First time hearing ELO "Don't Bring Me Down" Reaction | Asia and BJ

[@bazookajoe6133]

The immortal Jeff Lynne, one of the finest singer/songwriters of our time. Don't know a single soul who doesn't like ELO.

[@AngryPostmanStockholm]

Bazooka Joe : ) Cool platformer on Mega-CD or Saturn game with good music right? (Getting old memory level 72 and sinking)

[@mikefetterman6782]

This was a big hit in the skating rinks circa 1980-1984

[@sammybeck7794]

If there is anybody that does not like them, then they are crazy

[@johngero6265]

My favorite band was ELO. I saw them in concert in 1978 when they broke the symphony and the spaceship. Laser light show the whole thing was unbelievable at Madison square garden. Jeff Lynne is a musical genius no doubt about it.

[@rickysaucemusic]

I know somebody who doesn't, my brother. ELO is the greatest band of all time.

[@dagmar.6954]

ELO had their biggest hits in the 70's-80's & mixed modern rock pop songs with classical overtones. Jeff Lynne wrote most of their songs. They had a lot of great hits such as "Roll Over Beethoven", "Showdown", "Can't Get It Out Of My Head", "Evil Woman", "Strange Magic", "Livin' Thing", "Telephone Line", "Rockaria!", "Do Ya", "Turn to Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Mr. Blue Sky", "Wild West Hero", "Don't Bring Me Down", "Shine A Little Love", "Last Train To London", "Confusion", "Hold On Tight", "Twilight", "The Way Life's Meant To Be", "Here Is The News", "Ticket To The Moon" etc.

[@Eowyn187]

They are so not 80s.

[@johnfoster5295]

They formed in 1970 from the band The Move which formed in 1965.

[@steveeverett1736]

your last 5 songs are ALL on the Twilight CD, so Asia and BJ might try doing a continuous reaction to those 5 or perhaps a reaction just to the CD

[@roberteytchison2595]

Don't forgot Rockaria and the Jungle

[@tristansmyth6802]

And Jeff just got better with age

[@reha1066]

This song definitely belongs in music history. Can't stop moving either lol.

[@Apostrophe65]

Hit up ELO Telephone Line next. It's a whole different direction.

[@eggy1962]

Wembley live version

[@christopherearnshaw6306]

Jeff Lynne is a musical genius !!..... Master musician , he can play EVERY instrument .... and superb lyricist too..... Producer and Arranger ....Nothing is beyond him...

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

ELO has a lot of good ones.

[@barriehull7076]

A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Lynne shouts "Bruce!" In the liner notes of the ELO compilation Flashback and elsewhere, Lynne has explained that he is singing a made-up word, "Grooss", which some have suggested sounds like the German expression "Gruß," meaning "greeting."[7] Lynne has explained that originally he did not realize the meaning of the syllable, and he just used it as a temporary placekeeper to fill a gap in the lyrics, but upon learning the German meaning he decided to leave it in.[7] After the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as "Bruce" that Lynne actually began to sing the word as "Bruce" for fun at live shows.[8][9][7] ELO engineer Mack remembers the genesis of the term differently, stating that Lynne was actually singing "Bruce" as a joke in advance of an Australian tour "referring to how many Australian guys are called Bruce."[7]

[@maverick2242]

Grew up on ELO, always loved them remember getting shit on the school bus for liking ELO, weird thing was I loved all the music the cool kids thought was cool also, always thought it was Bruce as well until Professor of rock educated me, lol.. I always related Bruce to being that cat that thought he was the coolest that was bringing everyone else down cause they weren’t as cool as him or he was stealing your girl, still one of my fav ELO songs.

[@GinMae]

Thanks so much for this, Barrie! I always heard it as "Bruce" -- and wondered who that guy was... (but kind of assumed it was a mondegreen - I term I learned a few years back, and LOVE that you use it here) -- anyway - it's particularly funny to me right now, b/c I've had this friend "Bruce" for over ten years, and we share a lot of musical history/tastes - even unusual ones from the late 70's "new wave" era - anyway, a few years ago, I was surprised when Bruce told me he just "never liked ELO" - of course, I'm sure it had nothing to do with this little line... BUT - a few months ago, my youngest sister was desperate for a place, and my good friend offered to let her rent a room from him -- which seemed to be working fine for a few months -- then, "out of the blue" - he said he'd rather she found another place as soon as possible (that worked GREAT... so no need for a long story) -- but when she told me, she was kind of blind-sided, so one of the first things I thought about was this: "Don't bring me down.. Bruce!" -- lol -- sorry for the long, lame story, but I totally appreciate your comment, and hope to hear more... all the best!

[@ausmarkb]

@@GinMae 😁 you love that he copy/pasted it here

[@juliedicarlo5544]

I always thought it was "grouse " pronounced "groose". Never thought Bruce 🤣

[@williameller7002]

I used to roller skate to this song in the late 70's

[@juliewhite7469]

Me too! I can't here this song without remembering the disco ball spinning on the ceiling. 🛼 🥰❤

[@flash1660]

Love this song my favorite is TIGHTROPE ! The orchestration is terrific. You’ve never heard anything like it !

[@waynedome148]

Love tightrope, one of the best.

[@carollittle1059]

Electric Light Orchestra!! Rocked!!

[@michaelchilcott210]

A Brilliant Band So Many Great Hits That All Bring Great Memories Flooding Back. Love Both Of You In These Reviews😊👍

[@mrk8050]

ELO was one of the bands we used to play when my unit was attached to protection duties in refugee camps when I was in the British Royal Marine Commandos. We found their music was always a amazing way to reach the refugees, especially the children, by dancing badly along to the songs. The children were always the first to show us how to dance along properly, we leant that after listening the Queen's performance during Live Aid in 1985 whilst my company was in Ethiopia.

[@destinymiller8025]

My mom use to dance to this song in the kitchen. She was a teen in the 70's. Brings me back a good memory 🙂

[@tylerward6723]

One of the greatest bands in the history of music. Lynne was a master.

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Yesss! Glad to see y’all back like you never left! Love this song! My favorite of theirs- second fav of theirs is “Telephone Line.” PLEEEEASE react to that one as well- love y’all! In case nobody’s told you-😁💖💙👍✌️

[@mikewood6071]

You could go down a long, deep rabbit hole with this band ELO has a huge inventory of hits

[@Terri6868]

Love ❤️ ELO one my favorite groups.

[@allanjones1680]

A Great lost classic....love this song!

[@dariopoli4678]

I bought the "Discovery" album in 1979 and I'm pretty sure that they don't sing "Bruce", but "Groos". Anyway, a great album

[@garytom1935]

Wow I use to listen to them in highschool library they had music, highschool dance, awesome, good review yeah 🎸🥁🎤👌😄👍🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@johnnicpon5783]

This is the very definition of a high energy song!

[@delorespetree3243]

Glad to see you back

[@rayzerbone4197]

ELO is different from any other band they have great a great sound

[@kennbicknell5492]

ELO's duet "Xanadu" with Olivia Newton-John is a classic in its own right.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Asia & BJ, thanks for continuing with ELO, they rock! Next from their catalog, please react to the song, *"Evil Woman"* It's a total banger, an awesome vibe, and you'll both love it! (Use the studio version.) Thanks for all you do, and Happy New Year! :)

[@CharCanuck14]

Totally agree!!

[@allanjones1680]

The lyric video got the words wrong......the song says dont bring me down groos.. not Bruce though i admit i said bruce for many years until i saw the lyrics to the song in the album insert

[@MrDiddyDee]

Yup, it was just meant to be a sound, like some of the doo-wop kind of syllables he has in other songs. Jeff Lynne has since given in and gone with the crowd and started singing 'Bruce' in live performances.

[@barriehull7076]

Jeff Lynne is in the Traveling Wilburys.

[@albertscanlon2005]

Great reaction- typical ELO ...make you smile and move everytime. Jeff Lynne.a musical genius.

[@havoc092]

When I was growing up, this song was a staple in roller skating rinks everywhere. The sound of this song playing while people bang their skates on the wood in rhythm was pretty wild back in the day. ELO has been considered the musical heirs of the Beatles. If you listen to "A day in the life" and then follow it with ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" it slaps you in the face pretty readily. Lynn produced the Beatles at one point after Breaking from ELO for a while. He has reconstituted the band and gone back out on tour with the old titles in the last decade or so and still kickin it.

[@GilbertHorn1]

Loved this back in the day- danced to this all night. Your reaction is spot on happy!

[@georgetanga6757]

Love your guys reaction and appreciation for older music. Awesome

[@ziggymarlowe5654]

"Show Down" is my favorite ELO, and was also a favorite of John Lennon's. It has a funky back beat compared to their other songs. Would love to hear your reaction to 'Show Down".

[@carollittle1059]

Love me some ELO!!

[@TheMikeman1971]

Another great pick great song. Very popular song u prob hear somewhere.

[@debbiechang5781]

Just good fun music. This band always delivers. 🌺✌️

[@bonniethompson2019]

You two are so funny!

[@OUTTA-TYME88]

Love you all! ELO is one of my all-time favorite bands, along with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and The Eagles. Jeff Lynne of ELO did a lot of songs with Tom Petty!

[@pennycousineau946]

My goodness is Asia you have the most amazing smile! BJ I loved how you seemed so happy to this song. I've loved this song starting around 7 years old.

[@stuartryde4132]

Love ELO, they weren't an actual Orchestra, but a rock band from Birmingham. Keep up the good work guys love what ya doing 👍

[@36karpatoruski]

What a fun song this was! For another song by the same title, listen to the Animals “Don’t Bring Me Down”. 60’s British Invasion blues rock - the guys that made “House Of The Rising Sun” the eternal classic that it was and is.

[@markharris1125]

Now for another high-energy song you need to take 'The Last Train To London'. 🚉 (If it's a lyric video by the same person, they'll probably write 'LOST Train To London'. 'Bruce' indeed.) Just listening to your comments at the end, watch ELO in one of their Wembley concerts from 2017. Not the same line up (save for Jeff Lynne) but you get to see the whole 'orchestra'.

[@cindyerrington7099]

Play strange magic by ELO

[@geraldherrmann787]

jeff lynne, alongside dylan, paul simon and lennon/mccartney probably the finest songwriter ever. dozens of great songs and hits. two bands, e.l.o. and the traveling wilburys. he even produced the very last beatles album.

[@gloria46131]

Love ELO love this song thanks for the song and reaction

[@headrushindi]

That song has been used in a few commercials and films over the years ..you have probably heard it in passing at least once.

[@theNOVEMBERman1116]

I didn't know this was there song i've heard this before this a cool song great reaction

[@joelliebler5690]

A popular tune in the last fifteen years though this is not one of their best. So many better ones, like Tightrope, Telephone Lone,Do Ya, Rollover. Beethoven ,And Sweet Talkin’’ Woman.

[@spedboy1966]

This song was used in the movie "Super 8" soundtrack.

[@gardnerdan17]

For more of the orchestra, check out "Roll Over Beethoven", "Rockaria" or "10538 Overture"

[@cabdriveruk]

Jeff Lynne has explained that he is singing a made-up word, "Grooss", which some have suggested sounds like the German expression "Gruß," meaning "greeting." Lynne has explained that originally he did not realize the meaning of the syllable, and he just used it as a temporary placekeeper to fill a gap in the lyrics, but upon learning the German meaning he decided to leave it in. After the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as "Bruce" that Lynne actually began to sing the word as "Bruce" for fun at live shows. ELO engineer Reinhold Mack remembers the term differently, stating that Lynne was actually singing "Bruce" as a joke in advance of an Australian tour "referring to how many Australian guys are called Bruce.

[@koki84ji7]

Last train to london

[@bigdaddypiggy]

I remember hearing this on the radio in the car when I was a kid in the late 70’s -early 80’s & I gotta say….i STILL love this song 🖤by looking at me you’d never guess that in a million years 🤷🏼‍♂️😉but good is good 🤓it was HUGE at the skating rink

[@timelliott1033]

Someone recorded this song adding clips from movies and cartoons. Absolutely fun, absolutely fantastic.

[@danielnovak4284]

You both are so fun. God bless you both!

[@johnlewandowski8624]

LOVED y'all's reaction and how y'all jammed to it! I grew up with this bad-a•• classic! I love the guitar beat and drum beat!

[@eggy1962]

To get an idea of their variety of songs…..Rockaria, Telephone Line and The Diary of Horace Wimp….. they have quite a large hit list.

[@NebulizerChi]

Killer radio track from the days when disco was burning brightest just before it imploded. Imagine it stripped of the techno recording wizardry down to a boogie-woogie piano stomp ---as old as it was new.

[@breckrichardson390]

Part of this was used in a TV commercial fairly recently. That might be where you heard it.

[@farfromperfek]

Jeff Lynne wrote and recorded this without the band, playing all the instruments himself. Which is why there is no string on this song.

[@RockyMtnRebecca]

HAHA! Whoever did that lyric video made me lol - There is no "Bruce" being said. LOL

[@dan56-fl8ge]

hey guys take a look at "A Love So Beautiful written and produced By Jeff Lynn for Roy Orbison

[@spritbong5285]

Asia, you are happiness in a person. Your sense of humour and hypnotic personality are magic. Never change Princess xxx

[@melissagrogandeaton7111]

This song was and is still played at the skating rinks.

[@GrandmaZeppelin]

I love BJ’s reaction and Asia’s reaction to him! Lol☮💜

[@aaronbarlow4376]

BJ's funky shoulder dance had me laughing, and then Asia saw it and I was in tears lol.

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

The phrase "Bruce" used in the chorus is actually "Vroose" - a sound-word made up by one of the band that was sung in practice and Jeff Lynne thought it so good he added in. It doesn't mean anything in particular, but most people think its "Bruce" for some reason.

[@squeeelsbeals2200]

'Tightrope' is one of their awesome greats for sure!

[@AppalachianMurican]

Miss Asia u keep him in line and thanks for all yall do with the reactions..love em!

[@SirOliverNorwell]

A criminally underrated ELO gem is the song Waterfall off their 1975 album Face The Music. Fantastic tune! Also Shangri La from 1976's A New World Record which has got the most awesome outro ever of any song in the Rock era. Gruß from Germany.

[@rubbersole79]

Jeff spent part of his career in a band with his friends George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Bob Dylan in "The Traveling Wilburys" who are worth checking out too.

[@GayJayU26]

Everyone used to start dancing at parties in the 70s when ELO came on.

[@Icurious14u]

Love me some ELO...They had the upbeat stuff and some good laid back vibe stuff..."Roll over Beethoven" is another up beat song if you liked this one.

[@redstep-child3096]

Love to these two lovelies

[@long-timemusicenthusiast2243]

Hi Asia & BJ, after The Beatles, K.C. & the Sunshine Band & E.L.O. were the fun bands whose new singles you looked forward to in the charts.

[@andrewlaw]

You need to check out The Diary Of Horace Wimp, one of ELO's finest or Wild West Hero. ELO are one of those artists that everyone loves like Blondie, Bob Marley & Abba.

[@timmistorey5989]

"Strange magic" is pure magic. It should be another one if theirs in your list. And "telephone line"

[@jackiegoodspeed1849]

My sister loved this song. " don't bring me down." Fun reaction the both of you.

[@jdmredneck4324]

Another great singer that is my moms fav is Leon Russell- Tight rope.

[@brianwest4335]

Amazing they where overlooked in the 70's but that was an era of great groups but ELO is getting noticed today

[@kennbicknell5492]

Not really overlooked. They sold MILLIONS of albums.

[@Jd-im4my]

I use to love this song. Great party song. Hope yall are feeling better. ❤ I been sick for bout 2 weeks with all this head,ears, and throat crap. Finally bout over it and back to normal, but with our weather around where I live one day it'll be 77 degrees and a day and a half later it'll be 26 degrees. Its nuts. Sending Love and hugs and wishing everyone well.

[@studentoflife385]

This was skating music when I was a kid. Great stuff!

[@sylmyl]

More ELO!

[@archygirl1750]

Who is Bruce? The immortal ELO question LOL. Please check out ELO's Jeff Lynn in Traveling Wilburys. Great 1990s group of superstars and put out some amazing songs.

[@custardflan]

You can always tell a Jeff Lynne song -- Traveling Wilburys for instand. This is probably my favorite.

[@brianvernon249]

ELO is so good, someone spent time & effort making a puppet video to Jungle off of Out of the Blue. Their 1980 album Time is the definition of retro-future with a bit of Anime feel mixed in.

[@sf0tacticalguy]

I liked their contributions to the 1979 movie "Xanadu" and loved "Evil woman", "Living thing", "Hold on tight" and "Rock n roll in king".

[@michaelboyd9433]

Great song great motivation I can see why there is a dance video of women doing the shuffle to it and it's fun to watch also

[@lilamuzik3385]

ELO is the bomb!

[@NightFireXD]

hahaha the lyrics. I love how everybody gets it wrong (including me) but Jeff Lynne ran with it at times. He said it was a type of nic name 'Groos' but some how it ended up 'Bruce'

[@mgrich0007]

More of them please!

[@geraldgore2247]

Rock N Roll is King !

[@jesj27]

Let's goooooo!!!🔥🔥

[@ritchiec6317]

It was in the movie I Can Only Imagine. Checkout Last Train to London

[@PatRyan-my8ep]

Guys great review love this song was able to get rid of my dandruff listening to it no hair now 😊❤

[@chrismccormick6371]

"DONT BRING ME DOWN GROOOOOS "! DONT BRING ME DOWN GROOOOOOOOOOOS "! DONT BRING ME DOWN GROOOOOOOOOOOS "! 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵🎤🎤🎤🎤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️💪💪💪💪💪

[@standupp2885]

It's Don't bring me down, Grusse, not Bruce, lol.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

always thought that he was just making a sound like ooh or aaah?

[@quincee3376]

It was in Boogie Nights and also in Goodfellas. Classic song!

[@willhuey4462]

it was in the movie super 8 and also paul and the emoji movie trailer as well.

[@10thdoctor15]

Doctor Who incidental music has been performed by an orchestra since its 2005 return, and it certainly isn't boring.

[@rharvey2124]

Have you done ELO's Evil Woman? It is a must.