Piano and keyboards player Richard Tandy sadly passed away earlier this month - Jeff Lynne's right hand man in the studio and was still playing on tour until fairly recently... RIP Richard 😥
@Shnordy6 ай бұрын
RIP Richard.
@V0ID_X55 ай бұрын
Rest In Peace. ❤ He was also the voice of Mr. Blue Sky
@outlawedgiraffe5 ай бұрын
ELO is like the coolest band, because a lot of people I know just don’t listen to them, but I feel as soon as you do it’s quite difficult to stop because of all the different kind of songs they make, from Last Train to London to Waterfall, Mr Radio to Twilight. My personal favourite is Wild West Hero, the final song on the Out of the Blue album.
@vjthehandsome56596 ай бұрын
As much love as ELO has gotten over the years, I still think they come off as underrated. So many creative choices and sounds off of their more obscure work that few or no one will ever hear. It is astonishingly beautiful.
@V0ID_X55 ай бұрын
I’ve said many times- so much of their best work is undiscovered and doesn’t get the praise...
@vjthehandsome56595 ай бұрын
@@V0ID_X5 Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy still need their props for the track "after all" on Secret Messages.
@Cosmo-Kramer6 ай бұрын
Tyler, very stoked to have you back with more ELO! This song is beautiful, I'm glad you reacted to it. As for an ELO album to react to, you've only reacted to 5 of the 17 songs on their Platinum double-LP, *Out of The Blue,* so that would be great to do. And for the 5 tracks you've already reacted to -- *"Turn To Stone"*, *"Standin' In The Rain",* *"Big Wheels",* *"Summer and Lightning",* and, *"Mr. Blue Sky",* -- you could react to live performances of those songs when it's their turn. instead of the studio cuts which you've already done. If interested, let me know and I'll provide you with links to the best live versions of those songs. Most ELO fans consider it to be either the band's second best album (my opinion) or the band's best album. The only reason I'm not recommending you react to ELO best album, A New World Record, is because you've already reacted to 4 of the LP's 9 tracks, so only 5 of the songs would be new to you. Go with, *Out of The Blue,* there are plenty of new songs on there for you (12), and you'll love it!
@chronomatt69906 ай бұрын
The song is perfectly crafted. The descending cords “pull you in and take you down” - like a waterfall. Jeff has a great voice with near-perfect pitch as other musicians have said. He just doesn’t use it as the band’s showcase element as does, say, Freddy Mercury, Bono, Tom Petty, Rod Stewart, and others have. His voice is a “part of the whole,” yet would be sorely missed if not present.
@Jupetta03546 ай бұрын
Waterfall has such a gorgeous vibe to it, one of my favourites off of Face the Music. I'd highly recommend you listen to their album Secret Messages next, it was the follow up album to Time and it has to be one of my favourite albums of theirs, plenty of amazing songs throughout. As always thanks for the video!
@kevinmkraft6 ай бұрын
Don't forget "Night in the City" off OUT OF THE BLUE. You'll thank me, trust me. ;)
@walkerdixon59616 ай бұрын
Secret Messages 💯
@Michaelfourfour6 ай бұрын
I used to play Face The Music regularly after getting home from school. The beautiful songs were like a warm salve,helping to heal me from any slings and arrows that I may have experienced that day. My school life was ok but Face The Music did help me after coming home after a not-so-good day. Waterfall coming in after Fire On High will always be high on my list of favourite ELO music. Thanx Tyler.
@lenmau32312 ай бұрын
Muy hermoso relato ❤
@Shnordy6 ай бұрын
To follow the impactful opening instrumental "Fire on High" with this beautiful track only reinforces the sheer talent that is Jeff Lynne.
@kevinmkraft6 ай бұрын
I keep sayin' listen to "Night in the City" off OUT OF THE BLUE.
@flanflinger376 ай бұрын
I think I’m right in saying that the background vocal ‘Face the mighty waterfall’ is reversed and played at the start of Down Home Town on the second side of the same album
@mikemopar99896 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot! Please react to the 1983 ELO album : secret messages!
@paulmckearney49456 ай бұрын
Danger Ahead is a great rocker!
@kirkhassett87266 ай бұрын
The instrumental opening to “Waterfall” is repeated later, with the full string section as an interlude just before “Strange Magic” on the original Face The Music album. This beautiful interlude rarely gets heard anymore unless you seek it out, as it’s never included with the song on the various hits compilations.
@michaelpoole5876 ай бұрын
Really glad your back with ELO. They are going to do a last tour of USA this year with a new album "Over and Out "Richard Tandy recently died in Wales. He was one of the founder members and Jeff's right hand man, until 2017 when he had to retire due to bad health. He is also the voice of "Mr Blue Sky " and of course the "Please Turn Me over " at the end of the song.
@andgate20006 ай бұрын
Once the cords grab u.....youre in. Btw...the beatles could have sung this..
@StephenSmith-z9h4 ай бұрын
If Waterfall isn't 1 of the most underrated E.L.O. songs of all time, then what song is?
@lhpl4 ай бұрын
We have told you (shalalalala) so many times (shalalalala) that you should (shalalalala) react to Secret Messages next! 🙂 [mel. _Summer And Lightning_ ]
@paulmckearney49456 ай бұрын
Note the crashing drums that punctuate the bit in the middle where it switches up. Jeff Lynne taught himself to play on a one string guitar that he "acquired" from a friend, hence that picked out guitar sound he uses so often including on the most recent material from 2019.
@kwchalky026 ай бұрын
Great song, which follows on superbly from Fire on High. I think this is a brilliant album. Glad to hear you continuing with ELO. I never tire of hearing them. You were right not to compare Jeff to anyone. He is unique, a real genius. In terms of other albums I can't remember if you have done anything from the Secret Messages album (Secret Messages, Bluebird, Four Little Diamonds, Rock and Roll is King) or from Balance of Power (So Serious, Sorrow About to Fall, Calling America). Zoom is an interesting album which I wasn't that keen on when it came out because it doesn't have all the strings and orchestra sounds of the earlier albums and if you expect it to be similar you will be disappointed, however it is an album that has grown on me over the years and one which I now play often particularly in the car. It shows a different phase in Jeff's life and is more akin to stuff he was doing with the Travelling Wilburys and other artists he was writing for and producing around that time. You might like it. I'd recommend Moment in Paradise and Stranger on a Quiet Street. 🙂
@TylerCreatesContent6 ай бұрын
gotten a few requests to do secret messages... that may be next!
@StephenSmith-z9h3 ай бұрын
"Don't Bring Me Down" was the beginning of the end for ELO traditionalists........ { The first ELO song without strings.]
@kevinmkraft6 ай бұрын
You should react to A NEW WORLD RECORD and OUT OF THE BLUE!
@JoeScottish6 ай бұрын
Album? A New World Record or Out of the Blue....... the big 2
@hernanpatrik49086 ай бұрын
RIP Richard Tandy. Un gran legado en los controles de Sintetizadores en Electric Light Orchestra. Greeting from Chile
@lenmau32312 ай бұрын
Amo ❤
@Federico-d5l6 ай бұрын
You're doing very well boy,very very well 👍👍
@martinphreed7234Ай бұрын
I love ELO and have enjoyed your many reactions to them. Definitely like when you pull deep cuts and review them. I think you should react to Alan Parsons Project and delve into their catalog. A worthy rabbit hole
@mikemopar99894 ай бұрын
Hello? please wake up!! We are waiting for new ELO videos!
@kevinmkraft6 ай бұрын
Not a mandolin but a SLIDE guitar
@paulmckearney49456 ай бұрын
Jeff Lynne has a ukelele that George Harrison gave him. Probably some YT clips of him playing it. I don't know if he ever played it on an official recording. Maybe on the Infinite Monkey Cage theme tune (that is a BBC radio science program). It was written by Eric Idle (of Monty Python fame) and he lived next door to Jeff.
@kevinmkraft6 ай бұрын
@@paulmckearney4945 I remember the video of Jeff and George playing ukuleles together. But the sliding instrument featured in "Waterfall" is a clean (undistorted) electric slide guitar. I've duplicated it here at home. (I love playing slide guitar.)
@kevinmkraft6 ай бұрын
@@paulmckearney4945 I remember the video of Jeff and George Harrison playing ukulele together. I don't recall Jeff ever credited with playing the uke on any recordings, but it's possible he did. The sliding string solo part that's featured throughout "Waterfall," however, is a clean (undistorted) electric slide guitar. I've duplicated it here at home. George Harrison famously featured slide guitar in a number of his songs including "Give Me Love." If you listen to the beginning of that song, you'll recognize the slide guitar as sounding very similar to that found in "Waterfall."
@paulmckearney49456 ай бұрын
@@kevinmkraftI'm pretty sure Jeff plays his uke on the Infinite Monkey Cage theme. Probably Jeff plays drums and base on it too. Prif Brian Cox plays the keyboards and, of course, Eric Idle does the singing.
@kevinmkraft6 ай бұрын
@@paulmckearney4945 I don't think I've ever heard the Infinite Money Cage theme but I'll research it. On "Waterfall," however, it is s slide guitar, I'm certain. Thanks!