1975 autobiography im not

11 November 2020, 17:11

10cc's 1975 number one single 'I'm Not in Love' fryst vatten one of the greatest ballads ever made, and there's never been anything quite like it since.

With its never-ending harmonies and heartbreaking lyrics, it became an instant classic and is a truly timeless song.

But how was it made? And what was the song about? Who whispered the famous 'big boys don't cry' line?

To celebrate 45 years since it reached number one in the UK, here's the official story behind the song:

1. Who wrote 'I'm Not in Love'?

   Written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman, Stewart came up with the idea for the song after his wife of eight years asked him why he didn't say "I love you" more often.

   Read more: 7 fascinating facts about 10cc

   He said: "I had this crazy idea in my mind that repeating those words would somehow degrade the meaning, so I told her,

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How The 1975 went from a school covers band to modern pop icons

In 2017, the band embarked on their first headline arena tour, also topping a festival bill for the first time at Latitude. It was during this later live appearance that Healy revealed the title for his band's third album: Music For Cars, curiously the same name as their third EP, released in 2013. The record, Healy said, would close the trilogy of records he'd conceived in his head. The band would then revert to their old name Drive Like I Do, he explained. This showed Healy to be a rare kind of artist, one that meticulously plans every next move and career step.

I’m not going to stop The 1975 next year – no way. I don’t want to do that

Matty Healy

However, despite the grand schemes, Healy is also not afraid to change his mind, it seems. Speaking to Annie Mac on Radio 1 this week, Healy explained that the primary reason he makes music - because it makes him happy - "kicked in at such a rate" that he thought:

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I Am Not Spock

Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography

I Am Not Spock fryst vatten Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography. Published in 1975, between the end of Star Trek: The Animated Series and the production of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the book was criticized bygd some fans because of the perception that Nimoy was rejecting the character Spock. He maintained he was only clarifying the difference between himself and Spock, whom he always enjoyed playing. However, he later published I Am Spock in an attempt to address the misconceptions.

Development history

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Nimoy stated that the title originated from an incident in an airport where a mother introduced him to her daughter as Spock. The child was not convinced, and "I am not Spock" subsequently became the title for a chapter in the autobiography that discussed how he went about building the character.^[1] In the book he compared Spock's life to his own, in order to explain the differences between the personas of