ELO

[ceagle]

An ole friend (Telbert) sent me an ELO link, and I proceeded forth to listen to many of the old songs, enjoying along the way...
And then I came across this fave ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jUvhJ_Tgzw ...

I can hardly hold back the tears on that one (mixed, but mostly tears of joy)... it sends me back to so many times and places I cherished, and the song had been there with me....

Comments

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*nods* So many great ones!... Be careful though... side 4 also has several cuts that kin gitcha all choked up in the right mood.... ^v^

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

*sniffles* yep, the emotional magic is still there...

And am I wrong to compare ELO with the pre-disco BeeGees (or vice versa)? At least in singing style and feeling but with a fuller, synthesized sound? I had either the 8-track or cassette of Gibbs’ Two Years On and hearing these songs now, as well as their other 60’s and early 70’s pieces is quite a head trip head trip.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

hmmm... *rubs beaky chin* ..I'd say that's a fairly good comparison in some ways.... the pre-disco BeeGees did have a very different sound than they did later, yep.
Perhaps a minor difference in the comparison is that ELO had sophisticated arrangements all along the way. Also whereas the BeeGees had "two" sounds perhaps, I'd venture that ELO had at least "three", ...their pre-NewWorldRecord sound, then their middle era starting with that one, and then a more "synth" sound later starting with BalanceOfPower.