10cc - Art For Arts Sake Lyrics

Forget oasis 10cc were Manchester's finest band.Clever writing ,great musicians.

makes me want to go drag in a beard

A classic song… Wonderful LP!

score of the year 2019 for 0.50 euro cent 7"vinyl single for the collection, the deller don't have a clue what a fantastic track this is i think

Cover by Hipgnosis. Look them up.

See the picture everybody was talking on landlines. Much simpler times but the music was technical....

Love the photos of this album cover, a different time for many things...

By the same people - Hipgnosis - who came up with Pink floyd's great covers +many others. If you're interested I recommend you check out a book "Walk away Rene" which documents their fantastic work.

学生の頃かなり聴きまくったけー。
10ccの曲は意味あいも捻りがあり好き。

So original

a fantastic song by a fantastic band love 10cc.

I bet the "Raggy blonde" on our top right has BIG beef curtains ..Just a guess. You can just tell.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1219924/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t18

Manchester's finest

I think in this film almost everyone seems to be on the phone if it was today they would all be probably on smart phones.

Creepy as fuck. Love it.

Magic - been 👀 for this version‼️

"No Doctor, that's not for the TV, that's for the...*GASP*! lol

Came out in 1975.  Very under appreciated song.  Also under appreciated as band.

under appreciated ?....it was a smash hit and number 1 in the UK , New Zealand, Australia Ireland ect ect

I've seen them so many times I've lost count (well Graham Gouldman and his band). They sound as good live as they do through my headphones :D

Masters of art

Great song and I love the album artwork too. Highly creative. <3

This is exceptional good.
I have just been doing a look (listen) around You Tube while killing time on my day off, this was the last 10cc track I got to listen to.
I think 10cc were clearly under appreciated.

All four members of original 10cc were lead vocalists and first class musicians. also they were all songwriters. one of the TOP bands from the 70's.

It's almost as if they predicted the future. That guy in the right box looks like Trump. He is sitting at his desk. Okay, the woman is blonde.

Simpson Kelly looks nothing like Trump, it’s just a businessman at a desk

@Dark Knightwing Some people are obsessed with him.

Pogey Bait Both his tiny core of followers, and those who oppose him. Go figure.

@Dark Knightwing I immediately thought Trump as soon as I saw this.

Absolute brilliant band one of my favourites.

Great musicianship on this one....

sounds like cold turky by john lennon

Gimme your body
Gimme your mind
Open your heart
Pull down the blind
Gimme your love gimme it all
Gimme in the kitchen gimme in the hall
Art for arts sake
Money for Gods sake
Art for Arts sake
Money for Gods sake
Gimme the readys
Gimme the cash
Gimme a bullet
Gimme a smash
Gimme a silver gimme a gold
Make it a million for when I get old
Art for arts sake
Money for Gods sake
Art for Arts sake
Money for Gods sake
Money talks so listen to it
Money talks to me
Anyone can understand it
Money can't be beat Oh no
When you get down, down to the root
Don't give a damn don't give a hoot
Still gotta keep makin the loot
Chauffeur driven
Gotta make her quick as you can
Give her lovin' make you a man
Get her in the palm of your hand
Bread from Heaven
Gimme a country
Where I can be free
Don't need the unions
Strangling me
Keep me in exile the rest of my days
Burn me in hell but as long as it pays
Art for arts sake
Money for Gods sake
Art for arts sake
Money for Gods sake
Art for arts sake
Money for Gods sake
Art for arts sake
Money for Gods sake

At 4:00 where they sing 'Don't need the unions - Burying me' not 'Strangling me' as in these lyrics. Typo?

Brilliant song. Very funny album cover, too - notice how the same people recur in different places, and how stoned the rich wife making a call is! :D

MANCHESTER

Is it Graham or Eric on vocals? Sounds like Graham on verses, Eric on chorus, Lol on bridge.

Yes, except it's both Eric and Graham on the chorus

And sadly still so underrated as a band 😑

That's true. They were HUGE in the '70s, and should be mentioned in the same sentence as Queen now.

... and ignored. I haven't heard this song since 1977. I only heard it once, but I immediately thought it was terrific.

You must be listening to the wrong radio stations mate.. I hear the song lots of times...lol..

@MrSqwertery hehe I reckon mate

A bit forgotten now but they used to be 3 times #1 in UK and had 11 top 10 songs overall.

<3 Epic!

Absolute masterpiece of a song.

Yes an excellent song but the absolute 10cc masterpiece is "One Night in Paris"
They sound a bit like the British Steely Dan

Paul Collet I will check that one out as I haven’t heard that one.

@Davewad Here's the link for you with lyrics. It's a kind of "Bohemian Rhapsody" song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C_regWPVBs
It's from the album "Original Soundtracks" the one with the huge hit "I'm Not in Love"

Epic <3

awesome!👍❤😉

What issue is this? Recording sounds so clean and without a single hiss, I can't find any like it..

Watch the album inner photo, info is there.

I'm not talking about album name, I meant if this was remaster or someting..

It's 2012 release.

Luka Nanić Avoid those 2012 remasters at all costs. Trust me, this particular song might sound good but those remasters are some of the worst ever. Some tracks slow down a bit as if the master tape has been stretched. And some sound like the tape has been crumpled. Buy the early 90's issues instead, they are much better.

I love songs that sound like no other song ever made.

yeah....10cc were no like other band. Three mega songwriters in one band.....

Well I recognize inspiration from at least Frank Zappa in this song

Is that Tr(I)ump(h), the comedy dog with poop in his moyuth!

you're an asshole

Top 10 tune

FABULOUS Tune. X :)

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