At 4:55 the music,melody,chord changes and arrangement here gives me goose bumps. incredible musicianship and really penetrates my heart. Reminds me of old happy times..
Ive taken Lassie for walkies when she was the pup that vaudeville threw up and destiny led her hand in paw to somewhere in hollywood. Now they are classic lines lol. pure brilliance. nothing but love for the memories this album gives me. I was 17 when it came out! ouch :-(
Such a timeless classic of BRILLIANT musicanship.. fantastic vocals & harmonies pls listen to RUNAWAY 10cc to die 4 !! next to this of course... australia
This is proper music , not manufactured , written by supurb musicians , the likes of which today would never get past the first auditions for the crud talent shows which dictate who makes or not.
i just listened to this today for the first time.. this is awesome. for years i tought this band could only do hits like "im not in love"... geee... how wrong i was!!!
A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 am with a chainsaw
Too bad,kids won't even listen to this stuff.They are put off immediately,no autotune,no rrrrapp influence,no Hip-hop beat.I'm turning into my parents ! ! !
Ok Ok probably my alltime favorite band... and definitely one of their best songs...but what really blew me away was the live Fresh Air for Mama cut I just heard here. Check it out , unbelievable youtube.com/watch?v=ZL6AeTtqOAI
Just love this beautiful track, haven't heard it in years, it just brings back floods of great memories of the 70's listening to 10cc and a host of quality musicians who were around at that time.
SO glad to see so many other fans of this LP... my small group of friends and I thought we were the only ones in the US who even knew about it, much less loved it back in the 70s! A truly special record.
First time I've heard this incredible multi-layered song for many many years. Saw them live several times in the 70s and they were brilliant in concert - not only was the music unique and awesome but they were humorous guys too!
Always found 10cc mesmerising - right through to my soul. Sheet Music is classic. I try to treat the music like good wine. I don't listen that often, say every 3 months. I let it mature and then derive the greatest enjoyment.
Wow! this has just transported me back to the age when not all pop music was dumbed down, image dominated cat food and creativity time and experimentation were still allowed in the music business. Death to the Cowell Machine!!!
@johnc0ffee Just think, in another time and another place Cowell with his small man's syndrome may have tried to conquer Russia and perished on the gallows or some such....so much for fate
@tilleylad - I agree Godley's creativity was a vital part of 10cc (and Sheet Music has more of him than any other 10cc album) but for live work, it seems they really needed Paul Burgess.. see the live clips from 1974 which have been posted here.
What a blast back to the past. However, to my ears, this music that my ears yearn for.
How could you compare this to anything in the last 10 years ?
You can't.
This was and is, totally brilliant and creative - as the saying goes "they don';t make them like this anymore"
But If you're reading this, then you know this already, so count yourself lucky you have made it this far without losing any sense of what real music is all about.
I have to agree - they mastered the art of Studio perfection. If you listen to this on anything approaching a decent (analogue) set up, you will be blow away
The detail is awesome - and they are so very clever people
Brilliant, clever and witty. Their type of "art" rock is not appreciated by the younger generation. I have said this before on another video, but they weren't quite the same without Godley & Creme
i spent my teenage years loving the music from this lot, i always maintained that their best tracks were not released as singles but kept as album material. thanks for posting Old Mr Time. One of the most under rated, misunderstood bands of the 70's and i thought that they ROCKED....!!
LOL CREME, KEVIN GODLEY, GRAHAM GOULDMAN, ERIC STEWART. Accept no substitutes. [used to listen to this between sets instead of getting laid back in the 80's. michael paumgardhen.
On my The Orginal Soundtrack it said it started as a 25 minute long song. And then it ended up as a mini-opera rock. And they got the idea for Une Nuit A Paris. It could be fun to hear the 25 minute version of this.
Exquisite. I bought the first four 10cc albums as soon as they came out and was laughed at by all the Motown loving skinheads and Zeppelin and Sabbath loving longhairs. It was tough being a 10cc appreciator back then. Just listen to this, though, and it sounds as fresh as it did back then. Thanks for putting it up.
Indeed, oh so brilliant. The music is SO clever, varied, dramatic and excellently produced. Several melodies, great key changes and well thought out lyrics.
Fantastic song. I love the way Kevin Godley starts the groove on the second bar of the verse - a very underated drummer. So many brilliant ideas in one song.
Sheet Music - still have the original LP in my loft - along with The Original Soundtrack. Wonderful music from my youth! Thanks for reminding me. Got to get all this stuff on my ipod - that little machine keeps me alive.
Thanks again.
PS How do I convert FLV to mp3? I've forgotten. :o)
From the great SHEET MUSIC album by 10cc. Great Lyrics, great production and definitely not one of your 'typical' pop songs. They just don't write songs like this anymore. The "Norman Mailer" section is incredible!!!! Let there be lights, action, sound...Roll 'em!! Thanks for posting this!! The PHOTOS go great with the song! SUPER!!
I agree 100%. It is a track that doesn't immediately grab you at the first listen but grows on you. The best track on the album in my opinion, it is to "Sheet Music" what "Don't Hang Up" is to "How Dare You". As you say the production is superb - Eric Stewart really is a technical genius (not to mention musician and songwriter). They have never got the recognition they deserved, hopefully YouTube is bringing them to the attention of a younger generation :-)
Thanks guys, and yea, totally agree that this is Sheet Music's Don't Hang Up. A beautiful song with so many different tangeants and wonderful melodies. Sheer Music was my favourite album when growing up and still listen to it regurlarly and never tire of it.
Their music is totally timeless - especially compared to other music of the same era; the writing, musical skill and production just transcends time. This is turning into a miniature Minestrone message board!
At 4:55 the music,melody,chord changes and arrangement here gives me goose bumps. incredible musicianship and really penetrates my heart. Reminds me of old happy times..
MrJonezy79 1 month ago
I had this on 100cc 1975, but couldn't recall this one. Thanks for posting.
AMANDACARMAN 1 month ago
When pop music meant 10cc onto Sparks, Abba, ELO, XTC Madness, ....then.....what happened?
spalf73 3 months ago
@spalf73 stock aitken and waterman.... That's what happened...
hollowedhead 3 months ago
@hollowedhead Ha, true - mind even they would be a relief from today's brain dissolving pap.
spalf73 3 months ago
This is truly a 'classic' album that easily sits up there with the greats.
I got hold of Sheet Music at the age of 13 in 1976 and played it relentlessly.
Even returning to it 30+ years later, I remember all the lyrics and tunes without any problem.
Now that's incredible songwriting.
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lauriepants1 2 weeks ago
Ahhhhh, Rita Hayworth ((((sigh)))))
mickeymousebiker1 5 months ago
I love this song. They don't make music like this anymore.
DONOTWANTplease 6 months ago
Love this. Inventive, intelligent and funny:)
Misty33Blue 6 months ago
Ive taken Lassie for walkies when she was the pup that vaudeville threw up and destiny led her hand in paw to somewhere in hollywood. Now they are classic lines lol. pure brilliance. nothing but love for the memories this album gives me. I was 17 when it came out! ouch :-(
TheSSMusicChannel 7 months ago
nice combo
Dav0Aus1 7 months ago
American Idol Wannabees pay close attention. This is how music used to me made.
lonelylondonladfan 9 months ago
Such a timeless classic of BRILLIANT musicanship.. fantastic vocals & harmonies pls listen to RUNAWAY 10cc to die 4 !! next to this of course... australia
g4gammon 9 months ago
This is proper music , not manufactured , written by supurb musicians , the likes of which today would never get past the first auditions for the crud talent shows which dictate who makes or not.
ianrees2 9 months ago
i just listened to this today for the first time.. this is awesome. for years i tought this band could only do hits like "im not in love"... geee... how wrong i was!!!
odinmp5 10 months ago
KIDS OF TODAY, JUST LISTEN AND PAY ATTENTION ! This is music and these are musicians, not the utter PAP you have to suffer now !!
turboslag 11 months ago
Only 10cc would namedrop Norman Mailer. I always think of Eric Idle and Neil Hannon when I listen to their genius.
Crochetify 11 months ago
after all these years - I remember every word
zekedog111 1 year ago
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A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 am with a chainsaw
x9xsnakemanx9x 1 year ago
Too bad,kids won't even listen to this stuff.They are put off immediately,no autotune,no rrrrapp influence,no Hip-hop beat.I'm turning into my parents ! ! !
twowheelflyercr 1 year ago
As the voice comes in, you know you're in for a quality experience. Brilliant.
martinjp1958 1 year ago
Ok Ok probably my alltime favorite band... and definitely one of their best songs...but what really blew me away was the live Fresh Air for Mama cut I just heard here. Check it out , unbelievable youtube.com/watch?v=ZL6AeTtqOAI
metaman99 1 year ago
Great stuff my friend !!! Thanks.
johnmckinlay67 1 year ago
Just love this beautiful track, haven't heard it in years, it just brings back floods of great memories of the 70's listening to 10cc and a host of quality musicians who were around at that time.
02Jonah 1 year ago
SO glad to see so many other fans of this LP... my small group of friends and I thought we were the only ones in the US who even knew about it, much less loved it back in the 70s! A truly special record.
Jhensy2012 1 year ago
And destiny led her hand in paw .....
Fantastic track - amazing band.
Ziontie1971 1 year ago
The piano is what made me love this song.
WoodRatGirl 1 year ago
I cannot stop listening to this song! Love it! Love it!
bradco6 1 year ago
I haven't listened to this in years!
Love it again.
royorbitol 1 year ago 2
No description adequate, I suppose.
armandbourgoignie 1 year ago
First time I've heard this incredible multi-layered song for many many years. Saw them live several times in the 70s and they were brilliant in concert - not only was the music unique and awesome but they were humorous guys too!
andeone18 1 year ago 2
Frustrated filmmakers at their best. AKA: Three Yids and a Yod!
Geritopia 1 year ago
Always found 10cc mesmerising - right through to my soul. Sheet Music is classic. I try to treat the music like good wine. I don't listen that often, say every 3 months. I let it mature and then derive the greatest enjoyment.
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PeteWoodier 1 year ago 3
yeah...this is a great 'picture show' of a tune. In the end, you really believe there's 'a dog up in Beverly Hills'.
davo67 2 years ago
Wow! this has just transported me back to the age when not all pop music was dumbed down, image dominated cat food and creativity time and experimentation were still allowed in the music business. Death to the Cowell Machine!!!
johnc0ffee 2 years ago 22
@johnc0ffee Just think, in another time and another place Cowell with his small man's syndrome may have tried to conquer Russia and perished on the gallows or some such....so much for fate
Crochetify 2 months ago
I love the way Kevin Godley comes in on beat 3 of the first bar of the verses. Great song drummer. I'd love to have seen this live.
tilleylad 2 years ago
You missed something special... One of the best live bands I ever saw.
SuperWanderer56 2 years ago
@tilleylad - I agree Godley's creativity was a vital part of 10cc (and Sheet Music has more of him than any other 10cc album) but for live work, it seems they really needed Paul Burgess.. see the live clips from 1974 which have been posted here.
harfarhs 2 years ago
My favorite track from my favorite 10cc album. Sheet music is in my top 10 albums of all time.
SuperWanderer56 2 years ago
I am of like mind, SuperWanderer... great post OMT!
chrisnewcastle61 2 years ago
Sheet music is the greatest album ever released.
ORIGINOLINDIVIDUAL 2 years ago 2
Not THE best, one of the best I agree. There's New Boots by the man Dury
garnett001 2 years ago
4:24 wow
Tjoppy 2 years ago
4.24 - goosebumps moment... all through to the end.
chrisnewcastle61 2 years ago 2
I saw 10cc in concert in Liverpool last summer. They played this track. Stunning
bmc58 2 years ago
What a blast back to the past. However, to my ears, this music that my ears yearn for.
How could you compare this to anything in the last 10 years ?
You can't.
This was and is, totally brilliant and creative - as the saying goes "they don';t make them like this anymore"
But If you're reading this, then you know this already, so count yourself lucky you have made it this far without losing any sense of what real music is all about.
clubsport911 2 years ago 2
Most underrated group of all time. Uniquely inventive, imaginative, outrageously talented and funny.
alien8ted 2 years ago 26
@alien8ted that sums it quite up.
cosmicrider287 1 year ago
@alien8ted Along with XTC.
tsopuaifa 1 year ago
@alien8ted Totally correct. I used to play 'Sheet Music' over and over and i still like to listen to it now. Out there on their own they were.
jackthehatuk 1 year ago
Damn, now I have a sudden urge to listen to Baron Samedi!!
aldiakaroofus 2 years ago
Sheet Music is their most perfect album. Not a single dud on that one.
aldiakaroofus 2 years ago 2
I have to agree - they mastered the art of Studio perfection. If you listen to this on anything approaching a decent (analogue) set up, you will be blow away
The detail is awesome - and they are so very clever people
clubsport911 2 years ago 2
die gruppe überhaupt
EscherClub 2 years ago
the intro to this masterpiece alone is fabulous.
cosmicrider287 2 years ago 2
Brilliant, clever and witty. Their type of "art" rock is not appreciated by the younger generation. I have said this before on another video, but they weren't quite the same without Godley & Creme
gsf67 2 years ago 4
i have a brother like that ...echo ..u2 etc.
dosent know that music can be fun too
SpliffPete 2 years ago
i spent my teenage years loving the music from this lot, i always maintained that their best tracks were not released as singles but kept as album material. thanks for posting Old Mr Time. One of the most under rated, misunderstood bands of the 70's and i thought that they ROCKED....!!
llamedos333 2 years ago 3
sheet music is the one to get
SpliffPete 2 years ago
this is their best song ...listen for the combs with cig papers 4.25 classic
SpliffPete 2 years ago
LOL CREME, KEVIN GODLEY, GRAHAM GOULDMAN, ERIC STEWART. Accept no substitutes. [used to listen to this between sets instead of getting laid back in the 80's. michael paumgardhen.
mauvezonemagick 2 years ago
I adore this group! And it is one of their best songs!
Almrfd 2 years ago
I LOVE this song! The ending is pretty cool.
On my The Orginal Soundtrack it said it started as a 25 minute long song. And then it ended up as a mini-opera rock. And they got the idea for Une Nuit A Paris. It could be fun to hear the 25 minute version of this.
Manegi2 3 years ago
They were the English Steely Dan.Brilliant!
ph1lanthrope 3 years ago 2
It was THEY and NOT Oasis OR Radiohead who were the nearest thing we ever had to the next Beatles.
candelise 2 years ago 2
Bang on
clubsport911 2 years ago
i like the way the wailing guitar (in a comb and paper style)kicks in at 1:59 after "lights action sound" ...pure genius..thanks
spheresector 3 years ago
Norman Mailer...waits..to nail her..grin
SpliffPete 3 years ago
the bit from 4.25 to 4.38 is probably better than the beatles and was done with paper and combs. thats why i love the band
SpliffPete 3 years ago
best band ever except the beatles
SpliffPete 3 years ago
This is the first time I have heard of this band; I really like them. (smile)
Thank you.
wiskawind 3 years ago
grab their first four albums. the best!!!!
candelise 3 years ago
Exquisite. I bought the first four 10cc albums as soon as they came out and was laughed at by all the Motown loving skinheads and Zeppelin and Sabbath loving longhairs. It was tough being a 10cc appreciator back then. Just listen to this, though, and it sounds as fresh as it did back then. Thanks for putting it up.
Pwecko 3 years ago
Those narrow minded people who could not love those bands AND 10CC as well!
candelise 2 years ago 2
Their Lyrics were just so clever an quirky.The sort of things you wish you'd wrote.lol.His polaroid and scenario.
ImHoneybadger 3 years ago
"I took lassie out for walkies": BRILLIANT
Welius 3 years ago
Indeed, oh so brilliant. The music is SO clever, varied, dramatic and excellently produced. Several melodies, great key changes and well thought out lyrics.
"...hand in paw to somewhere in Hollywood..."
nhuymi 3 years ago
Fantastic song. I love the way Kevin Godley starts the groove on the second bar of the verse - a very underated drummer. So many brilliant ideas in one song.
tilleylad 3 years ago
i was born in 71 and love 10cc since iwas six so how long have i been a fan. its great having parents who have a great taste in nusic
nickmto5 3 years ago
great video , Godley&Creme and 10cc at its best.
balo11 3 years ago
Sheet Music - still have the original LP in my loft - along with The Original Soundtrack. Wonderful music from my youth! Thanks for reminding me. Got to get all this stuff on my ipod - that little machine keeps me alive.
Thanks again.
PS How do I convert FLV to mp3? I've forgotten. :o)
genyouwin 3 years ago
From the great SHEET MUSIC album by 10cc. Great Lyrics, great production and definitely not one of your 'typical' pop songs. They just don't write songs like this anymore. The "Norman Mailer" section is incredible!!!! Let there be lights, action, sound...Roll 'em!! Thanks for posting this!! The PHOTOS go great with the song! SUPER!!
DamGreek 3 years ago
I agree 100%. It is a track that doesn't immediately grab you at the first listen but grows on you. The best track on the album in my opinion, it is to "Sheet Music" what "Don't Hang Up" is to "How Dare You". As you say the production is superb - Eric Stewart really is a technical genius (not to mention musician and songwriter). They have never got the recognition they deserved, hopefully YouTube is bringing them to the attention of a younger generation :-)
magnolia0245 3 years ago
Thanks guys, and yea, totally agree that this is Sheet Music's Don't Hang Up. A beautiful song with so many different tangeants and wonderful melodies. Sheer Music was my favourite album when growing up and still listen to it regurlarly and never tire of it.
OldMisterTime 3 years ago
Their music is totally timeless - especially compared to other music of the same era; the writing, musical skill and production just transcends time. This is turning into a miniature Minestrone message board!
magnolia0245 3 years ago
"Don't Hang Up" is on the 10cc album "How Dare You"
AMOR53 3 years ago
Why do you write that?
Manegi2 3 years ago
because it is true
AMOR53 3 years ago
Great thing you share your knowledge!
Manegi2 3 years ago
@magnolia0245 Hey Sheet Music is a Killer Album
surfjunkie42 1 year ago