Not In Love (10 CC) vs. Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Elton John)

[Solomon]

More 70's pop goodness. Don't lie . . . you geezers know you slow danced to these songs with your hair feathered WAY back like the wings of an eagle.

 

[Victor R]

Sugar bear!!!!

 

[fizbin]

Oh man, don't forget "I Love You" by the Climax Blues Band. 70's slow dancing 101.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TaU5MxrIE8

 

[Solomon]

Oh man, don't forget "I Love You" by the Climax Blues Band. 70's slow dancing 101.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TaU5MxrIE8

Couples Skate Only!

 

[fizbin]

Couples Skate Only!

I'll only skate with you if you can keep up. I need to maintain a certain velocity to keep my feathered hair waving wistfully under the disco ball lighting.

 

[angus99]

Really muddy video, but I've always liked this version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unep113c3Sw

angus

 

[Alligator > jam]

. . . you geezers know you slow danced to these songs with your hair feathered WAY back like the wings of an eagle.

LOL

For slow dancing and coppin' feels, 10cc. In every other regard, Elton

 

[DavidG]

"Not In Love" Lol, going through a bad break-up around that time...I thought it was the end of the world!

 

[Simon]

The 70s had to be the coolest time to grow up in!

Society as a whole was so layed back with everybody smoking weed.

 

[JDouglee]

Tough one, but I'm going with the Nigel Olsson drum fills.

 

[mcdonaldkd]

This is a very tough one. I have to go with Elton John on this, however. A very good song.

 

[enocaster]

"Not In Love" is a freaking great track. The ethereal "keyboard" is their voices multitracked and "played" on the faders, and the voiceover was the front-desk secretery at the recording studio. Read all about it here:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun05/articles/classictracks.htm

 

[mcknigs]

I never danced to them, nor did I ever have feathered hair. Always liked "Not In Love" -- the song and the production tricks enocaster mentioned. Never cared that much for the EJ tune. Whenever I see that title it reminds me of an old National Lampoon gag about "Someone Shaved My Wife Tonight."

-Scott

 

[BluesForDan]

tough call, and this thread is probably going to start a nostalgia binge, which when the green beer kicks in, is probably going to get pretty ugly. ooo, neat smilie :AOK

 

[derekd]

EJ is by FAR the superior artist, but I will give 10 cc their due on this one.

 

[Electric I]

The 70s had to be the coolest time to grow up in!

Society as a whole was so layed back with everybody smoking weed.

You ain't kiddin'

Ahh...the hazy memories

Vote goes to 10cc & the saddest song ever recorded.

 

[TNJ]

"Big Boys dont Cry..."

LOVE this tune.

Takes me back to my feathered hair, platform shoe wearin' daze!



S.
j

 

[Snottyboy]

"Big Boys dont Cry..."

LOVE this tune.

Yessir.

 

[Dave Orban]

I gotta give it to 10CC...

That is not one of Elton's better songs, IMO.

 

[getbent]

if you are new to 10cc.. check out "I'm Mandy (Fly Me)"

the guys in 10cc are not the junior of Reg. They are all great artists in their own right...

as people from Kansas City know.... when score is kept, things don't go so well for the home team!