS THE EPITOME OF THE ROCKPILE LIVE EXPERIENCE...BARELY WORKING UP A SWEAT...BURYING ANY BAND WHO DARED TO CHALLENGE THEIR LIVE ROCK EXCELLENCE INTO THE GROUND THAT THEIR TURBOCHARGED ROCKING MACHINE BLAZED OVER

I don't see how the hell that audience is sitting still.

The best song Thin Lizzy never wrote

No need to apologize for posting such a wonderful example of real rock 'n' roll. Many thanks. Where'd you find this performance? Cheers!

@whatsforafters7843

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for not being put off by the troublesome bit at the beginning! This is either from a Don Kirschner's Rock Concert, or a program called Midnight Special - more likely the former. Inherited the tapes many years ago, as you can see with the series of glitches that occur in the image. Appreciate the fact you took the time to write a positive "review" ;) Best!

@jeremiah123z

7 жыл бұрын

Oh, I remember both shows well. They were islands in the stream of TV sewage back when. Thanks again.

@sdovas

6 жыл бұрын

What's for afters? Midnight Special features exclusively bands doing live versions of their hits, bless 'em, but this set doesn't look like either that I remember... great set regardless!

@perryamberson

6 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure this is 'Midnight Special.' The giveaway is the tiny TV studio stage they're performing on. Kirshner's show was shot in more of a concert setting. These are the two songs they did on 'Midnight Special.' This appearance inspired to buy 'Pure Pop for Now People' on my next visit to the local record store.

@michaelkamensky6230

5 жыл бұрын

This is definitely The Midnight Special because I was actually watching it live the night it aired! I watched it every week for years as a pre-teen. Nick Lowe got the billing, not Rockpile, even though it was the same guys. I loved these songs and used my paper route money to buy Pure Pop For Now People, the very first album I bought with my own money.

Wonder where this was...and where Nick's suit ended up...

Reelin' In the Years?

@whatsforafters7843

4 жыл бұрын

I'm fairly certain that this clip is from a U.K. television program, "The Kenny Everett Show", but not 100% certain on that.... Meanwhile, this clip was aired long before Reelin' in the Years was really active.

@jackeminor

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like Reelin’ to me and the wife BIGTIME. We love the Dan a ton

Jesus of cool