Posted on 09/07/2021 4:55:21 PM PDT by simpson96
Recorded in 1976 at Musicland, Munich, West Germany, the song features a dramatic orchestral opening before transforming into an upbeat rock song. Although never released as a single, the song was a fan favorite and was performed live at every ELO concert including the Zoom tour in 2001. When inducting ELO into the Rock and Hall of Fame, Dhani Harrison made several references to the song, saying "Someone had actually thrown me down a line, and my life was changed."
Electric Light Orchestra - "Tightrope" (1976)
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When Jeff Lynne was dating supermodel Rosie Vela, she sang with him. I liked her album “Zazu.”
Mr. Blue Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flR_v0XOC_U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvBOZCrJsAI&list=RDlvBOZCrJsAI&index=1
Electric Light Orchestra - Livin’ Thing (Official Video)
So under rated.
Fair enough.
CC
Jeff Lynne was the third-most-talented member of the Traveling Wilburys, after Tom Petty and Roy Orbison.
Bob Dylan has zero talent.
That is the first time I have heard that explanation of how ELO got their name, thank you.
More talented than George Harrison? Well it’s just opinion given in jest and fun. George had basically been pushed aside by the massive Lennon-McCartney ego monster. Hard to recover from a decade of that oppression.
My screen gets blurry at these kinds of videos.
I would put Harrison fourth, after Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne, but that isn’t a knock on Harrison, because he absolutely was talented and I understand why a lot of people like his songs.
I wouldn’t characterize Harrison’s time in the Beatles as oppression, but rather a blessing, since he got to work with the greatest songwriter of all time, Paul McCartney.
Or rather, Paul McCartney’s replacement, AKA Billy shears.
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That’s also my favorite ELO song.
I’ve read that it was also John Lennon’s favorite ELO tune, but who knows.
I love the intro to “Fire On High”
Face the Music is my favorite ELO album.
I love this song that closes the album.
One Summer Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK9MFxWpHgQ
I enjoyed that.
Thanks for posting.
Lynne was a Birmingham chap in a band The Idle Race whom Wood had been pursuing for some time, since founding member/bassist Ace "The Face" Kefford pulled a bit of a Peter Green, and since drummer Bev Bevan more-or-less fistically dismissed lead singer Carl Wayne.
By 1972 The Move and ELO were essentially the same band with different arrangements, recording "ELO 1" and The Move's "Message From The Country" simultaneously, and with Lynne and Wood contributing tracks to both projects.
Wood would leave due to disagreements during the ELO 2 recordings, to form the band Wizzard, leaving Lynne to carry on.
By 1975 it was widely felt that Wood had been the more successful side of the split, especially in the UK, though neither had really cracked over in the US. Perceptions would change through the rest of the decade, ELO became absolutely massive in the US as Lynne began writing (and recycling) tracks with a more... dare I say Move-y?... pop style for ELO. The average Brit by the mid-late 70's would still more readily recognize Wood's Wizzard than Lynne's ELO.
Jeff Lynne’s ELO is my #1 favorite artist /group. Proud member of the Freeper ELO fan club. Their last tour was perfection.
The guy is super talented.
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