Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 17:04 | |
Everybody in my church loves this song...
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westslope
(BC coast) | | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 16:57 | |
I retain a sentimental attachment. For new listeners, I can understand the reticence. Brave stuff back in the day. And yes so very Beatlesque but still distinctive. Even more pompous. |
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Deep in the heart of South California) | | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 14:05 | |
Tana wrote:Clearly one of the MOST Beatlesque of the ELO catalog. Hello, Sgt. Pepper! See my compilation of Beatlesque songs at https://sites.google.com/site/tanamusicpicks/ which includes ELO's Mr. Blue Sky. Nice compilation. |
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 13:53 | |
The more violins and cellos in songs the better...funny how ipad app has no emoticons...i feel like i am gagged...
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Deep in the heart of South California) | | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 13:52 | |
yahig wrote:I was in a record store near Times square in 1970 or 71 and the clerk put this song on,I was sure it was the Beatles.The clerk was sort of coy saying he didn"t have a copy to sell ......yet. The label was handwritten a test press maybe. It sounds like Blue jay way strings with Abbey road guitar, and those vocals. I was sure it was some snarky John Lennon joke.Wow this song drove me nuts ! A fog upon L.A. /Running through the streets of Paraguay.... Thanks  |
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RobN
(In the flatlands of East Anglia) | | Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 05:00 | |
ELO is one of a fortunately select few bands played on RP that cause me to reliably hit the PSD button. Ghastly, nails-on-chalkboard stuff. Ugh!
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suesblues
(Sydney, Australia) | | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 20:25 | |
great sound, thanks for this as I have not heard this song before, and am an ELO fan. Reading the posts below, who cares who they sound like, if they put together something that works. You can't expect everything to be utterly original!!!!
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yahig
| | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 09:01 | |
I was in a record store near Times square in 1970 or 71 and the clerk put this song on,I was sure it was the Beatles.The clerk was sort of coy saying he didn"t have a copy to sell ......yet. The label was handwritten a test press maybe. It sounds like Blue jay way strings with Abbey road guitar, and those vocals. I was sure it was some snarky John Lennon joke.Wow this song drove me nuts ! A fog upon L.A. /Running through the streets of Paraguay.... Thanks
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Sloggydog
(UK) | | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 08:50 | |
ajlept wrote:
Sounds like Ozzy snorting Dr. Pepper!
Ozzy would still make it sound good somehow |
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helloitsme
| | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 08:48 | |
"It's a boy, Mrs. Walker, it's a boy"
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SugarPig
(Wild West Texas) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 06:15 | |
I'm all for eclectic instrumentation in rock music, and in the right hands the cello can be transcendant. But to me ELO's string section has always sound draggy and plodding. Maybe JL intended the strings to sound heavy to keep up with the drums and guitar, but I don't hear any energy in the playing. It's a great concept, but the execution just doesn't work for me.
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 13:07 | |
Yes! The cello works fine in Rock. Lynne is a genius. Rockaria is my favourite though.
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1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California) | | Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 13:06 | |
could be Cheap Trick....well kinda  |
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ajlept
(Athens, GA) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 22:09 | |
bindi wrote:sounds like Ozzy doing St Pepper!
Sounds like Ozzy snorting Dr. Pepper! |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 06:49 | |
umm.. The Beatles were a major influence on Jeff Lynne. In 1968 while performing with the Idle Race Lynne met The Beatles during the making of The White Album. Years later Lynne admitted, "To be in the same room as the four of them caused me not to sleep for, like, three days". The original aim of ELO was to take up "where the Beatles' I Am The Walrus had left off, and to present it on stage". Indeed, John Lennon had called them the "Sons of the Beatles". Lynne admitted that he "was very influenced by the Beatles' sound of '68 and '69. That has obviously been a big influence on the way I've looked at songwriting" and said that being compared with The Beatles was the "ultimate compliment". |
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Tana
(Lancaster, PA) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 09:19 | |
Clearly one of the MOST Beatlesque of the ELO catalog. Hello, Sgt. Pepper! See my compilation of Beatlesque songs at https://sites.google.com/site/tanamusicpicks/ which includes ELO's Mr. Blue Sky.
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daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 09:18 | |
who says the cello doesn't belong in rock 'n roll?
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bluecshells
(EARTH) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2011 - 09:13 | |
ELO....is so underrated...great stuff
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lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA) | | Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 21:08 | |
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coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | | Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 21:08 | |
Cool match of chord progression to the previous Cream song...a lot of early Floyd, too, had that descending bass-line thing going...Keep up the good work, Bill and the RP Team!
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 21:08 | |
This song is soooo good for the ears...
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jpdribbler
(Berlin) | | Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 12:02 | |
a_genuine_find wrote: what's the word I am looking for? .... Overblown? no, wait, that'd be a complete understatement... |
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starcloud
(Geo Update: 35.568622, -121.10409 you're close enough) | | Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 12:02 | |
finoufk wrote:ELO is such a great group ! but this song isn't their best , and isn't representative of their work. Please chech the "out of the blue " album or "time" , it's just outstanding ! does someone agree ?  I've always been partial to "On the Third Day" |
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hobiejoe
(Still in the tunnel, looking for the light.) | | Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 11:58 | |
I'll bet that I'm not the first here to think Weller/Changing Man.
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eltom
(Frankfurt, Germany) | | Posted: Jul 03, 2011 - 11:57 | |
Woul be huge, if the cello player would be much better. Cello is out of tune too much.
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finoufk
(Bordeaux - france) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 08:44 | |
ELO is such a great group ! but this song isn't their best , and isn't representative of their work. Please chech the "out of the blue " album or "time" , it's just outstanding ! does someone agree ? |
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claya
(Boerne Texas) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 08:42 | |
So weak..Please make it stop.
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petesoper
(Apex, NC) | | Posted: May 09, 2011 - 18:01 | |
a_genuine_find wrote: what's the word I am looking for? ....  Schmaltzy! RIPOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Pete |
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a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 15:16 | |
what's the word I am looking for? .... Schmaltzy! |
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(former member)
| | Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 15:15 | |
George_Tirebiter wrote:I just KNOW we can be the Beatles! I just KNOW it! hahahaha!!!  Jeff Lynn's best work was as a producer after leaving elo. In February 1994, Lynne fulfilled a lifelong dream by working with the three surviving Beatles on the Anthology album series. At George Harrison's request, Lynne was brought in to assist in reevaluating John Lennon's original studio material. The songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" were created by digitally processing Lennon's demos for the songs and overdubbing the three surviving band members to form a virtual Beatles reunion that the band had mutually eschewed during Lennon's lifetime. Lynne has also produced records for Ringo Starr and worked on Paul McCartney's Grammy nominated album Flaming Pie. |
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