Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Records I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved: An Occasional Feature (Special "Follow the Money" Edition)

From 1974, and their sophomore album Sheet Music, please enjoy 10cc and their mordant, ironic (and obviously still relevant) ode to rapacious greed "The Wall Street Shuffle."

Like most of the early 10cc stuff, it was too hip for the room (i.e., it was a hit in the UK but bombed here).

I should add that it was co-penned by Graham Gouldman, who in my humble opinion is the greatest British rock songwriter of his day whose last name isn't either Lennon or McCartney.

4 comments:

Alzo said...

...or Davies. Agreed that Gouldman is fantastic. It boggles the mind that this outfit presented as the Ohio Express (Sausalito) and Hotlegs (Neanderthal Man).

John K said...

Couldn't agree with you more about Gouldman.

steve simels said...

Alzo...should have included Davies. But the point remains about Gouldman.
:-)

dorethyroad@aol.com said...


ack in college days while mates were listening to Zep, Allmans, etc I was enamored with The Dan and 10cc.
Many years later I caught up with
Dreadlocks Holiday...Bernie Taupin relate his "
Lyrics are disturbing. They decided to write a song...
Bernie Tauuipin / Keith & Bobbie Ks ,spoke about. wondering if they were not going to be killed
rob