My Top 1000 Songs #166: So It Goes

The title of Nick Lowe's 1978 debut, Jesus of Cool , was presumably deemed too risky for American audiences (remember what happened to John Lennon?); so for our genteel tastes, it was re-monikered Pure Pop For Now People. Which, c'mon, is still a perfectly fine title, and perhaps even more appropriate given the record's contents. Breaking from the R&B-flavored pub rock and Americana of his Brinsley Schwarz days, the album was littered with quirky, clever power pop, picking up on the vibe of the a...