It feels that such expression of being in love is lacking in songs of the current era. This song is baring its heart and soul and so fantastic seeing a male group unashamedly portraying these deep felt emotions. A masterpiece.
Their voice recordings on this song is legendary. From what I read “Stewart spent three weeks recording Gouldman, Godley and Creme singing "ahhh" 16 times for each note of the chromatic scale, building up a "choir" of 48 voices for each note of the scale. “. Crazy with the technology of the70s!😎😎
I'm onw one of your older listeners, I've lived through all of this music. It is so much fun to watch the kids of today hearing all of this music for the first time. My generation has heard these songs so many times we tend to take it for granted. 60's and 70's was the best time to grow up, the best music ever. Enjoy the ride young man
@@stuarthastie6374 Nope, not on the Mellotron. They recorded multiple tracks of vocals onto tape loops and then “played” the vocal chords with the mixing desk faders.
Those voice sounds were made, as far as I can remember, by taping people singing one note. 24 of them, spanning 2 octaves. Each tape was hand spliced into a loop and each run through one track of a 24 track mixing desk. Then they flipped the volume up and down depending on which note they needed. Basically they turned a full-size studio mixing desk into a mellotron. 1975 technology, baby. All analog. You could do it digitally now in about 5 minutes on protools, but it would sound nowhere near as moving. This song was voted best single of the past 25 years in the UK at the time. Then, later that year, Bohemian Rhapsody was released.
This is is written brilliantly. And the music is so unique. You actually feel terrible for the person who is singing. He is trying to convince himself that he is not in love. When you can tell that he is just devastated.
@@Coowallsky I know that was the inspiration for the song, but the meaning of the song is really the singer is trying to convince himself that he is not in love. When you can tell that he is just devastated.
Me as well, Carol! Summer 1975 age 14 --- first heard on my little transistor radio. It BLEW MY MIND upon hearing it --- and it STILL fascinates me. It's still fresh sounding, not old , after 40 some years!!!! The craftsmanship & emotion of this work of art is insanely OFF THE CHARTS ! Really cool that younger listeners have the pleasure of " first hearing" it 😏😏
Great reaction. I love this song. He's tryng so hard not to fall but he can't help it because she has broken through to him and he's fallen so deep that he's crying.
Great reaction from a song that gives me the chills from the delivery and the words. This song came out in 1975, the decade of great music. "I'M NOT IN LOVE" peaked at number 2 for 3 weeks in 1975 on Billboards chart.
It's human psychology 101....he's denying he's in love so that he can avoid heartache in the future....but it's clearly already too late for that! It's the illusion that we have any control over our romantic inclinations. So true! Painfully true, as this song shows. It was nice to see how much of an impression this song made on you, Wilbur.
There are many songs I heard on radio as a kid that were awesome songs, but a really sad/melancholy atmosphere. This is one of them. Songs like Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John.
This was quite unique in the history of recording music. They created an instrument specially for it and then destroyed it afterward. It consisted of multiple tape loops that could be played like an instrument. Then they spent 3 weeks recording voices - over 600 in all - to deal with all the keys etc. The result was this oceanic sound that nobody has ever heard since. The girl in the middle was the receptionist in the studio.
The secretary at the production studio, Kathy Redfern, wandered in to tell somebody they had a telephone call. Immediately Lol (yes that is the name of a band member) said "That's the voice, her voice is perfect!'. So she became the voice for the "Big boys don't cry...Big boys don't cry..." voiceover.
I like this gem now more than I did when it first came out. This song with the words and background vocals gives you an idea why so many people can't let go of the great songs from the 70's, this is one of the best.
“ This is what I should have been reading “. As someone who once was an English major , I ditto that and will say that is one of the best endorsements for a song I ever heard
Do some research on how they created those ethereal voice echoes - amazing considering the state of the sound art at that time. Thanks for the reaction - one of my all time faves!
The girl who says be quiet big boys don't cry was not a band member or even a recording artist of any kind she was just someone who worked in the studio where they recorded the song she was asked if she would say something for the song
Godley and Creme (the backbone of 10CC) also produced music videos, including Herbie Hancock’s Rockit, which was a standard bearer when released. SEE IT.
You are, absolutely, correct. An utter masterpiece. ...NOT that 10cc aren't wonderful, but nothing else they (or anyone else!) ever did approaches the masterwork that this is (Everyone should watch "making-of docs. on this. It is complex, beautiful and stunning!)!!!!! It is true that, in some ways, one cannot tell whether this is a song of "ultimate denial" (Saying "I'm not!" when/because one iS!) or the most arrogant bastard in existence! 😂🤣 ...However: I, always, read it as the former ...and, over-the-years, the main composer [Eric Stewart] has told the story that it is based, really on a conversation/exchange with his wife ...asking him why he didn't say "I Love you" very often/more often. ...and his idea that: saying something like that, constantly, would degrade the meaning and impact of the words, over time. ...Resulting in: a horrible outcome, in-the-end! This song is how he chose to illustrate that. The oddest thing is that: it is NOT *he* who made the song what it is (he had written it as a "pseudo-bossa nova" or something ...! 🙄🤦♂️🤷♂️) ...but ...o.k.: there are, really: TWO 10ccs First: from about 1972-1976: The "Godley & Creme" version [THIS one] (Featuring BOTH song-writing pairs, though: Kevin Godley & Lol Creme as-well-as: Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman)and the post-1976/'77 version, which was all: Stewart & Gouldman. Stewart & Gouldman are the more pop-oriented, hit-oriented, easy-to-swallow writers. Godley & Creme were, always, the more experimental and adventurous ones. It was Godley & Creme who came-up with the idea to record this song as all (mainly) voices (There are some keyboards and strings used, but the majority of the sounds you hear are vocals! ...Either direct or processed. That's right!!!! - and this is WELL before "sampling" of ANY sort existed! -- Tape loops were a brand new thing, then!!!!! (No joke!)!). Godley & Creme departed in 1976, leaving Stewart and Gouldman to manage 10cc from that point forward. The songs, while they don't "suck" or anything, take on a much more "standard," "radio-friendly profile" ...as does the album engineering. ...And that is ALL fine! ...sometimes you're, just, looking for, exactly, that. (But, to me: Stewart and Gouldman's work was rarely, if ever, as interesting as Godley & Creme's or some combo. of the two pairs! 🤘🤘) 👍) Godley & Creme did albums as a duo and had another major hit in ...I think it was '86 ?? (maybe '85 🤷♂️🤷♂️ ...I don't recall, exactly. ...But within that window (mid-late '80s)), The song "Cry" ...although, THAT, I believe, was more well-recognized for the video they made for it; which was ground-breaking, at-the-time! Godley & Creme had started working as a team creating videos, prior to that, already and that was the majority of their career then (in the early days of video!) They created NUMEROUS well-known and much-awarded videos (Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" is one which comes to mind. ...There are, like 50 more, I would say!). All I can say is: THIS WAS THE '70s! 💙⚡⚡⚡⚡🤘🤘🤘🤘 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I saw 10cc at the Royal Albert Hall in London last year. Not the original line-up, only Graham Gouldman remains, but they were pretty good, and this song went down a storm as you might expect. It was a great show. If you have eleven and a half minutes to spare, may I suggest 'Feel the Benefit'? One of my top 10 favourite songs.
Feel the Benefit is highly indulgent, sounded like an interesting leisurely take on the prog rock genre. Of course 10cc loved their rock operetta. Somewhere In Hollywood and Une Nuit A Paris are two of my favourite tracks from them. Godley did a nice live version of the former: th-cam.com/video/KEkdHZI8bwc/w-d-xo.html
Hey, I'm an Indian and I love this song very much, thanks to the "guardians of the galaxy" for bringing the old song to the hipe in 2017,. In my opinion.
Great oldie! A song recommendation, ' Nantucket sleighride ' by Mountain. I say this bc you will react to longer songs and I know this will blow you away. An epic song that is often referred to as a perfect song. It paints a perfect picture as you say.
This song to me is great in that it gives me a groove, a feeling but is totally unconventional in construct. Seems like its a chorus looking for a verse, or the other way around. I love it either way, sounds like totally a studio song, innovative, cool. Great memories of listening to it in the 70's.
In 1977 as a junior in high school I had a huge crush on a senior named Terri. I remember this song as the one I'd take solace in that she would never be mine. A high school memory that I will always remember. I love this song.
This song "shook the world" on release, completed in one day, with the female voice coming from the receptionist in the recording studio - she had no idea of the part she would play on the day. VBW x.
Enjoyed Your Reaction, my friend.... 10cc are one of the greatest groups ever to come out of England and are from The 1970s in particular. Almost every one of their songs is totally different from the next one... Eventually, the 4 Members split into 2 pairs and you MUST watch " Cry" by Godley and Creme but you MUST watch it with the accompanying ground-breaking " Changing Faces" video :)
Well well, my old "friend". Are you still alive and kicking I wonder? We exchanged many comments on Leeds United videos and didn't usually see eye to eye.
@@CB-xr1eg That MUST have been BB "Before Bielsa". After 55 years of hating their dirty, nasty, snide, bullying tactics**** from The Giles/Charlton/Hunter era, I really wanted them to win every Premier League game (apart from Newcastle who has been my second team since 1969) under The Maestro. I loved his adventure and Sportsmanship( like Villa at home) and was sorry to see him go and, weirdly, still want them to win these days. ****I'm terribly sorry about those comments but I got carried away thinking of Revie's Bully Boyz....lol How are you ,Dear "Friend"...
@@Isleofskye No need to apologise, you have your opinion, even if its wrong lol. We'll just agree to disagree on the Revie era and leave it at that. I really enjoyed the Bielsa era up to the point where he was obviously going to get the club relegated as he was too stubborn to change his tactics. of course a lot of injuries didn't help. I think Marsch has done a good job so far but the defence needs to be sorted out, We concede far too easily. Attacking wise we look good with young players lke Gnonto, Summerville, Sinisterra etc and the midfield is pretty solid. I'm doing ok thanks apart from tinnitus which I have recently developed. I found some excercises on a TH-cam video which I think are helping. Hope you are in good health and a belated Happy New Year to you.
@@CB-xr1eg Hi Clive(?) Apologies,if I am wrong with the name and I believe it ends with "ley" or similar. I am really sorry to hear about this tinnitus and I am sure you're doing your utmost to stay relaxed and find distractions to counteract it, as best you can. I have always assumed it affects someone more in a quiet environment but may be wrong.. I did have a friend who developed this but then it just went, for no apparent reason and I really hope your tinnitus disappears the same way, my friend.. Stay in touch on any thread and let me know if it is going away or gone altogether. Regards.
@@Isleofskye Hi, Clive is correct. I'm doing the excercises twice a day and I'm finding it helps alleviate the ringing somewhat so I'll carry on doing them. Did you see that Leeds came back from 2-0 down v Cardiff in the cup today? Apparently they didn't play well but at least they didn't lose and its always good to come back and get something.
Check out the video to Godley and Creme's "Cry." Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were half of 10CC, and went on to produce a boatload of videos for many of the bands that were staples on early MTV (you know, when they played music videos). "Cry" use of cross fading displays an analog hint at the digital morphing that would follow. Very innovative. Also, Rachel Yamagata does a great cover of "I'm Not In Love."
If you've ever read Edgar Allan Poe's "A Tell-Tale Heart", the author opens the story professing how he's not crazy. "Would a crazy person say this, would he do that? If I were crazy would I even be able to contemplate this?" You come away after only one paragraph thinking, "This guy is bonkers!" Same thing here. Thou protesteth too much!
Thank you for reacting g to this one!! Now on to Steve Winwood Roll With It Baby. And of course my SRV Life Without You live from the Capitol Theater. Gonna keep requesting the SRV one until you finally react to it 😂. Just make sure it’s the Capitol Theater one.
Look up where those dreamy sounds are coming from. All the members reccorded each of the 12 notes in the harmonic scale as long as they could hold it. Then those were multi layered to as many tracks as the 4 track could hold. Then, they were played back continuously on 12 ft tape loops each running forever through its own sound board channel. Basically in the days before midi and samples they turned the studio console itself into an instrument.
from the same,very inventive English band: rubber bullets,silly love,i'm mandy fly me,wall street shuffle,life is a minestrone,art for arts sake,the things we do for love.....there are so many ridiculously catchy tunes from these boys.
Yup, they were smart, witty, great musicians and stunning producers. Made you laugh, cry, gasp and swoon and they could also rock out.............some of the cleverest music and lyrics ever written particularly on the earlier albums when Godley and Creme were still part of the band.
Somebody phone him up to see if he's okay...I love your heart, Wilburn, more than I can say. He's sick in love, and too messed to just get there. I love the minor magic of this tune and the guile of a man saying he is so above it all in his lyrics----when every listener is hip to his already too late state of mind.
Nice reaction. Not many artist can make you close your eyes to see. Another artist that does this is Al Stewart. His biggest hit is Year of the Cat. It's the title track to one of his albums. It also includes On the Border which deserves a reaction too. Al Stewart would be best described as a history teacher with music. Time Passages will also get you some views.
I love your reaction to this song. But I want to add that the music and voices behind him are equally impressive. They complete the masterpiece. I watched this twice and the second time, I closed my eyes, because the first time I heard this, there was no video. It took me back.
Back then, the singers and the band were raw, no special effects to make it sound studio-like and no one cared if it wasn’t perfect. They delivered from their hearts and souls💕🔥
This band you could really dig deep into their catalogue if you wanted to. Another well known song from them is Dreadlock Holiday. But a lot of the stuff people don't know from them are actually perhaps more impressive in their own way. The band loves to use humour and wit in the lyrics and songwriting with great variety. Would recommend giving songs like "The Wall Street Shuffle", "Art for Art's Sake", "I Wanna Rule The World" and "Somewhere in Hollywood", "Don't Hang Up" a go.
Good review. You listened, you didnt do funny overacting faces, you didnt put the highlight on yourself, but on the song and commented on it when the song was finished. This is how you do it, even in case you dont like the song, or have a different opinion than I have. Will check some more of your videos. Well done.
The song was recorded in a special technique, invented by Sennheiser, dummy head stereophony. if you hear it with an open or half-open headphone, the woman's voice whispers in your left ear . Sennheiser use it to promote this technique
Hi, Guy! This song was such a monster smash back in the day, that the BBC did a documentary on it entitled "The Making of I'm Not In Love, By 10cc"! You need to pull that up, then you'll really appreciate the love that was poured into this song! God Bless!... Did you catch the heart beat at the end?.....beat that!!!
Wow!!! I am so glad you answered my request!!! lol...wow....if you like this song....Check out "The Things We Do For Love" by 10cc.....glad you like them.
It feels that such expression of being in love is lacking in songs of the current era. This song is baring its heart and soul and so fantastic seeing a male group unashamedly portraying these deep felt emotions. A masterpiece.
The nostalgia is massive listening to this gorgeous song...
Do people still do nostalgia, Carol ?
I assumed it was a thing of the past..
Me too Davvy.....so "nostalgia " isn't a thing of the past :)
True M8.
Take Care..
Oh! Catol you knew that boy
The nostalgia can get so thick it chokes one up, truly.
It is a masterpiece.A haunting and beautiful song.
The arrangement of this music is/was OUTSTANDING.. just outstanding.. LOVE THIS...
Their voice recordings on this song is legendary. From what I read “Stewart spent three weeks recording Gouldman, Godley and Creme singing "ahhh" 16 times for each note of the chromatic scale, building up a "choir" of 48 voices for each note of the scale. “. Crazy with the technology of the70s!😎😎
I'm onw one of your older listeners, I've lived through all of this music. It is so much fun to watch the kids of today hearing all of this music for the first time. My generation has heard these songs so many times we tend to take it for granted. 60's and 70's was the best time to grow up, the best music ever. Enjoy the ride young man
exactly! right there with you!....
I am also there with you! The talent and craftsmanship blows away other decades.
Karen....right there with you, lady.....
...and me too, born in '58. It's also impossible not becoming choked up as I wander thru these memories...
64 years old here... and yes, its a blast watching the youth hear this great music for the first time..
The production on this was insane. Those multi-tracked background vocals --- just amazing.
It is done with a Mellotron with hundreds of voices on the tapes that can be played through a keyboard.
@@stuarthastie6374 Nope, not on the Mellotron. They recorded multiple tracks of vocals onto tape loops and then “played” the vocal chords with the mixing desk faders.
@@johnhoerl7326 All together, with all the vocal tracks layered on top of each other, it totaled around 640 voices.
@@michaelshields7777 624.
@@johnhoerl7326 exactly there is a video on the production of the song . amazing
This song is one of the reasons I loved being a teenager in the 70's. I enjoyed your reaction and insights!
Definitely! I was a teenager in the 70's too, what a fabulous decade for music.
When music could push and break boundries, and still be totally mainstream.
Those voice sounds were made, as far as I can remember, by taping people singing one note. 24 of them, spanning 2 octaves. Each tape was hand spliced into a loop and each run through one track of a 24 track mixing desk. Then they flipped the volume up and down depending on which note they needed. Basically they turned a full-size studio mixing desk into a mellotron. 1975 technology, baby. All analog. You could do it digitally now in about 5 minutes on protools, but it would sound nowhere near as moving. This song was voted best single of the past 25 years in the UK at the time. Then, later that year, Bohemian Rhapsody was released.
I absolutely LOVE this song!
This is is written brilliantly. And the music is so unique. You actually feel terrible for the person who is singing. He is trying to convince himself that he is not in love. When you can tell that he is just devastated.
Not really. The songwriter was taking a different tact to tell his wife that he loves her.
@@Coowallsky I know that was the inspiration for the song, but the meaning of the song is really the singer is trying to convince himself that he is not in love. When you can tell that he is just devastated.
My favorite line ever is talking about keeping the picture on the wall and don't even ask for me to give it back. Love it!
It's a bit of sarcastic tongue in cheek English humour. Being from the North of England (Manchester), it's hard to avoid.
He's soooo in love! He still calls her, he still has her picture on the wall, etc. Great reaction yet again.
The picture is only there to hide a nasty stain apparently...
Eric Stewart is still married to Gloria
Yes I Agree this is a Masterpiece ..One of my Favourite Songs Ever ...
This was released when I was 14, been obsessed with song and group ever since..
Same age as me
I was 10. It’s still my favorite song of all time. I knew it would be even back then.
Me as well, Carol! Summer 1975 age 14 --- first heard on my little transistor radio. It BLEW MY MIND upon hearing it --- and it STILL fascinates me. It's still fresh sounding, not old , after 40 some years!!!! The craftsmanship & emotion of this work of art is insanely OFF THE CHARTS ! Really cool that younger listeners have the pleasure of " first hearing" it 😏😏
Great reaction. I love this song. He's tryng so hard not to fall but he can't help it because she has broken through to him and he's fallen so deep that he's crying.
This song was always great 👍
Also known as "The Denial Song", for obvious reasons.
Oh ! I see ! Like " Old Man River" contrasts the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River.....
@@Isleofskye Oh dear...😕
I didn't know I had such good taste 30 years ago-Thank You
more much more than "listening to a song" .. this song has and always will be a "experience"....
The story of how they recorded this in the studio is really interesting - and mad by today's standards of technology :-)
this song pushed back many boundaries in the way music was made at the time
Great reaction from a song that gives me the chills from the delivery and the words. This song came out in 1975, the decade of great music. "I'M NOT IN LOVE" peaked at number 2 for 3 weeks in 1975 on Billboards chart.
It's human psychology 101....he's denying he's in love so that he can avoid heartache in the future....but it's clearly already too late for that! It's the illusion that we have any control over our romantic inclinations. So true! Painfully true, as this song shows. It was nice to see how much of an impression this song made on you, Wilbur.
Yes I lived through this music back in the days and life was better because of this music back then
The greatest song ever and will always be the greatest! A masterpiece, pure magic, what more can you say?
Wow!!! Brings back such great memories of my Junior year of High School (1975)!!!
Well done for not pausing the track (like all the other reactors)
There are many songs I heard on radio as a kid that were awesome songs, but a really sad/melancholy atmosphere. This is one of them. Songs like Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John.
This was quite unique in the history of recording music. They created an instrument specially for it and then destroyed it afterward. It consisted of multiple tape loops that could be played like an instrument. Then they spent 3 weeks recording voices - over 600 in all - to deal with all the keys etc. The result was this oceanic sound that nobody has ever heard since. The girl in the middle was the receptionist in the studio.
The secretary at the production studio, Kathy Redfern, wandered in to tell somebody they had a telephone call. Immediately Lol (yes that is the name of a band member) said "That's the voice, her voice is perfect!'. So she became the voice for the "Big boys don't cry...Big boys don't cry..." voiceover.
Real bands, playing real music, a 60s child was able to experience 70s 80s and 90s group, wouldn't change it for the world
What a great song. I suppose they pioneered the layering of voices...then Enya made it her trademark. That technique makes beautiful music 🎶
I like this gem now more than I did when it first came out. This song with the words and background vocals gives you an idea why so many people can't let go of the great songs from the 70's, this is one of the best.
A perfect pop song, no more to say.
Agreed 😊
“ This is what I should have been reading “. As someone who once was an English major , I ditto that and will say that is one of the best endorsements for a song I ever heard
Do some research on how they created those ethereal voice echoes - amazing considering the state of the sound art at that time. Thanks for the reaction - one of my all time faves!
The girl who says be quiet big boys don't cry was not a band member or even a recording artist of any kind she was just someone who worked in the studio where they recorded the song she was asked if she would say something for the song
W0W,,,,this takes me back.
Oh the harmonies!
Godley and Creme (the backbone of 10CC) also produced music videos, including Herbie Hancock’s Rockit, which was a standard bearer when released. SEE IT.
You are, absolutely, correct. An utter masterpiece.
...NOT that 10cc aren't wonderful, but nothing else they (or anyone else!) ever did approaches the masterwork that this is (Everyone should watch "making-of docs. on this. It is complex, beautiful and stunning!)!!!!!
It is true that, in some ways, one cannot tell whether this is a song of "ultimate denial" (Saying "I'm not!" when/because one iS!) or the most arrogant bastard in existence! 😂🤣
...However: I, always, read it as the former ...and, over-the-years, the main composer [Eric Stewart] has told the story that it is based, really on a conversation/exchange with his wife ...asking him why he didn't say "I Love you" very often/more often. ...and his idea that: saying something like that, constantly, would degrade the meaning and impact of the words, over time. ...Resulting in: a horrible outcome, in-the-end!
This song is how he chose to illustrate that.
The oddest thing is that: it is NOT *he* who made the song what it is (he had written it as a "pseudo-bossa nova" or something ...! 🙄🤦♂️🤷♂️) ...but
...o.k.: there are, really: TWO 10ccs
First: from about 1972-1976: The "Godley & Creme" version [THIS one]
(Featuring BOTH song-writing pairs, though: Kevin Godley & Lol Creme as-well-as: Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman)and the post-1976/'77 version, which was all: Stewart & Gouldman.
Stewart & Gouldman are the more pop-oriented, hit-oriented, easy-to-swallow writers.
Godley & Creme were, always, the more experimental and adventurous ones.
It was Godley & Creme who came-up with the idea to record this song as all (mainly) voices (There are some keyboards and strings used, but the majority of the sounds you hear are vocals! ...Either direct or processed. That's right!!!! - and this is WELL before "sampling" of ANY sort existed! -- Tape loops were a brand new thing, then!!!!! (No joke!)!).
Godley & Creme departed in 1976, leaving Stewart and Gouldman to manage 10cc from that point forward. The songs, while they don't "suck" or anything, take on a much more "standard," "radio-friendly profile" ...as does the album engineering. ...And that is ALL fine! ...sometimes you're, just, looking for, exactly, that.
(But, to me: Stewart and Gouldman's work was rarely, if ever, as interesting as Godley & Creme's or some combo. of the two pairs! 🤘🤘) 👍)
Godley & Creme did albums as a duo and had another major hit in ...I think it was '86 ?? (maybe '85 🤷♂️🤷♂️ ...I don't recall, exactly. ...But within that window (mid-late '80s)), The song "Cry"
...although, THAT, I believe, was more well-recognized for the video they made for it; which was ground-breaking, at-the-time!
Godley & Creme had started working as a team creating videos, prior to that, already and that was the majority of their career then (in the early days of video!) They created NUMEROUS well-known and much-awarded videos (Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" is one which comes to mind. ...There are, like 50 more, I would say!).
All I can say is: THIS WAS THE '70s! 💙⚡⚡⚡⚡🤘🤘🤘🤘 🔥🔥🔥🔥
'Cry'- Godley and Creme, members of this group
I saw 10cc at the Royal Albert Hall in London last year. Not the original line-up, only Graham Gouldman remains, but they were pretty good, and this song went down a storm as you might expect. It was a great show. If you have eleven and a half minutes to spare, may I suggest 'Feel the Benefit'? One of my top 10 favourite songs.
Feel the Benefit is highly indulgent, sounded like an interesting leisurely take on the prog rock genre. Of course 10cc loved their rock operetta. Somewhere In Hollywood and Une Nuit A Paris are two of my favourite tracks from them. Godley did a nice live version of the former: th-cam.com/video/KEkdHZI8bwc/w-d-xo.html
The backing voices are all real and by the band. No synths just 157 multitracks! Fantastic record!
Gordon Lightfoot is a must for you he's a great singer/songwriter and has some phenomenal songs. "SUNDOWN" is a good start.
Please please react to "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears.
Excellent tune! Has been in my collection since it came out (8 tracks, cassettes, CDs, now digital)
i have it on 12 inch single.
Hey, I'm an Indian and I love this song very much, thanks to the "guardians of the galaxy" for bringing the old song to the hipe in 2017,. In my opinion.
You nailed this reaction!👏❤️
Great oldie! A song recommendation, ' Nantucket sleighride ' by Mountain. I say this bc you will react to longer songs and I know this will blow you away. An epic song that is often referred to as a perfect song. It paints a perfect picture as you say.
This song to me is great in that it gives me a groove, a feeling but is totally unconventional in construct. Seems like its a chorus looking for a verse, or the other way around. I love it either way, sounds like totally a studio song, innovative, cool. Great memories of listening to it in the 70's.
I never heard a dude so in love, despite his objections!
Manchesters finest in the 70's.
I suggest the " Changing Face " (video) of "Cry" by Godley and Creme...I think you might like it.
You're just saying what we said in 1975. That's wonderful. I was 16, and blown away. Thank you.
Yeah, he’s as much in love as John Waite is “Missing You” 😜🥰😊😉😉
... and 'So What' by Liverpool Express.
In 1977 as a junior in high school I had a huge crush on a senior named Terri. I remember this song as the one I'd take solace in that she would never be mine. A high school memory that I will always remember. I love this song.
Loved your reaction, Chod. I wasn't sure you'd really like it. But it's beautiful.
This song "shook the world" on release, completed in one day, with the female voice coming from the receptionist in the recording studio - she had no idea of the part she would play on the day. VBW x.
April 24th 2021 listening to the song again such a great Jam.
I’m glad you loved it!! I always thought it was soooo awesome! I always felt bad because I really thought he didn’t love her!☹️
Enjoyed Your Reaction, my friend....
10cc are one of the greatest groups ever to come out of England and are from The 1970s in particular. Almost every one of their songs is totally different from the next one...
Eventually, the 4 Members split into 2 pairs and you MUST watch " Cry" by Godley and Creme but you MUST watch it with the accompanying ground-breaking " Changing Faces" video :)
Well well, my old "friend". Are you still alive and kicking I wonder? We exchanged many comments on Leeds United videos and didn't usually see eye to eye.
@@CB-xr1eg That MUST have been BB "Before Bielsa". After 55 years of hating their dirty, nasty, snide, bullying tactics**** from The Giles/Charlton/Hunter era, I really wanted them to win every Premier League game (apart from Newcastle who has been my second team since 1969) under The Maestro. I loved his adventure and Sportsmanship( like Villa at home) and was sorry to see him go and, weirdly, still want them to win these days.
****I'm terribly sorry about those comments but I got carried away thinking of Revie's Bully Boyz....lol How are you ,Dear "Friend"...
@@Isleofskye No need to apologise, you have your opinion, even if its wrong lol. We'll just agree to disagree on the Revie era and leave it at that. I really enjoyed the Bielsa era up to the point where he was obviously going to get the club relegated as he was too stubborn to change his tactics. of course a lot of injuries didn't help. I think Marsch has done a good job so far but the defence needs to be sorted out, We concede far too easily. Attacking wise we look good with young players lke Gnonto, Summerville, Sinisterra etc and the midfield is pretty solid. I'm doing ok thanks apart from tinnitus which I have recently developed. I found some excercises on a TH-cam video which I think are helping. Hope you are in good health and a belated Happy New Year to you.
@@CB-xr1eg Hi Clive(?) Apologies,if I am wrong with the name and I believe it ends with "ley" or similar.
I am really sorry to hear about this tinnitus and I am sure you're doing your utmost to stay relaxed and find distractions to counteract it, as best you can. I have always assumed it affects someone more in a quiet environment but may be wrong.. I did have a friend who developed this but then it just went, for no apparent reason and I really hope your tinnitus disappears the same way, my friend.. Stay in touch on any thread and let me know if it is going away or gone altogether. Regards.
@@Isleofskye Hi, Clive is correct. I'm doing the excercises twice a day and I'm finding it helps alleviate the ringing somewhat so I'll carry on doing them. Did you see that Leeds came back from 2-0 down v Cardiff in the cup today? Apparently they didn't play well but at least they didn't lose and its always good to come back and get something.
This is, indeed, a master-friggin'-piece!!
You nailed it, this is a masterpiece. One of the most beautiful songs.
Check out the video to Godley and Creme's "Cry." Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were half of 10CC, and went on to produce a boatload of videos for many of the bands that were staples on early MTV (you know, when they played music videos). "Cry" use of cross fading displays an analog hint at the digital morphing that would follow. Very innovative.
Also, Rachel Yamagata does a great cover of "I'm Not In Love."
Your Going To Like This One .1975 I was in Jr High .This was all over the radio
If you've ever read Edgar Allan Poe's "A Tell-Tale Heart", the author opens the story professing how he's not crazy. "Would a crazy person say this, would he do that? If I were crazy would I even be able to contemplate this?" You come away after only one paragraph thinking, "This guy is bonkers!"
Same thing here. Thou protesteth too much!
You should watch "The making og I'm not in Love". Amazing watch !! You will enjoy HOW the made the background sounds
No computers were involved in the making of this song and it took 100 or more overdubs for the background and chorus.
ME AND MY WIFE USED TO WALK THRU THE PARK LISTENING TO THIS SONG. STILL LISTENING BUT WE ARE LITTLE OLDER NOW.
I couldn’t agree more.
The voices were recorded separate from the rhythm tracks, then mixed up & down/in & out from the separate multitracks... ingenious
I believe when he says 'you'll wait a long time for me' he's really say I will wait for you forever.
Greatest Single EVER Released
Thank you for reacting g to this one!! Now on to Steve Winwood Roll With It Baby. And of course my SRV Life Without You live from the Capitol Theater. Gonna keep requesting the SRV one until you finally react to it 😂. Just make sure it’s the Capitol Theater one.
❤. Brings back memories of a time!
oohhhhhhh what a love SONG
He's so in love, he's whipped. Great review!
Look up where those dreamy sounds are coming from. All the members reccorded each of the 12 notes in the harmonic scale as long as they could hold it. Then those were multi layered to as many tracks as the 4 track could hold. Then, they were played back continuously on 12 ft tape loops each running forever through its own sound board channel. Basically in the days before midi and samples they turned the studio console itself into an instrument.
from the same,very inventive English band: rubber bullets,silly love,i'm mandy fly me,wall street shuffle,life is a minestrone,art for arts sake,the things we do for love.....there are so many ridiculously catchy tunes from these boys.
even their less deliberately poppy tracks were quite cool. Somewhere in Hollywood, Don't Hang Up, and I Wanna Rule The World is a lot of fun.
Yup, they were smart, witty, great musicians and stunning producers. Made you laugh, cry, gasp and swoon and they could also rock out.............some of the cleverest music and lyrics ever written particularly on the earlier albums when Godley and Creme were still part of the band.
We mustn’t forget The Anonymous Alcoholic.
she loves him, and he loves her, but he doesn't want to admit it, probably commitment issues LOL
Give him a brake. He’s just playing hard to get.
Somebody phone him up to see if he's okay...I love your heart, Wilburn, more than I can say. He's sick in love, and too messed to just get there. I love the minor magic of this tune and the guile of a man saying he is so above it all in his lyrics----when every listener is hip to his already too late state of mind.
You should watch the video on The making of I'm Not in Love...the production was amazing
Nice reaction. Not many artist can make you close your eyes to see. Another artist that does this is Al Stewart. His biggest hit is Year of the Cat. It's the title track to one of his albums. It also includes On the Border which deserves a reaction too. Al Stewart would be best described as a history teacher with music. Time Passages will also get you some views.
I love your reaction to this song. But I want to add that the music and voices behind him are equally impressive. They complete the masterpiece. I watched this twice and the second time, I closed my eyes, because the first time I heard this, there was no video. It took me back.
You can't hate poetry if you love songs. All songs are poetry set to music. No matter the theme of the song.
Back then, the singers and the band were raw, no special effects to make it sound studio-like and no one cared if it wasn’t perfect. They delivered from their hearts and souls💕🔥
You don't know about 10cc do you ? 🤣
This band you could really dig deep into their catalogue if you wanted to. Another well known song from them is Dreadlock Holiday.
But a lot of the stuff people don't know from them are actually perhaps more impressive in their own way. The band loves to use humour and wit in the lyrics and
songwriting with great variety. Would recommend giving songs like "The Wall Street Shuffle", "Art for Art's Sake", "I Wanna Rule The World" and "Somewhere in Hollywood", "Don't Hang Up" a go.
Probably the most lucid and cogent reaction to this song I've ever heard.
Hi 👋 how about
Joan Osborne song
WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED💔great video and song
Maybe put it on your list
I never knew who was singing this
This song is about his wife who complained that he never told her that he loved her
Really?
@@dgodfrey8953 yes (Well according to Wikipedia atleast 🤷) British sense of humour you see between husband and wife 👍🏼
Good review. You listened, you didnt do funny overacting faces, you didnt put the highlight on yourself, but on the song and commented on it when the song was finished. This is how you do it, even in case you dont like the song, or have a different opinion than I have. Will check some more of your videos. Well done.
That *is* an Awesome Mix tape: nothing ever accumulates on the take-up reel!
The song was recorded in a special technique, invented by Sennheiser, dummy head stereophony. if you hear it with an open or half-open headphone, the woman's voice whispers in your left ear . Sennheiser use it to promote this technique
2 other songs of theirs ..... People in Love, and The things we do for love
wilbur the music will bring us back together
Hi, Guy! This song was such a monster smash back in the day, that the BBC did a documentary on it entitled "The Making of I'm Not In Love, By 10cc"! You need to pull that up, then you'll really appreciate the love that was poured into this song!
God Bless!... Did you catch the heart beat at the end?.....beat that!!!
Excellent song by 10cc. Try 'Cry' by Godley and Creme two of the members of 10 cc
Wow!!! I am so glad you answered my request!!! lol...wow....if you like this song....Check out "The Things We Do For Love" by 10cc.....glad you like them.
Hello Anthony.
If you have our friend's ear then, please, suggest the " Changing Face " video of "Cry" by Godley and Creme...
@@Isleofskye Got cha
Wall Street Shuffle & Rubber Bullets by this band, should be checked out