Back in the day when music was creative. Jeff Lynne is a genius.

@glassontherocks

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the day Tesla was the ⚡Electric Light Orchestra.⚡

@williamh4172

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@ajschroetlin2196

2 жыл бұрын

There's still a lot of creative music being created today. You just won't find most of it on the Billboard 100 or on the radio.

@mikeclifford8360

2 жыл бұрын

@@ajschroetlin2196 - Definitely right! The past doesn't have the monopoly on creativity.

@RalphvsSam

2 жыл бұрын

@@wesfroman4902 check KEXP live sessions. There's some really good stuff there.

Poor Brad. It's just in recent decades that people felt the need to put everything into a genre and check some kind of box. Back in the day everything was so new and experimental that we literally lived "outside the box". The only question you should ask about the songs you listen to is "did I enjoy it?".

@fishhookism

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely.

@Sniper33321

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was his only comment on the song. Nothing about whether he liked the song or their sound.

@JohnSmith-oe4ci

2 жыл бұрын

"people" being the suits & bean-counters running media corporations !

@formxr

2 жыл бұрын

That's kinda all they do in their reactions. Feels like they don't know what to talk about besides the genre and decade it's from lol.

@ALong-fo5so

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I just posted a comment to the same effect.

This was in the days before answering machines, and definitely before voice-mail. You could let the phone ring forever. It's a haunting song. My personal ELO favorite. I always loved the sound effects. Jeff Lynne is a Beatles disciple. It's just one fine example of the ripples finding a new and extraordinary voice.

@macisback9059

2 жыл бұрын

There is so much Beatles influence in this song its brilliant.. Also my personal fav..

@kierstenridgway4634

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the part where the phone is attached to the wall. We extra long curly cords to try and get privacy. 😆

@Neil_BT

2 жыл бұрын

Harrison felt he was the only person with the ability to do the re-issues (or whatever they are called) of Free As a Bird and Real Love, and he was right.

@dicklindell948

2 жыл бұрын

And a great music Producer!

@leonkaye7544

2 жыл бұрын

so many people find beatles all over elo but they were their own sound. Just cause there's strings, harmonies with British voices and great production doesn't mean that Jeff lynne had the Beatles on his mind when he wrote or arranged this song. I'm sure he was a big beatles fan and shaped the elo sound with some Beatles songs in mind. But he had his own sound cause if you heard a section of an elo song you never heard before, you could deduce quickly it was an elo, not Beatles, song.

ELO were different and unique. The mixture of pop rock and lush orchestral music created a gorgeous sound all their own.

@Clowderman

2 жыл бұрын

Unmatched to this day

@Renkk17

2 жыл бұрын

E.L.O. - Living Thing - Turn to Stone - Sweet Talking Woman - Strange Magic - Do Ya

@DavidSmith-pg1ob

2 жыл бұрын

The theme of this song reminds me of "Operator" by Jim Croce, and "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor. Also perhaps, "Missing You" by Everything But The Girl, though that came later (1990s?). All are melancholy songs about lost love.

@mrgone658

2 жыл бұрын

@@Renkk17 I wanna see the expression on their faces if they should ever swerve into to 'Face the Music'.

@neilgayleard3842

2 жыл бұрын

Are, not were.

Jeff Lynn is a genius. ELO had a run in the mid-late 70's that was amazing.

@KevinQ1989

2 жыл бұрын

John Lennon said ELO is what The Beatles would've sound like if they continued in the 70s.

@pulsarlights2825

2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinQ1989 you believed a guy who married Yoko Ono?

@lindennottingham3662

2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinQ1989 even if Lennon had never said it, I say it just about every time I hear them nowadays...something parallel about the two

@rocketrabble6737

2 жыл бұрын

@@pulsarlights2825 With John Lennon you would never quite know whether he meant that would be a direction to move in or a good reason to pack up when they did so it wouldn't happen! I would incline towards the second. As for who we marry; who goes out with a checklist of of cast-iron 'pros and cons' before finding the right women; they were as right for each other as most people would hope for.

@rocketrabble6737

2 жыл бұрын

@@KevinQ1989 Most times it was wise not to take John Lennon at face value.

"Don't Bring Me Down" is another ELO song that is good.

@Renkk17

2 жыл бұрын

E.L.O. - Living Thing - Turn to Stone - Sweet Talking Woman - Strange Magic - Do Ya

@mr.smithgnrsmith7808

2 жыл бұрын

Bruce!

@chrisrow9609

2 жыл бұрын

It's Groose

@paulnoecker1202

2 жыл бұрын

Xanadu

This is an underrated ELO hit ... so good! The "doo wop" part shows this is part of the 50s music revival that happened in the 70s.

@cavallogianni

2 ай бұрын

Underated by who?

Great band. My favorite song of theirs is "Strange Magic" but they have so many amazing tunes. Have a great day!

@leogothisoscar271

2 жыл бұрын

Strange Magic doesn't get enough love.

@cindyerrington7099

2 жыл бұрын

Stange Magic was my favorite

@rickjensen1636

3 ай бұрын

Strange magic and Tightrope bounce back and forth as my favorite ELO song lol

@leoscustombuilds9717

2 ай бұрын

Strange Magic and Evil Woman are by far my favorites ❤

ELO is one of those bands people thank you for turning them on to. They have such a grand sound. You can sense the intelligence in the music. I highly recommend watching Jeff Lynne's ELO - Live at Wembley. LEX, you should check out Roll Over Beethoven or Rockaria!.

@piotrbiedowicz1602

2 жыл бұрын

Yes - Intelligence in the music. Key Words 👍

I love Brad and Lex reactions. Brad is more logical right minded and Lex is more emotional left handed. It makes seeing things from both perspectives lovely.

Easily one of the best rock vocalists ever.

@celebrityinhiding4938

2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious 😅

@jackstrawful

11 ай бұрын

I don't know 'bout all that. Rock has had some amazing vocalists, and, while good, his voice is easily the weakest of his many talents, far behind his songwriting, producing, arrangements and imaginative creativity. If it wasn't for those other factors, I don't think he'd have been successful on his voice alone. Jeez, I've been singing Lynne's praises in comments for so long, it feels weird to be the one sounding a sour note here. But gotta be honest - not to be would diminish everything I've said about his brilliance in all those other areas.

Jeff Lynne is one of the greatest minds that music ever produced...producing, writing,.. he's influenced just about every artists in rock.

@MBE-ib3jy

2 жыл бұрын

Possibly the best musician from the UK shores, yet unknown by so many. He will become instantly famous and appreciated once it is too late, doubt we will see his like again.

Brad's got the vibe. This song borrowed heavily from the 50's sound called Doo Wop. The sound was based on harmonies and was kind of romanticized by groups singing on city corners. it was all performed a cappella or with minimal instrumentation. And his little move was spot on, called a slide.

@Lexy-O

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Doo Wop, symphony plus Beatles,

@joemachine4714

2 жыл бұрын

yeah but doo wap was just a small part of the song. Reactors get too hung up on it

@deegomez2089

2 жыл бұрын

Incorporated so many song styles on this one...🔥🔥🔥🎶🎵

This is a love ballad. All about loss and longing and a lover trying to reach his partner on the phone, and he's talking about the little plans lovers make together and being trapped in twilight means caught in between knowing and not knowing the state the relationship because he can't get through on the telephone .

@ghidrah76

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Someone knows their ELO knowledge!! ^5

@MidniteCruiser

2 жыл бұрын

exactly dead on point finally Thankyou soo much.

There were days when songs like these were on our radios, blasting, singing along, windows down, cigarettes burning, no auto-tune, pure music, pure fun. We took these songs for granted, but now looking back, it was a golden age of musical genius. Brad got it right. Chorus and orchestra melded into a sound that is still touching us.

ELO was directly inspired by The Beatles, which you can definitely hear in this song, and threw some Doowop into the chorus for an old school vibe.

@richardmcintosh3170

2 жыл бұрын

I thought John Lennon said ELO is the band the Beatles would have become if they hadn't split.

ELO are class! I'm so glad my father used to play them! If only in the background as a child

Jeff Lynne, the band founder, went on to create a new supergroup with: George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, the Travelling Wilburys.

@grabtharshammer

2 жыл бұрын

"a" band founder. Why do people always forget Roy Wood, a multi instrumentalist, he had the most influence in incorporating the more orchestral instruments into ELO's music. The style definitely changed from slightly Progressive to a more Pop(y) style under Lynnes influence. Certainly made ELO more saleable

Top tier band … strange magic and all over the world

Brad&Lex, You'll love their "Evil Woman", "Do Ya", and "Strange Magic"!!!

@JRcomments

2 жыл бұрын

Fire on High

@TKevinBlanc

2 жыл бұрын

Do Ya is epic and fun.

@MidniteCruiser

2 жыл бұрын

@@JRcomments oh yeah the really good stuff

"Sweet Talking Woman" is a great song by ELO

@kjmorley

2 жыл бұрын

Now they need to do the “Live at Wembley” video version of this song. Very emotional! Lex will love seeing the strings.

@Lexy-O

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely Sweet Talkin Woman but the studio version is much better

@ZaveAres

2 жыл бұрын

Yes studio version

@MidniteCruiser

2 жыл бұрын

@@kjmorley i don't know about these two

Keep in mind there were no cell phones, etc when this was written. This band is soooo good. More please. 🌺✌️

One of my favorite groups. Had the pleasure of seeing them live twice. They sound just as good in concert as their recordings.

@j.h.3777

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! : )

Every time I hear this song it always makes me a little emotional, puts a little tear in the eye.

I fell in love with ELO in the early 70's because of their violins and unique sound. Lex, if you want to hear more orchestral sounds from them try "Living Thing". It's a little more upbeat than this song. They have an amazing catalogue of songs! ❤️

@Renkk17

2 жыл бұрын

E.L.O. - Living Thing - Turn to Stone - Sweet Talking Woman - Strange Magic - Do Ya

For me, the vibe is nostalgic--especially because it was always meant to sound old even when it was released.

@nicholasmarchino6814

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgic is how I would put it as well.

One of my favorite bands!!❤ This song live is 🔥

Brad, you are not alone in struggling to define ELO's sound. You are also right that it is a definite vibe. So much of a vibe that ELO had more combined Top 40 Hits (47) in the US & UK from 1972 to 1986 than ANY OTHER BAND IN THE WORLD! Electric Light Orchestra rules! Thanks for this one, Brad & Lex! Next from ELO, please react to, "Tightrope", it rocks, and has strings galore for Lex!

ELO is often heavy with strings... it's their trademark sound. I could easily list a dozen+ ELO songs you should listen to but I'll start with Tightrope (super orchestral intro) and Mr. Blue Sky.

@phillipharrison2836

2 жыл бұрын

Mr Blue Sky should be played in total with the other 3 tracks making up the great ' Concerto for a rainy day'

@owenwadleigh4

2 жыл бұрын

YES, Mr. Blue Sky!!!!!!

The SOUND is TOTALLY ELO! There's nothing else like it!

ELO is an amazing band. Jeff Lynne is a masterful composer. Their music just puts me in an amazing mood.

It's A Livin' Thing is one of the songs you'll probably know. It's a masterpiece.

Ahhhh ELO... one the most musically intellectual underrated bands in UK music history. PLLLLEASE don't stop covering them with this song alone!

My favorite group of all time. I've been listening to them since the 70s. They have so many good hits to pick from. My favorite songs are "Mr. Blue Sky" and "Sweet Talking Woman". Thank you for reacting to this song.

ELO is another goody I listened to as a teenager. They have so many great songs.

Queen, Styx, and several others of the 70's had this sound, harmonizing!!

1st time hearing ELO was on a K-Tel album called "The Rock Album" and song was Don't bring me down. Rock on Brad & Lex

@cesarnarro6013

2 жыл бұрын

Wow..i had forgotten all about k-tel.

@Lexy-O

2 жыл бұрын

K-Tel was secretly cutting everything in half though

@thejoker9201

2 жыл бұрын

I had that album too when i was a little kid. Think it had styxx Arrowsmith Kansas ELO others. Long time ago

@djl9919

2 жыл бұрын

@@thejoker9201 absolutely that's the record lol.

I remember listening to ELO in my dads car. I still love their music even today. 😬

Jeff Lynne: Musical genius. The soundtrack of my youth.

@LA80sMike

2 жыл бұрын

Musical genius..absolutely!!

In the late 70's there was a revival of the late 50's Era Doo-Wop music. Many bands including ELO embraced the vocal doowop style and music style influenced by the late 50's rock and roll. The TV show Happy Days and the movie Greese were the big hits at this time.

You hit it right on the head Brad, it's called the doo-wop sound, that is a real category...

I'm not _entirely_ sure "conjugal" means what Lex thinks it means, but I'm here for her vibe!

@joemachine4714

2 жыл бұрын

she thought the telephone line is the one in prison where you talk to your girlfriend thru the glass. Arranging a conjugal visit 😆

'A new world's record', awesome album, every song on side B is a hit.

I know y’all like lyric videos. I get it! But puhlease check out the live at Wembley version of this, it’s amazing ❤️ Jeff Lynne is a genius!

ELO is in a class of their own. Their rabbit hole is deep. GOOD STUFF,,,💥💥💥👍😎

ELO is amazing they have some of the most beautiful rock music of the 70s. There greatest hits is awesome.

Old School. Back In Time. Nostalgia. Love This Song. ❤😊

One of the best classic Rock songs ever. Long live Jeff Lynne!

It's a fantastic song! And don't forget! Back in the day, when this song was made, a telephone line was the only main route of non-physical connection! No Tik Tok, Whatsapp, Facebook etc! We're way back in the good old days before the internet!

@leestockton9367

Жыл бұрын

"...back in the good old days before the internet", as if the internet is a bad thing; let's look at all the GOOD things the internet has given us.... .....hang on, I'm still thinking, bear with me..... ...... still thinking..... ..... ..... ..

My all time favorite band. Great reaction of a beautiful melancholy song.

This song is almost overwhelmingly "Beatle-esque."

I Love ELO Electric Light Orchestra I played them so much in a store I worked in everyone heard them. I lOve thier sound and they make you feel good , their music shows so much talent and grabs your attention. Would have loved to seen one of thier concerts. Mr. Blue Sky is my ringtone They have a DREAMY FEEL GOOD VIBE, thier music sucks you in and you are pulled into it and feel it to me its like being just calming , like a breeze and you enjoy it as it washes over you

This by far is one of the best live performances I’ve seen.

Always loved ELO. Just a unique band and sound. There music holds up really well today.

Livin' Thing!!! do it! do it! do it!

Brad- I like how you catch "The Vibe". ELO's music definitely has it's own "vibe" and sometimes you just have to go with it and admit you like / love it!

The sound in this song is huge sounds extremely big. It's amazing 👏

ELO is one of the best bands from the 70s and have a unique sound. Jeff Lynne is a genius and has given us so many great songs. Can’t Get it Out Of My Head is my fav

ELO has its own sound. No one is like ‘em!

You've got to listen to this a bunch of times to get the feel for it but it's a classic for sure from the legendary ELO.

70s music was so much better than 80s music and now your starting to understand 👍👍👍👍

@corkydukeII5898

2 жыл бұрын

Not that I totally disagree cuz 70's music was awesome, but 1982 & 83 (New Wave) had some fantastic sounds too.

@johntremmel3949

2 жыл бұрын

@@corkydukeII5898 I think that rock music was ruined by mtv imho

@LordEagle

2 жыл бұрын

👍💥💥👍😎

@cesarnarro6013

2 жыл бұрын

@@johntremmel3949 yes , MTV sucked ! If you didn't look or sound a certain way you weren't going to get a chance.

I was 4 when this came out. Such a vibe. It was so different & memorable.

I know what it is you're trying to say. The violins in that music just soars and come in subtly and then all of a suddenly you have all of this orchestrated music blending in together with the harmonies and the violins's soaring music comes in soaring like birds the way it starts out. The lead singer, Jeff Lynne is talk singing the beginning his feelings about about trying to reach this person by telephone and he gets more in-depth describing his feelings. The music starts growing, the instruments starts coming in the orchestra starts coming in with the desperation of anticipating this person to respond to his phone calls and the feeling that he sings about of the sadness that they haven't picked up the telephone. And then maybe the hope that they will consider picking up that telephone. Jeff Lynne is a great storyteller with his lyrics and great lead singer he orchestrated everything he writes. The man is a musical genius. Please tell me if this is what you were talking about and trying to describe your feeling of this music 🎻🎶🎶

Slacks and sweaters?! Conjugal?! AAAAHAHAHA!! You guys kill me! I love it!

you can tell they were super into that 50s Doo Wop sound, but in my opinion it is PERFECTED in this song. harmonizing vocals arent usually my thing, but in this tune, oh my damn, they are so good and crisp

I encourage you to watch Jeff Lynne and ELO play this live -- incredible. And for a fun, feel-good ELO song, try "Don't Bring Me Down." So much fun.

Listen to more! ❤️ they have something for everybody. My favorite band ever!

My favorite ELO song. Thanks guys. And especially thanks how you appreciate certain things Lex.

Speaking of the lyric "twilight", I highly recommend "Prologue/Twilight" from their Time album. It's when they first started embracing synths after being mostly analog. It's a real shift in their sound, but a wonderful opener.

Jeff Lynne has the 2nd coolest beard in history, obviously Chuck Norris is Number 1

My first three albums as a kid growing up in the mid 70's "Elton John's Greatest Hits" , Queen, "A Night at the Opera", and ELO "A New World Record" I have loved ELO ever since. So many great tunes. Well done you two!

One of my favorite songs from that time period! ELO were so damned good!

We need more ELO

✌️😎✌️

ELO always puts you in a better mood 👍

I am 57 y/o born in "64. This song is the true hazy dazy feel of the world of my childhood innocence in New Jersey ! The world was like the sound of this song. Peace was with me.

This was from one of their final albums from their original era between the 70s-80s.

The word for the vibe is great. It’s just great. Nothing to overthink here.

This song came out in 1976, same year as one of my sons. LOL You should see it live at Wembley Stadium.

I love that your hitting all the good ones! You are bringing me back to my childhood! You guys are so awesome!

This telephone sound of the 50's 60's is what your feeling, trying to talk to someone you love -- if you just pick up that phone.

I love watching Brad to to describe the sound, because you can't really describe something unique....there's 50's doo wap, classical, soft rock, abd blues all rolled into there usual (for the time) techno sounds.

So classic. ELO is never boring, and always loved the strings in their songs. They don't call them Electric Light "Orchestra" for nothing! : )

ELO is fantastic!!

They were great in concert also.

My first concert, September 1, 1978, Fort Worth Convention Center. I was 13. Lasers, dry ice, the band came up through the floor in a spaceship! Great. When the joints came down the row my dad would pass them on over our heads. The reason everyone used to light lighters all at once was because it looked cool, but also so the police couldn’t tell who was smoking. It was a new world to me.

I got to see them when I was 12. Before I even knew who they were. Super cool.

Back in the days of red phone boxes over here in England. This song takes me hurtling back, a sad song but too flipping good to not still enjoy it and appreciate the feeling! I recall hearing this playing out on a radio as I was walking past such a phone box in Weymouth on the south coast of England, I was 12 years old in '77, the year Elvis passed on!

ELO is one of my all time favorite bands. You should check this out live. They are awesome live.

There was a whole genre of early rock (20+ years before ELO) that was called "doo-wop" and I think this song evoked that same kind of "sing-along" vibe that was often a part of doo-wop music. Great band, cool song, and wonderful reaction, as usual.

ELO is ELO. That's their sound. Electric Light Orchestra. They have their own sound, and vibe that is unique to them. That's why you can't describe it as anything else.💜💜

@leestockton9367

Жыл бұрын

Good description

Fusion of pop, classical arrangements and futuristic iconography. A very unique and creative style

That look of bliss on her face... that’s exactly why I gave an ELO playlist for happiness. Do Starlight next!

ELO's ' Showdown ' is one of my all time favorite songs

Jeff was in the supergroup The Traveling Wilbury's with Tom Petty.

All ELO is a vibe. Great harmonies and music.

My oldest son broke me out of hospital twice to see ELO, once to see them in Hyde Park in 2014 and also to sit in a muddy field at Glastonbury in 2016. It was two different hospitals for two different injurie's at the end of my service career. It was always great to see Jeff Lynne's ELO live, even if it meant having to face my wife's anger afterwards. This song reminds me of how much I loved talking to my family when I was posted over seas.

Don't think too much! Feel it!

Brings back youthful memories of those first girl crushes that were never acted upon…..

Yes, such a creative genius... don't cha love how in the intro, the vocals sound as if you're hearing someone at the other end of an old school land line. That slight echoe-y, tinny distance. So clever! ...and then the sound morphs into a normal face-to-face sound. Again, thanks....haven't listened to this song in ages!