Jannie Jordaan February 13, 2012 at 6:24 am

What are we 50?!!!? HA ha ah ah ah ha. ok wait let me listen to the rest

Jannie Jordaan February 13, 2012 at 6:46 am

As usual you did a great job Marc. But i couldnt get past 41min. Could be my age. OR was it boring for you too?

DCummings February 13, 2012 at 7:24 am

What a thoroughly enjoyable interview and “concert” that was!  Lowe is such a genuine and well-spoken man with great insight and recollections from an underappreciated period of music.  I was stunned when the interview ended abruptly to get to the songs.  I could have listened to another hour of that great conversation.

Don’t listen to the children with the short attention spans, Marc.  That was anything but boring and a big thanks to you and Mr. Lowe for getting those two great songs included in the show.  Such a treat!

Jannie Jordaan February 13, 2012 at 8:13 am

Ha ha ah ha. Came out swinging there. Must be that we have different things we enjoy. That makes us different. Wait, actually it doesn’t.

Felipe February 13, 2012 at 10:12 am

What a cool interview! I love these musical WTFs, the songs were amazing…

What are we, fif-... sixty-five?!

jimjim February 13, 2012 at 10:37 am

bravo.  well done Marc.  thank you Nick!

Yobby February 13, 2012 at 5:01 pm

I’m surprised Lowe didn’t tell his David Bowie story. When Bowie put out the album “Low”, Lowe took “revenge” by putting out an EP titled “Bowi”.

His first album “Jesus of Cool” which was retitled “Pure Pop for Now People” in the US (because the UK title was too risque, believe it or not) was the most inspired piece of genius I ever heard as a teenager.

Jill Loftus February 13, 2012 at 7:17 pm

This episode is surely unique. But you…old? Not happening anytime soon. Just relax Maron ~ and enjoy the ride.

Beelzebud February 13, 2012 at 9:06 pm

While we’re on the topic of musical guests.  You should beg/plead/bribe Maynard James Keenan into doing WTF.  The man has even done stand up comedy, and had Bill Hicks open for Tool in their early days.  Plus Puscifer has many comedic aspects to it. 

The hard part would be getting him to agree to do it, but man I’d kill to hear you guys have a conversation.

mr c February 13, 2012 at 11:57 pm

Cool.. I look forward to listening to this. Glad that you are branching out to interesting music people.

I would like to put forth the idea that you interview some cartoonists…....Gary larson, berekely breathed, may their be a full eclipse and you could get bill waterson.

Crate&Trauma; February 14, 2012 at 12:57 am

What a great episode!  I could have listened to another hour of you and Nick Lowe talking to each other.

Dooder February 14, 2012 at 1:59 pm

Wow, that was amazing.  I’ve always been vaguely aware of Nick Lowe (via the Elvis Costello connection), but never actually listened to him.  I will be checking out some of his records.  Those two songs were truly amazing.  Loved the interview.  You or Nick should make those songs available via iTunes or something… great performances both.

Gloria February 14, 2012 at 2:34 pm

Thanks, guys!  Whenever I hear “Cruel to be Kind” on the radio, I start singing at the top of my lungs like I’m 14 again.  This whole interview was great fun.

LPL February 14, 2012 at 4:53 pm

Great stuff as usual, Marc. Lowe is a true talent and a patented British gentleman. It must be said that it’s hard to listen to him sing “the Beast in Me” and not hear Johnny doing it. It’s almost as if it was written with his voice in mind.
Thanks for this one.

Greg February 15, 2012 at 1:47 am

Amazing episode!

Joe Tily February 15, 2012 at 3:49 am

Great episode Marc. Proved to me the longevity of WTF is assured. Next stop . . . . Tom Waits (~_^)

Guest February 15, 2012 at 8:57 am

Lemmy would be awesome, or Jello Biafra, Mark Mothersbaugh, John Lydon, Dan Hicks, Al Yankovic, David Bromberg, Paul Shaffer.

sweetjimmyt February 15, 2012 at 7:50 pm

You guys make a good team.  One of the best Lowe interviews I’ve heard.  Nothing more to say but thank you. Keep it up, and enjoy every minute of your success.

B-- February 16, 2012 at 4:30 pm

I have no idea who this guy is, and I was bored shitless.  Stick to funny people man, at least get a musician who can bring the goods like Weird Al.

Dan February 16, 2012 at 5:29 pm

While it could be said that your enthusiasm might’ve gotten the best of you sometimes (a little too interrupting), I did learn some things I hadn’t heard in previous Nick interviews, e.g. about Dave Edmunds and such.  Well worthwhile.

Ann February 17, 2012 at 2:46 pm

what a great idea to intervieiw the great Mr. LOWE.  Thank you for all you’ve given your fans, Nick.

Jackie February 23, 2012 at 12:24 pm

Fabulous interview, Marc. I love hearing about the music scenes of the ‘60s and ‘70s. I’m gonna have to check Nick Lowe’s stuff out.

Tim Bishop February 27, 2012 at 3:39 am

Echoing earlier sentements, get more musicians on! Paul Westerberg, Craig Finn, Iggy Pop…

swac March 09, 2012 at 8:04 am

When I saw Nick Lowe’s name in the lineup, my head nearly exploded, I’ve been a huge fan of the man since checking Pure Pop for Now People out of my local library over 30 years ago (my local library had awesome records, Ramones, Television, Firesign Theatre…). Great to hear such an indepth and relaxed conversation with such an underrated artist (the people who were bored have no idea what they were missing). Weirdly enough, I was thinking of Nick Lowe when Whitney Houston died, since the inclusion of Curtis Stigers’ cover of (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding on The Bodyguard soundtrack pretty much ensured that Lowe would never have to work again if he didn’t want to, which meant he could go on to make exactly the kind of records that he wanted to, making for one of the best third acts in pop music history. If there’s any silver lining to Houston’s death, it’s that it’ll probably mean another nice royalty cheque for Lowe (I know that sounds ghoulish, but it’s true).

Robertito April 03, 2012 at 5:55 am

Hey Maron, I’m going to see Nick Lowe in concert tomorrow night because of your podcast. In Brisbane, Australia! I thought maybe you could put that on your resume or something for when you are trying to get other guests on. Then again, nobody is going to read because this I’m so far behind on my WTFPod listening that I’ve only just heard this podcast now, but there are so few episodes that can be skipped that I gradually fall weeks and weeks behind.

Maybe I’ll buck the trend of requesting more podcasts with <fillintheblank> and ask that you do fewer podcasts. Of course it’s not really bucking the trend as it’s basically just asking whether the world could be rearranged to revolve around me.