Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line (Audio)

[@2lookingback]

Here we are in 2024 but nothing beats the tunes of the 70's and 80's. Lots of great memories!!!!

[@jennistarwarsfan74]

You're so right!

[@PapiGee3]

So feeling this

[@PapiGee3]

This was the jam!!

[@A1Authority]

Wait.... it's 2024? I need to get an alarm clock.

[@rayfillmann9859]

I so agree with many of you, this group tends to be forgotten and or overlooked, but you can't find a bad song that they put out. I also, instinctively can hear a 70's or early 80's song come on the radio and start singing right along, word for word.

[@johntaylor6345]

ELO never produced a bad record. They are all brilliant. I love this band. I was a teenager in the 1970s I am now 61 years old and still play them and still enjoy listening to them.

[@LindaOsorto-x8d]

Me too I'm 58 still listening 🎧

[@siaitsme6800]

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ Me too!

[@sermal14]

Wish you live a happy life till 100❤

[@exnihilo3302]

Same!

[@exnihilo3302]

61 I mean

[@kevinbrown688]

I met Jeff at a Subway I worked at out of the blue. He was shocked that I regonized him! Told him it was an honor to meet him. So much music history with that man.

[@kono5933]

Wow!

[@mgtnlouis4940]

he came ... from outta nowhere

[@tillydown3358]

Your lucky. Xx

[@tomkuipers2126]

@@Beansman-gp3ws I'll spare you from yourself. It's a reference to an ELO album arsehole.

[@unrulyjulie4382]

@@Beansman-gp3ws ... He said from "Out of Nowhere", which is the name of Jeff's newest album.

[@RonniePI]

I'm 65, and I can remember that ringing sound from the phone. I always found this song to be one of the saddest, and loneliest songs of my lifetime!

[@johnwhite6882]

I think of being away from home, the one you grew up in wanting to contact your parents who have been gone so long and Jayme my first Love from decades ago who has passed....I'd tell you everything...

[@pearlharbor4790]

Absolutely. The chance to reconnect with dear people we lost touch with or who are gone forever. This song always breaks my heart..To me it represents so much loss.

[@TheSignatureK]

My parents are about your age, one thing that's stuck with me is that they said phone calls were ridiculously expensive in the 70's.

[@tonyking1832]

I was more interested in the sounds of the song.. the words sure are awesome… it’s magical song…it’s not lonely to me howeva I can understand it is t it uplifting also? Isawthefe concert live in NZ late 70’s I’m pretty sure… the lead singer is awesome and was part of the Wilbury’s with otha legends George, Bob & Tom… Roy.. His name is Jeff right?

[@RonniePI]

@@tonyking1832 Yeah. It's Jeff Lynne. I'm not sure how old you are, but if you knew what it was like to have a single telephone line as a way to connect with someone. You'd understand the loneliness I spoke of.

[@sarahrichardson375]

Even after 45 years, this song still gives me goosebumps!

[@myp0nytail]

live was the best

[@glennblackburn6829]

Listened to the tape in 76 frankfurt germany. Do ya was my favorite

[@ejne2]

It amazes me that we can go back 45 years and listen to music that still sounds fresh. If you went back 45 years from when I was born in 1965 you be doing the Charleston.

[@wendys7285]

Yes!!

[@tommyboytomtom6848]

ABOUT THE SAME TIME I HEARD IT WOW IM A OLD HIPPY I LOVE IT YEA YEA YEA

[@bentaylor8589]

This is one of those songs you can just never get sick of

[@fourondrugs9122]

Basically all of elo

[@kelle0285]

Are you sure? Everytime I listen to it, I get severe diahrrea 30 minutes later.

[@jessicacaleno1998]

@@kelle0285 hey if it helps clear ya bowels it's doing something right.. 😆😆

[@tonypastor705]

I agree ☝️

[@tonypastor705]

Jessica , that’s funny 😄

[@linethgonzalez5878]

I'm 29 and 70s and 80s music is the best, good music never dies

[@briangarrett1475]

❤❤❤ aa im not alone at least ,im 30😊 when i play certain songs at work ,my workmates look at me like wtf are you listening to 😂😂

[@karollramirez2293]

Great music is ageless :)

[@judelawrenstorres480]

I’m 20, what should I do to find myself and be better ?

[@rockk9753]

Nah its 90s Black Metal and Death Metal thats the best

[@vastbetrayal6607]

I could live without the 80s , but on topic, Elo is simply the perfect example of brilliance

[@davidbeane1110]

June 76 I had it all; car, cool chick, (later my wife 2 sons 4 grandkids she’s now in heaven), and we sat by the lake at night listening to this…

[@SaraBarham]

😢❤

[@rubenrodriguez3164]

I refuse to be sad, instead I will be elated you got to experience true love, I will be lifted up because you got to make new life and raise it (from the sounds of it you are a loving dad and Husband) and because you got to experience true happiness with what I can only imagine was wild ride of energetic nights both loving and fighting. Good on you, you got to do the most amazing thing in life and bring a life joy, peace and bring it to a long journy to finally be at rest with a wonderful life. I do not cry for your because I am sad for you, I cry because you brought me a wave of emotion with a simple sentance. Live well, you loved well and they ARE waiting for you with great excitment. Keep living for those that need you still. See you on the other side.

[@karenann5090]

My husband is gone now after 40 years of good times. We think those days will never end. ❤

[@larryaldama1673]

✝️🇺🇸😔

[@randyjohnson2061]

What did it say ?😊

[@Benjamberg]

The line "okay so no one is answering...can you let it ring a little longer" really breaks my heart.

[@justintaylor4239]

righttttt

[@tspwill1]

+Shabloopie yes.. it is a classic line... hope and despair mixed in one thought

[@ThePetlowany]

Wondered about Lynn's thinking there; the line creates the impression that there's a switchboard operator placing the call, yet all the other verses are directed at his unavailable ex. Beautiful none the less.

[@TSM8088]

What's an operator?

[@Benjamberg]

TSM8088 Operators were more prominent when phone lines had to manually switched to connect a call.

[@ClaudeLajeunesse-v2w]

62 years old but feel like 20 when l am listening elo music. The soul never dies❤

[@julieglover6484]

64 me, this track never gets old 😊

[@johndav1239]

Same my age

[@TraciSeibert]

I'm there!!!

[@greenwich1754]

63, and this music takes me instantly back. Music is the bridge between the spoken, temporal word to the things beyond this world, dare I say heaven. Certain songs bridge generations, thereby unifying them.

[@mikes62soupcan]

I'm with you.

[@triciachaney5467]

RIP Richard Tandy. Killer keyboardist. Love this intro. Prayers for your family. Thank you for playing for us all these years.

[@silentvalentina]

Rest easy, Richard Tandy. Thanks for the awesome music

[@tamismall3940]

❤❤❤

[@hmackie6823]

He was the best pianist

[@arjunvadlamani3248]

❤

[@moggiesmusic]

Never has loneliness been expressed in a more melancholic and wistful manner. I get goosebumps every time I hear this song. Jeff Lynne is pouring his heart out in this one. The melody, the music, the lyrics and Jeff's incredible vocals all add up to the perfect song.

[@skt56120]

You should be a Writer

[@michaelphillips1071]

Exactly

[@ghostinthemachine8243]

I agree. 'Operator' by Jim Croce gets me to.

[@soniacabrera5793]

I agree

[@jeffcampbell2710]

I think Operator, is another. It's very similar in wording, as far as meaning.

[@lauriemoreno9495]

It’s the strings, Jeff Lynnes voice and the utter sadness and desperation in this beautiful song

[@user-hu3iy9gz5j]

The "duah dubidu-duah duah-dulaaaey, blue days, black nights, duah-dulaaaey" part is pure eargasm

[@Biden_Cult_Morons]

Seems like ELO was giving a nod of respect to the doo-wah groups of the late 50's and early 60's that they grew up with. Really cool

[@user-hu3iy9gz5j]

@@Biden_Cult_Morons Didn't know that, thanks for sharing!

[@ITILII]

Blue days, Black nights is a Buddy Holly song...ELO was paying tribute to the of the truly greatest artists kn music history

[@user-hu3iy9gz5j]

@@ITILII Cool, only Buddy Holly song I've heard is 'Everyday' which was respectively parts of the soundtracks in the movies Stand By Me and Big Fish

[@samsungsmartfridge7799]

you know it

[@Charlie_Crown]

They couldn't even begin to write music like this today, wonderful from start to finish 😁

[@patriciadaughtrey8958]

Before internet, answering machines, just a dial tone to reach out to family and friends. The frustration and heartbreak when no one is answering. A truly beautiful song! I'd cry when it came on radio. Lord, I'm old..lol I even remember party lines at Maw Maw's house. Good times!

[@paulcooper5748]

👌

[@timnichols2906]

A few years ago Maroon 5 did song where the phone, a pay phone was central to the lyric. But where can you find a pay phone any more? But this song does take you back to when the phone was the primary means of communication (we also wrote letters, they just took a while, unlike the instant transmission of email). Remember only making long distance phone calls on the weekends because the rates were lower?

[@Viking_Luchador]

Just last month, NYC removed the final two public phone booths

[@patriciadaughtrey8958]

There were many nights I used pay phones. Now it's about making sure your phone is charged up. Is it me that actually misses talking and hearing someone else's voice. Texting just seems impersonal.

[@pegclairezach]

Dear Love, you're not old. Smile and be happy.

[@marlonhinton2371]

This is one of those Time Machine Songs. You listen to it and your immediately transported to another time , another place. Let yourself get lost in time. Lost in the memories. Feel the magic one more time.

[@agw1965]

listen to Pink Floyd if you want to Beam yourself up

[@derangedcrouton1864]

I love comments like this. They aren't blind bullshit. This is genuine happy comment.

[@JJordan-Photo-Design]

1976: Girl I met through a friend. She want to another school. We had a moment to this song. Enough said.

[@sonyasims]

....back to one certain night....August 27, 1977... .

[@jayde8591]

Marlon Hinton that place would be on the couch with red lipstick smeared all over your face

[@sirbandit170]

I unexpectedly lost my father less than a week ago. This was one of his favorite bands, and one of his favorite songs. I hadn't seen him in years but we connected for the last couple years via telephone. My phone was disconnected for lack of paying my bill, and that happened to be the last day of his life, where he sent me some text messages that I didn't receive until the next day, when he had already passed. I could never reply. Love you dad.

[@trishabray9184]

Oh friend-be strong. Just sit tight. It will all work out > Do Wop!

[@coreyandrew1584]

Sorry for your loss...people who grew up in this era of music were extremely blessed and I’m sure your dad had many great memories! 🙏

[@mattrainey9987]

rip dad

[@mpmajer]

God Bless you. I can only hope the pain goes away soon. So sorry for your loss.

[@neelsdp1]

I feel for you. I hope you will find healing as time goes. This songs is amazing, heard it for the first time tonight after I heard it gave Yung Gravy goosebumps. It gave me goosebumps too. It is very intense and I think it is very honest about how we feel a lot of time. Your dad had good taste.

[@gregoryborowski6012]

I am retired Air Force 2008 59 years old I love this music my dad and me used to listen to this all the damn time😂 God bless you

[@SpiritusMundi4EVER]

Consider yourself blessed that you listened to ELO in their prime and that you had a good dad. 🙏

[@ICECHICK5]

"Let it ring forevermore " There is such a sense of finality in just this lyric alone!

[@EphemeralProductions]

And desperation.

[@siobhanmcgoldrick4549]

i know them off by heart

[@palletslegend4541]

sorta I guess. I can see how others feel that

[@larryaldama1673]

👍🇺🇸✝️

[@pinheadlarry8401]

This song makes me feel sad, happy, inspired, uncomfortable, comfortable and nostalgic at the same time.

[@killerkirby366]

Pinhead Larry cool pinhead but I,m dirty dan

[@anthonyfreeman7278]

Pinhead Larry One of a kind

[@christaylor2529]

SAME

[@jackmccurdy5083]

@@killerkirby366 who ya callin pinhead

[@killerkirby366]

Jack Mccurdy you pinhead cuase I'm dirty dan

[@thomasmcardle9575]

I’m 70... They weren’t underrated when they topped the charts when this album was released ❤❤❤

[@vincebalosky771]

I'm 67 and I agree with your comment they weren't underrated every album they did was absolutely perfect

[@neillattz]

I’m 147 and this song played at my retirement party.

[@MetteC5]

Of course ELO weren't underrated! All this "underrated" bs comes from ignorant youngsters..

[@matthewholloway6328]

I'm 33 and they are comfortably in my top 5 all time favourite bands

[@MetteC5]

@@matthewholloway6328 Great to see a younger person swimming against the underrated bs stream 👍

[@loud5543]

If there ever was a song that can make a person cry, this is the one. It’s a common theme that we’ve all experienced.

[@darrylkupsch7219]

I was a kid when this first came out but I loved it then and now. The way Jeff's voice quavers in the opening still gets me, all these years later.

[@philmach5386]

This song captures the fragile uncertainty of love

[@fourondrugs9122]

noice but please PICK UP THE DAMN PHONE

[@alstewart3540]

Vulnerability

[@shanedavis284]

I remember listening to this record with my mom all the time when I was kid. My mom passed away a month and half ago. Soon as the song started i just bawled. I love you Mom, thanks for the memories!!

[@jacksonhild2917]

The line “ok so no one’s answering” hits me. I feel like I can hear the discouragement in his voice 😢

[@yessicacepeda384]

And go on... I will sit tight through shadows of the night and let it ring for evermore.. Terrible! High

[@brentperkins83]

The discouragement and the pain of losing someone he loves.

[@michaelashman]

Yeah a sad bit ... But magnificent!!!! the power of a good song well done

[@mattanderson6336]

‘Let it ring forevermore.’ You know he’ll never hear from her again.

[@keenedge1099]

@@mattanderson6336 One of the beautiful things about this song is that it is worded so that it could be anyone... wife, husband, lover, friend, even mother or father.

[@stephencurry6928]

Been listening to the Electric Light Orchestra from 1971, and never quit they are Kings in the rock kingdom and still shine 😊

[@takeoutstudios2375]

This song is an absolute masterpiece. It's sad that the whole world hasn't listened to it yet.

[@emaildalaura]

This is my first time.

[@charliesybert2683]

It's just that ahead of it's time

[@rebekahtowers7130]

Well, the whole world listened to it when it came out. It was pretty big.

[@jtajr]

@@rebekahtowers7130 Precisely. This song got HEAVY airplay when I was a little boy. I dare say it was inescapable. It was nice to be raised on music like this.

[@elizabethspehr4146]

This is my favorite ELO song. I love the deep drums, I love the orchestration. I love the vocal harmonies. I love the subject, the lyrics and the evocative emotion of this song. I love how it reminds me of my youth - so much that it brings tears. I could listen to this a million times and never get tired of it - straight to my heart! Completely beautiful what a classic!

[@saschi74]

iam agree, thank you for your emotional words!

[@zanethind146]

mine is mr.blue sky

[@abingtondan]

And the best song a young teenager ever roller skated to on a Saturday night!

[@pithagorian4394]

You can rest easy know the new generation is loving ELO as well. This may be my favourite song

[@todosassd1855]

Zane Thind Showdown is mine, but Mr. Blue Sky a close second 🎻

[@kathleendouglas3179]

My mom passed away Jan 12 2019. 82 years old! We sang ELO growing up while doing chores! We played this album at her memorial service! 💗 I’m 56 but still feel like a kid when I play your music!!! #ELOforever

[@vs-ww7cb]

My most humble and heartfelt empathy on your loss, we always have that telephone line in our hearts 💞

[@jimredskye7858]

hear you loud and clear 👍

[@zulemasilva7071]

💖

[@kathleendouglas3179]

@@vs-ww7cb Yes we do and thank you so much!

[@denineborden969]

Awesome to here people still are down to earth

[@DougFarrell-bv7lm]

June 1976 , NEW CAR RIDING UP AND DOWN THE BEACH IN MATAGORDA TEXAS WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN PLAYING AND LISTENING TO THIS SONG, THINKING THAT LIFE COULD NOT GET ANY BETTER! SADLY I WAS RIGHT!!!!

[@wantsomecoffee]

I’m so happy this was the music of my generation.

[@deecris3972]

Same here

[@Reed___]

You’re lucky! My generation has illiterate “singers” like Cardi B 🥲

[@andybruce904]

bands are going extinct. The few ones left are pretty good tho. They are out there you just gotta look but there is still good music.

[@jake4725]

@@Reed___ yeah :(

[@Silverhazey_]

@@Reed___ Well considering you just called a singer illiterate I'm not sure you are too bright yourself. You're looking for a different word there bddy. Also there's plenty of amazing music being created today across all genres. No one is forcing you to listen to the drivel that radio and the mainstream feeds you.

[@oldguy9078]

I really don't think anybody believes me, but ELO is the most underrated group in musical history!!!!!

[@mkrbrtsn1]

I agree.

[@TheSuperdodgy]

Agree

[@christoperrenegarza5641]

Itz not underated so long as "U" lovit! As the song goes, "M livin n twilight" Nuthn else mattrz !!!😎

[@lucreziia100]

Yes. Jeff Lynne is a genius.

[@bettychildress9420]

I'm 73 and I still love their music. They are truly a precision group. Never heard a greater group.

[@silentvalentina]

One of the single most underrated bands in the history of music. Their collective musical genius is up there with Brian Wilson.

[@dakotaslt232001]

They thought Pink Floyd was ahead of his time. These guys are way beyond that.

[@markhenry6622]

Not underrated by me!

[@shellyfagan5794]

I bought a bunch of CDs in the late 1980s. El Dorado was in the mix. The clerk pulled that one out and said it was an excellent choice showing good taste in music. I still have the CD.

[@theoo.2019]

Who is Brian Wilson?

[@DavidSchilter]

Well, they're not too underrated - I mean they're in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

[@tonyc5321]

Something so magical about elo they have their trademark sound that no one could ever replicate genuinely. Amazing over 40 yrs later🎉🎉

[@garyanderson9154]

ELO never got the accolades they deserved. They were game changers. Jeff Lynne was a musical genius.

[@WolfeTone66]

Agreed..👍

[@karensimms8754]

Gary Anderson still is lol

[@1259encore]

Oddly, I didn't care for ELO in the 70's, but now, I can't get enough.

[@susieq360]

Can't really be "game-changers" when your entire sound is based on The Beatles' late '60s period. Jeff Lynne literally said that ELO's objective was to pick up where The Beatles left off. Plenty of music journalists have written about the homage they pay to the Fab Four. Hell, Wikipedia even has an entire page dedicated to how much ELO was influenced by them ("Jeff Lynne and The Beatles"). But yeah, ELO was great.

[@lailaskounielsen2651]

👍

[@MetalGod999]

Congratulations to Electric Light Orchestra for finally making the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

[@Danimal1577]

Fraudulent. Bands like ELO, Moody Blues, and Paul Revere and the Raiders have always been overlooked by the stooges at the RnR HoF. Fraudulent

[@Frankincensedjb123]

ELO is an odd entity, a band that was very popular back in the day that produced a lot of hits but now is rarely spoken about. Time to bring these boys back to the light. Much overdue.

[@theoo.2019]

Mr. Blue Sky has been way overused buddy, I think they have plenty of exposure nowadays

[@catheybottiau6365]

Yes!

[@Official_KC]

I always get confused by that too. They sold like 100 million albums. And they barely get talked about, except for Mr Blue Sky as a song for commercials. It's really odd to me, as they're such a damn good group. I'm glad we can all enjoy their music and everything still of course

[@ObjectivelyL]

@@theoo.2019 Yes, but do you see anyone talk about any of their other songs? Do you see any music critics talking about them right now? I don't think so really.

[@davetrevor4561]

THEY are spoken about plenty ,..don't worry lol ,..EVER HEARD OF JEFF LYNN DUH ??

[@SteveYates-uo4dq]

I was young and living in Blackpool and I met a friend who got me into ELO. and I never looked back BRILLIANT BAND ❤XXX

[@mattgraves490]

Was in the US Navy stationed in Scotland in "82". Went down to Blackpool and partied my ass off. Cheers mate!

[@benni1023fm]

Just posted this to my friend's facebook page. We were friends for 50 years when she passed a year ago. Today is her birthday. I hope she can hear this wherever she is and know one of our favorites is now more fitting than it was before. We loved this track!!

[@jaredhall4812]

How will she hear it if she's dead

[@jencgold]

benni1023fm I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m happy you had such a great friend ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jencgold]

Jared Hall hey....can you hear my middle finger? I turned it all the way up for you.

[@mrsluigi9478]

@@jaredhall4812 you're pretty dense

[@tonybrown8006]

She will be able hear it.

[@HiGlowie]

Man, I keep coming back to ELO. What a magical band. My hats off to you Jeff Lynne.

[@1989opprsvp]

Subscribed 4 years ago. Posted a couple of comments about how much I appreciate this song and this band. Got very little response. Everybody else got alot of responses. E.L.O. was and is amazing!!!!!!!

[@abcdemofo]

Sorry, wrong number

[@finfunforever]

One of ELO's greatest songs, full of emotional yearning. Jeff Lynne is an absolute genius. How can so many incredible songs come from the mind of one person? We are so blessed to have him.

[@mikeyd9764]

some songwriters just got "it", and man--does he have IT. Pure musical genius.!!

[@Legohaiden]

If "Hopeful Melancholy" could be described in a single song, this song is it.

[@stephenhernandez4729]

YES! 😍😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤❤💔💔💔💔💔

[@Legohaiden]

@@stephenhernandez4729 When is the first time you ever listened to ELO? For me it was back in the late 80s... My older brother owned a record player and had the Vinyl of it.

[@shawnnance3535]

Nailed it!

[@mosriteminioncause7741]

I was 14 on the bus going home at sunset looking at woods and fields and this song was playing. Now I'm 57 driving through the same area littered with strip malls and track town homes hearing new soulless songs. It was a world of Beauty then, and the loss of that world now...

[@stevenreid2571]

The further we "progress" technologically, the less human we feel, and thus the art imitates life.

[@monariscar5575]

So very true….just not the same.

[@dutchlinde3574]

Things have always been like this wtf are you talking about?

[@guychirinian3122]

Right there with you bro

[@rolandolugo4732]

May 9th, 2024 and I'm still jamming to this music as we speak. I'm 61 years young and there's no one like ELO!!!

[@suzeclarke4477]

68 here. Still love ELO! May 15, 2024

[@mafia_dave32]

@@suzeclarke4477 I am 50 and here because of my older siblings .

[@LisaFowler-h1e]

I'm with ya I'm 55 and know good music too❤

[@johnnybarton8128]

64 but because I wanted

[@OSRS_Drone]

31, only because my dad introduced me to the album "Time" when I was pretty young.. he passed away a few days ago at the age of 63. Best belive I'll be playing ELO for him in remembering of him.

[@user-wo6cy2lj4mVeirfuna]

Таких чистых групп прошлого не будет больше никогда. Как и многих других групп того времени.Спасибо/ELO/ms.Lynn.

[@EphemeralProductions]

I love how he added in the line ringing at the beginning; it really adds to the song, for those of us old enough that we lived through a time where there were phones that didn't have an answering machine or voicemail, and the phone just rang and rang sometimes when there was someone we REALLY wanted to talk to.

[@Nostalgic-Lady]

Yes, right there with you! Those were the days ... Love ELO even though I'm more of an old school soul lady. This one was particularly lovely.

[@cheyennebritbrat]

reminds me of times when i would leap down flights of stairs like wonderwoman in case it was HIM on the phone lol

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

tall32guy Just watch out for the Phone Cops. Those suckers play hard ball man.

[@riefujimoto4279]

That’s what I Love about this song is the old school ringing of the phone 📱 international sound I was in Japan 🇯🇵 called my mom in Ohio and it rang like that no voice mail nothing those were the days

[@matts.2959]

Rotary dial, man...none of that newfangled push-button bullshit..

[@staciejones04]

My cousin passed away earlier this year due to Covid and this song was one of his favorites. Everytime I play it I think of him. I love it myself. I feel close to him when I play this song.

[@larryaldama1673]

Sorry for your loss ✝️👍🙏🏽

[@bfcolumbo8480]

May he live on in this song. I'm sorry he's gone.

[@samprimera5545]

That is so gr8.I know he's there with you

[@ricoz2016]

I was 15. I was beginning to feel. Feelings. ELO made it alright. In 1976 I got this album as a present at at a Xmas party and it introduced me into a new way of experiencing music. Jeff Lynne, thank you.

[@fourondrugs9122]

omg you culd only be happy one you wrer 15 ????????//?//???

[@ginal1861]

I was 16 and a lonely teenager.

[@garyvandecar2580]

Same here, Just love ELOs music.

[@Milleymill]

I was 17 , still love them.

[@siobhanmcgoldrick4549]

iam 33 a was brought up listning to them as a kid

[@suzanneminikus9770]

To my soulmate in Heaven Jeffrey Lee Kraus. God, I miss you, I miss us, spending our lives together singing and slow dancing in the kitchen with every ELO song that will continue to beat in my heart evermore. ❤️ I love you endlessly ~ ❤️❤️ ~ I see you in my dreams, feel you all around me, and can still smell your cologne, so I know you're always near. Meet me when I take my last breath, it's going to be so beautiful! 💞

[@DOODAHMAN70]

You can never forget someone who gave you so much to remember, mine passed 3 years ago

[@theDENIMMAN]

This is quite possibly one of the best songs I have ever heard...

[@victorgjesus]

Amo essas músicas antigas 😍

[@ATMfromNJ]

Amen

[@donwalters8877]

Reminder of when I was young, I'm 58 now and still love this song

[@Slickheadhunter]

I was 10, wonderful music back then!

[@evanescence2721]

@@michellechambala5579 +1.

[@gerrywilson4708]

I'm 78 and I still love it!

[@larryaldama1673]

👍🇺🇸

[@garybrice7689]

Jeff Lynne is a freakin' awesome musician, songwriter/ arranger and producer. One of the all time greats.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

Yeahhhhhhhhh, WE know ;P

[@pedroGomez-pr6un]

You forgot great voice

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

The 5th Beatle. Always had that smoothness to him.

[@matthewstetson1840]

A New World Record of which this is from is their last good record. ELO jumped the shark with the follow-up, Out Of The Blue. It's Over and Sweet Is The Night harken back to better times but stuff like Turned To Stone could have been on the Xanadu Soundtrack.

[@elgenetiamzon1062]

Gary Brice . You're damn right he is!

[@mwgfghost8231]

Love this band. Also this song always makes me think of Billy Madison when he calls up Steve Buscemi.

[@ay-d-am9025]

“Man I’m glad I called that guy”

[@jonathan_vinotinto3062]

You and I the same lol

[@parrotwas1790]

😂

[@hardtoletgo]

Just watched billy madison again yesterday and came here lol

[@choni4976]

Hahaha i always remember Steve laying down with his lipstick 😂

[@TheRavenLily]

How is it possible that Jeff Lynne and ELO are not ALREADY inducted into the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame? Their music is timeless and talent endless.

[@jessievallejos4055]

I have loved this song forever.

[@jamesgange2921]

And jeff lynn was also in the traveling wilburys with legends Bob Dylan,Roy Orbison,George Harrison,Tom Petty...

[@berlindeutschland3264]

ELO is now in with journey.

[@Ralphieisthegreatest]

Amen young lady!!

[@LiMiT0922]

they're inducted in 2017.

[@Stephennac]

One of the Greatest bands of all time Hands down amazing song writing

[@fernandpessina2878]

Anyone else can´t stop listen this masterpiece?

[@bobski7032]

Fernand Pessina I listen to 3 to 4 times a week

[@jayburke2247]

Keep rewinding it.

[@408modelshop]

Fernand Pessina I am so glad I called that guy

[@robsharp8633]

i.] eyboard ued

[@OlaftheGreat]

Absolutely. Pure musical, lyrical perfection

[@AdamAguilar-gl4cf]

Goodbye Electric Light Orchestra your music lives forever thanks for all those fantastic and memorable songs!!!!! Now ELO got a place in the olimpo of Rock forever!!!!!!!

[@nastynate1219]

Boy am I glad I called that guy...

[@brownie_64]

*thumbs up*

[@Alistplay]

#nathansunited what's your surname? Milner?

[@Composer_Piggy]

Luis X is that a quote from something? It sounds so familiar, but I can’t place it

[@thedebatehitman]

Magnificent Moonlight04 Billy Madison

[@cbstein11887]

Miss Lippy's car is green. Billy likes to drink soda.

[@thuneeby2092]

How is it that I can remember every word to hundreds of 70s and 80s songs, yet I spend half my life looking for my keys, phone, or the reason I came upstairs?

[@pattimelita8268]

So very true!

[@lawrence6007]

Hahaha

[@recon6863]

Right on.

[@davidwalker8481]

Music can bring people back from dementia and Alzheimers - lots of neurocognitive inter connects.

[@hawkkristin5729]

Hilariously (& painfully) astute!! 🤣😂🤣

[@bigkushyindustriesllc5710]

Thanks dad for showing me this awesome band. Hope we can meet again one day. Miss you and rest in peace

[@dcoft4899]

My oldest brother died a few years ago. This song kills me. And now his daughter, my niece, has been gone a year. People, call your loved ones today. You never know where they might be tomorrow.

[@mollyballard230]

So true

[@charliesybert2683]

You say that now till you get the answering machine and it's there voice then it's a throwback punch in the gut

[@hungsolow4851]

@@charliesybert2683..' let it ring for evermore '

[@trishabray9184]

Oh my God

[@LoneLee2022]

At an ELO concert?

[@lubilou64]

Jeff Lynne is an actual musical genius.

[@danieldivirgilius4580]

No doubt! 💯

[@karlhungus8946]

And one of the best voices in rock 'n roll.

[@datacommand]

He's a Wilbury for sure.

[@Thousand_yard_King]

Glad you realized that..

[@cheggegghead757]

I think I am totally in aggreance with that..😉

[@milliewray]

This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written Jeff's use of diminished chords can't help but break your heart His music still sounds like music from the future to me Roy Orbison in 2112 Over 40 years old & still stands above anything today

[@OlaftheGreat]

Mr. Blue Sky introduced me to ELO, but Telephone Line is why I fell in love.

[@OlaftheGreat]

@Alexander Penaloza It's this kind of randomness that makes the world go round, or at least gives me a laugh now and then.

[@lsswappedcessna]

@Alexander Penaloza Not related to the music but hey free information! Better than can be said for the American education system.

[@humanebeing6521]

My dog who I've had since I was 5 years old just passed away today. She'll never be able to see my graduation or anything that comes after, but in life she was suffering from a terminal illness which rendered her unable to do pretty much anything. I have no idea how long my grief is going to last, and how much longer I'll be bawling my eyes out because of her, but this song has helped me out a lot. Seeing her pass onto the other side has left me lonely, and I wish I had a telephone line to communicate to her with. There's clearly been a lot of heart and emotion poured into this song's lyrics and composition, and it's really nice to have something to resonate with.

[@meggieturi]

Losing a pet, for many of us, is sometimes worse than losing a relative.

[@cricket700612]

The three-part harmony...the orchestration...masterful. One of my forever favorite pieces. Vocals, arrangements... it's magic. 🥰

[@fozz5722]

This song makes me cry like a freaking baby. Who's been there I know I have. No I don't cry often but this song has a kind of heart felt melancholy that I can't help it. Great songs like this are rare.

[@benulike]

Fozz. Crying right now. On repeat.

[@tourettesguy3858]

YES!

[@michaelbillypec]

Fozz your depth and ability to be moved are truly amazing...

[@TheRetrostorian]

Me too!

[@marcialedford7822]

I listen to it at least twice a week!

[@lucaslucas2933]

It’s funny how well this song has aged. Even if we’re past the landline and onto cellphones, the emotional tones and touches still ring true more than 40 years later. Amazing.

[@dudedude315]

Music is timeless

[@kayceejane5913]

Truly ❤

[@brandtbecker1810]

Now if we could just get people past being on those damn smart phones constantly and maybe pay attention to their driving or actually - horror of horrors - communicate face to face....

[@jordansummers2790]

Amen!

[@kentjensen4504]

How well it's aged? Because newer somehow means better? You must be pretty depressed by Bach and Louis Armstrong then, because that music is really old.

[@paulinefitts3418]

I love this song. Havent heard it for so long. Makes me miss an old love❤❤😢😢

[@gl1sc0r]

how does something this amazing exist

[@carloscastro3814]

24"7

[@connorbloop3826]

Crupi I don't know but I'd kill for more music like this.

[@daymorse8]

Its Electric Light Orchestra. 😍

[@SeeThroughandLetGo]

We can all be this amazing, Jeff just was!

[@bs27v1b]

Because Jeff Lynne made it so.

[@buckshot4569]

Fantastic song. Takes me back to being a lorry driver in 80s 90s looking for a phone box when parking up on a night to call home. Magical music 💫✨💕

[@Athereel]

As a 15 year old I recently discovered this band and I'm obsessed, trying to convince my parents to take me to their tour 😂

[@Grace-ir8er]

Best of luck convincing them, I hope you get to go to the tour!

[@Sean-wj1wu]

😂😂😂😂 tour .. gonna have to dig them up first

[@danfoss1535]

I was 15 too!!! Well, that was.. almost 50 years ago?

[@ladylynx2431]

I'm seeing them tonight with half my family!!!! Long Live Jeff Lynne!!!!

[@wjefferson8738]

When music was on real instruments and vocals were authentic!!! I miss that!!!

[@shawnnance3535]

Dont you realize the things we did were all for real not a dream. Brings tears to my eyes everytime. So many feelings come up with this song.

[@MidosujiSen]

Its *very* rare for me to love a song on first listen, it almost always takes a few listens for it to grow on me. This song broke through that barrier just now. What a great song. I listened to Out Of The Blue a week and a half ago and adored nearly every song. This record isn't disappointing at all, a new world record indeed.

[@sukottoshinobe7360]

I’ll admit as a huge metal fan I looked up this song half joking as a reference from Billy Madison and ended up on incredible crash course in incredible songwriting. These guys are amazing. I couldn’t believe how good this song was when I actually sat down and listen to it

[@briangriffin5701]

The real joke is that Adam Sandler is a huge ELO fan.

[@blitzkrieghopAZ]

Dude same. I got this album from my aunt who didn’t want hers anymore and put it on today just because of Billy Madison. Whole thing was sick. I’ve also watched the Billy Madison scene about 10 times today on KZbin.

[@hammurds]

@coldfarted Jeff Lynn is amazing. He was a part of the Traveling Wilburys. A super group consisting of incredible artists. He is in high regard from me

[@patrickthomas6702]

The exact reason I came here and the exact result happened

[@BlazeLs-je7yo]

Man, I honestly feel sorry for anyone just recently discovering ELO lol. They are an amazing gift to the world of music, and Jeff Lynn is a genius. I feel like anyone who says that they don't like ELO is just lying they're ass off haha.

[@raybanks7524]

The undertones, the moving strings lines ever so carefully woven in, just the piano tearing in the start... love every measure of this song! It is so elegantly staged and truly reveals exquisite detail. Thanks, Jeff. 🥰

[@mikhaelSpeijer2122]

I love when the strings roll in at the powerful chorus. Powerful vocals and harmonies!

[@ernestocastanares982]

Yes really powerfull, I´ve always Thought Elo has a great influence of Quenn in Their Chorus...

[@BlazeLs-je7yo]

Saying that Jeff Lynne has powerful vocals is a massive understatement lol. Dudes got serious pipes, and is a literal genius song writer. There are a lot of people who don't even realize the full scope of his talent as a musician song writer. Not only is he responsible for most ELO songs, as well as his Solo music, but he's written hit songs for the likes of The Beatles, as well as solo songs for Paul, Ringo, and George. He's written for artists like Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Brian Wilson, and Olivia Newton-John, and even to groups like the Pussycat Dolls. And he's still going strong today by playing shows and touring. To say that he has been one of the most influential rock musicians of all time is even an understatement lol. There are Jeff Lynne fans out there in the world that have no idea they are even Jeff Lynne fans haha.

[@BlazeLs-je7yo]

@@ernestocastanares982 Which really isn't surprising, given the fact that Queen and ELO both started in 1970, and were only separated by like a 2 hour drive from each other.

[@edwardwoods2294]

Brings back the good old days,..!

[@נחיוורמן-ת5ג]

אחד השירים הגדולים של שנת 77 באמת יוצא מהכלל. חבל שהיום לא כותבים שירים כאלה

[@thezanzibarbarian5729]

זה נהדר עכשיו, כמו שזה היה אז.

[@נחיוורמן-ת5ג]

@@thezanzibarbarian5729 נכון. שיר נהדר

[@gar.40]

One the most beautiful songs ever.... "I'd tell you everything if you'd pick up that telephone" woooow! The drums are on fire! Great song!

[@eloybazan4900]

Driving home this evening,song came on.Left me stunned.Had to find who the band was.Five hours later I found it.Satisfied and still stunned.A true work of art this song is.

[@ashton77]

Summer of 77...the greatest time to alive...and this song helped. TY ELO for the memories.

[@84koolkid]

Ahh summer 77 bliss

[@krispurnell3960]

Sumer of 1977 i agree laid in bed with headphones just broke up with my first love

[@krispurnell3960]

Takes u right back to 1977

[@jaiaq292]

The album was released in 1976

[@OlaftheGreat]

Not to mention Out Of The Blue came out in '77. The sun is shining in the sky, there ain't a cloud in sight......

[@phillipbutler1991]

This song, did it for me, when I was thinking of her. Still does...rock on ELO.

[@floyddiamond9994]

Beautiful song. Brings back wonderful memories.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

There are so many ELO songs to love, but this one remains firmly at the pinnacle for me.

[@ThatSchmoGuy]

Congrats on FINALLY getting in the Rock Hall. The honor is LONG overdue!

[@1293jessica]

This is one of the staple songs of my childhood and has impacted me so much, I'm just so glad a band like ELO exists, their style is just so original and suited to who I am as a person. Rock on

[@GreenDragon11]

Agree 100%

[@Ralphieisthegreatest]

[@tommywood343]

I'm 64 years old and listened too this great music. I loved the 7Os 80s songs 🎶🙏❤

[@agnesalbert6703]

Beautiful music. I have loved it since 1976. ELO forever!

[@1Gnome1746]

Just lost my brother in law - a perfect southern gentleman! Brings tears of joy and sadness - thanks ELO - my first rock concert in San Diego many years ago

[@mrsdoubtfire534]

They have always been underrated. No idea why. Really good music.

[@gilbertcastaneda4478]

Jeff Lynne just made it to the hall of fame!!!!!!

[@johngalt0096]

Too sophisticated for Americans as a rule. 😮

[@patrickdecambra2219]

I don't know I don't think anybody thinks of them as underrated. E l o rules

[@paulinechapman5669]

Why do you people speak of which you know nothing..sheesh🇨🇦

[@paulinechapman5669]

@@gilbertcastaneda4478at last someone is paying attention..underrated indeed..sheesh..🇨🇦

[@alanherbruger2977]

Bittersweet memories from a time not long ago but lost to the ages of what was once a glimmer of hope.

[@GllitterGlamour051]

my dad passed away when i was 4 years old, over the years my family has filled me with memories and shown me who he would be if he were here, his music, style, personality. listening to elo makes me feel like i am living through him and i thank this band for their amazing music for that, miss you dad

[@timoconnor606]

That's just beautiful

[@keithboissoneau9845]

❤

[@margaritasmith4980]

amazing song with amazing lyrics

[@checkout5017]

This song sounds like if Elton John, David Bowie, Queen and the Bealtes wrote a song together. A masterpiece!

[@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753]

I just thought the same

[@franciscobarbosa726]

Jeff Lynne is a genius.

[@thierryhenry674]

21 Guns

[@isorokudono]

No it really doesn't. The fact you said that nonsense, shows THAT YOU HAVE ZERO TASTE.

[@isorokudono]

@Ali J Billy is from my home town, and MIKE DINRT'S mom lives over my parents back fence. GREEN DAY SUCKS, SORRY KID. You've got SHITE TASTE. FIND YOU SOME TRAVELING WILLBURRY'S. And hope JESUS save you. :* Signed; A BAY AREA PUNK KID FROM GILMAN ST. :*

[@markmcgookin3228]

This song makes me feel so nostalgic because it would always be playing during late night drives with my family through the countryside with me half asleep in the backseat

[@charlesferguson2350]

OH YES! We must be the same age(56) and this music is our life!Gives me comfort knowing there are others that care.

[@traceysm3041]

I'll never forget sitting on the floor of my dear friend Rick Olerain's apt. In SLC in 1977 listening to this song...loving it,I was 20❤

[@yeeyeejuice5747]

ELO is very addicting! My grandmother calls me an old soul because I listen to loads of old school music. Something very different about the sound it sounds very natural and authentic. The melodies are really catchy and I'm a sucker for orchestra/symphony music. ELO is awesome in my book!

[@ethankarr1239]

I like them for the electricity

[@thebaddog4104]

I've been here before...

[@scottwilson599]

@TheChampion Horsee Lay off the crack wtf are you talking about.

[@MrMisterChiliPepper88]

I am an old soul as well I’ve been listening to this type of music for 17 years now

[@5705HU]

thank you yee yee juice