fc<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlternateFridayMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternateFridayMusic</span></a> <br>Feb 14 2025<br>
The prompt is <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denial</span></a></p><p>10cc, “I’m Not in Love” from The Original Soundtrack, 1975</p><p>This is THE classic denial song; the speaker’s denials of feeling for the presumptive object of his affection growing progressively weaker, hinting at the real truth.</p><p>The melody is simple, the sonics gentle, but as with the lyrics, if you listen closely, much more is going on. This track is a sonic splendor, using multiple layers of vocals to create an otherworldly effect, and weaving elements together into and out of the whispered break, without any of the digital effects and tools available today.</p><p>Drummer <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KevinGodley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KevinGodley</span></a> and guitarist <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LolCreme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LolCreme</span></a> would break away from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/10cc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>10cc</span></a> a couple years later and record as a duo, but their most noted breakthroughs were in video: Their video for “Cry” simulated face morphing (again before computer technology could do this for us) and they’d go on to create the celebrated video for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HerbieHancock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HerbieHancock</span></a>'s "Rockit.”<br> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/cgJckGsR-T0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/cgJckGsR-T0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>