I get that he's trying to convince himself that he isn't in love. Ain't nothing wrong with a little Yacht Rock. Try pretty much anything from Pablo Cruise.
Such a haunting song. This record is famous bc the track is 3 of the guys singing "ahhh" for every note and then, because there was no Pro Tools etc. to keep the ahhs going, they looped each one using 10 foot long pieces of recording tape (which is insane). First time that was ever done.
The Genesis of this song was the lead singer had a wife who kept telling him we've been married 9 years and you never say I love you. So, he said you know I love you. Then he went about creating a song where a guy said over and over "I'm not in Love" but he was indeed in love, he though that would show her words mean nothing. Well, they have now been married over 55 years LOL.
The term "Yacht Rock" was invented in 2005 by a bunch of early RUclips content creators and is not an official classification of any form of music. No one called the music of the 70s and 80s Yacht Rock back in the day.
The "big boys don't cry" refrain points to everything we know now about the harm done to boys and the men they become by teaching them to hide their emotions. This is saying something about emotional intelligence well before its time. Fabulous song!
Spot on! I'm Scottish and we're the epitome of hard-faced sentimentality. Scratch the surface of most Scotsmen and you'll find the softest of centres. Flamboyant hugs, saying "I love you" unprompted, or crying in public though? It's just not on. 😏
Maybe one rhyme - “…don’t make a fuss. Don’t tell your friends about the two of us.” It didn’t need to rhyme because the lyrics expressed his denial so perfectly.
The things we do for love is 10cc . Both of these songs are playlist for me ! Also Easy by commodores and three times a lady . It’s a whole rabbit hole
this was one of the slow skate songs at the roller rink when i was young, and the DJ would line the boys and girls up, then we would slow skate with each other....great memories
The woman saying “big boys don’t cry” was the studio receptionist! The band needed a female voice for the song and didn’t know who to get so they persuaded her to do it.
IIRC, it was originally done by Lol Creme, but they decided it didn't sound right. Cue their receptionist popping her head round the door during a session and whispering they had a call. So Kathy Redfern got to do the line instead.
It's the "time & effort " bands put into the songs in the past that elevates them from most modern music of today. Bands "crafted" the song and lyrics to make people think and enjoy at the same time. The back vocals took forever for this song because they didn't have the technology so they overdubbed hundreds of vocals over and over and had to create techniques that didn't exist at the time. Now, it's pop out a song in a day and on to the next. How can you inject soul and staying power into something that's made only to be a hit for a week? Songs from the past will remain forever because of that reason. These artists put thier hearts and souls into each song, while today it's made to explode like a firework.
They had the advantage of owning their own recording studio (Strawberry, in Manchester - now sadly defunct), which meant they could take any amount of time to get things right, and buy or hire the necessary equipment without being beholden to studio bosses.
He couldn't put his feelings into words I was a teen when this came out and would listen to this on repeat Its great they are still married today decades later
10CC,British band from Manchester. We called this “art rock” back then. Absolutely massive band in the wonderful 70’s everywhere BUT America it seems. Try some of these from 10CC: I’m Mandy Fly Me, Things We Do For Love Good Morning Judge Silly Love Dreadlock Holiday Rubber Bullets Donna. All bangers.
Remember, you r listening to this on headphones micro listening to the words. Back then it was just Amazing AM radio in the car the melody along w so many other great a tunes, but yeah, there are many who only listen to the words.
Wouldn't call 10cc Yacht Rock! They were at the cutting edge of musical innovation. Recorded at the famous Strawberry Studios in Stockport near Manchester.
There's ignorant people now calling everything in the 70s and 80s Yacht Rock a term invented in 2005 by airhead RUclipsrs. I guess the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc, will soon be on the list.
This was cutting edge production for the time and I had forgotten what a great song this is - thanks for the memory. Foreigner did a couple of songs in the 80s which might fit into this category - 'Waiting for a Girl Like You' and 'I Want to Know What Love Is'. Christopher Cross did another great song known as 'Arthur's Theme' (Arthur is a great comedy movie) or 'The Best That You Can Do'.
One of the better songs on the radio in '75. It was a transitional year in pop music, leaving behind the good soul music and well-crafted early 70s songs going into disco.
Circa summer of 1975; I was 8 years old, the youngest of 4 by 8 years, and my older sibs used to blast this one all that summer, and its truly astounding-especially for the era. That constant “ahhhhhhhh” which sounds like a 10,000 voices, was actually three members of the band all singing A cappella with three faders for each. In production, they used pieces of masking tape on the backtrack to give it that continuous tsunami of voices. And just like that, magic was made in one of the most brilliant songs of all time. The heartbeat drumbeat is such a cherry on top. This takes me right back to my first crush of my life; Molly who I actually carved “M+M” into the front of the single oak tree in front of our grade school. Those initials remain to this day-over 45 years later. That was also the summer Jaws hit the big screen and Ted Bundy ruled national broadcasts. Times were very different, and so were we. Youth goes by real fast so if you’re young enjoy it as much as you can!
As a kid I stumbled across this song listening to my crystal radio late at night. Just so blown away by the sonic soundscape this song generated. I had never heard anything like it. Now, decades later I still get chills. Beyond the main melody vocal it's just so damn haunting, unsettling and yet captivating. I love a lot of different artists, genres, times, etc, but this is one of a handful of songs that grabs all of my attention every time I listen to it. I actually have avoided downloading it from iTunes because I don't want to lose that "something" by listening to it too many times. I have done that with some other songs, to my detriment, but not this one.
There's no yacht rock genre. This was coined as soft rock/easy listening. Production of this specific tune was very unique. That long wavering undertone you hear throughout the song that sounds like an airy synth is actually their voices. I'm a musician of over 50 years.
Personally, my fave 10cc song is The Things We Do for Love. Their earlier albums (early 70s, we're talkin') were a damn sight quirkier than their later Top 40 stuff.
I never thought of this as they broke up. I think she's crushing on him and he doesn't want to admit (to her or himself) that he loves her. The main reason is the line "don't tell your friends about the two of us". Anyway, let's face it, he is toast. He is going to have to either admit he loves her and live happily ever after or regret not doing so for the rest of his life.
@@rantoppp Exactly. I also think that the haunting "Big boys don't cry" part is him recalling some past love that broke his heart (or died maybe?) and is, perhaps, the reason he is trying to deny falling in love again. Putting up a wall.
Love this one with the syrupy synths. I have such a clear memory of listening to this on the radio as a kid and I was familiar with it but I never LISTENED to it fully, and I did that day, and when that whispery voice comes in with "big boys don't cry" I freakin' levitated in pure terror because I thought someone else was in the room. I ran downstairs and came across my mom, who was dusting the house. I offered to help and ended up doing chores because I felt too foolish to say that I got jump-scared by a soft pop song :)
Check out a song called "Green-Eyed Lady" by a band called Sugarloaf. I feel like it qualifies for the Yacht Rock category but maybe not the soft rock category (you be the judge). It has an excellent catchy bass line, which I always dig. It was something of a hit in its day but I rarely hear it anymore. Cheers!
Great reaction to I'm Not In Love. 10cc, if you really want to know what that name means, they were an Art Rock band who had hits in both the UK and the US. And two of the members, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, went on to not only did their own thing musically but also became music video directors around the early MTV period with The Police's Every Breath You Take, Herbie Hancock's Rockit, Duran Duran's Girls On Film and their own video for Cry.
OMG guys. I listen to and love classic rock of 60's-70's and 80's but this is one that I don't think I've heard in many years. Brings me back to growing up in the 70's and such innocent times. Crazy how music has so much emotion packed away in it. This dude singing sure is afraid to commit. :)
This was my favorite album when I was a teenager. Listening to it on headphones - wow! Note that shortly after this Queen released "Bohemian Rhapsody", also using vocal overdubs.
Beautiful smooth, synthie, deep, unbelievable..this song is not from this world, i m sure man! No, it is not belong to our earth, I mean these melodies and sounds are from another galaxy!
I just came across this song on RUclips this year and I play it sometimes at least once a day I never knew about10cc never heard of it in the '70s. But I'm glad I found it now Eric Stewart is I believe 74 now and still sings that song. His English accent comes through once in awhile like when he says picture he says it in a different way p a t c h a that's how he says it. I like your reaction to it those are all things that I had been thinking. Thank you for the video.🥰
I really enjoy it when you guys do your reaction videos together, I hope you will do more of them that way! I do like your individual ones too but I love the way you two react together. Thanks for this reaction video, this song brings back my high school days....🙂
Here is what I found. "Written mostly by Stewart as a response to his wife's declaration that he did not tell her often enough that he loved her, "I'm Not in Love" was originally conceived" from Wikipedia.
glad you picked the long/album version...although i have heard this song many times over the years, reactions such as yours are letting me hear it for the first time in true stereo. many thanks.
Thanks for the reaction, guys. This song was one of those that sort defined the era in music innovation. I think they set a new precident with the amount of overdubs on the 'ahhhs' thoughout. It's one of those songs that we all got stuck in our head...whether we wanted it to be there or not...lol. BTW, I wanted it in there ;-)
It started off almost acoustic with a bosonova beat until drummer Kevin Godley got all mad professor on it and suggested a sea of voices as the band were initially underwhelmed by the track. The studio receptionist was brought in to add the "big boys don't cry" spoken line and it just took on a life of its own. This is more than Yacht ⛵ Rock. It's a masterpiece from another place and remember that sound was created by technology from 50 years ago.
Love your reaction to this song and the way you broke it down. When this song first came out, it immediately became one of my favorites. I love the melody even though as a teenager I couldn’t make sense of the lyrics.
As I said on another reaction to this, this was such a powerful song. I was in my late teens when this came out, all raging hormones. Definitely had a few obsessions back then. And of course we were of an age when men never spoke to anyone about their true feelings, and we certainly never cried! At least in front of anyone else...
I love your analysis of music from this era. I musically grew up in CA during the era of the 60' and the Beach Boys and the death of Golden Oldie rock (i.e. Elvis and do-wop). Hard rock evolved in the late 60's and early 70's (Woodstock and before) and then died. Soft Rock filled some of the gap but also elevated Funk to its deserved heights until cheezy Disco usurped it (death to disco!). I love Funk and everything that came after (punk, rap, disco, hip-hop, alternative, grunge, etc. 10cc stands alone during this time in terms of brilliance and sincerity.
Love your reactions, in particular because you picked up on Yacht Rock. I know you're picking up on the musicians behind the scenes are ones you've heard on countless other records and never knew it. The LA music scene was like the Silicone Valley of the music industry
Back in the day, the production on this song was beyond cutting edge. We hadn't heard anything like it before.
And a few months later we got a similar production sound in Gary Wright's, "Dreamweaver."
Or since...barring "Dreamweaver" of course.
Just imagine, what sounds like synthesizers was layers and layers of actual vocals!
@@mytholictim Much like the recording of "Sara" by Fleetwood Mac.
It wasn't a synth ...they actually invented a device called the GIZMO to create the sound
He's so in love. He just doesn't know how to deal with it. Such a great song.
I think it was his gf wich said something...then he wrote this song. 10cc have strange Lyrics 🤔
@@aslehovda4661 Yeah she complained he never tells her that He loves her. So he wrote the song for her.
I get that he's trying to convince himself that he isn't in love.
Ain't nothing wrong with a little Yacht Rock.
Try pretty much anything from Pablo Cruise.
@@VinceEmbry
Great call. Pablo Cruise has some amazing hits.
That's not what the songwriter said.
Such a haunting song. This record is famous bc the track is 3 of the guys singing "ahhh" for every note and then, because there was no Pro Tools etc. to keep the ahhs going, they looped each one using 10 foot long pieces of recording tape (which is insane). First time that was ever done.
And the receptionist they talked into saying "Big boys don't cry" 😀
The Genesis of this song was the lead singer had a wife who kept telling him we've been married 9 years and you never say I love you. So, he said you know I love you. Then he went about creating a song where a guy said over and over "I'm not in Love" but he was indeed in love, he though that would show her words mean nothing. Well, they have now been married over 55 years LOL.
This song is a classic YR soft rock Banger 💯
Best yacht rock of all time is “Al Stewart - Year of the Cat - Live 76 “
The term "Yacht Rock" was invented in 2005 by a bunch of early RUclips content creators and is not an official classification of any form of music. No one called the music of the 70s and 80s Yacht Rock back in the day.
Oh, he is definitely in Love lol 😂❤ He ain’t even fooling himself 😂
So true How long is it going to take him to realize it.
He ain't foolin nobody but himself!
The "big boys don't cry" refrain points to everything we know now about the harm done to boys and the men they become by teaching them to hide their emotions. This is saying something about emotional intelligence well before its time. Fabulous song!
Spot on! I'm Scottish and we're the epitome of hard-faced sentimentality. Scratch the surface of most Scotsmen and you'll find the softest of centres. Flamboyant hugs, saying "I love you" unprompted, or crying in public though? It's just not on. 😏
It's difficult to change having such issues if their roots are so far back in childhood.
That line was said by the receptionist/secretary at the recording studio.
Thanks for playing the full version. It's too beautiful of song to have ever been shortened for radio.
The ultimate self-denial song - but what a beautifully crafted composition!
Probably, but what about Diana Ross and "Last Time I Saw Him" - that is a strong contender.
A beautiful, beautiful song.
You don't even notice that there is not one rhyme!
Maybe one rhyme - “…don’t make a fuss. Don’t tell your friends about the two of us.”
It didn’t need to rhyme because the lyrics expressed his denial so perfectly.
A synthesizer that could produce voice sounds didn’t exist yet. They were recorded one at a time hundreds of times.
The things we do for love is 10cc . Both of these songs are playlist for me ! Also Easy by commodores and three times a lady .
It’s a whole rabbit hole
this was one of the slow skate songs at the roller rink when i was young, and the DJ would line the boys and girls up, then we would slow skate with each other....great memories
SAME!!! They WERE great memories, RIGHT?!??!
Try Al Stewart "The Year of the Cat." Very smooth.
10cc were one of the most innovative bands of the 1970s.
Tasha's quick quip about turning it over and hearing, "Baby Come Back", was awesome and hilarious!
Rubber bullets, dreadlock holiday. Couple of great songs by 10cc.
Life is a minestrone
The things we do for love
The woman saying “big boys don’t cry” was the studio receptionist! The band needed a female voice for the song and didn’t know who to get so they persuaded her to do it.
IIRC, it was originally done by Lol Creme, but they decided it didn't sound right. Cue their receptionist popping her head round the door during a session and whispering they had a call. So Kathy Redfern got to do the line instead.
And the secretary ended up with a gold record
It's the "time & effort " bands put into the songs in the past that elevates them from most modern music of today. Bands "crafted" the song and lyrics to make people think and enjoy at the same time. The back vocals took forever for this song because they didn't have the technology so they overdubbed hundreds of vocals over and over and had to create techniques that didn't exist at the time. Now, it's pop out a song in a day and on to the next. How can you inject soul and staying power into something that's made only to be a hit for a week? Songs from the past will remain forever because of that reason. These artists put thier hearts and souls into each song, while today it's made to explode like a firework.
They had the advantage of owning their own recording studio (Strawberry, in Manchester - now sadly defunct), which meant they could take any amount of time to get things right, and buy or hire the necessary equipment without being beholden to studio bosses.
One of my all time favourite songs. Flashes me back to the summer of 1975 every time that I hear it. A masterpiece.
He couldn't put his feelings into words
I was a teen when this came out and would listen to this on repeat
Its great they are still married today decades later
10CC,British band from Manchester.
We called this “art rock” back then.
Absolutely massive band in the wonderful 70’s everywhere BUT America it seems.
Try some of these from 10CC:
I’m Mandy Fly Me,
Things We Do For Love
Good Morning Judge
Silly Love
Dreadlock Holiday
Rubber Bullets
Donna.
All bangers.
I’ve heard this term before as well.
stopfordian i believe..😊 🎤⬇️🇬🇧✌️
Maybe add "Art For Art's Sake", too. :)
I've never even thought to categorise 10CC. They were unique.
Life Is A Minestrone - clever wordplay in that song
Remember, you r listening to this on headphones micro listening to the words. Back then it was just Amazing AM radio in the car the melody along w so many other great a tunes, but yeah, there are many who only listen to the words.
Wouldn't call 10cc Yacht Rock! They were at the cutting edge of musical innovation. Recorded at the famous Strawberry Studios in Stockport near Manchester.
There's ignorant people now calling everything in the 70s and 80s Yacht Rock a term invented in 2005 by airhead RUclipsrs. I guess the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc, will soon be on the list.
This was cutting edge production for the time and I had forgotten what a great song this is - thanks for the memory. Foreigner did a couple of songs in the 80s which might fit into this category - 'Waiting for a Girl Like You' and 'I Want to Know What Love Is'. Christopher Cross did another great song known as 'Arthur's Theme' (Arthur is a great comedy movie) or 'The Best That You Can Do'.
If you like this vibe try Gary Wright Dreamweaver
Or my "Love Is Alive"
There's a short (15 minute) documentary on the making of this song:
The Making of 10cc's "I'm Not In Love"
It's on RUclips
And it's a really good watch!
I used to listen to "SAILING" on my waterbed!!! Felt floating on air👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
One of the better songs on the radio in '75. It was a transitional year in pop music, leaving behind the good soul music and well-crafted early 70s songs going into disco.
the nasty stain picture verse is genius
Circa summer of 1975; I was 8 years old, the youngest of 4 by 8 years, and my older sibs used to blast this one all that summer, and its truly astounding-especially for the era. That constant “ahhhhhhhh” which sounds like a 10,000 voices, was actually three members of the band all singing A cappella with three faders for each. In production, they used pieces of masking tape on the backtrack to give it that continuous tsunami of voices. And just like that, magic was made in one of the most brilliant songs of all time. The heartbeat drumbeat is such a cherry on top. This takes me right back to my first crush of my life; Molly who I actually carved “M+M” into the front of the single oak tree in front of our grade school. Those initials remain to this day-over 45 years later. That was also the summer Jaws hit the big screen and Ted Bundy ruled national broadcasts. Times were very different, and so were we. Youth goes by real fast so if you’re young enjoy it as much as you can!
There is a really good video of the making of this song. Definitely worth a watch.
10cc made some great music in the 1970s and the early 1980s, they had thier own studio and made a lot of hits for other groups, including themselves.
This isn't just vocals. This is 600 layers of vocals.
As a kid I stumbled across this song listening to my crystal radio late at night. Just so blown away by the sonic soundscape this song generated. I had never heard anything like it. Now, decades later I still get chills. Beyond the main melody vocal it's just so damn haunting, unsettling and yet captivating. I love a lot of different artists, genres, times, etc, but this is one of a handful of songs that grabs all of my attention every time I listen to it.
I actually have avoided downloading it from iTunes because I don't want to lose that "something" by listening to it too many times. I have done that with some other songs, to my detriment, but not this one.
This song is about someone that is in denial because they are madly in love.
There's no yacht rock genre. This was coined as soft rock/easy listening. Production of this specific tune was very unique. That long wavering undertone you hear throughout the song that sounds like an airy synth is actually their voices.
I'm a musician of over 50 years.
I've thought about sending this for a monthly request...it's a very unique song! He's definitely trying to convince himself that he's not in love!
Wow I haven't heard this song since Jr High School. I am getting old ....lol
's ok - WE ALL ARE! :) But: better'n the alternative, right? :)
@@Jude_196 Very true
The look on Ms. TNT’s face says it all. Her reaction is priceless and very telling👍👊😉
The guy is head over heels in love. This is his way of not being able to show it
I will be 70 nexxt year and 10cc were a part of my music scene as a teenager. I have never (until today) heard the terms soft rock or yacht rock.
Personally, my fave 10cc song is The Things We Do for Love. Their earlier albums (early 70s, we're talkin') were a damn sight quirkier than their later Top 40 stuff.
I never thought of this as they broke up. I think she's crushing on him and he doesn't want to admit (to her or himself) that he loves her. The main reason is the line "don't tell your friends about the two of us". Anyway, let's face it, he is toast. He is going to have to either admit he loves her and live happily ever after or regret not doing so for the rest of his life.
Also the lyrics - "And just because I call you up. Don't get me wrong, don't think you've got it made" "Ooh, you'll wait a long time for me".
@@rantoppp Exactly. I also think that the haunting "Big boys don't cry" part is him recalling some past love that broke his heart (or died maybe?) and is, perhaps, the reason he is trying to deny falling in love again. Putting up a wall.
She gave him a picture of herself and he wants to keep it.
What does that mean?
Love this one with the syrupy synths. I have such a clear memory of listening to this on the radio as a kid and I was familiar with it but I never LISTENED to it fully, and I did that day, and when that whispery voice comes in with "big boys don't cry" I freakin' levitated in pure terror because I thought someone else was in the room. I ran downstairs and came across my mom, who was dusting the house. I offered to help and ended up doing chores because I felt too foolish to say that I got jump-scared by a soft pop song :)
“Yacht rock” banger for me is the Climax Blues Bands’ “Couldn’t Get It Right”
Also by another British band,Stretch, “Why Did You Do It”
By the way the synthy sounds are multiple voices recorded singing different notes and they mixed the different chords in the studio.
A song about denial. 😂
The 60’s and 70’s had all the talent.
I ❤ this song its a cry over love song. Im 57 it still crushes my heart. I cry
Quintessential soft rock. It's been one of my all-time favorite songs since the first time I heard it on the radio as a teenager in the 70s.
Check out a song called "Green-Eyed Lady" by a band called Sugarloaf. I feel like it qualifies for the Yacht Rock category but maybe not the soft rock category (you be the judge). It has an excellent catchy bass line, which I always dig. It was something of a hit in its day but I rarely hear it anymore. Cheers!
Desperately in love
I can't count how many times I heard this song on WLS Chicago back in the day. I lived across the lake.
Great reaction to I'm Not In Love. 10cc, if you really want to know what that name means, they were an Art Rock band who had hits in both the UK and the US. And two of the members, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, went on to not only did their own thing musically but also became music video directors around the early MTV period with The Police's Every Breath You Take, Herbie Hancock's Rockit, Duran Duran's Girls On Film and their own video for Cry.
It was on the Top 40 station when I was a teen. Good music.
10cc is a phenomenal band worth diving into and this is just one of a few commercial hits they had…at least here in the US
LOL!! Great reaction. I was in Jr high when this came out and I loved it then as much as I do now :)
Great! that you let it flow. One of the best tracks ever.
It still sounds as good as when it was first released
Tryin' SO HARD to convince himself: isn't he?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Has probably happened to a LOT OF US!! HUGS, YA'LL!!
Nope, not what he's doing at all.
OMG guys. I listen to and love classic rock of 60's-70's and 80's but this is one that I don't think I've heard in many years. Brings me back to growing up in the 70's and such innocent times. Crazy how music has so much emotion packed away in it. This dude singing sure is afraid to commit. :)
This was my favorite album when I was a teenager. Listening to it on headphones - wow! Note that shortly after this Queen released "Bohemian Rhapsody", also using vocal overdubs.
Beautiful smooth, synthie, deep, unbelievable..this song is not from this world, i m sure man! No, it is not belong to our earth, I mean these melodies and sounds are from another galaxy!
Well stated. It does paint a picture of how it was back then...1970s. A great decade.
Hands down one of the best love songs ever.
never heard of yacht rock before.
I just came across this song on RUclips this year and I play it sometimes at least once a day I never knew about10cc never heard of it in the '70s. But I'm glad I found it now Eric Stewart is I believe 74 now and still sings that song. His English accent comes through once in awhile like when he says picture he says it in a different way p a t c h a that's how he says it. I like your reaction to it those are all things that I had been thinking. Thank you for the video.🥰
You guys are headed down the right path…. Keep going!!
I really enjoy it when you guys do your reaction videos together, I hope you will do more of them that way! I do like your individual ones too but I love the way you two react together. Thanks for this reaction video, this song brings back my high school days....🙂
Here is what I found. "Written mostly by Stewart as a response to his wife's declaration that he did not tell her often enough that he loved her, "I'm Not in Love" was originally conceived" from Wikipedia.
Love that yacht rock, and when both of you work together. Keep up the great work.
That's an Awesome Mix, Nothing like rocking in the 1970s
Dude definitely WAS in love. For sure.
glad you picked the long/album version...although i have heard this song many times over the years, reactions such as yours are letting me hear it for the first time in true stereo. many thanks.
One of the greatest songs ever. Period
Incredible song and I remember it. Such a great assessment of it guys and I agree, the guy is obsessed.
1st band I saw live!!..what a band & an awesome back catalogue to boot.
In modern popular music, definitely in the Top Ten of Love Songs, Without doubt!
Thanks for the reaction, guys. This song was one of those that sort defined the era in music innovation. I think they set a new precident with the amount of overdubs on the 'ahhhs' thoughout. It's one of those songs that we all got stuck in our head...whether we wanted it to be there or not...lol. BTW, I wanted it in there ;-)
This song was originally a bossa nova, the story of its creation is amazing❤❤
It started off almost acoustic with a bosonova beat until drummer Kevin Godley got all mad professor on it and suggested a sea of voices as the band were initially underwhelmed by the track. The studio receptionist was brought in to add the "big boys don't cry" spoken line and it just took on a life of its own. This is more than Yacht ⛵ Rock. It's a masterpiece from another place and remember that sound was created by technology from 50 years ago.
The creation of this song is the magic … ands it’s a great song too, that’s a bonus
Love your reaction to this song and the way you broke it down. When this song first came out, it immediately became one of my favorites. I love the melody even though as a teenager I couldn’t make sense of the lyrics.
This song has always been a guilty pleasure
As I said on another reaction to this, this was such a powerful song. I was in my late teens when this came out, all raging hormones. Definitely had a few obsessions back then. And of course we were of an age when men never spoke to anyone about their true feelings, and we certainly never cried! At least in front of anyone else...
Skate land couple skate . With disco lights
Don't think it's there anymore but it was Skate Station in Anaheim, CA for me
I always loved this one. Great take guys.
Thank God you guys understood the meaning of this song so many people that do reactions misinterpreted the true meaning !
Great video 👍 They was a brilliant documentary on yatch rock all the people and band's involved 😊
I love your analysis of music from this era. I musically grew up in CA during the era of the 60' and the Beach Boys and the death of Golden Oldie rock (i.e. Elvis and do-wop). Hard rock evolved in the late 60's and early 70's (Woodstock and before) and then died. Soft Rock filled some of the gap but also elevated Funk to its deserved heights until cheezy Disco usurped it (death to disco!). I love Funk and everything that came after (punk, rap, disco, hip-hop, alternative, grunge, etc. 10cc stands alone during this time in terms of brilliance and sincerity.
Love your reactions, in particular because you picked up on Yacht Rock. I know you're picking up on the musicians behind the scenes are ones you've heard on countless other records and never knew it. The LA music scene was like the Silicone Valley of the music industry
Great song, beautiful ❤
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I love watching reactions to this to see if the reactors get it. You passed with flying colors!
❤ LOVE you guy's music reactions. name another channel that reviews 10cc and Poison Girls!
A great song ! Love your reaction! ❤️🙏
One of the two writers, Eric Stewart, was told by his wife that he didn't tell her often enough that he loved her. This was the response. Very subtle.
That was a really good definition of yacht rock my guy 😂
Rupert Holmes Escape is a good one !
'Him' is even better.