Great memories of my childhood here in Germany! This was my first LP I bought. Please do the epic 10cc song: Feel the benefit!
@jameswarner5809Ай бұрын
I'm Mandy, Fly Me was based on a tag line for an airline's ad campaign back in the 70s. How Dare You! is a Great album. The title track was the b-side to this single and is one of my favourite instrumentals. The last track, Don't Hang Up, is heartbreaking.
@jumpjet777Ай бұрын
Pan-Am .......... Pan American Airlines 👍
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
Thank you ! That was my understanding too . “I’m Cheryl Fly Me “.. I think it was Continental airlines , but either way this was what the song was alluding to 👊 👍🏴
@jumpjet777Ай бұрын
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering You may well be right about Continental. Pan Am has always been in my head whenever this song is played. I bought the album on release, but a search for any images online with either 'Fly Me' or 'Come Fly with Me', doesn't turn up any Pan Am pictures. 👍
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
@@jumpjet777 I randomly seen it quite recently on a BBC4 documentary.. what’s the chances eh ? 🤷♂️ 😀 👍🏴
@jumpjet777Ай бұрын
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering The chances of Scotsman watching the BBC? 😜
@cyclops60Ай бұрын
Thanks for the shout out guys, glad you enjoyed it. Yes, Mandy is a flight attendant but was she real or just a fantasy from seeing the girl in an airline poster? The girl from Dr No (the first Bond movie, starring Sean Connery) was Ursula Andress who came out of the sea in an iconic scene. The intro was a call back to 'Clockwork Creep' from the album 'Sheet music', about a bomb planted on a plane, another quirky song which is done in a very lighthearted way and is also worth a listen. Cheers.
@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.Ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this suggestion, it's always appreciated. Cynthia, you got most of it right, Mandy was a Flight Attendant real or otherwise as saving him from a plane crash. There's been many interpretations of what the lyrics are actually referring to over the years, but on thing is certainly, you don't get many songs like this, for me it's genius song writing.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. 💯 Adam, my analysis of the meaning of the lyrics is what I took from it , there’s many many differing interpretations though … all wrong cos I’m right ! 😆 👍🏴
@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.Ай бұрын
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering 😂
@stuartryan61023 күн бұрын
When Neil sedaka made his comeback in the 70s he recorded his albums at strawberry studios, Stockport, England where the band is from and they owned the studios. They were his backing band on those albums.
@ScottHindle-qv6mqАй бұрын
Thanks hanier. One of my favourites of them. Excellent.
@sideshowjimmy4204Ай бұрын
A fantastic song from a great band. You definitely need to experience more 10cc as they were brilliant songwriters and musicians 😉 You are right about Mandy being a flight attendant Cynthia 👌
@samguberman2288Ай бұрын
10cc such a talented band , I bought this album when it came out, I'm Mandy Fly me is my favourite song of theirs. Thanks again for reacting to my request.. and I'm about to listen to it again .
@btj-oo8xc28 күн бұрын
One of their best songs. As usual 10cc will pull you about all over the place musically, you can never settle
@GeorgetteHolloway-g4qАй бұрын
Love this!!!! Love 10cc need to listen to a lot more. All their hits were so different and wonderful to listen to!!
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
💯 agreed George ✊ 👍🏴
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
This is proper quality ! Melodic and a wonderful story to it . Fantastic band and this is them at their finest .. LURVE this track very very much , thanks for reacting C n C 🙏 👍🏴
@SPKdesign1Ай бұрын
I'm off back to listenin to mi Amon Dull wi it's long Tweedly Guitar Winking bits.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
@@SPKdesign1 quite right sir ✊ 👍🏴
@hanierfamilyАй бұрын
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@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
@@hanierfamily avant Garde 60’s German band .. our SPK is quite the Bohemian .. fair play to him 👊 👍🏴
@SPKdesign1Ай бұрын
@@hanierfamily I don't think they would go doon too well here.
@GutsGrizzleАй бұрын
The beginning (oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again.......) is from 'Clockwork creep', from the album 'SHEET MUSIC'
@bobcorbin3294Ай бұрын
You beat me to it I was going to say that
@andrewnbrownАй бұрын
@@bobcorbin3294 me too, and to be clear the creep in question is a bomb!
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
Yup this us the stuff right here 😅 👍🏴
@ronmcfarlan3159Ай бұрын
A favourite and a solid reminder of how interesting and complex actual “pop music” used to be (almost 50 years ago!). Great recommendation.
@colinwilliams361915 күн бұрын
I first heard this track on a radio in the school playground and thought it was McCartney singing. Spooky lyrics. Ex 10cc members Godley and Creme did a similar strange story lyric on 'Under Your Thumb' about 5 years later. Worth a spin.
@petertrotman770829 күн бұрын
Superb deduction. He falls in love with a flight attendant from a poster, "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" was a slogan for Pan Am or TWA. The time signature switch was common in pop songs of the 70's. Space Oddity, Band on the Run, Bohemian Rapsody this song and many others. I think prog/rock was still influential so smart songwriters inserted changes into 3 min. pop music, 10cc being one of best at doing it. Cheers, Love your reactions to songs no one else is doing.
@simonlittenАй бұрын
Thank you for reviewing this. The song was on high rotation for my friends at the tavern we drank at in my second year at varsity. 10cc was always appreciated as a brilliant, if undanceable, band. Shame they separated after this album.
@grahamharley4895Ай бұрын
Always innovative with sumptuous harmonies. Top band.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
Fantastic choice of words 👏 👍🏴
@ghichens3418Ай бұрын
A Class Act ! The Quality of this bands ability to make great catchy records is great ! cheers!
@heathcornbeefАй бұрын
BANG 💥💥💥 Another song from the past i haven't heard in years CHUR CHUR THANK YOU 👍
@chrismcdonagh68829 күн бұрын
One of the best bands of the 70s. Art For Art's Sake, Good Morning Judge, Rubber Bullets and Life Is A Minestrone are my favourites.
Like ELO - 10cc are one of those bands that most people do not dislike, they may not be big fans, but they are appreciated for their many great songs. Premier League pop music.
@DjNikGnashersАй бұрын
The whole album (how dare you) is just brilliant.
@777petew29 күн бұрын
Very enigmatic. I was 17 in 1976, and this was a big hit in the UK. Their early music is worth getting into. It's listening music with rock too.
@JamesDickson-vs5ofАй бұрын
This is my favourite song ever, THANKs for not playing the awful video 🏴 happy healthy peace ✌️
@thage772928 күн бұрын
For those who weren’t around, there was a popular national ad campaign in the ‘70’s from an airline featuring their stewardesses, saying stuff like, “I’m Mandy, fly me to Vancouver.” Much of what 10cc did seems to have an aspect of what would be called a satirical view of pop culture… this song is no exception. Please consider reacting to a comparatively new artist: Jacob Collier. He is a multi-grammy winning, multi-instrumentalist, composer/arranger/producer/musical genius who just turned 30 and creates incredible music.
@crooner484826 күн бұрын
The idea for 'I'm Mandy Fly Me' was taken from a National Airlines poster, although the name was not originally Mandy.
@TipTopMotors.Ай бұрын
Long time since i've heard this.👍 Songs from my early childhood when i was getting into music. 70's great time for music and some great bands. Enjoyed that thank you.
@jonnno243Ай бұрын
A favourite 10cc song for me. Another ghostly song by 10cc's Godley and Creme is "Under Your Thumb".I think you two will like it. And their song."Wedding Bells" is so different,but also great.
@notanotherenigma7759Ай бұрын
@@jonnno243 , yep, that's a great one.b
@blitztim6416Ай бұрын
Such a cool album. I never thought anyone would react to this song. It's a fun one. Keep going with this album. 'Art for Art Sake' is really good. 'I Wanna Rule The World' is funny.
@captaincorky237Ай бұрын
There was an advertising campaign around that time by one airline, which featured various air-hostesses with the slogan " I'm" (whoever) "- fly me!"
@sdwill66Ай бұрын
Give 'Blackmail' a go. You'll love it. Very clever song...and hooky!
@geoff6942Ай бұрын
10cc were huge in Britain in the '70s. Stewart/Gouldman/Creme/Godley were the musicians on this track. They were very intelligent people, at the top-end of the pop music scene.
@philipchambers4165Ай бұрын
Why not go straight to the beginning of the 10cc story and take a listen to 'Neanderthal Man' by Hot Legs (the 'band' that later became 10cc). It was never meant to be a single but was an international major hit in 1970. A great story and very influential track.
@marcusbengtson8570Ай бұрын
Definately a favourite track of theirs.
@agaskewАй бұрын
Eric Stewart has such a brilliant 'recording' voice.
@graemeyАй бұрын
The tumultuous solo was the plane crashing.
@davidellis5141Ай бұрын
Clever song .. Made the Top 10 in the 🇬🇧 .. I prefer this Mandy to Barry Manilows Mandy !
@mickdarcy3063Ай бұрын
I feel like they are taking the piss out of prog. Love it!
@DavidSmith-vx7rlАй бұрын
@@mickdarcy3063 Most of their songs were different to traditional pop songs. As a prog rock man myself, I prefer to see it as Prog Pop.
@grahamrogers3345Ай бұрын
10cc and T.Rex were played endlessly by me in the 70s. Still are today!
@stuartryan61023 күн бұрын
The studio is still there but as a museum to its past.
@stuartryan61023 күн бұрын
It's also my town 😁
@markjones-gu2fjАй бұрын
Try listening to under your thumb by 10cc members Godley & Cream
@delorangeadeАй бұрын
This is a great song on so many levels, so much depth in quite a short song. One of my favourite singles. I think it's a mark of quality if you can write a pop song that falls outside the conventional verse-chorus structure but still have the hooks that hang the whole thing together. Mandy is the perfect dream girl, and losing her is like finding that space in your heart that can never quite be filled.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
AWESOME analysis and use of vocabulary del .. I bend the knee the sir ! 👏 👏🏴
@delorangeadeАй бұрын
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Thank you. I've had nearly fifty years to think about that, so it's nice to have the opportunity to say it.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
@@delorangeade ✊ 👍🏴
@ScottHindle-qv6mqАй бұрын
I think 10cc were from Manchester North England near my birthplace.
@peterlewis515125 күн бұрын
Stockport
@kenhewitt7357Ай бұрын
Great song, I'm glad you did this one.
@notanotherenigma7759Ай бұрын
There was a period where I had this album on high rotation (I think it was the herbal supplements I was using at the time!). This is a great tune, any track off this album is worth a listen, it would be a great one to do on the Patreon channel. I'd recommend I wanna be the boss or Iceberg.... But then Headroom or Art For Art Sake are both great ones too....
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
Art for Arts sake is a proper banger I think the kids these days would call it .. 😅 👍🏴
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
There was an iconic ( sexist as fk ) advert campaign in the USA for continental airlines from 71 ish called “ I’m Cheryl, Fly Me “ featuring pretty airline hostesses in bikinis at the beach proclaiming that now iconic tag line , it was on posters in every travel agents in the English speaking world and that’s what they were referencing , though no doubt legal issues meant Cheryl became Mandy ! Your welcome 😅 👍🏴
@richardthresh3587Ай бұрын
If you listen carefully at the beginning of the song, in the intro there's another song embedded (listen out for "Oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again"). The other song is 'Clockwork Creep' from a different 10cc album 'Sheet Music'. 'Clockwork Creep' seems to be about a bomb on a passenger aircraft. Draw what conclusions you like from that!
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
Look at the HUGE viewing figures C n C that says a lot about their appeal , I thought they were more internationally well known though .. for my Aussie cousins : were they well known down under too or primarily a UK thing ? 👍🏴
@stuartryan61023 күн бұрын
Deceptive Bends album 1976. The best album of the lot. Also it's the first album made after Godley and Creme left the band in 75. Greatest hits 1972-78 and The Motion Picture. Great albums. Feel the benefit parts 1 2 & 3 from Deceptive Bends is just fantastic.
@stuartryan61022 күн бұрын
Please review the entire Deceptive Bends album ty
@groover5524Ай бұрын
Another big hit for them in the UK !
@markferrett700Ай бұрын
Top quality band,who's back catalogue is full of timeless classics.......love it👏👏👏👏👏........please,please can you react to," The return of Pan" by The Waterboys.....from their "Dream Harder" album.......so different from any othet album they did.!!!@😊
Ай бұрын
Before you die you'll appreciate listening to 10cc's first 6 studio Albums, '73 to '78. Always have the lyrics available. All 4 are brilliant songwriters and musicians and singers, very clever, very funny, very theatrical, a complete one-off band. Listen to their work chronologically. Genius band from Salford - home, inter alia, of the Hollies before them (and Graham Gouldman wrote songs for the Hollies when a teen) - and Joy Division/New Order after them, who recorded at Strawberry Studios which 10cc owned.
@jonnno243Ай бұрын
On a different subject,I wonder if you will be reacting to Luther Vandross.Maybe "Give Me The Reason". He is a singer I have always loved.(or" I really didnt mean it")
@stuartryan61023 күн бұрын
Check out The Rutles - beatles spoof band with Eric idle. Beatles were big fans of them and helped them produce.
@MrParksiesАй бұрын
Ahhh, the arty 10cc. Very nice.
@rogerwitteАй бұрын
If you'd like somethin more straightforward from 10cc, try Wall Street Shuffle.
@GutsGrizzle29 күн бұрын
Cynthia and Chris have already reacted to it. It's down there somewhere
@GutsGrizzleАй бұрын
Maybe, mandy or mandies are slang for Mandrax, the drug. (oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again)
@colrhodes377Ай бұрын
10CC are ace. Have you done "The things we do for love" yet? That's SC's favourite song 🎵 👌
@samguberman2288Ай бұрын
Another great song.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
Wait a minute !!!… 👀. I read ALL the comments in here Sir Col and SC’s fav track changes daily 😆… sometimes a Tom Jones track , sometimes it’s Elkie Brooks turn ..and other times it’s Blackmores night , Leo Sayer or Deep Purple … what gives ? 🤣.. Can we have the lady on here to definitively nail this down please ?… hmm ? 🤷♂️ 😝 👍🏴
@@colrhodes377 awww you’ve spoken to your lawyer haven’t you 🤣.. 😝 👍🏴
@colrhodes377Ай бұрын
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Yeah, same one representing Starmer! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🏴☠️🏴🇬🇧🚩🚩🚩
@GP-mw8ceАй бұрын
From memory it was a British Airways jingle and Mandy the trolly dolly
@mana3735Ай бұрын
I imagine Mandy to be the best looking woman in the world.
@daveborder7751Ай бұрын
Ursula Andress was the girl in the James Bond film Dr No-she kisses Sean Connery.
@jumpjet777Ай бұрын
The clue is in the image on the left of your video ........... what's the woman dressed like? 🤷♂😜
@kevindobson3701Ай бұрын
Can you please react to Closest thing to Heaven by Tears for Fears , music video version please 😊
@GutsGrizzleАй бұрын
You really must do SHEET MUSIC as a patreon
@GeorgetteHolloway-g4qАй бұрын
Have you listened to Michael Jackson "Earth Song"? Very epic, also "Stranger in Moscow" both great songs done by Michael later on in his career. Absolutely wonderful I think. What a genius he was!!!
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
He was also a child fiddler.. but do go on about how much of a music genius he was .. I’ll wait 🤯 👍🏴
@bobcorbin3294Ай бұрын
Even though Michael was much more popular than these guys he couldn't hold a candle to them in the songwriting department.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
@@bobcorbin3294 abs 💯 Bob ✊ 👍🏴
@650MaxАй бұрын
Jarvis Cocker was right.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
@@650Max aye I remember that - Awesome 😝 👍🏴
@DamienCalnon-uq7zjАй бұрын
Really interesting lyrics. I am glad you read them out (more reading of lyrics please). I am not keen on the music - slightly too polished and too clever for my liking.
@thunderspike189227 күн бұрын
Check out Art For Art's Sake
@phillipgreen3893Ай бұрын
It could also be interpreted as a song about drug abuse.
@nedeast684524 күн бұрын
10 CC Don't Hang Up
@PlasticGirl65Ай бұрын
A fantastic song
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
Damn straight 👏.. I usually end up with wet eyes hearing this but don’t tell anyone 🤫 👍🏴
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_BletheringАй бұрын
I’m horrified I wasnt first with this .. awww mannnn ! Congrats are due I spose 😅 👍🏴
@PlasticGirl65Ай бұрын
@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I don't really care about being first to be honest, I just love this song.
@GP-mw8ceАй бұрын
From memory the title was a British Airways jingle and Mandy a BA trolley dolly
@KillerBl8Ай бұрын
It started, as an idea, when Eric saw the advert of a very sexy stewardess and beneath was a homeless guy. He wondered how that guy must have felt about it, looking at this beautiful woman and never expecting to fly on a plane.