So many great tracks from this band. Been a fan since '73 but prefer the pre Deceptive Bends albums although absolutely love Feel The Benefit. How Dare You is my favourite album of theirs though.
I saw 10cc perform earlier this year in the UK, celebrating 50 years since forming. Only Graham Gouldman is left from the original line-up (on the left in your band photo at the end). They are amazing live, and still come across the pond to tour. 'I'm not in love' is one of the best love songs ever written ❤🇬🇧🎸
Awwwww it DIDNT go totally downhill , I’m gonna LOVE listening to this again .. play the clip ! I was bopping with you Cynthia ., what a joyous , wonderful and smile inducing R n R track from a hugely talented band of individuals. You never knew what you were getting with 10cc and invariably it was polished and melodic . Love this song , please consider Mandy from them next , great story to that song . ✊ 👍🏴
@@delorangeade agreed Del , though sadly it has the effect of making my eyes wet and that’s a challenge as it HURTS like phook 😳.. it’s physically sore when I greet .. like getting Lemon juice in your peepers .. 😭 👍🏴
@@delorangeade I stand convicted of trying to be a clever clogs and it backfiring Del .. 🤦♂️ I was trying ( and failing ) to convey that I cry so little , births , deaths , the injustice inherent in the death of William Wallace at the end of Braveheart etc .. That the physical act of crying to me is like that feeling of cutting onions .. involuntary and phookin unwelcome 😃 But as usual I had to make a mahoosive drama out of it and trip myself up 😆 👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Lost in translation. There I was trying to be uncharacteristically sympathetic to the plight of another human being and it all went horribly wrong. I'm not a crier either, but I did once rub my eyes after cutting chilis, and that did make them water.
I believe that 10CC were four individual session musicians who decided that they should make some money for themselves, hence the vast difference between each of their songs. Eminently listenable at anytime
Guitarist Eric Stewart had first era of success with Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, who became just Mind Benders and had a hit "Groovy Kind Of Love" halfway the 1960's. Bassist Graham Gouldman was an established songwriter before 10 CC, having written hit songs "For Your Love" for The Yardbirds, "Bus Stop" for The Hollies among others. Lol Creme guitar keyboards was in various projects that involved drummer Kevin Godley. The foursome did a pile of singles under various names before settling to Hotlegs and then 10 CC. All of them lead and back up vocals. Godley and Creme became leading video directors of the 80's in Britain, e.g Duran Duran "Girls On Film".
I think this is the earliest 10cc song I remember. Another excellent one of theirs is "Wall Street Shuffle" off the album Sheet Music. Good to see you grooving to the song.
Yay ! Cant beat a bit of "10 CC " Brill ! On the subject of Prison . a request for the band "Doctor Feelgood " track "Theres a Riot Going on in Cell Block number 9 " cheers .
Song by Lol Creme. The song has a double speed guitar solo by Eric Stewart. He slowed down the tape to half speed while recording it with slow picks and then speeding it back up after recording. Gives an unusual sound but they did it as an experiment. Kevin Godley and Lol Creme did a song called An Englishman In New York. It's s great song with a very technical video.
Great song. I like the clever contrast of the slightly ridiculous pastiche and the dark undertone of the lyrics. I'm Mandy, Fly Me is even better. Rubber bullets were much in the news at the time because British soldiers were using them for crowd control/riot suppression during the troubles in Northern Ireland. I remember a kid at school, who had a brother in the army, bringing one into class to show us. I was amazed at the size of the thing. More educational and relevant than a lot of what we learned.
@@colrhodes377 I've been hit my golf balls, cricket balls, hockey balls and footballs, but I imagine getting hit by one of those things is another level of discomfort.
@delorangeade I saw them used against rioters, and i can assure you that when you get hit, you stay down. One guy was hit on the arse, and he was screaming like a baby
From left to right on the band picture - Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley. Lol is the lead vocalist on this, with the falsetto. Kevin is second vocalist including second falsetto! Graham is the baritione "watcha gonna do about it?" and Eric is the harmonies. Lol is also lead on Donna, The Dean and I and Life is a Minestrone. Kevin is also second on Donna and The Dean and I, and lead on all Godley and Creme! Graham is lead on Dreadlock Holiday. Eric is lead on pretty much everything else you've ever heard by 10CC as well as The Mindbenders - Groovy Kind of Love. Graham is the songwriter of For Your Love, Evil Hearted You and Heart Full of Soul for the Yardbirds, when he was 16. He mostly plays bass for 10CC but also plays other stuff. Eric is the engineer, he mostly wrote songs with Graham but also wrote with Lol and Kevin, and, despite the terrible picture, was considered the eye candy. He mostly plays lead guitar for 10CC but also plays other stuff. Lol is mostly seen about to break into fits of giggles but is something of an innovator. He mostly plays guitar for 10CC but also plays other stuff. Kevin is the scary looking one that has all the strange ideas, who shares my birthday and mostly plays drums for 10CC but also plays other stuff. They were equals.
Fantastic band who always had a sense of humor. Sometimes pop/rock, sometimes artsy. Always interesting. If you're interested in going deep try Feel the Benefit (parts 1, 2 & 3), Overdraft in Overdrive, Sand in my Face. The Wall Street Shuffle, Art for Arts Sake & Good Morning Judge. If alcoholism and terrorist bombings don't trigger, The Anonymous Alcoholic and Clockwork Creep are darkly hilarious satire.
Godley and Creme invented something called the Gizmo. It was a set of little wheels that spun, creating Modulating sounds. Im not sure, but that might explain part of the unusual guitar sound here, or this could even have been before the Gizmo came along....
Little wheels that spun while slightly rubbing against the guitar strings, in order to create violin-like sounds 🙂 I think there had been plans to mass-produce it too, but it didn't take off as it was too difficult to install properly. Kind of the forerunner to the E-bow 🙂
This was the first one i heard, by the time my favourite song of all time " im Mandy flight me" came along i was sold hook on necand sinker, all of them musicians, composers, arrangers, producers, and all of that without even getting started on Graham gouldman, brilliant top marks 🏴✌️
My Australian song request for this week: James Reyne - Fall Of Rome (US Version) Antipodes Don't do the Aussie version, US video version much better (black 'n' white video, James in black shirt). James Reyne is ex-Australian Crawl singer and he launched his solo career in 1987 with ''Fall Of Rome''.
Please do the US version of the ''Fall Of Rome'' video uploaded by Antipodes. The thumbnail looks a bit like my profile picture... Black 'n' White, James with black shirt and guitar. The Australian music video for ''Fall Of Rome'' is horrible. Avoid it. Stick to US version.
They did it about a year or so ago. Scroll down.. You'll find it. Hopefully Cynthia and Chris will be doing the album from where that song came from (Sheet Music) on Patreon, very soon..
Their first chart topper albeit only for one week in 1973
The perfect definition of a great pop band !
Top quality band and tip top song
Great band. Art For Art's Sake and Good Morning Judge are my favourites.
Thanks for playing my suggestion, guessed you'd appreciate it, great lyrics again.
And now I'm here to enjoy some awesome music 💥💥💥 i♥️ these guys
So many great tracks from this band. Been a fan since '73 but prefer the pre Deceptive Bends albums although absolutely love Feel The Benefit. How Dare You is my favourite album of theirs though.
Known this song for over 50 years & that's the 1st time I've heard that end solo part. Great band
Here 30 TEN C.C. Songs and they will all be different:)
I’m Mandy fly me is another 10cc classic you must listen too
Thank you for doing this suggestion of mine, and others too, it's always appreciated.
It's a great track from this mighty band.
Always loved this one, thanks for putting it up.
@@FreethoughtsOnline No problem, I love this band, I suggested many more tracks by them, which you will hopefully hear soon.
10cc have a knack with witty lyrics, even if the subject matter is dark.
Art For Art's Sake-10cc
Insane instrumental at the end.
Made with the original line-up, just before Godley and Creme left 10cc.
I saw 10cc perform earlier this year in the UK, celebrating 50 years since forming. Only Graham Gouldman is left from the original line-up (on the left in your band photo at the end). They are amazing live, and still come across the pond to tour. 'I'm not in love' is one of the best love songs ever written ❤🇬🇧🎸
I saw them at Wickham Festival: the audience would not let them leave but the 'headline ' act wanted to set up, so they did 'Donna' acapella!
I saw 10 CC live twice in the '70s. They were an incredibly tight band consisting of four very talented musicians in their own right.
The full lyric version, thank you ("we all got balls and brains" was banned in England....sexually explicit....)
Thanks fam.
10CC were across-the-board talented.
Reggae beat one day, pop-rock the next.
in this context dance is an euphemism for a riot.
Most of their lyrics has a fun twist. And really good melodies. Lots of instruments, and they work well as a live band. Have seen them.
The Dean and i is an underrated song you would enjoy i am sure
Awwwww it DIDNT go totally downhill , I’m gonna LOVE listening to this again .. play the clip !
I was bopping with you Cynthia ., what a joyous , wonderful and smile inducing R n R track from a hugely talented band of individuals. You never knew what you were getting with 10cc and invariably it was polished and melodic . Love this song , please consider Mandy from them next , great story to that song . ✊
👍🏴
Mandy is my favourite. Broke my heart.
@@delorangeade agreed Del , though sadly it has the effect of making my eyes wet and that’s a challenge as it HURTS like phook 😳.. it’s physically sore when I greet .. like getting Lemon juice in your peepers .. 😭
👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering That doesn't sound good. I didn't know that was a thing, but I guess you don't unless it's happening to you.
@@delorangeade I stand convicted of trying to be a clever clogs and it backfiring Del .. 🤦♂️
I was trying ( and failing ) to convey that I cry so little , births , deaths , the injustice inherent in the death of William Wallace at the end of Braveheart etc ..
That the physical act of crying to me is like that feeling of cutting onions .. involuntary and phookin unwelcome 😃
But as usual I had to make a mahoosive drama out of it and trip myself up 😆
👍🏴
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Lost in translation. There I was trying to be uncharacteristically sympathetic to the plight of another human being and it all went horribly wrong. I'm not a crier either, but I did once rub my eyes after cutting chilis, and that did make them water.
I believe that 10CC were four individual session musicians who decided that they should make some money for themselves, hence the vast difference between each of their songs.
Eminently listenable at anytime
Guitarist Eric Stewart had first era of success with Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, who became just Mind Benders and had a hit "Groovy Kind Of Love" halfway the 1960's.
Bassist Graham Gouldman was an established songwriter before 10 CC, having written hit songs "For Your Love" for The Yardbirds, "Bus Stop" for The Hollies among others.
Lol Creme guitar keyboards was in various projects that involved drummer Kevin Godley. The foursome did a pile of singles under various names before settling to Hotlegs and then 10 CC. All of them lead and back up vocals. Godley and Creme became leading video directors of the 80's in Britain, e.g Duran Duran "Girls On Film".
BIG hit in the UK ! and also in the USA if I remember correctly . . 😀
And Australia.
"We have the brains but he has the balls and chain..."
I think this is the earliest 10cc song I remember. Another excellent one of theirs is "Wall Street Shuffle" off the album Sheet Music.
Good to see you grooving to the song.
They'd checked out 'Wall Street Shuffle' already a while ago 😉
This was a massive hit for 10cc, I have seen Graham Gouldman's 10cc many times.
Quality band - quality pop music. “The Dean and I” is a nice one.
Yay ! Cant beat a bit of "10 CC " Brill !
On the subject of Prison . a request for the band "Doctor Feelgood "
track "Theres a Riot Going on in Cell Block number 9 " cheers .
Yes, we'll have that one please.
@@Starburst_Candy Well thank you ! and how are you feeling Starburst after your temporary parting with gravity ?
@@ghichens3418 Getting there slowly, thank you Graham.
Never the same band after Godley and Creme left. Thanks for sharing and load up !
Song by Lol Creme. The song has a double speed guitar solo by Eric Stewart. He slowed down the tape to half speed while recording it with slow picks and then speeding it back up after recording. Gives an unusual sound but they did it as an experiment.
Kevin Godley and Lol Creme did a song called An Englishman In New York. It's s great song with a very technical video.
Great song. I like the clever contrast of the slightly ridiculous pastiche and the dark undertone of the lyrics. I'm Mandy, Fly Me is even better. Rubber bullets were much in the news at the time because British soldiers were using them for crowd control/riot suppression during the troubles in Northern Ireland. I remember a kid at school, who had a brother in the army, bringing one into class to show us. I was amazed at the size of the thing. More educational and relevant than a lot of what we learned.
Phooking hurt and all. They're quite a size.
@@colrhodes377 I've been hit my golf balls, cricket balls, hockey balls and footballs, but I imagine getting hit by one of those things is another level of discomfort.
@delorangeade I saw them used against rioters, and i can assure you that when you get hit, you stay down. One guy was hit on the arse, and he was screaming like a baby
Another band from my city Manchester England
From left to right on the band picture - Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Lol Creme, Kevin Godley.
Lol is the lead vocalist on this, with the falsetto. Kevin is second vocalist including second falsetto! Graham is the baritione "watcha gonna do about it?" and Eric is the harmonies.
Lol is also lead on Donna, The Dean and I and Life is a Minestrone.
Kevin is also second on Donna and The Dean and I, and lead on all Godley and Creme!
Graham is lead on Dreadlock Holiday.
Eric is lead on pretty much everything else you've ever heard by 10CC as well as The Mindbenders - Groovy Kind of Love.
Graham is the songwriter of For Your Love, Evil Hearted You and Heart Full of Soul for the Yardbirds, when he was 16. He mostly plays bass for 10CC but also plays other stuff.
Eric is the engineer, he mostly wrote songs with Graham but also wrote with Lol and Kevin, and, despite the terrible picture, was considered the eye candy. He mostly plays lead guitar for 10CC but also plays other stuff.
Lol is mostly seen about to break into fits of giggles but is something of an innovator. He mostly plays guitar for 10CC but also plays other stuff.
Kevin is the scary looking one that has all the strange ideas, who shares my birthday and mostly plays drums for 10CC but also plays other stuff.
They were equals.
Fantastic band who always had a sense of humor. Sometimes pop/rock, sometimes artsy. Always interesting. If you're interested in going deep try Feel the Benefit (parts 1, 2 & 3), Overdraft in Overdrive, Sand in my Face. The Wall Street Shuffle, Art for Arts Sake & Good Morning Judge. If alcoholism and terrorist bombings don't trigger, The Anonymous Alcoholic and Clockwork Creep are darkly hilarious satire.
Godley and Creme invented something called the Gizmo. It was a set of little wheels that spun, creating Modulating sounds. Im not sure, but that might explain part of the unusual guitar sound here, or this could even have been before the Gizmo came along....
Little wheels that spun while slightly rubbing against the guitar strings, in order to create violin-like sounds 🙂
I think there had been plans to mass-produce it too, but it didn't take off as it was too difficult to install properly.
Kind of the forerunner to the E-bow 🙂
The gizmo wasn't on this, it was Eric mucking about, playing at half speed then speeding it back up again - bloody engineers.
@@KillerBl8 - I agree: The guitar strings in the solo sound plucked, not bowed = no Gizmo 🙂
This was the first one i heard, by the time my favourite song of all time " im Mandy flight me" came along i was sold hook on necand sinker, all of them musicians, composers, arrangers, producers, and all of that without even getting started on Graham gouldman, brilliant top marks 🏴✌️
I'm Mandy, Fly Me starts with a part of another song called Clock Work Creep, which was about a bomb on an airplane!
@@notanotherenigma7759 I,l check that out ta 🏴✌️
@@notanotherenigma7759 top tune nae, never heard it before, a bit sparks ISH 🏴✌️
Why can't modern bands sound this good?😢 What happened?
@@heathcornbeef aw what a great band " good morning judge" is another classic 🏴✌️
Have you heard im mandy fly me by 10cc. Great song. By the way they are from Manchester near me. Scott Bournemouth Dorset.
My Australian song request for this week:
James Reyne - Fall Of Rome (US Version) Antipodes
Don't do the Aussie version, US video version much better (black 'n' white video, James in black shirt).
James Reyne is ex-Australian Crawl singer and he launched his solo career in 1987 with ''Fall Of Rome''.
Please do the US version of the ''Fall Of Rome'' video uploaded by Antipodes. The thumbnail looks a bit like my profile picture... Black 'n' White, James with black shirt and guitar. The Australian music video for ''Fall Of Rome'' is horrible. Avoid it. Stick to US version.
Good Morning Judge is fun and Englishman In New York are great
Star burst how are you doing? Nice work 👍👏👏👏🥇
I'm getting there thank you , Heath. The physiotherapist is still torturing me 😂
@@Starburst_Candy my partner is going through it to 😵💫😡
@@heathcornbeef Is he okay?
@@Starburst_Candy No he's in hospital but that's the safest place for him to be
@@Starburst_Candy it's tearing Tori to bit's
Try wall street shuffle
They did it about a year or so ago.
Scroll down.. You'll find it.
Hopefully Cynthia and Chris will be doing the album from where that song came from (Sheet Music) on Patreon, very soon..
Dedicated to Victoria Police (Aus)
💩is all I'd dedicate to the Victoria police sorry for sticking my kiwi nose into Australian policing 😂
Their misdeeds are known far and wide
Do tell!
@@colrhodes377 they were as corrupt as a police force could be in the seventies might have changed.....did you just see that pig flying by?😜
@@colrhodes377 Vic police opened fire on freedom protesters during covid nonsense
Great song, for something a little more ... Uhm, interesting... Listen to their song Iceberg.
No where near Beach Boys ! Useless comparison
I'm Not in Love is their worst song but biggest seller.