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Just discovered this band, My favorite track so far is Rubber Bullet. catchy pop / rock at its best, the One Direction of the 70's / 80's.
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Legendary group
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Very good band with very good songs. To call them the One Direction of the Seventies is a bit of an insult. 10cc could actually write their own songs and played their own instruments. Nothing like One Direction at all.
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I suppose I should have said the feeling instead of 1d
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Very good band with very good songs. To call them the One Direction of the Seventies is a bit of an insult. 10cc could actually write their own songs and played their own instruments. Nothing like One Direction at all.
"Every member was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer and producer".
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Just discovered this band, My favorite track so far is Rubber Bullet. catchy pop / rock at its best, the One Direction of the 70's / 80's.
Anyone heard of them? And absolutely nothing like 1D! |
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1D! That's harsh. I'm Mandy Fly Me has always been a fave, out of many.
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"I'm Not In Love" is gorge and "Dreadlock Holiday", will check their discography soon.
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![]() ![]() ![]() How can you describe one of the best bands of the 70s and 80s as the 1D of their time??? Just take a read of their biography and see how many other bands came out of 10cc. Many talented musicians |
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More like 4D. Many more dimensions to 10CC.
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Anyone here know how they got their name?
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i didnt like them... 'im not in love' and 'life is a minestrone' were good enough, but i didnt like anything else including 'rubber bulletS'
strange though, i liked hotlegs - 'neaderthal man' (pre 10cc group) and graham gouldman composed some of the 1960's greatest ever pop songs... |
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Anyone here know how they got their name?
Anyway, fabulous band, their first four (original lin-up) albums are masterpieces of quirky, well written and produced pop/rock. Their witty and cartoonish lyrics were like little cinematic pieces. They had that Lennon/McCartney like way of writing where Godley & Creme would provide the avante garde arty side and Gouldman and Stewart the more structured melodic side...a perfect combination. For a starting point OP, I'd suggest their 2nd album 'Sheet Music'. A perfect album |
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The myth is that it's equal to the amount of seman produced by a male.
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Amazing band full of incredibly talented singer/songwriters/multi instrumentalists/video-makers. To even think about comparing them to 1D is bad enough but to actually put that thought in writing on a public forum. Crazeeee....
If you haven't already, please listen to the amazing album track (from the afore-mentioned Sheet Music) Somewhere in Hollywood. stunning (and the superb, angelic lead vocal is sung by Kevin Godley, the big, hairy drummer )
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Just discovered this band, My favorite track so far is Rubber Bullet. catchy pop / rock at its best, the One Direction of the 70's / 80's.
Anyone heard of them? |
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They were incredibly popular at the time of Sheet Music, but then seemed to regard each album as a coathanger for their own cleverness and became merely irritating.
I bought that album, but I absolutely loathed the later Dreadlock Holiday, thinking it was crass and patronising. Then punk arrived and they became the enemy. |
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They were incredibly popular at the time of Sheet Music, but then seemed to regard each album as a coathanger for their own cleverness and became merely irritating.
I bought that album, but I absolutely loathed the later Dreadlock Holiday, thinking it was crass and patronising. Then punk arrived and they became the enemy. 10cc didn't become the enemy because of punk - the group became its own enemy, with four strong egos. When Creme and Godley left, many of the more interesting aspects of their music seemed to fade away, and the group lost their character. I would agree that 'Dreadlock Holiday' was a low point - it may have reached number one, but it was like a bad novelty record and marked an abrupt end to their chart fortunes in the UK. Chances of things improving faded when acrimony broke out between Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman and, despite promises of reunions, it's never quite happened. OP, I'm glad you've discovered their music - but, as everyone has been quick to point out, they are so far away from One Direction it's not true! ![]() If you want the 70s equivalent of 1D, try the Bay City Rollers, as previously suggested, or the Osmonds. |
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One of the best, if not THE best band of the 70's.
Please don't compare them to 1D or any other boy band of any era |
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Very good band with very good songs. To call them the One Direction of the Seventies is a bit of an insult. 10cc could actually write their own songs and played their own instruments. Nothing like One Direction at all. Quote:
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One of the best, if not THE best band of the 70's. Please don't compare them to 1D or any other boy band of any era |
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It's a bit like saying that Dusty Springfield was the Cheryl Cole of the sixties.
I love 10CC, but I think they tend to be overlooked and mostly thought of as a singles band because they never really had that one classic album to lift them into The Canon... that said, the OP should try any of the many Greatest Hits albums and go from there. |
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a wiki list of gouldmans 60's compositions
"From 1965, while working by day in a men's outfitters shop and playing by night with his semi-professional band, he wrote a string of million-selling hit songs: as well as "For Your Love" he penned "Heart Full of Soul" and "Evil Hearted You" for The Yardbirds, "Bus Stop" and "Look Through Any Window" for The Hollies, "No Milk Today" and "Listen People" for Herman's Hermits, "Pamela, Pamela" for Wayne Fontana, "Behind the Door" for The St. Louis Union and Cher, "Tallyman" for Jeff Beck and "Going Home", which was a 1967 Australian hit for Normie Rowe." i like most of those, esp the yardbirds tracks. |
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Just discovered this band, My favorite track so far is Rubber Bullet. catchy pop / rock at its best, the One Direction of the 70's / 80's.
Anyone heard of them? That's silly. Not even in the same ball park Anyhow, it can only be a good thing to have stumbled upon 10cc.
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Love 10CC. That is all.
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"I'm Not In Love" is gorge and "Dreadlock Holiday"...
Along with Queen, they are one of my all-time favourite bands...as well as both being supremely talented. 1D, my @rse. |
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