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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHappy Birthday Jeff Lynne!! Post your favorite ELO song here
I dare you to watch this video and not be smiling at the end of it - it can't be done!!!
onehandle
(51,122 posts)love this song!
klook
(12,134 posts)I had the pleasure of playing this on keyboard with a wedding band (at a family member's wedding!). I think everybody was floating off the ground about a foot anyway, and we levitated them maybe another couple of inches.
It's really a hard tune to play, by the way -- some tricky chord changes and those stops/starts are easy to miss. Exceedingly cool song -- sounds like it could have been a Beatles song from the Sgt. Pepper's era.
Thanks for the video!
Frank Cannon
(7,570 posts)YesI'mturnin'tostonecauseyouain'tcomin'homewhyain'tyoucomin'homeifI'mturnin'tostone
youbeengoneforsolongthatIcan'tcarryonyesI'mturnin'I'mturnin'I'mturnintostone...
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)The movie Xanadu sucked but I loved the music.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Great minds and all that.
Though I also still have great love for Don't Bring Me Down.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)G M T A
Wishing you a wonderful New Year!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)and I am wishing,
same to you
Ms. In_The_Wind
The year is new
Hope yours is happy through and through.
vanlassie
(5,637 posts)My husband singing quietly to our firstborn ... "Strange Magic..."
Thanks for that sweet memory!
caraher
(6,276 posts)For him, it was all about the chord changes... I'm no musician but it was fun to hear him talking about what made the song "work" for him
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)One of the saddest songs I think I've ever heard..."What can you do when your dream world is gone, and your friends and lovers too?"
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)It's one of those great albums that has to be played in it's entirety to be truly enjoyed!
mockmonkey
(2,778 posts)I couldn't pick an absolute favorite from so many choices.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Phentex
(16,330 posts)if you know what a peel is, you can hear how this music would lend itself to the routine.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...no one posted this, yet.
Have you seen the documentary about Jeff Lynne? I had no idea he had been involved with so many projects. And, I have a tiny bit of a crush on him, too.
Iggo
(47,487 posts)The one from the OP has grown on me in recent years, though.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)It's the largely forgotten and underrated concept album "Time" from 1981. Listening to it today reminds me how prescient it was.
Happy Birthday Jeff!
Steerpike
(2,692 posts)caraher
(6,276 posts)MissMillie
(38,452 posts)this one!
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)(And Chuck Berry beats all.)
Happy Birthday Jeff!