Sunday, March 20, 2011

ELO


Electric Light Orchestra (or just ELO) appeared in the 70's. They blended regular rock instruments with an orchestra. Originally, they wanted to continue taking music in the direction the Beatles left it, but they had to give up on this after two albums (because nobody can manage that). That doesn't mean they became worse. In fact, one of their songs was one of John Lennon's favorites.

Starting with their third album, everything they did in the 70's is excellent! Well, I am a little biased about this, I admit it, but they are actually pretty good. Jeff Lynne, the vocalist and mastermind behind this, had good songwriting skills. However, in the 80's they lost their way. Just don't listen to that (except for a few songs of course).

My Top 5:
-Showdown
-Telephone Line
-10538 Overture
-Strange Magic
-Evil Woman

Posted by ebm93 at 9:15 PM
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23 comments:

  1. edMarch 20, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    never heard of them - they seem to be pretty popular

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  2. LemmiwinksMarch 20, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    great background on this, bro!

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  3. pizzafuckyesMarch 20, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    never heard of them either. but what a mistake to try to follow the beatles though.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 11:54 PM

    I love ELO I have many LPS of theirs!

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  5. Shelby FoxMarch 21, 2011 at 1:01 AM

    Evil Woman is really the only song I like by them.

    Everything else is too electronic and weird (to my ears)

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  6. The Awesome AlienMarch 21, 2011 at 2:28 AM

    good song to smoke to thanks

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  7. Patti D.March 21, 2011 at 4:51 AM

    loved them, thanks for posting this!

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  8. UnknownMarch 21, 2011 at 5:36 AM

    i like em

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  9. SpikeMarch 21, 2011 at 5:46 AM

    really nice share

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  10. ScottDMarch 21, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    Oh shit brings back some memories.

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  11. T. BanacekMarch 21, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Great song! Reminds me of the movie Kingpin.

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  12. Joe SomebodyMarch 21, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    @ed- how have you not heard of them. They are awesome and a true classic of their time.

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  13. Fix PC Games AdminMarch 21, 2011 at 1:05 PM

    love the list you posted :) will check them

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  14. KUSHtunesMarch 21, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Its been so long since I've listened to ELO..love'em.

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  15. MoobeatMarch 21, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    I thought this was going to be about ranked ELO &__&

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  16. AnonymousMarch 21, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    Cool stuff. That guy's hair is wicked!

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  17. GMarch 21, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    A greatly underrated/forgotten about band - cool

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  18. consuela bananahammocMarch 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    Nice one!
    Following you now! :)

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  19. TyroneMarch 22, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    That hair is where it's at!

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  20. obiMarch 22, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    cool stuff thanks for sharing ;)

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  21. Aaron M. GipsonMarch 23, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    My parents always had these albums playing in the house growing up, but I never got into them that much later in life. Maybe it's time for a re-visit...

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  22. Eric PMarch 23, 2011 at 10:54 PM

    pretty good stuff..I've never really listened to them before.

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  23. EldirMarch 24, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    That's some old and cool stuff you are posting here :)

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