![]() ![]() How is this so low? Shangri-La is one of the high points of the album. The outro always feels grim to me because the lyrics "I will return to ShangriLa" always makes me think that he's about to end his own life. Or ShangriLa is just a metaphor for happiness. The song seems to be about losing a loved one. You can really feel the pain in the singers voice while he sings.Īnd the outro is one of the best in music history. It's a shame this song isn't up there with Telephone Line as they both are beautiful works of art. The lyrics are also easily the best in music history. It should be way more well known than it is. You can't beat thatĭon't bring me down doesn't even compare to this. It describes the rush of speaking to a lover and then being denied by the same lover in one song. "Ok, so no one's answering, but can you just let it ring a little longer.? " One of the most legendary love songs ever. I loved this song when it originally came out and rediscovered it by chance on the radio driving one night in 2008, reminding me just how great Jeff Lynne's ELO is and how much I'd missed his sound over the intervening years. This song creates such emotion and is a masterpiece in music making. This is truly one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. The orchestra compliments the lyrics in such a perfect way. and he wishes nothing more than to hear the voice of the person that has long since faded away from his life. He can't help but reminisce about the beautiful days that passed. These lyrics create such a feeling of melancholic happiness. "I look into the skies (the love you need ain't gonna see you through).Īnd I wonder why (The little things you planned ain't coming true)" Anytime I hear the song I can't help but think about all the people I've lost throughout the years. The song creates such a beautiful, sad and nostalgic feel. This song led to ELO being my favorite band, and is still my favorite song of all time. The ending is the best and most lavish ending of any song I have ever heard. It is simply an amazing blend of vocals and instruments. Kw6sTheaterĪ true masterpiece that sets the sun shining on the rainiest days, brightens the sun tenfold on the sunniest days and makes you grin (almost literally) from ear to ear whenever you hear it. This is my favorite song of all time and it will remain for ever. I love this song so much it got me into the music of the sixties through eighties and after hearing MANY older generation songs, none have quite beaten the quality of Mr. The lyrics are so upbeat, the instrumental parts flawless, and the ending is very calm and relaxing. It's definitely an iconic classic that deserves it's praise and I think that ELO is a brilliant band. I love the catchy and upbeat instruments of this song, plus it reminds me of journeying outside with the sky being blue and sunny. Yet close analysis of selected tracks from throughout ELO’s output in the 1970s and early 1980s reveals that strategic intertextual references to the Beatles abound in their songs, so much so that it is impossible to understand fully the significance of these ELO songs without considering the precursor Beatles tracks that served as their point of intertextual origin.The whole entire "Out of The Blue" album is a daydreamy and atmospheric masterpiece which makes me feel like journeying through space by Electric Light Orchestra in general. Taking such experimental-one might say “symphonic”-late Beatles tracks as “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “A Day in the Life” and “I Am the Walrus” as their point of departure, ELO’s distinctive sound was forged by bringing orchestral instruments into the mix not merely as sweeteners but as full-fledged members of the rock ensemble. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, for example, was paralyzed by his anxiety of influence, but Jeff Lynne, ELO’s leader and main composer, saw the high bar set by the Beatles as a challenge that aspired him to new creative heights as a songwriter and in the recording studio. Author(s): Mark Spicer (see profile) Date: 2018 Group(s): Society for Music Theory – Popular Music Interest Group (SMT PMIG) Subject(s): Music theory, Popular music Item Type: Book chapter Tag(s): Popular Music Studies Permanent URL: Abstract: This chapter focuses on the work of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), a group that emerged in the immediate wake of the Beatles and whose anxiety of influence towards the Beatles is especially apparent. ![]()
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