Songs That Changed Music - Mr Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra

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[@Producelikeapro]

What are some of the happiest songs of all time? Share below!

[@jamesheath7601]

Alright by supergrass

[@HACKED_YOUTUBE_ACCOUNT]

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles) It's also a bit silly, but that doesn't hurt! 🙂

[@HACKED_YOUTUBE_ACCOUNT]

@@jamesheath7601 Great song from an underrated band

[@Bodyknowledge77]

Earth Wind And Fire's " September" and a vastly lesser heralded one but also great is Swing Out Sister's "Breakout" to name two!

[@gilbertspader7974]

Cannibal Corpse, Plague Rages just kidding Katrina and the Waves, Walking on Sunshine. Here Comes the Sun, Beatles. Sadabra Cadabra, Black Sabbath (seriously). Beautiful Day, U2.

[@killingjar1965]

Mr. Blue Sky was the song I picked for my wedding to play directly after we said our vows and walked down the aisle as man and wife. Truly one of my favorite songs of all time. Whenever I really need an attitude boost, this is one of the first choice songs. A true classic masterpiece!

[@Producelikeapro]

What a wonderful story! Thank you for sharing

[@leopoldbluesky]

Hey, good choice, my wife and I did the same, and weirdly the sun came out just as we emerged from the reception hall so there were blue skies all around!

[@cirrus1964]

Well, if you ever fed up with it, turn on Oliver, Good Morning Sunshine, and you won't need a wedding!

[@greebo7857]

Fair enough. We chose "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles.

[@revpgesqredux]

I think that is another reason that MBS didn't stand out as a singular work...it was part of concerto. For me sweet is the night, sweet talkin' woman Rockaria have been at times happier....even do ya. I also experienced similar sorts of Joy when I listen to The wilbury twist, Los Lobos version of The Georgia Slop, the Bus Boys Johnny Soul'd Out, and a couple others by Tom Petty and The Blasters the titles of which I am currently not recalling

[@MusicLover10538]

Some facts about Jeff Lynne (ELO)...First, he is a very humble man, simply because this Music Genius is not interested in fame, the limelight, and money, he just loves to create great music. Jeff Lynne is one of the most versatile musicians ever, this is why he is considered by his peers to be among the greatest. He didn't stick to one style of music because, after decades, it gets boring. Jeff has done progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock - Pop, New wave, and Disco. Everything he does turns to gold. He even flirted with Country music. From 1972 to 1986 (During 14 years) Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra has had more top 40 hits than any other group in the world... 51 years later they still play in sold-out Arenas, festivals and Stadiums. During Jeff Lynne's ELO 2019 Tour, many reviews agreed in saying they are the best live Classic Rock Band in the world still touring and Jeff Lynne is a Music Genius( From Forbes Magazine and the Washington Post). ELO is in the Rock Hall of Fame. Lynne is on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and Birmingham Walk OF Fame. Jeff Lynne’s ELO won the Best Classic Rock Band plus Lynne won the best Songwriter award ( ASCAP ) in 2019 for his fantastic contribution over the years. In October of 2020, Jeff Lynne has been made an officer of The Order Of The British Empire for his extraordinary contribution to music. He previously has received three Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate songwriters and composers, including the award for outstanding services to British music. He created the best Super Group of all time with his best friend George Harrison, The Traveling Wilburys. The Legends in the Music Industry call Jeff Lynne the best overall Musician ever and a Producer Extraordinaire. Jeff Lynne has written and produced many hit songs for music legends like George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bryan Adams, Aerosmith, Del Shannon, the Everly Brothers, The Beatles, and so many others...In June 2023 Jeff Lynne will be inducted in The Songwriters Hall Of Fame ❤👍💯

[@Daisysdomain]

This is one song that I remember hearing when I was a kid in the late 80's/ early 90's being played by my Dad and while I thought it was alright I didn't really get it. About 5 years or so ago, I was driving the works van, after a very grey week it was suddenly a beautiful blue day and this song came on the radio and I suddenly got the song. It went from an alright song to one of my all time favourites.

[@Dexter_2105]

I got Out Of The Blue autographed by the whole band on their tour of Australia in 1978. I liked them so much I went to both concerts in Perth. Concerto For A Rainy Day was my favourite when there was an electrical storm outside.

[@Beatledave7]

Jeff is an astounding talent! Thank you for such an interesting & informative presentation Warren.

[@Producelikeapro]

A truly incredible talent indeed!

[@Kev5565]

This is one of the songs i'd like at my funeral, I don't want anyone being sad. ELO was the first group I got into, Time was the album that started me off.

[@Producelikeapro]

That's wonderful to hear! Thanks for sharing!

[@patagualianmostly7437]

I kinda like that idea....especially if, on the day of one's funeral, it is lashing it down with rain....... Hopefully it will do wonders for the mourners! Make 'em smile at least.

[@ElTelT4ELO]

Totally agree. This was the first single I ever bought and I want it to be the last song I go out to!

[@JDMeek]

I've done live sound for years and Mr Blue Sky is one of the songs I regularly use to ear check the room. If there's a frequency band that's not right it will show up at some point, glaringly.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much J D!

[@royglennie]

Nice tip, will try that in my room

[@JDMeek]

@@royglennie Find a CD or uncompressed copy of it. Otherwise it could skew your room. Bad Man's Song from Tears For Fears is another one that I use. It's just so friggin tight, even with all that 'verb. And, admittedly, I just love hearing both songs. Great way to get fired up for a show.

[@FC-cz6zd]

Coming from someone who has a very faint idea of what you're saying, it sure sounds cool. Would love to be around to see and hear what exactly it entails.

[@JDMeek]

@@FC-cz6zd check with your local fav sound guy and he'll likely be glad to share the info with you. It's basically the last step in "ringing out a room" where you just listen to the room, without a bunch of extra noise and commotion going on, to make sure that the sound of the room is consistent and satisfying. For me, after all that tech, it's a way to put the human touch back onto the room.

[@higltypig]

I just love the bit that fades in again after its finished. One of my favourite outros ever! Right up there with layla.

[@xnonsuchx]

XTC’s “Ballet for a Rainy Day” always makes me think of “Mr. Blue Sky” (or the whole “Concerto for a Rainy Day” suite). And it’s transition into “1000 Umbrellas” is just awesome!

[@Producelikeapro]

Huge XTC fan!

[@jameslewis8227]

I’m 100% convinced that, if J.S. Bach had managed to live another 250 years, he would have made music with similar orchestrations and instrumentations to ELO’s recordIngs. He would have absolutely loved using Moogs, Fairlights, Synclaviers, etc., too.

[@cirrus1964]

Really? Christ how peoples thought can get them astray. Haven't you got better things to do?

[@jameslewis8227]

@@cirrus1964 Yes, really, “Dick”, we don’t have better things to do than express our appreciation for great musicians and the culture that influences them. Just about everyone who’s studied J.S. Bach and his music knows he was an exceptional organist, in addition to being an exceptional composer. I’d even say Bach was somewhat of a Prog Rock progenitor who enjoyed experimenting with innovative arrangements and instrumentations, and the pipe organ was essentially the musical instrument most similar to a synthesizer available to him for doing so. The point is that J.S. Bach’s innovative approach towards music composition and technology is at least as relevant and influential to the better musicians and music composers of our lifetime as it was to his own work. I submit that it’s not exactly an accident that a resurgence of Bach’s popularity in the 1960s coincided with the increase in creative applications of technology in music production and performance during the same period. Consequently, I’m convinced Bach would have been delighted to be able to produce his music with the same instruments and technologies bands like ELO were using. Don’t take my word for it, here’s a clip of Leonard Bernstein inadvertently making the case for me: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGnWhGiEoKZ3eKc

[@greebo7857]

Indeed. Just as Rembrandt and Picasso would have LOVED acrylic paints. So many more ways they could have expressed themselves.

[@greebo7857]

@@cirrus1964 He got your feeble mind excited didn't he?

[@revpgesqredux]

Your theory was proven in the Bill and Ted documentaries during the Beethoven segments.

[@davideaston6944]

70's ELO were HIGHLY under-appreciated. Cheers

[@lalikarlomusic]

To me Mr. Blue Sky Doesn’t sound musically happy but sad and That’s why I absolutly love it. Lynne is a giant in music. An absolute genius

[@Relyx]

As a young lad I'd go and see Birmingham City FC play at the weekend, starting in 2003. One of the pre-match songs was always Mr. Blue Sky, so I've been very familiar with it for a very long time. It really is a wonderful song, and would always give me a feeling of happiness and appreciation for being in that atmosphere, before we inevitably played poorly and lost haha! It's the perfect song for the team though, fitting our colours and the fact Jeff himself is a local supporter. EDIT: Oh wow you even mentioned it got played at the 2011 Football League Cup Final. That game was Arsenal vs Birmingham City, with the blues winning, which was why the song was played!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for watching the video and sporting that! I really appreciate it

[@robertgrant721]

Would love a dive into Talk Talk. Their journey from It’s My Life to Spirit of Eden is fascinating I imagine and I’d also imagine you appreciate the orchestral arrangements on Colour of Spring & Spirit of Eden?. Spirit of Eden being probably my number one album.

[@docutainment1852]

Fascinating story about "Out of the Blue". I love it. Thanks for these insights.

[@Producelikeapro]

Our pleasure!

[@TR4Ajim]

YES! You could do a whole video series on the works of Jeff Lynne👍

[@Producelikeapro]

We could and should!

[@TR4Ajim]

@@Producelikeapro That would be great! Imagine the stories and experiences he has had, given his production experience with other artists, not to mention his ELO work.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@TR4Ajim HUGE fan!

[@jamesgriffithsmusic]

Fact check: Bev Bevan wasn't recruited by Wood and Lynne, he was already the drummer for the Move and he actually helped to finance the project, becoming legal co-owner of the ELO name/brand at the outset. Nice video!

[@ricrox67]

This song came out when I was 10 years old. I bought the 45 and ELO became the first rock band I loved.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@williamtell1477]

Epic! Cant believe we are discussing a cognitive neuroscience paper on this channel. I hope you never run out of Songs That Changed Music to review. Fantastic one Warren and crew!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much William!

[@aliwalker5378]

They way you speak about Jeff is exactly how I feel about him, I’m so glad you love him too. He’s an all time great as a pop songwriter, but as a producer for me he is peerless. He made Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Roy Orbison do their best solo work. You Got It is my favourite song and it was only after getting into ELO I found out he produced the song. It all made perfect sense. Thanks so much for making this video, I really enjoyed it.

[@TheHUhelps]

When I was a young teen my brother and I saw ELO at the LA Forum in 1981. It was their Time Album tour but they also played Mr. Blue Sky. What a life-long awesome memory!

[@christopherabbott7132]

Jeff Lynne, Rock Legend 🎸🥁🎹🎼. ELO greatest Rock Band ever in my opinion 👍. Just to add, brilliant video 👏👍!!!!!!

[@KellyDavidMusic]

Brilliant! ELO has been been one of my favorite bands since the early 70's. Mr. Blue sky is an all time favorite.

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic! Thanks ever so much for sharing Kelly!

[@Parkwaymania]

Was lucky to see Jeff Lynne's ELO live in 2018, one of the best shows I've ever been to. Love Mr. Blue Sky and it never fails to bring a smile, I'm just a little worried about overuse like an anthem at a sporting event. To answer your question, Wings' "Listen to What The Man Said" just brings back a lot of happy memories and never fails to raise my spirit.

[@tomcarroll2244]

ELO's "New World Rising" from 4 years earlier is largely forgotten but pretty cheerful too.

[@MrWATM]

WOW! As a 53 year-old American steeped in pop culture who grew up on ELO and loves them to this day... I've never heard this song or seen a single movie or other reference in this video! How is that possible? Now I have to hear this song! I can't wait. Edit: Okay, I'm not seeing it. It's a good song, but the happiest song of all time? Seriously? Where were these polls (pills?) taken? Perhaps it's just the happiest song in England...

[@demondik]

ELO were something magnificent! And I was only 7 years old when I first heard them and I loved them! My dad had a couple of their records! To this day, they were from the future! LOL Thanks Warren!

[@localbod]

This is a fantastic track and so uplifting. The orchestral wind down at the end is just perfect. The story of where and how it was written is also interesting. People will still be listening to this in a hundred years time.

[@Gerisheng]

This song is responsible for the single most profound "OMG that's the song!" moment of my life. I've been a huge ELO fan from before I knew what and who it was that I liked so much. Thanks for running down some of what makes this song, and ELO at large, so special.

[@Producelikeapro]

That's very cool Dave! Thanks ever so much!

[@peterforrest6682]

Can only join you in saluting Jeff Lynne...what a musician. As always...great video Warren...thanks.

[@Justanothermusicproducer]

My Dad is a huge fan of ELO, he always played full albums in our road trips on vacation. Last train to London, Mr Blue Sky, Telephone Line, Don't Bring Me Down, Evil Woman... And so many more are just part of my life. I did not realized how much of an influence Jeff genius is for me until one day I played one of ELO's album to my best friend (and best musical friend too) and he said to me "now I understand the way you sing and arrange"... Best compliment ever. Thank you Warren for this incredible document, I feel the love for the band, the man, and of course... THE MUSIC!!! Best wishes from Spain!!!

[@Jeffrey400]

One of my ex girlfriends had Out of the Blue on vinyl. I had never really listened to it before other than the songs that played on the radio. I loved it so much, I played it every weekend morning in its entirety. She got sick of it, but I never have. Amazing album!

[@bobblowhard8823]

I believe a good competitor for "The Happiest Song of All Time" would have to be "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In" by The Fifth Dimension.

[@Producelikeapro]

That’s an amazing song!

[@kevjak51]

incredible track, as a kid I didn't really understand the vocoder voice, thought it was amazing. When I hear the song, it makes me smile, saw Jeff Lynn's Electric light Orchestra in 2017 and they played Mr Blue Sky, brilliant.

[@osocargm]

For me the happiest song ever is Here comes the sun from The Beatles written by George Harrison. And yes indeed I like Mr. Blue Sky

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous! Thanks ever so much

[@michaelmoore7975]

1st concert. 11 yrs. old. Sept. 1 1978. Tarrant County Convention Center, Ft. Worth Texas. Out of the Blue Tour. Giant white "hamburger" shaped UFO onstage. Trickster opened. Lights go down, smoke oozes out and covers everything...strings stirring....building...rising....then that thing...spaceship opened up; top "bun" rises up and inside....Mik, Melvyn, Kelly, Bev, Hugh, Richard, and Jeff! Green lasers stabbing the air everywhere...the sound of thunder..then...the massive Concerto for a Rainy Day. I ain't been the same since.

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow! Absolutely amazing!

[@naturalrestingface1884]

Their album 'Discovery' is my happiest album ever and I love it as much now as I did when I first heard it in 1979 at eight years old on my dad's Hacker Tribune sound centre!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks for sharing your story.

[@steverosbotham6403]

Was years before I realised that the title of the album was a pun. Recorded at the height of disco and with that music style as it’s foundation they got the title. Disco, very.

[@bouwebear597]

@@steverosbotham6403 same here, didn't get the pun until years later. It was the first record I ever bought and I played it at least twice every night for the next six months!

[@coloaten6682]

ELO made some brilliant records and this is one of the very best!

[@Producelikeapro]

It absolutely is!

[@pendarvis]

One of my favorite people... talking about my favorite artist of all time!

[@Producelikeapro]

Aw shucks! Thanks ever so much my friend! I hope you’re well

[@CaribSurfKing1]

The 70s to 80s albums from Queen, ELO, Floyd and even Eagles are all I listen to nowadays and I was an 80s Duran Duran kid when music was most important..being born in 1970

[@SaintD382]

Queen and ELO are two of my Top 3 rock bands (Beatles being #1). I was also born in 1970.

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic choices!

[@Producelikeapro]

Completely understand and relate

[@gerryagos4679]

Strange Magic is a fabulous song, the quintessence of what you imagine an ELO ballad to be: a catchy, melancholic and slightly haunting melody coupled with soaring string sections and vocal harmonies creating a a dream-like feel . It's the same atmosphere ou get in the verses of Living Thing, surely one of Lynne's finest moments ( well, that's my take on it, anyway). Evil Woman is obviously genius too. Shine a Little Love from the Discovery album is an amazing combination of rock and disco, and All Over The World from Xanadu is also an oft overlooked masterpiece. 1983's Secret Messages is in my view an often overlooked album. Mr Blue Sky, on the other hand, has thankfully achieved the recognition it deserves.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for the great comment

[@l00k4tstuff]

Love that song. I've been an ELO fan since around 1974. The "Roll Over Beethoven" cover is awesome, and I thought it was featured in a Grammy Award night closing the TV coverage back in the late 70s or early 80s, with a whole bunch of artists joining Jeff Lynn playing it. Just great music. I didn't always like some ELO hits as much as other tracks on their albums, and always wondered why tracks like "Fire on High" never got enough airplay/high on the charts. "Mr. Blue Sky" is definitely a sing along song, an ear worm song that you don't want to get rid of, but I also think "Fire on High" is also an ear worm you don't want to get rid of either. It would be interesting to see the likability test applied to the ELO collection.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@ravenmadd1343]

ELOs Time album is a masterpiece, got me into ELO when I was young.

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic!

[@andrevonhebenstreit4040]

Me too! I could not stop listening to that and afterwards i bought all the older albums too which bought me to Mr. Blue Sky.

[@seanoriordan77]

I'm 44 and I got brought up on bands like this. I love ELO. I've never foisted my own musical tastes on my own kids. In the car we take turns picking tracks. It's comforting when they start liking stuff you do. My youngest asked me to put Mr Blue Sky on and I couldn't remember having played that one. He got it off Tik Tok.

[@sevenwatson5854]

I love ELO and Mr Blue Sky always gives me a euphoric hit!! One of my top ten too!! Great video!

[@paullestrange]

Dear All. Sorry but I find it a little depressing. However good the day is, it comes to an end. To me it speaks of...death. Here me out. Mr. Blue, you did it right But soon comes Mr. Night creepin' over Now his hand is on your shoulder Never mind I'll remember you this I'll remember you this way It is not the happiest song ever. However great the day is, how ever great the life is, it's gonna end. Mr Night putting his hand on the shoulder is death.

[@detailedreviews4837]

I saw ELO late 70s early 80s. It was when wireless mics, vari light etc first came into existence. They walked in to a completely empty stage. No lights, no speakers, amps etc. the speakers were hidden and the lights came up from the floor as did the drum kit etc. amazing show and so unique

[@soundhobo]

The first 45 I ever bought back in 77…it’s just perfect and cheers me up instantly the moment I hear it and I can’t help myself…I just have to join in 👍

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous! Thanks ever so much for sharing!

[@creatinotionchannel2680]

My favorite ELO song is All Over The World. Hold on Tight, Turn to Stone, Living Thing are my other biggest favorites. But Mr Blue Sky is right up there with them. Got to see Jeff Lynne's ELO perform in 2019 with my dad. So glad I did. One of the highlights of my life being in an arena with thousands of other fans singing along to everything.

[@TheHarvChannel]

Bought the double LP as soon as I could get it when I was a kid. it remains of my all time favorite albums of all time due in no small part to this incredible song.

[@miked9000]

The correct answer to this question is obvious. "Having a good time" Queen.

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha apparently it came second! I’m happy with either song being considered the happiest song of all time!

[@kenkeyes8148]

My favorite positive tune is "Steal My Sunshine" by Len. The wood block (from the "More, More, More" sample) and the piano are infectious. That recording will not let me be unhappy.

[@adamjg4]

There is actually a strong sense of angst and melancholy riding below as an undercurrent to the happy surface of this song.

[@richardjames323]

There are times when being older is not such a bad thing when you can look back at your youth and remember hearing songs such as this one and Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time in the radio and looking forward to the next time you’d get the chance.

[@jamessweeney1834]

When John Lennon did his stint on New York radio he labelled ELO as “What The Beatles would have sounded like had they kept going”. Jeff Lynne being a total Beatles fan boy must have been blown away at hearing that. Lennon was talking about Showdown and likened the production to I am the Walrus meets heard it through the Grapevine. I love ELO and Jeff Lynne who is an incredible engineer, what he did with Lennon’s demos to make Beatles Anthology was genius painstaking wizardry…but I do sometimes wonder what would have happened had Roy Wood stayed on, what they would have achieved together..but then again if he had we probably wouldn’t have had that wonderful Xmas song from Wizzard.

[@QBtracksandstuff]

Warren, thank you so much for this video. I'm also a Queen nut along with ACDC & Thin Lizzy etc etc but I had to have 'Out Of The Blue'. I also love 'Wild West Hero'. Just pure class.

[@Producelikeapro]

You have excellent taste!!

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

I imagine the fact that "Mr Blue Sky" was in so many movies, ads, tv shows, the copyright tentacles that reach far & wide prohibited you from playing snippets of the song, which is unfortunate. Still, a gripping and enjoyable video as always, Warren! Also, that album of redos, "Mr. Blue Sky," is even more impressive when you A/B it with the original recordings. Just incredible.

[@JeffLynnesELO2024Tour]

FEEL GOOD ANTHEM ELO’s Mr Blue Sky voted ‘happiest song ever’ - beating Bee Gees and Queen to top spot... By Rebecca Calderwood The Sun Published: 26 May 2020.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thank you!

[@milolabrett6549]

Remarkably when I was watching your review of Supertramp, I was thinking what other group in the mid-70’s were creating their own genre of music that one just has say, that is just ELO, Queen and Supertramp music. Rush from Canada also flow into that category, but also Tragically Hip 90’s 2000’s and 10’s volume created their own Tragically Hip music that transcend beyond the 90’s all on Canadian themes in most lyrics and created Tragically Hip music.Jeff Lynne's ELO performance Mr. Blue Sky at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2014, is absolutely magical.

[@tonyrapa-tonyrapa]

Liking Mr Blue Sky has never been a guilty pleasure... 😉

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! Indeed

[@billymcgeachy]

Thanks for doing this classic from ELO. Jeff Lynne has done so many classic songs that puts him in a league of his own. Hope you do many more from this Musical wizard, Jeff Lynne's catalogue is just out of this world and should get more documentaries about his magic touch.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed! Such an amazing writer!

[@tammy1001]

I had the same classical background with jazz thrown in, but it was the Police rather than Queen that triggered me into realizing there was so much more out there. And lol, it WAS my older brother who had the ELO vinyls that I listened to.

[@Producelikeapro]

I was also a HUGE Police fan! It drove my Dad crazy ha

[@geographicaloddity2]

"Out of the Blue" was my first ELO album. I listened to it nonstop for months in 77 and 78 on my Panasonic system.

[@Producelikeapro]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing John!

[@lawrencebooth3017]

Birmingham City Football Club(The Blues) play this in St. Andrews stadium as the players enter the pitch! Jeff Lynne is a massive Blues fan and is often there to watch his favourite team !!

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! He’s a huge fan! Such an amazing song

[@christianlohse7142]

My first LP I ever bought. Since then I love this song until today and beyond 😀

[@gospelrecordz3506]

Always loved the song. The short melodic guitar solo is a masterstroke! It really establishes the feel-good mood early in the song. And great use of bending notes.

[@chrisbardell]

Anyone who doesn't own Out Of The Blue should buy it immediately. Works as collection of fantastic and varied songs, but also as almost a concept album, especially the Concerto for a Rainy Day sequence mentioned in this film. Oh, and the Time album is even better. Those two are among my most listened albums of all time. Thanks for this appreciation.

[@ZigbertD]

Out of the Blue was HUUUGE when I was a teen, and Mr. Blue Sky was absolutely my favorite track. Honestly I was a little lukewarm on most of their music at the time (although I did go see them live because they had a spaceship and lasers and stuff). I was a hard rocker and ELO seemed a bit too mellow for me. It was years later before I came to understand how gorgeously crafted and immaculately produced their songs are, and they’re a favorite now. Mr. Blue Sky is still my favorite. Those harmonies in the chorus, ahh, just amazing.

[@BecomingAPsych]

Thank you for another interesting and uplifting deep dive into a classic track. I was one of those teenage punks who secretly loved ELO and Queen. I've a few suggestions for future shows; Japan - Ghosts, Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime, Oxygene 4 - Jean Michel Jarre, Desmond Decker - Israelites, Manic Street Preachers - Design for Life, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - Beano album, Noel Harrison - Windmills of your Mind, Pulp - Common People, The Tornados - Telstar, Fatboy Slim - Funk Soul Brother. Hope there's a useful idea in that lot.

[@andrew1479]

I second Oxygene 4 - JMJ. Also, how about I hear you now - Jon and Vangelis (RIP). 19 - Paul Hardcastle; a really influential single (sampling/hip hop/EDM)

[@catsofsherman1316]

I'm rather partial to Here Comes the Sun and I can see clearly now by Johnny Nash.

[@leefchapman]

Had this song in my head for the last few weeks. This came at a great time!

[@Producelikeapro]

Great. Thanks for sharing.

[@mariodriessen9740]

I've always loved this song! It's so weird, but it seems like 1978 was a year when all music was amazingly good. Also weird is the fact that I never thought of this song as a 'happy song'. There's a melancholic vibe to it. But maybe that's just because I was just a 10 year old Dutch little kid who could pick up some words, but certainly not everything. It was actually a little bit scary and menacing listening to it. But I loved it anyway. One of my all time favourites! ❤️😎

[@raindog8684]

I am sure I hear Mr. Blue Sky as a child, but I heard it again during a episode of Doctor Who, and it became a new favorite for me and my entire family.

[@ConsciousSingularity]

Thank you Warren! I absolutely love and enjoy your work on this, your Produce Like A Pro Channel. I grew up listening to music. My mom was an avid music listener and collector. We did not have much. For fun, my father would take my mom and the four of us little ones to a fabulous record store, The Record Theater. The place was huge! For hours my mom would comb through the library of all things music. My sisters and I would play arcade games to pass the time. Often, as I grew, I would likewise grow to love music, and would, like my mom, look at every album in the store. My Mom would leave with an arm full of albums. My dad made sure my mom had the best listening experience. Kef speakers, eventually joined the system. Top notch record players, with the best needles. Back in the day, even ultrasonic remote control to automatically move the arm. Cool. Later in life, I had become a professional mobile DeeJay, and grew a library doing what I loved to do. Watching your production series, Songs That Changed Music is wonderfully enjoyable! ELO is one of my favorites. Growing up, I just was stuck on Boy Blue, from the Eldorado album. If I had to pick one from Out Of The Blue, (and there are many tracks I like), right now, Summer & Lightning. Thanks ever so much for your choice to share your talent and knowledge, bringing more meaning to one of the already great iconic bands and songs of all time, The ELO.

[@TheRealMarxz]

VINDICTATED!! only took a few decades! at school had drawn the cover of "Out of the Blue" on to my School Bag fully coloured in.... given that I was half in to the Beatles and half in to the incoming "post punk"/new wave" I was never in one camp or the other and coped flack from both the school for drawing on my bag ... probably fair point as it was literally the WHOLE front of the bag... and of course all the cool kids who were in to standard americana rock hits ... now if we can just rehabilitate Cheap Trick ;)

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous! Check out this video I did with Jack Douglas on Cheap Trick kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5TLc4aHj5qEd68

[@Alpha_7227]

I always look at this track as if the Beatles were still around they would record music like this. We played it when the students returned to face to face teaching after lockdown last year. It just made everyone feel happy.

[@sonicsnout]

While working at a record store in the mid 2000s, I sold a copy of this album to Greg Hetson from the Circle Jerks and Bad Religion.

[@Producelikeapro]

Lovely to known

[@j3m3r3]

Out of the Blue was a mood enhancer for me in the tough times of middle school. Listened over and over again.

[@markrobertdevison1227]

The one hit wonder "Beautiful Sunday" is a super happy song. Right up there with Mr Blue Sky.

[@mhoppy6639]

So so pleased that you chose this to examine Warren. If any song were appropriate for your “doing marvellously well” intro then it is this one. concerto for a rainy day” which in itself is a total masterpiece. If you’ve never heard Out of the Blue please do so and get it on vinyl, where you can get the full effect of the rainy day concerto. Lynn is a modern genius arranger producer and songwriter. I just love ELO and always have, even through the “naff” years.

[@OutlierYT]

I think it really resurfaced in the 90s in the opening credits montage of “Four Weddings and a Funeral” a UK film that had a sizeable US audience.

[@rwilifeandtravel1854]

Great video. I remember back in the day the music teacher allowed us to bring in music we liked. I brought in my Mr Blue Sky record and we spent time analysing it. It was the most enjoyable music class I ever had.

[@johntbd]

Big ELO fan. Thanks for this episode. When I was graduating from High School, no easy task. Out of the Blue showed up. My local heros Aerosmith, The J Geils band and Boston were the what's happening. ELO took me past Kiss and Thin Lizzy and showed me what more was possible. Just last week I digitised my LP for safe keeping. I hope to be a local DJ soon and ELO will make some shows for sure. Thanks Waren. My uplifting song is Assent by Brian Eno from the Apollo soundtrack LP with Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno. One of my favorite.

[@royblack2395]

ELO is generally one of the most underrated bands.

[@Producelikeapro]

AMAZING band!

[@johndaltroff6296]

it helps that the three songs before mr. blue sky are all about rain. my favorite elo album.

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha indeed

[@JeffLynnesELO2024Tour]

This is a fantastic and very objective review. Well done mate!😎👍💯

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

I love this series so much. It reminds me to listen to a LOT of great songs plus I almost alwsys learn something I didn't know.

[@mightyV444]

I used to tell my father-in-law that he reminded me of Jeff Lynne, because of the sunnies he'd often wear, 10+ years ago, and he would reply, "I only know ELO's 'Mr Blue Sky!", which in turn was totally unknown to *me* and still is now! Which watching this video last night reminded me of, and I was thinking, "I need to finally listen to this!", which I'll do shortly. I was also thinking about some of the ELO songs I do know, including 'It's A Living Thing' - which I promptly heard playing inside a restaurant I was passing by only moments ago!! 😆 *PS:* I've meanwhile listened to it, and the only thing that seemed vaguely familiar to me were the falsetto "Sooo long" vocal parts! 😳

[@deanmoore7239]

Incredible video Warren, thanks so much for that. OOTB was my very first double album purchase, I hadn't discovered the joys of progressive rock at that time...lol. I heard Mr. Blue Sky on the radio and was blown away, so just had to have that album. Luckily, my dad was a big fan of ELO and bought tickets to see the OOTB tour at Wembley Arena. I was 13 years old, it was my first ever concert. It was amazing. The top of the ELO spaceship lifting up to reveal the guys starting to play. One of those moments that'll stay with me forever.

[@gyleschaloner3055]

Those moments driving on the road for work with wall to wall blue skies then this comes on the radio… so good

[@mcwulf25]

ELO was one of those bands that just seemed to be around. Never the top but never rubbish. Maybe because Jeff wasn't a media celeb, they stayed in the background unlike Queen, Bowie, Stones. Paul McCartney etc. Thanks for a great video.

[@rvrtnn1121]

Out of the blue was the first music I really listened to in the transition from records clearly for young children to 'adult' music. It has been with me to this day, no matter what orther music I have been into (punk, hard rock, synth, metal, EDM etc etc). ELO's Out Of The Blue and A New World Record are still what I consider two of the best albums ever made, especially when almost all songs on the albums are so incedibly good. Apart from Jungle, that one never got to me ;-) I was not aware that the outro of Mr Blue Sky wan actually part of the outro of the four peice suite that made that side of the record. I always thought that it was part of the song and one of the best parts of it. The quire part is amazing and the contrast to the pumping bass and drums that start the next segment before tha quire comes in again brings alot of tension before it resolves in the strings and vocoder. I cannot imagine the song without it. It is the same with the outro part of Shangri-La on A New World Record: it makes you appreciate the song so much more.

[@johnbishop2042]

Completely agree! Sure, the official ending of MBS is appropriate and majestic…but is uplifted and given more resonance by the outro. Reestablishing tension…then resolution…then reverie…makes the complete piece that much more powerful. It makes it a complete experience. I too cannot imagine the song without it. Ironic that, when listening to the “happiest song of all time,” I am often left in tears. Good, grateful, perhaps poignant tears as they may be.

[@ewetoo]

This was a HUGE album in my young life at the time, Lynne is a massive influence on my musical sensibility, blending traditional and synthesis in such a fluent way that got under the radar. The Whale is a case in point (and he even uses the old telephone line filter!). It is a very cinematic album and I still have the mind-pictures it evoked from back then. And I still get emotional listening to it.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing! Yes! Huge fan indeed

[@PatrickRosenbalm]

Oh how I love to play Mr. Blue Sky! Always a crowd pleaser!

[@Producelikeapro]

That’s truly amazing!!

[@unclemick-synths]

Great song - especially the endings are as if he couldn't choose an ending so used them all.

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha yes, indeed!

[@GizzyDillespee]

OMFG that's totally where I get that from. I'd forgotten. Seeing that album cover has reminded me of a lot. Thanks, will have to add Jeff Lynne to my already huge list of major influences.

[@TheGarageRecordingSC]

For me, the most upbeat song that makes me feel great is, "This Charming Man" by The Smiths. Johnny Marr is the man.

[@nobelsofficial5766]

One of my (ever) Top 10 Songs too.....I can hear it over and over again - best regards from Hamburg - Sandy

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing!

[@OktoberFilms]

Growing up as a 70s kid, my mom listened to a lot of music that has now become legendary. She had Discovery by ELO, listened to it non-stop. Still, kept saying it wasn’t their best. She may have been referring to this when she said that. By the time I started buying my own records, in the mid-80s, ELO were nowhere to be seen. Still, it will always be a part of the “soundtrack of my life”. Jeff was always there, but ELO was gone. Great to see that the band has lived on. Truly deserved.

[@billymcgeachy]

Jeff Lynne reignited the name ELO in 2013 and have been very successful ever since.

[@markpickardlife]

It was a great album when it came out. I loved ELO and still do. Thanks for making this video.

[@Yoofaloof]

The song always makes me emotional and literally well up listening to it.