ELO?

debrewguy wrote: I was just going through the Rolling Stone lists (having started with the "supposed" 100 greatest guitarists link posted elsewhere here), & one of the list is the top 10 bands - guilty pleasures. Rush is number one, ELO is listed number two.

ELO is a fantsastic group.. and they are the reason I got into prog.  Some don't see it.. oh well.. but they were prog alright. 

I discovered The Move when I read a rave review of "Shazam" in a magazine somewhere around 1970 when I was attending North Texas State University and fell in love with the quirky, nonconformist attitude they projected.  "Looking On" and "Message from the Country" as well as the compilation "Split Ends" followed and every album had a personality all its own.  Jeff Lynne brought a more contemporary sensibility to ELO and that's probably what made the slightly eccentric Roy Wood depart.  There is a fine collection of the "Best of the Move" available that will give you a nice overview of their career but if you can get the aforementioned albums and your taste runs a little on the eclectic side of rock you will find them very experimental and enjoyable at the same time.

pantacruelgruel wrote: Moogtron III wrote: Rocktopus wrote: All three ELO albums pre-Eldorado are prog.Their debut (No Answer) and their third (On the third Day) album are both brilliant.   Thanks, that's what I needed to know. I'll add to that my earlier recommendation of the Move's last album "Message from the Country".

Rocktopus wrote: All three ELO albums pre-Eldorado are prog.Their debut (No Answer) and their third (On the third Day) album are both brilliant.

I remember opposing to their inclusion a couple years ago, but not because I don't like them, I love most of their albums, from El Dorado to A New World Record, still I believe they are only Prog Related but it's a matter of degrees, I enjoy all their music very much.

The only ones I can't stand are Discovery and Xanadu, specially the last one the combination ELP + Olivia Newton John simply is contradictory IMO.

ELO ca. '73. Man, they sure knew how to dress too!


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From their brilliant  Barock 'n' Roll debut.

pantacruelgruel wrote: Rocktopus wrote: Sure. Loved ELO since i discovered them in my mom and dad's record collection when I was six. I love Eldorado too .Its not a flawless concept album, but the atmosphere and mood the whole album through is pretty close to perfect. Strange magic! Prefer their early stuff, but I dig pretty much every album they released, including '81's Time. Always great arrangements and nice singlehits. I kinda quit at Out of the Blue. I enjoyed the singles from the album, but felt that Lynne had fell into a formula. I never bothered with Time, so I gotta ask you if it's a return to their earlier glory days (with more modern production I assume) ? P.S. Hogan the mixed Dauschaund says Hi ...

Hi.

Sort of, its a its a silly sci-fi love story, concept album. a mixture of beatle'esque tracks and 80's electropop, sounds surprisingly litte dated. Only one or two real stinkers.

Gotta post the lyrics (well, some of it) from my favorite song when I was six. Yours Truly 2095

2095, 2095, 2095, 2095
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly...

Shes only programmed to be very nice
But shes as cold as ice
Whenever I get too near
She tells me that she likes me very much
But when I try to touch
She makes it all too clear.

She is the latest in technology
Almost mythology
But she has a heart stone
She has an i.q. of 1001
She has a jumpsuit on
And shes also a telephone.


Edited by Rocktopus - April 20 2007 at 08:27

Sean Trane wrote: I prefer the first three albums to ElDorado, which I find a little light (as in not weighing much rather than in watts). I also quit completely after Out Of The Blue. This was way too formulaic for me, but I must say that they still knew how to write pop songs.

In that case, you may want to check out the Move's Message from the Country. This was Lynne & Wood's last album before they put their all into ELO.

ood orning!

I love ELO, I just love them. Face The Music especially. It was my first album from them. Really a band worth recognising!