Ok, how about this!! Electric Light Orchestra fans check in here!!!

[LynneSin]

I can't believe the negativity I got from my Steve Miller Band thread. You folks must have lived repressed youths to not appreciate all that is good and alive with Steve Miller Band music.

So let's try another great classic of a band I absolutely adore (#7 on my list of all time favorite bands) - Electric Light Orchestra.

You just had to love their groovy progressive sounds integrated with electric strings orchestration. No matter how bad of a mood, an ELO song would turn my mood around into a happy happy one



And this is the very first vinyl record AND cd I ever bought!!!



(kinda felt I had to keep in tradition, next CDs I bought was Led Zeppelin II and Ziggy Stardust)

And just think - if I married the lead singer of ELO I would officially be Lynne Lynne (Lead Singer is Jeff Lynne)

[Hugin]

1. .

ELO!

*holds aloft a lit BIC*

:thumbsup:

[LynneSin]

2. YES - you get it!!!

:D

[Hugin]

4. Sorry I didn't reply in the SMB thread...

I like that music very much as well.

Rock on, LynneSin!

:headbang:

[sundog]

3. their work on the xanadu album was delicious

i used to roller skate to it when i was just a chile

[terrya]

28. I agree....

Even though Jeff Lynne disparaged their work on "Xanadu" later. I thought it was and still think that it's great stuff.

[RandomKoolzip]

5. Okay, NOW we're talking. I loves me some ELO.

Great songwriting, wonderful arrangements, incredible production....Jeff Lynne is a master at creating baroque pop.


I give you an unqualified :thumbsup: for this one, Lynne.

[LynneSin]

6. Thank you sweetie and confess

you love some Steve Miller Band but you just think you're too cool to admit it. That's ok!!! I post from my heart!

[jpgray]

7. Jeff Lynne was a talented mofo

Both he and Roy Wood were great songwriters in their prime.

[MissMillie]

8. My very first concert, ever, was the Out of the Blue tour

It was a heap of fun to see those guys w/ the cellos playing those things over their heads and throwing them into the air. The music was good too.


Jeff Lynne is extraordinarily talented, as a musician and a producer. I was saddened to see Bev Bevan leave the band (I think he moved to Black Sabbath...????)

[Texasgal]

9. Checking in!!!

LOVE Elo!!!!

:hi:

[johnnie]

10. Ah, the memories

The first 45 I ever stole from a store was an ELO record...LOL

That was a loooong time ago. I don't do that stuff any longer.

[asthmaticeog]

14. You *shouldn't* do that stuff any longer.

Listening to ELO when you're a kid is one thing, but you're an adult now.

:evilgrin:

[ProfessorGAC]

11. First Three Albums = Good The Rest = Crap

The Professor

[jpgray]

12. Naw, On the Third Day through Eldorado are probably their best

The first album had about three decent songs on it, and one was just an "I Am the Walrus" ripoff.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. I Think Everything After The Third Is Grossly Overproduced

The vocals sound like their coming from the cellar, because they're so over-multed. There's no EQ spacing on everything, as Lynne tried to become the new Phil Spector and just puke over every single spot of every single song.

I hate that "wall of sound" thing where there is no open space left. It makes it truly a wall, and sucks the depth right out of the sound. I haven't liked a single thing he has produced for others either. So, i guess that's just my ear. Different strokes. . .
The Professor

[no name no slogan]

13. I own the 45 of "Sweet Talking Woman" on clear purple vinyl

ELO is one of my favorites from that era. :thumbsup:

[Missy Vixen]

16. I still like them, too

They were really popular when I was in high school, so everything I hear brings back memories...

Julie

[bullwinkle428]

17. They were my first "favorite band" back in the late 70s, when

I was 13 or 14, and although my tastes changed and evolved through the years, I've always felt some affinity for them - haven't bought any CDs of theirs (everything was from back in the vinyl era), but I do have a Best Buy gift card in my wallet waiting to get used...hmmmm...

I remember playing "Out of the Blue" until I practically wore it out!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

18. THE 70S ARE OVER! PUT DOWN THE JETHRO TULL AND WALK AWAY!

[bicentennial_baby]

19. ...

:applause: :applause: :applause:

:rofl:

[LynneSin]

20. Oooo, tomorrow I'll start a Jethro Tull thread

They're #8 on my list of all time favorite bands!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. ppphhhtttppphhhtttt!!!

:P

[LynneSin]

22. HAHA - I started it today and I dedicated the thread to you

so there!!!

[RebelOne]

29. Yes, do start a Jethro Tull thread.

They are one of my favorites bands, also. Also, Uriah Heep is another favorite.

[kwassa]

23. They always sucked, from beginning to end!

Psuedo-Beatles

Nothing to like about this band!

[RebelOne]

30. They sound nothing like the Beatles.

They have a whole different style.

[kwassa]

33. Comparisons were made at the time

[Wickerman]

24. fine ear candy

Out of the Blue hit me at an odd time of life and I listened the crap out of that LP (yes, I said LP).

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. First time I heard ELO, I was hooked

It was on "Midnight Special" when it was still good and they did "Roll Over Beethoven." I was a dyed-in-the-wool fan of pure rock 'n' roll, but I'd never dreamed of it being done that way — nor of three guys playing one cello.

Rock and strings are a great marriage. :thumbsup:

[mockmonkey]

26. ELO is one of my favorites

and yes "elbisrever si cisum eht"
;)

[ThatsMyBarack]

27. I *adore* ELO!!

Classic-rockin' FUN! :bounce: :toast: :party: :hippie: :loveya: :woohoo: :applause: :yourock: :popcorn:

[pilgrimsoul]

31. You're not alone, LynneSin

I lurrrves me some ELO and Steve Miller Band!!! 70s rock is the best!

[TheMightyFavog]

32. Three Words:

Fire on High.

That is all.

[mwdem]

34. That's gotta be my favorite!

Saw them in concert once, in the '70's, have a couple of vinyls, and cd's. Loved them!

[trogdor]

35. Everything up to (and including Time) pretty much rocked.

I could have done without some of the jarring electronic beeps and buzzes on Time, but apart from that, it should have marked a new era of greatness for ELO. It didn't. :-(

Zoom was pretty damned good, too. Wasn't that one of the last things George Harrison was involved with before he died? You sure knew when it was him playing guitar. Shame radio never supported it.

[redqueen]

36. Mister Blue Skyyyyyyyy

I love that band... :D

:bounce:

[Left Is Write]

37. I like them.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. My father, who refused to purchase any of that subversive rock music

:eyes: ...heard the opening of El Dorado in a record store, and told the cashier that it was about time they started playing classical music while he shopped. He bought the album, brought it home, had this delightful look on his face as he conducted with his index finger as he often did.

Then the group broke into a full-wailing-rock sound and we watched his blood pressure shoot up like a skyrocket. "SHIT! GOD DAMN! WHAT IS THIS CRAP?!?!

:rofl:

[xmas74]

39. I'm an ELO fan.

I will also gladly admit to being a Steve Miller fan.