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Birmingham, England (1970 – 1983, 1985 – 1986, 2000 – 2001)
Electric Light Orchestra was a symphonic rock band which formed in Birmingham, England in 1970. The band was formed by Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, multiple instruments), Roy Wood (multiple instruments, vocals), Richard Tandy (keyboards, vocals) and Bev Bevan (drums). Lynne, Wood and Bevan were former members of the psychedelic rock band The Move. The band’s lineup would fluctuate throughout its original incarnation, although Lynne, Tandy and Bevan would remain constant members.
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 songI 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.
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.
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Psychosocial999 wrote:
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yankito wrote:
Wild West Hero is sooo beautiful! Such a harmony!
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Last Train To London
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Strange magic
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can't hate Jungle
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Out Of The Blue is something amazing and a song called "Jungle"
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Very nice sound
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да они же лучшие!
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Twilight!
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HIGHER AND HIGHER, BABY!!!
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they're amazing!
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Free hard rock http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cassini+Projekt/Blind+Vision
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Dear Music-Friends - My new group “Band Of The Week“ has opened now and I want to send a very warm welcome to all of you! If you want to click the “Member”-button already, please feel free to do so! Nevertheless, the vote won’t start until December 11th, 2011, when the voting for our “Songwriter”-group has ended and 100 interprets have been admitted to our HALL OF Fame. Please, tell all your Last.Fm-friends of our new group and do some promotionJ. Because the more people join in the votes, the funnier it will be. BAND OF THE WEEK
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Come back on ELO and carry on playing!
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thank you for great performance @ Zabrze last night! :)
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Time the best album!
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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. He touched all of our lives with his
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