10cc - I'm Mandy Fly Me - The Woman Hunter Version with the late Stuart Whitman, Barbara Eden & the late Robert Vaughn


I made a comment on YouTube and said:


The serious ballad version of "I'm Mandy Fly Me" would have been better without the speed changes and also without the false intro "You'll never get up in one of these again 'cause what goes up must come down" that made no sense. It also would have been better without too much wordplay that spoiled up the goodness.





Sorry that British pop band 10cc never flew to America to get Hollywood's biggest stars Barbara Eden, the late Stuart Whitman and the late Robert Vaughn to be in their American pop music video of "I'm Mandy Fly Me" as The Woman Hunter Version, so all they wanted was the band alone. In other words, to get rid of those bad abstract parts that ruined the goodness of the original music video, done in a British style, I created the American fan pop music video of this video of this song, with Barbara, Stuart and Robert splicing up the band, done in an American style.


Here is the real story behind the song:



A follow-up of sorts to "Clockwork Creep" (from the Sheet Music album), "I'm Mandy, Fly Me" is a superbly detailed and supremely dippy romance set around -- what else? -- a plane crash. Composed by Eric Stewart (who takes the lead vocal), Graham Gouldman, and Lol Crème, and built around spiraling multi-tracked acoustic guitars, smooth harmonies, and a classically dreamy pop melody, "I'm Mandy" even begins with a snatch of that earlier song, before zeroing in on the glamorous "I'm (insert pretty stewardess' name here), Fly Me" billboards which were a staple of '70s airline advertising. Mandy seats the singer, feeds him, caters to his every need, and, when the jetliner crashes into the shark-infested ocean, she pulls him to safety. It's only once he's rescued that he discovers he was the only survivor. 


The second single from the group's 1976 How Dare You album (the last to feature all four original members), "I'm Mandy" reached number six in the U.K. and number 60 in America. It remained in the band's live set for the remainder of their career -- a fine version is included on 1977's Live and Let Live concert LP.



This is what could have been without the false intro that made the album version too long without cutting it short:

Just like a rolling stone
I'm outside looking in
But if your chance came would you take it
Where on earth do I begin?

I'm Mandy fly me

I've often heard her jingle
It's never struck a chord
With a smile as bright as sunshine
She called me through the poster
And welcomed me aboard

She led me she fed me
She read me like a book
But I'm hiding in the small print
Won't you take another look?
And take me away
Try me Mandy fly me away

The world was spinning like a ball
And then it wasn't there at all
And as my heart began to fall

I saw her walking on the water
As the sharks were coming for me
I felt Mandy pull me up give me the kiss of life
Just like the girl in Dr. No, No, No, No
Ah when they pulled me from the wreckage
And her body couldn't be found
Was it in my mind it seems
I had a crazy dream?
I told them so
But they said no, no, no, no

I found me on a street
And starin' at a wall
If it hadn't have been for Mandy
Her promise up above me
Well I wouldn't be here at all
So if you're travellin' in the sky
Don't be surprised if someone said: "Hi"
I'm Mandy fly me




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