Eric Stewart is a very talented musician. Song writer and arranger, multi instrumentalist, singer, producer. There was little the man couldn't do very well.
What a incredible piece of music, in three parts , 10ccs magnum opus. Beautifully arranged musically a masterpiece in songwriting. To tecord and produce music like that , after Lol Cream and Kevin Godley left is a testiment to both of the them. Also to carry on recording under 10cc banner is quite something.
I was at this concert in 77. Man it was out of sight! the guys brought the house down with their talents. Eric’s solo in benefit gave me goosebumps. Unreal. Gouldman was a riot too! They don’t do concerts the way they used to.
I had the pleasure of talking to Eric and Graham some years ago and Eric asked me what my favourite 10cc song was. I said Feel the Benefit and he said lots of fans who knew their music well said that. They were absolutely lovely too.
Eric Stewart's guitar solo on this song remains for me (and always will), the greatest guitar solo on any song, ever. He's an incredible guitar player..
The way Eric moves from a perfect performance on vox / piano to one heck of a guitar solo is just amazing. The overall standard of musicianship here is just off the scale 👏👏👏
Eric Stewart is amazing..!!! whether he plays guitar (which by the way his solo is breathtaking)or piano just completely thrills me. He is absolutely gorgeous..
Listen to Mr. Gouldman's bass. Listen to the gorgeous vocals by Mr. Steward. These drums! The high level of musicianship on display here is absolutely fantastic, top of the game. You have created some gorgeous pieces, indeed. This here might be a little too sweetish, but nevertheless it is a masterpiece that went unrecognised. It should have hundreds of millions views.
The best live recorded track I’ve ever heard by anybody ever! Absolutely superb and flawless. Eric Stewart mastery and Graham Gouldman refusing to be upstaged by doing the best bass solo ever. And I was there in Manchester in ‘77.
Can someone please release this entire concert on DVD? Graham's amazing bass solo sets up the perfect finale for Eric to deliver one of THE best guitar solos of all time. Two master musicians on one epic song.
Keith Cloke Thanks Keith. I remember taping the '82 Wembley concert when it was first shown on TV. I still have it in a box along with other gems from that era,but it would be nice to have it on DVD. Graham's solo,as you rightly say,is even more impressive due in part to having a bit more time to stretch out,and once again Eric steps forward and delivers a lead guitar master class that doesn't waste a note. Another highlight of the Wembley concert was the astonishing harmony lead lines,played by Eric and Rick, at the end of Art For Art's Sake,which for me,even outranks the classic guitar duel on Hotel California.
***** Yes, I quite agree, NightFright. The solos from Art For Art's Sake (and at the end of Feel the Benefit) at Wembley are just fabulous. I've only recently got into 10cc in more depth, and was pleasantly surprised to hear such good guitar work plus the fact it's played on the Les Paul which holds a place dear to my heart! The sound at the Wembley concert is much better too and the solos are more prominent in the mix so are easier to appreciate. I think it's amusing how Eric smilingly lifts his finger to the other musicians a couple of times after the end of Art for Art's Sake in almost amused relief?! As if to say, that solo was hot work!
I'm a huge fan of 10CC, and this is my favorite song they did, from Deceptive Bends, a great album, too. My only regret is not seeing them in person. This is fantastic.
I just want to get in a bubble with no sound except for this song, and experience it until all my cells are filled with it. What a total joy this is!! Thank you so much. I just can't get enough!!!
Saw them at Bristol Colston Hall in the 1970s and I remember Eric and Graham emerging from the concert hall in front of us and close up it was like being in the presence of gods. They ARE musical gods. Eric's guitar solo at the end of Feel the Benefit is one of my favourite of all solos. The expression, feel and tone is incredible.
I remember listening to this song for the first time as a teen on some obscure radio station in the NW suburbs of Chicago. I bought the album... lost it sometime during various moves, but always remembered this song as something life-changing for me. In my opinion one of the greatest and most underappreciated/underated guitar solos EVER! I still shed a tear and get chills when I hear it. This version has the added "benefit" of the bass solo.
10cc in my view greatest band ever, tears when they split, but what great music they made afterwards, chills when I think what could have been if they had stayed together.
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Always loved this song since it came out. I had friends in H.S. who brushed it off saying it was a rip-off of the Beatles "Dear Prudence" (not the same notes btw) but I would say to them, "listen to the WHOLE song" and ask yourself: "What if Lennon & McCartney were able to create a masterpiece like that?" They didn't. 10CC did. :-)
+Michael Barnhart Not a rip-off at all, the notes are indeed different. This is one of the best compositions these guys ever did imo and the lyrics are quite inspirational as well. Brilliant piece.
Interesting. I read one reviewer who thought the opening guitar was taken from the Abbey Road template. The Dear Prudence reference I hadn’t heard before. After being told I sort of see it a little but I think 10cc did their own thing ultimately. Myself I never listen to them and think of the Beatles. The way they used their voices and harmonies weren’t Beatle like at all really.
No way. I heard this song for the first time ever, and I loved it, thats why I came to listen a live version. But the very first thing I noticed was the similarity with Dear Prudence. Let's be honest. It's a beautiful song opening, but it is clear that they was inspired by Dear Prudence.
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I saw the band on that same tour at Apollo Stadium, Adelaide. I was about 7 rows from the front - on the basketball court floor. This was stunning to watch & listen to live.
Favorite song from my favorite band. Brilliance from all - and Eric’s solo is icing on the cake. Wish I could have seen them live. Still listening in 2020!!!
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Whenever I hear Eric's solo I have the same reaction as when David Gilmour plays Comfortably Numb - ie why did you stop! Love this song, the best of the post L&K era by some distance.
I haven't got the words to praise this performance enough. My youth was 10cc, and in a quote from the How Dare You album: "Very 10cc. Very wonderful". The two phrases are forever linked. They certainly apply to this, even though Godley and Creme had gone.
A great track in the days when musicians could really stretch out and show the mastery of their instruments and vocals. This band were at their creative peak with this one.
Loved the 10cc songs I heard previously on the radio but Deceptive Bends was the first I purchased. I read about it, believe it or not, in Stereo Review by a music reviewer...I think Steve Simels was the name. The album is in my top 50 of all time with its musical brilliance, production and audio quality. A perfect 10. My advice to everyone who does not own the LP or CD of this brilliant album is to seek and purchase immediately!
A primeira vez que ouvi essa musica, foi na Radio Excelsior FM, em São Paulo, nos anos 78/79, me lembro perfeitamente o locutor da rádio falando nos primeiros acordes "Essa musica merece volume especial... mais alto... bem mais alto..." lembro como se fosse hoje... bons tempos.
this is one of the best live recorded tracks of the seventies period, the recording all be it with with slight over dubbing produces a wonderful dynamic range, anybody that wants to demo a pair of headphones or speakers go and get the live and let live album of 10cc and play this track!
Thanks so much for posting and preserving this mate ,i fell in love with this album in the early eighties,, surely this is the ultimate rock trilogy piece,absolutely beautiful.. being a lead guitarist for many years trust me Eric Stewart is a stunning player with a 'vibrato' to die for ,watched him live a few times with my jaw hitting the floor,peace |
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Thanks a lot for this treat! Yes this is to me also the definite version, and one of the definite live concerts as well, "by which all others have been judged". I was quite young when I saw this on TV while visiting my grandmother, and it was truly revelatory...! I so wish I had this concert on DVD...
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While playing at The Copacabana in1979, I met Pele the soccer player. I started playing drums on the table singing a part of this song... "You can drink a lot of coffee in Brazil, but the bill is gonna make you ill" ... He said "Yes, coffee is very expensive in Brazil, 10cc had it right" :)
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After first hearing The Original Soundtrack I was hooked and then they released Deceptive Bends and thats where I heard this awesome piece. Eventually they decided to come to Australia (this was back in the 70s) so me and some mates and my girlfriend all decided to go see them. They were on at 9pm and the place was packed. By 12 they still hadnt come on and about 12:30am my gf said she was feeling sick could I take her outside, so being the good lad I did. BUT then I heard them announced the band was on but the security wouldn't let me back inside. So I totally missed the concert. Was I bitter and twisted? Hell yeah. Even today it still has a tiny kernel of anger. I married that wonderful woman but damn it still smarts sometimes.
The only one from the original line-up from 10 CC I,ve seen on live gigs was Graham Gouldman,this year again @ Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam.I love their amazing music❤️
After concert cancelled in lockdown finally going to see Graham Goldman doing his concert in Manchester in October.Such a talented songwriter and musician can't wait.Boris better not do another lockdown
Never really realised what an accomplished guitarist Eric was until I heard the last amazing couple of minutes
There's the proof that there's much more to 10CC than the big hits. Simply brilliant. 👏
Eric Stewart is a very talented musician. Song writer and arranger, multi instrumentalist, singer, producer. There was little the man couldn't do very well.
What a incredible piece of music, in three parts , 10ccs magnum opus. Beautifully arranged musically a masterpiece in songwriting. To tecord and produce music like that , after Lol Cream and Kevin Godley left is a testiment to both of the them. Also to carry on recording under 10cc banner is quite something.
I was at this concert in 77. Man it was out of sight! the guys brought the house down with their talents. Eric’s solo in benefit gave me goosebumps. Unreal. Gouldman was a riot too! They don’t do concerts the way they used to.
One of my absolute favorite 10cc songs
Always were lost in the crowd of Queen Punk and others. Very underrated band 😊
I had the pleasure of talking to Eric and Graham some years ago and Eric asked me what my favourite 10cc song was. I said Feel the Benefit and he said lots of fans who knew their music well said that. They were absolutely lovely too.
Minha favorita também e o solo de guitarra do no final deveria ter 10 vezes mais tempo.
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The back to back guitar solos is fantastic. Graham Goldman and Eric Stewart are top notch. Graham is still at it in 2024.
Eric Stewart's guitar solo on this song remains for me (and always will), the greatest guitar solo on any song, ever. He's an incredible guitar player..
I came to write these exact words 😂. It is a stunning performance
If it had been jimmi Hendrix playing that solo, you would never have heard the end of it.
The way Eric moves from a perfect performance on vox / piano to one heck of a guitar solo is just amazing. The overall standard of musicianship here is just off the scale 👏👏👏
2 things brought magic in my young life as a teenager, Christmas and…. 10cc.
one word.. Eric .. the voice is beyond perfect, the guitar is soulful..
Feel the Benefit is a masterpiece!!
So underrated. Somewhere in Hollywood is another bit of magic prog rock
Eric Stewart is amazing..!!! whether he plays guitar (which by the way his solo is breathtaking)or piano just completely thrills me. He is absolutely gorgeous..
Love him, great musician.
Me too!
I'm his clone!
Eric Stewart was one hell of a guitar player...phrasing, harmonic sense and tone...and then there was his songwriting skills...
@@denissmith9772 I'd love to see your picture.
Saw this at Cardiff Sofia Gardens in 77... amazing, loved the double synchronised drummers !
One of the best pieces of music... ever.
Listen to Mr. Gouldman's bass. Listen to the gorgeous vocals by Mr. Steward. These drums! The high level of musicianship on display here is absolutely fantastic, top of the game.
You have created some gorgeous pieces, indeed. This here might be a little too sweetish, but nevertheless it is a masterpiece that went unrecognised. It should have hundreds of millions views.
with you on those comments they were all so multi talented. great band
Gouldman's bass solo is really fantastic !!!!
This piece of music is a masterpiece. And Eric is fantastic.
I was fortunate enough to be at this concert. Imo there is not one wasted second in this total masterpiece
Ah but were you wasted?
Lucky guy
Eric Stewart - honey, cream, velvet and a voice that cannot be substituted - so disappointed he never goes on tour any more.
Eric REALLY enjoyed that! What an awesome band is 10cc.
The best live recorded track I’ve ever heard by anybody ever! Absolutely superb and flawless. Eric Stewart mastery and Graham Gouldman refusing to be upstaged by doing the best bass solo ever. And I was there in Manchester in ‘77.
Best version ever!
10 CC - The best group in the World !!!
My parents bought me this album "Live and Let Live" for xmas present in 1977. Loved this track and the solo is amazing
Can someone please release this entire concert on DVD? Graham's amazing bass solo sets up the perfect finale for Eric to deliver one of THE best guitar solos of all time. Two master musicians on one epic song.
yup this is one of those "remember for all time" moments mate, for sure :) Loved this for 37 years!
look for the '82 Wembley concert (It's on here) Graham's solo is better in my opinion
Keith Cloke Thanks Keith. I remember taping the '82 Wembley concert when it was first shown on TV. I still have it in a box along with other gems from that era,but it would be nice to have it on DVD. Graham's solo,as you rightly say,is even more impressive due in part to having a bit more time to stretch out,and once again Eric steps forward and delivers a lead guitar master class that doesn't waste a note.
Another highlight of the Wembley concert was the astonishing harmony lead lines,played by Eric and Rick, at the end of Art For Art's Sake,which for me,even outranks the classic guitar duel on Hotel California.
***** Yes, I quite agree, NightFright. The solos from Art For Art's Sake (and at the end of Feel the Benefit) at Wembley are just fabulous. I've only recently got into 10cc in more depth, and was pleasantly surprised to hear such good guitar work plus the fact it's played on the Les Paul which holds a place dear to my heart! The sound at the Wembley concert is much better too and the solos are more prominent in the mix so are easier to appreciate. I think it's amusing how Eric smilingly lifts his finger to the other musicians a couple of times after the end of Art for Art's Sake in almost amused relief?! As if to say, that solo was hot work!
This one?: ua-cam.com/video/x95-bMwhX_8/v-deo.html
Musicians may equal this, but they can't beat it. Utterly wonderful.
If you were there, in the front row, watching and listening to this - you'd probably be really, really impressed.
I'm a huge fan of 10CC, and this is my favorite song they did, from Deceptive Bends, a great album, too. My only regret is not seeing them in person. This is fantastic.
this is what we know and remember as PURE TALENT
amazing band, no one can duplicate
I love the bass solo on this song. Those old Rickenbackers sound great when they're played with a pick.
Love the vocals - especially Eric's beautiful voice...
Fantastic, along with I'm Mandy, Fly Me, the best of 10cc
That's my favorite.
Triste!!!.. Da tanto tempo... Da quando Qualchuno, non ha mai visto e creduto...
Sono morta!
Wow that's a long song. I believe I had this on vinyl. Now it's on CD.
Eric Stewart + Graham Gouldman = 10cc
Kevin and Lol too now!.........
One of the best live songs ever recorded. Completely utterly awesome.
You all forget Graham, super Bass player on his super Rickenbacker, sound just perfect.
one from the best.
I just want to get in a bubble with no sound except for this song, and experience it until all my cells are filled with it. What a total joy this is!! Thank you so much. I just can't get enough!!!
Saw them at Bristol Colston Hall in the 1970s and I remember Eric and Graham emerging from the concert hall in front of us and close up it was like being in the presence of gods. They ARE musical gods. Eric's guitar solo at the end of Feel the Benefit is one of my favourite of all solos. The expression, feel and tone is incredible.
Hard to believe it's been forty years. It is still an amazing masterpiece!
I remember listening to this song for the first time as a teen on some obscure radio station in the NW suburbs of Chicago. I bought the album... lost it sometime during various moves, but always remembered this song as something life-changing for me. In my opinion one of the greatest and most underappreciated/underated guitar solos EVER! I still shed a tear and get chills when I hear it. This version has the added "benefit" of the bass solo.
10cc in my view greatest band ever, tears when they split, but what great music they made afterwards, chills when I think what could have been if they had stayed together.
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What a great unique time and music. 10 cc is it
Stewart is the master!!
One of the all time great outro’s
Always loved this song since it came out. I had friends in H.S. who brushed it off saying it was a rip-off of the Beatles "Dear Prudence" (not the same notes btw) but I would say to them, "listen to the WHOLE song" and ask yourself: "What if Lennon & McCartney were able to create a masterpiece like that?" They didn't. 10CC did. :-)
+Michael Barnhart Not a rip-off at all, the notes are indeed different. This is one of the best compositions these guys ever did imo and the lyrics are quite inspirational as well. Brilliant piece.
Interesting. I read one reviewer who thought the opening guitar was taken from the Abbey Road template. The Dear Prudence reference I hadn’t heard before. After being told I sort of see it a little but I think 10cc did their own thing ultimately. Myself I never listen to them and think of the Beatles. The way they used their voices and harmonies weren’t Beatle like at all really.
No way. I heard this song for the first time ever, and I loved it, thats why I came to listen a live version.
But the very first thing I noticed was the similarity with Dear Prudence. Let's be honest.
It's a beautiful song opening, but it is clear that they was inspired by Dear Prudence.
This is my favorite song. Eric REALLY enjoyed that! What an awesome band is 10cc.
Masterpiece song by Stewart and Gouldman.
Fantastic! I saw them in 1977 in Sydney at the Hordern Pavilion - I went with my brother. They are still my favourite band ever. Thanks for posting!
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I saw the band on that same tour at Apollo Stadium, Adelaide. I was about 7 rows from the front - on the basketball court floor. This was stunning to watch & listen to live.
A truly fabulously talented group. Timeless melodies and wonderful lyrics.
incredible song and superb drumming
the best version of this song.....great guitar solo and impeccable timing.....GO 10CC...loved it...!~!
The most moving rock song that I have listened to for 36 years now. Still brings tears every time. Thanks for posting
Steve, is it still tearing you up 6 years later?
2020 totally listen to the words plus I loved this may back when 10cc what can you say❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love it..i am a huge fan, seen them live many times. Great live band and Eric Stewart is such a fine guitarist. These guys could play!
Favorite song from my favorite band. Brilliance from all - and Eric’s solo is icing on the cake. Wish I could have seen them live. Still listening in 2020!!!
one of the few benefits of being 66 is i remember such great songs word for word.
@ Steve . Such an underrated group , and an epic display of how to make a guitar sing ! Come back Eric .
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Such an epic song. It moves me.
Thanks for uploading this. How good are 10cc doing this so well live! I certainly felt the benefit of watching this.
Whenever I hear Eric's solo I have the same reaction as when David Gilmour plays Comfortably Numb - ie why did you stop! Love this song, the best of the post L&K era by some distance.
My thoughts exactly - serious shivers down the spine!
I haven't got the words to praise this performance enough. My youth was 10cc, and in a quote from the How Dare You album: "Very 10cc. Very wonderful". The two phrases are forever linked. They certainly apply to this, even though Godley and Creme had gone.
How good is THIS? Just great. I'm old enough to appreciate proper tunes played on instruments.
Loved this track, my hairs still stand up.the music is brill. brings back memories ,
A great track in the days when musicians could really stretch out and show the mastery of their instruments and vocals. This band were at their creative peak with this one.
The sound of that Ric bass is hard to beat.
Loved the 10cc songs I heard previously on the radio but Deceptive Bends was the first I purchased. I read about it, believe it or not, in Stereo Review by a music reviewer...I think Steve Simels was the name. The album is in my top 50 of all time with its musical brilliance, production and audio quality. A perfect 10.
My advice to everyone who does not own the LP or CD of this brilliant album is to seek and purchase immediately!
Loved em back in the day. love em now, cheers Graham for keeping the music live!
A primeira vez que ouvi essa musica, foi na Radio Excelsior FM, em São Paulo, nos anos 78/79, me lembro perfeitamente o locutor da rádio falando nos primeiros acordes "Essa musica merece volume especial... mais alto... bem mais alto..." lembro como se fosse hoje... bons tempos.
this is one of the best live recorded tracks of the seventies period, the recording all be it with with slight over dubbing produces a wonderful dynamic range, anybody that wants to demo a pair of headphones or speakers go and get the live and let live album of 10cc and play this track!
Thanks so much for posting and preserving this mate ,i fell in love with this album in the early eighties,, surely this is the ultimate rock trilogy piece,absolutely beautiful.. being a lead guitarist for many years trust me Eric Stewart is a stunning player with a 'vibrato' to die for ,watched him live a few times with my jaw hitting the floor,peace |
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My favortie of all their songs.
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Thanks a lot for this treat! Yes this is to me also the definite version, and one of the definite live concerts as well, "by which all others have been judged". I was quite young when I saw this on TV while visiting my grandmother, and it was truly revelatory...! I so wish I had this concert on DVD...
I adore 10cc. Just can't believe I never heard this...
Absolutely utterly bloody stonking.
This is my favorite song.
Hey, thanks for the upload, Steve. Great to see these concerts!
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What a fucking amazing solo...that no one EVER talks about. Up there with the best of them - so well structured.
A wonderful art-pop piece by Stewart and Gouldman. The performance is great, too.
Thanks for the sharing ! Such a great band.
This is the version that was on the Live and Let Live album... Great to see it live after all these years.
One word:Brilliant!!!!!
While playing at The Copacabana in1979, I met Pele the soccer player. I started playing drums on the table singing a part of this song... "You can drink a lot of coffee in Brazil, but the bill is gonna make you ill" ... He said "Yes, coffee is very expensive in Brazil, 10cc had it right" :)
Well, I think coffee is much more expensive in Europe, but I'm not sure it was the same back in the 70's
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Eric's vocals and solo oftenmove me to tears on this one of 🥰
One of the best!!
this song has always blown me away
True professionals. Amazing.
After first hearing The Original Soundtrack I was hooked and then they released Deceptive Bends and thats where I heard this awesome piece. Eventually they decided to come to Australia (this was back in the 70s) so me and some mates and my girlfriend all decided to go see them. They were on at 9pm and the place was packed. By 12 they still hadnt come on and about 12:30am my gf said she was feeling sick could I take her outside, so being the good lad I did. BUT then I heard them announced the band was on but the security wouldn't let me back inside. So I totally missed the concert. Was I bitter and twisted? Hell yeah. Even today it still has a tiny kernel of anger. I married that wonderful woman but damn it still smarts sometimes.
Nothing else compares. Pop music geniuses.
The only one from the original line-up from 10 CC I,ve seen on live gigs was Graham Gouldman,this year again @ Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam.I love their amazing music❤️
10cc, liyrical guiniuses, and musician's.
Cannot get enough of this song!!!!
Two solos back to back love it!
Awesome piece of music :)
After concert cancelled in lockdown finally going to see Graham Goldman doing his concert in Manchester in October.Such a talented songwriter and musician can't wait.Boris better not do another lockdown
The Most sensible Song i know....one of the few best Songs ...i know👌
5 CC!
Best band ever.seen them in glasgow.chas and dave was support 1st time but prob seen them another 12 times