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Topic: Just wondering about this one band....

Posted By: Carl floyd fan
Subject: Just wondering about this one band....
Date Posted: March 26 2004 at 13:28

I think ELO could fit on this site. Just listen to "Fire on High" or "Roll over beethoven". Get some of their stuff and tell me what you think! They mix classical music with rock and no one sounds like them. If I remember coreectly, they started in the late 60s and they were at their best in the 70s.

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Posted By: Carl floyd fan
Date Posted: April 06 2004 at 14:18

...or not.....

Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 09:09

I know where you're coming from - I particularly like "Time", and "Out Of the Blue" is almost a concept album. The (blue) vinyl has a superb cover, poster and space-ship cut-out!

Jeff Lynne, of course, cut his teeth in The Move, and was responsible for the far-out use of cellos and violins up front, rather than the typical "Spector" wall of sound strings. The Move are another band worth investigating, if you like ELO. Intelligent pop with a sense of humour - after the Beatles released "Strawberry Fields" and "Penny Lane", they responded with "Blackberry Way". Their hit "Flowers in the Rain" got them into trouble, after they tried to promote it with a postcard featuring Harold Wilson. He sued them, and the profits went to charity. The single was the first ever to be played on Radio 1 when it was launched (if I remember correctly!).

Cutting-edge, intelligent pop, definitely - but I don't think ELO can be considered prog. Witness "Discovery" and "Xanadu" - with Olivia Newton John!

Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: April 23 2004 at 07:22

Quote: Jeff Lynne, of course, cut his teeth in The Move, and was responsible for the far-out use of cellos and violins up front, rather than the typical "Spector" wall of sound strings.

I thought Roy Wood (Annie Haslam's hubbie) was the driving force in the original ELO?