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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 ELO
On The Third Day. This song reminds me of disco!
A New World Record. If you've seen the Adam Sandler movie "Billy Madison", this song is played when Billy calls Danny McGrath, the one who puts makeup on!
Face The Music. If you've seen "Austin Powers in Goldmember", you would hear this song sometime when Dr. Evil is in his cell.
Discovery. This is the Electric Light Orchestra's most popular song.
Out Of The Blue. I heard this song on a commercial, but I forgot what it was.
On The Third Day. This is one of my favorites. You can dance the night away listening to this song!
ELO II. Parts from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is on this song. I guess that's why this song is called "Roll Over Beethoven"!
Out Of The Blue. I wonder if the Electric Light Orchestra liked robots saying "Sweet Talkin' Woman"?
Eldorado. This is another one of ELO's big hits.
Balance of Power. This is one of their last Top 20 hits. It aired in 1986.
| From "Time"
"You brought me here but can you take me back again?" | ELO Fans Only
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Twilight. Another "concept" album, this one tells a story. It would be great to see this done as a rock opera. One interesting note, both of the "concept" albums begin with a narrative. "Eldorado" begins with "The Dreamer, the unwoken fool..." speech and "Time" with the robotic "Prologue" ("Just on the border of your waking mind...")
| The Electric Light Orchestra was formed in Birmingham by members of the Move. The Move were very popular in the UK in the '60s, having had seven singles enter the Top 10 in England. Unfortunately, they were (and still are) virtually unknown in the US.
What song by The Move did Jeff Lynne re-record with ELO? | ELO Fans Only - Part 2 (Tough History)
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Do Ya'. Jeff Lynne had originally turned down Roy Wood's first invitation to leave the Idle Race and join the Move. Only when Wood told Lynne of his idea for a rock band that would include classical instruments did Lynne agree to join the Move until the new project could be fully financed.
Roy Wood would leave after the first ELO album and form Wizzard with Hugh McDowell and Bill Hunt.
Mike De Albuquerque. Mike De Albuquerque joined the band on bass for "ELO II".
Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood handled the duties on bass for the first album.
| In 1974 ELO would release their first concept album, "Eldorado: A Symphony". We are carried through a dreamscape, visiting many lands, experiencing many wonderous sights and being treated to a myriad of musical styles.
The cover of this album depicted the scene from "The Wizard of Oz" where the Wicked Witch tries to remove the ruby slippers from Dorothy's feet, getting a nasty shock for her efforts. The still shot of that scene was reversed on its vertical axis for the album cover.
Who designed this album cover? | ELO Fans Only - Part 2 (Tough History)
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Sharon Osbourne. Sharon Osbourne was born Sharon Arden. Her first job was as secretary for her father's management business, Don Arden Management. Don Arden was one of ELO's managers.
Sharon would later take over the business and marry one of its biggest clients, Ozzy Osbourne. But this wouldn't be the only link between Ozzy and ELO. Read on.
| The "Discovery" album's cover artwork is very Arabic in feel, depicting a young Arab staring into a glowing, three-dimensional construct of the famous ELO spaceship logo.
The Arabic feel continues on the back in what might be a seraglio chamber or just another room in a sultan's castle. At the back of the room is a large man in a turban weilding a nasty looking sword.
Who is this strapping, young model? | ELO Fans Only - Part 2 (Tough History)
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Brad Garrett. Yep, it's actually Bobby Barone!
I wonder if he has to touch the sword to his chin before he lops off your head with it.
| Called ELO's creative masterpiece by Jeff Lynne, "Out of the Blue" was a double-LP. That means two vinyl discs with a groove on either side that reproduces the recorded music by use of a stylus riding in the groove, for those of you born into the CD era.
Anyway, the double-LP came packed with some neat swag. What was the coolest thing it came with? | ELO Fans Only - Part 2 (Tough History)
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A put-it-together-yourself model of the ELO spaceship. The LP also included a poster of the band, with Jeff Lynne's image being the biggest. Bev Bevan and Richard Tandy's were below his and a little smaller, with the string section's being the smallest. There was obviously a heirarchy involved.
I actually bought three copies of this album to replace the damaged spaceship model. Little brothers...
| After "Balance of Power", Electric Light Orchestra was done...or so we thought. What band member won the right to form an offshoot band, called ELO Part II?
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Bev Bevan. Many former band members joined Bev, at one time or another, on studio tracks or in concert with ELO Part II. These included: Kelly Groucutt, Mik Kaminski and Hugh McDowell.
Louis Clark, ELO's string-arranger, played with the band as well.
| After some solo work and playing as with the Traveling Wilburys, Jeff decided to do another ELO album. "Zoom" was, in truth, another solo album with only one ELO bandmate appearing on the album. The album was weak in sales in the US and a North American tour was cancelled.
Which ELO bandmate appeared on the track called "Alright"?
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Richard Tandy. "Zoom" also featured some guest musicians in the form of two former Beatles. George Harrison and Ringo Starr both appear on two tracks...but not the same two tracks.
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