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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.
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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Don't Bring Me Down
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Evil Woman
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Livin' Thing
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Turn To Stone
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Sweet Talkin' Woman
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Telephone Line
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Hold On Tight
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Strange Magic
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Showdown
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Last Train To London
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Can't Get It Out Of My Head
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Twilight
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Shine A Little Love
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Confusion
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Timmy5678 wrote:
Awesome band!
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asmoron wrote:
oh god please be the default forever
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AlcoholicAsya wrote:
there are no 'four little diamonds', 'look at me now' and 'ticket to the moon' ...so strange
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bong_ra wrote:
ticket to the moon not in top15 o_O
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willv67 wrote:
Feel good music : D
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smithkyotee wrote:
underrated. amazing.
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yugman wrote:
"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 :(" Sorry but everyone's heard of ELO haha, they're hardly the epicentre of obscure 70's/80's rock.
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Ragman205 wrote:
love you guys, always will
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JimmyCos wrote:
helloooo, how are yoouuu, have you been alright? through all those lonely lonely lonely nights...that's what i'd say, i'd tell you everything, if you pick up that telephone wowoow
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ElectricJimmy wrote:
Last Train to London!
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Armand37 wrote:
"Turn to stone" I adoooore that song!
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AbOD7 wrote:
when u r gone ! gone ! gone !! dont walk away . all u gotta do is stay 8(
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Oniren wrote:
Very underrated band. I have a greatest hits album and love every single song on there.
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kirstylaaa wrote:
Yeah, Twilight is my favourite song aswell. Music like this does make you wonder why other bands don't experiment more with synths and strings etc.
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nihilizmas wrote:
rock n roll is KING !!!
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Enokii wrote:
Twilight is the best song!
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jizzy_jams wrote:
their string sections are so amazing. ahh why arent these guys more recognized?
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besto-super wrote:
Hi-class group!!!
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mobastard wrote:
SERIOUS. SO SERIOUS.
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williamc99 wrote:
My Favourite Band.
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News
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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ELO Featured on The Legacy Podcast
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Electric Light Orchestra Expanded Edition Albums In Stores Now!
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Electric Light Orchestra Original Album Restoration Campaign Continues
9 Oct 2007 | from www.elomusic.com/news
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