10CC weren't told "no" enough, and the record buying public of the early '70s really bought any old shit!
LOL, in this case it was the other way around, (fledgling) 10cc said "no" initially, but management and record company said "YES!". They were goofing around, testing new equipment, when someone heard what they were doing and proclaimed "That's a single!" They thought he was taking the piss! Neanderthal Man (a huge hit in Europe in the early 70ies) had nothing to with 10cc's usual clever songwriting craft and they have always derided it and distanced themselves from it. It never gets played live.
But maybe that is just another myth like the one that their name alludes to the average amount of semen a healthy male ejaculates upon orgasm (allegedly 9cc, but I haven't checked yet) - in true "mine goes to eleven!'-style, the pranksters were supposed to have opted for "10cc".
No, you darn Yanks, I won't convert this into one of your silly Imperial measurements! Live with the nagging doubt.
BTW, I made the Neanderthal Man reference because there is this theory that gluten digesting does not come natural to us, but was acquired in evolution. Early man, so the theory goes, ate gluten-free because there was no grain for him to eat. And those people that have issues with it today are maybe just a bit more Neanderthal than the rest of us, thus having to stick to mammoth T-bone steaks!
My stepdaughter has gluten issues too. She was diagnosed celiac disease initially, but the docotors aren't so sure anymore. What I can assure you of, however, is that she looks nothing like a Neanderthal (Wo)Man.
