ELO - Rockpalast interview 1974 (GerSub.VobRip.Storm)

[@BarbDonnelly]

As someone who always appreciated the music over lyrics...I am so thankful for ELO. Can never play their music loud enough.

[@jeanettehoffsten410]

Loved ELO since I was a child..born -62 and still Love them today in 2019 ❣💥❣

[@kevinindublin]

Great footage. Rockpalast used good videotape, and stored it well. Respect to the Germans on this one!

[@skydrifter2690]

I love Bev Bevan's voice.

[@showmeyourmammaryglands3519]

He was nervous here.

[@flawnscorpion9645]

Ben Crawley steel company

[@jpmccray6754]

He is a well spoken gentleman.

[@giselemarcianolourenco6646]

Bevan é lindo

[@TartempionLampion]

Especially when he sings on one of the songs, I love it!

[@michaelbanuelos4430]

Great to see the boys being interviewed

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Loved this so much. Been a fan since January 1974, when I first heard ELO when I was in the United States Marine Corps at Camp LeJeune North Carolina.

[@technerdbird]

"And how old are you?" "uhh i can't remembah"

[@tonyaelliott4070]

I love everything about Bev. His voice is something to love.

[@tonyaelliott4070]

I love this interview ❤️💙😍

[@flimbar]

I worked with Rick Panell in the noughties when he was a Computer Officer at Birmingham Uni, what a hoot to find this early footage of him.

[@sm26801]

The best interview ever!

[@TwelveDeck]

Hugh's cool. He was always very theatrical on stage.

[@caryheuchert]

Hugh was the link between Wizzard and ELO, having played in both bands.

[@TheStarclipse]

When He Said "Im A Founding Member Too" I Felt That...

[@snsnshhhs663]

@@TheStarclipse How is he a founding member though?

[@TheStarclipse]

@@snsnshhhs663 He Toured With ELO On The Very First Tour But Then He Left During A Short Period Of Time To Play With Roy Wood's Wizzard But He Came Back To ELO During The "On The Third Day" Sessions IMHO He Deserves To Be Recognized As A Founding Member As Much As Richard Tandy Who Also Joint ELO During The First Tour...

[@snsnshhhs663]

@@TheStarclipse When was the first tour?

[@sebastiamllort9009]

Genial documento Genial gracias y decir que esta es la auténtica ELO la original e inconfundible banda de Rock mejor para mi de todos los tiempos, gracias por existir ELO

[@skippyaujouret5261]

The Traveling Wilbur's playing Handle me With Care is incredible. George had amazing friends. And they all had amazing friends.

[@alexarutherford1137]

1:15 *someone in the background* "He farts a lot." TMI, but at the same time, LOL!

[@kono5933]

I actually think it was mike lol

[@BlueMoody58]

A really interesting and unique view of the band. I've never seen this before and really enjoyed this. Great quality video as well. Thanks for posting it!

[@gregorywheless3064]

Squirter thanks for posting this phenomenal insight as to what the term "founding member" really meant little did they know they would end up in court over this

[@Dina6279]

It makes me laugh at 1:51 when Jeff shouts "where did I find it?" so funny love him to bits.

[@niteclydn]

Dina6279 right? That's a funny bit 😄😄

[@gaylewayland9628]

One of the guys to Jeff's right asked that. They seemed to be having fun. You could see they were drinking beer. I don't think that was their first either, lol.

[@skarloey783]

Re: the "Jubbilin Sporting Line" - what Mik actually says is: "I saw the advert for the job in the Sporting Life..." The band starts laughing because the Sporting Life is a horse-racing newspaper (Mik liked a bet!). The paper he actually did see the ad in was the Melody Maker, a top British music paper.

[@skarloey783]

3:11 Mik: "Where's Roy Wood, that's what I want to know...?" Jeff (hastily): "Sshhh!!"

[@billypatterson7755]

Only for Roy Wood none of them would be there..

[@davidmacgregor5193]

@@billypatterson7755 Too right, ELO was Roy Wood's brainchild in 1968 when he was in The Move and Jeff Lynne was in The Idle Race.

[@nightisright1873]

David MacGregor no it was brainchild of Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne

[@showmeyourmammaryglands3519]

If it was really an idea of Roy Wood then he couldn't left the band to form another one.

[@andshits]

@@davidmacgregor5193 check out you tube ELO early years. comments.

[@lizzietheheretic7831]

ELO❤️ Forever

[@MrSwanley]

Great find - very interesting, especially Jeff's explanation of what they were trying to do differently with ELO.

[@iainbartlett4951]

Especially when Woody actually came out with the idea years before Lynne joined The Move.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

@@iainbartlett4951 That's right, Wood thought of forming ELO in 1968, Lynne joined The Move in 1970 after he left The Idle Race due to lack of commercial success with their second album "Idle Race" and their single "Come with Me".

[@lisamitzel]

I can listen to Bev Bevan talk for hours he has a sexy voice

[@davidmacgregor5193]

Sadly Hugh McDowell lost his battle with cancer on 06-11-2018 aged 65. R.I.P. Hugh.

[@gaylewayland9628]

That's so sad. He was one of the youngest members of the group if not the youngest.

[@peggyconley5225]

I love these beautiful guys❤

[@nightisright1873]

We’res Roy Wood that had me dying of laughter

[@sarahloughlin3724]

Roy Wood was ONE of the founders of ELO!

[@debbiegraham3049]

Brilliant! So funny when Hugh starts having a hissy fit about being a founding member! Jeff must have been well tanned with the beer or whatever his swearing at 3:08 cracked me up! Never heard him being so vocal. So much for being shy Jeff! Lol

[@donnablanchard9218]

I know right.....I thought the same thing.......Jeff seemed to be loaded!!!! Nothing shy about him at this interview.

[@gaylewayland9628]

I replied to another comment that this must not have been their first beer!

[@derekpratte7259]

Very fun to see this interview.

[@davenicholson9003]

Clever educated lads...!! You don't have to have rich parents to succeed in life...just love of what you desire..!!! But it helps sometimes..! Thanks mum.!

[@TXFSamanthaMulder]

Thanks so much for posting this!

[@timothygallegos537]

I wish Jeffrey would bring this band of the early yrs. Back...

[@kono5933]

It's too bad Mike Edwards and Hugh McDowell have since passed away. RIP

[@revolution51]

@ 1:30 - Mike Edwards was killed in Sept of 2010 by a run away 'rolled' hay bail while in his van on a public highway in Devon. The bail rolled down a steep hill and hit his van on the roof killing Micheal at the scene.

[@kathyloveless6525]

Yes that is true

[@iVenge]

how bloody bizarre

[@gaylewayland9628]

I never knew that. RIP

[@astronomenov99]

At the time, he was known as Pramada. He had become a sannyasin of Osho.

[@revolution51]

@@astronomenov99 I really liked his character and how he related to people.

[@geoffjoffy]

What a find

[@DaveInBridport]

Hugh was the best

[@longoan]

I like how High described how he got his electric cello to sound good and eliminate feedback by stuffing the cavity of the cello body.

[@AntonioBarsanio]

These fellows were really bashful despite the factthat tvey were musical geniuses. I sense zero ego.

[@Cristinact]

Everybody seems to have got "funny phone calls" in this band...

[@nightisright1873]

Cristinact (read in Homer Simpson’s voice ) So that’s why Jeff Lynne wrote Telephone line

[@Cristinact]

He also looks like a character from Restoration England :)

[@niteclydn]

Mik Kaminski is stoned out of his mind LMFAO

[@nightisright1873]

Lol

[@slavafossa1888]

Жаль, что уже кое кого нет ! С 7 класса моя группа !))) На сумке школьной пытался сделать ручкой логотип "ELO" )) Молодцы парни с " большими скрипками ", так их в Америке назвали !

[@lisamitzel]

I’m the Drummist

[@simonmarlowe8457]

Ihr seid immer noch einer der Besten Musik Gruppen die es gibt coole Musik immer noch einzigartig 👍🤗

[@edcollins9377]

@ 3:17 Notice how Richard pronounced his Moog Synth (like Moo Cow). Everybody pronounced it that way prior to this century. However, when Bob Moog got back in the synth business about 18 -20 years ago (with the Minimoog Voyager), people discovered that he pronounces his last name with a long o (Moog rhymes with Vogue).so the official pronunciation has changed to the long o.. However,, Bob's father pronounced his last name Moog as in Moo Cow. With all things considered, either pronounciation works!

[@NZWolf]

RIP Richard Tandy

[@KurtI2525]

The arguing about who the founders were, and Hugh at the end, feels a bit Spinal Tap-ish.

[@marigoldruff]

How good-looking is Jeff Lynne? What a babe.

[@colinmcphan]

I have to agree.😆 Jeff is a stud!

[@alc4ever24]

The hottest

[@davidmacgregor5193]

You should have gone to "Specsavers".

[@TheVeek192]

Yes. But it's his brain that's most attractive.

[@andshits]

@@davidmacgregor5193 Yeah, spot on.

[@donnablanchard9218]

Great interview.....Bev and Jeff is trying to get Hugh to hush @ 4:44...Jeff's shaking his head for Hugh to stop.....Bev's in his face....he calls his name.....Hugh still telling how they achieved the sound....after Jeff said it took 2 years of hard work. Bev looks like he is about to take him out!!!!! Too funny!!!!

[@glueforall]

You are talking about two different things. #1)..the technical aspect of how to capture the sound of the cellos (and violin) properly (mics, etc) and #2 )..the "overall sound" of the band, or what some people refer to as the "gelling" of the band itself. I don't feel the boys were in effect, trying to 'hush' the cellist when he spoke his mind. He wasn't speaking of the second issue #2) - the band 'gelling', or their sound maturing, only the first...Regarding the first aspect, the cellist simply replied regarding the technical aspect of how the sound had been captured / recorded on the cellos for live performance. It was tricky back then...when (the Move / ELO) started (71 to 72) sound tech for amplified strings was crap. Apparantly, it was so bad (the technology of the time didn't properly support amplified orchestral instruments such as violin or cello) that (cellist / instrumentalist/vocalist) Roy Wood walked from the band (well, at least ONE of the things that broke the camels back). I'm sure even Jeff Lynne appreciated the quick advances in technology that occured in the previous year (bridge transducers for the strings) that the cellist spoke of. I don't feel he was irritated, or bored. It was probably a frustration during live shows, thank god the technology started arriving right around the time of this interview. Later on, after the interview, the band might have jeered the cellist for being a bit stiff / music nerdy during this interview, but they probably toasted over a few pints later on anyway... ;)

[@iainbartlett4951]

Mainly cos Bevan has always been a prick.

[@TheVeek192]

@@iainbartlett4951 You know him personally, then? Yeah. I didn't think so.

[@KurtI2525]

Bev was the coolest, even if he described himself as a “drummist.”

[@zbyszekadamh6501]

Electric Light Orchestra to klasyka muzyki rockowej z symfoniczną.

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

Jeff really is the McCartney of the whole band.

[@nightisright1873]

Then who’s Lennon and don’t say Tandy dammit

[@AntonioBarsanio]

All of them we're amazing!

[@kimholland9316]

Rick Price? What happened to him during the morph? Later turned up in Wizzard

[@groundhog713]

He left The Move and did solo stuff before joining Wizzard...

[@oli77sch]

Great!!! So funny

[@velvetvargas2217]

Ahí faltan Roy Wood y Kelly Groucutt. Tremenda banda ELO. Los amo.

[@englishdogs]

3:05: Jeff: "We're all fucking founder fucking members!".

[@nightisright1873]

Jeff “ I never got a phone call”

[@brandonhaygood5286]

WHERE'D I FIND IT?

[@revolutionpm]

Note @ 4:45 Bev is getting irritated at Hugh McDowell.

[@glueforall]

I didn't get that at all. Bev seems comfortable, if only a bit bored, with the straight answer. The cellist gave the most direct answer to the technical question the interviewer asked.

[@PaulMappud]

He's telling everyone what took 2 years hard work...

[@TheVeek192]

Yeah, we can all watch the video.

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

Cute

[@EvelynKeynes]

Richard 💔

[@schnurzel4258]

Is it BIG Bev or light Bev? Jeff Lynne wasnt sure about it

[@niteclydn]

Holy crap those guys are STONED!! LOL

[@davidmacgregor5193]

They're not STONED, they are PISHED due to drinking copious amounts of strong German swally.

[@kathyloveless6525]

Yes you can tell. Especially Jeff.

[@karenbougher1219]

I LOVE YOU BEV

[@allandavidmacfadyen6639]

Beatles did use strings that was always Mr Martin, and the cool music. ELO. Cool. Very SAD.

[@Adetv1616]

Are these high

[@fartnuggetspoop]

They’re all stoned af xD

[@nightisright1873]

aesyac no they seem drunk

[@endrizo]

rip Richard Tandy

[@carlitobrigante6304]

Germany 2019 😲

[@moffettcoates6455]

They stayed high a lot

[@mr.blue7357]

1:41

[@mr.blue7357]

3:36

[@estebangranados2583]

Y Sir Kelly Grucott????

[@ari_czzz]

Kelly hasn't joined ELO yet

[@JeffLynnesELO2025Tour]

Kelly joined the band later...

[@billypatterson7755]

Only for ROY WOOD none of them would be there .

[@iVenge]

Billy Patterson True. Very true indeed.

[@nightisright1873]

No People always seem to forget That Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood co founded the group

[@halfordslain7477]

Dast ist gut

[@judyb1539]

Was Mel not in this interview??

[@groundhog713]

No. It's a year before he came aboard.

[@abbytalkshistory]

“Farts a lot” 😭💀

[@FarFromZero]

Richard Tandy ist ein Bruder von Otto.

[@mannismutter6601]

Das wusste ich schon seit vielen Jahren, haben die nicht die Sendung mit der Maus gemacht?

[@Prinsdam]

Jeff Lynne has never been this amiable.

[@The2Crazychix]

WHAT THE FUCK IS A JUBBILIN SPORTING LINE SOMEONE TELL ME OMFG

[@davidmacgregor5193]

Mik's referring to the advert for the ELO violinist being in "The Sporting Life" a UK sports newspaper. The advert that Mik replied to was actually in the Melody Maker, a UK music paper. Just a piece of pissed up humour, English style. They know that the Germans don't have a sense of humour, so they play on it.

[@ElGusArt]

Bien drogados los weyes ajjajaja

[@abstracttony]

lots of acid!

[@porterwake3898]

Only musicians are pretentious enough to take 10 minutes to ask a 15 second question.

[@sarahloughlin3724]

None of these guys were pretentious. All the ELO members were highly talented and yet very humble at the same time.