10cc

And when people see his first name, they always think LOL for laugh out loud.

but nope he was born long before the internet by the way he's awesome he is an english musician and director who achieved classic art pop fame as being a co-founding member of 10cc they had a huge hit called i'm not in love they also had a bunch of huge hits actually Then he and another guy broke out of 10CC and they became the duo Godley and Cream.

They put out singles like Cry and they also directed music videos.

A lot of music videos that were really popular back in the 1980s.

Has anyone ever heard of the Gizmotron? I've heard of it.

Yeah, Lowell Cream and Kevin Godley from 10CC invented, or Kevin Godley or Lowell Cream invented it, and it was six wheels made of rubber that would turn your guitar into a cello-like instrument, and it was...

What a mess to put that thing on an instrument.

But it worked when it worked.

And if you're a little bit younger, you probably remember it as the song that opens up the movie Guardians of the Galaxy as one of the songs that Chris Pratt's character is listening to as part of his awesome Mixed Volume 1 tape.

The band 10CC originally consisted of four musicians, Graham Goldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lal Crane.

Goldman and Stewart were mostly pop-style songwriters, while Godley and Cream were a little bit more artistic and experimental in their writing style.

That said, they did manage to mix it up from time to time, so that if you look at the writing credits on the albums, you'll see some Godley-Goldman or Stewart-Cream compositions as well.

A year later, Goldman used the Strawberry Studio to record some demos for the band Marmalade.

By the end of the year, he was a financial partner in Strawberry Studios as well, and over the next three years, these musicians and a few others worked in various combinations for other musicians, occasionally putting together some tracks that didn't do a whole lot commercially.

At least, not until the future members of 10CC got together to work on a couple of comeback albums for Neil Sedaka.

Shortly after that, they pooled their talents to put together a track called Waterfall, which they sent to Apple Records.

Then Talk to Me from Silver Tone.

And finally, one of only two tunes that he himself hasn't composed on the three albums, a song called Heart Full of Soul, composed by Graham Gouldman of the band 10CC.

That one taken from the album Chris Isaac.

Here's the other one that he didn't compose. .

I am.

Not as creative as the guys from 10CC.

Particularly, there's, okay, so Godly and Cream had a fairly big hit.

I think it hit the top 40.

I don't think it got into the top 10.

The video got played a lot for the song Cry.

But they were in the band 10CC, and that is the song, I'm not in love, so don't forget.

It's just a funny thing I'm going through.

And this next one might surprise you.

It was a collaboration between 10CC's bass player, Graeme Gouldman, and 1970s soft rock icon, Andrew Goulds.

who you'll remember from Lonely Boy, Never Let Her Slip Away and Thank You For Being A Friend.

Yes, that Andrew Gould.

And the session musician, he played the sax on this one, the Rolling Stones' Miss You.

He also has worked with King Crimson, Carmel, Alan Parsons Project, 10CC, Clannad, Eric Clapton, Bad Company, Dire Straits, Roger Walters, Jerry Rafferty, Tears for Fears, among many others.

Very popular.

He is a British saxophonist.

I think in general, all of the acts, the acts on the acoustic stage alongside me are incredible.

The acts on the main stage, if I have the opportunity to meet people like 10CC and Philly Ocean, I'd freak out.

But yeah, so just I'm just super excited to be there.

Day three of the Galper Conference continues the ongoing conversation on Neanderthals and the role they play in our understanding of human evolution.