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Electric Light Orchestra

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Birmingham, England, (1970 – present)

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a successful Birmingham, England, rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s. 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.

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.

1	Mr. Blue Sky full track	2,644
2	Don't Bring Me Down full track	1,601
3	Evil Woman full track	1,551
4	Livin' Thing full track	1,218
5	Turn To Stone full track	1,195
6	Telephone Line full track	1,074
7	Sweet Talkin' Woman full track	872
8	Hold On Tight full track	860
9	Strange Magic full track	789
10	Last Train to London full track	708
11	Showdown full track	698
12	Can't Get It Out Of My Head full track	653
13	Twilight full track	625
14	Shine a Little Love full track	616
15	Confusion full track	539

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dimorris wrote:
Wednesday morning

ELO was my favorite band throughout high school. I had every album, memorized every verse to every song, and dreamt of going to England to meet them. After a long time away, I have gotten back into listening and it brings back great memories.

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DeVoUr_LTU wrote:
last month

Great band :]

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williamc99 wrote:
last month

Hehe, what a fantastic band. Absolutely great music.

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h3adl3ss wrote:
last month

Yup,ELO still sound great.

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annstevenson21 wrote:
last month

Saw the Spinto band cover Mr Blue Sky in Glasgow a few years ago- bit weird yet so good!

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minimoog70 wrote:
last month

only 5m plays?... come on.

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ikabupini wrote:
last month

they're on tour? =D

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Pute52 wrote:
last month

Mein Renner absolut !!

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odell2008 wrote:
last month

One Of My favorite 70's Bands! Still sounds awesome in 2008!!

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Trace09 wrote:
last month

I fuckin love ELO

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Juicedb wrote:
last month

Yeah, LOL!

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Immortaliss wrote:
last month

Love Is Like Oxygen is by a band called "Sweet" (originally "The Sweet"), not by E.L.O!

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Facegod wrote:
last month

"Love is like oxygen, you get to much you get too high"

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kantfreund wrote:
last month

ELO machte Musik, die richtungweisend war und noch immer jederzeit gehört werden kann! ELO created trend-setting music you can hear today anytime.

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storvikarn wrote:
last month

Are you a working class hero? Join Working Class Heroes! (note that this group do not support any kind of government)

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speedkillz28 wrote:
last month

love elo!

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georgieness wrote:
last month

Mr. Blue Sky is great! Horace Wimp also makes me a little sad, but Telephone Line will always cheer me up! They're a fantastic band.

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openparachutes wrote:
last month

Strange magic is so soothing. (:

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Chinpokomon44 wrote:
last month

Awesome band

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LauraInTheSky wrote:
last month

If I don't start the day listening to Horace Wimp, I get a little sad on the inside.

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