Anyone else notice an upsurge in the use of ELO/Jeff Lynne compositions in movies, commericals, etc.? "Don't Bring Me Down", "Hold On Tight", "Mr. Blue Sky" and a few others come to mind. Hope Jeff's getting the proper $$$ for their use.
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spok
Atmospheric Disturbance
if not, Its gonna be a showdown
:lmao:
Mystic
We're all born mad
Lol - Good one. I can't get it out of my head.
Chazzer
In Hordious Remissionous
.........in "Eldorado dorado dorado dorado".........on a day that "it's raininin all over the world"
Anyone else here get bummed out when your favorite music gets the "muzak treatment" in commercials, offices and malls? My favorite Steely Dan album gets played non-stop at our grocery store, and for some inexplicable reason, it annoys the heck out of me: Somehow, it is like the music has been tarnished and somewhat ruined for me.
Anybody else with that feeling, or am I going nuts?
Anybody else with that feeling, or am I going nuts?
Steely Dan on Muzak is, to me, the ultimate in irony. If the average shopper had the SLIGHTEST clue about what Don & Walt are saying in so many Dan tunes, they'd run screaming from the store!! "New Frontier" is one I hear frequently, and also run across "What a Shame About Me"...even "The Last Mall". (Now THERE's irony!!)
Windwalker
Super Member
Kinda like hearing Jeff get some airtime, good to know it's not hmmm, errrrr,mmm- The end of the line
and confuses the heck out of the kids when you can sing along to Brand new commericals
But didn't the Who start this trend, several years back,of selling their whole catalog to TV
Happy Jack-Hummer
CSI Miami-theme soung
and confuses the heck out of the kids when you can sing along to Brand new commericals
But didn't the Who start this trend, several years back,of selling their whole catalog to TV
Happy Jack-Hummer
CSI Miami-theme soung
Sansui Louie
Curmudgeon
Jeff Lynne was way ahead of his time. Amazing arranger and producer.
As far as the TV ads go, it does piss me off. But I suppose those guys gotta eat too, and since most of them blew their riches on cocaine and broads when they *had* the money and were a big deal, they probably need the money. I hope they're at least getting some.
I heard some lousy fast food dump hawking their heart attacks to the tune of One More Time by Joe Jackson the other day. I almost puked.
As far as the TV ads go, it does piss me off. But I suppose those guys gotta eat too, and since most of them blew their riches on cocaine and broads when they *had* the money and were a big deal, they probably need the money. I hope they're at least getting some.
I heard some lousy fast food dump hawking their heart attacks to the tune of One More Time by Joe Jackson the other day. I almost puked.
It's a crime Jeff Lynne isn't in the Rock Hall of Fame...he deserves it for ELO alone...not to mention the Wilburys, Tom Petty, etc. I first became aware of Jeff when a friend spun me his copy of The Move's "Message From the Country". I immediately had to find "Looking On"..the first Move album Jeff contributed to...which led me backward to pre-Jeff Move in the form of "Shazam". I was a subscriber to Phonograph Record magazine (originally a house organ for ELO's original label, UA), which clued me in to the fact that Roy Wood and Jeff had a side project called ELO brewing. Meanwhile, Roy and Jeff cut a few more sides as The Move before the breakup...including the immortal original version of "Do Ya" and one of my all-time faves, "Chinatown". 2 minutes and change...a pop masterpiece. I consider it to be one of the high points of my life to have had a chance to knock back a few beers with Jeff and Bev Bevan after an ELO concert...we had an enjoyable discussion about their musical influences. Jeff related taking a road trip in 1964 to see The Beatles...not so much to see the Fab Four, but to catch their opening act...Del Shannon. Jeff credited Del with being a big influence on him, and eventually went on to produce a few tracks for Del prior to his untimely death. "Cry Baby Cry" sounds like Del Shannon as guest vocalist w/ELO...neat. Del was also being recruited to be part of the Traveling Wilburys...but, unfortunately, that was not to be. I must agree w/IXLR8 that "Armchair Theatre" is something that should be in any Jeff fan's collection...it's an interesting disc with a different mood throughout. 2001's "Zoom" was billed as an ELO album...but it's essentially Jeff doin' it all. Tracks were recorded in different rooms in Jeff's house...he laid down the rhythm w/drumming ala Bev Bevan [with a couple guest spots by Ringo], tons of guitar [with two guest appearances by a very sick George Harrison...probably his last recorded appearances], and the patented Jeff Lynne production technique. A very nice disc...too bad it didn't sell big. That and poor advance ticket sales forced the cancellation of a tour to support it. I was seriously bummed. I continue to search for an affordable copy of Rosie Vela's "Zazu" LP...which would satisfy two obsessions at once. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were deeply involved in Zazu's production, and Rosie went on to be Jeff's main squeeze. Watch the "Zoom" video...there she is on backing vocals!
electronjohn well written and very informative. Have Zoom on CD and have listened to it many times, but never read anything about it. Now have a better idea why it keeps finding it's way back into the CD tray. Jeff has on the inner sleeve of Armchair Theatre, God Bless Del Shannon.
Wasn't there some kind of lip snyc issue with ELO on the 'Out of the Blue' tour. Remember it making the news on the local rock station, after that ELO didn't get much air play. Always thought that had something to do with their demise and would affect their Hall of Fame induction.
I don't recall the brouhaha you mention, Punker...but would imagine that with the large amount of overdubbing, etc. used in the recording of an ELO album, some sort of "trickery" may have been needed to get an adequate representation in a live performance. 30 years ago there were no digital goodie boxes available...so the possiblity of some sort of taped augumentation exists. That was the tour where I saw them live...and if it was happening, I sure didn't notice.
