10cc - "I'm Not In Love (1975)
The Helios desk installed in Strawberry Studios for the recording of 10cc's third album was a custom wraparound design featuring 24 input channels (centre and right) plus monitoring and processing on the left-hand side.
Nice post. That was one of the defining songs of the Summer of 1975.
Be quiet big boys don’t cry.
You know I see posts like these about songs from 40 and 50 years ago and I think how sad it is for today’s kids. Nobody will be reminiscing about the crap music pumped out today some 30 and 40 years from now.
Today’s music by today’s artists is so unforgettable and worthless that it not only makes no difference now, it will make no difference in the future.
and they invented the gizmo.
Oh that’s cool! And neat! :)
One of my fave tunes and I never knew any of this. I have appreciated the unique sound.
I’ve wondered if he was really not in love, or not not in love. Men are hard to figure out.
Thanks so much for posting this, Simpson.
It’s a work of Fine Art, with music as the medium.
I never tire of hearing it.
Lush harmonies, natural pacing similar to a heart beat.
Nothing drowns the other features out. It’s fully balanced.
The songwriter became fascinated with tape loops after listening to the Beatles Revolution 9.
A Mellotron was used by 10cc to produce the orchestra effect. The same thing was later done with voices.
The lead voice and lyrics were a pleasant confection, not distracting from the music, but providing a whimsical lightness to the whole piece. It could have gone the other way, sounding morose and Blue.
I didn’t mind them until I found out how the band got its name. Somewhat disgusting.
Was their nickname “centiliter?”
Interesting. Thank you for the nice distraction from the daily pile of bad news.
Thanks for the ear worm...
That is onehelluva song. Gets me in the ‘feels’ every time.
Thanks for posting. :)
I have always considered this song to be a masterpiece. The meticulous and compulsive engineering puts even Tom Scholz of Boston to shame.
This track has always made me feel as if I were floating on a cloud. It is ethereal. It is amazing...and it has a great backstory.
Saw the video making of “I’m not in Love” a while back and it is very interesting.
There is a musician named Kelsey Lu that did a cover of this song (and made a video) in 2019. It is a cool cover and is even haunting.
The way I found this is there was an HBO series called Euphoria (your grand children watched this) There was a really strange scene in an episode and they played this Kelsey Lu version during the scene.
Give it a shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdbSt5mnRs