10cc - Old wild men

[hollowedhead]

Sometimes here on Youtube you find tiny corners that are filled with gems and this is one of them... It makes me feel old but in a good way. What a band.

[2322Hoover]

Strangely prophetic. I saw the Who on the G8 thing. Those guys are pushing on a bit now, but they made everybody else on there seem pretty geriatric. What a wonderful song.

[Misty33Blue]

Music does not get any better than this!

[TheSSMusicChannel]

sounds like a hymn to me, always did. Love this track. I'm only sad that Godley and Creme broke away to do their own thing. Amazing music. Does anyone know where the Gizmo is now??????? lol

[Blompcube]

@TheSSMusicChannel there's probably hundreds of them stacked up in lol creme's shed :P if only i could find one...

[glomag]

Love this band and this record. I have read that this song refers to Led Zeppelin, imagining them as old men. Interesting as 10cc seems to have at least admired LZ to some degree, citing them as an influence for "Silly Love."

[Gooseberry51]

Love this song....

[jonasjar]

@BermMary absolutely, strange that it didnt get more attention at the time, I think it's an absolute gem.

[lanckyboy266]

I only have three things to say. 1, great song; 2 brilliant band and 3 their music is sadly missed.. I only live 1hr from Stockport so always visit Strawberry studio when I am there. Thanks lonsjar for the post.

[jcw001]

A very unappreciated gem From the 70's 

[redsfanstu]

"They'll play and play to pass the time, the old wild men, waiting for miracles", 10cc, "Sheet Music", "Old Wild Men" timeless! Thank you jonasjar for the upload and the excellent accompanying visuals! A you tuber recently referred to the 70's music scene as craptacular, well, I'm sorry but nothing that I've listened to lately can hold a musical candle to this classic! Rock for the agges!

[jonasjar]

@redsfanstu my pleasure! :-)

[slagdraggin1313]

@redsfanstu They must have meant DISCO!!!!!!! 70's rock...ain't none better!!!!!!!!!!

[redsfanstu]

@slagdraggin1313 If you listen closely, you will hear an AMEN,Reverberating from Rock's finest hour, namely the 1970's!

[eventcone]

Liked your video! How poignant (and almost prophetic) to see pictures of the band members, as they are now, set to this great song.

[jonasjar]

@eventcone yes I agree the song is a bit prophetic (and also auto-biographic?) apart from a general validity. Aren't we all waiting for some miracle in our stagnant lives, on some level?

[jackthehatuk]

My step dads nephew was Graham Gouldman, so i was kind of forced to listen to 10cc, To this day i am glad about that. Sheet Music was a great album and i still listen to it from time to time. 'How Dare You' was bloody good too.

Good post (saved me some work) ;-)

[jonasjar]

@jackthehatuk I'd say you were a priviliged kid. You could have been forced to listen to things a lot worse than cc!!

[jackthehatuk]

@jonasjar When you put it like that i have to agree.

I should say tho that my step dad didn't actually tie me to a chair and play 10.cc at me all day. Whenever he took me anywhere in the car he would always play the albums and it it grew on me quite quickly, the track that got me started was 'I wanna rule the world'.

[jackthehatuk]

@jonasjar Funny 'ol circle, my brother in law is currently working for some guy who is doing the tours .

Might get some freebies :-)

[Gooseberry51]

@jackthehatuk Graham is a hell of a songwriter.. maybe in the 60th the bands who played his songs were nor fully capeble to do his songs right.. most of what he did was absolutely great....

[dropkicksmurphy]

if life had a soundtrack, this would be in mine. nice vid.

[edwardp75]

Without these guys the Flaming Lips would not be as cool as they are! These guys are legends! These guys are proof our parents were buying the wrong records, but hey most of the greatest bands are never given all the credit they deserve. If you just found this band congrats! Nice find.

[snooflecake]

genius

[xarshtey6]

Such interesting guitar chords - totally lateral, but work perfectly. Much more daring than other groups. Love 10cc!

[jonasjar]

@xarshtey6 I totally agree with you, I'd love to be able to play it, but have found few pointers so far, suspect he uses a rised-G on the E6 tho

[cramlacy]

I can remember buying this album with my first weeks wages at 16. Played it to death on vinyl and same again when I upgraded to cd. They were brilliantly ahead of their time, and sorely missed

[royorbitol]

I can't believe all the not-so mainstream songs are here, great!!

[guzzie333]

This band deserved more attention and respect in the 70's,great lyrics and music.Thank you all,guys,for the magnificent music through the years....

[hollowedhead]

This song always reminds me how fleeting life is....

Make the most of it and just enjoy.

[chrisnewcastle61]

Great post jonasjar, enjoyed your video. Lovely track from a great album, I can recall when my Dad bought it - and I'm 48!

[jonasjar]

I can recall when I bought it - and I'm 50!

[maelstone]

@jonasjar - me too...nearly ,i`m47 ,-)...

[PEC2528]

nicely done!

[jonasjar]

thanx a lot!

[bmc58]

I saw 10cc in the summer and they were fantastic. They played this track and said that Lol (Creme) wrote this when he was just into his 20's.

I think that he is a very underrated songsmith

[whatsthestoryamglory]

Absolutely beautiful song..Where are they now..Peter Green..in the vid.. Now in Norfolk and played at a private function in a 'secret garden'...

[aldiakaroofus]

I am not ashamed of admitting that this song always makes me cry.

[jonasjar]

I'm not surprised, there's something very moving with this ballad, and the sound is just out of this world, immaculate studio work and musicianship, cant see why it didnt get more attention than it did.

[grummeper]

Ja, det var dengang! Tak!

[SadLookinMoon]

vacker låt är det första jag tänker:) 10cc är ännu ett band jag har alldeles för lite koll på, men vicka häftiga stereo-effekter i denna låt!

och många gamla vilda män:)

[jonasjar]

väldigt begåvade killar, och som du själv noterat, studioarbetet är i abslolut toppklass, tänk på att detta är 1973, måste ha tagit mkt studiotid.

[jonasjar]

förstklassig stämsång vid 1:39 (nästan så vibratona ligger i fas också) och fint uppbyggt efterföljande solo med ursnygga crescendon.