Song of the day: "I'm Not in Love"
Why do I find this dumb song, "I'm Not in Love," by 10cc so pleasing? It's classic ’70s soft rock, the kind of songs no one makes anymore because they're too painfully sweet. Think: the Carpenters, America, that sort of thing. At a PW-sponsored lit reading once a few year ago, writer Gabe Boylan talked about his love for soft rock, and it warmed my heart. I don't think there are many people who feel so deeply about such superficial songs.
This song is so bad, it's almost New Age, but that's partly what makes it so good. I actually believe that 10cc were pretty brilliant—that one album How Dare You! is funny and solid good pop.
Comments
I agree with you on 10cc.
I also recommend their album, "The Original Soundtrack," especially a song called "The Film of My Love."
Posted by: Dennis | January 30, 2006 05:47 PM
Yep, great song! It's on my iPod, along with "The Things We Do For Love."
Posted by: Eh... not so much | January 30, 2006 09:02 PM
Oh yeah--that's a good one too.
Posted by: Liz Spikol | January 30, 2006 09:20 PM
That song is amazing because it's so heavenly and so mean. Those are my favorite kinds of songs. Misheard lyric: I used to think the whispered "big boys don't cry" was "be poised and quiet." My version is probably much creepier.
Posted by: Raisedbybees | January 31, 2006 11:38 PM
That song is amazing because it's so heavenly and so mean. Those are my favorite kinds of songs. Misheard lyric: I used to think the whispered "big boys don't cry" was "be poised and quiet." My version is probably much creepier.
Posted by: Raisedbybees | January 31, 2006 11:38 PM
That's so funny—I used to think the words were "Be boys and quiet," though I had no idea what they were talking about. Then I thought maybe I had the "be boys" part wrong, so I'd just say, "bleh bleh and quiet," and that seemed better.
Posted by: Liz Spikol | February 1, 2006 11:22 AM