"I'm Not In Love" by 10cc

[Floogeldy]

Poll question: "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc

Do tell.

[elshiva]

1. Never heard it. (That should be an option)

[Floogeldy]

2. I think that falls into the "don't care" category.

If you would like, I will E-Mail the MP3 to you.

Then you will remember that you have heard it before.

[elshiva]

3. Thank you, but I don't have an MP3 player.

I do care though. I've probably heard it, but did not know what it was....

[Floogeldy]

4. You say you don't have an MP3 player?

I don't believe you.

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Yes you do.

If you run Windows, Windows Media Player plays MP3s. If you run OS X, iTunes plays MP3s.

[nuxvomica]

11. Oh you've heard it. It goes like this...

Duh da da da duh. Duh da da da duh. Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh da da da.

[WCGreen]

5. I loved the Itrony and pain in that song...

It spoke to a generation....

[Heidi]

6. .

:thumbsup:

[6000eliot]

7. Amazing song

Very clever and a landmark recording.

[norml]

8. It's on a great album too.

http://www.superseventies.com/sptencc.html

[In_The_Wind]

9. Joanikick

:thumbsup:

[bbernardini]

10. If you like 10cc, try Wax (sometimes known as Wax UK).

Graham Gouldman from 10cc with Andrew Gold (who I believe plays with 10cc now as well).

[atomic-fly]

12. Kind of creepy to me...

I understand it's progressive pop an all, but
it is just creepy.

[HughBeaumont]

13. Possibly my second favorite 70s pop song

next to "Someone Saved My Life Tonight". The ideas they use in the song shouldn't work in a million years, but they do. Indeed they do. A brilliant piece of songwriting.

[jukes]

14. really liked the song

but HATE it's earworminess, ya' bastid!

[skygazer]

15. Is that the original or the remake?

I can't stand the remake with the whiny chick singing but I really like the original with the male vocolist who sounds like a lost and frightened teenager.

[Hissyspit]

22. 10cc is the original. Will To Power is the sucky remake.

[Floogeldy]

26. Have you heard the re-make by Tori Amos?

Whew!!!!!!!!

[kid a]

16. hate the "big boys don't cry" repeat

[Hissyspit]

21. That's rather pivotal. The Freudian "flashback" to his mother. n/t

[djeseru]

17. I really like it.

It's a favorite of that era. :thumbsup:

[no name no slogan]

18. Greatest pop single of the 70s

the production on it is amazing. I have an article about the making of that song in a magazine at home-- it's amazing what they could do with the relatively primitive equipment of the mid-70s.

In fact, I'm going to listen to it right now...

[stellanoir]

19. the way they remixed it

(I think in the early 90's) integrating parts of it into the song "Cry" was utterly brilliant.

Godley & Creme were two of the top videographers in England in the 80's as well.

And I'm sure you all know what 10cc represents. . .the average measurement of sperm released during ejaculation. These guys were totally quirky.

[no name no slogan]

23. formerly known as "Hotlegs", btw

They changed the name to 10cc after they added a 4th member.

[shawmut]

25. Great song and video

I think it's from 1985.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpnPQZ32oW8

[KitchenWitch]

24. Meh - I am more of a "Rubber Bullets" person.

[Whoa_Nelly]

27. .........

:::::Big boys don't cry:::::

[Floogeldy]

29. Eggzackly!

:cry:

[crispini]

28. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ3CtePvcDE

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[donheld]

30. I loved it a long time ago

but I haven't heard that song in maybe 20 years, so who can say?

[no name no slogan]

31. Great article on the making of "I'm Not In Love"

did you know it was originally written in a bossa-nova style? Unfortunately, all traces of the original were erased, so nobody knows what it sounded like. :(

Here is a very good article about the making of the song. Considering what it took to create it, it's really quite incredible.

Here's a pic of the master tape from the same article:

[maxsolomon]

32. thank you for this poll

i need a song to drive 'straight up' by paula abdul out of my brain. i hate that song but i couldn't shake it this week. now i'll just hum 10cc's masterpiece, the only 10cc on the 'pod.

Air is the 10cc of this generation.

[Virginia Dare]

33. Always hated it, however

I love Dreadlock Holiday, it's a brilliant song.

[Floogeldy]

34. I am so pleasantly surprised.

The song touches me. The swelling, angelic vocorder-sounds, dipping in and out. The phony denial of love. The fear of acknowledging. Okay, maybe it goes a bit too far with the covering up of the stain on the wall. But the emotion is communicated and confirmed.

I really love this song!!!!!!!

Unique pop song chord pattern, too. Actually, complicated.