Electric Light Orchestra fans check-in

[LynneSin]

I've been listening to ELO 2 days straight. Probably one of my top 5 bands of all time (although I still think Xanadu wasn't that great of a movie, die-hards tend to suffer).

[NJmaverick]

1. Hold On TIght!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLmpL2AzLs

[peekaloo]

2. Each time I hear 'Living Thing' I can't help but think of Mark Wahlberg.

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always liked the name Bev Bevan, too.

[MineralMan]

16. Why would that make you think of the host of Antiques Roadshow?

:evilgrin:

[peekaloo]

23. LOL. Sizing up the family jewels, of course.

[MineralMan]

24. Ah, yes...I see...

:bounce:

[gmoney]

3. I was big into them around the time of "New World Record"

Although I liked the grandeur of the "Out of the Blue" album, I really wished it had been trimmed to a single record with all the "good stuff" instead of extra filler to make the double LP.

Discovery was, well, Very Disco...

And after that, maybe a couple songs caught my ear.

[MissMillie]

6. "So Fine" is one of my favorite songs to test out an auto sound system

That album was what introduced this group to me :thumbsup:

[MissMillie]

7. Oops... wrong place (n/t)

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[LynneSin]

9. Yes but then you wouldn't have had that perfect album side - Side #3

'Concerto for a Rainy Day'. My favorite album side over everything else out there in the world including anything done by Led Zeppelin. Side #1 is also great but there are some killer songs on Side #2 and Side #4 too.

[Swede]

4. I just can't get it out of my head.

:toast:

[Kali]

5. yo!

used to be one of my all time favorites - especially On the Third Day, El Dorado, and Face the Music

one of the best shows I ever saw too - I was sick as a dog with flu or something - sure as hell wasn't going to miss them and it was worth it. (showing my age by guessing that was 77 or 78?)

[MissMillie]

8. My very first concert ever--"Out of the Blue" tour

I remember being awed at the cello players who would raise the cellos over their heads while putting the bow to them.

"A New World Record" was just pure genius.

And their early, early stuff is really interesting.

I think Jeff Lynne is an amazing talent, both as a writer and a producer.

[LynneSin]

10. I always thought it would be neat if I married Jeff Lynne

Then I would be known as Lynne Lynne

:rofl:

[MissMillie]

41. when I was young I always thought

that if I had a daughter I'd name her Brandis Lynne



alas, I never gave birth to a female

[Call Me Wesley]

11. Checking in!

One of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFU9HYyMVxQ The Diary Of Horace Wimp

[5thGenDemocrat]

12. Count me in

ELO is one of the great underappreciated bands in history. Give me Boy Blue and Eldorado or give me death.
John
Metaphorically speaking, of course.

[Heidi]

13. HERE!!!! I was not a fan until CMW introduced me.

Of course, I knew of ELO before I met him, but he has tons of ELO on vinyl and gently made me a fan. :)

[maddezmom]

20. always liked them but as I get older like them even more

kind of grow on ya. :hi:

[Heidi]

21. Yep. Ginger likes ELO, too.

ELO makes his tail get all thumpin' and stuff. :rofl:

Love to you and the maddezkidz! :hug:

[maddezmom]

25. biggest kitty ever besides this one

:D

[Heidi]

27. What a beautiful little tiger cub!

I hope you didn't make your little tigress wash the makeup off for _at least_ 24 hours! :rofl: (Yes, I've heard the backstory. :hug:)

:yourock:

[maddezmom]

28. lol

yes, she was cussing me up and down while in the bath. :rofl:

[Heidi]

29. Har!

You're a stern mama tigress, sweets. Ginger would do way more than cuss me out. Blood would be shed. :rofl:

:hug:

[Mudoria]

14. Checking in..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUpPlzeK7RM&feature=PlayList&p=303F0CE05B6AA3B5&index=14

[RadiationTherapy]

15. 1,2,3,4.... 5 .... 6. Ok. That's all of them.

Kidding. I like ELo a little bit.

[RandomThoughts]

17. Well if you lead in with ELO

Gotta to do a partial ELO with

Olivia Newton John & ELO - Xanadu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA

Hope that still counts :)

[MorningGlow]

18. Did Katy Perry boost from ELO?

Some of the chorus of "Waking Up in Vegas" sounds an AWFUL lot like "Sweet Talking Woman" (specifically "that's what you get for waking up in Vegas" and "so sad but that's the way it's over")...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pVihntUEVw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-pUaogoX5o

Hey, if George Harrison can get nailed for three freakin' notes, I think ELO could have a case here--! That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :evilgrin:

And I'm a sick puppy--I LIKE Xanadu. For strictly cheesefest/nostalgia purposes, of course. And the soundtrack.

[Orsino]

19. Well, okay...

...but if I find out that the strings in Eurodisco are ELO's fault, Jeff Lynne is dead to me.

[Arugula Latte]

22. Talented band. "Living Thing," "Do Ya," "Strange Magic" -- great pop music.

:thumbsup:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

26. "Laredo Tornado"

"What can you do...
...when your dream world is gone, and your friends and lovers too?"

Jeff Lynne not only got the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour orchestrated "sound"...he knew how to write some pretty damned Beatle-y lyrics too.

I liked the majority of the band's catalog, but "Laredo Tornado" has always been my top favorite.



:toast:

[Vidar]

30. Yes.

[BarbaRosa]

31. My guitar player and I

just added 'Don't Fear the Reefer, um Reaper' to our list. Fun song to play.

[LynneSin]

33. Is that Blue Oyster Cult

:shrug:

It's a killer song though

[BarbaRosa]

36. OOPs, why yes it is.

Still fun to play:blush:

[MissMillie]

40. that's Blue Oyster Cult, not ELO

isn't it?

[Iggo]

32. ELO -- Telephone Line

One of my all-time favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aix03KSesoE

[SeattleGirl]

34. I love, love, love ELO!!

[TEXASYANKEE]

35. Well, I liked Xanadu

"I'm alive" is a fun song to listen to while power walking. And I have always LOVED Electric Light Orchestra. It's hard to pick a favorite song because there are so many.

[amandabeech]

37. Checking in.

I HAD to like it. My college friends and then roommates were nuts for ELO.

I like instrumentals, so I was okay with it. "Fire on High" is one of my favorite driving tunes--Bevan showed his bashing ability on that one.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

38. Checking in........

I loves me some ELO.

[johnnie]

39. I didn't know this until today

Kelly Groucutt (bassist) died in February.

[hippywife]

42. I haven't listened in a really long time

but I used to go and see them every time they came to town for concerts in the early to mid 70's. I lost interest after Face The Music, tho. They seemed to be more commercial. My fave albums are Eldorado and On The Third Day.

:hi:

[blogslut]

43. Present

Had a friend that turned me on to ELO, way back in the day.

Telephone Line is my personal favorite.

[Parche]

44. Hurl

:puke: :puke: :puke:

butt i still :loveya: :hug:

[Flaxbee]

45. Me. Love ELO, and if I didn't have work to finish tonight, I'd listen to

all the youtube links! Must bookmark for later... :hi:

[PassingFair]

46. I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD....

is my personal favorite.

It makes me feel like I have
triple lung capacity when I
hear it.... I don't know why!


Midnight, on the water,
I saw...the Oceans' Daughter.....

[keroro gunsou]

47. and the award for...

best unauthorized use of an ELO song goes to: Gainax Studios (or whatever the hell they were called back then) for mixing twilight into the opening animation for Daicon 4.

scoot to 1.35 in to see the song/video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJRzLKdLAXc

[Strong Atheist]

48. Don't Bring Me Down. nt.

[TheKentuckian]

49. Don't let me down...DU

[mockmonkey]

50. Checking In

"The Music is Reversible"

Best album is either Eldorado or Out of the Blue. I need to get more ELO on my Ipod.