Nick Lowe (lead vocals, bass), Dave Edmunds (lead vocals, guitar), Billy Bremner (backing vocals, guitar), and Terry Williams (drums)— had been writing, recording and playing live together for years before they released just one album at least under the Rockpile name.
Before the band that recorded Seconds of Pleasure, the name “Rockpile” had already been used as the title of an album of Dave Edmunds that he released in 1970. Edmunds subsequently toured as “Dave Edmunds and Rockpile,” with a band that included Williams on drums. But the group that became known as Rockpile didn’t form until Lowe and Edmunds began recording together in the mid-1970s.
In 1979, Edmunds and Lowe reached new heights of popularity with the release of Lowe’s Labour of Lust, including his hit “Cruel to Be Kind,” and Edmunds’ Repeat When Necessary, including his popular versions of “Queen of Hearts” and Elvis Costello’s “Girls Talk.” Both of those records were recorded by the members of Rockpile but with the headliner singing all of the lead vocals on his album.
This song peaked at #51 in the Billboard 100 and #31 in Canada in 1980.
Teacher Teacher
Young love, teacher’s pet
Cheeks flushed, apple red
Ringing you every day
Begging for a word of praise
I’ve put aside my foolish games
I run and hide and callin’ names
School’s out, the bells’ll ring
Now’s the time to teach me everything
Teacher, teacher, teach me love
I can’t learn it fast enough
Teacher, teacher, teach me more
I’ve got to learn to love for sure
Lesson one, just begun
Growing up ain’t much fun
Grown up, out of school
Out of luck and out of rules
No one there to tell me how
A different world, teacher teach me now
Teacher, teacher, teach me love
I can’t learn it fast enough
Teacher, teacher, teach me more
I’ve got to learn to love for sure
Lesson two, nothing new
I can’t love, just passing through
Books I read don’t understand
What it means to be a man
I need a woman just like you
Teacher, teacher, teach me what to do
Teacher, teacher, teach me love
I can’t learn it fast enough
Teacher, teacher, teach me more
I’ve got to learn to love for sure
Teacher, teacher, teach me love
I can’t learn it fast enough
Teacher, teacher, teach me more
I’ve got to learn to love for sure
Teacher, teacher, teach me love
I can’t learn it fast enough
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Oh ya! This is a huge fave of mine. It was on my running mixtape on my Walkman, and then on every mp3 player after that.
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Great tune we hear too seldom. Wonder how far they might’ve gone if their record companies hadn’t gotten all in the way?
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Love that one Rockpile album- I still listen to it a few times a year. A fun album. Favorite song on it ‘ Heart”
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It’s a shame they couldn’t do more under the name.
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I bet they would have been fun to see too. On the back of the album cover I believe there was concert listings….I don’t think they came anywhere near…
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Oh, this is new.
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It’s a good song… great members in that band.
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