First Time Hearing Electric Light Orchestrta - Fire On High

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  • @Shnordy
    @Shnordy Рік тому +34

    Thanks for the shout out. I'm now 60 and ELO got me through my teen years back in the day.
    "The music is reversible but time is not. Turn back, Turn back, Turn back, Turn back."
    Jeff Lynne never fails to surprise. Excellent Track.
    Bev Bevan's drumming is superb in this.
    Jeff sure knows how to open an album.

    • @Michaelfourfour
      @Michaelfourfour Рік тому +3

      I was like that Shnordy. I'm 57 now and Face The Music was the first ELO album that I heard (my older brother had it on cassette). Anyway,I'd get home from school and this album was something I would listen to often. I love this album and I love Fire On High (Bev's drumming is superb too. He had that "power drum" sound that would be more used by the metal bands in the 80's). Fire On High and the beautiful One Summer Dream are my favourites but the album is so good from beginning to end.
      I.e "I was like that" - meaning that ELO also helped get me through my teen years as well. :)

    • @Michaelfourfour
      @Michaelfourfour Рік тому +3

      And yes,Jeff sure knows how to open an album.

    • @michaelnorman3393
      @michaelnorman3393 25 днів тому

      ​@@Michaelfourfour Open, and close an album! The likes of Shangri-La, Last Train to London, and Hold on Tight to name a few 😉

  • @steviesellers
    @steviesellers Рік тому +8

    the drummer on this is exceptional

    • @leestockton9367
      @leestockton9367 7 місяців тому +2

      That would be Bev Bevan formally of The Move

  • @andgate2000
    @andgate2000 Рік тому +8

    Marisa's mouth is just open in amazement.

  • @StephenSmith-z9h
    @StephenSmith-z9h 2 місяці тому

    The usual reserved Marissa opens up! Love it! How can you not love this song?

  • @miwnamoh
    @miwnamoh 2 місяці тому +1

    For me the adoration for ELO..it all started with this album in ‘75 when I was 16 years old🥰

  • @paulcardsfan
    @paulcardsfan Рік тому +8

    masterpiece

  • @LouDonisi
    @LouDonisi Місяць тому +1

    Bev Bevan, what a drummer! His talents should've been showcased more.

  • @OldJoe1912
    @OldJoe1912 4 місяці тому

    First album from ELO I bought was A New World Record after being blown away from hearing it for the first time. I followed up with getting Out of the Blue before wanting to know how they got to this point. I knew of The Move and early ELO singles so it was great to trace them back. Loved Eldorado and Face The Music. On The Third Day was also very interesting with the brilliant Daybreaker. Everything previous to these were very experimental especially with Roy Wood's involvement, but you can see how they progressed by listening to the albums in chronological order. Thanks for the posting this video 😊

  • @kevinmkraft
    @kevinmkraft 11 місяців тому +2

    This song is like a rollercoaster ride!

  • @leoiori9675
    @leoiori9675 Рік тому +7

    I always wondered whether Jeff was from outer space ❤️

    • @unrulyjulie4382
      @unrulyjulie4382 Рік тому +3

      Well...he is out of this world! 😊❤

    • @hadavisjr
      @hadavisjr Рік тому +1

      @@unrulyjulie4382 He came from out of nowhere....

    • @RhettRobin
      @RhettRobin 6 місяців тому

      @@hadavisjrfrom out of the blue

  • @chronomatt6990
    @chronomatt6990 Рік тому +14

    You may want to consider “Eldorado Overture” and “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head” combo next. They’re connected songs (Overture is an intro) that must be heard together. “Can’t Get” is sublime and ELO’s first gold hit single.

    • @paulcardsfan
      @paulcardsfan Рік тому

      Yep I did a cover of that song it was so fun . Love it .

  • @robynhurley5119
    @robynhurley5119 Рік тому +1

    OMG i was so scared of this as a preteen. Yet fascinated

  • @stevetaylor7206
    @stevetaylor7206 26 днів тому

    A barnstorming drum performance from bev beavan. The haunting crescendo gets higher to an abrupt end. Jeff's trademark, build it up, then cut it dead.

  • @jaapbruijn1300
    @jaapbruijn1300 6 місяців тому +1

    I think it‘s too short! 😂 The only right comment on this!

  • @old-fashionedJoe83
    @old-fashionedJoe83 4 місяці тому

    I always love watching young people discover this epic music.

  • @V0ID_X5
    @V0ID_X5 Рік тому +2

    The way she was just in shock and awe was amazing! Incredible song! There’s even sorta a story you can piece together from the song...
    Please do Waterfall next!

  • @gregorymurphy9378
    @gregorymurphy9378 10 місяців тому +3

    Listen to one summer dream it is off this same album

  • @leestockton9367
    @leestockton9367 7 місяців тому +2

    This album marked the end of the Progressive Rock phase for Electric Light Orchestra before Jeff Lynne moved them towards a more Pop/Classic/Rock sound then disco, soundtrack, Sci-Fi and on...

  • @mikemopar9989
    @mikemopar9989 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the new ELO song! But please play: ....Hello my old friend..... from 1983!!

  • @rickhawk22
    @rickhawk22 Рік тому +2

    Great reaction! You didn’t even mention the fact that it was more of an instrumental with no lyrics besides the choir. I would continue down the Face the Music path and at least hit the highlights left on it. Next would be their smash hit Evil Woman, you already covered the hit Strange Magic so finish with the closer One Summer Dream.

  • @shahidnazir1825
    @shahidnazir1825 Рік тому +4

    You’ve got to react to Evil Woman from the same album. One of ELO’ s greatest songs

    • @TheHsan22
      @TheHsan22 Рік тому +1

      My ring tone for my ex-wife. I react each time I hear it ;)

  • @jimroberts3268
    @jimroberts3268 3 місяці тому +1

    The intro was done like that as a big group of people was saying one of their songs was satanic so he was playing a joke on them by doing it.

  • @andgate2000
    @andgate2000 Рік тому +1

    Dont forget their final albums from in 83 86.

    • @KD-cd2ck
      @KD-cd2ck 11 місяців тому

      Those weren't the final albums

  • @briano29
    @briano29 Рік тому +2

    She's right it's too short.
    She should listen to Eldorado the album

  • @PaulJR-hp2qm
    @PaulJR-hp2qm 11 місяців тому

    The intro sounds like early Pink Floyd. The ending sounds like the High Chaparral. 👍

  • @reverts3031
    @reverts3031 Рік тому +7

    On a turntable, it's easy to play a record backwards. In the 70s and 80s (and probably even today) there was a conspiracy theory that a lot of rock music carried subliminal messages that were purported to be evil. So, ELO with this in mind, deliberately included a backwards message as a joke.

  • @StephenSmith-z9h
    @StephenSmith-z9h Місяць тому

    Tyler and Marissa, where are you? You both seem to have disappeared. I haven' t seen you do any ELO videos for a long time. Please come back!

  • @martinmintman5279
    @martinmintman5279 8 місяців тому +1

    Am feeling slightly embarrassed that only til I watched this and looked long and hard at the album cover, did I notice the letters ELO as the "marquees." 😬

  • @michaelfowler445
    @michaelfowler445 Рік тому +1

    The music is reversible, but time is not.. turn back, turn back turn back

  • @JoeScottish
    @JoeScottish Рік тому +1

    Looking at the list of your songs you've already done....it looks like you havent done "Telephone Line" yet..... if not, you must do it, this is one of their mega hits, top 10 in the UK and the US....

  • @sps6151
    @sps6151 Рік тому +1

    🤘🤘😝😝🤘🤘

  • @andgate2000
    @andgate2000 Рік тому +2

    Try eldorado and finale.

  • @mymax43
    @mymax43 2 місяці тому

    Have you heard of the controversy over the album sleave for this album?

  • @steviesellers
    @steviesellers Рік тому

    This was a B side to the first ELO single i ever bought called Living Thing

  • @MollieC-uc1fk
    @MollieC-uc1fk Рік тому

    This is kind of their only song without major vocals. It has background only and starts out kind of like a horror movie intro and then moves you around until it gets lighter and more enlightened. ELO really made you think and want to listen to the entire album once you put it on the turntable. Suggest you do that on your own just to feel it and see where it takes you.

    • @PabloDiaz5DMusic
      @PabloDiaz5DMusic Рік тому

      Daybreaker from their third album is also an instrumental song

    • @MollieC-uc1fk
      @MollieC-uc1fk Рік тому +1

      ​@@PabloDiaz5DMusic I did say kind of so...yeah 🙂I don't have all of their albums or CDs of all of their albums so don't get to listen to every song anymore and well, but thanks for posting for others to see. I believe this one is on their greatest hits CD that I have which is usually what I pop in on road trips.

    • @KD-cd2ck
      @KD-cd2ck 11 місяців тому

      The Whale has no vocals at all

  • @womski
    @womski Рік тому

    you talking running it, lol

  • @jimspears5423
    @jimspears5423 11 місяців тому +1

    Just found your channel due to this song. If you want to hear the lyrics reversed:
    ua-cam.com/video/lzmeKHv5k3o/v-deo.html
    OR if you want to hear the entire song backwards:
    ua-cam.com/video/dN_M4AHvmxs/v-deo.html
    The music is indeed somewhat reversable.

  • @Iamtae15
    @Iamtae15 Рік тому

    First

  • @TheRubyrott
    @TheRubyrott Рік тому

    I really don't care about your opinion!

  • @Cosmo-Kramer
    @Cosmo-Kramer Рік тому +23

    Watching Marisa's face light up was worth the price of admission all by itself. Great reaction, to an iconic song. This is actually your 3rd song from, Face The Music: *"Fire On High",* *"Nightrider",* and, *"Strange Magic".* Tyler, you interpreted the album title, with its electric chair cover art/photo correctly, it means to face the music, or to pay the consequences of one's actions/words. Having said that, there's no such permeating theme through the LP, it is not a concept album. Also Tyler, whatever you did to address the audio, it worked. Sounded great. Well done, it makes a big difference with respect to our enjoyment of the songs. So whaddya say, are you two ready for what many consider as Jeff's magnum opus, the concept album, Eldorado?!? If so, remember that your 1st reaction would include the first two tracks, *"Eldorado Overture",* and, *"Can't Get It Out of My Head".* And also, you will both need to read the lyrics as you listen to the songs, and then analyze them in your reaction. Whatever you miss, or misunderstand, we'll fill you in with in the Comments sections. But ya gotta try to analyze them, as that's the whole point of doing the album's tracks sequentially, to understand the concept behind the whole album, permeating it, as the story develops track by track by track. Are you ready?? :D

    • @marksharmanmusic1
      @marksharmanmusic1 Рік тому +3

      I just wanted to say after abba , my next love in the 70’s was ELO so really pleased you reviewed this amazing track. Remember this was early / mid 70’s so I think the engineer and arrangers on this including Louis Clark’s strings were amazing for the time period. They wouldn’t have had unlimited tracks like now so some of the effects and probably bounces between what 16 maybe 24 tracks were incredible . I used to listen to this track in the dark on my dads super massive stereo and put it on loud, especially when my parents were out. I d be playing the drums, that crazy fast acoustic and singing with the choir. Tremendous record. Well done guys . I love your taste !

    • @Cosmo-Kramer
      @Cosmo-Kramer Рік тому +1

      @@marksharmanmusic1 Yes, this song definitely had to be cranked all the way up! lol

    • @Shnordy
      @Shnordy Рік тому +1

      I have to agree. "Eldorado" was the first ELO album where Jeff was the sole songwriter and producer and got to flex his musical chops sans Roy Wood.
      He basically pick up the musical reigns and ran with it.
      What a beautiful job he did.
      "Eldorado Overture" and "Can't Get It Out of My Head" are a great choice adding more evidence to how good Jeff Lynne is with opening an album.

    • @Cosmo-Kramer
      @Cosmo-Kramer Рік тому

      @@Shnordy Actually, Shnordy, Jeff was the sole songwriter and producer on all but the band's first album. Eldorado is their 4th.

    • @Shnordy
      @Shnordy Рік тому

      @@Cosmo-Kramer Technically you are correct but, I read somewhere a long time ago that he still had "influences" from other band members on the first three.
      I could be wrong. I wasn't there.

  • @flanflinger37
    @flanflinger37 Рік тому +6

    Bev Bevan’s drumming is awesome on this track. I bought the album on release and loved it. There’s no theme to the album but there are some beautiful ballads on it that I’m sure you’ll get to. Loved your reaction btw.

  • @chronomatt6990
    @chronomatt6990 Рік тому +6

    This song is high commercial art and has a fascinating history coming at a time when Jeff perfected the ELO formula. It’s still played on Classic Rock format radio and at sports events today.

  • @DavidGraskemper
    @DavidGraskemper Рік тому +6

    Great reaction! Try "Poker" and "One Summer Dream" from the same album.

  • @m.e.ellingtonthebritauthor9872

    This track was written to represent the climb from hell to heaven eventually reaching the Fire on High.
    The backward speaking was a dig at fundamentalist religious groups who thought ELO's music was for devil worship.
    Jeff has a very British sense of humour.

    • @hadavisjr
      @hadavisjr Рік тому +2

      Yes, you 100% get it! It's also representative of Elijah on Mount Carmel.

  • @warrenbutson349
    @warrenbutson349 Рік тому +4

    Loved the reaction we go from horror movie soundtrack to flamenco funk it’s an amazing instrumental and so great you both loved it

  • @roystoyscomics1361
    @roystoyscomics1361 Рік тому +4

    So this song contains a backwards masking track. If you had a turntable you would be able to play the record the opposite direction to hear the message. If i remember correctly it was: Our music is reversible but time is not, turn back, turn back, turn back. 😅

  • @kwchalky02
    @kwchalky02 11 місяців тому +2

    Such a brilliant track!
    Why did you stop reacting to this album? Think you should return to it once you have finished Eldorado. 🙂

  • @kwchalky02
    @kwchalky02 Рік тому +5

    Loved your reaction to this one. It's a brilliant opening to the album. I'd recommend continuing through this album. The next two tracks are great, Waterfall and Evil Woman, so keep going! Looking forward to it. 🙂

    • @lhpl
      @lhpl Рік тому +3

      I always loved how FOH is followed by _Waterfall_ and I'd suggest including like the last 15 seconds of FOH if they react to _Waterfall_ next.

    • @Michaelfourfour
      @Michaelfourfour Рік тому +2

      @@lhpl Yes Ihpl. That interlude is beautiful

  • @DavidGraskemper
    @DavidGraskemper Рік тому +4

    Backward masked vocals "The music is reversible, but time is not. Turn back, turn back, turn back, turn back".

  • @thomasmorales5677
    @thomasmorales5677 Рік тому +4

    I think part of this ended up as the intro to Wide World of Sports (or something like that).I remember that guitar solo and a guy falling down downhill skiing. Also, Marisa looked that that deaf toddler who got some kind of implant and heard his mom for the first time. Awesomely genuine response!

  • @RoydGriffin
    @RoydGriffin Рік тому +2

    This sounds like straight out of a castlevania soundtrack

  • @kevinmkraft
    @kevinmkraft 11 місяців тому +1

    I a curious why you enjoyed "Fire On High" by not so much "Standing in the Rain."

  • @Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil
    @Monorail-Beyond-the-Veil 11 місяців тому +1

    I love the electric guitar solos in Fire on High. ♥ But the rest of the song, not so much.

  • @PabloDiaz5DMusic
    @PabloDiaz5DMusic Рік тому +3

    Another great ELO instrumental is Daybreaker

  • @gordonlaws8269
    @gordonlaws8269 Рік тому +2

    This was the very first album I bought. No regrets.

  • @thecringeprophet
    @thecringeprophet Рік тому +3

    Evil woman is for sure the next song you guys need to hear!

  • @phil2768
    @phil2768 7 місяців тому +2

    The more you hear this the better it gets and the more you notice

  • @AttorneyBCollins
    @AttorneyBCollins Рік тому +2

    The last choir part is getting clearer in their singing "Fire on High, Fire on High, Fire on High"

  • @hernanpatrik4908
    @hernanpatrik4908 Рік тому +3

    Hi, friends, muy buena reacción también. De ese álbum peguen justo al blanco con *EVIL WoMAN* una canción Top10 alrededor del Mundo en los Charts
    Greeting from Chile 🇨🇱 País que ustedes deben visitar.

  • @lhpl
    @lhpl Рік тому +1

    It's "one oh five three eight" Overture. The digits are even said that way in the song. And there's nothing wrong with that song. There must have been something wrong with your sound system, your headphones or somewhere inbetween.

  • @scottyfing9183
    @scottyfing9183 18 днів тому

    I remember back in my early teens. Going to a local amusement park, where they had an enclosed Scrambler that would play this song with multicolored strobe lights and Dali-esque images on the dome. It was great!

  • @headrushindi
    @headrushindi Рік тому +1

    This was actually sort of a prelude for the record. an Instrumental preface.
    Note of Trivia...The fast guitar part in the middle was used in the late 1970's as the theme opening tune for the ABC Sunday program called the (Wide World of Sports)

    • @Cosmo-Kramer
      @Cosmo-Kramer Рік тому +1

      Actually, it was for a rival Saturday sports show called, *CBS Sports Spectacular.*

  • @arthurdturner3394
    @arthurdturner3394 4 місяці тому

    Around the White Album period (and beyond), the Beatles loved to smash three or four somewhat unrelated music ideas together into an integrated whole. Happiness is a Warm Gun, A Day in the Life, Side 2 of Abbey Road, Band on the Run...

  • @StephenSmith-z9h
    @StephenSmith-z9h 2 місяці тому

    If "Fire on High" isn't 1 of the best album openers perhaps of all time [ @ least in that genre ] then what song is?

  • @bobdelp2023
    @bobdelp2023 Рік тому +1

    AND THEN IT GOES INTO ( EVIL WOMAN ) YOU GUYS! 😊PRETTY AWESOME!

  • @marksharmanmusic1
    @marksharmanmusic1 Рік тому +1

    Loved yours and Marisa’s reaction:) I just wanted to say after abba , my next love in the 70’s was ELO so really pleased you reviewed this amazing track. Remember, this was 1975, so I think the engineer and arrangers on this including Louis Clark’s strings were amazing for the time period. They wouldn’t have had unlimited tracks like now so some of the effects and probably bounces between what 16 maybe 24 tracks were incredible, as well as some of the warping/ flange type sound effects. I used to listen to this track in the dark on my dads super massive stereo and put it on loud, especially when my parents were out. I d be playing the drums, that crazy fast acoustic and singing with the choir. Tremendous record. Well done guys . I love your taste !

  • @paulcarro371
    @paulcarro371 6 місяців тому

    They used to play the scary beginning part on black light/strobe light carnival rides at the state fair. (The gravitron where you get inside and it spins and you are stuck to the wall.) You got scared because of the music then the ride started and the real fear took over.

  • @Tyler-wl8kq
    @Tyler-wl8kq 26 днів тому

    It puts you through a story is an excellent analysis

  • @AndrewYawger
    @AndrewYawger 2 місяці тому

    Were you two hiding under rocks this been around 50 years

  • @stevemccormack9948
    @stevemccormack9948 Рік тому +1

    That choir chorus was so sweet. I would have given it a few more bars at the end.

  • @guyschmidt40
    @guyschmidt40 Рік тому +1

    The lyrics in the beginning are " lyrics can be rewound, time can't, rewind , rewind , rewind" played backwards

  • @kevinwatts661
    @kevinwatts661 11 місяців тому

    Jeff Lynne has made a small fortune licensing his music to sports networks.

  • @Pugwash.
    @Pugwash. 10 місяців тому

    Just check out the back cover of this album. I think it sums it up!

  • @Geraldfordkmfdm
    @Geraldfordkmfdm Місяць тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @jimcomvideos
    @jimcomvideos 10 місяців тому

    Great reaction. Keep smilin'. There is a backwards message in the intro. Something like "You can turn the music back, but you can't turn back time". Then, "Turn back, turn back, ... over and over.

    • @JeffLynnesELOFan
      @JeffLynnesELOFan 7 місяців тому +1

      The music is reversible but time is not...Turn back...

  • @razziade
    @razziade 3 місяці тому

    When all the children of the 60s, 70s, and 80s pass on, I hope that future generations will carry this music that I grew up with and loved, into the future. "The music is reversible, but time is not".

  • @The_M0nkeyMan
    @The_M0nkeyMan Рік тому

    Evil Woman is another good one from Face The Music and probably one of their greatest hits that I think you guys should do. Other than that I think I still think you guys need to start Eldorado with Eldorado Overture/Can’t get it out of my head together!

    • @JoeScottish
      @JoeScottish Рік тому

      Agree with Eldorado Overture/Can’t get it out of my head, and/or Evil WOman

  • @auntvesuvi3872
    @auntvesuvi3872 Рік тому

    Thanks, Marissa! Thanks, Tyler! 🔥 I love how delightfully strange their older stuff is. #TylerCreatesContent #TCCReacts #ELO #ElectricLightOrchestra #FireOnHigh

  • @rockrips
    @rockrips Рік тому

    If no one else has mentioned it, the vocals at the beginning are backmasking. Played backwards it says something. They did lots of that, especially on the Secret Messages album. It was a big deal for awhile, even J. Geils Band did it in their song "No Anchovies Please."

  • @bobdelp2023
    @bobdelp2023 Рік тому

    THIS WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE ALBUM ( FACE THE MUSIC ) OF THEIRS YOU GUYS😊THE 2 BIGGGGG HITS WERE : EVIL WOMAN & STRANGE MAGIC😊 YESSSSS, IT'S CALLED EARLYYYYY E.L.O.