Legendary 10cc Members Reunite To Record New Music
5/10/07 -
Graham Gouldman, a prolific songwriter since 1965, who still maintains a
touring 10cc, before joining the band penned such classic songs as
"For Your Love", "Heart Full Of Soul"
and "Evil Hearted You" for The Yardbirds,
as well as "Look Through Any Window" and "Bus Stop"
for The Hollies and "No Milk Today", "Listen
People" and "East West" for Herman's Hermits.
He has also worked with the likes of Andrew Gold and The Ramones.
"It was exhilarating to hear a haunting Graham Gouldman chord sequence,"
says Godley about their recent collaboration, "wrap some words
around it and feel something actually come to life, in real time, again. These
first five tracks are pretty lean by our previous standards. They're more
heartfelt, focused, less layered and lyrically they're tougher."
The five new Godley and Gouldman songs are as followed:
1) "The Same Road " - A burned-out, homesick, American
executive, snarled up in traffic on the Westway,
fantasizes about finding a soul mate in a pressurized, loveless world.
2) "Johnny Hurts" - In a dark hotel room, late at night, a man
tries to comfort his best friend's new wife as a disastrous wedding party winds
down in the bar.
3) "Beautifulloser.com" - A rich man recalls, with regret, his
lost youth and his part in an extraordinary woman's downfall.
4) "Hooligan Crane
" - Years after the event a victim of school bullying
meets his vicious tormentor. Old wounds re-open. For the victim nothing's
changed. For the bully everything has.
5) "Son Of Man" - Hotlegs morph,
noisily, into 10cc via self -medicating, mutant primate and northern
work ethic. (This is part one of "The Son Of
Man Diaries", a sporadic, mostly audio but occasionally visual look at
Godley and Gouldman's collective history).
Why a reunion now after so many years? "In a nutshell… unfinished
business," explains Godley. "In all the years we've known each
other we've only written three pure, Godley/Gouldman songs. That, and a desire to find out if the music muscle still
worked with someone I enjoyed and didn't have to spend weeks getting to
know." Upon listening to the duo's new work unquestionably the spark is
still there, picking up where they left off in 1976 but with a newly found,
contemporary edge. Says Gouldman, "Kevin and
I have always stayed in touch even though we haven't actually worked together
for many years, so I was delighted when he called to suggest we write some
songs. When I asked 'Why?' He said, 'No reason…
just to do it and see what happens.' A good enough reason for
me!"
Much to the elation of
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