Back to the 1970s

Originally posted on Aug 13, 2014 The '70s soft rock classic is a hit again thanks to being featured in Guardians of the Galaxy. Did you know that it was actually a major breakthrough in studio recording? by Matthew Perpetua BuzzFeed Staff Awesome Mix Vol. 1, the soundtrack to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack, is the No. 1 album in the United States . As anyone who's seen the movie knows, it's full of amazing '70s pop gems. One of the best songs on the mix is 10cc's 1975 smash "I'm Not In Love," which is used at the very beginning of the film. It's a gorgeous, emotional song, but it's also a major breakthrough in studio engineering. The atmospheric quality of the song was created through a painstaking process of sampling and layering vocal parts, and arranging them carefully on tape. They essentially used their studio mixing console like a sampler, years before they existed. This audio documentary from 2009 tells the story of ho...

  The ’70s was a decade to be mellow. At least, that’s what it seemed like. People wore clothing and decorated their homes in mellow earth tones. And a lot of the music on the pop charts was definitely mellow. When I think of the mellow vibe of the ’70s, one song always comes to mind: “I’m Not in Love” by 10cc. It was released in May of 1975, right in the middle of the decade, and became one the British group’s three #1 hits in the U.K. “I’m Not in Love” also topped the charts in Ireland and Canada, just missing at #2 in the U.S. What really stands out about “I’m Not in Love” are the haunting multi-tracked backing vocals. Once you hear them, you don’t forget them. That could be why the song has been included on movie and TV soundtracks well into the 21st Century. Remember the  beginning of  Guardians of the Galaxy ? And the annoying repeated line of “Big boys don’t cry” that destroyed the midsection by mistake came courtesy of the band’s tone-deaf secretary, Miss Kathy Re...