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Weird 70's song by 10cc. What did they mean by the lyrics? Kind of f'd up lyrics. (Original Post) Quantess Oct 2015 OP
10cc was of an unrecognized genre Special Prosciuto Oct 2015 #1
What Graham Gouldman said about "How Dare You" (the album it's from) REP Oct 2015 #2
Know the significance of "10 CC"? n/t cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #3
Same as the Lovin' Spoonful, I believe Ron Obvious Oct 2015 #4
WOW I never even contemplated "Lovin' Spoonful"! Damn talk about the forest for the trees... LOL cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #5
All I know is, 10cc is a syringe dosage. Quantess Oct 2015 #8
It's one orgasm's worth of semen jmowreader Oct 2015 #13
I think it's the POV from a psychotic Tom Kitten Oct 2015 #6
Add the origin of the band name Danmel Oct 2015 #7
Tell me so I can wish I didn't know, too. Tobin S. Oct 2015 #9
There was a rumor lovemydog Oct 2015 #10
That's not so bad. Tobin S. Oct 2015 #11
Haha! lovemydog Oct 2015 #12

REP

(21,691 posts)
2. What Graham Gouldman said about "How Dare You" (the album it's from)
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 09:13 PM
Oct 2015

"It's as different as any album by the same band can be, and I think it's a progression from the last one. I think there's been a progression on every album and I think we've done it again. It's a strange mixture of songs. There's one about divorce, a song about schizophrenia, a song about wanting to rule the world, the inevitable money song, and an instrumental."

So it's either the one about divorce or schizophrenia.

(I know the album before it, The Original Soundtrack, better)

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
8. All I know is, 10cc is a syringe dosage.
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 03:48 PM
Oct 2015

Of what, I don't know. But it's always been an off-putting thought.

Tom Kitten

(7,343 posts)
6. I think it's the POV from a psychotic
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 01:25 AM
Oct 2015

stalker, murderer, serial killer, who knows for sure, done in a very jazzy upbeat style that leaves you feeling kinda uneasy...at least me!

But that's why they're a great band... marvelous originality with a deeply sardonic sense of humor.

I love this song also from "How Dare You"-

Danmel

(4,911 posts)
7. Add the origin of the band name
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 10:25 AM
Oct 2015

To things I wish I didn't know. Like why the eggman in I am the Walrus is called the eggman.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
10. There was a rumor
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 04:43 PM
Oct 2015

that 10cc was the average amount of male ejaculate. Not sure if it's been debunked or not by band members. I think they've played it coy. Sometimes fueling those rumors, other times denying them.

Artists & bands love playing around with references like that. It's an old tradition going back to the blues and rhythm & blues. For example, the great Willie Dixon song Spoonful, done here by Howling' Wolf. 'Could be a spoonful of coffee. Could be a spoonful of tea.' It could also be about sex. It could be about heroin or cough syrup. Could be about temptation. 'Some of 'em lie about that spoonful, some of 'em die about that spoonful.'




Rock & roll & pop music is so full of double entendres. Most pop music and many great songs can be interpreted as about sex. Like Christina Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle. 'I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way.' Works as a great pop song with a literal or a sexual interpretation.





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