7 Songs By Electric Light Orchestra That Contain The Word “Blue”
April 21, 2018 5:16 PM Subscribe
Considering how often they've been compared to the Moody Blues (or accused of stealing from them, or among those who didn't know who came first, vice versa)...
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:03 PM on April 21, 2018
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:03 PM on April 21, 2018
*chases fly, obvious to battle around me*
posted by leotrotsky at 7:25 PM on April 21, 2018
posted by leotrotsky at 7:25 PM on April 21, 2018
[says the guy who as a child BEGGED his parents for the ELO debut album] I forgor how good Mr. Blue Sky is. Might have to add some ELO to my work rotation. Also, I didn't recall Jeff Lynne being so scary looking. Maybe I am just having issues with him sans shades.
posted by Samizdata at 7:58 PM on April 21, 2018
posted by Samizdata at 7:58 PM on April 21, 2018
I am fairly sure I had ever seen Jeff Lynne sans shades until five minutes ago. To quote another guy who also had his commercial zenith in the seventies, wish I didn’t know now that what I didn’t know then.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:19 PM on April 21, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:19 PM on April 21, 2018 [2 favorites]
This is EXTREMELY tangential but necessary to link any time any member of the group is mentioned: While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison, and Prince (died two years ago today), who materializes on stage at the end, blisters the skin off everyone's faces, throws his guitar in the air, and dematerializes.
posted by Lyn Never at 8:28 PM on April 21, 2018 [13 favorites]
posted by Lyn Never at 8:28 PM on April 21, 2018 [13 favorites]
Very cool. If you listen to a lot of Bowie you start to notice the prevalence of the colour blue over others in his lyrics too.
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue at 8:32 PM on April 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue at 8:32 PM on April 21, 2018 [1 favorite]
the prevalence of the colour blue over others in his lyrics too.
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue
Eponysterical.
posted by Fizz at 8:48 PM on April 21, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by I'm always feeling, Blue
Eponysterical.
posted by Fizz at 8:48 PM on April 21, 2018 [2 favorites]
Also, Fizz, thank you for reminding me what a sucker I am for Jeff Lynne's voice. There is something about it that really gets me. NO clue what it is, but it gets me. It's been so long since I have heard ELO, I have forgotten that and it makes me smile to rediscover this. This means DEFINITE ELO on the work rotation. (Especially next week. It's going to suck due to building renovation.)
posted by Samizdata at 9:16 PM on April 21, 2018
posted by Samizdata at 9:16 PM on April 21, 2018
Mr. Blue Sky never fails to make me happy. One, because it's just a damn fine song. Two, because my friend's first words to her son after he was born were
Hey you with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration, mister blue sky's up there waitin'
And today is the day we've waited for
She posts the song on Facebook every year on his birthday, and he's just my favorite little kid, and maybe it's because the first words he heard on Earth were ELO.
posted by Ruki at 9:51 PM on April 21, 2018 [11 favorites]
Hey you with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration, mister blue sky's up there waitin'
And today is the day we've waited for
She posts the song on Facebook every year on his birthday, and he's just my favorite little kid, and maybe it's because the first words he heard on Earth were ELO.
posted by Ruki at 9:51 PM on April 21, 2018 [11 favorites]
Oh man my first ever record album was ELO’s Out of the Blue. The one with the spaceship paper model inside. I wish I still had it.
Actually, it may have been my second. I was really in love with Pablo Cruise for a few months there. Or..,?
It’s all jumbled up: ELO, Pablo Cruise, Foghat Live.
No definitely I think it was the ELO. That seems like the same Christmas when the LA Rams and the Minnesota Vikings went at it in the mud.
posted by notyou at 10:32 PM on April 21, 2018 [2 favorites]
Actually, it may have been my second. I was really in love with Pablo Cruise for a few months there. Or..,?
It’s all jumbled up: ELO, Pablo Cruise, Foghat Live.
No definitely I think it was the ELO. That seems like the same Christmas when the LA Rams and the Minnesota Vikings went at it in the mud.
posted by notyou at 10:32 PM on April 21, 2018 [2 favorites]
7 Songs By Electric Light Orchestra That Contain The Word “Blue”
in their titles.
posted by pracowity at 3:00 AM on April 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
in their titles.
posted by pracowity at 3:00 AM on April 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
so much love for ELO here! Later today I think I'll play all their LPs, just for the Blue of it.
posted by james33 at 5:09 AM on April 22, 2018
posted by james33 at 5:09 AM on April 22, 2018
I love Mr. Blue Sky. I'm going to see Jeff Lynne's ELO in August with my sister at Madison Square Garden. My sisters and I grew up with ELO--my mom was a big fan--and I'm pretty freaking excited.
posted by ceejaytee at 7:01 AM on April 22, 2018
posted by ceejaytee at 7:01 AM on April 22, 2018
The first time I got properly high was while listening to ElDorado by ELO. Because of this thread i had a re-listen. Respect! Holds up well.
posted by uraniumwilly at 12:13 PM on April 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by uraniumwilly at 12:13 PM on April 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
ELO is one of the bands that, given their entire music collection, helped me make sense of this life. I bought their entire collection on CD a few years ago and binge listened to them across a couple weekends. It was amazing.
Great thread
posted by JoeXIII007 at 2:17 PM on April 22, 2018
Great thread
posted by JoeXIII007 at 2:17 PM on April 22, 2018
My six-year-old and I were driving around town on a rainy day and played "Mr. Blue Sky" and she had me put the windows down so the sky could hear. And then it stopped raining.
We actually drove to a part of town where it wasn't raining but she thought it was magic.
posted by kirkaracha at 10:05 AM on April 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
We actually drove to a part of town where it wasn't raining but she thought it was magic.
posted by kirkaracha at 10:05 AM on April 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
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