My Favorite Songs by 10cc (Part One)

This is a series of posts that will talk about some of my favorite songs by 10cc. See if you agree with any of these!

“Rubber Bullets” is a 1973 single by the English art-rock/pop quartet 10cc, written and produced by members Lol Creme, Kevin Godley, and Graham Gouldman and issued from their self-titled debut album; it exists in multiple versions — the album cut runs over five minutes while shorter single and U.S. radio edits trim that down — and the track’s quirky instrumentation

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My Favorite Albums – Deceptive Bends – 10cc

This is a great album. I love every song and the cover art is one of my favorites.

Deceptive Bends is the fifth studio album by British art rock band 10cc, released on April 21, 1977. It marked a significant transition for the band following the departure of founding members Kevin Godley and Lol Creme in 1976. That left Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman to carry on under the 10cc name.

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Lyrical: “Bird(s) of Prey” (Part One)

Songs that contain the phrase “Bird of Prey” or “Birds of Prey” in the lyrics.

“War Machine” is a hard-hitting track by AC/DC from their 2008 album Black Ice. Written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Brian Johnson, the song features a heavy, blues-driven riff and militaristic lyrics that evoke themes of power and destruction. “War Machine” was well-received by fans and critics, standing out as one of the stronger cuts from Black Ice.

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Songs That Begin and End with the Same Line (Part One)

Ziggy played guitar

I just heard a new “Diner topic” on the Jukebox Diner with Lou Simon radio show on Sirius/XM. It was to come up with songs that open and close with the same exact line of lyric. I thought this sounded fun so I started coming up with some. There are a lot more that I would have ever thought so here we go.

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Radio Favorites – Shame Shame

He’ll only break your heart
And leave you standing out in the rain
Shame, shame

As a record collector, I hunted down many of my favorites but obviously came nowhere near getting them all. These are some of my favorites I didn’t own then.

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Falling Through the Cracks: Classic Hits That Weren’t

“Would – be” classic hits that have somehow managed to fall through the cracks

By Donnie Thompson

Melody Hill was the Circle Sky Records official magazine while we were open between 2002 and 2010. Donnie recollected “The yellow submarine is made by Corgi. The Monkeemobile and Partridge Bus are from Johnny Lightning. The band figures are the Monkees from the Monkees Tour Van/Monkeemobile set from Johnny Lightning. The building is the backside of the Hot Wheels Pop Up Drive & Eat [because we wanted to back the Monkeemobile into the garage]. We set it up on plain white pieces of Coroplast. One underneath and I think one behind.”

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