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I remember when the music of ELO was considered cutting edge. In high school, we were blown away after hearing "A New World Record" and when their follow-up was released, "Out Of The Blue", a classmate and I rushed home after purchasing it so we could listen to it and try to interpret the lyrics like it was some Beatles record or something. We wasted most of that afternoon transcribing the lyrics onto a legal pad. (Yes, I was quite the nerd in high school and I got beat up often.)

As the years went by, the music of ELO started sounding more and more dated and now as I spin "Turn To Stone" and "Living Thing" on my iPod, I wonder what I ever saw in that music in the first place. Still, it brings back some fun memories. Of all their music, I think nothing beats "10538 Overture."

Now this Michael Edwards (later named something unpronounceable and unspellable after his conversion to some Eastern religion) played a relatively minor part in the group - having left the band right before they rocketed to superstardom. Still, he seemed like a decent enough fellow and he was able to play a cello with a grapefruit - a skill set not many others can brag about. So it's a real bummer that bale of hay smashed into his truck.

after purchasing it so we could listen to it and try to interpret the
lyrics like it was some Beatles record or something.

LOL!....after listening to Fire on High (Burning Bright) for hours...
on end (first 1:20 minutes are reversed :), I can believe that...its mystical
btw: after 2:40 into that song, they played a great guitar/drum riff
U of Ky. Wildcat Basketball program used that sound track in the 70s.