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Title: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: In Blue Hawaii on March 27, 2005, 12:57:23 AM: ELO makes me happy with strings and trippy melodies :)

anyone?
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: apple sauce on March 27, 2005, 06:33:46 PM: Actually the song called "Let There Be Love" by Oasis starts out with a similar guitar riff as some of "Elo's songs" They had quite a few hits in their day!!
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Post by: TurnMeOnDeadman on March 27, 2005, 06:35:19 PM: I like "Evil Woman" and "Cant get out of my head"
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: In Blue Hawaii on March 27, 2005, 07:35:08 PM: Their 1st album is quite strange. They have re-written ''I Am The Walrus'' and "Eleanor Rigby" on some of their songs in there.
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Post by: RICKENBACKER325 on March 28, 2005, 06:16:14 PM: I love ELO! Back in the day when you bought an ELO album you got the total package, great music, wild cover art, and in a lot of case's colored vinyl. Nobody else did an lp like ELO.
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: In Blue Hawaii on March 29, 2005, 02:39:51 PM: Love those cover art. :D
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: Ivo on March 30, 2005, 06:33:24 AM: Count me in the group that loves ELO! They get slagged off a lot but Jeff Lynn wrote some outstanding songs and I enjoy their 70's era albums a lot. I thought Zoom was a pretty good return to form too.

I think they got sandwiched into the Disco scene for some reason but strangely, I've never considered their sound to be Disco in any way, shape or form.
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: In Blue Hawaii on March 30, 2005, 08:44:44 AM: Jeff Lynne is really underrated. Yeah I agree, they have their own sound as far as I'm concerned. That ELO sound. Current bands like Grandaddy and Air sound so ELO-esque.
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Post by: In Blue Hawaii on March 30, 2005, 08:47:28 AM: ..it occured to me, even "Real Love" and "Free As A Bird" sound so ELO-esque, the way Jeff Lynne recorded Ringo's snare, etc..
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: Ivo on March 31, 2005, 04:35:19 AM: Quote from: MagicAlex
..it occured to me, even "Real Love" and "Free As A Bird" sound so ELO-esque, the way Jeff Lynne recorded Ringo's snare, etc..

Absolutely.
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: apple sauce on March 31, 2005, 11:07:36 PM: They figured the proper "formula" for making hit songs!
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Post by: Wayne L. on April 01, 2005, 12:33:20 PM: Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Telephone Line & Sweet Talkin Woman are my all time favorites from ELO.
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Post by: Dmitry on March 29, 2024, 01:47:50 AM: One of my fav bands and I just bought tickets for their concert in Austin, TX cheer1
The cheepiest. Three tickets cost less than one ticket on Madonna concert. But who needs Madonna now?
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: Moogmodule on March 29, 2024, 11:23:36 AM: ELO have some great stuff. Enjoy!
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Post by: nimrod on March 30, 2024, 12:16:18 AM: Quote from: Dmitry on March 29, 2024, 01:47:50 AM
One of my fav bands and I just bought tickets for their concert in Austin, TX cheer1
The cheepiest. Three tickets cost less than one ticket on Madonna concert. But who needs Madonna now?
Nice.
I like ELO a lot.
Hope you enjoy Dmitry. ;)
Title: Re: ELO Appreciation Society
Post by: zipp on March 30, 2024, 10:31:06 AM: ELO is a kind of guilty pleasure.

I'm not sure it's hip to like them too much, but I often play their greatest hits CDs.

Hope the concert is good.

Tell us all about it Dmitry.