10 CC is the greatest band that ever existed. Discuss.

[PurityOfEssence]

Stewart, Gouldman, Creme and Godley sought great topics and were extraordinary musicians. Their work before the breakup was astonishing and resonates to this day. Godley and Creme's separate work is possibly even better, and the pop oriented work of Stewart and Gouldman after the breakup deserved all the success it got.

After three decades, these songs still captivate.

[atomic-fly]

1. example.

I can't remember which songs they did.

[no name no slogan]

3. "I'm Not In Love" for one

possibly the most amazing pop song ever recorded.

[PurityOfEssence]

9. Wall Street Shuffle, Blackmail, Worst Band In the World, Hotel

Don't Hang Up, Rubber Bullets...

[bbernardini]

2. Personally, I like Gouldman's work with Andrew Gold in Wax (or Wax U.K.)

Spectacular pop music there.

[PurityOfEssence]

10. Gouldman also wrote "Bus Stop" when he was in the Hollies

He's written quite a few songs that resonate.

[asthmaticeog]

4. You're wrong.

It should be quite obvious that the greatest band ever was Quiet Riot.

[kick-ass-bob]

5. I reject this.

It is more than quite obvious that the greatest band ever was Twisted Sister.

[asthmaticeog]

6. Philistine! Brute! Ordinarian!

BOW BEFORE YOUR MASTERS, FALSE-METAL CHUMP!

[kick-ass-bob]

7. Here is my real choice:

[WCGreen]

8. Dude. Those guys look so gay now.....

Not that there is anything wrong with that....

10CC's best song....

Life is a minestrone....
Served up with Parmesan Cheese
Death is a cold Lasagna...
Suspended in deep freeze...

[kick-ass-bob]

11. Not exactly your "heavy metal" persona, eh?

This is more like it -- even if they are a bit old in this pic

[WCGreen]

13. Guys that old should NOT wear Leather pants...

[PurityOfEssence]

12. That's a good one, but how about "The Second Sitting for the Last Supper"?

"...two thousand years and he ain't shown up
we kept the seat warm and the table set..."

[no name no slogan]

14. my first "metal" show was Black Sabbath/Quiet Riot

Sab's "Born Again" tour, featuring Ian Gillan of Deep Purple on vox and Bev Bevan of ELO on drums. I was 13 and it was wicked kewl.

[johnnie]

17. Whoa whoa whoa

You trying to tell me that Quiet Riot were better than Cinderella? I think not my friend.

[Kickin_Donkey]

15. "The Things We Do For Love" ...

spring of 1977.

[KitchenWitch]

16. I love the song "Rubber Bullets"

[musiclawyer]

18. Perhaps not the greatest, but one of the greatest underrated

I wish they had stayed together.........I've been plugging "Feel the benefit" for years here on DU as one of the top 10 rock songs of all time. That was post creme/godly.

"Speed Kills" pops into my head all the time--30 years later.

[KamaAina]

19. Well, actually, you may be right...

...because I'm not sure Oasis ever existed.