Nights At TheRoundtable - 10cc - 1974
(10cc - Did an admirable job poking holes in just about everything)
It's hard to imagine 10cc came out with "Sheet Music" in 1974. Thirty-five years seems like a few lifetimes ago. Times have changed and tastes in music have changed, but there is something about 10cc that has always been timeless with me. Maybe it's because they never took themselves seriously. To be certain, "I'm Not In Love" was their biggest hit and one which seemed to be played on every radio at most hours of the day when it came out in 1975 - there was no escaping it. They have pretty much faded from memory now (even though they are rumored to have gotten back together), and no doubt there is a huge audience who have never heard of them. Too bad.
It was "Sheet Music" which came out in 1974 on Jonathan King's label UK Records, that I initially heard and became a fan of. This track, Silly Love, started side two of their lp. It poked huge gaping holes in the over-wrought and well-worn genre of the love song.
And poking holes were what they were wonderful at.
10CC were a good band but I really loved the stuff Godley & Creme did after they left. L is one of my all time favorite albums as is Freeze Frame. I think they're both available on a single CD. Check it out. Genius. Later on Cry was a great song (and an interesting video.) I think Godley and Gouldman are working together again now. Not sure what Creme or Stewart is up to.
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