Wednesday, May 20, 2026

When I Write the Book - Rockpile

When I Write the Book - Rockpile
3:16
Seconds Of Pleasure, 1980
Written by Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, Nick Lowe, and Terry Williams

You can hear the Elvis Costello influence in this catchy Britpop song about a broken heart, or maybe you can hear Nick Lowe's influence in Declan's music?  I think they influenced and supported each other; why didn't they ever form a songwriting tea?  They would have given Lennon/McCartney and Difford/Tilbrook a run for their money.  Over a muscular drum backbone and towering organ lines, Lowe sings his literate lines of love: "And when I write the book about my love / It will be about a man who's torn in half / About his hopes and ambitions wasted through the years / The pain will be written on every page in tears."

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