I`m new to ELO, and this is my favorite so far... I`m loving this song

I must admit it's one of my guilty pleasures. At the time it was sooooo uncool to like ELO.

pacey68 said:

Jeff Lynne is a very talented and innovative composer/producer. I highly recommend you purchase Eldorado, his crowning achievement.

Love the song . . . it got new life in the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. It was also in a few TV commercials.

A lot of their stuff is heavily influence by The Beatles, albeit in a late 70s fashion. Not suprisingly, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison were very close friends (Jeff Lynne producing a lot of George's stuff, and both of them were Travelling Wilburys).

One of my all time fav.
I loved this one as a child and I have great memories about that song.

Influenced by The Beatles indeed,some part reminds me of
A day in the life.
Other great ELO songs:Don't bring me down,Twillight,Yours truly 2095,...
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Icicle said:

Im just discovering this one too. Awesome track! In fact, Ive had the greatest hits for a while and only listened to the songs I was familiar with( turn to stone, evil woman, livin thing). So this song(along w/ strange magic and telephone line) came as a very pleasant suprise. It def. got me interested in exploring the elo catalogue a bit more.

Icicle said:

Quite possibly the most over-produced non-Todd-Rundgren track in the history of the universe. It's absolutely fantastic!

Icicle said:

Probably the best ever "If the Beatles had stayed together in the 70's" fantasy track.

The lyric captures precisely how the British people feel on a sunny day, and our strange love/hate attitude to the weather

And the classical part at the end - the Celestial Power of Nature...