The Consequences Podcast

Godley & Creme's Consequences podcast 8 - Side 3 analysis

Paul and Sean finally get their teeth into Peter Cook's Mr Blint and his quarrelsome pals.  The point perhaps where Consequences' becomes its most Marmite-y.  But this pair absolutely love Cook's play, so there!

Sean attempts to shed some dubious light on some of the dodgy Greek philosophy behind the five characters' personalities... and gets his Aristotles, Pythagorasuses and Hippocrateses mixed up.  Oops.

They take a very detailed look into the four 'proper' songs on side 3: 5 O'Clock in the Morning, When Things Go Wrong, 'Mine, Yours, Ours' and the marvellous Lost Weekend, featuring Kevin Godley duetting with Sarah Vaughan. 'Nuff said.  They also attempt to crack the mystery behind that lovely chord that's played at key points throughout the whole ('AAAA!') album...

This episode's long, but the chaps felt side 3 needed and deserved it. 

 

Godley & Creme's Consequences podcast 7 - Side 2 analysis

Paul and Sean delve further into the minute details of genius in this, the second part of the album's instrumental overture.  Godley and Creme's 4-month second-helping of Gizmotron, vocal and studio magic, developing the theme of the four elements: earth, air, fire and water.  

Sean comes clean about omitting Sleeping Earth, Honolulu Lulu and Lost Weekend from his first ever C90 tape of the album. Yep, criminal.  You'll hear some incredible music clips from Kev and Lol, plus some interesting 'deep background' from the likes of South Pacific, Oh What a Lovely War, The Elements Suite from The Beach Boys' legendary Smile album, and even a Jan and Dean tune thrown in for good measure!

Wake up!

Godley & Creme's Consequences podcast 6 - Side 1 analysis

Paul and Sean spring into overdrive for their first in-depth analysis of this great record, track by track.

With lots of stunning audio clips, this is a loving and awe-struck appreciation of the musical and recording genius of Lol, Kev and engineer Martin Lawrence. Their six-month labour of love resulted in a spell-binding instrumental overture for their epic tale of mankind's imminent demise at the hands of the angry elements of water, air, fire and earth. 

We really hope we've done it justice.

Godley & Creme's Consequences podcast 5 - 1976 - The road to Consequences

In this episode, Paul shows off his impressive research skills, stitching together the story of this fateful year, with How Dare You, Gizmo experiments, the last gig at Knebworth, Paul McCartney's Buddy Holly party, *that* session around the piano hearing The Things We Do For Love and People in Love for the first time, the 'Voodoo Boogie' demo, and the grizzly details of Eric's sacking, Kev and Lol's permanent departure and Graham's imminent return to the fold.

Sean sits on in awe, and gets slapped down by Paul for too many controversial comments...

Stand by next week for the first of our (vinyl) side-by-side analyses of the whole Consequences album.

Godley & Creme's Consequences podcast 4 - recording innovation and musicianship

Musicians Paul McNulty and Sean Macreavy chomp at the bit, attempting to describe Lol Creme's, Kevin Godley's and Martin Lawrence's studio brilliance on the Consequences album.  We look at their ground-breaking use of innovative recording techniques and effects, as well as their grossly underrated musicianship.  We even have a makeshift go at emulating their tour de force 'Stampede'...  

Some incredible musical snippets in this episode... and stand by next week for a painstaking timeline of 10cc in 1976, the fateful year of the split.

Godley & Creme's Consequences podcast 3 - the numbers 4 and 17, Peter Cook and Blint's theory of 'It'

Musicians, part-time electricians and ludicrously bad architectural theorists Paul McNulty and Sean Macreavy grapple with the mind-boggling theory behind Consequences' central themes, and Peter Cook's dazzling concoction of Mr Blint's theory of how to save the planet from certain destruction by the rampaging elements.  Have we lost you yet?  To Sean's shame, this is his favourite episode so far, if only because it gave us the chance to have some fun playing with Blint's hole.  Sorry, whole.  AAAA!

We struggle to shed light on the link between the numbers 4 and 17, and don't even pretend to have any answers to the conundrum of pyramids and E-flats.

Next week, the intrepid 'casters look at Godley, Creme and Martin Lawrence's incredible achievements with studio trickery, but in the meantime, lead me in with a count of 17, Mr Stapleton, then wave your baton!

 

Godley & Creme's Consequences podcast 2 - the Gizmo, art and music promos

Musicians Paul McNulty and Sean Macreavy chew the fat about the central character of 'Consequences'.  Nope, not Mr Blint, but the ingenious Gizmo(tron). A guitar-playing device invented by Godley and Creme, capable of spellbindingly beautiful and versatile sounds.  The record was originally conceived as a 3-minute instrumental demo for the Gizmo, before it spiralled so wonderfully out of control!

Paul and Sean argue fruitlessly over where we first heard this contraption, but we do hear some stunning musical snippets from 10cc and Consequences that demonstrate just what a fabulous musical invention this was.  They go on to talk about Kev and Lol's stellar work with visual art (with the amazing album art and other projects), as well as dipping their toes into what became arguably the duo's most successful phase: their ground-breaking music promo videos.

A sprawling episode, then, but hopefully enough to prompt some debate and some re-evaluation of Godley and Creme's huge artistic achievements.  Stay tuned next week, where the 'casters attempt to throw some light on *IT*!

 

Godley & Creme's Consequences podcast 1 - Introduction

Two British men, armed only with a virtual Gizmo and their less-than-encyclopaedic knowledge, battle the cruel elements to attempt the impossible: to drag Godley and Creme's forgotten, cult masterpiece from out of Mr Blint's hole into the glare of the public gaze.

In this first episode, Paul McNulty and Sean Macreavy will attempt to introduce and summarise this most ambitious and ground-breaking concept album, with musical snippets from the album and previous 10cc recordings, as well as Peter Cook's brilliant voice characterisations.

Later episodes will focus on the story and concept of Consequences, the Gizmo, Godley and Creme's musicianship and studio recording achievements, as well as a side-by-side analysis of this triple album wonder.  We really hope that you enjoy this labour of love!

Please be warned that, although Paul and Sean are something of experts, they can be fallible...  The things we do for love!