Thinking about 10cc led me back to this novelty record they released before they had the name 10cc, or were even a group at all.
“Neanderthal Man” was the first track to be recorded at the famous Strawberry Studios in Manchester which was owned by Eric Stewart and where he and the other members of 10cc to-be worked as session musicians and producers. Apparently this odd-sounding track was just the result of them testing out some of the new equipment in the studio, but a passing record exec happened to hear it and the lightbulb that said HIT! went off over his head, so it was put out as a single and they invented the name Hotlegs for it.
That record exec was right as it got to #2 in 1970 which is amazing when you consider what a primitive, repetitive dirge it is. But this was the 70s when all sorts of strange pop lunacy got in the charts. You could even make the case that it’s tribal drum sound was very influential on Gary Glitter and by extension even Adam Ant. Not bad for a studio test drive.
Download: Neanderthal Man – Hotlegs (mp3)
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A sweet bit of craziness.
Speaking of hot legs, if I had control over space and time, I would put the most beautiful Cave People tribeswomen from the time Raquel Welch is supposed to represent next to her in a split screen. I wonder what the reactions would be. Probably a lot more complex than we would suspect.
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