Art for art's sake..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy G. Spradlin" To: 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 > ======================================================================= > Detailed Audities-List information: > To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: > >