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Two men battle against the elements to explain, examine and enjoy beloved music - and musicians - to bring underrated masterpieces to the attention of a hostile world. Oh, and 80+ previous episodes exploring the beautiful universe of 10cc.
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Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Sean and Paul look at Godley and Creme's ground-breaking second and third albums in this week's podcast. This is great news for Mr Macreavy, as he's a bit of a 'Kev and Lol-ist'. Paul's more reticent about many of the songs because, as he correctly points out, with chords and melody often in short supply, some of these tunes are difficult!
We rave about the stone-wall brilliance of these albums' opening tracks, This Sporting Life and An Englishman in New York. Have any of the 10cc boys bettered these since? We don't think so... There are many other superb moments that we dissect, such as the beauty of Art School Canteen and Get Well Soon, the wacky fun of Sandwiches of You and the fascinating lyrics of Punchbag, Freeze Frame and Group Life. Sean gets very excited about the 'spreadsheet' lyrics for this one! We marvel as well at so much of the musical invention and creative brilliance on offer here. Gizmos rub shoulders with harmonisers, saxes and the usual huge array of unusual instruments. This is Lol and Kevin really getting Consequences out of their system, with their own inimitable take on 'getting back to basics'. In their case, that is a very different and unique vision of 'basics' indeed! It's hard to believe that these were recorded in the same room as 'Outlandos d'Amour'. We marvel at I Pity Inanimate Objects, but even though it was twenty years ahead of its time, we confess to being annoyed to death by it!
L is an exhausting listen: dense, wild, hard-hitting, even lacerating in places. Lol says he finds it impossible to listen to! We can totally understand why. This episode is not for the faint-hearted...
Oh, and where's Paul McCartney?
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"Is a tree as a rocking horse an ambition fulfilled? And is the sawdust jealous?". My God, have you no hearts? 🙂
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
....made even more real by the use of "inhuman" vocals. Even as a 14 year old when l got this album l found this song to be terribly sad, and still do.
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Also l don't think they ever came across a tech innovation that they wouldn't explore to its fullest, as they did here. Lastly l think Paul hit it when he said it was done to create empathy for inanimate objects.....
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Hi Guys! Love the podcast, it is the greatest music podcast out there. Just finished this one about L/Freeze Frame and my opinions line up with yours almost completely, except perhaps with regard to I Pity Inanimate Objects. While l do agree that it does go on a bit long, but l think that is for several reasons. Most importantly as you posit, the lyrics may have been born as a poem or set of lyrics by either Lol or Kev, and they wanted to use all of them.
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
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