Thursday, January 15, 2015

Musical Interlude: Cruel to be Kind (1979)

If you were around at the dawn of MTV, chances are you saw this next video in heavy rotation, though it was 2 years old.

Nick Lowe's "Cruel to be Kind" gained a whole new audience thanks to the then-fledgling channel, after peaking at #12 on the US & British pop charts.

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2 comments:

  1. magicdogJanuary 17, 2015

    Always loved this song - it seemed like it was a throwback to the mid 60s.

    The video I had never seen until relatively recently, although the song always had a way of turning up on either the radio or even the playlists of a clothing store.

    Was it ever mentioned why The Textones' instruments were in the video? I don't think it was them playing in the video.

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  2. hobbyfanJanuary 18, 2015

    Not sure about that myself.

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