Nick Lowe - “I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass” (Official Music Video)

Listen to "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass" from Nick Lowe's album Jesus of Cool:
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[@GreenManalishiUSA]

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.

[@functio1]

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

[@Babeiloveyouso]

Loved this when it came out

[@geofflb6537]

Yep, me too! Classic bass part.

[@andreaneilcmc]

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

[@albertusagterberg6093]

🤗

[@jugglerjim01]

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

[@AlanGeorgeBates-oj9zr]

Classic 70"s song can't be beaten.

[@donyoung7874]

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

[@sabyasachichaudhuri9427]

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.

[@WelshJASON42]

Will never leave him alone in my greenhouse again!

[@RW-nr6bh]

I'm ok, mine has acrylic panes.

[@margaretcasely-hayford2695]

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

[@AbuAfakski]

Love the piano in this song

[@markoshea6833]

@@AbuAfakski he could break the piano.

[@aleccumming4436]

When he recorded that solo, Bob thought it was a studio run-through, so the engineer could get the correct levels. So he played in a completely over-the-top, go-for-broke way. Then when the track was over and said "OK, I'm ready", Nick responded "you're done! That was IT!"

[@markoshea6833]

I don't know what a piano break is.

[@plimmerton3992]

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]

@@LarzGustafsson SAMOA

[@grasshoffers]

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.

[@ianbell7342]

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

[@jonathanbanks8749]

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

[@honey_bee65]

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

[@SandyYoung-cn3nf]

@@markoshea6833over your head, Dim wit 😐

[@perselander8763]

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

[@dt7449]

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

[@plimmerton3992]

Agreed 😁

[@plimmerton3992]

But here in New Zealand hehe

[@Tubebafied]

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

[@dominicseanmccann6300]

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

[@dominicseanmccann6300]

Brentford.

[@Truegho]

Evokes memories of spring 1978, when this song charted.

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

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

[@clacicle]

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

[@anitagulfin3705]

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]

Literally why I’m here! Lol

[@stephenvelez9710]

Me too❤

[@donyoung7874]

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

[@michaelashe5265]

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

[@eckeynecker]

The bands tight .

[@RogerHuxley]

@@eckeynecker - The Rumour

[@eckeynecker]

Cheers @@RogerHuxley , i never knew that .

[@roninscholar4515]

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

[@TheRebe30]

Nick Lowe is pure genius

[@bonnie43uk]

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

[@bgrrrlie]

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

[@toriawelsh7274]

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

[@bonnie43uk]

@@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]

Hello bonnie....

[@bonnie43uk]

@@maxwellmark8077 Hellooooo Maxwell. Have we met?😊

[@steveblease]

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.

[@markselvin2230]

And me plus Reckless Eric n Suzie Quatro

[@BazColne]

Never seems to age. A great, great song.

[@Sooper8]

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]

Where did you get this, sooper?

[@eddiecoyle9152]

*@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]

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

[@DKentization]

Brinsley Schwarz bandmates, Bob knew what he liked

[@BabeRideEasy]

Love that story!

[@rhianjones1319]

No one gets tired of listening to Nick Lowe singing

[@jtking76]

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]

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

[@markoshea6833]

I find earthquakes which some people find deeply disturbing, - comforting.

[@ricklohn4140]

This song was Lowe’s response to David Bowie’s song “Breaking Glass” the year before. The Bowie album was “Low”. In response, Nick named his album “Bowi” which included this song.

[@bonnacon1610]

One of the definitive post-punk songs.

[@billygd100]

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

[@csurname]

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

[@billygd100]

@@csurname whatever

[@clacicle]

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

[@lynnmitzy1643]

1978💖the year I graduated from high school.

[@marcvandamme9462]

Suddenly remembered this in the middle of the night.

[@dominicseanmccann6300]

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

[@adrianbrowne7874]

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

[@grahamelliott7276]

Boom boom !

[@The--Dude]

"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]

Same bro😂

[@hefipaleburp9543]

Haha yep!

[@lambchop33]

This song took a while to grow on me but damn, now it’s one my my all time favorites by Nick

[@johnpaulharrison7816]

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]

Oh so it was you 🤣🤣🤣

[@karensingh2020]

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

[@lizclark7946]

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

[@Footjones]

You saw Will Trent too? Such a great song!

[@bovineska]

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

[@smacwhinnie]

Got little play in the US

[@hixlix70]

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

[@peelsequal]

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

[@Beardie119]

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

[@kristinschermann6581]

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

[@SkipSpotter]

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

[@gravityskeptic8697]

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

[@isthereanybodyoutthere9397]

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

[@gravityskeptic8697]

@@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.

[@1994cargo]

That bass half step up off beat is sick !

[@derekthompson1187]

Is it for real?

[@MusicDementia]

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]

Little scratch.

[@warriboy9850]

Love this Nick Lowe classic

[@dyathink]

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]

Fonseca make great cigars !!

[@markoshea6833]

Texas has 13th Floor Elevators, 2. Screw You, You're Not From Texas, and 3 Bourgeois Tag. And 'I Don't Mind At All'.

[@angelalalley7593]

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.

[@AndrewRembel]

Best piano riff ever

[@jimmyagnew2184]

I love how soothing this distruction sounds!

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

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

[@HaPpY_Me]

Oh how I wish I could go back to then

[@alicesrestaurant1206]

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

[@wendyyoung7950]

Adore Nick Lowe

[@deanallen5567]

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

[@patriciathewisher2315]

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

[@robertway5756]

Going to see him tomorrow in Buffalo!

[@GinMae]

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

[@wittey]

Andrew Bodnar on bass. Immense sound :-)

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson9932]

British music legend.☺️😊🙂

[@markoshea6833]

'That's Matrimony' Gilbert O' Sullivan is famous as well.

[@StratBurst92]

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

[@patricecatanio901]

I love Nick Lowe!!

[@Wolfwolveswolf]

*~ NICK LOWE ~*

[@silasatlas3835]

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

[@alisonsarahcarroll6063]

I remember this song

[@ThatGuyThanus]

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..

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson9932]

In my opinion another great song of Nick's

[@sir.richardarmstrong3rd759]

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

[@jennstarr]

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

[@justinsime532]

jenn starr great movie one of my favorites as a kid

[@hector-sauvage]

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

[@BrianSmith-vl7xu]

Sound and Vision

[@mkl62]

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

[@sgtjenko]

True classic

[@hespanola745]

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

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

So catchy so good

[@stevepettit2064]

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

[@evanwolf6618]

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

[@wendyyoung7950]

Adore jesus of cool!

[@michaelcahan8675]

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

[@jasongriffin6906]

Lonely and listening

[@charleigh195]

Beautiful excellent music sadly missed

[@nanarositatvc]

What a voice🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@maxwellmark8077]

Hello Rosita....

[@mikkelbrodersen4020]

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]

Are you sure? Not Bob Andrews?

[@lauraallen55]

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

[@crazyfool3539]

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

[@GinMae]

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

[@KirstyWilliams-z6q]

Bass baby ❤

[@joestahl9102]

This was in rotation when mtv played music

[@beahbeahful]

I love the sound of breaking glass 🥂

[@bryanpalmer9660]

Love this 💎 have the LP Jesus of Cool

[@KirstyWilliams-z6q]

So right ❤

[@stevefoods]

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

[@stupidturntable]

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]

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]

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

[@John_13_35]

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 ...

[@reinholdhessel1290]

2:40 timeless 👌🎶👏👍

[@KirstyWilliams-z6q]

Electric ❤

[@BarkleyConners]

Early use of synth handclaps later exemplified in "Bette Davis Eyes."

[@WilliamTurneresq]

Musically so brilliant.

[@abdullahmohammady7568]

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

[@rolandox1297]

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

[@meluckycharms111]

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

[@rudeboyranking4339]

This tracks takes me back to my childhood absolutely loved singing along to it with kiddie plastic guitar in hand pretending to be a rock star...also doesn’t this track sound similar to Sound and Vision by David Bowie 🤔...anyway loving it 😃😃😃

[@hoover728]

@M Campbell Also Nick released an EP called "Bowi' in mock revenge for the E being left off of Bowie's album title.

[@neo6709]

simply SUPERB

[@sarahdalhousie1813]

Got this in my head! 😊 ❤❤❤ Xxxxx

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

Blue blue.

[@lelandthomosoniii4743]

Thanks! This!

[@jenniferfoxhoven5480]

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

[@KirstyWilliams-z6q]

Love the piani❤

[@MarcPerp]

Yep Roc 👍🏼 Nick Lowe never change ...

[@pedrojimenez5387]

wow, just wow. Bowie vibe

[@JackBarrett7]

He used to be one of Cash's son in laws, and the guitar he's playing in this was given to him by Cash..theres a famous photo of him with taken in 56..