The band's frontman Jeff Lynne regarded his own songwriting at this point to have reached a new high. "The songs started to flow and most of them came quickly to me. To have all those hits, it was just ...I mean amazing really. Going from doing okay for probably three or four years to suddenly being in the big time, it was a strange but great thing." - Jeff Lynne
@GinMae2 ай бұрын
Yep - give it up for Jeff! Not just ELO, but also as part of the Traveling Wilburys!
@JamesDickson-vs5of4 ай бұрын
Elo absolutely ooze authenticity, unmistakable bev Bevan on the biscuit tins, brilliant 🏴✌️
@linus987654 ай бұрын
Telephone Line was released in 1976 while Lionel's Hello came out in 1983 (7 years later). Just to clear up which came first. 😉
@sueridge46003 ай бұрын
ELO is like a warm blanket on a cold night. Comforting & warms the heart♥️
@GutsGrizzle4 ай бұрын
Brilliant track from ELO, long before the mobile had arrived.
@andrewturcich23724 ай бұрын
Great to see younger generations appreciate great music that has stood the test of time.
@fredwalsh40953 ай бұрын
Having been a fan of Jeff Lynne since his days with The Move and then when he took over the band ELO from Roy Wood whose band The Move was now defunct and he'd formed a new band Wizard so Jeff continued with Bev Bevan and created the ensemble that would change the sound of the 70s in UK and the World. Seen them several times and still to this day are amazing. So glad you're enjoying them
@JoeScottish3 ай бұрын
You probably have heard this song before , it was top 10 in the US and UK and gets played a lot.... Lionel Ritchie's Hello was released 7 years after this
@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.4 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this recommendation, it's always appreciated. E.L.O. or The Electric Light Orchestra as they were known back then, this was a big song when it came out 47 years ago, that makes me feel so old. 😕😢😄
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering4 ай бұрын
Thank the lord your back Adam .. thought I’d offended you with my jesting the other day .. ✊ 👍🏴
@garyfarrell9544 ай бұрын
this song and "cant get it out of my head" are my favorites but i would say they never made a bad song...
@GinMae2 ай бұрын
Hey, Fam! This was the first "hit" I knew by ELO. probably 1974-75? (check it out: telephones actually had to ring..no caller ID... almost no "message services"...) I have seen live versions much more recent featuring Jeff Lynne - he just stays awesome... thanks for your reaction! (p.s. I still have the vinyl!)
@Cosmo-Kramer4 ай бұрын
For your next ELO song, I think you should react to their 1977 classic, *"Standin' In The Rain",* you two will love it! :D Studio version, from their double album, Out of The Blue. *"Standin' In The Rain",* is the first song of a 4-song suite, known as Concerto For A Rainy Day, that comprises one full side of the double album. The 4th and final song of that suite is your favorite ELO track, *"Mr. Blue Sky".* Only Jeff Lynne could write a 4-song suite about the weather and make it into a masterpiece! :D
@jameslynch78264 ай бұрын
Jeff has done some absolutely fantastic recording sessions with other artists. Including I think the Travelling Willburys
@KB1UIF4 ай бұрын
I was shocked when you said you only know "Mr Blue Sky" from Guardians of the Galaxy !! As a Guy born in Birmingham, England, ELO was my favorite band and local band growing up. Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan and Roy Wood, Harmonies and instrumental arrangements are the best!!
@notanotherenigma77594 ай бұрын
Here in Brisbane, on radio TripleM, they are running a competition where you vote for the GOAT (greatest of all time) year. I think 1976/7 (two years, yes, they only wanted one) are it for me. This period saw the release of Boz Scagg's Silk Degrees album, Queen's Night At The Opera, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, Alice Cooper had Goes To Hell in '76 and Lace and Whiskey in '77 (Lace and Whiskey had How You Gonna See Me Now and You and Me, both 100% worth listening to!!) as well as a lot of good local music. And this one, A New World Record by ELO. Tightrope, Rockaria and this track are the standouts in my mind, but to be honest, the whole album is gold!
@thomasripley15484 ай бұрын
People have said this is where the Bearles would gone had they stayed together....
@jameslynch78264 ай бұрын
I think circa 1976, the hot summer we had in the Uk.
@kevinschlub58724 ай бұрын
Great reactions. If you haven’t heard any thing from ELO’s “Secret Messages” album, check out “Stranger” and “Bluebird”. It’s an earlier album, one of my favorites that I feel is very under rated.
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering4 ай бұрын
Fabulous lyrics , so well knitted together with the atmospheric music . Not gonna lie , this has been known to wet my eyes from time to time 😳.. Jeff is such a keen observer of life and emotion and has that undefinable gift of being able to express that in a killer line …. Sigh.. it’s just a wonderful song . The pesky mobile has rendered the subtext of the lyrics obsolete ….🤷♂️ 👍🏴
@Cosmo-Kramer4 ай бұрын
Well said, sir, but it wasn't the mobile phone that rendered the subtext of the lyrics obsolete, it was the answering machine, long before the mobile arrived.
@ghichens34184 ай бұрын
Yes , spot on ! The Mobile Phone has rendered people ( mainly young) the walking Zombee Generation ! The EMF s are messing us up !
@Starburst_Candy4 ай бұрын
Jeff's lyrical and musical gift is almost as great as your gift for razor sharp wit, but not quite!
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering4 ай бұрын
@@Starburst_Candy I’m genuinely moved 👌 👍🏴
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering4 ай бұрын
@@ghichens3418your not wrong ! 👀 👍🏴
@hernanpatrik49084 ай бұрын
Amigos, Saludos..pero si este es un hit alrededor del Mundo desde 1976 ,un clásico para ELO una de sus mejores Top 10 en muchísimos países. Gran reacción.
@colrhodes3774 ай бұрын
ELO really are top notch
@ghichens34184 ай бұрын
Yay ! Too Right Col !
@BigC.4 ай бұрын
My favorite since it came out.
@Packard634 ай бұрын
Great track from a group that delivers time after time and takes musical therapy to a different level.
@ghichens34184 ай бұрын
Yay ! Cracking Track, from an even more Spliffic Album ! Time less Gem ! Have you Peeps seen the Fab Space Ship Set they had on a USA tour ( Think it was 1978) It is Amazing . Im sure somebody out there (No Pun intended ) Knows the Details ! IMO this is ELO at the very Top of their Game ! Cheers ,
@stevefoulston4 ай бұрын
The Live Sample: For the song Time Of Our Life on the 2019 From Out Of Nowhere album, a portion of Telephone Line from the June 24, 2017 concert (released on Wembley Or Bust) was sampled and added to the song. Peace out.
@user-yl9wz7uc3u4 ай бұрын
GREAT SONG TEARS !!!!!!
@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering4 ай бұрын
✊👀 👍🏴
@GutsGrizzle4 ай бұрын
Try 'Out of the blue' double album as a patreon. Everyone loves ELO.
@davidellis51414 ай бұрын
Safe to say Jeff Lynne is a genius & ELO are definitely " Beatlesque " 👍
@jontastic4 ай бұрын
People often think ELO copied the Beatles. But it’s mostly when the Beatles used orchestration occasionally. ELO used it in nearly every song. When singers use falsetto, people claim they are copying the Beegees. The other thing is that music of every era uses similar concepts and topics, that’s just natural.
@stevefoulston4 ай бұрын
Got to love ELO. Peace out.
@user-ht9pq5gf2c4 ай бұрын
You are missing a trick here with ELO. Listen/watch them live at Wembley Stadium, then you will really see how good they are.
@chronomatt69904 ай бұрын
These guys’ energy level could land them a job on NPR.
@paulhorgan61524 ай бұрын
Son of the Beatles John Lennon ounce said of ELO
@sexpistol77124 ай бұрын
Brilliant, but pretty much everything they did was Brilliant ❤
@timr54904 ай бұрын
My favorite ELO song, I'm a big Jeff Lynne fan.
@remmymafia38894 ай бұрын
My favorite ELO piece, and that's saying something for me, as I like most all of their work.
@festidious26444 ай бұрын
The entire New World Record from start to finish is fantastic and IMO their best.
@bumperu4 ай бұрын
Now kick it up with Rockaria and Do Ya'.
@nevergrowedup4 ай бұрын
Not enough cowbell !!!!
@billschnell56674 ай бұрын
Lionel’s song was from the mid 80s. This is 1976.
@GratefulZen4 ай бұрын
Please consider reacting to “Brontosaurus” by The Move, featuring Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan along with Roy Wood, later forming ELO.Rock on!
@stephenpresley57724 ай бұрын
Great song!
@jameslynch78264 ай бұрын
The Maida Vale bbc studio concert is worth watching. Or ex bbc as they have sold it off for profit and the new owners are applying for change of usage. As if the bbc doesn’t have enough money already! Anyway it’s a great concert to watch.
@johnchrysostomon62844 ай бұрын
Jeff Lynne will have forever spoiled his reputation over those he excluded from the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Hall calls for the band to nominate those it wants inducted. Fleetwood Mac excluded Bob Welch, who was a band member for several crucial years as the group transformed from Blues artists to more pop/radio-friendly. And in the case of ELO Lynne included long time keyboardist Richard Tandy, Roy Wood (co-founder, but only a member for one album), and fellow co-founder Bev Bevan. BUT he excluded the three-man string section -so much part of the ELO sound, and also bass guitarist Kelly Groucutt… a member of the band for eight years! String-section member Michael Kaminski was their violinist for six years. It’s strange how these things work. Pink Floyd included Bob Klose who is not on any of their original albums and who left the band in 1965.
@fredmcveigh98774 ай бұрын
Many times ELO were said to have been heavily influenced by the Beatles. Like so many other groups were.
@alansmith28754 ай бұрын
Sample "Showdown "
@Bassjohn19684 ай бұрын
Showdown is a tuuuune!!!! 👍
@richteezer14 ай бұрын
Doesn't sound like the Beatles at all. It's familiar because it was a massive hit 🤷
@nickcooper12604 ай бұрын
'Telephone line' is Alice Cooper's favourite E.L.O. song.
@Starburst_Candy4 ай бұрын
I really enjoy ELO.
@marshallholman52Ай бұрын
I am the walrus?
@colrhodes3774 ай бұрын
C n C, perhaps you think it sounds like something from Sergeant Pepper?
@JeffreyWalker-lq3ci4 ай бұрын
You talk too much.
@glenengland36954 ай бұрын
You should have reacted to the live version at wembly stadium