My question is: how come music in general has reached such a poor state where they cannot write any good original movie music and must use songs from 3 or 4 decades ago?
@@mikeyaureliush9017 That is explained perfectly by an old musician a number of years back. He noticed that all the old Producers who would deliberately go out on a limb and just release music because it was there in their hands and just see how it went. If it did well, Awesome! If it didnt do well, bah who cares, NEXT! They got hippies involved to give them insider information about what people liked and disliked and gave them internships. They steadily went up the ladder into management with that exact same mindset still in place. They knew what people wanted to listen to and destroyed the creative juices of the industry with their shallow and simplistic mindset and wouldn't give the creative sorts the time of day to record. There lies the death of the industry. Edit: I believe that was Frank Zappa.
I'm convinced that Jeff Lynne aka the singer doesn't age. Great band and song. Beatle type vocals with strings and guitars and drums, and they make it work.
@@personalcheeses8073 That is because you don't see what he actually looks like, all you se is all that hair and beardd, which can be dyed, and the dark glasses on top of that!
A few personal favorites are: Don't Bring Me Down Do Ya Evil Woman Strange Magic Telephone Line Sweet Talkin' Woman Turn To Stone Jungle Summer and Lightning Sweet is the Night
ELO has an insane number of great songs, and have possibly one of the best catalogues of any band from the 70's, if not of all time. Even their deep album cuts are fantastic. I would say Telephone Line is another recognizable song, and possibly Evil Woman to start with. After these, it's all down the rabbit hole. good luck and I hope you enjoy the rest of their material
Laughing, apparently ELO is one of your favorite bands without you even knowing. All jokes aside, they were great. They have so many classics. Happy for you that you finally know :-)
For a long time seemed as they were forgotten gold by the masses.... I think appreciation is starting to increase again 👍 ELO can be enjoyed and appreciated by all... My youth would not have been the same without them ✌️🇬🇧
Im from Scotland and my dad used to have this album and play it all the time in the 70's... also Chicago, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Dr.Hook, Pink Floyd were all the stuff he used to play. The into the Blue album has a ton of classic songs on it. A brilliant LP and gives me good memories when play it. re: Guardians of the galaxy, Remember this was the music that was from his childhood too.
My boomer heart doesn't know whether to cry or cheer. This song might have been used in Guardians of the Galaxy but it's from ELO's album, A New World Record, which was released in 1976. It is their sixth studio album. There is lots of good music for you to check out. I admit that I want to thump my head on the desk when I hear people attribute songs to a recent movie instead of their actual origins. But I am very happy that people are paying attention to music from back then. There was a lot of good music then and I'm glad it's not all being lost to time.
(Sir) Jeff Lynne - yes he should have already have been knighted a while ago now and for a good few years I would say due to his long work within the music industry already. Born Dec 1947 in Birmingham - so he's getting on now (73), yet he was still touring (except for the Covid difficulty lately.) - and his voice has barely changed a bit since he first began in 1963. A genius composer, songwriter, multi-talented musician - even a producer for many others, too. The Beatles, George Harrison, Tom Petty (Free Falling) - and even managed to get Roy Orbison back to singing again. Later while having a chat with George - they decided to form the Supergroup "The Travelling Wilburys" with Harrison . . . by them both picking who they'd like to be in it - all who were asked agreed to do it. Their is, or used to be, an excellent documentary about Jeff on YT - about 40-50 mins long I think. With contributions from so many people about his musicianship and talents . . . Hope you can find and watch it m8 . . . Enjoy . . .
If you are relating to ELO thru Guardians of the Galaxy then ELO's album Time is a Must Listen for you. Time is a concept album about "the future" from a 1970's perspective. All you youngsters think falling in love with your siri is a new concept. Ha! "I met someone who looks a lot like you she does the things you do, but she is an IBM" - Yours Truly: 2095 - ELO - Time
Their name is Electric Light Orchestra but everyone called them ELO! -b Telephone line is one of my favorites. Jeff Wayne -0 the lead singer and writer, also wrote War of the Worlds - the rock opera with Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy), David Essex, Julie Covington (Evita) and Julian Heyward (Moody Blues) as the singers with Richard Burton doing the narration in the wonderful voice of his. Came out in 1976 and Forever Autumn and Thunder Child are my faves from it.
Jeff Lynne was not only in the Wilburys, he wrote and produced all their music. When Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison yield to your genius, that should tell you something
One of E.L.O.'s few cover songs is "Roll Over Beethoven", which was created by Chuck Berry, and then done by the Beatles, but with the orchestral depth that E.L.O. brings, I think they really show what that song can be. Once again, "Roll Over Beethoven".
I realise more and more everyday that Jeff Lynne is a genius and that his music is outstanding. However at the time we were swamped with so much talent that you couldn’t listen to everyone equally
If you liked this video at all be sure to check out his performance at Glastonbury 2016 (available on RUclips). The sound quality is better and the performance is GREAT....I guarantee you will enjoy. Also note that though Glastonbury was done almost 40 years after the video here, Jeff looks almost exactly the same (except no more Afro).
ROll Over Beethoven, Rock n ROll is King, Hold on Tight, ROckaria, Diary of horace Wimp, Concerto for A rainy Day is a MUST. Heck their whole library is GOLD
Your face was a picture! ELO are INCREDIBLE! Enjoy exploring their music. 😀 I was lucky enough to see them live when they first hit the charts. Tremendous band.
Way before that movie we had the radio and it was AM there was no hifi FM yet and yes it was mono sound. Tons of classics that blasted through the AM radio stations
Lynne and George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison all collaborated together in the 80's as a group called the Traveling Wilbury's. Lynne and ELO have a TON of great music that most are not familiar with or go uncredited with his brilliant arrangements.
A car company used this song for a commercial a few years ago, very successful. I love this ! I remember back then, and we all loved ELO. So different and fresh. Thanks. :)
I first heard this song in 1975 when I was 4 years old and I have been hooked on ELO ever since! So glad you are getting to know them :) when I started collecting their albums, I really loved one song of theirs called "Shangri-La". However they are more popular for their late 70's songs like "Don't Bring Me Down" and another personal favorite of mine which features more electronic sounds with the orchestra "Twilight". And you can't forget they did the soundtrack to "Xanadu" with Olivia Newton John :)
Jeff Lynne was originally in the British group “The Move” and he formed ELO from that after Roy Wood left The Move and formed “Wizard”. The Move had some great songs like Blackberry Way which was the first song played on BBC Radio 1 when it started
Uhh... inaccurate. Roy and Jeff started ELO together - I remember the announcements in Melody Maker and NME - and _then_ Roy left to form (or focus on) Wizzard. (Not 'Wizzard'.)
Yeah, I thought it was Jeff AND Roy's idea to do 'rock orchestral'.. Its a shame they fell out or just had different ideas.. But of course judging by all the elo/elo II etc theres been quite a bit of falling out for whatever reason :D
Livin’ Thing was to go on in Galaxy 1, but got cut due to editing out the scene. Director James Gunn said “if Galaxy had a house band, it would be ELO”, and regretted the edit. Mr. Blue Sky was on Galaxy 2.
Thank goodness you are doing a live version for These bands that perform with orchestras .unless you grew up in that era where you knew and saw this off the start. You are missing half of it just listening only
The look on your face is priceless! stunned. Please react to Josh Turner Guitar doing Lay Down Sally. He’s so talented. He plays and sings all the parts in this one.
The only way us Brits know how to make exceptionally good musiceven if it was the 70s,this little Island of ours has churned out numerous huge bands and this was one of the biggest..
I have perhaps one of the best ELO songs you should react to. It's actually 2 in 1 titled "Eldorado Overture/Can't Get it Out of My Head." But you have to find the version that contains both of them because one flows seamlessly into the other. You won't be disappointed.
Welcome aboard my friend to the journey known as ELO, Electric Light Orchestra. Take a listen to Mr. Blue Sky, one of my son's favorite, who, like you discovered ELO by accident. By the way, love GOTG! Also Telephone Line, Dont Bring Me Down!
It's ok you _can_ say E.L.O. as an alternative to Electric Light Orchestra! My favourite band of all time! Their back catalog is SENSATIONAL! Try - Last Train to London, Don't Bring Me Down, Telephone Line, Confusion, I Can't Get It Out of my Head, Showdown, From the End of the World, Train of Gold, Tightrope. so many :)
In 1973 as a Jr at Central Washington College ELO was the opening act for Wishbone Ash and blew them away as over half the people left during Wishbone's 1st song. I played the violin for 6 years and could only dream.
So true. In the 70s I was ribbed for liking them but the music has survived. My 24 yr old daughter loves the music and even saw them in Glasgow in 2018.
I'm here because I've fallen down the rabbit-hole of ELO reaction videos and RUclips keeps recommending them. It is really great to see music that I enjoyed in my youth being rediscovered by a new generation. This music is from that era where artists were creating integral collections of songs in albums which were meant to be enjoyed in there entirety. May I suggest: get the ELO Out of the Blue double album, take an hour and a half, ease back, relax, and listen to it. I don't think you will be disappointed
ELO....better known as Electric Light Orchestra (haha)… was a band with vision and ahead of the game back in the 70's and early 80's. Eldorado and Face the Music are my favorite albums. Try something totally different and play the fully instrumental "Fire On High"....it's brilliant!!! The guitar part was once featured on ABC's Wide World of Sports TV show in the States...if you're old like me you know this! Also, try "Laredo Tornado", "Mister Kingdom", "Can't Get it Out of My Head", "Evil Woman", and "Telephone Line" for starters. Good reaction!
I have listening to ELO Sinclair the 70/80’s. Buying their albums. Ranking them as one of my all time favorites...... And then, for the first time listening to them live today! I am amazed, they are even better live, still 2019. Many bands losing it slowly, due to getting older. Their original studio versions are great ofcourse and then you hear them live 30-40 years later and its not good or even close anymore. Like looking at this old football stars Playing charity games 20 years after their carriers......but ELO is still high level🏆❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
So many layers to the ELO masterpieces and there are so, so many. Have a look at ELO live at Hyde Park, London from 2014 where they are backed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Phenomenal 👍😊
ELO just released a new album a few months ago. Still rockin! One of the bands from the seventies, the days of my youth...see the avatar...that just rocked the joint. Love this band. Rock on, Dude!
Jeff Lynne, lead singer also has his pianist friend, & have been together with E.L.O. for 40 years!! His name is Richard Tandy. The whole band now are even better!!!!
A really good one by them that's often overlooked is called 'I'm Alive'. It was part of the Xanadu movie soundtrack that also featured Olivia Newton John, who played a major character in the movie. I think the entire second half of the record is Jeff Lynne and the title song, Xanadu, is ELO and ONJ together.
Thanks for this one Pat - ELO, mashing classical instruments with classic rock tracks long before it was popular.... this always makes me wonder what KO and PTX could do with some ot their tracks... Love my acapella but classic rock with awesome harmonies will always be my fave. Cheers !
Some of ELO'S more well known hits: Don't Bring Me Down, Turn to Stone, Sweet Talking Woman, Roll Over Beethoven, Rockaria, Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Can't Get It Out If My Head, Ma Ma Belle, Rock and Roll is King, Xanadu, All Over the World, Telephone Line, Confusion, I'm Alive, Shine a Little Love, Last Train to London, Hold on Tight, Showdown, Do Ya, Wild West Hero, The Diary of Horace Wimp, Twilight, Yours Truly, Here is the News and Calling America. These are just more "radio friendly" songs for starters, many more to go after those. Enjoy.
As a senior who was in my 20s when ELO hit the scenes, we referred to them as both: ELO or Electric Light Orchestra. Jeff Lynne & ELO was huge with great music. Lynne went on to become a god amongst songwriters, as well as a producer for many famous artists. Check out his role in the "Supergroup" of groups, in 1988, "The Travelling Wilburys" with Donovan, Jeff Lynne, & the late gr8s George Harrison, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison. Their session drummer was Jim Keltner, roundly regarded as the best session drummer in America. All these super musicians checked their egos at the door and wrote and recorded 10 songs in one day (so the story goes). Start with the following songs: HANDLE WITH CARE: Vevo Official Video: ruclips.net/video/1o4s1KVJaVA/видео.html END OF THE LINE: Vevo Official Video : ruclips.net/video/UMVjToYOjbM/видео.html
I was in high school when ELO first came out critics at the time really trashed them as a weird mix of classical instruments and Rock and they called it something like garbage rock or something like that.
I'm glad the Guardians flicks brought some classic music to a new generation.
Can't go wrong with ELO. They are outstanding.
Damn right!
True that
Legend has it that when you've heard a song before...it's ELO. 😅
…or Billy Joel!
It would seem that whoever made Guardians of the Galaxy, had good taste in music. :-)
The Guardians of the Galaxy movies have awesome soundtracks. My favorite soundtrack was from GG II but both were exceptional, as were the movies.
My question is: how come music in general has reached such a poor state where they cannot write any good original movie music and must use songs from 3 or 4 decades ago?
Except the Rupert Homes Margarita sucks, Always hated it.
@@mikeyaureliush9017 That is explained perfectly by an old musician a number of years back. He noticed that all the old Producers who would deliberately go out on a limb and just release music because it was there in their hands and just see how it went. If it did well, Awesome! If it didnt do well, bah who cares, NEXT!
They got hippies involved to give them insider information about what people liked and disliked and gave them internships. They steadily went up the ladder into management with that exact same mindset still in place. They knew what people wanted to listen to and destroyed the creative juices of the industry with their shallow and simplistic mindset and wouldn't give the creative sorts the time of day to record.
There lies the death of the industry.
Edit: I believe that was Frank Zappa.
I'm convinced that Jeff Lynne aka the singer doesn't age. Great band and song. Beatle type vocals with strings and guitars and drums, and they make it work.
Matthew Drake He doesn’t age and neither does his voice. Still gigging today and he still looks the same 44 years on. It’s insane
Hard to believe this is over 40 years old and Jeff Lynne hasn't aged a day.
Marcus Still gigging he looks and sounds the same. It’s crazy
Hair dye! He does look good. Most 70s rockers have piled on the pounds but Jeff keeps trim. Must be the Birmingham gene.
@@personalcheeses8073 That is because you don't see what he actually looks like, all you se is all that hair and beardd, which can be dyed, and the dark glasses on top of that!
And in the end, you're going to be really surprised at how many ELO song you don't know, that you do know.
A few personal favorites are:
Don't Bring Me Down
Do Ya
Evil Woman
Strange Magic
Telephone Line
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Turn To Stone
Jungle
Summer and Lightning
Sweet is the Night
I swear, pick any ELO song and it's my personal favorite, I don't know any song that sucks by them. lol
Sweet is the night ONE of their most underrated featuring the very underrated bassist Kelly Groucutt on lead vocals
tbh also the whole concerto for a rainy day is an interesting idea in itself. (also it ends with mr blue sky which is one of my favs)
My man, what about Twilight???
What no Rockaria ! shame!
ELO has an insane number of great songs, and have possibly one of the best catalogues of any band from the 70's, if not of all time. Even their deep album cuts are fantastic. I would say Telephone Line is another recognizable song, and possibly Evil Woman to start with. After these, it's all down the rabbit hole. good luck and I hope you enjoy the rest of their material
1000% dude
I've always been partial to Kuiama
"So fine" "do ya" "Telephone line" "Shangri-La" just a few ELO classics
Laughing, apparently ELO is one of your favorite bands without you even knowing. All jokes aside, they were great. They have so many classics. Happy for you that you finally know :-)
Jeff Lynne...legend!!
Yes! 👍😊
For a long time seemed as they were forgotten gold by the masses.... I think appreciation is starting to increase again 👍 ELO can be enjoyed and appreciated by all... My youth would not have been the same without them ✌️🇬🇧
Im from Scotland and my dad used to have this album and play it all the time in the 70's... also Chicago, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Dr.Hook, Pink Floyd were all the stuff he used to play. The into the Blue album has a ton of classic songs on it. A brilliant LP and gives me good memories when play it. re: Guardians of the galaxy, Remember this was the music that was from his childhood too.
I can see you both disbelieving and being impressed by ELO. It's good to have your mind blown every once in awhile.
My boomer heart doesn't know whether to cry or cheer. This song might have been used in Guardians of the Galaxy but it's from ELO's album, A New World Record, which was released in 1976. It is their sixth studio album. There is lots of good music for you to check out.
I admit that I want to thump my head on the desk when I hear people attribute songs to a recent movie instead of their actual origins. But I am very happy that people are paying attention to music from back then. There was a lot of good music then and I'm glad it's not all being lost to time.
If you want to blow your mind you should listen “Shangri-La” from ELO.
That’s the best song they ever made.
It is an epic experience!
Shangri-La, Stepping Out, and Big Wheels- the trifecta.
@@bobbyfoster3769 ... Definitely!!!
The last couple of minutes are ear-gasmic!
And Waterfall from Face the Music . Shangri-La off A New World Record has the most Epic outro to a song ever.
The diary of Horace Wimp...All over the world, Shine a little love,
They had soooo many hits
One of the best bands of the 70’s and 80’s if not the 90’s, there is no such thing as a bad ELO song
(Sir) Jeff Lynne - yes he should have already have been knighted a while ago now and for a good few years I would say due to his long work within the music industry already. Born Dec 1947 in Birmingham - so he's getting on now (73), yet he was still touring (except for the Covid difficulty lately.) - and his voice has barely changed a bit since he first began in 1963.
A genius composer, songwriter, multi-talented musician - even a producer for many others, too. The Beatles, George Harrison, Tom Petty (Free Falling) - and even managed to get Roy Orbison back to singing again. Later while having a chat with George - they decided to form the Supergroup "The Travelling Wilburys" with Harrison . . . by them both picking who they'd like to be in it - all who were asked agreed to do it.
Their is, or used to be, an excellent documentary about Jeff on YT - about 40-50 mins long I think. With contributions from so many people about his musicianship and talents . . . Hope you can find and watch it m8 . . . Enjoy . . .
One of the greatest bands ever Jeff Lynne is a genius.
Well said Steve 👍😊
If you are relating to ELO thru Guardians of the Galaxy then ELO's album Time is a Must Listen for you.
Time is a concept album about "the future" from a 1970's perspective. All you youngsters think falling in love with your siri is a new concept. Ha!
"I met someone who looks a lot like you
she does the things you do,
but she is an IBM" - Yours Truly: 2095 - ELO - Time
.....She's also a telephone
Their name is Electric Light Orchestra but everyone called them ELO! -b Telephone line is one of my favorites. Jeff Wayne -0 the lead singer and writer, also wrote War of the Worlds - the rock opera with Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy), David Essex, Julie Covington (Evita) and Julian Heyward (Moody Blues) as the singers with Richard Burton doing the narration in the wonderful voice of his. Came out in 1976 and Forever Autumn and Thunder Child are my faves from it.
Great reaction. ELO is a great rabbit hole.
Great reaction elo are so good listening for the past 47 years thank you ❤
Jeff Lynne was in the Travelling Wilbury's
Jeff Lynne was kinda in the Beatles as well.
Jeff Lynne was not only in the Wilburys, he wrote and produced all their music. When Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison yield to your genius, that should tell you something
check out Sweet Talkin woman, Telephone Line, Last Train To London, Do Ya, Don't Bring me Down. etc.... and so on and so on....lol
One of E.L.O.'s few cover songs is "Roll Over Beethoven", which was created by Chuck Berry, and then done by the Beatles, but with the orchestral depth that E.L.O. brings, I think they really show what that song can be. Once again, "Roll Over Beethoven".
There version really rocks in an orchestral way. I've always preferred it to the Beatles version or even to the original.
ELO spewed out hits like machine gun bullets on the Somme back in the day. Great band
The best song by the greatest band of all time
I realise more and more everyday that Jeff Lynne is a genius and that his music is outstanding. However at the time we were swamped with so much talent that you couldn’t listen to everyone equally
Jeff Lynne is a genius!! Awesome reaction!!
If you liked this video at all be sure to check out his performance at Glastonbury 2016 (available on RUclips). The sound quality is better and the performance is GREAT....I guarantee you will enjoy. Also note that though Glastonbury was done almost 40 years after the video here, Jeff looks almost exactly the same (except no more Afro).
ROll Over Beethoven, Rock n ROll is King, Hold on Tight, ROckaria, Diary of horace Wimp, Concerto for A rainy Day is a MUST. Heck their whole library is GOLD
Your face was a picture! ELO are INCREDIBLE! Enjoy exploring their music. 😀 I was lucky enough to see them live when they first hit the charts. Tremendous band.
Way before that movie we had the radio and it was AM there was no hifi FM yet and yes it was mono sound. Tons of classics that blasted through the AM radio stations
Lynne and George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison all collaborated together in the 80's as a group called the Traveling Wilbury's. Lynne and ELO have a TON of great music that most are not familiar with or go uncredited with his brilliant arrangements.
A car company used this song for a commercial a few years ago, very successful. I love this ! I remember back then, and we all loved ELO. So different and fresh. Thanks. :)
I first heard this song in 1975 when I was 4 years old and I have been hooked on ELO ever since! So glad you are getting to know them :) when I started collecting their albums, I really loved one song of theirs called "Shangri-La". However they are more popular for their late 70's songs like "Don't Bring Me Down" and another personal favorite of mine which features more electronic sounds with the orchestra "Twilight". And you can't forget they did the soundtrack to "Xanadu" with Olivia Newton John :)
Jeff Lynne was originally in the British group “The Move” and he formed ELO from that after Roy Wood left The Move and formed “Wizard”. The Move had some great songs like Blackberry Way which was the first song played on BBC Radio 1 when it started
Uhh... inaccurate. Roy and Jeff started ELO together - I remember the announcements in Melody Maker and NME - and _then_ Roy left to form (or focus on) Wizzard. (Not 'Wizzard'.)
First song on Radio 1 was the Move but the song was actually "Flowers in the Rain".
@@keithwright8626 I remember listening to it. Very young though, the words seemed a bit weird.
Yeah, I thought it was Jeff AND Roy's idea to do 'rock orchestral'.. Its a shame they fell out or just had different ideas.. But of course judging by all the elo/elo II etc theres been quite a bit of falling out for whatever reason :D
Listen to anything ELO. Jeff Lynne is a GENIUS.
Classics get better the older they get....
I was there from the beginning!!!
They 're awesome!!!!
Livin’ Thing was to go on in Galaxy 1, but got cut due to editing out the scene. Director James Gunn said “if Galaxy had a house band, it would be ELO”, and regretted the edit. Mr. Blue Sky was on Galaxy 2.
Wow that's interesting. Do you have a link to an article about that?
yay i loved that you didnt stop the track to talk
Never seen guardians of the galaxy, have no desire to. But have loved this group for 40 years, lol.
Thank goodness you are doing a live version for These bands that perform with orchestras .unless you grew up in that era where you knew and saw this off the start. You are missing half of it just listening only
to all the people who didn't know how great ELO was? well, NOW YOU KNOW!
This song is a whole epic movie in my ears...
Watch their Wembley concert in front of 60,000 ppl. What a special evening!
Sweet Talkin' Woman!!!!!!!!! Telephone Line!!!! Strange Magic!!!!!!! Love it!!!!!!!!!!!! Great music stands the test of time...
Strange magic is stellar
Actually, everyone I know refers to them as ELO, because it's just shorter than saying Electric Light Orchestra. Both are fine I suppose.
Jeff Lynne is one seriously cool Cat.
Any song from the album new world record , so fine and shangri-la .
The look on your face is priceless! stunned. Please react to Josh Turner Guitar doing Lay Down Sally. He’s so talented. He plays and sings all the parts in this one.
Saw them at the Santa Monica Civic back in '76.
ELO...A CLASS ACT!
You might want to check out the Traveling Wilburys that Jeff Lynn was a part of with along with George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan...
I'm SO down with the Wilburys!
I really love watch your Reaction videos. It brings back memories from when I was Young.
You should catch them in concert. They still sound as good as 45 years ago
The only way us Brits know how to make exceptionally good musiceven if it was the 70s,this little Island of ours has churned out numerous huge bands and this was one of the biggest..
I have perhaps one of the best ELO songs you should react to. It's actually 2 in 1 titled "Eldorado Overture/Can't Get it Out of My Head." But you have to find the version that contains both of them because one flows seamlessly into the other. You won't be disappointed.
Welcome aboard my friend to the journey known as ELO, Electric Light Orchestra. Take a listen to Mr. Blue Sky, one of my son's favorite, who, like you discovered ELO by accident. By the way, love GOTG! Also Telephone Line, Dont Bring Me Down!
It's ok you _can_ say E.L.O. as an alternative to Electric Light Orchestra! My favourite band of all time! Their back catalog is SENSATIONAL! Try - Last Train to London, Don't Bring Me Down, Telephone Line, Confusion, I Can't Get It Out of my Head, Showdown, From the End of the World, Train of Gold, Tightrope. so many :)
In 1973 as a Jr at Central Washington College ELO was the opening act for Wishbone Ash and blew them away as over half the people left during Wishbone's 1st song. I played the violin for 6 years and could only dream.
Rockaria is one of their finest that often gets overlooked.
So true. In the 70s I was ribbed for liking them but the music has survived. My 24 yr old daughter loves the music and even saw them in Glasgow in 2018.
This group performed 18 separate hits on midnight special in 1970s 18 separate appearances. 20 hits
I'm here because I've fallen down the rabbit-hole of ELO reaction videos and RUclips keeps recommending them. It is really great to see music that I enjoyed in my youth being rediscovered by a new generation. This music is from that era where artists were creating integral collections of songs in albums which were meant to be enjoyed in there entirety. May I suggest: get the ELO Out of the Blue double album, take an hour and a half, ease back, relax, and listen to it. I don't think you will be disappointed
Lol yep that's them pat. Jeff Lynne was a genius 😃👍. E.L.O
ELO....better known as Electric Light Orchestra (haha)… was a band with vision and ahead of the game back in the 70's and early 80's. Eldorado and Face the Music are my favorite albums. Try something totally different and play the fully instrumental "Fire On High"....it's brilliant!!! The guitar part was once featured on ABC's Wide World of Sports TV show in the States...if you're old like me you know this! Also, try "Laredo Tornado", "Mister Kingdom", "Can't Get it Out of My Head", "Evil Woman", and "Telephone Line" for starters. Good reaction!
I have listening to ELO Sinclair the 70/80’s. Buying their albums. Ranking them as one of my all time favorites......
And then, for the first time listening to them live today!
I am amazed, they are even better live, still 2019. Many bands losing it slowly, due to getting older. Their original studio versions are great ofcourse and then you hear them live 30-40 years later and its not good or even close anymore. Like looking at this old football stars Playing charity games 20 years after their carriers......but ELO is still high level🏆❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Bunch of great ELO songs! ❤️🎶
What,, wait what,,, great reaction.
ELO ARE BRILLIANT!!!! 👍🥰
I love them
I’m 75 and have all their albums
You need to watch the ELO LIVE Comeback tour from 2001 on you tube. 1.5 hours of Jeff Lynne and some of the greatest musicians on the planet
hold on tight to your dream's, he even smashed it with a good old rock n roll number,it will will get ya going good
Yes, Living Thing is a song by ELO which came out in 1976, 38 years before the film was made.
If you've seen Boogie Nights, this song plays at the end credits.
U can't go wrong with this group
So many layers to the ELO masterpieces and there are so, so many. Have a look at ELO live at Hyde Park, London from 2014 where they are backed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Phenomenal 👍😊
Am sure you've heard most of their songs but don't realize it. They're amazing. He still tours and sounds practically the same.
ELO just released a new album a few months ago. Still rockin! One of the bands from the seventies, the days of my youth...see the avatar...that just rocked the joint. Love this band. Rock on, Dude!
Jeff Lynne, lead singer also has his pianist friend, & have been together with E.L.O. for 40 years!! His name is Richard Tandy. The whole band now are even better!!!!
Living Thing was actually in a scene that was cut from the first Guardians movie.
A really good one by them that's often overlooked is called 'I'm Alive'. It was part of the Xanadu movie soundtrack that also featured Olivia Newton John, who played a major character in the movie. I think the entire second half of the record is Jeff Lynne and the title song, Xanadu, is ELO and ONJ together.
Thanks for this one Pat - ELO, mashing classical instruments with classic rock tracks long before it was popular.... this always makes me wonder what KO and PTX could do with some ot their tracks... Love my acapella but classic rock with awesome harmonies will always be my fave. Cheers !
Some of ELO'S more well known hits: Don't Bring Me Down, Turn to Stone, Sweet Talking Woman, Roll Over Beethoven, Rockaria, Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Can't Get It Out If My Head, Ma Ma Belle, Rock and Roll is King, Xanadu, All Over the World, Telephone Line, Confusion, I'm Alive, Shine a Little Love, Last Train to London, Hold on Tight, Showdown, Do Ya, Wild West Hero, The Diary of Horace Wimp, Twilight, Yours Truly, Here is the News and Calling America. These are just more "radio friendly" songs for starters, many more to go after those.
Enjoy.
ELO has that affect on people, The entire concerto for a rainy day from Out of the Blue
On this song...what can you say other than Greatness! No better reaction than the one’s you recognize.
Now u get it.
Jeff Lynne is a musical genius 👍✌️♥️
As a senior who was in my 20s when ELO hit the scenes, we referred to them as both: ELO or Electric Light Orchestra. Jeff Lynne & ELO was huge with great music. Lynne went on to become a god amongst songwriters, as well as a producer for many famous artists.
Check out his role in the "Supergroup" of groups, in 1988, "The Travelling Wilburys" with Donovan, Jeff Lynne, & the late gr8s George Harrison, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison. Their session drummer was Jim Keltner, roundly regarded as the best session drummer in America. All these super musicians checked their egos at the door and wrote and recorded 10 songs in one day (so the story goes).
Start with the following songs:
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telephone line and turn to stone are two of their greatest.
I was in high school when ELO first came out critics at the time really trashed them as a weird mix of classical instruments and Rock and they called it something like garbage rock or something like that.
Love the Saltaire!
Y favourites 70s band always get everyone dancing at parties Jeff Lyne Plays all the instruments on the recordings
Just watched your 2 E.L.O. reaction and can tell you need go back in time . Do more 60s,70s bands, i think you will be amazed.