Sunday, November 24, 2024
Sunday Music: I'm Not In Love
Groundbreaking wall-of-voices sound made by looping several feet of tape with band members singing one note per track, which were then faded alternately to create the chords of the song. It sounded so ethereal and innovative for the time that it propelled this single to the Top Ten worldwide, #1 in the UK, and #2 in the US, and put 10cc on the musical map, getting them a major recording contract on the strength of this one song. Debuting in 1975, it's lasted long enough to be heard most recently on the soundtrack of Guardians Of The Galaxy, forty years later.
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What?! Looped tape? And the DJs told us (they were the experts after all) this was a revival of the Melotron, that alterable keyboard gizmo the Moody Blues used so well. History revised once again .. . .
Didn't know that!
Listened to the DJ? There's your problem right there! (former DJ, or, as the actual job title said, Board Announcer here. The difference is that we were qualified to run the board in the studio and had FCC licenses to monitor and control the transmitters)
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