Perhaps that person is secretly a fan of Oregon’s archrival, Oregon State. 
Yep. But I no longer attend much in the way of pro sports. I used to occasionally get free tickets to the Sharks.
When I was in High School. I was in Marching Band, and we did a few things like a little dance and such,
“You can’t lick our Beavers!”
In the early ‘80s, when the Green Bay Packers’ starting quarterback was named Lynn Dickey, there was a popular bumper sticker in Wisconsin: “You Can Beat Our Packers, But You Can’t Lick Our Dickey!”
What are those worst elements?
How many times?
My gosh, I’m Not in Love is one of the great songs of that era - not just its classic 70s wistfulness, but for the brilliant studio wizardry used to create it:
Stewart spent three weeks recording Gouldman, Godley and Creme singing “ahhh” 16 times for each note of the chromatic scale, building up a “choir” of 48 voices for each note of the scale. The main problem facing the band was how to keep the vocal notes going for an infinite length of time, but Creme suggested that they could get around this issue by using tape loops. Stewart created loops of about 12 feet in length by feeding the loop at one end through the tape heads of the stereo recorder in the studio, and at the other end through a capstan roller fixed to the top of a microphone stand, and tensioned the tape. By creating long loops the ‘blip’ caused by the splice in each tape loop could be drowned out by the rest of the backing track, providing that the splice in each loop did not coincide with any of the others. Having created twelve tape loops, one for each of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale, Stewart played each loop through a separate channel of the mixing desk. This effectively turned the mixing desk into a musical instrument complete with all the notes of the chromatic scale, which the four members together then “played”, fading up three or four channels at a time to create “chords” for the song’s melody. Stewart put tape across the bottom of each channel so that it was impossible to completely fade down the tracks for each note, resulting in the constant background of vocals heard throughout the song.
You can have brilliant studio wizardry and still end up with a song that’s not worth listening to. Is he in love or is he not? And why should we care?
Falsetto
Insipid lyrics (even if the sentiment they express is profound)
The instrumentation (admittedly that one is so subjective as to be idiosyncratic)
Pace (the slow rock song)
Croony background (“oo-oo”)
The way they use harmony (see below, though: I’m now doubting my memory here). I like the same style in bluegrass, and I like the kind of harmony the similar-era Mamas and the Papas do, but I think close harmony works better with a duo than the way the Beach Boys use it.
I heard a program recently analysing why the song is so good, musically, and so I won’t claim factual correctness, and I haven’t re-listened so it is possible I am confusing it with the similar but less regarded “Don’t Worry Baby,” which a I don’t mind quite as much.
(it’s because)
I’m not going to deny that the song is not technically brilliant, but I am of the opinion that the song itself is terrible. It’s like how (i find) 12 tone music to be brilliantly played, but still be unlistenable.
Ah, I like both elements of it. In fairness, I was a mopey pre-teen when it came out, so I do have that emotional attachment to it.
I few years ago I went to a hockey playoff game. The team provided a towel for waving at every seat. And we did wave them.
What’s the point?
John DiFool’s “thumbs down” poll:
- Songs I don’t like – four
- Songs I like – twelve
- Songs I have no strong opinion about, either way – eight
- Songs I don’t recognise – 24
And his movie poll:
- Shows I don’t like – four
- Shows I like – nine
- Shows I have no strong opinion about, either way – eight
- Shows I haven’t seen – 28
I’ve never even heard of some of the singers and some of the films.
So, you’re saying that I’m Not in Love is actually better than it sounds ?
Dare we start a “TV shows everyone likes” thread?
42 of course
Go ahead and stone me, here it is.
mmm
FTR I love the song. But you don’t have to.