10CC - Life Is A Minestrone

[@davidpike8033]

brilliant song, brilliant band, ahead of their time

[@angela135899]

Soooo true, loved everything they did!!

[@mostynf]

Clever wordplay in the lyrics. It might all be surrealist nonsense but it just sounds great and it’s highly original. A refreshing change from all the “I wanna hold you in my arms forever” love song cliches.

[@angietunstall2555]

Still as great as ever, here at the close of 2023 😉😉

[@jeanholloway506]

Wow wow wow simply brilliant

[@Dylanesque]

I had my first job in general engineering when this record hit the charts. I was just 16 back then. Seems like yesterday. How quickly the time flies. And how much quicker it flies today. 😔

[@gavinlamp5426]

Really makes me sad these guys aren't very well known. Seems like only this song and "I'm not in love" are the only popular ones. "Food for Thought", "Dreadlock Holiday", and "We've heard it all before" are really good ones too

[@peterfryer9402]

Eric Stewart one of the great engineers and guitarists..... part of a ground-breaking group.

[@JH-ck1nr]

One of many classics. Such a great Band ❤

[@jeanmarieboucherit7376]

Brillant group. Best of thé 70s.

[@angela135899]

This brilliant music was my early teens and beyond, so many good memories! xxx

[@AudreyFm-v7e]

I’m also a child of the 70’s, so vibrant a time for music, and this nutty song is such fun that I’ve put it down on paper, play it at my funeral folks! Not too soon, I hope. It won’t age and may make a few chuckle.

[@raymondallo9947]

Love this song, love 10CC

[@davidhubbert9445]

10cc what a band and what a talent very good for the ears .

[@jarisundström]

Great band, great song. 2024, still sounds as good as it was 1975.

[@sallyjoan]

does it?

[@Noah1997callahan]

These guys were awesome

[@lima1087am]

I’ve just rediscovered 10cc on KZbin, going to hunt down a best of album

[@alanoneill3065]

I have always loved 10cc...this is one of my fav tracks. Saw them in Glasgow Apollo c 1976... full house the balcony was LITERALLY bouncing during Rubber Bullets One Night in Paris was memorable for its stage show/lighting Great live show...I DID wonder tho...are they using prerecorded backing tracks at times? ...it was that good

[@alisonrogerson6586]

Ha! I’m from Glasgow too & I remember being at so many brilliant concerts at the Apollo, Status Quo being one of the best as we were bouncing in the balcony as you recall. 10CC were beyond amazing. Every bit with the guitars; the pianos & drums were gold. Voices were wide ranging & brilliantly making use of each members’ voice

[@denisesaunders3067]

Handsome mr creme and mr stewart.

[@pennymathysen2428]

Going to see them on Sunday. It must be over 30 years since the last time

[@ralpharodriguez]

I'm seeing them this week just north of Philly. Big bucket list concert. Love them. ELO and 10 cc helped maintain my sanity through the '70s.

[@johnconvey867]

the seat of learning and the flush of success etc etc just wonderful imagery / lyrics.

[@malena2467]

I adore this band💋

[@robertlawrence7958]

They did this song when I saw them on Saturday night (5/10/24) in Llandudno. Only Graham Gouldman from the original 4 but the show was not only superb it was probably one of the best I've seen for years. I first saw them at Reading Festival in 1973 (?) and on several other occasions after that, the final time being in Cardiff on their 'How Dare You' tour. A great bunch of songwriters.

[@jackiegeritz5345]

I'm dancing on the White House lawn Sipping tea by the Taj Mahal at dawn Hanging round the gardens of Babylon Minnie Mouse has got it all sewn up She gets more fan mail than the Pope She takes the mickey out of all my phobias Like signing cheques to ward off double pneumonia Life is a minestrone Served up with parmesan cheese Death is a cold Lasagne Suspended in deep freeze I'm leaning on the Tower of Pisa Had an eyeful of the tower in France I'm hanging round the gardens of Madison And the seat of learning And the flush of success Relieves a constipated mind I'm like a gourmet in a skid row diner A fitting menu for a dilettante Life is a minestrone Served up with parmesan cheese Death is a cold Lasagne Suspended in deep freeze Love is a fire of flaming brandy Upon a crepe suzette Let's get this romance cooking, honey But let us not forget Life is a minestrone Served up with parmesan cheese Death is a cold Lasagne Suspended in deep freeze Source: LyricFind Songwriters: E. Stewart / L. Creme

[@jackiegeritz5345]

You will not be going to any of these places anymore but you will still be writing cheques because we are going to fleece you with pharmaceuticals until you are bankrupt or dIe. Klaus.

[@MrMjp58]

They were like a combination of the Beach Boys and the Beatles, with their own unique brilliance. For me, the greatest band of the mid 70’s.

[@Dukes-nt1er]

JOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.......A NINE YEAR OLD IN 1975.........ahhhhhhhhhhhhHAPPY DAYS.........

[@barryetheridge6639]

Those were the days miss them

[@lesmartinsings]

If you want to write a clever catchy "pop" tune then this is it. That said its probably one of the best songs of all time, yes lets not us all not forget.....

[@anne40hillpiggott30]

These were the days ❤

[@annuvynarawn392]

pure genius

[@roberttaylor90y76]

I bought the album in1975 on cassette played many times.

[@juliep4319]

4 geniuses 👏👏👏👏

[@stevejones5695]

Met graham goldman a true gent I know he's the only original member but seen them live 2 sessions goosebumps fantastic at butlins

[@barbarafearn]

I wish they would re-form

[@nelsongonzalez711]

2024 ❤❤

[@sandratogneri9982]

See how things /songs /tunes come around !!! I rember this ....Funny Life Ehh ?? XXX ❤️

[@Bink316]

It certainly is!

[@talstory]

something of Steely Dan here? A UK equivalent?

[@martindumont5553]

My thoughts exactly.

[@andyreynish1418]

Quite gud to have view!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marianac4235]

I listened to this song on an online radio station called Bad Song Radio all the time! 💃

[@jeanholloway506]

Such a talented clever band so superior to present day bands

[@Annie1962]

Clever lyrics...'I'm leaning on the tower of Pisa had an Eiffel of the Tower in France'

[@JackBobsonOfficial]

Had an eyeful, actually

[@sannimcable]

Funny lyrics 😂

[@petermcgregor3274]

Four talented guys

[@SouthJerseyMatt]

“I’m like a gourmet in a skid row diner” -awesome

[@SaintKimbo]

What a great vocalist Lol Creme is, great tone. yet when he left 10cc and teamed up with Kevin Godly, he didn't sing lead vocals as much.

[@podoherty2]

Over 40 years later only now got the 'eyeful of the tower in France' 😂😂😂😂

[@michaelzarro8871]

Wow shame they cut the song last few minutes…great song though

[@jennyb1496]

I remember a hot summer in a grubby bedsit in SW London with a smelly biker Tony. Youngs bitter and the smell of "love". Glorious!

[@jjimywoods1363]

Class

[@str.77]

Guess what I am eating while listening to this song...

[@Nedgorer1974]

I think life is pasta

[@barrycuda3769]

I'm having minestrone soup this evening.

[@str.77]

As for the singer ... LOL

[@jimboAndersenReviews]

Ahh. Yes. I, see; I have given this very video a like before. Hhhhmmm. Life is a cold lasagna, indeed.

[@daysiewaysie]

which pair wrote this one ?

[@jamesanderson-rb7ql]

stewart and Creme

[@diggerthegroundhog8799]

Creme and Stewart which was not the normal pairing, but they switched things up to try new things.

[@jonrogers3839]

@@diggerthegroundhog8799 apparently the two of them were driving home listening to the car radio, Lol said to Eric 'did that radio dj just say life is a minestrone'? and the rest is history!

[@deuteronomy6.5]

anyone here from karen hausen? no? just me?

[@John-cn4my]

Hahaha me too

[@allannicholls5416]

Wish they would reform for a 1 off like Glastonbury

[@pauljones9061]

You need the original 4 , not silly versions of 10cc.

[@catherinebirch2399]

When I first heard this song on the radio I was suffering from food poisoning after a dodgy curry. Every time I hear it it brings back how awful I felt.

[@grahamspragg7494]

Life is a chicken balti, Served up with saag paneer cheese Death is a dupiaza, Suspended in chick peas!

[@tarphinboy]

elementary'

[@mikedemike5393]

of their time not ahead.

[@andydionysiou9295]

It always comes to mind this so g when i eat minestrone soup

[@DS-qu2rs]

'she takes the mickey out of homophobia, like signing cheques to ward off double pneumonia' anybody any idea what that means?

[@ciarzye9556]

Think it's all my phobias instead of homophobia. Could be wrong tho.

[@DS-qu2rs]

@@ciarzye9556 yeah you might be right, I'll have to put the headphones on and listen closer, makes a bit more sense...but not much 🤔

[@DS-qu2rs]

@@ciarzye9556 yep, it is 'all my phobias' only been singing it wrong for about 48 years...took me..I think it was 38 years...to work out one Alice Cooper lyric!

[@ciarzye9556]

​@@DS-qu2rs😂

[@Bristolcentaurus]

@@DS-qu2rs does it have to make sense ? is it monty python to music?

[@donfrandsen7778]

Fucken genius!!! Brilliant Beyond imagination