1. The kind of Vocoder-sounding part in the call-and-response verses suggests this bop has its real origin point somewhere in the vintage ELO era, and of course it’s hard for fans of a certain age not to think of Bananarama, who were also cruelty-tested once upon a time. But no ...
A ballad of legitimate tenderness onThe Wall‘s third side, essentially a more unhinged version of ELO’s “Telephone Line,” as the story’s rock star anti-hero goes stir crazy alone among his possessions and yearns over twinkling piano to dial up some kind of human connection. “I’ve ...
his mentor back when he was just Timothy Mosley — didn’t come to fruition as fans might’ve hoped, with Timbo only co-producing one of the 12 tracks on the group’sThe Past, The Present, The Futurecomeback effort. Still, that one...
4. “Magic”- The serendipity of love is explored on this dreamy song. Macca’s bass work is inventive, and some leftover Jeff Lynne mojo must have been hanging around the studio from theFlaming Piesessions, because this one could easily have slid onto an ELO album circa ’78 or so, w...
Van Halen covered it, and so did the Jonas Brothers. And Paul McCartney does a rockin’ version of it on tour. But the meanest way to motivate to this tune is to crank up the original, offRubber Soulby the Fab Four. But wait … sadly you can’t get this recording on YouTube anymo...
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The closing track on ELO's eighth album is their highest-charting single in the U.S. (it reached No. 4). Propelled by a marching drum loop, "Don't Bring Me Down" was the group's last classic cut. The following year they recorded theXanadusoundtrack with Olivia Newton-John; in 1981...
Photo: YouTube 11 Electric Light Orchestra - "Eldorado" In the title track from the band's 1974 album, the supposed message says, "He is the nasty one / Christ, you're infernal / It is said we're dead men / Everyone who has the mark will live." ELO singer and songwriter Jeff Ly...
Photo: YouTube 11 Electric Light Orchestra - "Eldorado" In the title track from the band's 1974 album, the supposed message says, "He is the nasty one / Christ, you're infernal / It is said we're dead men / Everyone who has the mark will live." ELO singer and songwriter Jeff Ly...
ELO's biggest U.S. hit was more straightforward than the heavily orchestrated, Beatlesque pop songs that helped steer their career throughout the '70s. With a stomping beat (actually a tape loop slowed down from another song on the same album), "Don't Bring Me Down" sounded like a deca...