On this date in 1978, Nick Lowe released his eighth single, "American". It was backed by "What's So Funny 'bout (Peace, Love and Understanding)", a song credited to Nick Lowe and His Sound. It was actually Elvis Costello. The A side did not appear on a regular album in the U.K., but did appear on the U.S. version of his second album, Labour Of Love. As for the B Side, Elvis handled this song the rest of the way. The power pop singer from Surrey, U.K. was later teamed with Dave Edmunds in Rockpile.
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Elvis Costello appeared on Stephen Colbert's Christmas Special on Sunday for a version of "Peace Love and Understanding" with Willie Nelson and some other artists. Thirty years to the day! Not a bad scrap of trivia there.
I didn't see that. How was it?
It was pretty good, the very first song was even about how writers get paid more for lyrics than dialogue.
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