I just downloaded



off iTunes to update my vinyl copy and I am rockin out here in the burbs.

Tightrope
Rockaria!
Telephone Line
So Fine
Do Ya!!!

I listed these guys as a guilty pleasure but, damn it, I am feeling guilty no more! ELO kicks ass! BTW, this download has a cut that was not on the original album...Surrender...this song is just as kickin as anything else on here...check it out if you are like this album.

in December, I was rocking out to "Don't Bring Me Down" in my car.

I love ELO!! I'm a huge fan and I listen to their music all the time.My favorites are...

"Turn To Stone"
"Sweet Talking Woman"
"Evil Woman"
"Strange Magic"
"Showdown"
"All Over The World"
"Don't Bring Me Down"
"Shine A Little Love'

CinisterCee said:

don't bring me dowwwnnnn.....grrrrooooossssse!
don't bring me downnnn.....grrrrrooooossse!

SoulAlive said:

I'll add to those

Mr Blue Sky
Rockaria!
Confusion
Hold On Tight
Livin' Thing
Rock and Roll Is King
Roll over Beethoven
Xanadu ( whole album actually )




I also heard rumours that Pandurtio and Anx really hate ELO... that's so sad


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I like them, though I've never dug much deeper than having a few singles comps and checking out the odd album track here and there.

Not so long ago,I bought an excellent ELO compilation:

Mr.Blue Sky
Evil Woman
Don't Bring Me Down
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Shine A Little Love
Turn To Stone
Diary Of Horace Wimp
Confusion
Hold On Tight
Livin' Thing
Telephone Line
All Over The World
Wild West Hero
Showdown
Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
Xanadu
Rockaria
Strange Magic
Alright
Rock N' Roll Is King


There are a few minor flaws with this compilation....it's missing "Can't Get It Out Of Head" and "Do Ya",two of their best singles.Also,the version of "Xanadu" on this CD doesn't even feature Olivia Newton John Still,it's probably the best single-disc ELO compilation on the market right now.

I've not listened to them since my teens, but they is cool.

as far as i'm concerned, "out of the blue" and the xanadu soundtrack is all the ELO i need, though "discovery" comes close. the more over-the-top and ridiculously pretentious they sound, the more i love them.

SoulAlive said:

1979 baby.

I have that compilation! I have all of the Time-Life 'Sounds Of The 70s' CDs.

SoulAlive said:

I blew a fuse on my bookshelf stereo pumping up that compilation!

CinisterCee said:

hey, look! it's kirsten dunst!

Anx said:

SoulAlive said:

One of best friends name is Bruce. We made sure that he got his fill of that song! Wait.. they're saying "grooose?"

unkemptpueblo said:

I sing "Bruce" with a rolling R

CinisterCee said:

imagining CinisterCee prancing around to Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"

unkemptpueblo said:

some people insist they're saying "Bruce"

SoulAlive said:

it's GROSS

that's what the lyric sheets in the reissue liner notes say, anyway.

I can never get tired of listening to the Xanadu soundtrack. Their other albums though, I enjoy in small doses, not because the music is bad, just that many of those songs were played to death on the radio back in the day.

I never heard anything from ELO

SoulAlive said:

It was "What A Fool Believes" that did it.

Anx said:

I know the "out of the blue" album very well. My dad still loves it. ELO did actually go on the road, with strings and everything.

No doubt I will actually be into ELO soon, as I love studio bands like ELO, with hyper polished production etc...

I am telling you guys...go over to iTunes or Amazon or somewhere to hear a snippet of "Surrender"...this is the "Never Heard Before" track on the remastered version of New World Record. It's one of the best pop songs I have heard in ages. It's positively irresistable. Dripping of Beatles/British pop...but has the oh-so-crisp ELO/Jeff Lynne production. I can't get enough of this song!

As for all of ELO's stuff...My faves:

New World Record (obviously)
Face The Music
Time
Secret Messages
Zoom

...I love Xanadu too...its so funny how this has become one of ELO's trademark albums...Jeff Lynne tried for years to distance himself from it. He blames it for ending his popularity in the US. But no one can deny its glossy appeal. It has aged surprisingly well.

Disco-very isn't one of my faves...only because Jeff went a little too disco for my tastes on that one...but it sure rocks at times. Don't Let Me Down is a classic.

mr. blue sky rocks

They are a part of my Ipod playlist. I play them a least once a week.

That's the one I've got also. My favorite is "Shine A Little Love". I hate the version of "Xanadu" that is on this compilation but I have the regular version on Olivia Newton John's greatest hits so I wasn't pissed.