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Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (live)
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Posted on 05/31/2025 6:45:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber

I saw them in Denver, center stage, about row 9. A great show.


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1 posted on 05/31/2025 6:45:48 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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Has anyone else seen them live? What did you think?


2 posted on 05/31/2025 6:46:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Just saw Jeff Lynne and ELO last year. Still great band, great music , great show. Their repertoire is so deep you can’t expect everything in the concert, but they play a lot of great songs.


3 posted on 05/31/2025 6:49:32 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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They did a tour in the 70’s. ‘Spaceship’ took out a lot of seats. Tour lost money. They were pretty good.


4 posted on 05/31/2025 6:49:47 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Not, never went to see them live. Some sweet talking woman always talked me out of it, doggone it.


5 posted on 05/31/2025 6:50:12 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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Great song. Rock Aria is my favorite.


6 posted on 05/31/2025 6:50:32 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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Not, never went to see them live. Some sweet talking woman always talked me out of it, doggone it.

Maybe it was an Evil Woman.

7 posted on 05/31/2025 6:53:19 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I too saw Jeff Lynn’s ELO last fall in St. Louis. It was a great show.

I was sorta hoping they might add Roll Over Beethoven to the show since St Louis is Chuck Berry territory.


8 posted on 05/31/2025 6:54:14 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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They played Roll Over Beethoven when I saw them in Denver.


9 posted on 05/31/2025 6:56:03 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I just have never met anyone named Groos. That is my problem with ELO.


10 posted on 05/31/2025 6:57:08 PM PDT by TBall
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Saw them live in 1977 (as I recall). Had great seats and the sound was great but I wouldn’t call it one of the more inspirational concerns that I went to. Mind you some of the concerts I went to back then were so mind-blowing that everything else was just ok.


11 posted on 05/31/2025 6:57:49 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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Saw them in Phoenix, Celebrity Theater. The stage was in the center and revolved around so every seat was a good seat. They were great!


12 posted on 05/31/2025 6:58:33 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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My all time fav. band! Happy to see this. I saw the “Out of the Blue” concert in Memphis. The giant flying saucer was amazing. Anybody else remember the “Flight of the Bumblebee” cello solo with the laser light dancing around the cello?


13 posted on 05/31/2025 7:04:19 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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"Maybe it was an Evil Woman."

Could be, but eventually she had to Face the Music!

14 posted on 05/31/2025 7:05:20 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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When I feel a bout of depression coming on, I simply listen to ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ about three or four times and it knocks that feeling right out, a truly magical song and achievement!


15 posted on 05/31/2025 7:05:20 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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Great song, Great live concert footage.

there is also a really good semi-recent Doctor Who episode that revolves around this song if you are a Who fan..


16 posted on 05/31/2025 7:05:38 PM PDT by mowowie
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“When I feel a bout of depression coming on, I simply listen to ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ about three or four times and it knocks that feeling right out, a truly magical song and achievement!”

Good Medicine!


17 posted on 05/31/2025 7:07:39 PM PDT by mowowie
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I like that they have a string section.


18 posted on 05/31/2025 7:08:44 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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I once saw a YES concert that had the same revolving stage concept.
Really cool!


19 posted on 05/31/2025 7:09:07 PM PDT by mowowie
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1978, Melbourne Australia, best concert I’ve ever been to. They played for at least 3 hours before the encore and did a 40 minute encore⁰.


20 posted on 05/31/2025 7:09:37 PM PDT by Woodman
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