Boys, boys, boys - it's called IRONY. The Brits are big on it. He's so much in anguished love he can only protest the opposite. Love the picture on the wall lyric. The clues are everywhere. The vocalist is even mimicking crying the song.
Yes, the Brits are big on irony .The British, whilst having a generally reserved northern European nature, have a sophisticated appreciation of language and subliminal meaning. I believe the latter is strongly related to and compensates for, the former.
Irony is big in some old country songs too. George Jones had a hit record in 1962 with "She Thinks I Still Care". Just because I asked a friend about her Just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I rang her number by mistake today Just because I haunt the same old places where the memory of her lingers in the air Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be Just because I saw her and went all to pieces She thinks I still care
I hate to tell you this guys but, as a 6 year old, I got the meaning of this song when it first came out. He's desperately in love with this girl but in an effort to protect his feelings, he's doing his best to deny it; afraid to acknowledge it to himself or to the girl, for fear she'll break his heart.
That is not a synth. That is the band members singing a single note in a tape loop. Hundreds of times. Then the mixing board was "played" like a keyboard, each channel playing a "note".
He ABSOLUTELY loves her. He is protesting that he does not but he completely does. As Shakespeare wrote "The lady doth protest too much" in this case it is the man.
@@tracycampbell3060 DUH!!! these boys (who normally seem very astute) have COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT OF THIS SONG. The singer is CRAZY in love with the person he is singing about, but is. in. denial. sheesh. ;-) :-)
That’s not a ‘Sandy synth’ you’re hearing. It’s Eric’s vocals layered 48 times, singing each 16 notes of the chromatic scale. So you’re actually hearing 768 ‘ahhhh’s’
This song and Ah! Leah! impressed me when I was young for having those layered vocals in an age where it was hard to do it. It sounded so novel at the time.
The “big boys don’t cry” section was vocalized by an office worker at the recording studio. She was just doing her job and ,before you knew it, she was on a million- selling single… Ain’t life grand. Always have been hypnotized by this tune. ( Dude WAS him love).
From Eric Stewart "At that time my wife and I had been married about eight years," Eric Stewart recalls, "and she asked me 'Why don't you say "I love you" more often?' I had this crazy idea in my mind that repeating those words would somehow degrade the meaning, so I told her 'Well, if I say every day "I love you, darling, I love you, blah, blah, blah," it's not gonna mean anything eventually.' That statement led me to try to figure out another way of saying it, and the result was that I chose to say 'I'm not in love with you,' while subtly giving all the reasons throughout the song why I could never let go of this relationship." It was clearly " Just a silly phase he was going through."....Even though he and his wife are still married after more than 50 years.
There's an entire documentary dedicated to this song. They tape looped every note in the scale vocally, played the tape and adjusted the volume knobs for the final mix. They basically played the mixer as a musical instrument. Totally unprecedented.
63 year old, same here. Heard the song for the first time on the radio in the car with my parents. I made them turn it up! Wow! They were both musicians so they did! They made me a musician too! 🎉😂
Yes there is a video for that ruclips.net/video/U7-nOTw6BuQ/видео.html this is a comprehensive overview of how they made this song in the ERA of ANALOG
@@tracycampbell3060 don't have all the 10cc I need, either. Have the live one. So good. Need the rest. G/C? Have 3 of theirs. Also, plus 2 different History Mix lp's. Nice to be old.
I'm not into soppy music but there are exceptions - the unique sound in this gets me. The voice synth and electric piano adds so much texture in this track
Guy , you were talking about the lyrics but the big story here is the sound. That synth sound is nothing ordinary. They spent 3 weeks sampling their own voices and created over 600 voices - an ocean of voices. And after it was done they destroyed the device. Totally unique.
Samplers didn’t exist in 1975. That would have been so-much easier. They recorded their voices onto multiple tracks of a 16 track recorder, layered hundreds of times
This is one of my absolute favorite songs. The layering that they had to do to get the sound that they were creating at the time was definitely a labor of love of music. Even Elton John wished that he could have created that sound. This was a massive hit. There is a cool documentary on how they made the song on RUclips that you all should check out.
At the time of this recording ( ‘75 ) , 10cc band members were : Eric Stewart , Graham Gouldman , Kevin Godley , & 🇺🇸 Lol Creme . And they were absolutely fantastic ❤️
Oh my goodness. I was 11 when this song came out and I understood then what the song meant. He Is In Love!!! only in denial. Well, you got me to comment. Hope it helps the algorithm.
The multi-layered vocals like waves washing onto a beach at the end are just sublime. As everyone in the comments has said, this is a song about a man in denial.
I was about to comment that that was the band members singing All that synthesizer.,. But my astute music lovers head beat me to the punch... Touche... Music is life !!!
I was 20 years old, and had my 1st apartment ,when it came out. This song came on at the same time ,every night, on the radio right when I was going to bed. My stereo had a blue light on it lol. Between the light, and the song, it would always put me to sleep lol But, I love the song.
10cc are a great English rock band from the 70's. This group was super talented as every member was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer & producer. "I'm Not In Love" was their biggest hit in 1975 but they had other songs such as "The Things We Do For Love", "Rubber Bullets", "The Dean & I", "The Wall Street Shuffle", "Silly Love", "Life Is A Minestrone", "Art For Art's Sake", "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" etc.
As a teenager at late 90s, I bought this album with loads of old songs and immediately I got hooked with this one. Never found it weird, just trippy and dreamy, like your body was flowing between dimensions. And yes its all about denial, but with great sense of humour. I love sad, dark songs (metal) but this is not a sad song. Love you guys!
He is in love, he is just in denial. The 'big boys don't cry' is referencing his repressed upbringing, being told not to show emotion, which has made him unable to express his love openly.
You guys the mastery of this amazing song is it was done BEFORE and WITHOUT a synthesizer. They overdubbed their voices dozens of time to get that unique sound. There's even a video on the making of this song.
You three are so genuine. You may not always interpret the songs as we heard or understood them during our time, but it is always such a pleasure to see you discover the music from years past. The way you speak about the unexpected details of the different music, and how you honor and appreciate it is refreshing. SO not contrived. Excellent reaction!!
I have always LOVED this song Spoiler Alert: He’s In Love. LOL You were SPOT ON about the “big boys don’t cry” But you are WRONG about what the song is about … you are stopping too much to comment and not really listening!! This song is not about his wife. … the wife was the inspiration!! (But it isn’t about her)
Interesting factoid on this was that the Female voice you hear saying "Big Boy's Don't Cry", was the Studio Receptionist. They brought her in to do that on the track..
There is a video with an interview with some members showing how they put this song together, was pretty amazing what they came up with. It's a gorgeous song. Beautiful overlay of voices and how they did it was pretty smart and clever and very complex.
"big boys don't cry" is what I remember the most because I was just a kid when this came out because that was a common thing I heard. I remember thinking "but they do". I think it's a man trying to tell himself that he isn't in love with this woman but he really is. He wants to make her believe that he isn't in love with her but he is. Maybe they broke up and he doesn't want her to think he still loves her but he does. Maybe it's a woman who wouldn't good for him and he knows it and wants to discourage her but he is in love with her anyways.
Parece que se separaram, ele continua apaixonado, mas nega, ou tenta negar que ainda a quer.; daí fala tudo ao contrário do que está realmente sentindo ( está magoado)
The best “in denial” song ever. One of THE songs of my life! Remembers me, in the 70’s, listening this in my room, lights off, just “traveling” in those strange and kind of magical sounds! All so new and original, then! Still love this!!!!! ✌️
It's a bit late but may I just apologize to all the patrons of the Phoenix pub, Torrington Road, North End, Portsmouth that had to listen to this song repeatedly on the jukebox in 1975. It was me selecting this over and over again, guilty as charged.
Ty had a great take on the Big Boys Don't Cry part, I've been listening to the song since the late 70s and never thought of that, it does seem like it's his inner voice telling him not to cry over his feelings for her.👍
thanks, guys! such a brilliant band... they do this amazingly live, as well... have you reacted yet to "Squeeze"...? they don't do similar songs, but one thing they have in common is almost perfect balance between the instrumentation and vocals...
Had always loved this song. Big memories of it the summers of 1975 and 1976. You need to react to "The Things We Do For Love". More upbeat and you get to hear their voices so much more!
You referenced the line " I keep your picture on the wall", but listen to the next line, "it hides a nasty stain that's lying there." I've always felt that this song is about someone who is in love, but in denial about it, or afraid to admit it. Almost every other verse contradicts or makes an excuse for the one before it, in my opinion.
Stockport is part of Greater Manchester. The band's classic line-up was Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme. Godley & Creme later left to form their own band and video production company - they made some of the top music videos fo the 1980s. And that is voices, not synth! This song was groundbreaking - pre digital - all four musicians recorded vocals dozens of times, which were then spliced together - there's a video on youtube of how it was recorded and it's eye-opening. And he's definitely deeply in love, and just as deeply in denial :)
Main songwriter and guitar player Graham Gouldman also wrote the huge hits "For Your Love" and "Heart Full of Soul" for The Yardbirds; "Bus Stop" for The Hollies"; and a number of others.
Another good reaction, brothers. One of my ALL-TIME favorite tunes. I was born in 1968. And, feel very blessed to have been able to grow up in the 70’s and 80’s world of the greatest music, imho. Ryan….you were, oh, so close on the voices being the sounds you were hearing…yet, waaay off in thinking the song was about the pov of the writer/singer(Eric Stewart) not being in love with his wife. If you listen to the lyrics again ….but, through the lens of an adult male trying to be all tough about his emotions and, maybe not wanting to seem vulnerable(in love…yet, in reality, very much loves his lady), as MANY males tend to do(adult, teens or young kids) then you’ll see the sarcasm behind the lyrics. The voices you DID hear, were actually layers of voices painstakingly put together by the band on old reels. In a time before drum machines, auto-tune and all the technology that is enjoyed by artists in todays music world….artists back in those days had to really think outside the box to come up with innovative ways to bring to life the sounds they had in their heads and to share it with the listeners. Here is a great, short, documentary of the making of “I’m Not in Love” with a few band members sharing their hard work that brought us this amazing, ground breaking song. ruclips.net/video/3oxe4mlsQos/видео.html Another great song(I’m not sure if you all reacted to it, yet)…that is in the same vein as “I’m Not in Love” is a tune called “Dream Weaver” by GARY WRIGHT. If it doesn’t sound familiar by title, you may have heard it in movies/tv shows or commercials…because it’s been used in SEVERAL. It is another tune that is very cool while using headphones/earbuds. 10cc had another hit that I really liked since I heard it as a kid, about 8-9yrs old. “The Things We Do for Love” is catchy, nice melodically made song. The lyrics, as always with 10cc, was very cool and relatable in many peoples lives/relationships. Again, great reaction and love the channel, brothers. Keep up with the great vibes…and I commend you three for having open minds to, pretty much, every genre of music. I never quite understood why anyone would only want to pigeonhole themselves to one or two types of music. My way, ever since I was a kid that knew I wanted to make music a huge part of my life, would always be…if a song moved my mind, my emotions(happy or sad), my heart, my feet and my booty, I didn’t care WHAT GENRE I was listening to, it was a song that I’m going to keep listening to. I was never those “….Backstreet Boys are my guilty pleasure band…” type of music listeners. If I liked a tune….I’d put it on one of dozens and dozens of iTunes playlists🤙🏾🎼 Also, there is DEFINITELY an artists you three should, at least, give a listen to on youtube. (if you haven’t yet. I haven’t seen it while scrolling through your list). You may have heard one of her songs little snippet on TikTok because it was pretty popular a couple years ago But….look for the video for: AURORA: Live at NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CONCERT. She was about to turn 18 at that show. Her vocal range and technique is incredible. It consists of three songs….a cover of OASIS’ “Half the World Away”…..”Runaway”(which was the TikTok snippet)….and “Murder Song(5,4,3,2,1)”. Her vocals are incredible. And this was live. Her studio albums are great. But, she is one artist that elevates her live performances. And, almost never sings or arranges the songs the same way in each performance. And they STILL sound amazing. She writes all her stuff except for about 10 or so songs that she covered, that is so drastically rearranged, and done superbly, you’d think most were written by her. She has a heck of a bunch more very good songs with very cool music videos to them……”The River”….”Dreamer”….”Warrior”….”Queendom”….”The Seed”….these are, lyrically, pretty powerful. Especially, The Seed and the River. But, besides the NOBEL PEACE performance…..my ultimate fave is one she did a LIVE show at a cathedral named, Nidarosdomen, with her goosebumps-inducing vocals to her original song titled “Through the Eyes of a Child”. There is a VEVO video of that song done a cappella by AURORA that makes the hair on the back of my neck buzz from the notes she hits and carries, seemingly, effortlessly. I’m not sure if you guys watched the animated “Frozen” movies. But, in “Frozen 2”….the song “Into the Unknown”, there is a Siren character that is singing in a high note trying to catch the main character’s attention. That Siren’s singing voice is AURORA. BUT….Aurora has recorded her own version of “Into the Unknown”. And, in true Aurora fashion when covering other artists songs….she rearranged the song and sounds pretty cool, imho. I liked the original and it’s uptempo vibe. But, the Aurora’s stripped back and minus double digit beats per minute tempo really brought the song in a nice direction too. Hope to see you folks do a few of Aurora’s stuff. At least the Nobel Peace prize ones. I think you all would like her style and intense emotion and delicate vocals. Mahalo again! And much Aloha, guys🎼🤙🏾🤙🏾
He is naming off all the things a person does when they are in love... so she could see the signs.... in case she is in doubt.... but then he throws in the dark sarcasm “I’m not in love....”
I'm late to the game, but you can watch his eyes when he's singing. His girlfriend (or wife) is standing on the other side of the studio, in his line of sight, and he's smiling at her at times, and trying to make her laugh at other times, and he's totally in love with her. There's also a "Making of" video about this specific song. Look it up off-line. It's pretty amazing.
The guy in the song is so in love with the girl, he doesn't know what to do about it. So, he keeps lying to himself to try and make excuses for all the loving things he is doing and saying. He says he is not in love, but he in fact is very deeply in love with her. And the iconic back grown vocals are the 4 of them singing long held notes and redubbed hundreds of times on one track and played back like a musical instrument. IMO, one of the most remarkable songs of all time.
In 1975, I was 20, a year later I would meet the " one " but the foolishness of yoof, in a blink of an eye she was gone.... almost 48 years, I still remember her and the emotions she stirred
I was embarking on my first serious relationship when this came out. In my late teens feeling lots of feelings, most of which I couldn't identify but some were exciting and some were scary. I went to sleep every night listening to this for months on end. It was the perfect song for me at that time in my life. Now I realise I was slowly torturing myself 🙂 Thanks guys.
The line "I have your picture on my wall" is qualified with "It hides a nasty stain lying there"......totally denying his feelings. He gives but takes away....total denial. Good band.
Boys, boys, boys - it's called IRONY. The Brits are big on it.
He's so much in anguished love he can only protest the opposite. Love the picture on the wall lyric. The clues are everywhere. The vocalist is even mimicking crying the song.
Yes, the Brits are big on irony .The British, whilst having a generally reserved northern European nature, have a sophisticated appreciation of language and subliminal meaning. I believe the latter is strongly related to and compensates for, the former.
The singer is trying to convince himself he’s not in love but he really is.
Hell yeah.
Irony is big in some old country songs too.
George Jones had a hit record in 1962 with "She Thinks I Still Care".
Just because I asked a friend about her
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today
Just because I haunt the same old places where the memory of her lingers in the air
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be
Just because I saw her and went all to pieces
She thinks I still care
Bluesman Robert Cray has a song "I Guess I Showed Her" that is amusingly ironic as well.
I hate to tell you this guys but, as a 6 year old, I got the meaning of this song when it first came out. He's desperately in love with this girl but in an effort to protect his feelings, he's doing his best to deny it; afraid to acknowledge it to himself or to the girl, for fear she'll break his heart.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is not a synth. That is the band members singing a single note in a tape loop. Hundreds of times. Then the mixing board was "played" like a keyboard, each channel playing a "note".
I saw a documentary on this. It was a real labor of love and perfection!
Wow, I never heard that. I always thought it was a Mellotron. Hmm learned something new today!
over 700 voices amazing
@@bpagan7781 Same principle as a Mellotron.
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It's simple fellas he's in denial and he is in love
Thank you! I just watched 3 reactions and every one was way off.
He's trying to convince himself he could still get her back if he wanted...
Exactly.
It all depends on how well she acts towards the attention he's giving her, that's why there's always a caveat. He's looking reciprocation
@@MrSpencerport he’s treading on eggshells.
What you may not Know is , the 70s was loaded with not is the Super 70s were Loaded with the best singer song writers of all time!
You all missed the boat. It's a "thou dost protest too much." He loves her, but is trying not to admit his feelings.
These guys are not mature enough yet to understand that.
Exactly!
Well, after all they are North Americans, so one wouldn't really expect a deeper understanding.
@@Vinterfrid Get over yourself.
You're the one that missed the boat. Eric Stewart explains the song on a couple of videos on RUclips.
He ABSOLUTELY loves her. He is protesting that he does not but he completely does. As Shakespeare wrote "The lady doth protest too much" in this case it is the man.
Is trying to convince himself he's not in love but everything he does proves he is in love
Exactly
@@tracycampbell3060 DUH!!! these boys (who normally seem very astute) have COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT OF THIS SONG. The singer is CRAZY in love with the person he is singing about, but is. in. denial. sheesh. ;-) :-)
That’s not a ‘Sandy synth’ you’re hearing. It’s Eric’s vocals layered 48 times, singing each 16 notes of the chromatic scale. So you’re actually hearing 768 ‘ahhhh’s’
Each member recorded a held note the synth was used to layer n play ot as if it was a keyboard. Mastery.
Yes ,I heard that also which had to take forever to record.
Yes! They were going to leave it at the 768 ahhhhs, but added the melody as an afterthought.
Done as multiple tapes loops and not played with a keyboard, but instead was played on the mixing board. That's how I heard it.
This song and Ah! Leah! impressed me when I was young for having those layered vocals in an age where it was hard to do it. It sounded so novel at the time.
It was a HUGE success in 1975, even here in Brazil. Revolutionary.
It’s not weird. It’s timeless. Timing is everything
The “big boys don’t cry” section was vocalized by an office worker at the recording studio. She was just doing her job and ,before you knew it, she was on a million- selling single… Ain’t life grand. Always have been hypnotized by this tune. ( Dude WAS him love).
From Eric Stewart "At that time my wife and I had been married about eight years," Eric Stewart recalls, "and she asked me 'Why don't you say "I love you" more often?' I had this crazy idea in my mind that repeating those words would somehow degrade the meaning, so I told her 'Well, if I say every day "I love you, darling, I love you, blah, blah, blah," it's not gonna mean anything eventually.' That statement led me to try to figure out another way of saying it, and the result was that I chose to say 'I'm not in love with you,' while subtly giving all the reasons throughout the song why I could never let go of this relationship."
It was clearly " Just a silly phase he was going through."....Even though he and his wife are still married after more than 50 years.
And they’re still married.
There's an entire documentary dedicated to this song. They tape looped every note in the scale vocally, played the tape and adjusted the volume knobs for the final mix. They basically played the mixer as a musical instrument. Totally unprecedented.
Another hit of 10cc was ‘The Things We Do for Love’
He’s soooo in love, he can’t admit it! This song was#1. When I got engaged 48 years ago. I still adore it!
HUGE FLASHBACK….16 year old me absolutely LOVED this when it was released, and 63yo me still does. Oh, “The Things We Do For Love” … 🥰🥰🥰
Like walking in the rain and the snow ...
@@glendawest5256 and there’s…No where to go and you’re feeling like a part of you is dyin’…
63 year old, same here. Heard the song for the first time on the radio in the car with my parents. I made them turn it up! Wow! They were both musicians so they did! They made me a musician too! 🎉😂
10cc is “art pop” on a whole different level. The intelligence of what they did (and the way they did it) is stunning.
The Guinness book of record holder for most overdubs in a single song.
Literally thousands of vocal overdubs.
768
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you guys should check out the story on how they recorded this song . its so amazing and innovative for the time
Oh yes. Amazing old school way they did this. Before the Synclavier. Love 10cc and Godley/Creme. Unique.
Yes!
Yes there is a video for that ruclips.net/video/U7-nOTw6BuQ/видео.html this is a comprehensive overview of how they made this song in the ERA of ANALOG
@@tracycampbell3060 don't have all the 10cc I need, either. Have the live one. So good. Need the rest. G/C? Have 3 of theirs. Also, plus 2 different History Mix lp's. Nice to be old.
and LOTS copied/tried to copy this sound.... very influential on music at that time...
I'm not into soppy music but there are exceptions - the unique sound in this gets me. The voice synth and electric piano adds so much texture in this track
Guy , you were talking about the lyrics but the big story here is the sound. That synth sound is nothing ordinary. They spent 3 weeks sampling their own voices and created over 600 voices - an ocean of voices. And after it was done they destroyed the device. Totally unique.
Samplers didn’t exist in 1975. That would have been so-much easier. They recorded their voices onto multiple tracks of a 16 track recorder, layered hundreds of times
NOTHING sounded like this. It was hypnotic & addictive. Never gets old.The true sign of an original. I love this song.
Beautiful song
Dreadlock Holiday is a very different vibe. Worth a listen.
This is one of my absolute favorite songs. The layering that they had to do to get the sound that they were creating at the time was definitely a labor of love of music. Even Elton John wished that he could have created that sound. This was a massive hit.
There is a cool documentary on how they made the song on RUclips that you all should check out.
This is a man in total denial. He doesn't want want to admit being smitten but rejected. But he is TOTALLY in love!
Absolutely brilliant track
Big boys don,t cry. Big boys don,t cry. Classic.
10cc's The Things We Do For Love is the one you're wanting to hear. Very catchy ear candy.
A great iconic group. The Wall Street Shuffle is another classic for those who don't know the groups music.
He's so in love but so in denial. Classic 70's song.
At the time of this recording ( ‘75 ) , 10cc band members were : Eric Stewart , Graham Gouldman , Kevin Godley , & 🇺🇸 Lol Creme . And they were absolutely fantastic ❤️
Oh my goodness. I was 11 when this song came out and I understood then what the song meant. He Is In Love!!! only in denial. Well, you got me to comment. Hope it helps the algorithm.
When I was a kid listening to this on AM radio, I though she was saying "requesting quiet." It's still what I hear first, lol.
The multi-layered vocals like waves washing onto a beach at the end are just sublime.
As everyone in the comments has said, this is a song about a man in denial.
I was about to comment that that was the band members singing All that synthesizer.,. But my astute music lovers head beat me to the punch... Touche... Music is life !!!
God damn, this brings me back.
10cc were a producers band. They were geniuses in the studio and this song is their magnum opus.
I love it, "you can't dance to that." I laughed so hard at y'all.
Great song!
SMOOTH best describes this song!
I was 20 years old, and had my 1st apartment ,when it came out. This song came on at the same time ,every night, on the radio right when I was going to bed. My stereo had a blue light on it lol. Between the light, and the song, it would always put me to sleep lol But, I love the song.
He is ABSOLUTELY in love.
10cc are a great English rock band from the 70's. This group was super talented as every member was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer & producer. "I'm Not In Love" was their biggest hit in 1975 but they had other songs such as "The Things We Do For Love", "Rubber Bullets", "The Dean & I", "The Wall Street Shuffle", "Silly Love", "Life Is A Minestrone", "Art For Art's Sake", "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" etc.
You left out the 'Dreadlock Holiday' track with its immortal lyrics "I don't like cricket, oh no, I love it.....". An absolute 10cc classic
Thanks, Dagmar - I love this one but "the things we do for love" is probably my favorite :)
Good list. I'd add 'Somewhere in Hollywood', 'Good Morning Judge' and 'Flying Junk'.
"The Things We Do For Love" was a massive pop hit by 10cc.
Yup. That was their ONLY other big hit here in The States. I remember when it first came-out in 1978.
As a teenager at late 90s, I bought this album with loads of old songs and immediately I got hooked with this one. Never found it weird, just trippy and dreamy, like your body was flowing between dimensions. And yes its all about denial, but with great sense of humour. I love sad, dark songs (metal) but this is not a sad song. Love you guys!
10CC also had other hits like "The Things We Do For Love", and "Dreadlock Holiday"
the next 10cc song you guys should check out is, " the things we do for love" great song
So many layered vocals in this song. It's insane. Classic tune.
That was a f****** great reaction laughed my ass off... Keep it up
"Big boys don't cry."
He is in love, he is just in denial. The 'big boys don't cry' is referencing his repressed upbringing, being told not to show emotion, which has made him unable to express his love openly.
Absolutely! You would have to be deaf to miss that.
Boom!
EXACTLY!!!
nailed it.
You guys the mastery of this amazing song is it was done BEFORE and WITHOUT a synthesizer. They overdubbed their voices dozens of time to get that unique sound. There's even a video on the making of this song.
Stockport is sort of a large suburb of Manchester. It used to be a village, but Manchester sort of absorbed it like an amoeba.
You three are so genuine. You may not always interpret the songs as we heard or understood them during our time, but it is always such a pleasure to see you discover the music from years past. The way you speak about the unexpected details of the different music, and how you honor and appreciate it is refreshing. SO not contrived. Excellent reaction!!
So I always have the impression that they are making fun of the song.
Never
I have always LOVED this song
Spoiler Alert:
He’s In Love. LOL
You were SPOT ON about the “big boys don’t cry”
But you are WRONG about what the song is about … you are stopping too much to comment and not really listening!!
This song is not about his wife. … the wife was the inspiration!! (But it isn’t about her)
Exactly. This is the ultimate song of self denial. He is absolutely in love but won’t admit it to himself.
you nailed it!
Interesting factoid on this was that the Female voice you hear saying "Big Boy's Don't Cry", was the Studio Receptionist. They brought her in to do that on the track..
There is a video with an interview with some members showing how they put this song together, was pretty amazing what they came up with. It's a gorgeous song. Beautiful overlay of voices and how they did it was pretty smart and clever and very complex.
Unforgettably haunting and mesmerizing.
Listen to that song with your eyes closed just listen to the music. It’s great
I always thought that the singer was in denial. He protested and protested, but he really IS in love.
There is a video of how this was made, definitely worth watching, it really is amazing
"big boys don't cry" is what I remember the most because I was just a kid when this came out because that was a common thing I heard. I remember thinking "but they do".
I think it's a man trying to tell himself that he isn't in love with this woman but he really is.
He wants to make her believe that he isn't in love with her but he is. Maybe they broke up and he doesn't want her to think he still loves her but he does.
Maybe it's a woman who wouldn't good for him and he knows it and wants to discourage her but he is in love with her anyways.
My interpretation of the song is that he is in love, but he doesn't want the girl to know it in case that knowledge blows the relationship.
Parece que se separaram, ele continua apaixonado, mas nega, ou tenta negar que ainda a quer.; daí fala tudo ao contrário do que está realmente sentindo ( está magoado)
This is the most unique and beautiful song. It has such an ethereal quality to it and the lyrics are very clever.
Beautiful song 💕Thank you
The best “in denial” song ever. One of THE songs of my life! Remembers me, in the 70’s, listening this in my room, lights off, just “traveling” in those strange and kind of magical sounds! All so new and original, then! Still love this!!!!! ✌️
It’s beautiful!
He is trying to talk himself into it. He is in love.
It's a bit late but may I just apologize to all the patrons of the Phoenix pub, Torrington Road, North End, Portsmouth that had to
listen to this song repeatedly on the jukebox in 1975. It was me selecting this over and over again, guilty as charged.
Lol, oh that's classic. Those were the days 😀
Wonderful song here cannot wait to see your reactions love you guys
This song is used at the very beginning of the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie. When Peter is in the waiting room at the hospital.
Ty had a great take on the Big Boys Don't Cry part, I've been listening to the song since the late 70s and never thought of that, it does seem like it's his inner voice telling him not to cry over his feelings for her.👍
thanks, guys! such a brilliant band... they do this amazingly live, as well... have you reacted yet to "Squeeze"...? they don't do similar songs, but one thing they have in common is almost perfect balance between the instrumentation and vocals...
Had always loved this song. Big memories of it the summers of 1975 and 1976. You need to react to "The Things We Do For Love". More upbeat and you get to hear their voices so much more!
The dude is so in love he can't see straight. lol
You referenced the line " I keep your picture on the wall", but listen to the next line, "it hides a nasty stain that's lying there." I've always felt that this song is about someone who is in love, but in denial about it, or afraid to admit it. Almost every other verse contradicts or makes an excuse for the one before it, in my opinion.
100% Right...
They invented the Wall of sound effect.
The making of is insane. Way ahead of its time.
Stockport is part of Greater Manchester. The band's classic line-up was Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme. Godley & Creme later left to form their own band and video production company - they made some of the top music videos fo the 1980s. And that is voices, not synth! This song was groundbreaking - pre digital - all four musicians recorded vocals dozens of times, which were then spliced together - there's a video on youtube of how it was recorded and it's eye-opening. And he's definitely deeply in love, and just as deeply in denial :)
Main songwriter and guitar player Graham Gouldman also wrote the huge hits "For Your Love" and "Heart Full of Soul" for The Yardbirds; "Bus Stop" for The Hollies"; and a number of others.
Graham has released a song with Brian May called Floating in Heaven to commemorate the James Webb Space Telescopes first images its brilliant x
@@lindsaycrellin4588 - Thanks for the tip! That is an awesome song.
@@BobSoltis1 it certainly is it’s brilliant x
Wow! What a talent, I had no idea.
Lads, "i'm mandy fly me" is 10cc's best ever song!! From 1976,you WILL LOVE IT!!
Another good reaction, brothers.
One of my ALL-TIME favorite tunes. I was born in 1968. And, feel very blessed to have been able to grow up in the 70’s and 80’s world of the greatest music, imho.
Ryan….you were, oh, so close on the voices being the sounds you were hearing…yet, waaay off in thinking the song was about the pov of the writer/singer(Eric Stewart) not being in love with his wife. If you listen to the lyrics again ….but, through the lens of an adult male trying to be all tough about his emotions and, maybe not wanting to seem vulnerable(in love…yet, in reality, very much loves his lady), as MANY males tend to do(adult, teens or young kids) then you’ll see the sarcasm behind the lyrics.
The voices you DID hear, were actually layers of voices painstakingly put together by the band on old reels. In a time before drum machines, auto-tune and all the technology that is enjoyed by artists in todays music world….artists back in those days had to really think outside the box to come up with innovative ways to bring to life the sounds they had in their heads and to share it with the listeners.
Here is a great, short, documentary of the making of “I’m Not in Love” with a few band members sharing their hard work that brought us this amazing, ground breaking song.
ruclips.net/video/3oxe4mlsQos/видео.html
Another great song(I’m not sure if you all reacted to it, yet)…that is in the same vein as “I’m Not in Love” is a tune called “Dream Weaver” by GARY WRIGHT. If it doesn’t sound familiar by title, you may have heard it in movies/tv shows or commercials…because it’s been used in SEVERAL. It is another tune that is very cool while using headphones/earbuds.
10cc had another hit that I really liked since I heard it as a kid, about 8-9yrs old. “The Things We Do for Love” is catchy, nice melodically made song. The lyrics, as always with 10cc, was very cool and relatable in many peoples lives/relationships.
Again, great reaction and love the channel, brothers. Keep up with the great vibes…and I commend you three for having open minds to, pretty much, every genre of music. I never quite understood why anyone would only want to pigeonhole themselves to one or two types of music. My way, ever since I was a kid that knew I wanted to make music a huge part of my life, would always be…if a song moved my mind, my emotions(happy or sad), my heart, my feet and my booty, I didn’t care WHAT GENRE I was listening to, it was a song that I’m going to keep listening to. I was never those “….Backstreet Boys are my guilty pleasure band…” type of music listeners. If I liked a tune….I’d put it on one of dozens and dozens of iTunes playlists🤙🏾🎼
Also, there is DEFINITELY an artists you three should, at least, give a listen to on youtube. (if you haven’t yet. I haven’t seen it while scrolling through your list). You may have heard one of her songs little snippet on TikTok because it was pretty popular a couple years ago
But….look for the video for:
AURORA: Live at NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CONCERT. She was about to turn 18 at that show. Her vocal range and technique is incredible.
It consists of three songs….a cover of OASIS’ “Half the World Away”…..”Runaway”(which was the TikTok snippet)….and “Murder Song(5,4,3,2,1)”. Her vocals are incredible. And this was live. Her studio albums are great. But, she is one artist that elevates her live performances. And, almost never sings or arranges the songs the same way in each performance. And they STILL sound amazing. She writes all her stuff except for about 10 or so songs that she covered, that is so drastically rearranged, and done superbly, you’d think most were written by her.
She has a heck of a bunch more very good songs with very cool music videos to them……”The River”….”Dreamer”….”Warrior”….”Queendom”….”The Seed”….these are, lyrically, pretty powerful. Especially, The Seed and the River.
But, besides the NOBEL PEACE performance…..my ultimate fave is one she did a LIVE show at a cathedral named, Nidarosdomen, with her goosebumps-inducing vocals to her original song titled “Through the Eyes of a Child”. There is a VEVO video of that song done a cappella by AURORA that makes the hair on the back of my neck buzz from the notes she hits and carries, seemingly, effortlessly.
I’m not sure if you guys watched the animated “Frozen” movies. But, in “Frozen 2”….the song “Into the Unknown”, there is a Siren character that is singing in a high note trying to catch the main character’s attention. That Siren’s singing voice is AURORA.
BUT….Aurora has recorded her own version of “Into the Unknown”. And, in true Aurora fashion when covering other artists songs….she rearranged the song and sounds pretty cool, imho. I liked the original and it’s uptempo vibe. But, the Aurora’s stripped back and minus double digit beats per minute tempo really brought the song in a nice direction too.
Hope to see you folks do a few of Aurora’s stuff. At least the Nobel Peace prize ones. I think you all would like her style and intense emotion and delicate vocals.
Mahalo again! And much Aloha, guys🎼🤙🏾🤙🏾
He absolutely loves her, he doesn't want to admit it.
The recording process these guys followed in the 70s was awesome!
This guy is " HEAD OVER HEELS" in love, just a little slow on the realization , or in denial. 100% in love!
Chicos les cuento cuando salio esta cancione quede predidia yo splo tenia 12 años ese spnido jamas habia escuchado increible. 🎉❤
You guys have know idea how much fun and simple life was back then.
If you are a white hetero man then your life was definitely simple and fun
@@inaciasilva2024 Can't keep race out of anything, can you?
He is naming off all the things a person does when they are in love... so she could see the signs.... in case she is in doubt.... but then he throws in the dark sarcasm “I’m not in love....”
I'm late to the game, but you can watch his eyes when he's singing. His girlfriend (or wife) is standing on the other side of the studio, in his line of sight, and he's smiling at her at times, and trying to make her laugh at other times, and he's totally in love with her. There's also a "Making of" video about this specific song. Look it up off-line. It's pretty amazing.
The Commadors 3 times a lady is perhaps one of the best slow dance records and that is all about breaking up......
The guy in the song is so in love with the girl, he doesn't know what to do about it. So, he keeps lying to himself to try and make excuses for all the loving things he is doing and saying. He says he is not in love, but he in fact is very deeply in love with her. And the iconic back grown vocals are the 4 of them singing long held notes and redubbed hundreds of times on one track and played back like a musical instrument. IMO, one of the most remarkable songs of all time.
In 1975, I was 20, a year later I would meet the " one " but the foolishness of yoof, in a blink of an eye she was gone.... almost 48 years, I still remember her and the emotions she stirred
Beautiful song from my youth. Still fresh as the first day I heard it....
Absolute MUST HEAR Classics,,
Argent "Hold Your Head Up"
Head East "Never Been Any Reason"
Vanilla Fudge "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Free "All Right Now"
I was embarking on my first serious relationship when this came out. In my late teens feeling lots of feelings, most of which I couldn't identify but some were exciting and some were scary. I went to sleep every night listening to this for months on end. It was the perfect song for me at that time in my life. Now I realise I was slowly torturing myself 🙂 Thanks guys.
One of the greatest songs ever to have been released. Truly majestic It takes you into another World
A haunting and beautiful 70’s song…
You guys are a riot 😎
The line "I have your picture on my wall" is qualified with "It hides a nasty stain lying there"......totally denying his feelings. He gives but takes away....total denial. Good band.
It is love. Listen to the lyrics....he definitely loves her.