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In 1979, Nick Lowe's "Cruel To Be Kind" reshaped my entire sensibility about pop music. But, I only recently learned that Nick Lowe had to be aggressively cajoled into re-recording "Cruel to be Kind." He reportedly felt that the original (ca. 1974) Brinsley Schwarz version was "embarrassingly pre-new wave." Oh, Nick. You magnificent bastard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD0bEUR0FKE