Livin' Thing - ELO | The Midnight Special

ELO performed February 18, 1977
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[@MRAMX390]

No autotune or manipulation, the best era and music ever. Never failed to watch the Midnight Special, thank you for allowing us to relive such great memories. ❤😊😊😊

[@5yearsout]

I was never a huge ELO fan, I think I got tired of hearing them because they were all over the radio when I was a kid. Now that I'm pushing 60 I realize how good they are/were.

[@Solomongrundy68]

Yeah, people don't appreciate what they have until they lose it. I remember those days me arguing and defending bands like Queen, ELO and Supertramp, and now those who didn't like those bands now decided to like it.

[@lynnturman8157]

If you like their songs, than being on the radio is a good thing.

[@5yearsout]

@@lynnturman8157 One can only here Don't Bring Me Down 22,657,883 times before it gets tiring.

[@millypoo7713]

Not good... GREAT!

[@jamessnodgrass7360]

I bought a cd of there's a year or so ago and felt the same way about being in the radio 40 yrs ago.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

This has to be the most quintessential member lineup. Groucutt on bass effectively complements Lynn's vocals.😊

[@pejaguilar30]

Thank you The Midnight Special for this happiness!

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Our pleasure!

[@sarahloughlin3724]

Both Jeff and Kelly had the most beautiful and distinct vocals ever!

[@maximumblue8394]

One of my favorite bands growing up in the 70's. Still love this music so much.

[@sarahloughlin3724]

Me too!

[@josephroman8568]

I’ve always adored ELO! This song is one of their best! ♥️✌🏻

[@KSpirit54]

It is, but there are a few better live performances of it on KZbin, especially Glastonbury 2016 with Rosie and Amy Langley.

[@MCW1955]

And that my friends, was LIVE.

[@charliethedeacon]

I was an obsessed ELO fan when I was a growing up in the 70s, and “A New World Record” started it all for me when I was about 12 years old. Saw them in 1981, and these Midnight Special clips bring back a lot of memories. No lip-synching going on here kids, just phenomenal live musicianship.

[@MissPerriwinkle]

omg such DREAMY EYES !!!!!!!!!

[@malena2467]

So many memories from my childhood come to mind with this magical song.

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

Aaah, the peerless pop creation Livin Thing. From their superb 1976 album A New World Record and a record on which Lynne perfected his unique poprock sound!

[@ronnieparker4311]

You just can’t have the 1970’s without e l o ! Great band ! Space ace Ron ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@shanelobred-zq4kf]

Great music,I’m 56 and it’s still great for my soul.

[@markglabinski526]

The soundtrack of my youth! Thank you for this post!!

[@CasualSpud]

As a Gen Xer who discovered ELO in the 80's, I really enjoy seeing them in their heyday.. A full band having fun. 😍👍

[@JQ127-c4e]

And make no mistake this is the classic ELO right here!

[@lucalone]

Gen X ? What Gen do we have now?^

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@lucalone 😂 😝 😉

[@KittyGrizGriz]

⁠@@lucaloneMy teen Granddaughter said it’s called “GEN Z”, now. Learn something new everyday!

[@lucalone]

And after Z? Generation A??^^@@KittyGrizGriz

[@marcparsons1726]

Screams Boogie Nights! Fit perfect!! Great Live here!!

[@markberryhill2715]

Best live performance I've seen of one of my faves of theirs. Thank you Midnight Special.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

My favorite ELO song thank you musical genius, Jeff Lynne!! Loving the groovy light show! ♥️🎧♥️

[@ericjurgens6976]

Grew up listening to them when I was a kid in the 70s. Still one of my favorite bands.

[@BIZARBIES]

The album El Dorado was huge in my life as a kid. ELO can take me back to my childhood like no other music can.

[@user-yl5fu2it7j]

Their best, absolutely.

[@scottlarson1548]

Back in those days planes like the 747 had a handful of "radio stations" (really just tape loops of hit songs) that you could listen to with silly earphones which were just long tubes you stuck in your ears. When I flew to Hawaii in November of 1977 I would rock out to this song over and over every time the tape loop got to it.

[@StephanieJeanne]

😃 ELO...the gift that keeps on giving!🤩 Love this song! Great performance! And those light effects...pretty cool for that time.🔥😎

[@deadringer28]

ELO is amazing and so is this channel. Thanks for all of these great videos. So many amazing ELO performances from 73-77.

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@michaelschmidt9708]

Always loved that dramatic gypsy fiddle intro. Great song!

[@peggyconley5225]

Love ELO🎉❤ beautiful

[@that70sgirl90]

ELO... It's like Magic! 🪄 Happy Friday... thank you for sharing! 💖

[@StephanieJeanne]

It is! 🤩 Happy Friday!😊💫

[@that70sgirl90]

@@StephanieJeanne 😊💖

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Same to you!

[@radish6691]

Is this the best channel on KZbin? Don’t answer, my question is rhetorical. 🤩

[@johnbrundige-zy1fm]

Awesome song thanks so much to Jeff Lynne and elo the good old days

[@flazjsg]

Terrific! Completely live!

[@CamperVanPersie]

When this was a UK Hit in Nov/Dec 1976,I was nine years old and we had heavy snow.....I cannot hear the intro without thinking of those great times.

[@RAIDERS77FYT]

Always loved this song ..so glad i grew up with this great music..ELO had great music really catchy..how can you get tired of this..

[@user-zp4xw2no5q]

It was a good time when wonderful music was playing

[@THEHERMANATORANDSPURGLE2833]

I remember hearing this on Casey Kasem's countdown. 1970 something, summertime, playing Frisbee with friends and this and many other greats blaring out of several different radios tuned to the same station. Take me home country road!

[@LouieLouie3]

Aw memories of my youth. 10 cassettes for a penny from the RCA music club. "A New Wold Record" you wereo e of the 10.

[@markgigiel2722]

Then you got another 10 from Columbia House. Then they would send you an automatic one every month and you wouldn't pay for it or send it back. It was the Napster of the 70's.

[@LouieLouie3]

@@markgigiel2722 💯

[@flicewatter]

Awesome!

[@redbarchetta8782]

They did a 'Cha-cha-cha' to end it! 😆👍

[@caryheuchert]

The mighty ELO… like Chicago, a 7-member band which added something extra to 70s rock.

[@animemanganet]

~Starts counting Boston's band member count~ I loved the rock movement back then. They just don't really make music like they used to. Back then it took actual talent lol.

[@daniellaarias7583]

Fabuloso!😍

[@neighborbruce]

I didnt realize 12 string flamencos were a thing, i need one now

[@rwefree9469]

flamenco? Ovation 12 string

[@Um_Pe_em_Tudo]

Awesome!!! Three years later they would make Xanadu's soundtrack (1980) with Olivia Newton-John and Jimmy Kelly. The movie was a failure but the soundtrack was spectacular!

[@JaK-de4qx]

Wrong, movie is just as classic!

[@bobwerner6967]

Played over the end credits for "Boogie Nights". It just seemed to fit the whole mood and tone of a great movie.

[@brokenlightbulborchestra]

Fun fact: ELO had seven appearances on this show, the most of any act.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

18, if you include taped appearances.

[@rcherry1978]

​@@Cosmo-KramerNo that's the number of songs performed including taped performances

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@rcherry1978 Actually, it's the number of episodes on which ELO appeared on TMS, be it live or taped. I've gone through the show's complete chronology, episode by episode, reading the descriptions of who hosted, who played live, or who appeared taped, and I hand-counted how many episodes ELO appeared on in total. The number is 18.

[@user-yl5fu2it7j]

All were taped. M.S. re-used performances to make "new" episodes. @@Cosmo-Kramer

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@user-yl5fu2it7j Whether some of their songs were re-used in later episodes is irrelevant, the fact is they appeared, either live or taped, on more episodes than any other band, 18 times in total.

[@Solomongrundy68]

It will be very interesting seeing this show hosted by ELO LOL ☺ well, we will need to wait like 1 or 2 years to see it. Right now they are showing Aug 1973.

[@leannamartin1571]

Electric Light Orchestra ❤ BRAVO 😊

[@JeffLynnesELO2024Tour]

Best live band ever! Long live Jeff Lynne's ELO in concert this Summer and Fall of 2024 in the US and Canada ( 32 Concerts).

[@maurimartinez8720]

BRUTAL!!!... MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!... 🔝 E L O 💡

[@edsanders9605]

Talent, talent, talent!!!!!

[@pipevillaran]

I remember seeing this on TV, Orlando, Fla. I was 8, became a fan ever since

[@anthonyjones5486]

That’s my Jam

[@daisywrabbit]

i’m takin’ a dive!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

(Don’t you do it, don’t you do it) 🎉

[@frankvasquez2060]

Love ELO.

[@alohagrace2225]

Huge fan forever and always.🔥❤️‍🔥🔥

[@user-nd8kp7my3k]

Всех, кто здесь любит и пишет про ELO и Джеффа Линна - уважаю, жму руку и тоже люблю. Спасибо автору канала!!!

[@Van-zf9iw]

It has finally turned cold here. I need a Jeff Lynne afro wig!

[@KittyGrizGriz]

😝 😂 😉 ✊

[@sheilaarmistead7888]

I don't think that's a wig

[@gregoryduncan3067]

That's fitting for them to have a laser show on their 7th and final appearance.

[@StephanieJeanne]

Aww, man! Oh well, it was fun!

[@Paul-dy8mo]

That's not a laser. Looks like CRT projector from behind a screen running a color organ/lissajous pattern circuit.

[@animemanganet]

@@Paul-dy8mo Actually I saw footage of Jeff talking before they began the show saying it would be the first laser show televised.

[@gregmelloh6326]

Most people dont realize how many top ten songs Jeff Lynne has either written or produced for other bands. A complete musical genius.

[@TheVeek192]

How do you know what 'most people' do or don't realize? You don't KNOW "most people."

[@Murray_69]

lovin' it!

[@jkkay477]

This has always been my favourite ELO song. I have memories of sitting in the back seat of our Holden Premier when I was 6 and listening to this song on the radio.

[@ericstewart9499]

Always have been and will be one of my favorite bands

[@Sweetbutapsycho4]

I got the privilege of hearing them live, I couldn’t get a ticket so I sat outside the stadium & listened Luckily the stadium was near my house, you could hear Jeff from miles away, absolutely fantastic I cried a little because I always wanted to see him live. Hopefully one day I will 😊

[@jujumulligan43]

You beat! The Cars were the Hottest Band in the 70's and kept it going into the 70's!!

[@lancecharlett1761]

1976 I was 16 and knew nothing about ELO. My good friend fitchy picked me up in his 66 chevy impala and played Showdown on the 8 track for me. From that point on I knew ELO

[@hernanpatrik4908]

Electric Light Orchestra ,formación original y la que hizo famosa a la banda. Deberían regresar a estar Reunidos,sería algo fantástico y alegre para todos. Jeff Lynne,Kelly Groucout (RIP), Bev Bevan, Richard Tandy, Hugh MacDowell (RIP), Melvin Gale y Mil Kaminski.

[@schoolsfan3719]

So bummed I never caught these guys live. And my second conert was in 1976, Boston in Vegas. I totally blew this one big time.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Me too, me too, big regret!

[@sylviarippey6488]

This is my second favorite ELO song. Turn to Stone is my #1. I just worked out at the gym to both today, and I'm 54. I worked out to them in my 20s. Where does the time go?

[@rgs4x]

Thank you Midnight Special for this gem!

[@lucalone]

Richard Tandy is killing on the keyboards but the camera men forgot that he was there^

[@Luke-1296]

More elo!!!!

[@SheltonHill]

I just saw Jeff Lynne last weekend in SD

[@eightballsidepocket9467]

Wait, Jeff Lynne without sunglasses? A first for me.

[@Oklahoma-Dreaming]

It looks like he’s playing an Ovation 12-string guitar but I can’t see the back. I had a six-string a long time ago and I think the back is a composite that’s curved, but I’m not sure. Anyways I like the electric violin and it would be interesting to see the Corrs open for ELO even though they’re from different eras. The Corrs use a lot of violin too.

[@brookswade5774]

The soundtrack of my youth. ELO was awesome. They used a large spaceship from the Mr. Blue Sky album cover in concert. They were just unique in everything they recorded.

[@WildRover1964]

funny to think that sketchy little laser display in the background was THE most cutting edge thing at the time

[@g_men2121]

Right. I watch different music videos from 1970-1990. Just in those 20 years it has changed drastically. In the Bee Gees video for How Deep Is Your Love, they just use spot lights with filters over the lights

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

A beautiful live performance of the band at its peak. Shame that Lynne sacked the strings trio and stopped using an orchestra on his recordings after the Xanadu soundtrack.

[@DonnaJ1312]

Jeff Lynne without his sunglasses!

[@richardbauer8154]

Wow, Jeff without glasses ;-)

[@robbello1000]

Great Song...................................🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴

[@robertdrozda1637]

I’m Takin’ a dive…. ❤

[@aol767]

This is great ..they should re open the Burbank studio and start up the Midnight Special again w school Classic Rock , and some others. The Dinasour can live again. Thnx ELO for years of great music.

[@maritzabanda9784]

❤rico

[@eugenelopez8482]

OLE ELO!!!

[@Merylstreep1949]

Awesome! I hope you uncover more appearances of Fanny though or maybe Frank Zappa

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

Fanny was only on that once unfortunately

[@Merylstreep1949]

@@themidnightspecialtvshow awwww too bad

[@daisywrabbit]

you can really hear their Brummie accents here on the chorus. More so than the studio recording. so cute 💙⚡️💡⚡️💙

[@JQ127-c4e]

This is lip synced obviously. Lots of bands did it on Midnight Special. No knock on them. Great song!

[@daisywrabbit]

@@JQ127-c4e I think maybe the instruments and backing vocals are recorded, but it seems like the lead vocals are live.

[@tomorr7692]

@@JQ127-c4e There seems to be a lot of disagreement as to if this is live. You can add my vote to the "it is" column. Sounds different from the studio recording on several levels. And most bands that appeared on the Midnight Special were live as well. Not all, but the majority.

[@susanb2015]

Great fro.

[@susanfromnola8661]

I know, right, and I'm used to seeing him with his shades. Love the 70s fashions, though...LOL. Greetings from New Orleans

[@susanb2015]

@@susanfromnola8661 I miss the crazy fashions. I miss the 70s.

[@MoonStarsLove]

Wish I could watch this and other things on the smart tv. People don't like when I do

[@raylgonzo]

Boogie Nights!!!!

[@user-yl5fu2it7j]

This was the "cold opening" of this episode, which ELO hosted. Although I saw them 5 times (Cobo Arena x2, Silverdome, PineKnob, JoeLouis Arena), I never could stand this song. I still remember the shock of discovering it was ELO! I like the electronic Spirograph. 😬

[@matthewclark9652]

Jeff Lynne looking like Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac!! ("I'll take it OR die" & "Don't you do it")!!

[@groundhog713]

Yep and he ain't wearing his trademark sunglasses either. You very seldom saw him without them.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Not to me, Lindsey Buckingham is much more handsome - from a ladies point of view 😉

[@carolinaibarramendoza7502]

Para mi es muchisimo mas hermoso, varonil, interesante, y buen tipo Jeff Lynne .❤ Le da dos patadas al flacuchento y quebrado Lindsey B. Jejeje..

[@animemanganet]

@@KittyGrizGriz As a lady I think they are both very handsome and talented. Jeff however created his masterpieces without even knowing how to read or write music. Still doesn't know how to this day.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@animemanganet Neither does Lindsey, from what I’ve read. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder as they say. I’ve always had a “thing” for LB, ever since ‘73 Buckingham Nicks album.

[@mick9088]

Half the band are Classically trained.

[@TheStarclipse]

This is the real deal nothing comes close

[@cnserviceuy]

Its a living thing Its a terrible thing for us Is a giving thing What a terrible thing to us

[@Oklahoma-Dreaming]

I swear I hear a banjo in this live version but I don’t see a banjo player on stage. If so it might be on a synth though. But I’ve heard this song many times and it’s the first time I picked it up.

[@prd004.2]

I think you’re hearing the string players picking the cello’s and violin.

[@matchpoint14]

A lot of men back in the 70s had that perm in their hair.

[@stevem-h3562]

man, check those afros out!

[@darrenrunning5415]

I like that it's a "live" performance, but sometimes the live portion seems to fall out of sync with the backing track.

[@nativeatheist6422]

I guess everyone had a fro back then haha

[@themagnanimous1246]

Is this partially mimed? Bevs drumming just does not look right

[@Solomongrundy68]

Thats how they toured 77,78 and It caused him lot of trouble bc both fans who attended to concerts and promoters, stated they were not really playing 100%, and that was the main reason Jeff got rid of the strings in 1979. Very sad.

[@themagnanimous1246]

@@Solomongrundy68 that is a damn shame, especially because Bev is one of my top rock drummers

[@Solomongrundy68]

@@themagnanimous1246 Right

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@Solomongrundy68oh wow, I had no idea, thanks for the information, never saw them live unfortunately.

[@sharreetaylor861]

Not live.

[@simonburley2692]

SEVEN band members. Compare that to today’s cover band.

[@jamesmanolakis2420]

I was a little kid in the 70s. ELO brings back so many memories. Thanks for posting these timeless performances...