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<center><h3> Nick the Lip </h3></center> | <center><h3> Nick the Lip </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Allan Jones </center> | <center> Allan Jones </center> | ||
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'''The life and times of Nick Lowe, charted by Allan Jones. | |||
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Nick Lowe is the Vasco da Gama of the rock 'n' roll anecdote. I wouldn't say he never gets to the point, but he usually arrives by the scenic route. | Nick Lowe is the Vasco da Gama of the rock 'n' roll anecdote. I wouldn't say he never gets to the point, but he usually arrives by the scenic route. | ||
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I listen to new groups on the radio, and I'll see them on the old telly and if they're good looking geezers I can see why some people go mad for them, but generally I don't think the songs are that good. I don't think there are any really ''mean'' records about right now ... People screaming "fuck" into a microphone and singing songs about eating baby limbs certainly doesn't count as ''mean''. | I listen to new groups on the radio, and I'll see them on the old telly and if they're good looking geezers I can see why some people go mad for them, but generally I don't think the songs are that good. I don't think there are any really ''mean'' records about right now ... People screaming "fuck" into a microphone and singing songs about eating baby limbs certainly doesn't count as ''mean''. | ||
The Dead Kennedys, that sort of thing, it sounds ''tame'' to me. It's like having a lot of damned noisy children misbehaving all over the house. You feel like telling them to go and play in the garden. It's the sound of the playground. Someone like | The Dead Kennedys, that sort of thing, it sounds ''tame'' to me. It's like having a lot of damned noisy children misbehaving all over the house. You feel like telling them to go and play in the garden. It's the sound of the playground. Someone like ABBA or even Buck's Fizz sound meaner to me than any of those idiot punk groups. | ||
Of course, they don't have the ''credibility'', they don't have the fashionable qualifications to be taken seriously. | Of course, they don't have the ''credibility'', they don't have the fashionable qualifications to be taken seriously. | ||
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But if I like the vole, if I like the cut of its jib, then it's a pleasure. If I don't like the vole, it becomes a chore. Don't get me wrong. I'm an absolute whore. If I had to pay the rent in a big way, I'd do anything. | But if I like the vole, if I like the cut of its jib, then it's a pleasure. If I don't like the vole, it becomes a chore. Don't get me wrong. I'm an absolute whore. If I had to pay the rent in a big way, I'd do anything. | ||
Luckily, I can afford to turn things down. Like the most curious people have asked me to produce them. Art Garfunkel. George Harrison. ''Yes''. | Luckily, I can afford to turn things down. Like the most curious people have asked me to produce them. Art Garfunkel. George Harrison. ''Yes''. That obviously wasn't on. | ||
Imagine trying to get Yes to give it a bit of stick. "Excuse me chaps, if we could just finish the old brown rice, we could just bang this next one down ..." Not really me, frankly. But if the rent had to be paid, I'd be in there like a rat up a bloody drainpipe. | Imagine trying to get Yes to give it a bit of stick. "Excuse me chaps, if we could just finish the old brown rice, we could just bang this next one down ..." Not really me, frankly. But if the rent had to be paid, I'd be in there like a rat up a bloody drainpipe. | ||
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Frankly, I think I'm a professional fall guy really. That's probably my real talent. | Frankly, I think I'm a professional fall guy really. That's probably my real talent. | ||
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<br><small>Page scan.</small> | <br><small>Page scan.</small> | ||
<small>Photo by [[Tom Sheehan]].</small><br> | |||
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<small>Cover.</small><br> | <small>Cover.</small><br> | ||
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[[Category:Melody Maker| Melody Maker 1982-05-15]] | [[Category:Melody Maker| Melody Maker 1982-05-15]] | ||
[[Category:Magazine articles]] | [[Category:Magazine articles]] | ||
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