I understand. I wouldn't mind opening a UA-cam channel myself. But I would be too frightened of getting nabbed by the copyright lawyers, or purists as you might call them. So I think it is safest to leave it alone.
And: "Look Through Any Window" (Hollies' 1st hit in the States), and "Heart Full of Soul." Wow, quite the composer. Thanks, "Yesterday's Papers," I'd never heard of him before. But his songs...
Hollies song “I’m Alive” Check out the wicked tremolo just before Hick’s solo. Absolutely heart stopping. The Hollies were fellow Mancunians of Graham Gouldman. That is the only link in this song. 10cc were another great Manchester talent, their songs, mostly by Gouldman, equalling anything any Liverpool bands wrote, including the Fab Four. I am a Manc by the way. Proud of it.
@@TooLooze no..I think it's a mindset, being able to put music to words. Then, what do you sing about? far too many songs are about women & love-always have been, not everyone experiences those emotions. You can even get books that claim to teach songwriting...it doesn't work
@@vincentl.9469 I don't let it bother me. I play blues no matter what version. I love rockabilly, zydeco, some country and classic rock. I have a pretty big guitar collection. What about you?
Yes. He signed my bloody tourists record at an unannounced meeting/signing. He was humble although tired due to their last night of touring. I had a good long chat with guitarist rick fenn who stood with a glass of red wine on the go. Me and my friend crashed back stage entrance!
About a decade ago, I played "Heart Full of Soul" for some younger folks at a party. They were knocked out! One guy said, "That tune reaches your heart like none other -- it's just so soulful!" I concur. Graham Gouldman just had a marvelous gift for musical composition. Many thanks (again), Yesterday's Papers! And now..., to satiate my appetite for minestrone. Bona petite!
“In 1972 Graham Gouldman formed 10CC. And as they say, the rest is history…” I, for one, am glad for it. Love 10CC! As a side note, living in California, I remember the single Sausalito (Is the Place To Go To). Very bubblegum pop. I did not know that Gouldman wrote and sang lead on that song.
What a gift Gouldman is to the "soundtrack of our lives" - He's an absolute legend. Thank you for highlighting his remarkable discography, YP! As you rightly point out - "The rest is history" ❤🥰👍
What an incredible song writer. Knew him only from his 10cc days. Had no idea he wrote so many great songs for such a wide range of artists. He's certainly belongs with his peers of the day. Super episode.
Bus Stop is so "representative" of the 60's sounds and atmosphere (at least what I've learned through songs and films). A very beautiful song and arrangement.
And haven't you ever taken advantage of having an umbrella? A courting man should always carry one. That said, it was used as the device in Fatal Attraction - except that she had one.
The yardbirds were a really great band, Jeff was my favourite guitarist ever since for the rest of my life. Bus stop is my favourite Hollies song. All Gouldmans songs were excellent
Both For Your Love & Bus Stop are unquestionably classics. Good for Tony Basil for her perseverance resulting in an eventual smash hit with Mickey & she choreographed David Byrnes " Dancing " in the iconic Once In A Lifetime video.
Saw Graham in an Acoustic concert 2 nights ago. Absolutely superb, a songwriter/guitarist supreme. No accolade is high enough for this incredibly talented musician.
It was about 12 years ago (or so) when Graham and his bloody wonderful band came to Dapto, NSW , Australia and I sat with my wife and band mates and their partners, and we were all shocked alive by the music we grew up with, and here was the creator! I had no idea that he had written so many great songs that were part of my life.
@@petersampson4635 Pete, are you referring to the little guy that used to dance up the front all the time at every concert at Dapto Leagues back in the day? If so, I think he had passed away a while before that. Let me know!
While a clearly talented songwriter, not sure he belongs in the same league as the likes of Brian Wilson, Lennon-McCartney, Ray Davies, Roy Wood, Jagger-Richard, etc...
Some very good singalong songs for the Hollies and Herman's Hermits and a great one for the Yardbirds. The rest of the songs are rather pedestrian, quite average tunes.
"For Your Love" may have been pop, but it was a great song, and ironically, what Clapton ended up doing soon thereafter with Cream was hardly blues "purism." In any case, I always thought Clapton's best and most enduring work was when he let himself stray from the blues a bit, or mixed it with other genres, as he did with Cream.
And if it was too "pop," it was also unusual for 1965 in using bongos and harpsichord as the lead instruments. Perhaps EC was cheesed off that his guitar wasn't more prominently featured.
@@ustheserfs "Heart Full of Soul"? Their cover of Billy Boy Arnold's "I Wish You Would"? One can argue which of the YBs or their successor band was "bluesier." I think their post-EC experimentation and forays into psychedelia and social-issue-oriented songs were great: "Over Under Sideways Down," "Shapes of Things," "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" and others may not conform to the rigid standards of self-appointed (and almost entirely white) arbiters of blues "purism" (whatever the h*ll that is; if you asked the African-American artists who largely created the form, they would tell you that they were influenced by and played whatever the audiences- white, Black, working class, urban, rural, affluent- wanted to hear in the Southern juke joints and roadhouses and, eventually the urban bars up north), but they are all great and adventurous songs. As for the blues "purism" of LZ, that to me is a laughable concept. They explored a number of music forms in their slightly over one decade of existence ("Kashmir," "Battle of Evermore," etc.) and often seemed, especially live, to be showing off (well, three of them anyway). Thank God they had veteran session/studio ace John Paul Jones to keep them grounded and to keep the egos of the other three- 35-minute drum-soloing Bonzo, falsetto showing-off Plant, and (worst of the lot in the '70s IMHO), how-many-pointless-notes-can-I-cram-into-this-interminable-guitar-solo Page (previously also a session ace)- in check. Somewhat. And as for EC, Cream (after their first album) were hardly confined to the blues (and just as guilty as LZ later would be for live-performance egotism). I remember EC's beer commercial-friendly music of the '80s (because it was actually used in U.S. beer commercials), or how he took one of the greatest, most fiery electric guitar ballads of rock history, "Layla," and turned into a somnolent acoustic piece of crap for '80s yuppies, so he can spare me his pious sermons about blues "purism." Again, whatever the h*ll that means anyway.
Graham wrote many of my favorite songs. He was also blessed that many of his songs were given fabulous arrangements. Just look what John Paul Jones did with No Milk Today, what with those strings and bells.
When I was 7 or 8 in the 60s I used to constantly play my mum's copy of Pamela Pamela by Wayne Fontana. The melody used to hypnotise me, especially when the whistling bit came in
You Stole My Love instru was covered by the Page- lead Yardbirds 1966 available on " Little Games, Sessions and More" 2CD set 1992. I appreciate this presentation. Noticed you said " The Late Great Jeff Beck"! Such a loss- glad I caught his Oct 8 show....... Cheers
When the band 10CC broke in half with Kevin Godley and Lol Creme leaving, Graham and Eric decided to go on as 10CC. The story goes that they figured if they had a number one hit, they could survive the split as 10CC. They sat down and wrote in cold blood, "The Things We Do for Love". Yes, it hit number one in many countries. I know of no other songwriter who could purposely write a song intended to hit number one and actually do it.
@@richardstewart6900 I make CDs for my car from my vast music collection and I have one of 10CC. "Rubber Bullets" is track number two after their one "hit" as Hotlegs, "Neanderthal Man". Most people don't realize that was them. Graham Gouldman was not a member according to the album liner notes, but was brought in by Eric Stewart just to play bass and stayed when they changed their name to 10CC.
The bridge/chorus of 'Bus Stop' is incredible. The Hollies at their finest harmony and with a perfectly sung performance. And Bobby Elliot was way underrated. Notice at 9:03 The Mindbenders, Uncle Joe, the Ice Cream Man...The label imprint has "Accompaniment directed by John Paul Jones" Wow...Some of the best songs of the era and my personal memories were written by Graham Gouldman. And the guitar lead on "Heart Full of Soul" was the first guitar lead I ever learned...Long Live Jeff Beck~! Thanks again, Mr. Y.P. for the research and insight to our favorite musical era.
I think, over the years, that Beck outshone Eric and Jimmy. He was a very inventive guitarist. I've found myself bored by Clapton and Page, although I still rate them as axe men, I'd rather hear Jeff's jazz infused style nowadays as it feels less dated.
You are right Spyder. The Hollies were a great group with excellent harmonies. Along with that Alan Clark was a great singer with a instantly recognisable voice.
Saw him with 10cc last year at Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. At the third time of asking as it was rescheduled from 2020 due to covid. 😊.fantastic performance
I discovered Graham Gouldman's song "Growing Older" in "Tea & Symphony (The English Baroque Sound 1967 - 74)". So glad I found that psychedelic folk-pop compilation.
I always thought that the Yardbirds should've offered Gouldman the empty Bass position after Samwell-Smith left the band instead of Pagey. Can you imagine Gouldman in the Yardbirds! Song writing wasn't their greatest strength and with Gouldman the sky's the limit. I like to think in some alternate Universe this really happened 🌌
I heard GG being interviewed on the radio once and I remember him saying that he wrote No Milk Today with his Dad. Also, Kevin Godley was the drummer in The Mockingbirds, another 10cc link.
Bobby Elliott and Mick Avory ( the Kinks ) ware both the most steady drummers in the circuit in the early sixties..Many bands wanted them but they already played with great bands...👀
@@malorix1164 You Absolutely DO NOT know what you're talking about. Pete Best was an average drummer that George Martin insisted be replaced. Ringo, on the other hand, was the most outstanding and popular drummer in the circuit in the early 60s. Geez - get your laughable facts straight!!
So many of these songs have been well loved standards and I am sure that very few people outside the trade knew that Gouldman had anything to do with them. Some great tracks here and certainly many of my favourites and they still sound wonderful. Thanks for your contribution Graham to pop history, and thanks also for the upload of this video, very well done! RIP Jeff Beck.
Was lucky enough to attend a 10cc gig a few months ago (Graham Gouldman present and correct), and it was electrifying to hear songs like "I'm not in love" by some of the original performers (although it was mainly original session musicians that had been involved with the band for decades). Kevin Godley guested "virtually" for an original song, and it was great to hear some of these wonderful songs performed live. Thanks for putting out an interesting insight into a prolific hit-maker who doesn't (in my opinion) get enough credit for his contribution to pop music.
I've been a huge fan o' Graham Gouldman, his early hits for other artists and 10cc...however this Yesterday's Papers release exposes a multitude o' accomplishments I had never known. Thank you so much for giving us such an incredible insight into the early contributions he made. You rule!...as does Graham...
Wow! I played in numerous cover bands thru the 70s and 80s, and we must have done a half dozen or more songs by Graham Gouldman without even knowing his name. Excellent vid here! Thanks!!
Thank you for featuring this songwriter. We need more programs such as these and the stories behind the songs. The fellows posting music videos on here should be required to credit the songwriters.
At the time, they said he left because the YBs were forced by Giorgio Gomelsky to cover My Girl Sloopy by the Macoys. It’s on a few YB compilations but it’s an awful song and I don’t think it charted either.
Outside The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, and The Who, all with their resident songwriters, it is impossible to imagine '60s British invasion music without considering that nice Jewish Mancunian boy, Graham Gouldman. His list of hits in that era is oceans wide, and for him it was only an opening act in view of his work with that often-tongue-in-cheek but never boring '70s art/glam rock band 10cc (the inspiration for the name of that band I won't reveal here; let those who are curious look it up; while they're at it, if they're literary-minded, they can research the origins of the name of Steely Dan). Thank you again, YP.
@@Joanna-il2ur I know that and you know that, and now all the people who didn't know won't have to research it, because you just told them (oh well). (The Burroughs novel in question is "Naked Lunch").
So glad i finally got to meet one of my long time hero's. I got totally addicted to 10cc when i first discovered them around 1995. I was a teenager buying all the lp records cheap from car boot sales. Hours on end in my bedroom every sunday playing music from the 1960's 70's & 80's. 10cc were one of those bands that i just couldn't stop listening to. Even the later albums without lol creme & kevin godley kept me hooked. Very special artists/bands from very special era's that will unfortunately never happen again. Well'' not for music of this power anyway.
OMG. I "sing"(massive inverted commas) the songs "No milk today" and "Bus stop" all of the time to the guy i support in my job. Never realised who it was written by. Thank you for uploading this.
Another top notch video. What a prolific hitmaker Graham Gouldman was. 'You Stole My Love' was an Australian top-40 hit for Mike Furber - a British-born singer who had a bit of success in Australia before dying in suspicious circumstances, aged just 24.
Thanks for the video. There were a couple of tunes there that I didn't know that Graham wrote. "The Graham Gouldman Thing" LP from 1968 is one of my faves. Similar to the "Tony Hazzard Sings..." LP, in that it has songs written for other artists, finally recorded by the writer of said songs. Keep up the good work Yesterday's Papers, I always enjoy your videos.
Loved, loved, loved 10cc! Still have their first 8 albums in vinyl. But many people have no idea about Graham's hits apart from the band 10cc, so I'm glad you did this video on him.
Way to go Yesterday’s papers… I have always been a huge fan of Graham. I was very familiar with many of his compositions, but you took it to another level… Thank you very much for an excellent video.
Another killer video. As much as I've been keeping up with pop/rock/R&B music since I first heard Ray Charles as a precocious 5-year-old long about 1959, I always come away from your videos having learned something new. Thanks!
Crazy, these are all my favorite songs by some of these bands. Had no idea Gouldman wrote them! He really had a penchant for those Baroque-Pop melodies and chord arrangements. Love it. It's funny, to me, he's best remembered as the guy from 10cc that wrote the music for Animalympics lol. This is really cool information, I'll have to hit discogs to check out his full discography.
Wonderful stuff Mac. Never knew my favorite Yardbyrds songs were by Graham Gouldman.What he did with 10CC was so completely different. Wallstreet shuffle was another one , and most of all One night in Paris .The man is quite a writer ain't he? So many great songs all from his hand . Amazing story. Thanks for sharing it.
Nice for this to pop up in my feed today as i just watched him perform last night with the current 10cc line-up. An amazing show and not only a brilliant songwriter but a wonderful performer with great musicianship. I loved every moment
I found it very interesting to learn that Graham had worked for a men’s wear (what we call them here in Canada!😀). I just love “Evil Hearted You” and have added it to a playlist. Keep the segments coming as I love everything about them! All the best from a 61 year old 1960’s music nut!
Fantastic. Thank you so much for that. Lot's of songs I recognized in there but I had no idea of the connection between them. What a talent,and kudos to him for his persistence.
I'm an American so some of those songs didn't get airplay here. But I always looked on the record for the writer and noticed Gouldman's name on a lot of the 45's I had. Always been fan of the Yardbirds and Hollies, too.
Thanks for that brilliant video!!! I always was interested what Gouldman wrote 64-67 apart from those great Songs for the Yardbirds, Hollies, Herman's Hermits and Jeff Beck🎉❤
You stole my heart ❤is my favorite,i love the guitar in that song.All the songs he wrote were my favorites and I had no idea he wrote them for a ll these years .THANKS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY.
Damn, just discovered this channel a few days ago, and it's great! As a garage rock aficionado, this is absolute gold for me. My favourite period in music was between 66-68.
Great research and accompanying video, YP. I always wanted to see a Graham Gouldman compilation of his 60's hits and now you've done it. I must admit, I didn't know about the Toni Basil song she released in 1966.
How interesting and all new to me. What a fine song writer he was! If he had just written For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, Look Through Any Window and Bus Stop he would be great. Every time I hear Look Through Any Window I fall in love with that song again. These days I rather listen to the Hollies than the Beatles or Stones. Their albums contain so many great songs that were never singles. Listen to Time For Love, a perfect song in every way, and Rain on the Window, a devastating song recounting the singer's one night stand with a long time friend. We used to quiz our high school buddies by asking them what is the librarian's favorite song. Answer--Herman's Hermits There's a Kind of Hush. Another great post, YP. Thank you!!
What a great video. That Toni Basil song was amazing. Neither version is streaming. Wonder if his band was annoyed he’s writing all these hits for other bands.
Great show. I always loved these Graham Gouldman songs. I noticed that the A side of the Tony Basil single was written by Ed Cobb, another monster song writer. Cheers.
Thank you very much for remembering my request! Although not a Blind Date, this is the most complete material I've ever seen regarding the great songs he wrote. Excellent coverage! Had a wonderful time watching it, thanks for the video!
The excerpt from "Bus Stop" by The Hollies got muted due to copyright. Sorry about that.
The Hollies publishing are annoying..
@ Yesterday's Papers: No need to apologise, friend. It's not your fault but the fault of the greedy grabbing capitalist corporates.
we understand and thank you!
I understand. I wouldn't mind opening a UA-cam channel myself. But I would be too frightened of getting nabbed by the copyright lawyers, or purists as you might call them. So I think it is safest to leave it alone.
Fail to see how it isn't covered by fair use.
I, for one, found the video to be educational 🤷♂️
Great stuff as always thanks
"Bus Stop", "No Milk Today" and "For Your Love" are absolute classic gems ❤️🎸
There's another song of his that Cher did and was incredible. Can't think of it right now.
You got that right. A pop genius
Herman's Hermits did a great recording of "For Your Love" as well.
@@peterzang🎼🎶🎨🖌️😎
And: "Look Through Any Window" (Hollies' 1st hit in the States), and "Heart Full of Soul." Wow, quite the composer. Thanks, "Yesterday's Papers," I'd never heard of him before. But his songs...
Bus Stop, Look Through Any Window, No Milk Today, Evil Hearted You, For Your Love, Heart Full Of Soul. Those are all perfect. Love them all.
Hollies song “I’m Alive” Check out the wicked tremolo just before Hick’s solo. Absolutely heart stopping. The Hollies were fellow Mancunians of Graham Gouldman. That is the only link in this song. 10cc were another great Manchester talent, their songs, mostly by Gouldman, equalling anything any Liverpool bands wrote, including the Fab Four. I am a Manc by the way. Proud of it.
Prolific songwriter with a string of hit and still worked in a shop and getting there by bus. Thanks for some great songs Graham
That he continued working in a men's outfitters after writing several US and UK Top Ten hits has just blown my mind!
@@rotterred991 No offense to Goldman but a lot of these songs are just ok.
I'm 73, have played guitar for 60 years and never knew he wrote those songs. 10CC is also iconic. Great job!
Can you write songs? not everyone can even after 60 years. don't think you can learn how
@@vincentl.9469 No; occasionally I'll create a musical phrase or riff while noodling, but that's about it. I sure wish I could.
Can you?
@@TooLooze no..I think it's a mindset, being able to put music to words. Then, what do you sing about? far too many songs are about women & love-always have been, not everyone experiences those emotions. You can even get books that claim to teach songwriting...it doesn't work
@@vincentl.9469 I don't let it bother me. I play blues no matter what version. I love rockabilly, zydeco, some country and classic rock. I have a pretty big guitar collection.
What about you?
@@TooLooze don't have a great guitar collection..
I can't believe Bus Stop only reached #5 in the US and UK. It's such a perfect pop song.
Reached #1 in Canada and I estimate got the most airtime of any Hollies hit since then.
Graham Gouldman's "genius" is truly infinite!! And in addition he is a lovely guy! I have been lucky to have met him on several occasions!!!
Thankyou! Yes have long admired his work!! And in particular with 10cc who remain one of my favourite bands of all time!!!
Yes. He signed my bloody tourists record at an unannounced meeting/signing.
He was humble although tired due to their last night of touring.
I had a good long chat with guitarist rick fenn who stood with a glass of red wine on the go.
Me and my friend crashed back stage entrance!
“Bus Stop” and “No Milk Today” are two of my favorite non-Beatles/-Stones songs of that era.
YES!
About a decade ago, I played "Heart Full of Soul" for some younger folks at a party. They were knocked out! One guy said, "That tune reaches your heart like none other -- it's just so soulful!" I concur. Graham Gouldman just had a marvelous gift for musical composition. Many thanks (again), Yesterday's Papers! And now..., to satiate my appetite for minestrone. Bona petite!
As a 10 year old , I loved the Yardbirds
“In 1972 Graham Gouldman formed 10CC. And as they say, the rest is history…” I, for one, am glad for it. Love 10CC! As a side note, living in California, I remember the single Sausalito (Is the Place To Go To). Very bubblegum pop. I did not know that Gouldman wrote and sang lead on that song.
10cc mattered for about FIVE MINUTES. Get a life.
"Look Through Any Window"... still gives me a chill - great vibe
What a gift Gouldman is to the "soundtrack of our lives" - He's an absolute legend. Thank you for highlighting his remarkable discography, YP! As you rightly point out - "The rest is history" ❤🥰👍
Thanks, Rachel! Glad you enjoyed the video.
What a gift Gouldman is to the "soundtrack of our lives" - Then your LIFE sucked as bad as his songs. HA, HA
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You’re still mad because the school Bus Stop that you had to wait at was only for the special, short ones:🤤
What an incredible song writer. Knew him only from his 10cc days. Had no idea he wrote so many great songs for such a wide range of artists. He's certainly belongs with his peers of the day. Super episode.
Same here🤯
Bus Stop is so "representative" of the 60's sounds and atmosphere (at least what I've learned through songs and films). A very beautiful song and arrangement.
And haven't you ever taken advantage of having an umbrella? A courting man should always carry one.
That said, it was used as the device in Fatal Attraction - except that she had one.
The yardbirds were a really great band, Jeff was my favourite guitarist ever since for the rest of my life. Bus stop is my favourite Hollies song. All Gouldmans songs were excellent
I know the songs and the bands but never heard of Graham. Thank you for acknowledging such a prolific songwriter.
Goodluck enjoying 10cc
He was honored with his entrance into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in the early 2010’s.
@@misterghee1Graham has a fantastic bass solo on Feel the Benefit (live on video) with 10cc.
Both For Your Love & Bus Stop are unquestionably classics. Good for Tony Basil for her perseverance resulting in an eventual smash hit with Mickey & she choreographed David Byrnes " Dancing " in the iconic Once In A Lifetime video.
This is a bit off topic but Toni Basil was also in the movie, Five Easy Pieces, playing one of the hitchhikers.
@@TimG1 Ooh.
I actually rather like 'off topic'.
She was also one of the harem girls near the end of "Easy Rider"!
I think that Toni did dancing and maybe choreography in the T.A.M.I. Show.
@@eargasm1072 With Karen Black!
Saw Graham in an Acoustic concert 2 nights ago. Absolutely superb, a songwriter/guitarist supreme. No accolade is high enough for this incredibly talented musician.
Got to mention how him and members of 10cc gave neil Sedaka a easy back into the charts in the uk in 1972 , playing on his albums .
It was about 12 years ago (or so) when Graham and his bloody wonderful band came to Dapto, NSW , Australia and I sat with my wife and band mates and their partners, and we were all shocked alive by the music we grew up with, and here was the creator!
I had no idea that he had written so many great songs that were part of my life.
Bloody brilliant mate! Greetings from Tarrawanna. I missed it, damn!!! I bet Freddie Mezups was there though.
@@petersampson4635 Pete, are you referring to the little guy that used to dance up the front all the time at every concert at Dapto Leagues back in the day? If so, I think he had passed away a while before that. Let me know!
Wow. Such an amazing talent. Clearly belongs among the absolute top of pop composers of that time.
While a clearly talented songwriter, not sure he belongs in the same league as the likes of Brian Wilson, Lennon-McCartney, Ray Davies, Roy Wood, Jagger-Richard, etc...
One "forgettable" song after another. YAWN. So, why waste any time on him? HA, HA
@@91dodgespiritrt Hold on there boy, you weren't around in the sixties were you? 🤠
@@dompicksley3900presuming at this point that any of those listed wrote *their own tunes, or recorded them
Some very good singalong songs for the Hollies and Herman's Hermits and a great one for the Yardbirds. The rest of the songs are rather pedestrian, quite average tunes.
"For Your Love" may have been pop, but it was a great song, and ironically, what Clapton ended up doing soon thereafter with Cream was hardly blues "purism." In any case, I always thought Clapton's best and most enduring work was when he let himself stray from the blues a bit, or mixed it with other genres, as he did with Cream.
Agreed.
And if it was too "pop," it was also unusual for 1965 in using bongos and harpsichord as the lead instruments. Perhaps EC was cheesed off that his guitar wasn't more prominently featured.
but infinitely more blues than anything yardbirds ever did again until it morphed into led zep
@@ustheserfs "Heart Full of Soul"? Their cover of Billy Boy Arnold's "I Wish You Would"? One can argue which of the YBs or their successor band was "bluesier." I think their post-EC experimentation and forays into psychedelia and social-issue-oriented songs were great: "Over Under Sideways Down," "Shapes of Things," "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" and others may not conform to the rigid standards of self-appointed (and almost entirely white) arbiters of blues "purism" (whatever the h*ll that is; if you asked the African-American artists who largely created the form, they would tell you that they were influenced by and played whatever the audiences- white, Black, working class, urban, rural, affluent- wanted to hear in the Southern juke joints and roadhouses and, eventually the urban bars up north), but they are all great and adventurous songs.
As for the blues "purism" of LZ, that to me is a laughable concept. They explored a number of music forms in their slightly over one decade of existence ("Kashmir," "Battle of Evermore," etc.) and often seemed, especially live, to be showing off (well, three of them anyway). Thank God they had veteran session/studio ace John Paul Jones to keep them grounded and to keep the egos of the other three- 35-minute drum-soloing Bonzo, falsetto showing-off Plant, and (worst of the lot in the '70s IMHO), how-many-pointless-notes-can-I-cram-into-this-interminable-guitar-solo Page (previously also a session ace)- in check. Somewhat.
And as for EC, Cream (after their first album) were hardly confined to the blues (and just as guilty as LZ later would be for live-performance egotism). I remember EC's beer commercial-friendly music of the '80s (because it was actually used in U.S. beer commercials), or how he took one of the greatest, most fiery electric guitar ballads of rock history, "Layla," and turned into a somnolent acoustic piece of crap for '80s yuppies, so he can spare me his pious sermons about blues "purism." Again, whatever the h*ll that means anyway.
@@mackb909and Graham Gouldman? I think Eric and Led Zep have been done to death. Let's give Manchester's boy pop genius a moment in the light.
That "Evil-hearted You" slide solo I consider the best ever recorded by Jeff Beck. It is so sublime.
I love that slide solo.
Graham wrote many of my favorite songs. He was also blessed that many of his songs were given fabulous arrangements. Just look what John Paul Jones did with No Milk Today, what with those strings and bells.
Wow, I had no idea Toni Basil's career reached that far back. Oh, I'm in the USA & Bus Stop wasn't blocked on this episode.
i didnt know she did any recordings
her dance career goes back to the early 60s
Surprised me. It felt like a break in the timeline. Had to look it up while the video played and yep it was her.
When I was 7 or 8 in the 60s I used to constantly play my mum's copy of Pamela Pamela by Wayne Fontana.
The melody used to hypnotise me, especially when the whistling bit came in
Same here. Loved playing my mum’s records and this was a favourite
Graham Gouldman the best singer, song writer to come out of Manchester.
I have all the 70s 10cc vinyl. LOVE IT !
I had no idea he wrote so many hits , what a gifted artist
All so different too.
You Stole My Love instru was covered by the Page- lead Yardbirds 1966 available on " Little Games, Sessions and More" 2CD set 1992. I appreciate this presentation. Noticed you said " The Late Great Jeff Beck"! Such a loss- glad I caught his Oct 8 show....... Cheers
10cc really are the most underrated rock band of all time. Their entire catalogue is a study in song writing.
Same level as Queen for me
When the band 10CC broke in half with Kevin Godley and Lol Creme leaving, Graham and Eric decided to go on as 10CC. The story goes that they figured if they had a number one hit, they could survive the split as 10CC. They sat down and wrote in cold blood, "The Things We Do for Love". Yes, it hit number one in many countries. I know of no other songwriter who could purposely write a song intended to hit number one and actually do it.
@@schuberttim my favourite is Feel The Benefit from the same album...
@@schuberttim Dang! Out of nowhere I now have "Rubber Bullets" bouncing around inside my head. No idea why that track but I ain't bothered! 🙂
@@richardstewart6900 I make CDs for my car from my vast music collection and I have one of 10CC. "Rubber Bullets" is track number two after their one "hit" as Hotlegs, "Neanderthal Man". Most people don't realize that was them. Graham Gouldman was not a member according to the album liner notes, but was brought in by Eric Stewart just to play bass and stayed when they changed their name to 10CC.
I knew a lot of those songs, but until now, I had no idea of the author. Still learning after all these years.
Saw Graham playing last year, fantastic show.
Bus stop is my favourite 60’s Graham Gouldman song and cool video I learnt heaps
The bridge/chorus of 'Bus Stop' is incredible. The Hollies at their finest harmony and with a perfectly sung performance. And Bobby Elliot was way underrated. Notice at 9:03 The Mindbenders, Uncle Joe, the Ice Cream Man...The label imprint has "Accompaniment directed by John Paul Jones" Wow...Some of the best songs of the era and my personal memories were written by Graham Gouldman. And the guitar lead on "Heart Full of Soul" was the first guitar lead I ever learned...Long Live Jeff Beck~! Thanks again, Mr. Y.P. for the research and insight to our favorite musical era.
Cheers!
I think, over the years, that Beck outshone Eric and Jimmy. He was a very inventive guitarist. I've found myself bored by Clapton and Page, although I still rate them as axe men, I'd rather hear Jeff's jazz infused style nowadays as it feels less dated.
You are right Spyder. The Hollies were a great group with excellent harmonies. Along with that Alan Clark was a great singer with a instantly recognisable voice.
Gouldman also released a solo LP during his tenure in America
Saw him in Sydney a couple of years ago with 10cc. A great performer. An incredible show!
Saw him with 10cc last year at Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. At the third time of asking as it was rescheduled from 2020 due to covid. 😊.fantastic performance
I discovered Graham Gouldman's song "Growing Older" in "Tea & Symphony (The English Baroque Sound 1967 - 74)". So glad I found that psychedelic folk-pop compilation.
I also enjoyed his 80s work with Andrew Gold as Wax. Bridge to Your Heart was a very good single.
Thanks for this. "Bus Stop" and "For Your Love" are both astonishing compositions. I appreciate knowing it was Gouldman behind all those great songs.
I always thought that the Yardbirds should've offered Gouldman the empty Bass position after Samwell-Smith left the band instead of Pagey.
Can you imagine Gouldman in the Yardbirds! Song writing wasn't their greatest strength and with Gouldman the sky's the limit.
I like to think in some alternate Universe this really happened 🌌
Beck always said they were overqualified on guitar and under qualified on songwriting so wouldn’t have been something
He was of course already in Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, with Eric Stewart, the group that became 10cc (after being Hotlegs).
@@Joanna-il2ur was he in the mindbenders in July 1966 when Paul samwell smith quit?
@@Joanna-il2ur According to Wikipedia He joined the Mindbenders in March 1968
I heard GG being interviewed on the radio once and I remember him saying that he wrote No Milk Today with his Dad. Also, Kevin Godley was the drummer in The Mockingbirds, another 10cc link.
Finally !! Somebody recognizes what an awesome drummer Bobby Elliott was!! THANKS.
Bobby still is awesome, on tour now with the Hollies.
Bobby Elliott and Mick Avory ( the Kinks ) ware both the most steady drummers in the circuit in the early sixties..Many bands wanted them but they already played with great bands...👀
@@malorix1164 Put Ringo in there too
@@boycompass7769 no not really..Ringo was of an unknown drummer in the early sixties..Pete Best was drummer of the Beatles at the time..
@@malorix1164 You Absolutely DO NOT know what you're talking about. Pete Best was an average drummer that George Martin insisted be replaced. Ringo, on the other hand, was the most outstanding and popular drummer in the circuit in the early 60s. Geez - get your laughable facts straight!!
So many of these songs have been well loved standards and I am sure that very few people outside the trade knew that Gouldman had anything to do with them. Some great tracks here and certainly many of my favourites and they still sound wonderful.
Thanks for your contribution Graham to pop history, and thanks also for the upload of this video, very well done! RIP Jeff Beck.
Was lucky enough to attend a 10cc gig a few months ago (Graham Gouldman present and correct), and it was electrifying to hear songs like "I'm not in love" by some of the original performers (although it was mainly original session musicians that had been involved with the band for decades). Kevin Godley guested "virtually" for an original song, and it was great to hear some of these wonderful songs performed live. Thanks for putting out an interesting insight into a prolific hit-maker who doesn't (in my opinion) get enough credit for his contribution to pop music.
I've been a huge fan o' Graham Gouldman, his early hits for other artists and 10cc...however this Yesterday's Papers release exposes a multitude o' accomplishments I had never known. Thank you so much for giving us such an incredible insight into the early contributions he made. You rule!...as does Graham...
Totally. This is as much addictive as listening to a 10cc album from say 1974/5!!!
Wow! I played in numerous cover bands thru the 70s and 80s, and we must have done a half dozen or more songs by Graham Gouldman without even knowing his name. Excellent vid here! Thanks!!
Thank you for featuring this songwriter. We need more programs such as these and the stories behind the songs. The fellows posting music videos on here should be required to credit the songwriters.
No milk today is my favorite Herman’s Hermits song
Absolutely, fabulous performance music, fabulous comments. Thanks for posting them. Good time for you
Oh man, Heart Full of Soul? One of my favorite songs of the era.
Clapton left over For Your Love?
What dbag.
At the time, they said he left because the YBs were forced by Giorgio Gomelsky to cover My Girl Sloopy by the Macoys. It’s on a few YB compilations but it’s an awful song and I don’t think it charted either.
Another brilliant edition. Thanks to you I have just discovered Friday Brown and a vast number of songs never released.
Outside The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, and The Who, all with their resident songwriters, it is impossible to imagine '60s British invasion music without considering that nice Jewish Mancunian boy, Graham Gouldman. His list of hits in that era is oceans wide, and for him it was only an opening act in view of his work with that often-tongue-in-cheek but never boring '70s art/glam rock band 10cc (the inspiration for the name of that band I won't reveal here; let those who are curious look it up; while they're at it, if they're literary-minded, they can research the origins of the name of Steely Dan). Thank you again, YP.
Cheers!
Steely Dan had its properties described in detail by William S Burroughs in one of his novels. 10cc is similar to the spoonful covered by Cream...
@@Joanna-il2ur I know that and you know that, and now all the people who didn't know won't have to research it, because you just told them (oh well). (The Burroughs novel in question is "Naked Lunch").
Yardbirds "For Your Love" was also a #11 chart hit in Australia (1965).
So glad i finally got to meet one of my long time hero's.
I got totally addicted to 10cc when i first discovered them around 1995.
I was a teenager buying all the lp records cheap from car boot sales.
Hours on end in my bedroom every sunday playing music from the 1960's 70's & 80's.
10cc were one of those bands that i just couldn't stop listening to.
Even the later albums without lol creme & kevin godley kept me hooked.
Very special artists/bands from very special era's that will unfortunately never happen again.
Well'' not for music of this power anyway.
OMG. I "sing"(massive inverted commas) the songs "No milk today" and "Bus stop" all of the time to the guy i support in my job. Never realised who it was written by. Thank you for uploading this.
That guitar solo in Bus Stop to me always sounded like a Greek bouzouki being played, not a sitar. Thanks!
YP post = excellent afternoon!
Another top notch video. What a prolific hitmaker Graham Gouldman was. 'You Stole My Love' was an Australian top-40 hit for Mike Furber - a British-born singer who had a bit of success in Australia before dying in suspicious circumstances, aged just 24.
I've heard that version by Mike Furber, pretty cool.
@@YesterdaysPapers His voice was vaguely similar to Keith Relf of the Yardbirds.
Time a compilation of 60s songs were on cd hits & misses various artists all by gouldman and mockingbirds
Thanks for the video. There were a couple of tunes there that I didn't know that Graham wrote. "The Graham Gouldman Thing" LP from 1968 is one of my faves. Similar to the "Tony Hazzard Sings..." LP, in that it has songs written for other artists, finally recorded by the writer of said songs. Keep up the good work Yesterday's Papers, I always enjoy your videos.
Cheers!
Gordon Mills and Marty Wilde also released LP's of songs they wrote for others.
Loved, loved, loved 10cc! Still have their first 8 albums in vinyl. But many people have no idea about Graham's hits apart from the band 10cc, so I'm glad you did this video on him.
This guys amazing! I surely didn't realize his impact until now.thank you for this video!
A talented guy for sure.
Great songwriter!
Way to go Yesterday’s papers… I have always been a huge fan of Graham. I was very familiar with many of his compositions, but you took it to another level… Thank you very much for an excellent video.
What a phenomenal songwriter! It must have taken you a lot of time and effort to put this together. Thank you very much YP 😄👍!
Cheers, Edwin!
Great stuff. I knew about the Hollies & Herman's Hermits songs, but I never realized he wrote those hits for the Yardbirds & Wayne Fontana.
Another killer video. As much as I've been keeping up with pop/rock/R&B music since I first heard Ray Charles as a precocious 5-year-old long about 1959, I always come away from your videos having learned something new. Thanks!
Damn... a lot of great songs. Thanks for posting this.
Really interesting video, some real 'classics' in that mix, thanks for putting this together.
Yesterday's Papers posts are some of the best on UA-cam. Well done, comprehensive. Look forward to many more.
Thank you very much!
i have had a lot of these songs in my record collection since the 60s. and in my brain, too!
Crazy, these are all my favorite songs by some of these bands. Had no idea Gouldman wrote them! He really had a penchant for those Baroque-Pop melodies and chord arrangements. Love it. It's funny, to me, he's best remembered as the guy from 10cc that wrote the music for Animalympics lol. This is really cool information, I'll have to hit discogs to check out his full discography.
Wonderful stuff Mac. Never knew my favorite Yardbyrds songs were by Graham Gouldman.What he did with 10CC was so completely different. Wallstreet shuffle was another one , and most of all One night in Paris .The man is quite a writer ain't he? So many great songs all from his hand . Amazing story. Thanks for sharing it.
Nice for this to pop up in my feed today as i just watched him perform last night with the current 10cc line-up. An amazing show and not only a brilliant songwriter but a wonderful performer with great musicianship.
I loved every moment
Thank you for this. Gouldman was prolific and hugely talented. 10CC is STILL underrated. Man did they have a run.
My first knowing of him is from the song, "Love's Not For Me" from the film "Animalympics" and later found that he wrote so many good songs!
Wow I never knew how prolific a song writer he was back in the 60,s and of course with 10cc.
Fascinating career
The man is an underatted genius
I found it very interesting to learn that Graham had worked for a men’s wear (what we call them here in Canada!😀). I just love “Evil Hearted You” and have added it to a playlist. Keep the segments coming as I love everything about them! All the best from a 61 year old 1960’s music nut!
Grew up in the 80’s and only knew Toni Basil from Mickey.
Your videos are well edited and narrated professionally. Good stuff 👍
Fantastic. Thank you so much for that. Lot's of songs I recognized in there but I had no idea of the connection between them. What a talent,and kudos to him for his persistence.
Those are my favourite Yardbirds songs. Thank You Graham Gouldman my fellow manc
I'm an American so some of those songs didn't get airplay here. But I always looked on the record for the writer and noticed Gouldman's name on a lot of the 45's I had. Always been fan of the Yardbirds and Hollies, too.
Thanks for that brilliant video!!! I always was interested what Gouldman wrote 64-67 apart from those great Songs for the Yardbirds, Hollies, Herman's Hermits and Jeff Beck🎉❤
Thanks - once again, it's great to learn just how a great songwriter can have so many hits that were identified with the bands that recorded them.
You stole my heart ❤is my favorite,i love the guitar in that song.All the songs he wrote were my favorites and I had no idea he wrote them for a ll these years .THANKS FOR THE DOCUMENTARY.
graham is still with us today thankfully
Superbly talented musician and songwriter
Damn, just discovered this channel a few days ago, and it's great! As a garage rock aficionado, this is absolute gold for me. My favourite period in music was between 66-68.
Great research and accompanying video, YP. I always wanted to see a Graham Gouldman compilation of his 60's hits and now you've done it. I must admit, I didn't know about the Toni Basil song she released in 1966.
Thanks!
Wow!! That's a lot of great songs.
All golden, for my money. I'm particularly fond of "No Milk Today" with its hypnotic repetitions, especially with that (non-Gouldman) B-side.
had no idea Gouldman had written so many hits in the 1960s and prior to 10cc. great video about his work.
This is great! I had no idea he wrote so many songs. Bus Stop is the oldie my daughters insist on playing during car journeys
How interesting and all new to me. What a fine song writer he was! If he had just written For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul, Look Through Any Window and Bus Stop he would be great. Every time I hear Look Through Any Window I fall in love with that song again. These days I rather listen to the Hollies than the Beatles or Stones. Their albums contain so many great songs that were never singles. Listen to Time For Love, a perfect song in every way, and Rain on the Window, a devastating song recounting the singer's one night stand with a long time friend.
We used to quiz our high school buddies by asking them what is the librarian's favorite song. Answer--Herman's Hermits There's a Kind of Hush.
Another great post, YP. Thank you!!
Cheers, Willie! I agree, those Hollies albums are full of great tunes. Many of the album tracks are as good if not better than their singles.
@@YesterdaysPapers Agree 100%
What a great video. That Toni Basil song was amazing. Neither version is streaming. Wonder if his band was annoyed he’s writing all these hits for other bands.
Most of the songs is great!The man is top!Greetings from Greece
Great show. I always loved these Graham Gouldman songs. I noticed that the A side of the Tony Basil single was written by Ed Cobb, another monster song writer. Cheers.
Thank you very much for remembering my request! Although not a Blind Date, this is the most complete material I've ever seen regarding the great songs he wrote. Excellent coverage! Had a wonderful time watching it, thanks for the video!
Cheers!