21-561: Laurence Neil " Lol " Creme (born 19 September 1947) is a British musician and music video director , best known for his work in 10cc . He was later one half of the duo Godley & Creme , with 10cc drummer Kevin Godley . Creme has collaborated with Trevor Horn 's Band . He sings and plays guitar, bass and keyboards. Creme was born in Prestwich , Lancashire, England. Like bandmates Graham Gouldman and Kevin Godley , Creme grew up in
42-670: A Jewish household. While attending art school in Birmingham , where he met Godley, he took up the nickname 'Lolagon'. He graduated from the college in Birmingham in 1968. Creme and Kevin Godley the white R&B combo the Sabres (the Magic Lanterns), Hotlegs and other bands together. After recording a one-off single under the name of 'Yellow Bellow Room Boom' for UK CBS in 1967 ("Seeing Things Green" b/w "Still Life"),
63-517: A concept album demonstration piece for the "Gizmo" a device that enabled an electric guitar to mimic orchestral instruments the pair had begun developing early on in 10CC years. Consequences is basically a story about meek Walter Stapleton divorcing his French playgirl wife, with English comedian and satirist Peter Cook voicing the parts of 2 solicitors, the irascible Pepperman and the alcoholic Haig, and Haigs' downstairs resident & reclusive musician Mr Blint, who constantly interrupts them and confuses
84-513: A director in his own right. Creme directed the 1991 Jamaican comedy film The Lunatic , starring Paul Campbell . After his move to the United States, Creme began experimenting with Digital art and Oil painting . In 1988, Creme became a member of the band Art of Noise , with Anne Dudley and Trevor Horn , and directed videos for the artists who recorded with them, such as Tom Jones . Further work with Horn followed, including forming
105-471: Is the head, overseer or facilitator of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew , actors , models , and dancers . They may or may not be in collaboration with the musical act. On November 8, 1992, MTV began listing directors with the artist, song, and record company credits, because music videos had increasingly become an auteur 's medium. "The case for
126-555: The UK Top 40, three of which were the chart-toppers " Rubber Bullets " (1973), " I'm Not in Love " (1975) and " Dreadlock Holiday " (1978). "I'm Not in Love" was their breakthrough worldwide hit, and is known for its innovative backing track. In 1988, Godley & Creme parted ways: "What happened was in '89, certainly in '88, maybe before, Kevin changed, I think his priorities in life changed. He'd had enough, he'd simply had enough of me and
147-539: The band The Mindbenders (formerly fronted by Wayne Fontana ). Godley & Creme had written many songs for 10cc, including: " Donna " (no. 2 in UK), " Rubber Bullets " (no. 1 in UK), " The Dean and I " (no. 4 in UK), " Silly Love " (no. 24 in UK), and " Life Is a Minestrone " (no. 7 in UK). In 1976, Lol and Kevin left 10cc to record as Creme & Godley (later Godley & Creme ). In 1977 they released their first album project - Consequences (Godley & Creme album) -
168-784: The band the Producers with Chris Braide and Steve Lipson , and the Trevor Horn Band . Creme appears on Horn's Echoes: Ancient and Modern . Creme's son Lalo was a member of the 1990s indie-dance band Arkarna , and has also worked on a number of projects with his father. Creme's wife, Angie, is the sister of ex-10cc member Eric Stewart 's wife, Gloria. 10cc (See full discography at 10cc discography ) Godley & Creme (See full discography at Godley & Creme ) Art of Noise (See full discography at Art of Noise discography ) The Trevor Horn Band Music video director A music video director
189-425: The director as music video author is strong. It is the music video director who has principal control of everything that is added to the pre-existing recorded sound text." Directors, including Michel Gondry , Spike Jonze , and F. Gary Gray , have gone on to direct feature films, continuing a trend that had begun earlier with directors such as Lasse Hallström and David Fincher . The most expensive video of all time
210-401: The first verse, and then Horn put Godley in the recording booth to record them. Godley later described the song's creation process as "patchwork like", but it worked due to its envisaged simple production. The basic sound of the track was provided by electronic music specialist J. J. Jeczalik who used a Fairlight CMI synthesizer. Godley & Creme then created the full backing track, which
231-495: The group's fourth album, they began writing songs for their own albums, but became better known for producing music videos for other bands. Within the music video producing process, they met producer Trevor Horn , ex of the Buggles and now heading his own label ZTT Records . Godley & Creme asked Horn to produce their album, but had very little material that was recording studio ready. After their first track failed to produce
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273-476: The pair began their professional music career together in 1969, performing pop music in Strawberry Studios at Stockport near Manchester with Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman . The duo also released a single in 1969, "I'm Beside Myself" b/w "Animal Song", under the name Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon after being signed on to Marmalade Records directly by label head Giorgio Gomelsky . A 7-song LP
294-617: The proceedings, and singer Sarah Vaughan. The album was released as a 3 LP box set. Consequences attained a niche following and had 1 single released from it, "Five O'clock in the Morning". However, despite the creativity, innovation and imagination involved, it was a commercial flop. The pair later became music video directors, working with bands including Yes . In 1979, they directed their first music video for their single " An Englishman in New York ". After this, they became involved in
315-593: The production of videos for artists such as Ultravox , the Police , Yes , Duran Duran , Frankie Goes to Hollywood , Huey Lewis and the News and Wang Chung , as well as directing the groundbreaking video for their 1985 single " Cry ". From 1972 to 1978, 10cc had five consecutive UK top-ten albums: Sheet Music (1974), The Original Soundtrack (1975), How Dare You! (1976), Deceptive Bends (1977) and Bloody Tourists (1978). 10cc also had twelve singles reach
336-401: The required effect, Horn asked what else they had. The pair had already written the first verse of "Cry", and much as though the song came from a position – a man in a relationship where his partner lies and cheats on him – unlike 10cc's " I'm Not in Love ", it did not come from real-life experience. The three hence sat down and started writing down words and phrases which could be associated with
357-491: The way we worked, the things we did, the priorities we had. And the fact that we were a priority, for example. Our working relationship dominated our...lives, you know. It was time for a shift in all that and he was obviously right. When I see him, which is not regularly, but I do see him occasionally, he seems well. I thinks he wants to be lazy and just hang. And God bless him, you know." After cutting ties with Godley, Creme moved to Los Angeles , California , USA and worked as
378-543: Was directed by Mark Romanek : Michael and Janet Jackson 's " Scream " (1995), which cost $ 7 million to produce. In 2003, Spike Jonze, Chris Cunningham , and Michel Gondry founded the Directors Label . The following list does not include musical artists who have co-directed videos: Cry (Godley %26 Creme song) " Cry " is a song released by the English music duo Godley & Creme on 11 March 1985. It
399-637: Was included on the duo's album The History Mix Volume 1 . The song reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Godley & Creme's lone top 40 hit in the US apart from their former band, 10cc . It reached No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart . The duo also directed the song's music video, which featured faces blended into each other using dissolving and wiping effects. After Godley & Creme left their former band 10cc after
420-512: Was mixed and produced by Horn. 7" – Polydor (UK) 881 786-7 12" – Polydor (UK) 881 786-1 12" – Polydor (US) 881 786-1 12" – Polydor (CA) POLSXC 107 CDV – Polydor (UK) 080 010-2 Canadian band The Philosopher Kings covered the song for their 1997 album, Famous, Rich and Beautiful . It was released in May 1998 as the third single from the album and peaked at No. 10 on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart, ranking in at No. 38 on
441-496: Was slated for a late 1969 release on Marmalade; however, the label collapsed financially before the end of the year, and the LP was shelved until its release in the 2022 compilation Frabjous Days: The Secret World of Godley & Creme 1967–1969 on Grapefruit Records. Kevin and Lol most significantly performed, wrote and produced with 10cc , an art rock group the duo formed with Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart , who had both been in
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