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Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a very successful rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s, formed in Birmingham, England.
They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock. The musical content of ELO songs often went far beyond usual chord structures, mixing pop songwriting with classical romanticism and synthesized sounds. The band claim that their music “picks up where The Beatles’ 1967 song I Am the Walrus left off.”

Formed in 1970 by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan (the remaining members of the 1960s rock group The Move). The band used cellos, violin, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound. This was an idea Roy Wood initially had while with The Move, to take rock music in a new direction. In 1970 when Carl Wayne left the The Move, Jeff Lynne, front man with fellow Brum band Idle Race, responded to Wood’s second invitation to join the line-up, with the lure of starting the new band. To help finance the fledgling project, two more Move albums were released during the recording of their eponymous first album in 1971 which produced the UK hit

10538 Overture. In the US this album was released with the mistaken title of No Answer, due to a mix-up with an uncompleted telephone call to the American label and subsequent secretarial message.

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suikodee wrote:
Thursday morning

They deserve so much more plays...

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J_Hansen wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

<3

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MassiveJ wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

one of my favourites

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cicca8 wrote:
Monday morning

Good band

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AbOD7 wrote:
last week

Lets Getting To The Point (L)

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CowardlyCustard wrote:
last week

Because they're ace?!

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HerrBigBadWolf wrote:
last week

"This band should be bigger than Led Zeppelin! " - how do you figure that?

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annecat59 wrote:
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I saw them back in 78, ELO puts on a good show

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JDC1988 wrote:
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This band should be bigger than Led Zeppelin!

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Nololob wrote:
last month

I've seen the poster of ELO playing on November in Łódź.... without Jeff Lynne (and Groucutt) they are kinda nothing.

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Maste90 wrote:
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come on guys!, come to chile!, please!

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jyaian4455 wrote:
last month

encore！

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vogelvider wrote:
last month

ELO fans!! Have a great day! :)

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jizzy_jams wrote:
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Possibly the most underrated band of all time. Everyone I know likes their songs they just don't know who sings them. Face the music, A new world record, and Out of the blue. i don't think any other band had such good albums come out back to back to back.

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ladeverde wrote:
last month

geniales

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MetalEmmanuel wrote:
last month

Such intelligent arrangements are sorely missed in contemporary pop music! [2] Agree with you 100% here...

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eryqah wrote:
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JL ♥

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lihei wrote:
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Brilliant music

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BalladBombs wrote:
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the best. at least onew of the best of all times

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The_Czar wrote:
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Such intelligent arrangements are sorely missed in contemporary pop music!

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Kelly Groucutt Passes at The Age of 63

23 Mar 2009 | from www.elomusic.com/news

From Kelly's Official site: Kelly Groucutt 1945 - 2009 Kelly Groucutt died on the afternoon of 19th February 2009 following a heart attack. Our hearts and thoughts go out to his wife Anna and Kelly's family. …

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