Godley & Creme - A Little Piece of Heaven - Why this wedding cake music video should have existed

This is what could have existed - the wedding cake music video, not the messed-up original video.

As Xylon from amazon.com once reviewed:

I found this little disc in a used record shop some years ago and being the 10cc fan that I am (and having the vinyl), I snatched up that little plastic shiny disc with a hole!

I have played the recording a few times and none over the last few years, yet it remains in the collection for one simple reason... I doubt I would ever find this one again.
As I recall this recording is a homage to harmonica-played blues. It's still got your Godley-Creme lyrical humor and harmony, but it was largely a forgettable listen.
I'll give it another listen this evening and update this review.

The "Wedding Cake Version" video exists because it overlays the 1988 art-pop song "A Little Piece of Heaven" by Godley & Creme onto a dramatic wedding scene from a soap opera, specifically featuring the characters Stefan and Alexis (0:37).

The video is a fan-made or alternative edit rather than the song's original, official promotional video. The audio track features the modest 1988 hit, while the visual and dialogue elements come from a television drama where characters clean up after a wedding reception, eat leftovers of the wedding cake, and discuss a "crime Lord" (0:17).

Here is how the distinct elements breakdown:

• The Music: "A Little Piece of Heaven" is a track from Godley & Creme's final studio album, Goodbye Blue Sky. The song's themes are heavily rooted in biblical scriptures regarding human nature, hypocrisy, and judgement (citing Luke 6:42, Leviticus 13:2, Isaiah 7:20, and Matthew 25:1).
• The Visual Setting: The dialogue reveals a post-wedding cleanup where a character named Stefan is caught eating the wedding cake by a guest looking for Alexis (0:37). The cake was originally intended to be sent to a homeless shelter (0:26).
• The Drama Context: Later dialogue in the clip features a character congratulating the bride despite her marrying a "crime Lord," adding that it was a lovely wedding because "no one got shot" (4:47), followed by a warning directed at a character named Michael (5:47).

Godley & Creme - A Little Piece of Heaven - Wedding Cake Version

A lovely tune and a great use of lots of different harmonicas can’t escape the feeling that Godley-Creme should be delivering something a little bit deeper than this piece of fluff, especially on an album about the end of the world.

That's the second track after "H.E.A.V.E.N.", taken from their seventh and last album, "Goodbye Blue Sky".

Godley & Creme - "Cry" - the coolest video from the 80s

 Hey Gang,

Big Q here with a video hit bonus.  How many remember the song "Cry" from Godley & Creme?

Godly & Creme are Kevin Godley and Lol Creme.  They directed video's for such acts as the Police, Wang Chung, and Duran Duran.

They were original members of the band 10cc.  They were considered the experimental half of the group, which can definitely be seen in their one U.S. hit "Cry".  The video used a technique called analogue cross fading.  At the time is was the most unique video on MTV.

Battered version of this song could have existed in 1985, not the original messed-up morphing video.

10cc- Run Away -American Version with Luke & Laura from "General Hospital"

The only 10cc release in 1982 was the sweet single [110] ‘Run Away’, an Eric Stewart ballad that could have easily slotted on as part of either ‘Ten Out Of Ten’ or ‘Windows In The Jungle’. Eric is still kicking himself for letting someone important walk out of his life and it all feels so unreal, as if he’s in a ‘dream’. The kinder, softer companion song to ‘Don’t Ask’ from the previous album, it’s at one with Eric’s other songs about only now realising how precious a loved one is to him. The song is sweet, with a typically golden Eric vocal mixing love with humility and there’s a nice return to the ‘I’m Not I Love’ choir of ‘ahhhh’s in the background vocals. There are some nice lyrics too, Eric apologizing for being ‘backward ain coming forward’ and again admitting that, ‘SSSSilly Love’ and ‘I’m Not In Love’ style, that cliches ‘won’t cut it’ compared to the depth of his feelings. This song needs a little something else to make it truly stand out though – a middle eight or a solo or something. Find it on: ‘Tenology’ (2012) and the CD re-issue of ‘Ten Out Of Ten’

Personnel: 

Eric Stewart: Lead Vocal, Guitar, Synthesizer, Backing Vocal 

Graham Gouldman: Bass, Backing Vocal, Guitar 

Andrew Gold: Backing Vocal, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion 

Michael Boddicker, James Newton Howard & Suzanne Ciani: Synclavier