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[@MusicandCatLover-vc6jb]

This reaction really fits just in time, but in a sad way. So R.I.P. Richard Tandy.

[@Witsius]

Amen.

[@chronomatt6990]

If Do Ya is the worst song, it must be a damn good album. It’s a sublime one that’s a favorite of many fans. Sadly, Jeff Lynne’s right hand man, multi-musician extraordinaire, and Rock Hall Of Fame inductee Richard Tandy passed away last week. Rest well, Richard.

[@merlinscat]

Shangri la is one of my all time favourites that outdo gives me goosebumps everytime

[@sgt.blkdog3840]

Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude, Judy Baby!!!

[@stevealdous2043]

Along with Out of the Blue the pinnacle of ELO's discography.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

I'd add "ELDORADO," and "ON THE THIRD DAY," to that list. They were top-tier.

[@lauraallen55]

Yep! @@johnmavroudis2054

[@stuartmcivor2276]

@@johnmavroudis2054 Agreed, I love those two as well as Time, although that is a totally different style of music. On The Third Day is an under-rated gem.

[@pjg58x]

For me the top 4 are Eldorado, Face the Music, A New World Récord and Out of the Blue.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

@@pjg58x Great list, but I would definitely have to get "On The Third Day" in there somewhere...

[@altreml4048]

"So Fine" is one of the most underappreciated ELO songs. It's quite possibly in my top three favorite ELO songs. It should be way more popular. I wish more KZbinrs would react to it. Thanks Justin for checking out this entire album. I have played the album hundreds of times and never get sick of the songs.

[@SpiderMcGee]

Within a six-year period, Jeff Lynne wrote three songs about mythical places -- Eldorado, Shangri-la, and Xanadu.

[@TONE11111]

and avalon: "...The painted ladies of the Avalon play in the sun..." from Eldorado.

[@frugalseverin2282]

Thanks for the mention and for giving this brilliant album a listen. I'm surprised about your reaction to 'Do Ya' though, amazing riff and irresistible chorus, I love it. So many memorable songs and sounds, intricate production.

[@gaiaeternal5131]

Hi Justin. Dave here, In Old England Town. Thanks for the name-check, and my fave sci-fi film is probably 2001 A Space Odyssey. Fantastic ELO album, and such a successful and imaginative blend of rock and orchestral. I agree with you about Shangri La (and Do Ya for that matter, the Todd connection being that Utopia played a cover live around the same time) and I would also single out the dramatic opener Tightrope. Others have paid tribute to keyboardist Richard Tandy, who left us this week, and I am convinced that, while Jeff Lynne is the master tunesmith, Richard was so influential in developing their unique sound. He's unsung but one of my favourite keyboard players - RIP Richard. P.S. my song ref In Old England Town is from the earlier ELO II album.

[@lauraallen55]

Yes, Richard doesn't get nearly enough credit for helping to shape their sound. I put up Confusion as a good one for remembering him.

[@jaymez3461]

My favorite ELO album. I got this for Christmas in 1976 and it’s been one of my all time favorite albums ever since.

[@davidwalsh7128]

This is a perfect choice of a full album listen. Thank you....

[@TONE11111]

Telephone Line Written by Jeff Lynne Artist/group: Electric Light Orchestra Released on the album: A New World Record Year of release: 1976 © by Sony Music Inc. Intro: | Am7/9 |G add9 |F add9 |G add9 | |A |A7M Hello, how are you |A7 Have you been alright? | A#dim |Bm Through all those lonely lonely lonely lonely nights, E |Bm C#m That's what I'd say, I'd tell you everything |D E |A7M |D7M | If you'd pick up that telephone |A |A7M Hey, how you feelin' |A7 Are you still the same | A#dim Don't you realize the things we did, we did |Bm E Were all for real not a dream |Bm C#m I just can't believe |D E |A7M |D7M |A7M |D7M D7M/E| They've all faded out of view. |A |F#m Doo wop dobedobe wop |D |E Doo wah doo lang |A |F#m Blue days, Black nights, |D |E doo wah doo lang |A F#m I look into the sky |D E (The love you see ain't gonna see you through) |A F#m And I wonder why |D E (The little dreams we had ain't coming true) |A A/G#|F#m F#m/E |D Oh,oh Telephone line, give some time, |E Fdim I'm living in twilight |A A/G#|F#m F#m/E |D Oh,oh Telephone line, give some time, |E Fdim |G A | I'm living in twilight Intro |A |A7M OK, so no-one’s answering, |A7 | A#dim| We can't you just let it ring a little longer |Bm E |Bm C#m I'll just sit tight, through the shadows of the night |D E |A7M |D7M |A7M |D7M D7M/E| Let it ring for evermore |A |F#m Doo wop dobedobe wop |D |E Doo wah doo lang |A |F#m Blue days, Black nights, |D |E doo wah doo lang |A F#m I look into the sky |D E (The love you see ain't gonna see you through) |A F#m And I wonder why |D E (The little dreams we had ain't coming true) |A A/G#|F#m F#m/E |D Oh,oh Telephone line, give some time, |E Fdim I'm living in twilight |A A/G#|F#m F#m/E |D Oh,oh Telephone line, give some time, |E Fdim I'm living in twilight TAB Intro | 4/4 | Am7/9 G add9 ||8--7-----------------------|------------------------| ||------8--10----------------|------------------------| ||-------------9-------------|5--7--------------------| ||---------------------------|------------------------| ||---------------------------|------------------------| ||---------------------------|------------------------| F add9 G add9 ||---------------------------|------------------------| ||6--5-----------------------|------------------------| ||------5--7-----------------|7--5--------------------| ||------------7--------------|------5--7--------------| ||---------------------------|------------7-----------| ||---------------------------|------------------------|

[@minkhollow]

I've heard Utopia's cover of "Do Ya" before (done live), which is probably where the Todd Rundgren confusion came into things. To me, "So Fine" is the underrated hero of the album. Everyone knows "Livin' Thing," but "So Fine" is an essential part of the experience.

[@jmmbos]

totally agree , So Fine is so uplifting . It's like you waking up on a sunny morning and you're having an enormous amount of energy and want to do a 1000 things . It's pure happiness

[@chronomatt6990]

As mentioned, Do Ya was written by Jeff and originally recorded by ELO’s predecessor, The Move. Todd Rundgren included the song in his live show playlist during the early 1970s, which over time, had people think he wrote the song. Re-recording for A New World Record was Jeff reclaiming the song as his own.

[@brucer2152]

This is a great album....the next should be "Time".

[@lauraallen55]

Yes, you can say 'genius' about Jeff Lynne. Most people do. :) Almost didn't recognize 'Auld Lang Syne' when you read the lyric lol! It's: awld-lang-zigne (like sign). Favorite sci-fi movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Slaughterhouse 5, and one of my all-time favorite movies of any genre: Bladrunner.

[@James-np8pu]

2001: A space odyssey

[@grahamharley4895]

Just listened on Patreon. Thanks, one of my old favourites I haven't aired for years.

[@jhamptonjr]

Rockaria was one of my favorite songs off this album! Me and an old girlfriend used to singing at the top of our lungs! So good!

[@altreml4048]

This title, "A New World Record" is a triple entendre. The first two are fairly obvious. The third has to do with the song, Mission, where an alien is told to come down and record a new world in their eyes. Very clever. :)

[@shyshift]

Do Ya’ was originally done by Jeff’s former band The Move in the 60’s.

[@jarihakala]

Glad to see you returning to another ELO album. You should check their absolute peak in studio production and best ELO album in my honest opinion - Out of the Blue. There are some gems you should like.

[@rojavida]

The string arrangements are largely courtesy of Louis Clark. His influence definitely lifted ELO to another level, perfectly complementing the already stellar songs of Jeff Lynne.

[@chronomatt6990]

Totally agree. Louis was unsung hero of ELO’s classic sound. His good taste prevented the strings from making ELO songs sound cheap, which was the case among other songs of the same era.

[@vinsgraphics]

Louis Clark later created the “Hooked On Classics” series in the 80s, which I was hooked on in high school. Introduced me to a lot of classical (little snippets from which you then go look for the full pieces).

[@onsesejoo2605]

"Victorian chords", The Beatles brought over influences from the music hall which lived its heyday on the Victorian era. In the late 50's early 60's there still were people who remembered that era, pretty much like 1960's is for Generation Z nowadays.

[@V0ID_X5]

I’m so glad to see a reaction to this! It’s my favorite album and I bought the vinyl this year (the first vinyl record I’ve ever bought!)

[@markfilla9305]

Hey Justin - just a fantastic reaction to my favorite ELO album! What a great surprise when I saw this one on the bill for today. You're right in that there's not a bad song on the whole thing. My personal favorites (in descending order) are Shangri La, Mission (A New World Record), Above the Clouds and So Fine. I'm with you on Do Ya. Although it's fine, it's my least favorite on the album. Thanks for reacting to this one!! Also, thanks for the mention at the beginning. My favorite alien-related movie would have to be Arrival. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is up at the top of the list as well.

[@JustJP]

Really glad you enjoyed this one with me Mark!

[@raymondregis6219]

This album was the first that local radio played a lot. My first band played this in 80. I played rhythm guitar and piano at the end.

[@jimhardiman3836]

I seriously recommend seeing ELO on their farewell tour. I saw them in 2018 and it was a top 5 show for me. Great songs, strong performances and killer visuals. Not to be missed!

[@TONE11111]

"Do Ya" was a song written by Lynne when he was in 'The Move' 1969

[@kevtruth]

And the Move's version is better

[@MusicandCatLover-vc6jb]

@@kevtruth And i like Ace Frehleys version, too.

[@kevinhodgson2990]

The Abyss Special Edition. Great ELO album, love every song. "Do Ya" is fantastic, just listen to it a few more times.

[@SirOliverNorwell]

Thanks for your analysis of this epic ELO album. I think you nailed it with Shangri-La. It's one of my all-time favourite tunes. Jeff Lynne should do it live on his upcoming Over and Out Tour as the final track. It would be mesmerizing. As to great Sci-Fi movies I'll throw in one that hasn't been mentioned yet: Gattaca. Greetings from Deutschland (Germany).

[@KWBennet]

Thanks. This was the first album that In ever bought. It was a great choice in 1977 and it is still a great listen today. Jeff Lynn at the height of his song writing power.

[@jamesadkisson7510]

If ever a band nicked a great idea from the Beatles it’s ELO. But you can’t hold it against them. They used that idea to make creative wonderful beautiful songs.

[@richg0404]

I remember playing the grooves off of this record when it first came out. I had gotten my first pair of headphones for Christmas the year before (I guess my parents didn't want to hear my music, LOL). I wore out that LP. Luckily I had transferred it to cassette, and of course replaced it with CD later. My current favorite Sci Fi movie is 2001 a Space Odyssey, but mostly because it was my most recent watch.

[@brucer2152]

The thing I love about "rockaria" is the great double meaning when he sings "Verde's always creeping from her room". It could mean the music or could it really be Verde himself?!

[@jhamptonjr]

This should be a good one! It was one of E L O's best albums.

[@MissAstorDancer]

I like to refer to this album as the baby Out of The Blue! It's in my top 3 faves, with "OotB" being my fave, followed by "Eldorado". As I listened to your comments, I actually REMEMBERED when this album came out and I bought it, and sat down to listen for the first time, that I did not really love "Do Ya" for some reason. But over the years, and with more and more listens, and, especially, after seeing them in concert on the OotB tour, "Do Ya" def has become one of my favorites!! Same with "Rockaria", but to a slightly lesser extent. "Just to hear the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure But it's alright"

[@goodnewsryan3363]

Great album follow up album even better out of the blue their finest...

[@cosmiccat6708]

I do prefer earlier era ELO, but this album has some great tracks, such as, Mission, Living Thing, and Shangri-la, oh and Tightrope. Do Ya has about 50 different versions, Jeff seems to go back to this early track a lot. Hope you check out ELO II and On The Third Day, one day ? Favourite Sci Fi film has to be Alien 👽, but it's a difficult choice when you're a Sci fi geek like me 😊R.I.P Richard Tandy ❤

[@keithbk]

Rockaria is "ROCK-ARIA." An Aria is "a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work." The opera singer is performing an Aria which is then blended with rock music.

[@keithbk]

What are my fav sci fi movies? Galaxy Quest is probably one of my favorites, as is the original TRON (but it doesn't have any aliens). I really love the first Guardians of the Galaxy film. It was a surprisingly good, entertaining sci fi film and less of a Marvel film for me.

[@MissAstorDancer]

@@keithbk - Absolutely LOVED the original TRON!!!

[@sonnyhenriksen284]

Arrival & Interstellar.

[@sphericalharmony1603]

For a more intellectual watch, 2001 A Space Odyssey. For entertainment, The Empire Strikes Back. Shangri-la is my favourite track. The songs that were singles have lost some of their lustre just because I've heard them so many times, but unfortunately that kind of over exposure happens with music. I like the fact that Justin always goes through the lyrics because that's an aspect that sometimes passes me by, particularly when there's so much going on instrumentally.

[@jamesadkisson7510]

I wonder about songs like Telephone Line and other songs from the past that use the phone and speaking to the operator as a plot device in the song. If younger people hear these if they are stumped about what’s going on.

[@DavidWalter-yl2ic]

fIRST ALBUM i EVER BOUGHT.r.i.p.rICHARD tANDY

[@lauraallen55]

I called it rock-uh-ree-uh for years too. Then, one day, I was like Oh! It's rock-ar-ee-uh as in an aria lol! By the way, it's or-KEST-ruhl :) I agree with everyone else with not getting the not liking of Do Ya. Yes, you're right, Jeff Lynne was the mastermind behind ELO. RIP Richard Tandy.

[@MissAstorDancer]

I've been dying to point out the correct pronunciation of "orchestral" for a long time!

[@lauraallen55]

Lol! I'm not shy about those things >.

[@lhpl]

I'm not really a person who picks favorites, but since you asked so nicely, and as I loved your analysis of _Mission_ (which is roughly an entire scifi story in one song, and it nearly always brings me to tears}, I'll try: this is not a movie that is very known or popular, but it is a sweet story, and I love the theme melody, Starman (1984), directed by John Carpenter, with Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges. Tron (the original from 1982) is also a great scifi movie, but I don't know if the "programs" can count as aliens. 😊 Another ssdly overlooked movie is 2010 (from 1984), the sequel to 2001. I suppose the monolith can represent aliens, and the soundtrack is just sublime!

[@jeffschielka7845]

Hey Justin! Classic by ELO. It's a masterpiece. Jeff is a genius!☮️🎵🎼🎶🪐🪐🪐🛸🛸🛸⭐️⭐️⭐️👍😎

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Best tracks on the album: "Tightrope," "Livin' Thing," "Do Ya" (yes. You heard me right, JP... ha ha), and "Shangri-La" ... I can't listen to "Telephone Line" anymore.. Heard it way too much, I guess. I got this album when it first came out... I was in Middle School... and I'll never forget listening to this album and being mesmerized. SCI FI films you must check out: "ARRIVAL" (an absolute mind-boggling STUNNER of a film... one of my Top 20 films of all-time), "CHILDREN OF MEN" (more of a dystopian tale that is. jaw-dropping in a brilliant, thought-provoking kind of way. The same director helmed the epic space drama "GRAVITY," which is also a must see.). A couple of other FANTASTIC films on the fantasy front: "PLEASANTVILLE" and "STRANGER THAN FICTION"... ... ALL of these films are superb and you will never forget them. (they'd all make great reaction watch-alongs, too!) Cheers!

[@JustJP]

CoM is a great film!

[@joelliebler5690]

Had the album and loved it all. This is my favorite ELO album with Telephone Line literally pulling at my heartstrings ❤

[@charrid56maclean]

It is a great album❤

[@sgt.blkdog3840]

I love the lyrics if Do ya

[@hernanpatrik4908]

De ese gran álbum de ELO "A New World Record" de 1976, fue gran álbum hit en US y UK, Resto del Mundo. Mis favoritos "Tightrope""So Fine" "ShangriLa" "Telephone" "Livin Thing""Mission". Great Reaction, very good bone scan to the Album.. greeting from Chile 🇨🇱 América Del Sur.

[@jhamptonjr]

I'm going to go old school and tell you that my favorite science fiction ever was My Favorite Martian with Bill Bixby.

[@MissAstorDancer]

Awwww!!! What a great memory! I loved that series!!! Had a big crush on Bill Bixby!

[@lhpl]

Sorry for spamming the comments, but at 28:00 you talk about the Moog (which I just now realised is not promouncd @muug"). This of course brings us back to scifi, as in 1977, a year after ANWR, Spielberg's Close Envounters Of The Third Kind came out, in which a Moog synthesizer plays a big role! Another good scifi movie!

[@JustJP]

Thanks for the comments lhpl! I appreciate them :D

[@lhpl]

Oh, at 26:19, you talk sbout the "alien" transition, "from out of nowhere". Jeff seems to have had a typical interest for scifi and space when he was a boy, not surprising as he grew up in the fifties and sixties when spacetravel, rockets, astronauts etc were very hot topics (he would proobably also have watched Doctor Who). On one of his earliest songs with the Idle Race, _I Like My Toys_ , he dreams of going to the stars. And of course the most recent two albums are called Alone In The Universe and From Out Of Nowhere! I sometimes think Jeff could easily be a time-travelling alien, a musical time lord, whose Tardis is disguised, not as a police box, but as a Wurlitzer jukebox... 😂

[@lhpl]

I will stop now, I promise! But I just want to praise you even more for your analysis of Shangrila. Especially noting the sadness turning into hope - i think this is so characteristic of Jeff's sad songs. Also the Jeff Lynne theme number one: rain! These things must have been "with" him always. With the Idle Race, two songs pop up in my mind immediately: the -very sad - song called _Plesse No More Sad Songs_ and the perfect song for a rainy day, literally or emotionally: _A Better Life (The Weatherman Knows)_ . You shoild probably check out both...I have always found songs like these very cathartic when going through hard times, precisely because they are beautiful, and contain a seed of hope. ❤

[@frankie718]

Fav SF movier: Dune (1984)

[@diggitydog412]

While I don't agree that Do Ya is not a great song......I do find it interesting that you picked it out. The fact that it's actually the only song on the album that is an older song (originally done by Lynne while in the group The Move) is interesting. You were able to pick out that it's 'different' than the other songs. It's a remake if you will.

[@robertgrace6182]

Blade Runner. Still here! Still advising Open Heart Zoo by Martin Grech…

[@lauraallen55]

Bladrunner is one of my favorite movies of any kind, not just Sci-Fi!

[@valerieh84]

Solaris by Steven Soderbergh, the remake. I haven’t see the original film.

[@kenl2091]

Anyone else prefer the earlier poorer selling ELO stuff? - 10538 Overture? Roll Over Beethoven? Ma-Ma-Ma Belle? No? Just me then! btw: Best sci fi/war/time slip movie? Slaughterhouse Five. (Don't bother with numbers 1-4 as they don't exist.)

[@lauraallen55]

I love early ELO. First time I heard them was when I was 19, and I came home to my roommate listening to something on headphones as he always did. He came over to me and put the headphones on me, and the first song on El Dorado was playing. I was like holy c*ap! Whatever this is I love it. I didn't give the headphones back and just listened to the rest of the album without stopping. This was many years after it came out, more than a decade, actually. So, I had to go and devour everything they did. Massive ELO fan. I would go so far as to say El Dorado is my favorite album of their, but then I would have to say it likely depends on what I'm listening to at the moment. :)

[@lhpl]

I love anything by Jeff equally. What do you think of his earliest stuff, with the idle Race, 1968-69? I think it is criminally underappreciated in general.

[@JoeScottish]

Great reaction, and as an ELO fan, I agree with you about Do Ya, easily my least favourite song on the album, the Move's version (as Jeff Lynne admitted) was way better 😁

[@German___]

Do Ya is also my least favorite off the album, though it's a fan favorite. I get it that he wanted to remake this older song of his which other artists were covering, but he was writing better stuff at this time. Great album anyway. The next one is a double and it's awesome too.

[@JoeScottish]

Favourite alien movie? Close Encounters? Stargate?

[@JustJP]

Stargate is a fun one!

[@pilesovinyl]

Agreed on Shangrila, and FYI Do Ya was an old track that Jeff originally recorded with the English group The Move, and he just must have decided to revisit it here. I like it okay, but in hindsight it didn't really fit the feel of this album.

[@martinduner1844]

Solaris

[@yes_head]

Wow, do we disagree about this one. "Shangri La" is fine, but it's clearly the token ballad that JL came up with just because every album needs at least one. By contrast "Do Ya" is all killer, no filler. It was a staple on FM radio for years, and held a similar place as McCartney rockers like "Jet" and "Helen Wheels". I do like this album, although it's hard for me to see Jeff Lynne as anything more than the world's biggest Beatles devotee. He even name checks Beatles songs fer crissakes.

[@isebmazo2140]

Funny, i have always considered Telephone Line as the worst song on it

[@a.k.1740]

I'm one of those who recommended A New World Record to you, but I have to say that I haven't really listened to ELO for some time now, probably because I've had my fill of this orchestral pop in the past. It's probably their best album (although Out of the Blue isn't far off, but I find the latter more indigestible in the long run). In short, for me ELO's music has become a bit off-putting over the years, and if I'm in the mood for some slick pop, I'll always go back to the Beatles above all else!

[@richteezer1]

Love ELO, can barely listen to more than a handful of Beatles tracks, mainly hits. Their albums are so boring. Sgt pepper most overrated album ever. But they influenced Jeff so glad they existed 🤷

[@a.k.1740]

@@richteezer1 To be honest, I wouldn't disagree with you about Sgt pepper, which never really excited me apart from a few tracks, and I could say the same about Abbey road and even more about Let It Be. However, I'm sorry to contradict you, but Jeff Lynne and ELO would never have had a career without The Beatles, and in the end I'd rather put up with the most indigestible Beatles songs than the best ELO ones, which over time have become insignificant to me!

[@davidlane1169]

'Ole Audiophile: Batteries Not Included (Steven Speilburg). You know, I believe ELO did music in an early movie about A.I. (Electric Dreams), a musical based loosely on greek mythology (Xanadu) and devoted an entire album to time travel (Time) but I can't think of any meaningful sci-fi ELO contributed to. Anyone?

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

It was billed as Jeff Lynn solo but I believe Richard Tandy was involved with the two tracks he did for Electric Dreams, "Video" is an interesting bop, "Let it Run" is more a straight ahead rocker. The whole album is rather good.

[@keithbk]

You have one of the greatest Sci Fi openings of all time to an ELO tune (Mr. Blue Sky) with "Guardians of the Galaxy 2..." No, it wasn't composed FOR the movie, but it was BRILLIANTLY used in the movie! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3faqmhtbqyXb5I&pp

[@davidlane1169]

@@keithbk I thought I remembered something, I am a Marvel fan. No.2 I believe I breezed through. Thanx for remembering though, it's why I queried. (I've always gotten a chuckle out of how Marvel implements Led Zeppelin so effectively.They wield it like a heavy baseball bat)

[@kevinmkraft]

I think you inadvertently missed or skipped entire verses of at least a couple of the songs, man!

[@JustJP]

Its likely- I dont usually read 'every' single line lol

[@kevinmkraft]

@@JustJP Ah, I see. OK.