I feel so blessed to have grown up in the era of *REAL* musicians, *REAL* talent, *REAL* instruments, *REAL* music, *REAL* voices…..I feel sorry for kids today (well, the last couple decades really). At least if they find sites like yours, they can be introduced to magic and history…otherwise they may never know…………..
It’s unbelievable how he’s kept his voice,so good,through decades of recording,and live concerts.He’s a stunning artist.And the whole of his players and backup singers are wonderful,too.
They didn't have a "Disco phase". They had 1 Disco song, and he just reacted to it. Maaaaybe, "Shine A Little Love", is Disco-y. But, "Don't Bring Me Down", is a straight rocker.
@@leestockton9367 The album's name was not an intentional play on words. It was only after it was named that keyboardist Richard Tandy, who didn't love the disco sound a couple of the tracks had, that he called the LP, "Disco Very", as a joke.
As I listen to your reaction I'm reminded of a conversation I once had with my niece, who was 20 years old at the time. She came into the room and overheard me playing this song on my laptop, "Uncle Dean," she suddenly said, "What on earth are you listening to?" I told her that it was one of my all time favorite songs by Electric Light Orchestra, (along with "Here is the News." She took a second or two to process this, then she finally said, in a tone of resignation, "My generation is never gonna come up with anything as cool as this..." After a moment however, her face brightened as something dawned on her, then she added, "But that's okay, we can just listen to the music of your time..."
Jeff Lynne is known for his musical production capabilities (both with ELO and many other artists), his melding of classical and pop/rock elements, and as you pointed out his vocals, which are amazing. Saw ELO in concert about 5 years and was shocked at how good his voice has held up into his 70s!
Love this group. ELO had their biggest hits in the 70's-80's & mixed modern rock pop songs with classical overtones. Jeff Lynne wrote most of their songs. They had a lot of great hits such as "Roll Over Beethoven", "Evil Woman", "Showdown", "Can't Get It Out Of My Head", "Strange Magic", "Livin' Thing", "Do Ya", "Rockaria!", "Turn To Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Wild West Hero", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Shine A Little Love", "Confusion", "Hold On Tight", "Twilight", "The Way Life's Meant To Be", "Here Is The News", "Ticket To The Moon" etc.
They have more than two. But as great as the songs at that 2017 show are, they are not better than, or even as great as, the original studio versions from the '70s.
It's pronounced with just the letters - E L O. There are so many good songs... Don't Bring Me Down Mr. Blue Sky Strange Magic Sweet Talkin' Woman Turn To Stone Telephone Line Evil Woman Livin' Thing
ELO band is talented and their songs are all spectacular . My favorites are Mr. Blue Sky and Don't Bring Me Down. The whole album Out of the Blue is great.
Mr Blue Sky, true classic, voted the happiest song at one stage. Telephone Line, Shine A Little Love, Don’t Bring MeDown, Living Thing, Roll Over Beethoven, etc,etc. The list goes on, all brilliant
Mr Blue Sky, Rockaria, Wild west hero, Roll over Beethoven, Telephone line, Diary of Horace Wimp. Honestly, it's difficult to find a bad ELO song. This is a rabbit hole worth going down
Jeff Lynne is a among the historic master composers. Also a significant producer, for the Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the Beatles, all four voices, inspired by a cassette recording John Lennon made. He still tours, delivers a greater version than you expect, at 75.
By the time this single came out, the Discovery album had already blown up and been a massive hit. This was the 4th or 5th hit single from this album. This was the closest thing to disco E.L.O. did.
Oh, my Dude- E.L.O is, in my opinion, probably where The Beatles might have gone if they had moved into the mid- late 70’s. Jeff Lynne is an absolute genius - he was actually asked by the remaining Beatles to produce unfinished songs “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love” back in 1994. I love this song, but my picks from E.L.O would be “Evil Woman”, “Turn To Stone” and “ Telephone Line”.
Hi SalvoG..you recently reacted to Roy Orbison. Jeff Lynne was one of the main players in resurrecting Roy's career into mainstream in the late 1980s. Roy Orbison was one of of Jeff Lynne's heros and he had a poster of the "Big O" in his bedroom growing up. They formed the supergroup the Travelling Wilbury's, consisting of JeffLynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Roy Orbison said he was the best producer he had ever worked with. Jeff Lynne's incredible musicality is off the scale.
It's so cool to see you enjoy Disco. I had a blast at the discos from 1977 to 1980. I was so young, so poor, so shy... but I danced my ass off to those awesome songs. An iconic few years for sure.
Jeff Lynne is also an album producer one of which was the posthumous album from Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl. You now have sampled four of the five members of the Traveling Wilburys in some form or fashion, you are only missing Bob Dylan. Hope you react to Bob as well as The Traveling Wilburys.
Hi!! This was my favorite ELO song! A complete banger. The first time I heard it was on my parents car going to dance music in the middle of the Disco era. Please, notice that this song is part of the Discovery album, which should be their most happy and Disco album ever. But the ELO began (70's) and ended (80's) with a very different style. Other great hits are Livin' thing, All over the World, Telephone Line, Evil Woman, Sweet talking Woman and Mr. Blue Sky, among others. Best regards from Chile!! 🙂
ELO has a lot of different styles, here are some suggestions: •Another disco: Shine A Little Love •Hard rock with a bit of Opera (lady vocalist joins in): Rockaria! •Ballad, with best-ever outro: Shangri-La •Pop-rock: Livin' Thing •Spacey, with deep philosophical sci-fi lyrics: Mission (A World Record) •Happy and upbeat tune with lots of orchestra: Mr. Blue Sky •Prog-rock with creepy intro: Fire On High (instrumental) •Rock & Roll: Roll Over Beethoven
ELO (E.L.O.) found their niche with extremely catchy, slickly produced music embellished with varying levels of strings, or later synth strings. This one was from their Discovery album which got the nickname Disco, Very. (The reality was it had two disco songs and lots of catchy pop). I enjoy this song, but think it might not be the best introduction to the band since most of their songs, including their hits, had more changes and complexity than this one. I'll be surprised if you don't come to realize you already know some ELO.
I saw these guys in the late 70s. At the time the stage was crazy decked out as a spaceship. I seem to remember they tended to have a lot of technical problems but it was truly amazing for the time. I distinctly remember this urban myth kind of story going around that a female fan’s eye was injured when an ELO laser light hit her watch face and bounced to her eye. All these dire warnings going around about not wearing a watch to the concert . . . Does anyone else remember that or should I chalk it up to bad acid?
ELO was and is my favorite band nearly 50 years now. You should try "Can't Get It Out Of My Head" By the way, you pronounce the letters individually - EE - EL - OH
The Electric Light Orchestra... E.L.O....are my lifetime favourites since the mid 70s and still. So, so many gems over the decades. I also discovered Nightwish and Floor Jansen just over 12 months ago. Phenomenal live band. 🙏❤️👍😊
You just fell into the ELO Rabbit Hole, enjoy the trip. Try Concerto for a Rainy Day which consists of multiple songs. Rollover Beethoven which brought them to fame back in the early 70's. Jeff Lynn the vocalist was the driving force in the band. I got to see them when they did the Flying Saucer Tour, blew me away!!
Ahhh ELO ..yes👌🏼 Blend of rock, pop & classic, & more. Great reactions to this one. Luv it. They have an awesome catalog ... Telephone Line, Mr Blue Sky & Do Ya. There's plenty more too. Excited to see you show ELO some love. Enjoy the Wknd Salvo. Bout to head over to join ur #2 channel. Thnx for heads up .. Peace 🙂☮️
Love the Discovery album. Have it on vinyl and all 4 of the hit singles from it on 45. Even found the cd of the album at a used place! So good. Actually, this isn't the first time you've listened to ELO. You listened to Xanadu, which is a duet between ELO and Olivia Newton-John. Basically it was ELO with Olivia taking the lead singer's place.
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ELO, better than the Beatles.
This was 45 years ago. Let that sink in!
I had it on 8-track.
Every song that ELO does it extraordinary. There is no mediocrity in Jeff Lind’s vocabulary.
Lynne, not Lind. smh
@@Cosmo-Kramer Probably just stupid AutoCorrupt. :-)
@@lhpl I wouldn't bet on it. lol Besides, anything that's Auto-Corrupted should be edited.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Autocorrect*
Those were the days! We didn't realise how free we were.
I feel so blessed to have grown up in the era of *REAL* musicians, *REAL* talent, *REAL* instruments, *REAL* music, *REAL* voices…..I feel sorry for kids today (well, the last couple decades really). At least if they find sites like yours, they can be introduced to magic and history…otherwise they may never know…………..
Amen sister!!!
It’s unbelievable how he’s kept his voice,so good,through decades of recording,and live concerts.He’s a stunning artist.And the whole of his players and backup singers are wonderful,too.
Not ELO...E.L.O...individual letters. And during their Disco phase, I believe their biggest hit was "Don't Bring Me Down".
They didn't have a "Disco phase". They had 1 Disco song, and he just reacted to it. Maaaaybe, "Shine A Little Love", is Disco-y. But, "Don't Bring Me Down", is a straight rocker.
@@Cosmo-KramerThe clue is in the album name DISCOVERY (DISCO VERY)
@@leestockton9367 The album's name was not an intentional play on words. It was only after it was named that keyboardist Richard Tandy, who didn't love the disco sound a couple of the tracks had, that he called the LP, "Disco Very", as a joke.
I was gonna say. It’s not Elo, it’s E. L. O!
@@Cosmo-KramerWhat a load of crock; stop listening to the "stories" and find out the truth
As I listen to your reaction I'm reminded of a conversation I once had with my niece, who was 20 years old at the time. She came into the room and overheard me playing this song on my laptop, "Uncle Dean," she suddenly said, "What on earth are you listening to?" I told her that it was one of my all time favorite songs by Electric Light Orchestra, (along with "Here is the News." She took a second or two to process this, then she finally said, in a tone of resignation, "My generation is never gonna come up with anything as cool as this..." After a moment however, her face brightened as something dawned on her, then she added, "But that's okay, we can just listen to the music of your time..."
Oh man guy, please go down this rabbit hole. “Mr. Blue Sky “ is such a mood booster. Oh happy day! Love your reactions 🎶🎶💕🦋
IMO the best live performance ever is "Telephone Line" at Wembly Stadium. 109 thousand people were there!
Brilliant performance.
Jeff Lynne is known for his musical production capabilities (both with ELO and many other artists), his melding of classical and pop/rock elements, and as you pointed out his vocals, which are amazing. Saw ELO in concert about 5 years and was shocked at how good his voice has held up into his 70s!
My faborite band thanks to JEFF LYNNE & (ELO) for his music...From GUATEMALA 🇬🇹❤️👌✌️
Love this group. ELO had their biggest hits in the 70's-80's & mixed modern rock pop songs with classical overtones. Jeff Lynne wrote most of their songs. They had a lot of great hits such as "Roll Over Beethoven", "Evil Woman", "Showdown", "Can't Get It Out Of My Head", "Strange Magic", "Livin' Thing", "Do Ya", "Rockaria!", "Turn To Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Wild West Hero", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Shine A Little Love", "Confusion", "Hold On Tight", "Twilight", "The Way Life's Meant To Be", "Here Is The News", "Ticket To The Moon" etc.
Going to add Telephone Line to your list hopefully you don't mind
And Xanadu with Olivia Newton John.
They have two great songs live at Wembly Stadium. Evil Woman and Telephone Line .They are tremendous. Better than studio versions.
They have more than two. But as great as the songs at that 2017 show are, they are not better than, or even as great as, the original studio versions from the '70s.
They are so good! Tightrope is one of my favorites!
Absolutely great song Carol.
Jeff Lynne is a pure genius, amazing song play this nearly every day... loved your review and reviews your great funny and honest
So many all over the world secret messages four little diamonds confusion thank you for another great reaction ❤❤
Richard Tandy- ELO's keyboardist, just passed. How sad. He was like the Richard Wright of ELO.
your great man, a music reactionist who shows true emotion to great music, keep it up, great channel.
The concerts were fantastic back in the 70's
You have to check out 'Rockaria!' (Official Video) by them! Rock n Roll with a classical theme that's just plain fun!
So glad you chose ELO to try! The beginning of this song is amazing. I haven't heard it in a while, forgot how much it makes me want to dance.😊
It's pronounced with just the letters - E L O. There are so many good songs...
Don't Bring Me Down
Mr. Blue Sky
Strange Magic
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Turn To Stone
Telephone Line
Evil Woman
Livin' Thing
Every ELO song is eargasmic lol
ELO band is talented and their songs are all spectacular . My favorites are Mr. Blue Sky and Don't Bring Me Down. The whole album Out of the Blue is great.
The "O" stands for Orchestra. Loved this growing up...
Jeff Lynne , lead singer later joined the group "Traveling Wilburys" in 1988 with Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Jim Keltner
Mr Blue Sky, true classic, voted the happiest song at one stage. Telephone Line, Shine A Little Love, Don’t Bring MeDown, Living Thing, Roll Over Beethoven, etc,etc. The list goes on, all brilliant
Incredible live!!
ELO ) (Jeff Lynne) had 38 top 40 songs on billboard's chart...!!!! he was a musical genius... so underappreciated...
He still is a musical genius!!!
E.L.O. is good stuff. Just happy music. 👍👍👍😎
I’ve been watching all your videos of songs I listen to daily. 😂 This is my all-time favorite song by my all-time favorite band!
Jeff Lynne's voice is so distinctive and beautiful.
So good.....
"Showdown" is another great one from ELO
absolutely love the Wembley 2017 concert 🔥🔥🔥
Mr Blue Sky, Rockaria, Wild west hero, Roll over Beethoven, Telephone line, Diary of Horace Wimp. Honestly, it's difficult to find a bad ELO song. This is a rabbit hole worth going down
Love this song so much!
Jeff Lynne is a among the historic master composers. Also a significant producer, for the Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the Beatles, all four voices, inspired by a cassette recording John Lennon made. He still tours, delivers a greater version than you expect, at 75.
Don't bring me down and Livin' thing are my favorite of all time ❤ you should react to those.
Loved it from the moment I first heard it when it first came out.
He has many more that will blow your mind!!
Telephone Line by ELO will also blow your mind! Pretty much anything y eff Lyne and ELO and The Traveling Wilbury's will low your mind!!
In the late 70s ELO were the biggest band in the World
Do next from them these songs : "Mr blue sky" & "Shine a little love"
I love ELO! My faves are Telephone Line, Don’t Bring Me Down & Turn to Stone. Hope you’ll keep going with them as they are one of a kind!
crazy!! that times all falsettos
By the time this single came out, the Discovery album had already blown up and been a massive hit. This was the 4th or 5th hit single from this album. This was the closest thing to disco E.L.O. did.
You can really tell this gentleman appreciates music.
Every song that ELO did is amazing Jeff Lynne apparently is the lead singer and he's awesome
Oh, my Dude- E.L.O is, in my opinion, probably where The Beatles might have gone if they had moved into the mid- late 70’s. Jeff Lynne is an absolute genius - he was actually asked by the remaining Beatles to produce unfinished songs “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love” back in 1994. I love this song, but my picks from E.L.O would be “Evil Woman”, “Turn To Stone” and “ Telephone Line”.
"Hold on Tight" is a great, short, little rockabilly style song of theirs; i think i first heard it on the old "My Name is Earl" show.
Look to their older stuff. Unbelievably good!
Side note, Bev played drums for Black Sabbath in the 80s for one album and tour.
So glad you got around to ELO!!! Great reaction!😀😀😀
Welcome to our music😂, I am 63 but also love Linkin Park and Ren😊.
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Hi SalvoG..you recently reacted to Roy Orbison. Jeff Lynne was one of the main players in resurrecting Roy's career into mainstream in the late 1980s. Roy Orbison was one of of Jeff Lynne's heros and he had a poster of the "Big O" in his bedroom growing up. They formed the supergroup the Travelling Wilbury's, consisting of JeffLynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan. Roy Orbison said he was the best producer he had ever worked with. Jeff Lynne's incredible musicality is off the scale.
It's so cool to see you enjoy Disco. I had a blast at the discos from 1977 to 1980. I was so young, so poor, so shy... but I danced my ass off to those awesome songs. An iconic few years for sure.
ELO been my favorite since I was 12 in 74😎U just begun to scratch an itch🤣🎶
ELO has so many great songs and so many distinct sounds, it's a deep dive
Oh love E.L.O. All of their stuff
E..LO...lolol...everyone does that. E L O Cute...I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl a couple years ago. The production was amazing, Jeff was phenomenal!
Just so you know, people who shorten the name aren't saying "EELO". They are saying E. L. O. As in saying the letters separately
Richard Tandy on the keyboard is a genius in his own right!
Can’t believe you haven’t reacted to Mr Blue Sky yet 😮 officially the happiest song in the world!
Orchestral Rock at its best!
Jeff Lynne. Simply the best.
This is on my rollerskate playlist when I skate
Jeff Lynne is also an album producer one of which was the posthumous album from Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl. You now have sampled four of the five members of the Traveling Wilburys in some form or fashion, you are only missing Bob Dylan. Hope you react to Bob as well as The Traveling Wilburys.
Hi!! This was my favorite ELO song! A complete banger. The first time I heard it was on my parents car going to dance music in the middle of the Disco era.
Please, notice that this song is part of the Discovery album, which should be their most happy and Disco album ever. But the ELO began (70's) and ended (80's) with a very different style.
Other great hits are Livin' thing, All over the World, Telephone Line, Evil Woman, Sweet talking Woman and Mr. Blue Sky, among others.
Best regards from Chile!! 🙂
Are you going to be okay? lol
Cool song. Thanks!
You have many songs to get to with ELO!!! My fave Telepone Line!!
This was the last album by them to include the string section. Jeff pared the group done for the 80s and beyond. Their best stuff is all earlier, 70s'
Great song. See if you can find a stereo version. It makes such a difference. Every ELO song is pretty much gold. Peace.
ELO has a lot of different styles, here are some suggestions:
•Another disco: Shine A Little Love
•Hard rock with a bit of Opera (lady vocalist joins in): Rockaria!
•Ballad, with best-ever outro: Shangri-La
•Pop-rock: Livin' Thing
•Spacey, with deep philosophical sci-fi lyrics: Mission (A World Record)
•Happy and upbeat tune with lots of orchestra: Mr. Blue Sky
•Prog-rock with creepy intro: Fire On High (instrumental)
•Rock & Roll: Roll Over Beethoven
It's ELO...Electric Light Orchestra....phenomenal. check out Roy Wood....Jeff Lynn is a musical genius....I am glad I grew up with this music....
If you like strings, check out "Tightrope" from their "A New World Record" album.
Jeff Lynn is one of the singers on the While my guitar gently weeps performance you recently watched x
I was 13 or 14 when this song came out. My friends and I swore that we hated disco, but we loved this!
This and “Strange Magic” are my favorite ELO songs …. and there are multiple to pick from.
That was a good one. Thanks
ELO (E.L.O.) found their niche with extremely catchy, slickly produced music embellished with varying levels of strings, or later synth strings. This one was from their Discovery album which got the nickname Disco, Very. (The reality was it had two disco songs and lots of catchy pop). I enjoy this song, but think it might not be the best introduction to the band since most of their songs, including their hits, had more changes and complexity than this one. I'll be surprised if you don't come to realize you already know some ELO.
Gotta go down the elo rabbit hole , some amazing songs, love all over the world with the flash mob videos, so fun
ELO are incredible, so many great songs, Roy Wood left not long after the band were formed and he set up his own band called Wizzard.
I love Confusion too❤
I saw these guys in the late 70s. At the time the stage was crazy decked out as a spaceship. I seem to remember they tended to have a lot of technical problems but it was truly amazing for the time. I distinctly remember this urban myth kind of story going around that a female fan’s eye was injured when an ELO laser light hit her watch face and bounced to her eye. All these dire warnings going around about not wearing a watch to the concert . . . Does anyone else remember that or should I chalk it up to bad acid?
ELO was and is my favorite band nearly 50 years now. You should try "Can't Get It Out Of My Head"
By the way, you pronounce the letters individually - EE - EL - OH
The Electric Light Orchestra... E.L.O....are my lifetime favourites since the mid 70s and still. So, so many gems over the decades. I also discovered Nightwish and Floor Jansen just over 12 months ago. Phenomenal live band. 🙏❤️👍😊
Jeff Lynne was one of the performers on the George Harrison memorial that you reacted to with Prince`s disappearing guitar.
You just fell into the ELO Rabbit Hole, enjoy the trip. Try Concerto for a Rainy Day which consists of multiple songs. Rollover Beethoven which brought them to fame back in the early 70's. Jeff Lynn the vocalist was the driving force in the band. I got to see them when they did the Flying Saucer Tour, blew me away!!
Please react to E.L.O.’s Mr. Blue Sky, Don’t Bring Me Down, Evil Woman, Telephone Line and All Over the World. Amazing band and songs! 🙌🏼
Buddy with a keyboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
If you're just discovering ELO you're honestly deprived of some of the best music ever. I feel for ya. Capt.Bob
Eelo.Priceless.
Mr. Blue Sky … have to listen
Definitely need to do more ELO for sure Salvo . A class act for many a decade ..👍
Ahhh ELO ..yes👌🏼 Blend of rock, pop & classic, & more. Great reactions to this one. Luv it. They have an awesome catalog ... Telephone Line, Mr Blue Sky & Do Ya. There's plenty more too. Excited to see you show ELO some love. Enjoy the Wknd Salvo. Bout to head over to join ur #2 channel. Thnx for heads up .. Peace 🙂☮️
E.L.O., "Sweet Talking Woman"!
Love the Discovery album. Have it on vinyl and all 4 of the hit singles from it on 45. Even found the cd of the album at a used place! So good. Actually, this isn't the first time you've listened to ELO. You listened to Xanadu, which is a duet between ELO and Olivia Newton-John. Basically it was ELO with Olivia taking the lead singer's place.