Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra from The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame site: "Picking up where the Beatles left off, ELO expanded the concept of great melodies, epic song structures and grand orchestrations. ELO added an exciting mix of elements into rock and roll, including disco rhythms and electronic studio wizardry. Imagine a marriage of tuneful, rocking pop songs with instruments from the symphonic realm, and you’ve got the blueprint for what made ELO one of the most popular groups of the 1970s and beyond. Jeff Lynne, ELO’s vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, co-founder, and frontman, conceived of a rarefied musical sphere in which cellos coexisted with guitars, and where classically tinged progressive rock intersected with hook-filled, radio-friendly pop. The result: ELO’s boundary-breaking approach to rock that resonated with a global audience, both as a pop singles act and as album-oriented rockers with deep-track appeal". kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZabmsOOnpe_m6Q.html

One of, if not, the happiest songs ever. I have tons of sad songs I find cathartic, and they typically lift me. This song is a lightsaber through my bullshit and makes me feel better

@zebulon8819

3 жыл бұрын

The Allman brothers "blue sky" is another feel good song ✌️♥️

I love it when the Millennials play this song for the first time and they cant help but bop their heads. It is such an infectiously cheerful song.....

You can’t help but smile when u hear this song

Yes, more ELO : Evil Woman, Livin' Thing, Do Ya, Sweet Talkin' Woman, ect.

@lindakellogg7890

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Ma Ma Ma Belle

@jwine4145

3 жыл бұрын

And the instrumental Fire on High!

@Bernal00

3 жыл бұрын

Tightrope too

@bangmon1000

3 жыл бұрын

"Can't Get It Out of My Head"

More, more, more ELO! Unbridled, harmonious greatness!

Thank you for reacting to this song. This was my sister's favorite song of all time. She was murdered when she was 39. We grew up together, close, she was only 2 years older than me, and this song was HER song, and everything about it was like her....she was a bright spirit, a blue sky on a sunny day. Everytime I hear it now, I think of the best of her and know she is up there in the blue skies. So, it means a lot to me, I play it when I miss her. I am so glad you liked it. Peace and love.

LMAO!!!! Hahahahahahahahahaahha........lol..........hahahahaahahaha....finally.....it;s Their MASTERPIECE!!!! I have been trying and requesting for you to listen to this song FOREVER!!!! I can't wait to see your response!!!!

I'm 41. I loved this song as a kid. And now when I hear it, it brings memories of my own kids reacting to baby Groot dancing around to it in a movie theater. As they are becoming grown men, it's a pretty special memory for me. Music really is the last magic we have and I don't think we value it enough for that.

Jeff Lynne still performs today and E.L.O.'s concerts are some of the best in the world. E.L.O. are just as good live as on a studio version if not better. Jeff Lynne is a genius.

@michaelnorman3393

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I saw Jeff in July of '19. It was definitely a bucket list moment that i never thought i'd have. Pure joy!! ❤

ELO joining Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Queen, and Rush. SPOT ON !!!!

Show Down by ELO is one of there early hits in the 70's. It's probably my favorite song by this group.

Love this song,for a lot of reasons.

Great one! Have you heard “Strange Magic” yet? Awesome too!

This great, upbeat song seems to get resurrected every 10 or so years in commercials or a few years ago at the beginning of the 2nd Guardians of the Galaxy movie. For a very good reason 👍😎

The ending on this version was slightly edited. It did not spoil song, but I thought I should mention it for purity sakes.

@breckrichardson390

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I hate that edit. It does spoil the ending for me.

I worked on this video... January 1980... spent the night painting the floor black.. got to watch Manhattan Transfer do a show for their record execs in the stage next door... and then worked all day the next day doing 4 videos. Jeff Lynne was a bit aloof but the rest of the band were great... Seeing the video brings back fun memories.

ELO has many great songs. Tight Rope and Fire on High are 2 favorites.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Jeff Lynne. A continuous masterclass of "Brilliantly Crafted Songs".

For more ELO fun... Roll Over Beethoven (a cover of Chuck Berry’s tune). Do the long version and let them throw the kitchen sink at you.

I really really like Showdown by ELO. Another noteworthy song is "Open Up Said The World At The Door" by the previous band of both ELO founders, Shazam.

In a bad mood? Listen to this song, you won't be anymore Chod, you want violin? Kansas awaits....

This is from Concerto for a rainy day which includes, - Standin' in the Rain, - Big Wheels, - Summer and Lightning, - Mr. Blue Sky. The whole thing is amazing!

This song was taken from the "Out Of The Blue" album which was released in 1977 and by 2007 had sold more than 10 million copies.Written and produced by ELO frontman Jeff Lynne. Jeff Lynne wrote the entire album in three and a half weeks after a sudden burst of creativity while hidden away in his rented chalet in the Swiss Alps. It took a further two months to record in Munich. Side three of the original double LP consisted of the symphonic Concerto for a rainy day. In a BBC Radio interview, Lynne talked about writing "Mr. Blue Sky" after locking himself away in a Swiss chalet and attempting to write ELO's follow-up to :A New World Record. It was dark and misty for 2 weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing. Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote Mr. Blue Sky and 13 other songs in the next 2 weeks.

"Do Ya" and "Living Thing", from their New World Record album. Or, their first US hit, "Can't Get It Out of My Head." Loving the ELO reactions!

@unrulyjulie4382

3 жыл бұрын

The whole album "A New World Record" is simply outstanding!

@k_salter

3 жыл бұрын

@@unrulyjulie4382 Couldn't agree more

I know you did not choose to react to this classic ELO song because I recommended it, but since I have been one of the many people who did suggest it I am going to take credit for the fact you reacted to it!! You made my day, for real! This is Jeff Lynne's most Beatles like song. Now let's see if I can keep the magic going, and suggest you now try "Roll Over Beethoven" by ELO. Many groups have done it, and they were far from the first, but I believe their version is the best, as they actually are backed by a symphony orchestra every day! This song opened the second Guardians of the Galaxy - I can't hear it any more without seeing Baby Groot dancing! And you are so right, Chod, this is the group that totally owned this sound!

@Isleofskye

3 жыл бұрын

Well Said. The LIVE version :)

I miss the 70’s so bad!

ELO. "Hold On Tight", "Rock and Roll is King", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Calling America", "Rockaria", "Do Ya", and more.

Such a happy lil ditty! I can hear Jeff's love of The Beatles in this song!

ELO "Showdown". Promise you will love it. And, "It's a living thing"😀

I saw them a few years ago. It was a top 3 of my favorite concerts. Hit after hit after hit. Amazing!!

Thank you Groot because this is my 10 year olds favorite song. We love it!! Awesome.

ELO forever...right there with Queen!

'Rockaria' and 'Roll Over Beethoven' are quite symphonic by ELO

Do Ya, Sweet Talking Woman, Shine a Little Love, All Over The World, I'm Alive, and FIRE ON HIGH!

Love ELO! Chod, please also check out the Traveling Wilburys consisting of Jeff Lynne (ELO), Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Roy Orbison. "Handle With Care" is a great one.

@ninline2000

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@jamestoddjackson9655

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Traveling Wilburys!!!

Any time Jeff sings the lead i hear a Beatles song that was never written.

ELOs love for Beatles music comes across very clearly in this song.

In my list of happy songs I also have "more today than yesterday" by The Spiral Staircase.

This song makes me happy. That makes it a treasure for me.

Love your stuff, Chod. I am a band guy, too. Marching band, pit band and after college drum corps with DCI (Fantasia III) I also stopped in college because my h.s. band was a thousand times better than the band at my college. Last Train to London and Strange Magic should be high on your list as you go forward with ELO.

ELO Hold On Tight!!!! ELO is the son of I'm The Walrus by The Beatles!!!!!!!!!

"Eldorado" the whole album." The dreamer, the un woken fool. In dreams, no pain will kiss the brow....."

“I am Groot!” “They were not looking at you funny !”😄

Awesome reaction Chod ! You so nailed it that ELO is in their own category since no other band produced music like they did, When you head an ELO song, you know right away who it is.....there are so many fantastic songs for you to discover from this amazing group !! Try “ Rock N Roll is King”, “ Roll over Beethoven”, “ Rockaria”, “ Showdown” to name a few....enjoy the Elo journey !!

One of my favorite bands when I was a kid. Brings back memories.

They always play this song at Downtown Disney. It has feel good vibes.

Happiest song on earth!

❤❤ ELO!! More please, Telephone Line, Don't Bring Me Down... 👍🏽

Try ELO's - Fire on High!! I've seen them twice in concert ('70's)- excellent and I've never heard this song before watching these reaction videos!

@dtennow

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite ELO song.

FYI, this song was used i two nice films, recently in "Guardians of Galaxy 2" during opening credits, baby Groot is intensively reacting t the tune in middle of battle, and other films is "Invention Of Lying" where Ricky Gervais' character discovers god and religion. Highly recommended to see both movies. Cheers

One of the best songs ever written!

The Beatles said if they didn't split up they would have sounded like ELO and Jeff Lynne was part of the travelling wilburys.

So great to see a great live performance by them. I got to see their Out of the Blue tour, and that string section really stole the show. They played inside a laser-shooting fiberglass UFO, and the cello and violin ran around the stage, at one point the fiddler was on the bass' shoulders. I wish prog rockers had done a better job documenting their shows on film or video. This clip is a treasure.

"El Dorado" is my personal fav by Jeff Lynne and the rotating cast of characters.

ELO-Strange Magic

My older brother's friend took me to see them when I was 13. I was blown away. Such a cool live show.

Bev Bevin was the drummer for ELO but he also played for Black Sabbath for a time. I would suggest that you listen to some of it and see how you feel. I sure would like to see how you feel about it. I would even go so far as to suggest, "Born To Lose" from Sabbaths Eternal Idol LP.

More ELO please, oh Supertramp too!

How great is this ELO song? I heard dead leaves on the ground twist & dance in the wind when they hear this!

This song was the climax to a four song sequence called ‘Concerto for a rainy day’ and is even more powerful when heard that way due to the nature of the three songs which precede it. They are also worth reacting to in their own right but if you don’t plan to do that, then treat yourself to a listen to the whole side 3 of the album ‘ Out of the Blue’ off camera and you will see what I mean. The other three songs are, in sequence, ‘Standing in the Rain’, ‘Big wheels’, and ‘Summer and lightning’ and together they not only capture everything about our English summer but provide one of the best and most uplifting sequences of music ever (IMHO of course). Maybe given that you did the live version you could justify going back and listening to the whole concerto as recorded in the Studio for the channel at least you can be certain it will end well.

Jeff Lynne is a amazing singer songwriter!

I got this double album (Out of the Blue) in high school not too long after Turn To Stone and Sweet Talkin' Woman came out. A great album all the way through.. In the liner notes on the CD, Jeff Lynne notes that he came up with about 14 songs for the album in two weeks. Incredible!

This is the happy ending for "Concerto For A Rainy Day". You should hear the full suite: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gouiu8OeZZWolJc.html

You should listen to them live at a Wembley in 2017 playing Evil Woman

Next ELO - Evil Woman please!

I envy anyone who gets to hear this for the first time! I think I was in my moms room, on her phone and it came on the radio. It happened to be my birthday a few days later and I got this album for my birthday.

An all time great. This is what real music sounds like. A magnificent piece. Pity the end is slightly edited, especially with something this great.

Need to check out Moody Blues

More Old School Magic.

Please give -Sweet is the Night- a try. You will love the harmonies on that one.

ELO has great live performances that are pretty recent. Lots to hear and see. Wembley concert is good.

Some great ELO songs to check out: "Sweet Talkin' Woman" (my favorite), "Shine a Little Love" and "Evil Woman."

Chod, I know you've only listen to very few Beatles songs, but ELO's style owes a lot to them. If you had heard 'A day in the life', 'Eleanor Rigby', or 'I am the walrus', where The Beatles incorporated orchestras and choirs, you would hear the big influence. Even the use of descending bass lines that Jeff Lynne has used regularly is a very Beatley element of his song writing. Jeff even got to be the producer on a couple of tracks for the surviving Beatles when they overdubbed their parts onto some of the late John Lennon's unfinished demo tapes. Jeff also produced for Beatle guitarist George Harrison on George's solo work, and also joined the supergroup 'The Traveling Wilburys (along with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison) Some more trivia, the video, even though it was an official one, has the final coda lyric wrong. The vocoder line is not a repeat of the bridge's "Mister blue sky", he actually says, "Please, turn me over!" as this track was originally the last one on the A side of the vinyl album.

You definitely want to go down this rabbit hole. Some of the most original sounds you will find. Check out song versions recorded at the Hyde Park concert. Just soooo great.

You have so many more amazing songs to discover from ELO. Can’t wait to watch the next reaction from them.

Watch their recent live shows in Wembley if you get chance. The performance,sound quality is excellent, his voice is still the same. Also interesting watching the audience. Pure enjoyment, no mobile phones in sight.

Good song Chod thanks for reacting to it. If you react to some more Deep Purple. Rat Bat Blue and Smooth Dancer are insane play. I will not be responsible for any blown up equipment of yours. John Lord does some insane playing in both of these songs.

Another great one and this was lose to end of their great run of music and albums!

This was one of the more Beatles sounding tunes from ELO

Last Train to London!!

They started out with many more people in the band and it dwindled down to a few members by this album with studio musicians helping out on the album. Downhill for the most part after this!

You should do a video from their Wembley or Bust Concert. They are fantastic.

ELO IS one of my favorites you would love my other favorite Alan Parsons Project great instrumentals also check out old and wise and silence and I and dammed if I do

Always a definite mood lifter for me when my depression tries to bite my posterior and drag me back down!

Well, that was disappointing. You missed out on the gorgeous piano outro. I recognized the video and it didn't contain the full version of the song. This is one of my favorite songs by ELO and it's sad that you didn't get the complete experience. 😞

This was a double album, and this song was the last track on side 3. At the end Richard Tandy says, turn me over

This was ELO tring to do Paul McCartney ......And Nailing it!

HYDE PARK LIVE....London Phil Strings.....SHOWDOWN

@knoxvol7512

3 жыл бұрын

Is a classic and must see!

This has been voted as the happiest song ever

Jeff Lynne - musical genius.

They still pack places like Wembley stadium and Hyde Park , 46 years packing large venues . Yes you need to see the crowds from their Live shows especially their shows , families yes families in the crowd , people bringing their kids , even some of us old fans even bringing grandkids . Check it out your missing the enjoyment this band brings .

The best! Great choice. My life mantra “If you’re having a bad acid trip, change the music” Mr. Blue Sky is a guaranteed mood elevator.

I'll keep saying it till someone listens, Fire on High!!

@j.h.3777

3 жыл бұрын

I just said the same and many times too. Great choice!

@benjaminrupe5930

3 жыл бұрын

Immortalized in NFL Films for fifty years.

Fire On High is highly recommended by this subscriber. I've watched enough of your videos to know you won't be disappointed.

ELO 👍👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Great song....with this one, listening is best, especially since part of the songs outro is edited a bit. Also the vocoder at the end says, "please turn me over" as it's the last song on that particular side of the album. I've been told that in polls, this song has been voted as the happiest song out there. I agree.

This is an edited playback version. The original studio version from the album is longer and more complete.

I had this song on a 45 record when I was a kid. If you're under 35 you probably don't know what that is. lol

Came across your channel today (30.03) subscribed....loved your reaction to ELO (sound of my youth!) - one thing i would say, and you heard a snippet of it in the lead to Mr Blue Sky, please take the time to listen to 'Concerto for a Rainy Day' - 19 minutes of pure theatre - it took the whole of side three of their double ablum Out of the Blue - if you could react to it, even better...but either way please take the time (if you can), you will not be disappointed.