The incredible vision of Sweet - Page 2

Elspode · 03-14-2003, 04:58 PM

That team wouldn't have been Godley and Creme of 10cc, would it? It would explain much about why "Love is Like Oxygen" sounds so much like 10cc. Godley and Creme have a *very* distinct production style, instantly recognizable, much the same as anything produced by Jeff Lynne of ELO.

Undertoad · 03-14-2003, 05:39 PM

No it was Chinn & Chapman, and it turns out that things like "Little Willy" and "Ballroom Blitz" were the produced bits and "Fox on the Run" was the first non-Chinn/Chapman single.

Godley & Creme were geniuses but I think most of 10cc with them was actually group-produced. They did come up with the "sound" for "I'm Not In Love" however.

elSicomoro · 03-14-2003, 06:35 PM

Godley and Creme? Didn't they do that stupid song "Cry" in the 80s?

Undertoad · 03-14-2003, 06:44 PM

They did, but it was well after they had much interest in making interesting music, and had moved on to making interesting videos. The fact that the single reached any prominence at all was due to the video. If I recall, it was a pre-morphing view of many different faces, does anyone remember?

elSicomoro · 03-14-2003, 06:57 PM

Yes...that's the only reason I know of it.

Elspode · 03-14-2003, 07:02 PM

A videography of Godley and Creme -
http://www.mvdbase.com/director/G/godcrm.htm

Undertoad · 03-14-2003, 09:05 PM

I really only followed their music side. I have their triple album. And for a while I owned a Gizmotron, the guitar effect they invented.

For both items, probably less than 1000 were produced. So I guess I'm sayin' I'm really cool. But since nobody cares, it only means I'm a dork.

Elspode · 03-14-2003, 09:13 PM

No, that makes you decidedly cool, not a dork. Of course, I'm a guitar player myself, so that probably gives you extra points.

elSicomoro · 03-14-2003, 09:26 PM

But you're a synth geek too, right? Minus 50 points.

UT, the net effect is zero. Owning that album makes you a dork, but the gizmotron makes you cool. See, zero effect.

Undertoad · 03-14-2003, 09:31 PM

But I sold the Gizmotron.

But, I sold it to Marty Willson-Piper of the Church.

(Anyone care? Anyone? This is the only name-dropping I do, what a dork)

elSicomoro · 03-14-2003, 09:36 PM

Man, I loved the Church! Add 100 points.

elSicomoro · 03-14-2003, 09:39 PM

Oh, and it doesn't matter that you sold it...you owned it. That's good enough.

Undertoad · 03-14-2003, 10:51 PM

Thankee! Most satisfying.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-07-2003, 09:00 PM

Friends in the music business tell me it's 5% music, 5% artist and 90% producer that makes an album. Disc to the youth. that's why so much of the music you hear at concerts is prerecorded now.

03-14-2003, 04:58 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	That team wouldn't have been Godley and Creme of 10cc, would it? It would explain much about why "Love is Like Oxygen" sounds so much like 10cc. Godley and Creme have a very distinct production style, instantly recognizable, much the same as anything produced by Jeff Lynne of ELO. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-14-2003, 07:02 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	A videography of Godley and Creme - http://www.mvdbase.com/director/G/godcrm.htm __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-14-2003, 09:13 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	No, that makes you decidedly cool, not a dork. Of course, I'm a guitar player myself, so that probably gives you extra points. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-07-2003, 09:00 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Friends in the music business tell me it's 5% music, 5% artist and 90% producer that makes an album. Disc to the youth. that's why so much of the music you hear at concerts is prerecorded now. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2003, 05:39 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	No it was Chinn & Chapman, and it turns out that things like "Little Willy" and "Ballroom Blitz" were the produced bits and "Fox on the Run" was the first non-Chinn/Chapman single. Godley & Creme were geniuses but I think most of 10cc with them was actually group-produced. They did come up with the "sound" for "I'm Not In Love" however.

03-14-2003, 06:35 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Godley and Creme? Didn't they do that stupid song "Cry" in the 80s?

03-14-2003, 06:44 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	They did, but it was well after they had much interest in making interesting music, and had moved on to making interesting videos. The fact that the single reached any prominence at all was due to the video. If I recall, it was a pre-morphing view of many different faces, does anyone remember?

03-14-2003, 06:57 PM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Yes...that's the only reason I know of it.

03-14-2003, 09:05 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I really only followed their music side. I have their triple album. And for a while I owned a Gizmotron, the guitar effect they invented. For both items, probably less than 1000 were produced. So I guess I'm sayin' I'm really cool. But since nobody cares, it only means I'm a dork.

03-14-2003, 09:26 PM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	But you're a synth geek too, right? Minus 50 points. UT, the net effect is zero. Owning that album makes you a dork, but the gizmotron makes you cool. See, zero effect.

03-14-2003, 09:31 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	But I sold the Gizmotron. But, I sold it to Marty Willson-Piper of the Church. (Anyone care? Anyone? This is the only name-dropping I do, what a dork)

03-14-2003, 09:36 PM	#11
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Man, I loved the Church! Add 100 points.

03-14-2003, 09:39 PM	#12
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Oh, and it doesn't matter that you sold it...you owned it. That's good enough.

03-14-2003, 10:51 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thankee! Most satisfying.

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