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| From | "fjeder" <fjeder@shiner22.net> |
| Subject | Re: 10CC: The Complete UK Recordings |
| Date | Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:10:04 +0100 |
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Art for art's sake.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: 10CC: The Complete UK Recordings
> At 01:20 PM 3/24/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >Though the two albums are great (especially Sheet Music), it's the b-sides
> >and 45 edits that make this collection really cool. I especially love the
> >subtle difference betwen the album version and the 45 of "Worst Band In The
> >World". If anyone who hasn't read the liner notes knows the difference
> >between the two, they deserve a prize of some sort (I have a hunch Mr.
> >Spradlin knows).
>
> LOL all I know is that the BBC banned the original version so the band changed
> the line "but we dont give a.... " so it wouldnt rhyme with "admit" from the
> first verse. It wasnt a big UK hit and I dont think it got a USA single
> release. What a cynical song to release to a mass audiance! But the song crams
> so many hooks within its 3-4 minutes that it goes down smooth. .
>
> It's one thing to know it but another to admit
> We're the worst band in the world
> But we don't give a....
>
> If Garbo played guitar with Valentino on the drums
> Then we'd be nothing more than a bunch of darma bums
> So tune up, tune up
>
> Well we've never done a days work in our life
> And our records sell in zillions
> It irrigates my heart with greed
> To know that you adore me
> Up yours, up mine
> But up everybody's that takes time -
> But we're working on it
> Working on it (Ooh)
>
> We never seen the van - leave it to the roadies -
> Never met the roadies - leave them in the van
> All because of circumstances way beyond control
> We became the darlings of this thing called rock and roll, ooh
>
> Here I am a record on a jukebox
> A little piece of plastic with a hole, ooh
> Play me
> Buy me and you play me then my plastic turns to gold
>
> Here we are together on your hi fi
> A little piece of plastic with a hole, oh
> Fade me, fade me, fade me, fade me.....
>
>
>
> Billy G. Spradlin
> http://listen.to/jangleradio
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