Well, I didn’t like to, as it might spoil it for anyone else. “Clockwork Creep” from their first album, “10cc”.
Sorry, my mistake ..... I thought it was from the first album, but just checked and it was from their second “Sheet Music” (great title) together with a couple of my favourites of theirs “the worst band in the world” and “the sacro-iliac”. I still have their first 4 albums on vinyl. Must dig them out - you’ve made me want to listen to them again! Thanks, TSS!
That was good, but (imo) not as good as “Sheet Music” (which I’ve just pulled out to play and is full of wonderful tracks). A very talented band and very talented songwriters!
Yeah, I was reading up on their history last night. I had completely forgotten how talented they were. Graham Gouldman was a absolute song writing machine. He wrote for practically everyone from the Yardbirds, through Neil Sedaka to Paul McCartney. And Eric Stewart, who looked the baby of them all, was the the oldest. He produced a McCartney album.
Has to be this one for Shane's well taken goal today from Saints fans, Delays, let's hope he bags a few more before the end of the season...
Cheers, Kaito. Always got time to listen to a bit of “Free” - one of the best vocalists of all time, a guitarist few could match and was lost tragically young, an unbelievable bass player considering he was only 15 when the band were founded in ‘68 and a powerful drummer. this is one of my favourites - just amazing .....
This is interesting. The tune is Duke Ellington's "Cottontail" which is actually a contrafact on the changes on "I got rhythm." (A copy jazz device but the theme tune to the Flintstones is also based on the same chords.) I found the solo more convincing - I am familiar with the original and think having grown up in a jazz environment, Rich was better in the ensemble passages. I think from a technical point of view, for his generation Rich was unsurpassed although there are plenty of other players these days who are working at a similar level. All in all, this is intriguing because you don't expect many rock musicians to cut it at performing jazz. There are some notable exceptions such as the pianist Bruce Hornsby but in these circumstances you often discover that they started off playing jazz. I know the same is applicable for Debbie Harry whereas Cyndi Lauper was originally in a blues band. It is depressing to think that good drumming in rock / pop is such a rarity. There are other drummers like Phil Collins who have made the switch to performing with a big band yet the 1980s actually heralded a point at which record producers started using technology like Fair-light programming because of the difficulty for drummers to produce the good live. There is a story I have heard recollected by Quincy Jones about Ringo Starr being incapable of producing a drum figure required for an arrangement and being told to take a break to have a rest. Whilst he was on the lunch break, Jones apparently got Ronnie Verrell to visit the studio and he allegedly recorded this figure at the first attempt. When Starr came back, he listened to the play back and commented to Jones that he had captured what was required of him previously without realising it was actually someone else in the studio. These days, you find that a lot of jazz drummers end up on record credits and this is one of the appeals of looking at album sleeves to find out who is actually playing. Both Steve Gadd and Peter Erskine have cropped up on Kate Bush records whereas the French drummer Manu Katche is a regular for the likes of Sting. I have found Bjork to be the most informed pop artist requiring sidemen with the likes of Larry Ochs playing saxophone on her records - he is more associated with the avant garde ROVA quartet. It does beg the question as to what kind of music some artists listen to. I think there are some pop musicians out there who are really savvy about music. Thanks for posting.
Two well known hits from a very underrated band. Roger Hodgson still performs these and many other songs and is still one of the best live vocalists around .....
How funny, I've been listening to Supertramp all afternoon at work whilst doing some online IT training. Hugely underrated band imho.
"The crystal in your china case is breaking in a million tiny pieces"...we absolutely smashed the Crystal Palace tonight...
Greta v Trump continues.... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-Donald-Trump-slaps-Greta-Thunberg-AGAIN.html
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