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@jtb65t5 ай бұрын
This is the lineup that should have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
@gregoryduncan306710 ай бұрын
Kudos to Kelly Groucutt as the opera singer.
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
Haha, I was going to ask what his name was. His shirt was cool, too, with those wizard sleeves.
@gregoryduncan306710 ай бұрын
You can't top the '70s in clothes.
@romelovesdan10 ай бұрын
He Killed it --- "Mike Brady perm" and all.
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
@@gregoryduncan3067 Well, that's debatable, but yes, there is some great fashion from that time.
@gregoryduncan306710 ай бұрын
@@StephanieJeanneWell, in the Rock 🌎 anyway.
@RodeWerk-Rw10 ай бұрын
ELO had a wonderful distinct sound, and the album "New World Record" is incredible. Sadly "Rockaria!" didn't get much airtime where I lived, so I only first heard late at night on a stray FM broadcast. Thank you, The Midnight Special,.
@daniellaubach754410 ай бұрын
I agree. First bought that on 8 track then eventually on vinyl. Great album from start to finish!
@TR-vr5pz9 ай бұрын
Youre correct - never understood why not more mainstreamed - another ELO classic. Between this and Bohemian Rhapsody my mother wold say "whats that GD opera music you are playing?" Nothing mom just iconic songs from2 of the greatest talents ever...
@rodmoore1577Ай бұрын
If I remember correctly RockAria was the B side to Sweet Talking Woman or Turn to Stone. I had both singles and it was on one of them.
@xaviercallobre682210 ай бұрын
My favorite era of ELO, Jeff & company at their best, with "Out of the Blue" arriving 8 months later...and Verdi's always creepin' from her room..😊.
@danielwriston18486 ай бұрын
kELLY HIT THOSE HIGH NOTES SOOO SWEET 😊
@bezukhov10010 ай бұрын
Y'know, if the guitarist was wearing sunglasses he'd look just like Jeff Lynne.
@gdj629810 ай бұрын
Just realised, that's the first time in 50 years that I've seen his eyes !
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
😝 😜
@danielfisch3899 ай бұрын
Yeah, that‘s young Otis Wilbury lol
@Drchainsaw776 ай бұрын
He'd probably bump his face on the mic if he couldn't see
@bobmck73014 ай бұрын
@@gdj6298 Then you wish you hadn't ,, haha ... keep the shades on Jeff ... haha ...
@karlmadsen3179Ай бұрын
ELO was/is fantastic.
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
I love this song! That was great! ELO, the gift of my Sunday morning! 🤩
@lineshaftrestorations79032 ай бұрын
Magical live show. 😂
@thomasmartin283810 ай бұрын
I remember staying up to watch this episode! Can't wait to see all of the ELO songs from that night!!!
@pejaguilar3010 ай бұрын
Fantastic. Great performance. Thank you The Midnight Special for allowing me to watch these wonderful videos.❤❤
@lazypokerblues10 ай бұрын
@pejaguilar30 Great performance? Hmm . . . let me put it this way: Great song, fun to watch - but I'm sure it was just miming.
@pejaguilar3010 ай бұрын
This was another episode hosted by the Electric Light Orchestra. All performances by the band are 100% live. Livin' Thing opens the show, then Bev comes on stage to say hello and introduce Jeff, following with Jeff introducing the show, mentioning that Santana will be coming on the show later, and getting the audience excited for the "laser beam show" that will be shown during their set. This is then followed by live performances of Do Ya, Telephone Line and Rockaria!. At the end of the show, Bev comes back on stage to thank the audience and other live acts, followed by another performance of Livin' Thing over the show's closing credits. Because this is over the closing credits, it is incomplete, cutting off after beginning of the second verse ("Makin' believe this is what you conceive..."). This was ELO's final original performance on the show. Footage from this show would be repeated many times on later The Midnight Special episodes, with the performance of Telephone Line being used in at least five later episodes, including a much later episode in May of 1980.
@lazypokerblues10 ай бұрын
@@pejaguilar30 You may certainly believe what you will - but if you look close enough, you can spot several points where it's obvious that it wasn't live.
@Jreb186510 ай бұрын
@@lazypokerbluesYea....Right..lol
@coinneachmaclellan31215 ай бұрын
This is my favourite ELO song...Kelly Groucutt really makes this song work, trading lead vocals with Jeff Lynne and singing the operatic parts...
@TheStarclipse10 ай бұрын
Perfection ELO at their best! a dream come true for me to see this! thank you Midnight Special you never dissapoint!
@peggyconley522510 ай бұрын
This is totally awesome, I love it🎉❤ Jeff Lynne is so beautiful and Kelly
@dondee543910 ай бұрын
LYRICS: Fern wieter in die Ferne Man hört, man hört die Musik Just got back from the downtown palais Where the music was so sweet It knocked me right back in the alley I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm ready And I'm really gonna rock tonight Sweet little lady sings like a songbird And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard But she ain't ready No, no, no, she ain't ready No, no, no, she ain't ready And she ain't gonna rock and roll She's sweet on Wagner I think she'd die for Beethoven She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune And Verdi's always creeping from her room Fern wieter in die Ferne Man hört, man hört die Musik Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues Now baby, come on over you got nothing to lose Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready? Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready? I wanna show you how to rock and roll Now listen here baby she, said to me Just, meet me at the opera house at quarter to three 'Cause I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm ready I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues She's sweet on Wagner I think she'd die for Beethoven She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune And Verdi's always creeping from her room Oh, far, far away The music is playin' Well, we were reelin' and rockin' all through the night Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light And the orchestra was playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes And the singers in the chorus all got off on them singin' blues And as the night grew older everybody was as one The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song Just to hearing the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure But it's alright
@ApeLikeCreature10 ай бұрын
The soundtrack of my youth! So awesome.
@that70sgirl9010 ай бұрын
Fantastic!... Are you ready?! Happy Sunday 🕊 Thank you for sharing! 💖
@robertsantine209010 ай бұрын
Why is the opening cut off? Regardless, I'm stoked to finally have a high quality version of this performance.
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
Our favorite band, once again blessed!! Sing it ELO!! 🎉🎉😅
@woodrowwilkins14910 ай бұрын
I remember seeing them perform this song on the Midnight Special, but not THIS performance. They had a woman in a balcony singing the opera part, not Kelly. I'm not sure if the woman was Mary Thomas, the opera singer on the recording.
@GNF5410 ай бұрын
That was the standard mimed music video for Rockaria! that was probably just aired as part of the Midnight Special. This performance is completely live and was from an episode of the Midnight Special that mainly focused on ELO
@woodrowwilkins14910 ай бұрын
No worries. I just remember when I saw it, Wolfman Jack described the story within the song, and they showed the opera singer. I'll see if I can find it.@@GNF54
@woodrowwilkins14910 ай бұрын
Never mind. I just reread your comment and get what you're saying. I think we're on the same wavelength now.
@meadroad3 ай бұрын
Actually heard Kelly play those opera notes back in 2006 ish, at Tunbridge Wells with his band… abso brilliant.. think it was ELO pt 2 ? May be mistaken, anyway it was totally outstanding….. RIP
@GNF543 ай бұрын
ELO Part II had morphed into The Orchestra by 2000
@chairmanalf7856Ай бұрын
I heard Kelly sing the high notes as well at the Brentwood Centre when he was with both ELO Part II and the Orchestra.
@redbarchetta878210 ай бұрын
The flinging drum sticks were the finishing touch. :)
@maurimartinez872010 ай бұрын
BRUTAL!!!... Thank you very much!!!... E L O 🔝💡
@OWR040610 ай бұрын
ELO is the greatest Beatlesesque british band of the 70‘s
@zg944510 ай бұрын
10cc had some wonderful Beatles moments as well
@marius.gabralevicius10 ай бұрын
you can't get more 70s look than this
@CamperVanPersie8 ай бұрын
Some of My School Teachers looked like this....
@gern753510 ай бұрын
I had a 'fro back then too. But it was a pain to keep up.
@DidYouReadEULA10 ай бұрын
Bev Bevan! Huge hero of mine.
@daniellaubach754410 ай бұрын
Great drum player during his time with ELO.
@happyrudolf91347 ай бұрын
Brilliant. 😊
@BlackHatCinephile10 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@user-yy1cz8mb8z14 күн бұрын
Pure magic
@elodevi10 ай бұрын
Mary "Kelly" Thomas !!!! Great
@elisabethaxelsson473610 ай бұрын
Love this song so much memorys ELO one of my favorits
@mariakarolinagajewska632210 ай бұрын
I live this song!!!!!!
@markroberts22772 ай бұрын
Jeff Lynn is in there with the greatest lead guitarists of all time.
@ladyofthecreek27910 ай бұрын
Jeff without his 😎😳
@shanedixon225910 ай бұрын
This was a fun one
@tony713elo10 ай бұрын
lol... the young fans are going mad with excitement as Bev throws his drumsticks. Some tend to forget just how big ELO was in that period. They were on a par with Elvis and The Beatles when at the top of their game. ❤
@MuppetOne10 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤
@hernanpatrik490810 ай бұрын
Legends. Me gusta mucho esa divertida y creativa parte musical del minuto 2 ,i invocando la 5ta sinfonia de Beethoven. Grandidimo detalle. Genios!!
@marcjacobscontinued941110 ай бұрын
She ain't ready.
@sallybrown4947Ай бұрын
it looks like everyone on stage got shocked at 2:47
@TheDudleyJames10 ай бұрын
Jeff without sunglasses, epic
@lucalone10 ай бұрын
"Weit, weit in die Ferne / Man hört, man hört die Musik"^
@daniellaarias758310 ай бұрын
😍😍😍
@pamr404010 ай бұрын
❤
@pedruxxo10 ай бұрын
#elo4ever!!!!!!!!
@Jreb186510 ай бұрын
Some one about got killed over those drumsticks at the end...lol
@alainmorin2 ай бұрын
We can't hear the strings 😞
@leolio821910 ай бұрын
Inspired in Bohemian Rhapsody, obviously. Kelly Groucutt, what a voice!
@christiancazabonne10 ай бұрын
Sources? Because rom the beginning ELO have classical music inspiration and their first album was before Queen's first album...
@alejandrocervantes913810 ай бұрын
This 100% ELO
@JamesSmith-mz9ec10 ай бұрын
do your homewrok
@GNF5410 ай бұрын
Kelly Groucutt > Jeff Lynne
@paulkiefer54557 күн бұрын
I love ELO. This song sucks
@Oklahoma-Dreaming10 ай бұрын
A little too blues-based rock for my taste. I tended to like metal that was more classically influenced, bands such as Ozzy with Randy Rhoads - I saw Randy live in Seattle not long before he died in that pointless plane crash - or Dio - I saw Ronnie James with Queensryche opening around the same time. ELO had some good songs but this one’s not exactly for me.