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Birmingham, England (1970 – present)

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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besto-super wrote:
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Hi-class group!!!

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mobastard wrote:
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SERIOUS. SO SERIOUS.

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williamc99 wrote:
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My Favourite Band.

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CobaltStar wrote:
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ELO is love. <3

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NemesisTheBand wrote:
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¡¡¡ An Amazing Band !!!

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Naathiw wrote:
last week

Four Little Diamonds!

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n33k33 wrote:
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Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow / You still wander the fields of your sorrow / You should be so happy, you should be so glad / So why are you so lonely, you 21st century man <- prophetic

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TomFlynn wrote:
last month

Really really loving All Over The World and Tightrope right now

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Hiasubi wrote:
last month

I love ELO, i was raised on these, The Beatles, Oasis and Will Smith. Sadly you ask any other 19yr old if they have heard of them and they say no, and on the odd occasion they say yes the only song they recognise is Mr Blue Sky :(

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Rhoadsx wrote:
last month

..Zooom! *O*

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avidpsychonaut wrote:
last month

Incredible sound ! Takes me right back....You can talk about who you think the best bands are...but i think ELO are at the top alongside the other greats.. !

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turnntostone wrote:
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fave since I was seven, my dad got me hooked. He would always play them and I still love them!! SOOOO underrated!

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isukkinen wrote:
last month

Eldorado is the definitive symphonic rock album of the 70s. A masterpiece.

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mynameisjoehann wrote:
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out of blue!

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egill3000 wrote:
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Hey You With The Pretty Face, Welcome To The Human Race! ^^

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korzhik-by wrote:
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а ведь они и сегодня звучат свежо if I didn`t know I wouldn`t think that this music is from 70s

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benhoo wrote:
last month

great band!~!!great TIME~!

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nativewaiter wrote:
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The Electric Light Orchestra should be inducted without Bev Bevan into the rock and roll hall of fame [11]

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kirstylaaa wrote:
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I don't know if i could go that far, but they are certainly up their with the best bands ever. Whether people realize it or not :)

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Maste90 wrote:
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Come on! they are better than the Beatles

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