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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: 10CC: The Complete UK Recordings |
| Date | Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:50:21 +0000 |
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The last two verses of that song remind me of the Todd Rundgren lyrics:
"there's something at the heart of it that's simply awful
a man who makes a living off a plastic waffle..."
>From: "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: 10CC: The Complete UK Recordings
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:44:30 -0600
>
>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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