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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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Turn To Stone
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Sweet Talkin' Woman
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Hold On Tight
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Strange Magic
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Last Train To London
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Showdown
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Can't Get It Out Of My Head
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Shine A Little Love
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Twilight
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Confusion
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luckystoned wrote:
no question. a band with great melodies.
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fapizzano wrote:
Incredibles.
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Nololob wrote:
Label uploaded the "Discovery" cover onto "Secret Messages", blame them.
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nothere413 wrote:
Something is wrong with the album covers. The ones for Out of the Blue and Eldorado don't show up when I listen, and Secret Messages is marked with the cover for Discovery.
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AbOD7 wrote:
Without someone I can depend on.... I'm lost without someone..... As I go on, I hope you're remembering....... I'm lost without someone.......
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klosia23 wrote:
I don't get it, where is "Rock 'N' Roll Is King" ?
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suikodee wrote:
They deserve so much more plays...
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J_Hansen wrote:
<3
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MassiveJ wrote:
one of my favourites
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cicca8 wrote:
Good band
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AbOD7 wrote:
Lets Getting To The Point (L)
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CowardlyCustard wrote:
Because they're ace?!
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HerrBigBadWolf wrote:
"This band should be bigger than Led Zeppelin! " - how do you figure that?
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annecat59 wrote:
I saw them back in 78, ELO puts on a good show
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JDC1988 wrote:
This band should be bigger than Led Zeppelin!
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Nololob wrote:
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:
come on guys!, come to chile!, please!
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jyaian4455 wrote:
encore！
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vogelvider wrote:
ELO fans!! Have a great day! :)
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jizzy_jams wrote:
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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Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa, Gdynia, Poland
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Electric Light Orchestra
Hala MTS, Szczecin, Poland
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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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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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