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  Seven Songs for the Week #75 - 11th Sept 24

  Jason Carty

  After much consideration, I decided to reverse the order of this weeks playlist. I mean, it works in either direction, I think.

  Godley & Creme have a weird place in my psyche. I vividly remember the tracks Under Your Thumb and Wedding Bells from when I was a kid and found them to be unique concoctions. Pop music but by men. As the 80s rode by Godley & Creme delivered the track Cry which seemed to be everywhere when it came out. The 80s explosion of pop videos would usually have them lurking in any news story or documentaty on the topic (check out the MTV documentary on YouTube of Yes making their Leave It video. G&C are amusingly stoned and winging it)

  After they called it a day in 1988 the left behind a body of work that is still quite unique and curious . Sometimes it is pop of the finest mettle, sometimes it’s more concept then melodic. Either way, it was never boring.

  This track is a standalone signal from 1980 so tends to fall between the cracks. I urge everyone reading this to see the video , because it has some fantastic analog effects that predate later videos from people like Michel Gondry. The saxophone is Roxy Music's Andy McKay. The reason I came back to this week is because I noticed a little guitar riff also appears in the next song...

  [Side point: In 2020 Kevin Godley appeared on the Nothing Is Real podcast and was very generous giving us two hours of his time as we quizzed him on his career and Beatle connections. If you listen to the episode now you can hear how excitied I am at the start of it. KEVIN GODLEY!]