Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown (Official Audio)

[@robertorick6383]

It should be known by ELO fans since 1972 that ELO started out as both being led by Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood as a progressive offshoot of The Move, but Roy quit after the first album to go solo, so it's been Jeff's baby since then. As of 2024, Jeff is announcing his retirement from touring as ELO prepares it's 2024-25 tour as it's last tour. Good luck, and Godspeed, Jeff.

[@williamharris5957]

I was born in 1972 and I can't wait to see the show in Cincinnati ohio

[@joykillerrodriguez780]

Fan of ELO since early 2000's. Glad to see the next generation have a taste in great music!

[@kennethmeyers3510]

Music in the 70s will never be re-done..Best Music ever..

[@robertorick6383]

@@kennethmeyers3510 In case you didn't know it, R.I.P. to Richard Tandy, who was ELO's longtime keyboardist. He passed on May 2024 at the age of 74.

[@stuntmaster127]

Seeing them tonight!

[@jimmilner218]

So excited to see ELO for the first time in September!

[@lithiumkc8]

I’m going tonight, here in Arizona 🙏

[@nmatheus]

@@lithiumkc8 how was it ?

[@ginger8304]

I saw ELO on May 16, 1974 at the Terrace Ballroom in Salt Lake City, UT. I remain a fan 50 years later!

[@nicole-uo9cd]

ginger, I was 10 years old then but I still love listening to these guys, from a time when real music was REAL MUSIC!

[@joygold5598]

SUPER

[@SoldCentralFlorida2023]

I was there attending U of Utah!!! Great time to be in SLC ••••• Alta & Little Cottonwood Canyon

[@iulenny]

Go see them if you have the chance.....it's an amazing show with the technology these days and i thought it was very affordable....took my whole family.

[@allgood6760]

Of course! .. music is timeless⌚👍🎵🎶

[@MarilynJDennis-gq9dt]

At 80 years old, loved them THEN love them NOW! Their sound is unbeatable!

[@mensablonde826]

I''m almost 70 and I did, too!

[@kevinbeyer5451]

80? Woŵ still loving ELO. You rock! It's gonna be a showdown

[@williamharris5957]

51 and I'm here !

[@paigeschultz6951]

I LOVE IT!! GOALS for sure- you made me smile so big! 54 and a big fan since I was a kid. My mom at 81 laughs at how much I still love the 70’s music. ❤

[@tywilliamnash5078]

07-12-2024 9:24 am; I’m 68 turning 69 (such a provocative double-entendres numeral…. Yikes…Hee Hee!) on October 13th. 2024 this year. I have Hyperparathyroidism, which means that my thyroid glands are working overtime in the extreme, and I eat 5 meals a day, but still burn it off. My metabolism is not compromised but enhanced in the extreme. My body is the same size, dimensions, volume, mass, weight, waist/inseam, neck/arm length….everything except my shoe size has remained the same as when I was 17 years old, and my shoe size went from 12 to 13 to now .,..it’s 14. I’ve been listening to ELO the entire time. I’ve never seemed to be interested in the band leader or its exceptional members ….. I just know that I like the music, the sound, the lyrics, and sometime the innovative instrumental/the electronica calisthenics, State Of The Art usage of audio sampling tricks candy sauce applied to the latest new album recording debuts (back in the day and at that previous era of good current times, as we waited….champing at the bit drooling for the next installment album to magically appear at out favorite music records and tapes store outlet) ….the premier warehouse retail sales record music outlet at that time would be the one and only TOWER RECORDS, on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. When I heard this album’s playlist single track, Mister Blue Sky, I just about lost my ‘lil monkey mind there for several seconds. The last part of the lyrics where the electronic synthesizer modulates/undulates/squeezes multiple harmonics wavering sets of overlapping synchronized audio output sounds like a computer that is self-aware and trying to communicate utilizing the only. tools available to it which would logically be something it created by its own concept f sbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbblbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbBbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbfsinging voice

[@ALBrown79]

I love ELO. 🫶🏼

[@dougpool4730]

As a kid in the '70's I didn't really care for ELO. Now having rediscovered them at 58 years old I'm like "what the hell was I thinking". Amazingly beautiful. 👍👍👍

[@davidfsikkema1416]

I get it Doug, at 74, I enjoy music I didn't care for a few decades or so ago. Our musical tastes can change as well as our preferences in food . . . and women :-)

[@davidfsikkema1416]

P.S. Also discover The Traveling Wilburys if you haven't already, Jeff is there too.

[@rondeneef]

them just good D

[@laneflinn2450]

@@davidfsikkema1416 Wikburys were the best so much fun

[@bigdgz1965]

Same here. They're awesome.

[@kevinmurray563]

Have had the pleasure of seeing ELO 3 times. 1978, 1981 and 2016 with my son. The most underrated band of all time. Jeff Lynne....a genius!!!!!

[@karenkeheley976]

So true

[@petermills542]

Kevin Murray ' Underrated" by whom??! They were massively successful! 😄

[@kevinmurray563]

@@petermills542 ...Yes they were, but Jeff Lynne and the former members of ELO never received the recognition that they deserved. When The Beastie Boys and other numerous bands were inducted into the Hall of Fame before ELO then there is something wrong.

[@kochaos6129]

Lennon once said ELO picked up where the Beatles left off.. they're just too good to NOT be underrated..

[@siaitsme6800]

❤❤❤

[@movieguymiles]

One of the greatest groups of all time!

[@andymatthews7617]

AWESOME.

[@fredtoituyau278]

Yes!

[@billix3178]

Bad bunny is best

[@sandysizemore501]

Such a wonderful group. I love the orchestra!!!

[@the_sockdolager]

Some members of the Beatles are quoted as saying if the band had continued into the 70s ELO is what they would have sounded like.

[@megilito]

65 years old @ my favourite band ELO

[@Davidbellika]

69 and still a fam

[@william67883]

Jeff was absolutely amazing on this album. 1970 was just the beginning of a decade of great music 🎵

[@ricksanchez3106]

Listen up people. Now we all go through our deal. It’s fucked at times. But if you feel this song then you are my people! Move forward do good and be awesome. Got it? Yeah.

[@JudyinAL]

I’ve been a big ELO fan since the 70’s.

[@ivanmay7890]

RIP Richard Tandy of ELO, whose keyboard playing gave ELO their progressive rock edge.

[@christlopherbrandimarte4520]

I had forgotten how great ELO actually was. Holy Shit

[@sjmtc3450]

So GLAD I grew up with THE ABSOLUTE BEST MUSIC EVER

[@marilynlucarelli738]

Me too!!

[@4boot]

Me three!!!❤

[@ReynardTheFox-dm8py]

...we had the best music, didn't we ?.........................

[@red-v6d8z]

Me four ❤️

[@michaeldouglas1243]

Me 5

[@Skynyrdforever]

Saw ELO in '77 and was one of the best concerts ever. The laser light show was incredible but, nothing compared to the performance of the band. What a great group of musicians led by one of the best talents in music, Jeff Lynne. I was blessed to have had that opportunity and treasure the memory.

[@sondrasellers8967]

I knew this song when I was a kid listening to the radio. Great times.

[@keneke5162]

Probably the best era of rock/pop music ever!

[@dfcordovez]

…and Disco time also…”Last Train To London”

[@markcoluzzi5754]

Not probably....WAS !!!!

[@lindamcguire-xx6rq]

Of couse

[@lindamcguire-xx6rq]

70'thebest time of all !!!❤

[@sampopaakkonen2198]

RIP Richard Tandy. Thank you for the music. 🇫🇮

[@tracyhall6195]

The late, wonderful Mike Edwards, on cello. 🙏 💙 🕊 🍊

[@matthew-Williams]

Been a fan of ELO since I was a kid, great band and Jeff has the kind of voice you just cant miss.

[@video-tourist]

Me too! ELO is the best!

[@kesotone]

Buscemi n Goodman

[@andymatthews7617]

JUST SUPERB, no band in the last 25 years has come close.

[@fredtoituyau278]

Not only the voice, you can 'hear' the style in the songs he produced for others

[@LisaGemini]

Me too! Jeff Lynne once said that ELO hoped to take over where the Beatles left off. Just like the Fab Four, they made instant classic hits! Jeff had a wonderful friendship with George Harrison, too. Loved the Traveling Wilburys!

[@velmadunkin18]

I’m 58. I still love ELO

[@John-r1d3k]

ELO Real musicians!!! God help us with the music of now.😢

[@edbenson98]

ELO holds the record for having the most Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hits (20) without a number one single of any band in US chart history.

[@pbar1000]

And yet we couldn't get away from them on the radio. They were all over the airwaves!

[@JimmieBuffet-qi3lk]

Jeff Lynne is a Musical Genius that's why . In my humble opinion. 😊

[@NateClark-od5rl]

Yeah most folks don't even know who they are, but everone knows the tunes

[@johnturner1679]

Underrated band,Jeff Lynn is a genius

[@viri7936]

Liked but not loved... Criminal

[@neverettebrakensiek8771]

A very relevant song for the days we live in 12/2023

[@joshuatrees797]

Even more relevant 11/6/2024~

[@neverettebrakensiek8771]

@@joshuatrees797 WOOOOOOO BABY SHOW DOWN. God guide us through this broken world, Amen

[@joshuatrees797]

@@neverettebrakensiek8771 Amen~

[@ME-wh5pf]

What to say? Nothing, just listening! This is pure energy for the brain and the...heart! Thank you so much Sir for everything! We love you.

[@andrewrastelli2159]

Love you guys.

[@kesotone]

The other jeffery Lewbowski

[@stinkybudz420]

GOLD 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇✌️

[@michelleamodio7478]

I love this as well purely great full memory.

[@genovevahernandez1641]

@@michelleamodio7478 0 de

[@fredametcalfe7321]

Takes me back to when I was young love ELO

[@andymatthews7617]

I WANT TO GO BACK, NOW.

[@Варис-х9э]

Дважды в одну реку не войдёшь, к сожалению... 😢

[@richardshultis9626]

The song, the vocals, the instrumentation, the delivery. It dont get no better than this. ELO rocks!

[@Shaffaqwamiq]

It certainly don’t

[@raysamuels9593]

The only ones that could even come close was the little river band

[@richardshultis9626]

Yeah, I saw the Little River b

[@richardshultis9626]

Yeah, I saw the Little River Band twice in the late 70s at the civic Center in Springfield, Mass. They were great.

[@ASONIA-qu5ed]

Beatles school.

[@BoneAppleTea1143]

This band is so talented. Very underrated. Incredible use of many different instruments.

[@angelikamayer9639]

Sorry, I have to correct you: Not underrated at all. They had one chartbraker after another worldwide, especially in the U.S and of course Great Britain.

[@cduby1424]

A band that definitely does not get the credit they deserve!

[@anthonya.antonio]

They seem to be underrated.

[@jarkkokoski105]

Jo on ööp​@@anthonya.antonio

[@tiffanysanchez4564]

I say this often. Can't wait to see Jeff in AZ this October!!!

[@mondolilith7917]

70’s kid… ELO never gets old, just more & more prophetic. ✨🔥❤️🔥✨

[@aarongerrish8930]

She cries to the southern wind, greatest opening line ever

[@exocine]

Alltimes classic and epic. ELO is a stunning discovering. Thanks team you are one of bests!

[@jeff636l9]

Have to thank Reacher s2 for introducing me to this song !!! Beats outta this world

[@BrandonBurrup]

Was just reminded of this great song by Jack Reacher!

[@classicrockfan8034]

Another Masterpiece from ELO and Jeff Lynne!

[@suzielynne9421]

Listening to E L O is better than any anti depression pills. Their music takes you to the best place. 🎧💖 Thank you Sir.

[@andymatthews7617]

JUST AWESOME SUZIE, WISH I HAD SEEN THEM LIVE.

[@davidallen9538]

Simply the most fantastic band. Everything about ELO says class act’s and timeless music that will leave forever. Thank you Jeff Lynne for everything you’ve done for Rock music 👍🏻👊🏻

[@andymatthews7617]

TOTALLY UNIQUE, NEVER BE ANOTHER.

[@GrotrianSeiler]

Class act, well said.

[@Bob-ne6vv]

Classic elo,very underrated band,long live the orchestra ❤😊 🎉

[@bewitched6479]

ELO : my teenage years ! Amazing band and music !!! ❤❤❤

[@Steve.Garrison]

ELO has a sound all their own, and I love it.

[@camplethargic8]

Credit where credit is due: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIiqZKGmm6qiftE

[@pepsiisunderrated]

The Rubber Man vs. Big Ern McCracken. Legends.

[@evieraotacon]

Kingpin baby 1996😎👍

[@kiezersosay49]

To thing we all almost got Munson'd out here in youtube land...and big earn is still above the law.

[@fizzbrew]

What's why I'm here brother

[@GoGoJuice120]

I was lucky enough to see Kingpin/American Beauty double feature. Song has always been associated with Big Ern since.

[@Zacharymck]

I'm in room 1103

[@elofan5484]

John Lernnon said in a 1974 interview on WNEW-FM that this song could have been #1 but record label United Artists did not promote it properly

[@williampaul8556]

When there was MUSIC in the air!!!! Where has it gone? IT'S GONE.

[@anthonya.antonio]

That's because rap and hip hop have polluted the airwaves

[@threeg6966]

It isn't (all) gone. You just have to search harder for it.

[@brianfugate2822]

One of the greatest rock bands first time hearing this version must be an alternate take its still a masterpiece from and underrated rock band

[@rhoadnaroahs]

Jeff re-recorded all the hits for this album.

[@shannonloder6087]

Yes , grew up hearing it played by my parents as a youngster. Now its one of my favourite ever, timeless and powerful and brilliant. No other band like them and never will be.

[@BerlindaSchutter]

Great Rock & Roll Band. Good stuff.

[@juiceboxhero9052]

This song is featured towards the end of the film Kingpin (1996). Woody Harrelson, Bill Murray, and ELO. Absolute classic.

[@hughesey009]

Where I first heard it. Some great songs in Kingpin.

[@MrIncognito236]

That's why I'm here. LoL

[@garykboy5103]

The pizza lol 😂

[@zitchili6932]

Different version too. What a bad ass song you guys!!!

[@ccassidy278]

Yup. Kingpin brought me here in 2022🤣🤷‍♂️

[@tonymango5787]

Genius

[@jooru2]

Forever Like! 👍🏻

[@karenrubertone2833]

Love Everything from ElO❤❤❤

[@randalleasley31]

The 1st of 12 8 track tapes I received from Columbia record club for one cent

[@patsychapman7169]

Still by far the best band and the best songs they do had me moving!

[@troydaigle7902]

I'm 60, wish I could still move 🤭🤭🤭

[@rickhazen5227]

I saw ELO when I was in the Army in Germany in 77, and every song they sang sounded exactly like the album. Jeff Lynne is a perfectionist when it comes to music. It was one of the best concerts I had ever seen. And of course since it was in Germany Status Quo was one of the acts also. What a concert!!!

[@silversurfer5475]

I'm 45 and just discovered this band a few years ago and I'm blown away! I had heard of them and heard their songs but didn't know it was them. There's so much great music for people to discover!!!

[@glendabothwell9091]

I was blown away in the 70s

[@ricoz2016]

We both lucked out, in different ways. I found ELO at 15 with A New World Record in 1976. It's never too late to fall in love!

[@paulahunt3508]

@@glendabothwell9091 ME TOO GLENDA! Grew up with these guys in the background. ELO WAS MY FAVORITE. Sorry to say I never did get to see them.

[@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503]

Oh yeah..hit them up at Wimbledon!

[@markc9599]

@@glendabothwell9091 I'm in my 70's and have been a fan for 50 years! It doesn't get any better.

[@nastyswap]

Growing up listening to ELO.. there will NEVER be another ELO.. You will be missed..

[@SWright1978]

He’s not dead yet!

[@milagrosvizurraga1788]

One of my favorites from ELO 💖

[@alisonmontford]

I love ELO & have done for many years. Their sound is so unique.

[@pablocontador1873]

LOS AMO!! Grettings from Chile ❤️ mis héroes!

[@ceciliaperezgamboa]

Concuerdo absolutamente 🤩💟

[@teresashell9067]

Me! Always loved that song but haven't heard it forever. Thanks Reacher😁

[@MsKatkins001]

2:08 Me. Love this. My phone picked it up immediately. Aren't gadgets wonderful? 😂😅 I'm 72 and that was my time back when everything was good in the UK.

[@chrishodgson6302]

Fabulous.

[@patihanvy7699]

I'm a huge fan!!!! Never ever get tired of ELO. I think its the mix of orchestration

[@pegalouise570]

So true

[@conlethbyrne4809]

@@pegalouise570 Join the club.

[@mddell58]

HOW in the world 🌎 did I forget about this fabulous song?! I was in junior high when this came out. Love it! (Reacher)

[@rmbn5]

I remember getting the 45 Rpm vinyl of this. Loved it and was such an effort to buy as I was at a boarding school in Singapore. I didn't have a record player too! I remember searching for one in the school facility on the weekend. That was not allowed. I had to listen to it and managed to find one. I sat there and played it once. The next time I heard it by chance was some 40 yrs after in 2014. So many yrs after those memorable 70's summer afternoon.

[@krakentoast]

I love ELO

[@Blitterbug]

Amazing re-recording - Jeff's voice has never aged!

[@TrustyZ900]

50 years after this song was released, it still resonates. New contemporary music, I can't remember it a day later.

[@deberwin1833]

One of my favorite bands! Their music is healing and mysterious ♥️

[@neilcusworth1764]

Welcome to the new world

[@neilcusworth1764]

😊

[@Jigger2361]

I like that

[@solfranco3998]

Love so much The Electric Light Orquestra, since my teenager age!!! Its Amazing!!!

[@joelmanning8332]

One of life Experiences... ELO in El Paso Texas in 76...

[@angietb3548]

Big brother always jammed love all the old school bands

[@SloBurn6969]

Sometimes you don’t realize how great some things are until you try to recreate it

[@william67883]

I love how a song that you heard many , many years behind can make such strong emotional effects on your soul and mind. I was 19 years old just fresh out of school. Lost in my youth and mad in love with my first. Life has been hard but good. I would not trade or say I regret a thing. Learned from it all.

[@bicentensol]

That's what I'm talking about !

[@alstellofitsch3151]

Came out of nowhere and took me beyond. What a ride. Hope there will be more

[@rodrigoojeda3294]

I knew this song from skate 2, it just remind me to that old days with 11 years old arriving from school to play that beautiful game with no worries

[@jabber67]

Superb

[@taniastamatova3911]

Love ELO ❤️❤️❤️ Grettings from Bulgaria .

[@DamienMcGuinness]

[Verse 1] She cried to the southern wind 'Bout a love that was sure to end Every dream in her heart was gone Headin' for a showdown Bad dreamer, what's your name? Looks like we're ridin' on the same train Looks as though there'll be more pain There's gonna be a showdown [Chorus] And it's rainin' all over the world It's rainin' all over the world Tonight, the longest night [Verse 2] She came to me like a friend She blew in on a southern wind Now my heart is turned to stone again There's gonna be a showdown Save me Oh, save me It's unreal, the suffering There's gonna be a showdown [Chorus] And it's rainin' all over the world Rainin' all over the world Tonight, the longest night [Bridge] (Rainin', rainin') (Rainin', rainin') [Chorus] Rainin' all over the world Rainin' all over the world The longest night [Chorus] And it's rainin' all over the world Rainin' all over the world Tonight, the longest night [Outro] You gotta save me, girl When I'm ready for savin' I'm a fool for you You know I need you, child Come on and save me Can't you feel what you're doin' to me now? I'm on the run again Gotta save your soul

[@9mtaurus]

Incredible songs. A legend of rock since the 1970s. ELO.

[@БруноБуччелати-н6б]

Ze Gods of music have spoken!

[@JustyHakubi]

One of my favorite groups for many decades!

[@MariaVillarreal-gf9ez]

Love ELO music❤Started listening at 16 yrs…graduated…join the Army🇺🇸…helped me through my military service!!!🎶

[@DanAuerbachmusic]

hello, how are you doing it is nice meeting you here.

[@manfredbeuth2921]

A song from ELO for eternity!!!!!! Supergreat......Thank's forever Jeff.........

[@williamrose2506]

Still gives me goosebumps! Imagine if ELO came on the scene today. The gift that keeps on giving.

[@Cold_Ethyl]

They are on tour now!!😊

[@petereyles5583]

Brilliant Jeffrey Lynne!😎🎤🎸🥁🎹♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@비정한세상]

She cried to the southern wind About a love that was sure to end Every dream in her heart was gone Headin for a showdown Bad dreamer, what's your name Looks like were ridin on the same train Looks as through therell be more pain There's gonna be a showdown And it's rainin all over the world Tonight, the longest night She came to me like a friend She blew in on a southern wind Now my heart is turned to stone again There's gonna be a showdown Save me, oh save me Its unreal, the suffering There's gonna be a showdown

[@pcky6646]

Sankyou

[@LightBeing369]

✌🏼😊

[@dtrain5519]

Thanks! Awesome lyrics!!!😉

[@threeg6966]

Probably ELO's best song. For me it is anyway. Has a great beat and groove. Makes you want to get up and dance.

[@wambolt1212]

Man that solo....at the end to finish it off...so good

[@almo2001]

My favorite of theirs for sure.

[@aclark903]

#Rockaria.

[@sophiepooks2174]

Weirdo 😊 great song though quite appropriate for the vibe of 2024. so depressing the rise of fascism, hate and authoritarianism the world feels like a more cold and dangerous place than it was in our youth.

[@constancejmorgan2701]

Brilliant!!!!

[@berealsupportive2744]

Love ELO ❤

[@bastogic]

Hear this on "kingpin" last night. Awesome

[@agentorange2372]

The first time I ever heard this was in that movie and I loved it so much even as a little kid.

[@sandysizemore501]

Oh WOW! I Forgot this song. And one of my favs by ELO. Came out in my blissful youth!! Now I’m 65. And 8 love these songs of my youth. Thanks for loading it!

[@bennyrobles9194]

They like the Dooby Brothers. Great music.!

[@TonyV12-turbo]

Elo!❤

[@frankharris9334]

So very cool, and John Lennon's favorite ELO song. He described it as "a beautiful combination of ‘I Heard It Through the Grapevine’ by Marvin Gaye and ‘[Lightnin’] Strikes’… Lou Christie, and it’s a beautiful job with a little ‘Walrus’ underneath.”

[@darrenshepherd2843]

If it's good enough for John Lennon, then it must be good!

[@daydreamproductions2617]

@@darrenshepherd2843 you got that right. He was pretty sparse with musical compliments for contemporary or post 1960s bands. For him to praise a band/artist was huge. I know he also loved Elton, Bowie, and get this…Little River Band!

[@darkstar861]

just 'imagine' if j lennon had been around to be in on the traveling wilbury's

[@acw7120]

"Gods Chief Musician" written all the way through Jeff - like Brighton Rock.

[@terschellingfilm]

@@darkstar861 yes, we missed so much after his dead he would do

[@christinemurphy5679]

The BEST ever... Thank you, Jeff Lynne ❤

[@rodneytherocket]

With so many great artist it's not so easy to say but this guy may just be the best 😊

[@bigevilshark1958]

Heard this song in ad recently and was extremely surprised. Recognized it immediately :)

[@BillCheshire_Jr]

It's amazing that I was born in the late 60s. And you guys were doing your thing toward the end of the 70s. But I never heard this song before michael jaco Mentioned it on X. Having said that, one of my favorite songs of my childhood was all over the world

[@theburners32141]

The year is 2022 of August 26th. My baby girl is 11 years old and she loves this band. I’m 36 by the way.

[@fabfour7397]

I did see Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra in New York 2016 Toronto in 2018 and 2019. They were voted the best live classic Rock Band in the world 🌎 and after seeing about more than 200 concerts in my life I totally agree. Let’s hope they tour one more time in 2022-2023. I will go wherever they play.🙏❤️👍