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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Curiously, all eight people involved have written No 1 singles for their respective bands - Queen members individually and 10cc in pairs.
 
that's a great fact  , and makes me wonder what No1's did John Deacon and Roger Taylor write? Your My Best Friend is my guess for Deacon , but for Taylor not a clue. Its got to be something like Hammer To Fall I reckon.
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10cc is good but Queen is much better.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Ah, 10cc, The Lovin' Spoonful and Pearl Jam... alas all three are probably apocryphal urban myths. 
 
In re, 10cc. Graham Gouldman stated in regards to the band's name:
 
"The average male ejaculation is 10cc. There’s a couple of reasons really, but that’s the short answer."
 
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I see no reason to doubt it. It certainly less idiotic an answer than "it came to me in a dream" as once was foisted about. 
 
 
I was aware of the Gouldman quote - but the dream one is the version given by King (who coined the name) and the rest of the band, hence the "probably". Wink 

...though a lot of what King claims can be taken with a pinch of salt, his claim to naming Genesis has been refuted by someone in the band (I forget who now).
 
Needless to say, the point I was originally making was the idea that Queen should not be taken seriously because of their band name is a silly notion. Particularly with so many serious bands with so many silly names. Jethro Toe, for instance.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Ah, 10cc, The Lovin' Spoonful and Pearl Jam... alas all three are probably apocryphal urban myths. 
 
In re, 10cc. Graham Gouldman stated in regards to the band's name:
 
"The average male ejaculation is 10cc. There’s a couple of reasons really, but that’s the short answer."
 
Found here:
 
I see no reason to doubt it. It certainly less idiotic an answer than "it came to me in a dream" as once was foisted about. 
 
 
I was aware of the Gouldman quote - but the dream one is the version given by King (who coined the name) and the rest of the band, hence the "probably". Wink 

...though a lot of what King claims can be taken with a pinch of salt, his claim to naming Genesis has been refuted by someone in the band (I forget who now).


Edited by Dean - April 20 2015 at 10:44
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Curiously, all eight people involved have written No 1 singles for their respective bands - Queen members individually and 10cc in pairs.
 
Well, one can always get their allotted 10cc in solo or in pairs.Wink
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Curiously, all eight people involved have written No 1 singles for their respective bands - Queen members individually and 10cc in pairs.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Ah, 10cc, The Lovin' Spoonful and Pearl Jam... alas all three are probably apocryphal urban myths. 
 
In re, 10cc. Graham Gouldman stated in regards to the band's name:
 
"The average male ejaculation is 10cc. There’s a couple of reasons really, but that’s the short answer."
 
Found here:
 
I see no reason to doubt it. It certainly less idiotic an answer than "it came to me in a dream" as once was foisted about. 
 
 


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Ah, 10cc, The Lovin' Spoonful and Pearl Jam... alas all three are probably apocryphal urban myths. 
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by akaBona akaBona wrote:

10cc. As someone said, can't take Queen seriously ...


why not? Confused

Well, as an astute friend of mine once put it, just look at the name.
 
You do realize that the term "10cc" originally equated to the alleged amount of semen in the average male ejaculation. So, the comparative "seriousness" aspect in the band names is quite laughable.


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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by akaBona akaBona wrote:

10cc. As someone said, can't take Queen seriously ...


why not? Confused

Well, as an astute friend of mine once put it, just look at the name.
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Originally posted by akaBona akaBona wrote:

10cc. As someone said, can't take Queen seriously ...


why not? Confused
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10cc. As someone said, can't take Queen seriously ...
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Points: 7208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2015 at 18:17
Queen +1
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Originally posted by irrelevant irrelevant wrote:

10cc easily. 
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Hi,
 
Always thought 10CC was more important because of where they came from and also for where they took a lot of their stuff. They wrote for many folks before their band, including Neil Sedaka, and then Hotlegs (had the hit for Nearderthal Man, and then 10CC ... not to mention that one person in the group directed almost ALL the videos for The Police at the time, which helped introduce the band on MTV.
 
Queen has some outstanding things, but really ... it's just a rock band! A good rock band, mind you!


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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Queen by miles and miles and miles and miles..

I'm surprised anyone would have to ask


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10cc easily. 
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Originally posted by chrijom chrijom wrote:

Sorry but I can't take Queen seriously. Got to be 10cc, shouldn't really be a contest. Queen... Really?


I have exactly the same meaning with the band names changed ;-)
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Sorry but I can't take Queen seriously. Got to be 10cc, shouldn't really be a contest. Queen... Really?
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Originally posted by Wanorak Wanorak wrote:

Like 10CC, but love Queen. Queen is just sooo much better IMO. They have versatility and their singers are much better than 10CC's.

10cc had FOUR great singers - Queen had only one great one and two decent ones.
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