Song of the Day 7/29: 10cc, “Oh Effendi”

This was written in the wake of the first Arab oil embargo, but it’s remarkable how little the geopolitics of the Middle East have changed in decades since. The only big difference is that we no longer have to use gun-runners to sell weapons to sheiks and mullahs — we do it right out in the open.

Since 10cc was mainly a studio band, here’s the studio version, which closed their 1974 album “Sheet Music.”