March 69 from St.Albans and my dear departed and I love ELO. My dad took me to Wembly when I was so young and I swear I saw a spaceship fly up from the stage as the band walked out. False memory but a wonderful one none the less. I often put on ELO when I am decorating my house and have been for the past 3 years. I am not kidding either. I blast it out and it inspires me 😜 I am and old fart now, now did that happen 🤔 Kids and grandkids, but I am still the child around here and always will be 😝🤣 What a lovely song. Have you seen the animated film with the same name and the same tune in it ? It's good and wholesome. Respect the inner child in you 🤗🥰😍🤩😘🤗
Yeah, the 1970s were fun for me too. At my high school now, we have a fence around the whole school. Cops on site. The only time a cop would show up was 2 guys got in a fight. Mano a mano. No more. Yeah, times were truly different.
Oh boy, we were the lucky generation...music of the 70`s.....and it went on till the 80`s too. Here we are in 2021 and those beautiful sounds are still in our souls.......old as some of us are, now. We were there.
Strange Magic is Jeff Lynnes Good Vibrations. Songs lik thoe are defined by certain special effects. The whooshing acoustic guitar sound is what attracted me to Strange Magic. The electro theremin is what attrated me to Good Vibrations.
Io morirò col desiderio di vederli almeno una volta.. non sarà mai più possibile perché è rimasto solo Jeff Lynne che dell'Italia non ricorda neppure l' esistenza. Di viventi originali o storici sono rimasti Roy, Bev, Mik e Melvin, ma non c'è misericordia che possano fare una riunione, anche di una sola data, fosse anche solo per beneficenza 😭
These men didn't come from this Earth or universe. They are absolutely from somewhere else. I don't think anything from this Earth could be this beautiful!
Grew up in the 60's and never really followed any group till Lynne's ELO came along. Still my favorite. I'm 73 now. Couldn't afford all their albums but with RUclips oh my, my
It's nice to see the drummer finally get some love. I knew Bev sang backup but I never saw him come out front live. It was a delight to see just like everything ELO. My favorite band of the seventies.
simply not fair how much talent these guys had, especially jeff lynne. wish we could bring this back today. but then again, great music lives forever. peace.
Man, this was one of my FAVORITE groups in the 70's ... I owned "A New World Record" and of course, "Out of the Blue"...that was a good record collection....
Yes that was a fabulous collection back then by ELO I seen him at the Uptown Theater when they toured with a new world record great show they're just some concerts you'll never forget this was one of them
J K : No it doesn’t !!!! it’s a great song what are you talking about ! this version misses the drums and the recording quality is a little funky but the song as originally recorded is an a “ELO classic”!
This song for me is the ultimate for rekindling memories: I remember where I was, what month it was, who I was with, and exactly how I felt the first time I heard it. Makes it seem like 1976 wasn't so long ago.
I was a kid when this song came out but ELO is my all time favorite 70's band. Wish I could have seen the original line up but I did see ELO part II live.
We grew up often listening to these songs in tiny transistor radios with tiny little speakers, not always able to hear them in full stereo so it’s nice to hear the same songs today with better equipment
Bev used to sing backup during his days with The Move (and actually did a couple of lead parts as well). Listen to the chorus on "I Can Hear The Grass Grow" and you can hear his low tone. All of the early Move members (Roy Wood, Ace Kefford, Trevor Burton, Carl Wayne and Bev) could sing.
A very happy 74th Jeffrey Lynne 30 December 1947. A few rock voices are iconic. Your's is one of the few. Born in Erdington, Birmingham England.. And a member of the world famous Traveling Wilburys. Miss George, Roy and of course Tom.
@@iniquity123 : It's not the the original lineup, but it's not the last lineup either. First, the string players were dropped, then Kelly, and eventually, even (founding member) Bev.
The original line up was Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and Rick Price. So you're not even close with this set. By now you're on bass player no 3, violinist no 3, there are 2 previous cellists at least, a missing french horn player and so on...
Truer words were never spoken.If we only knew when we were young that it was the greatest time of our lives.ELO,The Bee Gees,Earth,Wind and Fire,The Eagles,Ambrosia.Just some of the amazing bands of the 70's.
I was born in 1950. When ELO came along I fell in love and have been in love with them ever since. Love them all but Bev........uummm. I have a special place in my heart for you!!
@@zapkvr i begged my parents to let me go with them back then in the 70s. I was only about eight or nine so maybe they thought I was too young. Looking Back Now I really wasn't too young
@@zapkvr yeah that first ELO album is pretty good, the one that has Roy wood on it. But ELO continued to get better with each album. I'm not sure why he left the band so quickly
Oh, to be back in the 70s again! What a great time to be alive and a teen! Had a great time and loved the music. ELO was on the radio everywhere! Miss hearing them. Glad they're here! :)
Nothing like the classic Electric Light Orchestra line-up. You knew who everyone was and they were enjoyable to watch. I'd take this any day over the sterile perfection of Jeff Lynn's ELO of today.
This reminds me of my siblings whom are gone now. One of heart attack and my youngest brother whom passed of COViD in almost one year in a couple of days. They always brought us much love and strange magic❤️love and miss you guys!
Firstly I’d like to thank you for posting this…. I always enjoyed ELO, as a kid but since I found out Jeff Lynne was part of the super group travelling wilburys I’m absolutely crazy over ELO now just the same as I am with the Beatles. I like you & your channel im gonna sub you because you deserve it 😊😊. Thanks again Bonnie xx
March 69 from St.Albans and my dear departed father and I love ELO. My dad took me to Wembley when I was so young and I swear I saw a spaceship fly up from the stage as the band walked out. False memory but a wonderful one none the less. I often put on ELO when I am decorating my house and have been for the past 3 years. I am not kidding either. I blast it out and it inspires me I am and old fart now, now did that happen Kids and grandkids, but I am still the child around here and always will be What a lovely song. Have you seen the animated film with the same name and the same tune in it ? It's good and wholesome. Respect the inner child in you
Mis ídolos desde que tenía once años, hace cuarenta y cinco. En paz descansen (de este video) Kelly Groucutt, Hugh Mc dowell y el más reciente: Richard Tandy.
Bev Bevan' accent does not sound very English - quite posh & more South African but adore them all. My brother gave me the ELO first album for my 21st BirthDay..only 48 years ago. Yay!!
Love this song. This is the type that takes you back to when it was current. For me it's being maybe 8, 9 yrs old listening to a Panasonic transistor. WABC 770 AM
The 70s were great, I was fortunate to live the 70s. Loved ELO, I remember the first time I heard one of their songs. I was on Okinawa with the United States Marine Corps. It was played on AFRN (Armed Forces Radio Network) Okinawa. I'd go back to the 70s and even repeat my 4 years in the Marine Corps 1973-1977. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant.
Little did they know that people in 2021 would still be loving the shit out of this song and ELO!!!
2024! 🎉
Little did Ludwig know that we'd be listening to his noise 200 years later...
2024
I'm so blessed to have been born in 63 and got to live in the 70's.
Hah, born in 55. Rode bicycle all over L.A. Liberated in71 1st motorcycle. Lived at parents house, every weekend off to explore western U.S.
ME TOO THANK GOD!
The 1970s were a golden cornucopia of musical goodness
March 69 from St.Albans and my dear departed and I love ELO. My dad took me to Wembly when I was so young and I swear I saw a spaceship fly up from the stage as the band walked out. False memory but a wonderful one none the less. I often put on ELO when I am decorating my house and have been for the past 3 years. I am not kidding either. I blast it out and it inspires me 😜 I am and old fart now, now did that happen 🤔 Kids and grandkids, but I am still the child around here and always will be 😝🤣 What a lovely song. Have you seen the animated film with the same name and the same tune in it ? It's good and wholesome. Respect the inner child in you 🤗🥰😍🤩😘🤗
Real words!
Man, I miss the 70s. Such a good era to grow up in. Good music, food, friends. Carefree summers and cozy quilt winters.
I miss the 70s too.
The 70s were wonderful. I’d Love to go back.
Yeah, the 1970s were fun for me too.
At my high school now, we have a fence around the whole school. Cops on site. The only time a cop would show up was 2 guys got in a fight. Mano a mano. No more. Yeah, times were truly different.
Yeah I'm with you there sister that was best time of my life. Would do it all over again.
@@shanenelson7569 hey, I named my firstborn Shayne. Best name ever.
Heard this song today and immediately I was back at the neighborhood pool with the smells of Coppertone, Hawaiian Tropic and chlorine.
Oh boy, we were the lucky generation...music of the 70`s.....and it went on till the 80`s too. Here we are in 2021 and those beautiful sounds are still in our souls.......old as some of us are, now. We were there.
Only Jeff could have written a song like this. Pure magic
Strange magic
Pretty sure Kelly co-wrote this, ironically
Strange Magic is Jeff Lynnes Good Vibrations.
Songs lik thoe are defined by certain special effects.
The whooshing acoustic guitar sound is what attracted me to Strange Magic.
The electro theremin is what attrated me to Good Vibrations.
Jeff you be looking familiarity strange type of magic to me probably that doppelganger issues
Strange Magic was one of the four ELO songs that Kelly Groucutt explicitly pointed out as ones he co-wrote large portions of with Lynne
I saw ELO in 1976..front row..at the Toledo Ohio Sports Arena..some great music and concerts you never forget
Lucky Lady!
Io morirò col desiderio di vederli almeno una volta.. non sarà mai più possibile perché è rimasto solo Jeff Lynne che dell'Italia non ricorda neppure l' esistenza. Di viventi originali o storici sono rimasti Roy, Bev, Mik e Melvin, ma non c'è misericordia che possano fare una riunione, anche di una sola data, fosse anche solo per beneficenza 😭
First and last thing i saw at the Toledo sports Arena was the circus that came to town, sad that its no longer around
Tbe 70s music is the best these songs are Magic.
Bev Bevan. Absolutely gorgeous ❤️
A voz dele é tão sexy apresentando. Tem presença e é lindo.
Me gusta mas Jeff Lynne. Pero sin duda Bev Bevan tiene carisma.
@@carolinaibarramendoza7502same here. I LOVVVVVE Jeff. Bev adds depth with that deep voice mmmm
Great memory , my son was born with this song playing in the delivery room back in the late 70's. 💚
Perfect song for the magic of giving birth.
I was born late 70s too. Wonder if my mom played it too. LOL L&D nurses & drs prob got tired of it.
❤️❤️❤️
These men didn't come from this Earth or universe. They are absolutely from somewhere else. I don't think anything from this Earth could be this beautiful!
Well said!
Jeff comes from about 2 miles up the road from me so thanks..!
I left a comment 2 years ago? Still watching this video & playing it in the car. My 6 year old sings it.
@floralmist6824 my 5 and 4 year sink it in the car too lol!
Definitely ❤
The way Jeff mixes his beautiful melodies with classical strings is pure magic. And let's hear it for Bev.
I wish them and the Bee Gees would have recorded atleast one song together!😎✌🏿✊🏿 this is my all time favorite song by ELO!!😎✌🏿✊🏿
Ah that would have been absolutely amazing
Would have been a hit for sure 😊
Grew up in the 60's and never really followed any group till Lynne's ELO came along. Still my favorite. I'm 73 now. Couldn't afford all their albums but with RUclips oh my, my
Yes RUclips is great, I love it. Can hear and see all the great songs from the 60s and 70s.
I agree! I feel the same!
Thank you ELO for making my teenage years much happier!
Me too 1-5-63 best music
Hi ..I am 70years and like you never bothered abt elo ...now cant get enough ..just love elo ...Magic
56 years old you know how many times I've heard that song still gives me cold chills the whole band
Allways in my mind, for ever, orchestra ELO..... ❤
I can die knowing I lived and loved the 70,s 😊
I never get tired of hearing the legendary ELO.
This song transfixes me.
Absolutely love Bev Bevan. So good looking. Sigh....❤️❤️❤️
The combination of Jeff's & Kelly's voices is just PURE MAGIC!! And here with Bev's voice too it adds another dimension!!
Are you nuts? This recording is HORRIBLE. It's unlistenable. It's clipping constantly.
Jeff is Smiling , he knows they are nailing this one... my favorite version ..
The whole thing is awesome but when the harmonize 🤌🏾🤌🏾
2:48 yep nailed it 👊
He's so pretty there.
E L O one of the best groups of the world and this is so special to me
Beatls ???
yes both
I remember these songs like it was yesterday. Love love the 70's that I grew up in. I even have a 1970 Oldsmobile 442 !!!
sweet
Such a gorgeous song ..this is ELO at their most melodic.. 🎶
Im so glad I was blessed to be a teenager in the 70s
And had the chance to appreciate this music🎉
It's nice to see the drummer finally get some love. I knew Bev sang backup but I never saw him come out front live. It was a delight to see just like everything ELO. My favorite band of the seventies.
Might just be me but he doesn't look comfortable around Jeff
He's not used to being up front and center. Can hide behind his drums!🤣
@@karenanniss4284 in his book he made they were really close friends around the time!!!
I was 12 when it started, 22 when it ended. Truly blessed.
Dreamy music...with beautiful lyrics, voices and backing, it's just perfect!!!
Beautiful song!!!! Sooo much talent in one group, that's ELO for you. Bev Bevan Is a Total Babe!!!!!!!
Basher is my man for sure!!!
It's hard for me to listen to Strange Magic and watch the video
It is so beautiful and magical.
Wonderful harmonies. Bev doing bass and Kelly (R.I.P.....) doing Soprano 👌.
This is great with Bev, Jeff and Kelly all singing together!
simply not fair how much talent these guys had, especially jeff lynne. wish we could bring this back today. but then again, great music lives forever. peace.
check out Live at Wembly! He still has it!
Man, this was one of my FAVORITE groups in the 70's ... I owned "A New World Record" and of course, "Out of the Blue"...that was a good record collection....
Yes that was a fabulous collection back then by ELO I seen him at the Uptown Theater when they toured with a new world record great show they're just some concerts you'll never forget this was one of them
joseph they are still going and still incredible.
They have some great songs but you have got to admit this song sucks.
J K : No it doesn’t !!!! it’s a great song what are you talking about ! this version misses the drums and the recording quality is a little funky but the song as originally recorded is an a “ELO classic”!
@@Outdoorsguy1212 No, that would be YOU!
Simply beautiful. Jeff is Brums golden boy end of.
So cool to see Bev being a frontperson and singing here. One of my fave ELO songs.
lol How many of us didn't really know what he looked like. One thing I noticed in a picture was how tall Bev was.
I miss the 70's mainly because of the great music I grew up with, I was lucky enugh to be born in the 60's ELO will never go out of style
This song for me is the ultimate for rekindling memories: I remember where I was, what month it was, who I was with, and exactly how I felt the first time I heard it. Makes it seem like 1976 wasn't so long ago.
Wow! Strange magic of the music. Nice
May I ask what you were doing when you heard this song?
I love the smiles on they face when they perform. see right there that is true talent and loving what you doing, it was all about the music.
Wasn't born then but something about 70s music makes me feel like I was alive back in this time.💙💙🦋
It's Because your mother used to Think about you all the time before you were born...
I was a kid when this song came out but ELO is my all time favorite 70's band. Wish I could have seen the original line up but I did see ELO part II live.
We grew up often listening to these songs in tiny transistor radios with tiny little speakers, not always able to hear them in full stereo so it’s nice to hear the same songs today with better equipment
Good to see Bevan doing a change of duty from the drums (& he knows the music is reversible). Lovely to see the late Kelly Gro as well.
Absolute class . Glad i was part of this era
Simply magical!
Best band ever when it comes to musical instruments. Haven't heard a song yet by them I didn't like.
Chauncey Shephard Just stay away from Balance of Power and Secret Messages
B more specific nightsright
Chauncey Shephard they are crappy Jeff Lynne albums
Takes me back to my teenage years
The very best ever!
Grew up to ELO and I still listen to them.
😉
Same here Kimberly 👍😊
I'm a kid to a lot of ya, but this band, especially this song, will always have a place in my born in 1996 heart
Absolutely brilliant. Maybe the only time to see Bev Bevan in this kind of role ?
Bev used to sing backup during his days with The Move (and actually did a couple of lead parts as well). Listen to the chorus on "I Can Hear The Grass Grow" and you can hear his low tone. All of the early Move members (Roy Wood, Ace Kefford, Trevor Burton, Carl Wayne and Bev) could sing.
Eu ouvia há séculos na antena 1 e nunca imaginei que era ELO quem cantava e nem imaginava achar aqui no RUclips
A very happy 74th Jeffrey Lynne 30 December 1947. A few rock voices are iconic. Your's is one of the few. Born in Erdington, Birmingham England.. And a member of the world famous Traveling Wilburys. Miss George, Roy and of course Tom.
Damn! I love the 70's rock & music! Phenomenal talent. And, people were THIN!
Most people are thinner in their youth.
Almost everyone was thin. Fat people really stood out.
The 1970s had the best music!!
Some people really do have a Strange Magic that makes you just want to be around them 😍
Wonderful memories of my young days with ELO music. They were just so different. Unforgettable. Forty years ago. Thank you.
Karl Aiken I agree Karl :)
WOW.. E. L.O and the original line up.. 40 years ago...
It's not the original line up, it's the last line up......😯
Love this song
Roy Wood = Founder
@@iniquity123 : It's not the the original lineup, but it's not the last lineup either. First, the string players were dropped, then Kelly, and eventually, even (founding member) Bev.
The original line up was Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and Rick Price. So you're not even close with this set. By now you're on bass player no 3, violinist no 3, there are 2 previous cellists at least, a missing french horn player and so on...
Awesome group vocals! One of the best vocal performances I've ever seen. I certainly didn't know Bev could sing so well!
I thought Bev only played drums! Wow!
I LOVE BEV
Check out Bev’s lead vocal turn on “Ben Crawley Steel Company” On The Move’s “Message From the Country”
Bev is heard in a few songs. Especially sweet talking woman. "Slow down"
What a great song , back then bands like this created their own magic 🎸🎸
I came back to listen to this by ELO Strange magic. Great song.
Jeff lynne is a singer,songwriter,musician,music Producer,some time sound engineer, so he really knows about music
brings me back to my sophomore year in High School. What a great summer.....If we only knew it while we were there......all the best bands back then!
Truer words were never spoken.If we only knew when we were young that it was the greatest time of our lives.ELO,The Bee Gees,Earth,Wind and Fire,The Eagles,Ambrosia.Just some of the amazing bands of the 70's.
I was born in 1950. When ELO came along I fell in love and have been in love with them ever since. Love them all but Bev........uummm. I have a special place in my heart for you!!
Don't forget Bowie. 😊 ...but yes, Tonya...Bev Bevan...ummm. 😏
I would die to see this lineup of ELO, their peak
I saw them in February 77 in Melbourne. I still have the ticket stub.
@@zapkvr i begged my parents to let me go with them back then in the 70s. I was only about eight or nine so maybe they thought I was too young. Looking Back Now I really wasn't too young
Well a few years earlier and you could have seen Roy Wood with them. THAT was when they were at their peak
@@zapkvr yeah that first ELO album is pretty good, the one that has Roy wood on it. But ELO continued to get better with each album. I'm not sure why he left the band so quickly
@@youtoo2233 "creative differences". Theres only room for one of those egos in any band. Jeff Lynne or Roy Wood
Listening to face the music at night with the lights out when this album came out was the best
I feel honoured that as a little kid in the 80s I knew who Jeff Lynne was. Thanks dad!
Amazing how Jeff and Kelly's vocals really compliment each other.
It's very beautiful.
@@pgdarling301 so are you love. Stay blessed!!!!
@@sirjer73 you're too kind, thank you take care!
Эти люди имеют хорошее музыкальное образование и хороший музыкальный вкус. Браво!!!!! Жаль, что это уже история.
Oh, to be back in the 70s again! What a great time to be alive and a teen! Had a great time and loved the music. ELO was on the radio everywhere! Miss hearing them. Glad they're here! :)
sweet childhood with these guys ,fixed my life for me
Nothing like the classic Electric Light Orchestra line-up. You knew who everyone was and they were enjoyable to watch. I'd take this any day over the sterile perfection of Jeff Lynn's ELO of today.
This reminds me of my siblings whom are gone now. One of heart attack and my youngest brother whom passed of COViD in almost one year in a couple of days. They always brought us much love and strange magic❤️love and miss you guys!
nice sentiment
I remember messing with ‘Sweet talking woman’, on a coloured vinyl on my eldest brothers stereo and he wasn’t happy. No pocket money that week lol! 😅
Never heard this version ! So marvelous .
Firstly I’d like to thank you for posting this….
I always enjoyed ELO, as a kid but since I found out Jeff Lynne was part of the super group travelling wilburys I’m absolutely crazy over ELO now just the same as I am with the Beatles.
I like you & your channel im gonna sub you because you deserve it 😊😊. Thanks again
Bonnie xx
For me, the best years in music were the 70s & 80s. This is one testament.
March 69 from St.Albans and my dear departed father and I love ELO. My dad took me to Wembley when I was so young and I swear I saw a spaceship fly up from the stage as the band walked out. False memory but a wonderful one none the less. I often put on ELO when I am decorating my house and have been for the past 3 years. I am not kidding either. I blast it out and it inspires me I am and old fart now, now did that happen Kids and grandkids, but I am still the child around here and always will be What a lovely song. Have you seen the animated film with the same name and the same tune in it ? It's good and wholesome. Respect the inner child in you
Just awesome to me how you can make happiness happen with your beautiful songs.
Strange Magic was always my favorite track off Face The Music. From the best year for music ever: 1975.
Mis ídolos desde que tenía once años, hace cuarenta y cinco. En paz descansen (de este video) Kelly Groucutt, Hugh Mc dowell y el más reciente: Richard Tandy.
Bev Bevan' accent does not sound very English - quite posh & more South African but adore them all. My brother gave me the ELO first album for my 21st BirthDay..only 48 years ago. Yay!!
Bev has a great accent.
I brought a very battered copy of this concert on VHS back from Cyprus holiday in 1990.
Memories.
It’s Valentine’s Day, 2022. A strange magic brought me to this classic song 💕💗
I remember listening with my big, black turtle shell Bose earphones - I loved how the music ‘circled’ my head - damn, I was just a kid!🤗
It is all about the strings - Cello & Violin!
Love this song.
This is the type that takes you back to when it was current.
For me it's being maybe 8, 9 yrs old listening to a Panasonic transistor.
WABC 770 AM
+Jon Serkspawn777 the fell bro the old days ween it was simple and good now its a Different world now :D
Such an amazing band, and I LOVE Kelly, He takes my breath away!!!!
Such a GREAT BAND.. Loved their music then, Love it now.. Talented.. back when bands played music, unlike today..
Instruments that is
Yes just Phenomenal!
My favourite song by ELO
My ex danced with me, in front of our family's fireplace...the first Christmas we met. He had made us gin an tonics....
Bellissima ragazzi!!!!
Sono vecchia...italiana e li ho riscoperti adesso!!!!!
ROMY GILA anch'io!!
Yes it did great hit here in the States. I was in the United States Marine Corps when this was popular.
Never seen this performance before. Fantastic! So cool with Bev doing the introduction, AND singing with Jeff and Kelly. Love it!
Bev is the man , Nothing better then listening to ELO .
ELO was to be the next version of the Beatles....Got many memories dancing to this song in the 70s... all good
Whoa, wasn't expecting them to sound so nice. They're really in sync with each other
Wow...I must be having a flashback!
Saw elo in 1972 at hornsey town hall London , they were still playing as the move then as well .
If I could go back to the 70's, I would beg my parents to take me to an ELO concert. I was only 6 years old at this time, but loved them already.
The 70s were great, I was fortunate to live the 70s. Loved ELO, I remember the first time I heard one of their songs. I was on Okinawa with the United States Marine Corps. It was
played on AFRN (Armed Forces Radio Network) Okinawa. I'd go back to the 70s and even repeat my 4 years in the Marine Corps 1973-1977. Semper Fi from an old Marine Sergeant.
I LOVE THEM, THERE MUSIC IS FANTASTIC I STILL PLAY AND SING THERE SONGS. CANT GET ENOUGH OF ELO.
Super przebój Electric Light Orchestra z 1976 roku .