10cc Appreciation Thread

[rubber soul]

Originally Posted by Queen Boo

As someone who used to watch Adult Swim religiously my introduction to 10cc was Rubber Bullets being used as the intro music for the Superjail! pilot.

I loved Superjail. Whoever did the animation must have been on some LSD trip.

[Frownland]

Nah they're on some weird psychedelic amphetamine **** that only John McAfee can handle.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by TheBig3

Do you know and listen to every band? Surely there must be bands not even you have heard.

I was hoping for some feedback on the songs and albums I listed. (I'm even waiting on rubber soul's opinion of Deceptive Bends & the song Feel the Benefit) I wanted to hear some kind of opinion about their magnum opus song, Not in Love. I don't know how this discourse turned into a referendum on my MIQ ((MIQ = Music IQ (fyi "IQ" = Intelligence Quotient)). I am still trying to figure that one out. ... not what IQ means but how the spotlight is turned on me and my music knowledge or the lack thereof it.

I've read some of the other posts and I gave this a lot of thought -- about how this amazing band was lost to time ... or location. I came to the realization that maybe it was all the fame and all the attention Aerosmith received that eclipsed any and all knowledge of 10cc in the Boston area. ... so in light of that fact I shall reproach myself for not treating MB members of the Boston area with kid gloves while discussing the subject of 10cc.

[Trollheart]

Hey, Nea! Good to see you back. Was getting a little worried you'd been away so long!

[rubber soul]

I did hear Feel the Benefit after seeing your post, Nea, though I have to admit I haven't heard the entire album as of yet. The hit from the album, The Things We Do For Love isn't one of their better songs, imo, so I probably discounted the album on the basis of that.

But, I liked Feel the Benefit quite a lot. It certainly has a Beatlesque feel to it and I see where you're going with the Dear Prudence style intro. Of course that type of guitar playing was pretty common in the seventies, no one realized on just how influential a guitarist George Harrison was.

Anyway will listen to the whole album now. I think I mentioned I'm Not in Love in one of my earlier posts but it rates as one of my favorite songs of the seventies . They did a lot of work on getting that chorus going on that one.

Like Trolls, glad to see you back, Nea.

[Plankton]

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

((MIQ = Music IQ (fyi "IQ" = Intelligence Quotient))

I only recently discovered the other wonders of 10cc beyond their radio friendly hits, right along with Little Feat and The J. Geils Band.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Hey, Nea! Good to see you back. Was getting a little worried you'd been away so long!

Thank's. It's good to see you back again too.

Originally Posted by rubber soul

I did hear Feel the Benefit after seeing your post, Nea, though I have to admit I haven't heard the entire album as of yet. The hit from the album, The Things We Do For Love isn't one of their better songs, imo, so I probably discounted the album on the basis of that.

But, I liked Feel the Benefit quite a lot. It certainly has a Beatlesque feel to it and I see where you're going with the Dear Prudence style intro. Of course that type of guitar playing was pretty common in the seventies, no one realized on just how influential a guitarist George Harrison was.

Anyway will listen to the whole album now. I think I mentioned I'm Not in Love in one of my earlier posts but it rates as one of my favorite songs of the seventies . They did a lot of work on getting that chorus going on that one.

Like Trolls, glad to see you back, Nea.

Thanks for the welcome back. Deceptive Bends might take more than one listen to sink in. It's their... And Then There Were Three ... album. Godley & Creme left by then, but it still has its moments imo.

Originally Posted by Plankton

I only recently discovered the other wonders of 10cc beyond their radio friendly hits, right along with Little Feat and The J. Geils Band.

I grew up in a full house. It was always filled with music. The J. Geils Band "Live" Full House was one of my favorite albums. Forgive me for saying this but you are finally catching up to what I knew when I was 12 ... or 11 y/o. (If you can imagine I'm like the kid in Almost Famous but without Penny Lane and without the writing skills. And also it was my next door neighbor who left me a milk crate of albums, not my older sister leaving albums under the bed. That being said, I don't like to brag how much I know. I could know a lot, or I could know a little. I really don't know.)

My dad liked Country Rock/Southern Rock, and I heard quite a bit as a kid e.g. Dixie Dregs, Molly Hatchet, Outlaws, OMD, CDB, LS, etc etc. It was always "in heavy rotation" (it's a radio term to meaning quite frequently played). I thought I knew everything about that genre, but maybe I don't. I know very little of Little Feat, like maybe one song. So I consider you recently discovering that band no small feat indeed!

[Plankton]

Sure, I can forgive you for that but not for your improper use of parenthesis. That's going on your permanent record.

I'm just emerging from under a rock made of guitar widdly diddly doo's, so I have much to learn.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Plankton

Sure, I can forgive you for that but not for your improper use of parenthesis. That's going on your permanent record.

I'm just emerging from under a rock made of guitar widdly diddly doo's, so I have much to learn.

I emerged from rock made up of Bo Diddlys and Chuck Berrys. Becareful of the Duane Eddys the undertow will pull you in.

[Plankton]

Thx for the heads-up. Currently tracking down some Duane Eddy's...