10cc’s Graham Gouldman releases Kevin Godley directed video for Play Me (The Ukulele Song), taken from his latest album, I Have Notes.
Gouldman called upon the legendary Godley & Creme director and former 10cc bandmate to pick up his pens and create a unique time-lapse video.
He recalls the inspiration for the exuberant childish joy of the song: “I know someone that’s got a very nice collection of vintage guitars. They’re worth a lot of money, and he won’t let anybody play them! I said, ‘It’s not right. They’re sitting there all on their own in the cold, in your safe! They need to be played. That’s what they’re for!’
“I wrote Play Me initially as part of a children’s music album a friend of mine was making. As I was writing the song I thought it was quite charming and too good for library music that might never see the light of day! A bit like those vintage guitars.
“It was natural for me to approach Kevin Godley to see if, first of all, he liked the song and, secondly, if he could come up with a great video idea for it, which of course he did.”
Watch the video below:
Visual Simplicity
Godley added: “The charm of Play Me lies in giving humanity and hope to an inanimate object so, once I’d decided that drawings were the way to go, I thought that watching the drawings take shape and becoming the active story could look more interesting than traditional animation, which was way beyond our budget. After a short day with a long roll of paper and about 50 felt tipped – pens I hope we managed to add a visual simplicity and urgency that gets the spirit of GGs song across without being too literal.”
Graham Gouldman’s latest album I Have Notes is out now on Lojinx CD, vinyl LP and digital and his Heart Full of Songs is currently touring the UK:
Heart Full of Songs Tour
10 Mon March – The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff
11 Tue March – The Hafren, Newtown
13 Thu March – St Luke’s, Glasgow
14 Fri March – Playhouse, Alnwick
15 Sat March – RNCM Manchester
16 Sun March – City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
17 Mon March – The Stables Theatre, Wavendon
19 Wed March – The Factory Live, Worthing
20 Thu March – Cadogan Hall, London
21 Fri March – Cheese & Grain, Frome
22 Sat March – Corn Exchange Theatre, Stamford
23 Sun March – Theatre Seven, Shrewsbury
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