Electric Light Orchestra in The AnswerBank: Music

JonnyBoy12- this is probably one of their later and least well known hits to ELO fans but you, like a lot of younger people, may be familiar with this one as it featured on the Vice City game. I found these games introduced a lot of youngsters to good 70s/80s music that they wouldn't otherwise have chosen to listen to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlRHyinpeP0

daftgrandad

Definitely my favourite track.Brings back a lot of memories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLmpL2AzLs

hammerman

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That first youtube clip....4 little diamonds, came from the ELO album back in 1983 called secret messages.

Answerprancer

...just one shred of doubt : "Don't bring me down ...GRRRROOOSSS!"
What was that about ?

To-Ryscum

..wish i was...x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcSjCDxoBPY

To-Ryscum

......x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFU9HYyMVxQ&NR=1

Sir Alec

To-Ry scum, I have that single and have just sang along with such gusto, my Dad came out of his bedroom to see what 'the noise' is all about!

To-Ryscum

lol@SirAlec :-)

hammerman

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Just done a bit of internet digging re ELO. When i a growing up and the band were in their peak, we didn't have internet to follow what was going on.

Anyways, it would seem that Jeff Lynne considdered ELO to be his (and Bevan's as they both jointly owned the band name) and the rest of the band members were just sallaried employees. From what i can gather, Lynne decided to change the ELO format in 1979 and get rid of the violin and cellos and the album "Discovery" had only Lynne, Bevan, Tandy and Groucutt as the group members. Apparently, the album "out of the blue" was the last album Mik kaminski played on for ELO.

After the album secret messages (probably my favourite album) was finnished, Lynne and the late Kelly Groucutt had a falling out over the proportion of royalties that Groucutt should receive. He was sacked from the band and successfully sued Lynne in court for approx £300k.

I'd love Bev Bevan to do a follow up to his book to chart the decline of the band and formation of the other groups such as ELO part 2 etc.

seekeerz

love it, love it, love it !!!!

seekeerz

whoops, didn't see all the chat, just the headline and that was my response, never mind, still a great band

To-Ryscum

.....x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itv6Kt8M-v4

da231706

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da231706

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da231706

Hey everyone! My name is Ella and I work for PopMarket. I saw that you are all fans of ELO, my father is too! I thought I'd share some information about our site! It's like Groupon but it focuses on music deals. More specifically it has great deals on complete album collections! It's worth your time to check out, especially if you know someone with a birthday coming up or you just want to give yourself a little something! Right now we have a deal going on for ELO- is has 11 CDs with a lot of bonus material. Hope you enjoy! http://www.popmarket....04?utm_campaign=miles

da231706

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98P-gu_vMRc

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