10cc - I'm Mandy, Fly Me Reaction

[@chrislewis-n3v]

the middle section of this song is so beautiful

[@PhilipModest]

"Don't Hang Up" from the same album is the masterpiece.

[@jarisundström]

As an old 10cc fan from Finland, it`s really a joy to watch this. I`m Mandy, Fly Me, absolutely one of their best songs.

[@alexhorsburgh5986]

Perhaps the only song to feature old school airport destination boards changing... they're there at the start of the song. 10cc songs were almost like audio movies...Two traditional song writers in Stewart and Gouldman and two experimental art school guys in Godley and Creme giving this four piece UK band depth on a (later) Beatles level.. The line I'm Mandy Fly Me was from an American commercial for an airline in the 1970s..Some say the song is a metaphor for surviving a nervous breakdown...He crashes and the mythical Mandy saves him..

[@joeschmo5181]

Two songs in one!

[@gods_andmonsters]

I had the good fortune to see 10cc some 30 years ago.....what a band! Great musicians.

[@jameswarner5809]

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.

[@jumpjet777]

Pan-Am .......... Pan American Airlines 👍

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

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 👊 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jumpjet777]

@@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_Blethering]

@@jumpjet777 I randomly seen it quite recently on a BBC4 documentary.. what’s the chances eh ? 🤷‍♂️ 😀 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jumpjet777]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering The chances of Scotsman watching the BBC? 😜

[@mikemopar9989]

Great memories of my childhood here in Germany! This was my first LP I bought. Please do the epic 10cc song: Feel the benefit!

[@sideshowjimmy4204]

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 👌

[@colinwilliams3619]

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.

[@M_J_Hammer]

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.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Yup this us the stuff right here 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@GeorgetteHolloway-g4q]

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_Blethering]

💯 agreed George ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

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_Blethering]

@@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.]

​@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering 😂

[@GutsGrizzle]

The beginning (oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again.......) is from 'Clockwork creep', from the album 'SHEET MUSIC'

[@bobcorbin3294]

You beat me to it I was going to say that

[@andrewnbrown]

@@bobcorbin3294 me too, and to be clear the creep in question is a bomb!

[@simonlitten]

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.

[@ScottHindle-qv6mq]

Thanks hanier. One of my favourites of them. Excellent.

[@grahamharley4895]

Always innovative with sumptuous harmonies. Top band.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Fantastic choice of words 👏 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

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 🙏 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SPKdesign1]

I'm off back to listenin to mi Amon Dull wi it's long Tweedly Guitar Winking bits.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@SPKdesign1 quite right sir ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@hanierfamily]

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[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@hanierfamily avant Garde 60’s German band .. our SPK is quite the Bohemian .. fair play to him 👊 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@SPKdesign1]

@@hanierfamily I don't think they would go doon too well here.

[@samguberman2288]

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 .

[@ronmcfarlan3159]

A favourite and a solid reminder of how interesting and complex actual “pop music” used to be (almost 50 years ago!). Great recommendation.

[@soulgalorememories9921]

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.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Yes she’s a “ ghostly “ flight attendant Cynthia 😮 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@blitztim6416]

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.

[@ghichens3418]

A Class Act ! The Quality of this bands ability to make great catchy records is great ! cheers!

[@heathcornbeef]

BANG 💥💥💥 Another song from the past i haven't heard in years CHUR CHUR THANK YOU 👍

[@TipTopMotors.]

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.

[@petertrotman7708]

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.

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

This is my favourite song ever, THANKs for not playing the awful video 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 happy healthy peace ✌️

[@777petew]

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.

[@sdwill66]

Give 'Blackmail' a go. You'll love it. Very clever song...and hooky!

[@thage7729]

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.

[@DjNikGnashers]

The whole album (how dare you) is just brilliant.

[@chrismcdonagh688]

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.

[@kenhewitt7357]

Great song, I'm glad you did this one.

[@captaincorky237]

There was an advertising campaign around that time by one airline, which featured various air-hostesses with the slogan " I'm" (whoever) "- fly me!"

[@stuartryan610]

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.

[@jonnno243]

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.

[@notanotherenigma7759]

@@jonnno243 , yep, that's a great one.b

[@delorangeade]

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_Blethering]

AWESOME analysis and use of vocabulary del .. I bend the knee the sir ! 👏 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@delorangeade]

@@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_Blethering]

@@delorangeade ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@grahamrogers3345]

10cc and T.Rex were played endlessly by me in the 70s. Still are today!

[@marcusbengtson8570]

Definately a favourite track of theirs.

[@agaskew]

Eric Stewart has such a brilliant 'recording' voice.

[@graemey]

The tumultuous solo was the plane crashing.

[@mickdarcy3063]

I feel like they are taking the piss out of prog. Love it!

[@DavidSmith-vx7rl]

@@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.

[@notanotherenigma7759]

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_Blethering]

Art for Arts sake is a proper banger I think the kids these days would call it .. 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davidellis5141]

Clever song .. Made the Top 10 in the 🇬🇧 .. I prefer this Mandy to Barry Manilows Mandy !

[@stuartryan610]

The studio is still there but as a museum to its past.

[@stuartryan610]

It's also my town 😁

[@groover5524]

Another big hit for them in the UK !

[@markferrett700]

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.!!!@😊

[@stuartryan610]

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.

[@stuartryan610]

Please review the entire Deceptive Bends album ty

[@MrParksies]

Ahhh, the arty 10cc. Very nice.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

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 ? 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ScottHindle-qv6mq]

I think 10cc were from Manchester North England near my birthplace.

[@peterlewis5151]

Stockport

[@colrhodes377]

10CC are ace. Have you done "The things we do for love" yet? That's SC's favourite song 🎵 👌

[@samguberman2288]

Another great song.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

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]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering FAVOURITE 10CC TRACK 🤣🤣🤣🤣🏴‍☠️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧👌👌👌

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@colrhodes377 awww you’ve spoken to your lawyer haven’t you 🤣.. 😝 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@colrhodes377]

@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Yeah, same one representing Starmer! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🏴‍☠️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🚩🚩🚩

[@crooner4848]

The idea for 'I'm Mandy Fly Me' was taken from a National Airlines poster, although the name was not originally Mandy.

[@markjones-gu2fj]

Try listening to under your thumb by 10cc members Godley & Cream

[@richardthresh3587]

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!

[@philipchambers4165]

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.

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.

[@stuartryan610]

Check out The Rutles - beatles spoof band with Eric idle. Beatles were big fans of them and helped them produce.

[@jonnno243]

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")

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

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 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@GP-mw8ce]

From memory it was a British Airways jingle and Mandy the trolly dolly

[@rogerwitte]

If you'd like somethin more straightforward from 10cc, try Wall Street Shuffle.

[@GutsGrizzle]

Cynthia and Chris have already reacted to it. It's down there somewhere

[@GeorgetteHolloway-g4q]

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_Blethering]

He was also a child fiddler.. but do go on about how much of a music genius he was .. I’ll wait 🤯 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bobcorbin3294]

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_Blethering]

@@bobcorbin3294 abs 💯 Bob ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@650Max]

Jarvis Cocker was right.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@650Max aye I remember that - Awesome 😝 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kevindobson3701]

Can you please react to Closest thing to Heaven by Tears for Fears , music video version please 😊

[@daveborder7751]

Ursula Andress was the girl in the James Bond film Dr No-she kisses Sean Connery.

[@GutsGrizzle]

Maybe, mandy or mandies are slang for Mandrax, the drug. (oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again)

[@jumpjet777]

The clue is in the image on the left of your video ........... what's the woman dressed like? 🤷‍♂😜

[@mana3735]

I imagine Mandy to be the best looking woman in the world.

[@GutsGrizzle]

You really must do SHEET MUSIC as a patreon

[@DamienCalnon-uq7zj]

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.

[@thunderspike1892]

Check out Art For Art's Sake

[@phillipgreen3893]

It could also be interpreted as a song about drug abuse.

[@nedeast6845]

10 CC Don't Hang Up

[@duxberry1958]

A 10cc Masterpeace

[@PlasticGirl65]

A fantastic song

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Damn straight 👏.. I usually end up with wet eyes hearing this but don’t tell anyone 🤫 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I’m horrified I wasnt first with this .. awww mannnn ! Congrats are due I spose 😅 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@PlasticGirl65]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering I don't really care about being first to be honest, I just love this song.

[@GP-mw8ce]

From memory the title was a British Airways jingle and Mandy a BA trolley dolly

[@KillerBl8]

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.