Another of Britain’s classic rock bands is 10cc. One of 10cc’s most memorable classic rock songs is I’m Not in Love. It seems to me that I’m Not in Love could well be the most obsessive of all classic rock songs. It is another of the classic rock songs I heard frequently as a child. I remember wondering about the lyrics, which sound rather insulting when taken at face value.
I’m Not in Love is a song about a man who has fallen in love with a woman but is too macho and emotionally distant to admit it to her or even himself. Therefore he has to create excuses to justify the fact that he wants to spend time with her, calls her up and has her picture hanging on his wall. To my way of thinking, the man described in the song is the type who has had a lot of casual, meaningless relationships and doesn’t have too much respect for women. He has fallen in love against his better judgment and hates the fact that he cannot get the woman in question out of his mind. The meaning of I’m Not in Love makes it more realistic than many classic rock songs. There definitely are men out there who hate the idea of falling in love and aren’t at all happy about it when it eventually happens to them.