Talk:Deceptive Bends
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[edit] Song facts
The info here is helpful, but can't be used like this as it has been simply lifted from another website. I'll transfer it on to this discussion page, for now. Feel free to write an entry on this album, but the work should be yours, not something taken wholesale from another website. Thanks.
In the fall of 1975, 10cc released "Art For Art's Sake," the first single from their upcoming album, How Dare You! It was inspired by one of Gouldman's father's sayings: "Art for art's sake, money for God's sake." While it kept up 10cc's hit streak in England, in America it stalled at #83. The album appeared early the following year, along with a new single, the sparkling "I'm Mandy Fly Me." Again, a low U.S. chart placing-#60-but sharp English ears sent it into that country's Top Ten. Ironically, the song which represented the peak of 10cc's collaborative efforts would be their last with their original lineup. In October 1976, Godley and Creme left, putting an end to longstanding artistic tensions within the group. While Godley and Creme reached new heights as solo artists and, later, video directors, Stewart and Gouldman kept 10cc alive. They added a drummer, Paul Burgess, and quickly brought forth a new single, the supremely infectious "The Things We Do For Love." (Which was co-written with Paul McCartney) "That song was originally supposed to be a very sleazy blues number," Stewart says, "but it sounded too sad. Then, when Graham and I went in to record Deceptive Bends, we were feeling quite free, exhilarated by the fact that what was tying us down over the last 10cc album-this tension that we were getting into with Kev and Lol-was not there anymore. I sat down and started trying to play 'The Things We Do For Love' uptempo, and we just hooked into it." The second single from Deceptive Bends was "Good Morning Judge," its title inspired by the punchline to a joke. While that song hit the UK Top 5, the immediate U.S. follow-up to "The Things We Do For Love" was the uncharacteristically plaintive "People In Love," which edged up to #40. 10cc rounded out 1977 with their first live album, Live And Let Live, which introduced the new, six-member lineup, with Tony O'Malley (later replaced by Duncan MacKay), Stuart Tosh, and Rick Fenn. (the information above can be found at http://www.fufkin.com/columns/eden/eden_05_02.htm)MMT 2006
Grimhim 06:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
