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Electric Light Orchestra - "Tightrope" (1976)
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| 6/6/2013
| ELO
Posted on 09/07/2021 4:55:21 PM PDT by simpson96
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posted on
09/07/2021 4:55:21 PM PDT
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simpson96
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:02:12 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: simpson96
I have loved ELO since first hearing
“I Can’t Get It Out Of My Head”. 1974
In fact, my Girlfriend at that time, gave me the album as a Prom Gift. I think I gave her Candy.
To: simpson96
They opened their world tour in 1978 in Omaha. Had a huge spaceship. Great concert.
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:04:32 PM PDT
by
Mean Daddy
(Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
To: simpson96
The weakest Wilbury. Everything he touches sounds the same. He even turned Bob Dylan into an orchestral player.
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:05:01 PM PDT
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:05:52 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: monkeyshine
Yep. Stay in your own clime Jeff....your mother thanks you for that home though...
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:07:14 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: simpson96
! saw them in Denver in 2018. I was in the center of the floor in front of the stage around row 7. It was a GREAT show!
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:09:02 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:10:25 PM PDT
by
simpson96
To: simpson96
A light orchestra is a small orchestra, with maybe a couple violins and cellos. That’s what ELO is, except with electric violins, cellos, and guitars.
To: simpson96
Love their music. Thanks for posting!
To: monkeyshine
Everything he touches sounds the same. He even turned Bob Dylan into an orchestral player.
He did okay with Del Shannon on his last album (Rock On!), and some interesting work with him in the '70s (Deadly Game, Cry Baby Cry). Others don't work (Help Me, Distant Ghost). Jeff's affinity for falsetto harmonies works well with Del. "Rock On!" was not Del's best work, and the finished product wasn't going to be as much of a "comeback" as the early '80s "Drop Down and Get Me" with Tom Petty was, but it didn't all sound the same, and certainly not like an orchestral work.
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:22:17 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:23:05 PM PDT
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: monkeyshine
Disagree. Even if you don’t like his singing his career producing and engineering albums for other artists stands up with the best of them.
CC
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:33:19 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: simpson96
One of my favorite songs.
CC
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:33:53 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Rock On! sounds almost exactly like the Wilburys.
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:44:26 PM PDT
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monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: Celtic Conservative
No it’s not his singing that bothers me, I actually do like some ELO stuff. It is his producing that bothers me. IMO, a good producer brings out the best of talent to create their own distinct sound. It seems Jeff has too heavy of a personal influence on whatever he produces. Though I’ll concede in most cases that is probably why they hired him.
That said, he is an incredible sound engineer. No doubt about that.
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:47:22 PM PDT
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: monkeyshine
I haven’t heard enough of the Wilburys to make the comparison. What little I heard had a George Harrison vibe.
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:48:08 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: simpson96
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posted on
09/07/2021 5:49:30 PM PDT
by
bgill
(.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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