Their clever lyrics certainly put them in the Becker-Fagen bracket. 10cc’s music has always been able to be taken on a number of levels, and even though this was the glam era they felt a greater affinity with Americans Steely Dan. In 1972 few groups could have had their single nominated as Tony Blackburn’s hit-pick while simultaneously being championed by underground DJ John Peel, Manchester pop quartet 10cc did just that. Godley and Creme were the predominantly experimental half of 10cc, featuring art and cinematically-inspired writing. Stewart and Gouldman were predominantly pop songwriters, who created most of the band’s accessible songs. The group featured two songwriting teams. Every member of 10cc was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer and producer. The group initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together since 1968. Here, 10cc’s first two studio albums are presented as a vinyl bundle offer – 10cc (1973) and Sheet Music (1974).ġ0cc were formed in Stockport, England, in 1972. 10cc’s website, including their touring schedule, can be accessed here.Save over 30% when you buy these classic albums together with this vinyl bundle offer!* Tickets for those 10cc concerts in Germany, and the one in Luxemburg, are available here. Let’s just hope that bloody virus will disappear by then. Their booker is definitely a busy individual. In addition, as many as 23 (in words: twenty-three) gigs in the United Kingdom, on their home turf, are scheduled in April and May of 2021. At this point, they will be going back to the Netherlands, to Belgium and Luxemburg. On February 2nd, 2021, 10cc will be performing in Amsterdam before hitting stages in Heilbronn, Erding, Winterbach, Mainz and Essen (all in Germany, except for Amsterdam). None other than the original member Graham Gouldman, the only one who never left the band, is still with them. What this article is supposed to say is that the legendary 10cc will be touring Europe, including Germany. It’s just a silly phase I’m going throughĭon’t get me wrong, don’t think you’ve got it made It was - and still is - the perfect Pop tune, and it brings people back to that era when they just listen. This one should have been sent to the aliens on the two Voyager probes in 1977. If the most important Pop and Rock tunes of the mid-1970s had to be named, ‘I’m Not in Love’ would definitely need to be at the top of the list. They recorded the choir parts onto 8-track tapes which they kept on copying onto the next one, until they sounded like they had a choir of several hundred members. Thirdly, the way they recorded it was nothing less than revolutionary.
First of all, it is a stunning composition. But the most important tune they ever recorded was part of their 1975 album ‘The Original Soundtrack’. With changing members, the band produced more big hits over the years, including ‘Rubber Bullets’ and ‘Dreadlock Holiday’. Slap Bass Master Marcus Miller to Perform in Germany It made room for a masterfully composed and played tune that would not make people nervous, but dance and cheer. With ‘The Wall Street Shuffle’, they created another hit that is still quite famous today. The many singles they blew out usually reached the Top 40 in seconds.ġ0cc’s second album ‘Sheet Music’ sounded more mature. They were composers, they were all gifted and they developed their sound while releasing an album per year, all of which hit the U.K. They were usually sixteenth notes in four-four time songs that contained elements of Rockabilly and, in some cases, experimental sounds other British groups, including Genesis and Yes, pioneered back then.Īll four members of 10cc each played several instruments. Many of their songs contained what Rock musicians considered grooves back then, mostly created by repetitive guitar chords played in quick succession.
In 1972, their self-titled debut album already included a hit entitled ‘Rubber Bullets’. Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme founded a band they called 10cc. Something happened that year in Stockport, located to the south of “Manchester England England, across the Atlantic Sea”. The Doobie Brothers were telling people to “Listen to the Music”, Chicago enjoyed their “Saturday in the Park” and Neil Young had a “Heart of Gold”. In 1972, Edward Heath was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth II. They are expected in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and on their home turf.
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