Episode 30 - Graham Gouldman

Sodajerker On Songwriting

Sodajerker

Music, Music Interviews

4.8 • 912 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2012

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

10cc's own Graham Gouldman joins Simon and Brian for episode 30 to talk about the writing of songs like 'For Your Love' (The Yardbirds), 'Bus Stop' (The Hollies), 'No Milk Today' (Herman's Hermits), 'Johnny Don't Do It', 'Wall Street Shuffle', 'I'm Not in Love', 'Iceberg' (10cc) and 'Bridge To Your Heart' (Wax). Graham talks in depth about his work with 10cc, the late Andrew Gold, and his latest solo album Love and Work.

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0:00.0	The Well Simon this is another fine episode you've gotten us into.
0:21.6	Welcome friends to So Dijaker on songwriting at number 30.
0:26.0	Wow.
0:27.0	Can't believe we've already reached the big 3-0.
0:29.0	Feels good.
0:30.0	It does.
0:31.0	Like he's still alive.
0:32.0	It seems like only yesterday we were riding to the studio on our penny farthings and
0:37.0	recording on the trusty old phonograph cylinder doesn't it?
0:40.0	It does. We've yet another fantastic guest joining us today to help us mark this milestone.
0:44.5	It's singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of the band 10-CC,
0:49.6	Graham Goldman. Probably one of the finest songwriters of the UK ever produced. I will not argue with you.
0:56.5	We're really pleased to have Graham on the show. He's a writer we've admired for a long time and
1:00.8	coveted as a guest actually ever since we started this little enterprise of ours.
1:05.8	In particular were huge fans of his work with 10c.C. especially that triumvirate of
1:10.7	superb albums that they made in the mid-70s when as a group they were just really at the top of their game
1:16.7	talking about sheet music the original soundtrack and how dare you those albums are just bursting with enviously creative, intricate,
1:24.8	hooklaid and pop and if you've never investigated 10cc.C. beyond the sorts of
1:28.7	greatest hits packages and stuff, you really owe it to yourself to check out those
1:32.4	three albums.
1:33.5	They should be the core diet of any budding songwriters education if you ask me.
1:38.6	Absolutely.
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