Brinsley Schwarz - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding

[@mrodas7845]

My dad passed yesterday. He was a huge fan of Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. This was probably his favorite song. I'm gonna put it in his tribute slideshow. It's gonna kill me to hear it at his funeral, but them's the breaks I guess.

[@yvettemoore1228]

I'm so sorry for your loss 😭

[@auldlang1751]

Respect.

[@kamrandiamonddarrell6527]

I hope he's resting in peace

[@gahrzahk]

That's beautiful. I remember dancing with my dad to Hank Williams albums when I was five, before he died. Great memories.

[@virgin2point0]

Really sorry for your loss. I bet I would’ve liked your Dad. I’m huge fan of Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello too...

[@Thejazzfan66]

Fun fact: When this song was used in the movie The Bodyguard, the writer of the song, Nick Lowe, became a millionaire almost immediately!

[@danny4481]

Brinsleys,Costello Rockpile,etc Great music.

[@fooman65]

All versions are good, never heard a bad one, but this is just class and quality

[@EnoVarma]

I will challenge that view. Go listen to Sharon van Etten's version, and try making that claim then.

[@fooman65]

@@EnoVarma haha fair point.

[@jnn6201]

@@EnoVarma Nope. I just listened to her and Josh Homme's version and it's killer in its own slow way.

[@Wolfgang-bu8tz]

@@jnn6201 And what about Elvis Costello?

[@jnn6201]

@@Wolfgang-bu8tz Well, that's the gold standard. Maybe even better than the Nick Lowe/Brinsley Schwarz version.

[@andyinoregon]

So glad I got to see Nick play this one at 1990's Bumbershoot Arts Festival in Seattle Center Arena. He was followed onstage by Ry Cooder, David Lindley and Flaco Jimenez. Some of the best live roots music I've ever heard.

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

great song. Nick Lowe's bass lines...superb

[@wodehhouse]

I agree, but this song became very famous when Costello made his version.

[@SamGainesinGboro]

Saw Nick and Elvis C do this together in a joint solo show in, what, '89? It was pure magic.

[@johnbackus3260]

Rockpile ! Dave Edmunds & Nick the Knife !!! Great Stuff

[@bobgreen623]

Love the Brinsleys

[@crawlinginfilm9683]

Reminds me strongly of Radio Caroline (offshore ship based pirate radio station to UK & Europe) who played this loads and mashed it up to make Peace & Love promos in place of adverts. About the only place we could hear it. RIP Ronan O’Rahilly, who created that station and kept it going back then. Still going now, (under Peter Moore).

[@plunkadelicdaydream]

I actually heard this version for the first time on an internet radio station (Oldies Paradise, pretty generic-sounding name) They make regular shout-outs to radio Caroline.

[@chrisgray9807]

Utterly beautiful!

[@ausencia63]

Late to the party but learnt the history of this song after watching a Nick Lowe video on Now 70's and decided to see where is he now; have to say so feeling this track ❤️❤️❤️

[@DaveStDave]

I love this version and Nick Lowe is like King Midas to me, but honestly I love Bruce Thomas’ bass on the Costello version more than anything. Bruce Thomas’ bass lines were really the heart of Costello’s early recordings.

[@Sundae_Times]

"This version" is the original.

[@lqr824]

@@Sundae_Times original's not always best. I love this version but the "yeah yeah" and the voice-overs at 2:20 make it sound cynical to me. It's one of my top five favorite pop songs, much to Lowe's credit, and he produced the Costello cover so gets credit for that as well.

[@lqr824]

The Thomas version seems nearly note-for-note identical. I think it just has a bit brighter EQ and is a bit more forward in the mix. As such, you can't call this a Thomas bass line. It's a Lowe bass line, and in fact, Elvis's version was produced by Lowe as well so to the extent the mix is better Lowe should get some credit for that as well.

[@martinevensen406]

Best version ever nick lowe rules

[@rp7356]

the background vocals are lame, costello has the stronger vocal and sings it with venom not pleading. . . and yet...

[@martingrimshaw4049]

The original and best version !!! (pace Elvis C)

[@roycweeks]

Elvis Costello was on the B side Nick Lowe -Brinsley wrote this and Cruel to be Kind.

[@klausrain111]

Always thought Elvis C wrote this. Anyway, it's a beautiful classic.

[@stimso]

Me too. His is good and this one is also!

[@grahmedmisten231]

English pub rock

[@jock77stuff]

was it written by Nick Lowe and Ian Gomm or just Nick Lowe?

[@davidyohalem629]

Just Lowe.

[@Jessica_Roth]

Ian co-wrote "Cruel to Be Kind" (which was an unrecorded Brinsleys demo), but this one is just Nick.

[@juliao1255]

I love this song from my youth. Not a fan of the Elvis C. version and don't understand all the critical hype about it. The Brinsley versions suffer from lack of technology, which brings (imho) a lot of unfair criticism. In the end though, my fav version is Springsteen (even though I'm not his biggest fan). I plan on listening to other versions mentioned in the comments, so I may end up eating these words! LOL...

[@lqr824]

The Brinsley version is superior to Elvis's in one inarguable respect: the vocal harmonies on the original are regrettably lacking. I also found the toms on the Elvis cut to be way too forward in the mix.

[@ludwigfan3013]

Better than Elvis Costello's version

[@yvettemoore1228]

I think there's room for both. I love both bands and both versions.

[@yvettemoore1228]

Just to say as well, the Brinzley's were totally underrated. Perhaps a little out of their time?

[@rumblepot]

Yvette Moore a great version but Pete Thomas’s drumming in the attractions verse puts it over the top.

[@Artemetra]

Nick's vocals are really great on this, that's for sure. As a huge Costello fan, strangely I always felt this song was the weakest on Armed Forces, while everyone else disagreed. Now I hear the Brinsleys doing it, I have to agree, this is a better version, arguably- but. yeah, Pete's drumming does kick ass on Costello's cover! The Attractions all kicked so much ass.

[@yvettemoore1228]

@@rumblepot yeah, that was pretty awesome 😍

[@kamrandiamonddarrell6527]

Elvis'a version is the best one, hands down

[@annaxxx]

No. Brinsleys better!

[@kamrandiamonddarrell6527]

@@annaxxx anyway, who's that schnook guy who disliked this?

[@annaxxx]

@@kamrandiamonddarrell6527 some fool!😀

[@lqr824]

Let's say it's so. Elvis was still standing on the shoulders of giants here, copying the drums, bass, guitar, everything almost to the note. And Elvis is such a vocal talent one can hardly feel slighted for being second-best to him. See Elvis sing Penny Lane for the Obamas with Sir Paul at Barak's side, and it might be better than the Beetles' version...

[@marioct130]

No

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