Don’t just listen to Mr. Blue Sky, listen to the whole Concerto for a Rainy Day, which starts with Standing in the Rain and ends with Mr. Blue Sky. I TRULY think it would be something surprisingly enjoyable for you!
Very much so. The individual parts of Concerto For A Rainy Day are intended to be listened to together. Most people only know Mr Blue Sky, which is a huge shame - they are missing out on a greater piece of music. I think the concerto approach will be particularly appreciated by a classical musician.
Absolutely! Has to be the whole Concerto for a Rainy Day. Takes you on an incredible, cinematic musical journey that makes Mr Blue Sky complete, showcases the immense talents of Jeff and the band - all inspired by the weather! Perfect music for getting lost in.
This song hits close to home. My wife passed away a couple of years after this song came out. I can relate to the line "Let it ring forever more". I too would let the phone keep ringing, hoping that one day she would answer...
The Song is simple….It’s a yearning to reconnect with the past. A wish to be with a long lost love, to be able to relive one’s youth…A need to escape from the reality of a mundane life, that creeps up on us as we age.
The telephone ring sound is an almost perfect match for: Analog, 1975, long-distance ring tone; The voice is spot on with the tin-ish, single-ear, mono sound. The only thing missing is the 2-3 second delay between when you speak and they hear it. *On a side note before answering machines, you could call any number and it would ring until either you hung up or they answered, hours, days, or weeks later.
A world that is long gone, I have a nephew who is now 35, a number of years ago I was telling him about the time of my youth in the 70's, three tv channels that closed down late in the evening and didn't reappear until late in the afternoon, fixed telephones and no mobiles or computers in the home, he couldn't comprehend or grasp it, that lived experience was so foreign to him.
Fun fact: when one person calls another on a landline, the call doesn't really end until the originator hangs up. If the receiver hangs up and picks up again quickly, the call will reconnect. I haven't tested how long this effect lasts, but it still works. The voice sounding "tin-ish" replicates the analog phones compression (clipping the lows and highs due to the massive capacitance of MILES of twisted copper wire). This can be replicated in a studio with a variable bandpass filter which can produce the effect heard when it gradually opens up the bandwidth to his full singing voice. I always love hearing that transition from compressed to full spectrum.
@@stefanbaumgartner4878I agree. When compared to their earlier work it just feels “okay”. For anybody else it would be an outstanding piece, but we’re talking about ELO here. There were good tracks on “Out of the Blue” but *Mr. Blue Sky* isn’t one of my personal favorites. Although I do understand why some might have a greater appreciation for it.
ELO "Can't Get It Out of My Head". The melody of the chorus was stuck in my head for decades since I first heard it to the point that I actually thought I invented it because I haven't heard the song since I was a kid
Yes, same experience here. In fact, it’s a great experience to listen to Eldorado Overture and the fade into Can’t Get It Out of My Head. What a well written piece.
As someone who tremendously appreciates Jazz scat, I can't begin to tell you how brilliant the "Doo Wah Doo Lang" sound is in this song. The key to vocal improvisation is that it captures an emotion that otherwise can't easily be translated into a single word yet does it in just a syllable or two. It's creating a whole new language unique to the song. In this case, the syllable "lang" is like a reluctant but patient acceptance of circumstance. When you hear that syllable, you can almost envision a person sighing, slumping their shoulders, sitting down and waiting. I was a huge ELO fan when I was young, and "Doo Lang" became part of my lexicon, anytime something stopped me in my tracks and I had to wait without knowing if I could reach or achieve my objective.
¡Menos mal que no se dio el caso! Y esto lo digo aún gustando mucho del pop de la E.L.O. (en el mismo estilo me gusta mucho más la ELO que Queen, grupo que aborrezco). Es solo mi opinión...Creo además que no se puede poner en el mismo nivel a George Martin, su elegancia y musicalidad clásicas, con Jeff Lynne y su interesante, pero un poco tosco, trabajo de artesanía y manufactura.Y que fue un error hacer algo así cuando se trataron las últimas canciones de los Beatles. Es mi opinión. Perdón por no usar el inglés.
I love your reviews because they let me find new ways to appreciate songs i've been listening to for 5 or 6 decades. These old songs are fun for me again, and I'm listening again. Thank you so much.
48 years ago i fell in love with ELO, through this album, "A New World Record." It started via the first two songs, "Tightrope, and Telephone Line," which i played over and over. Couldn't believe the creativity, and beauty! Eventually the entire nine song album became one of my top three ever!! Thanks so much for your passionate review!! ❤
I have always loved how music can evoke emotions and memories. My dad introduced me to ELO back in the late 70's when we were living in the UK and this song brings me back as if I were still there. We moved to the US in 1981 and 8 years later, as an adult, I moved back. I sparked a relationship with a young lady and her favorite group was ELO. Many times we sat in her tiny flat listening to this music. Eventually that relationship came to an end but I will always remember her and her love for ELO. Good memories.
I saw Jeff Lynne’s ELO in Washington DC on the farewell Over and out Tour. During this song thousands of fans waved their phones with the light on. I am a boomer, 71, and can honestly say ELO transcends age. In addition to many boomers, all age groups were represented! Jeff Lynne = Musical Genius.
The sound of Lynne's voice at the beginning of the song transitions from only picking up mid range tones, to getting the full timbre of his voice by using a recording trick. Old telephones that were in use when the song was recorded had the effect of compressing all highs and lows into that mid range tone. I read somewhere it was because they had a specific type of microphone, but I'm no expert on that. When he is singing "lonely, lonely, lonely" the recording shifts from a telephone style microphone sound to a studio microphone sound. I always thought that was a cool effect.
I can't tell you how much I enjoy these videos with a host who is able to intelligently speak about music. After listening to this song for literally decades, your observations still help me hear something new!
In my opinion, one of the top five songs ever produced. Take you through an emotional journey of reaching out to someone from the past and not being able to connect. A true genius artist.
Welcome to the rabbit hole of ELO.. So many different styles. My favorite is the album TIME. A concept album that must be listened to in entirety. Twilight is a theme. A departure from their previous works.
It's so good to watch and listen to a reaction where the reactor actually offers a good interpretation of the music and a deep understanding of the both the lyrics and context of the song. In the complete oeuvre of Jeff Lynne's work - and that's a lot, you will find no more than half a dozen songs which could be regarded as second-rate. The rest are many levels above most, if not all of what we hear today and maybe of what we heard back in the day!
It's a good time to get program play don't leave you can play the same crap over and over again? Why are they doing the same nonsense question mark how much money do they make because it's not for them it's for us, not for them
@@chrischerrie3337 They're all English words and to paraphrase Eric Morcambe, 'They're all the right words but not necessarily in the right order.' I'm sure there's a meaning to your comment but it's not coming through, I'm afraid.
Hi Amy, Hi Vlad...I was 15 when I first heard this in 1976. I have talked to many folk about this song and the consensus, is that it is a beautifully painted, melodically simple 'emotion' container. It's one of the few songs that make me cry on first listen. Full of pathos and I'm not afraid to say that now, 48 years later, (as I listen and write) my chest has risen and a tear has formed in my crumpled old eye. Yes, I'm a big sap but what can I say except, thank you.
"Telephone Line" and "Mr. Blue Sky" are two of my favorite songs of all time and genres. As a classical cellist I always loved ELO and Jeff Lynne for their ability to bring classical themes and instruments into a pop sound.
MichaelNorman, our time to see them on their "Over and Out" tour is coming up for us on the 25th of October! We are so excited to see them. I am glad to read you enjoyed a spectacular concert! Peace☮
@@janethernandez724 I'm not exaggerating when i describe this band, as one of the finest touring bands ever assembled!! Jeff has 8 others contributing to the vocals, 3 to guitar, 3 to keyboards, (one goes back, and forth between the two) 2 cellists, 1 violinist, 1 bassist, and the great Donavan Hepburn on drums! It's such a full, and rich sounding band!! Hope you have as wonderful an experience as us!! PS The opening act, "Rooney" was was also highly enjoyable!!
Loved this band since I was in HS in the 70s. This song and others of theirs were awesome on headphones, especially to my then 15 yo ears. I bought a shirt at Tower Records. Some girl at school who didn't know them yet asked, "What's El-O?" Seeing Jeff Lynne's ELO for the 1st time end of this month. I heard they have great sound and visuals, including lasers. John called them "Sons of the Beatles." Jeff produced Real Love, Free as a Bird and helped with Now and Then. Can't wait to see them.
I loved it! I have been eagerly waiting for you to return to ELO, and this was a great choice. I was waiting with great anticipation for you to say the words, "I love this," since I really thought you would. Perhaps you have found your new favorite song on your journey. I remember being mildly disappointed that you didn't appreciate "Livin' Thing" as much as I had hoped, although you did like it. I can see though why you would like this better, but you should listen on your own to "Livin' Thing" again, with the studio version this time. I think with your greater exposure you will enjoy it more now. I am so glad you want to explore more ELO in the future. They have several great ones for you to enjoy. You should also check out more of Jeff Lynn's other collaborations (you have heard him collaborate with Roy Orbison, along with George Harrison, on "You Got It"), but still haven't heard his work with the Traveling Wilburys (Jeff, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison), or the very popular cover of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Jeff, Tom Petty, Prince and Steve Winwood.
This is such an emotionally-charged piece of music, I think you must not be hearing it the right way. It is about the stark, devastating loneliness of being left by your lover and not being able to reach them by telephone. I think you should wait and listen to this song if you ever have a broken heart, because then you will understand it. Classical music might exist within its own realm, separate from any personal connections. Great popular music doesn't; it expresses the yearnings of living, loving, and losing in a visceral way that is instantly felt by listeners.
No need to imagine. I was in WH Smiths in Sloane Square when this was played, I'd bought it before the song finished. How many songs can you remember first hearing so exactly?
Amy!... You should check out the fun song 'Rockaria' by ELO - here... check out some of the lyrics - "She's sweet on Wagner, I think she'd die for Beethoven, She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune and Verdi's always creeping from her room..." Go on, you know you want to😉
This is a great song, ELO did a lot of fantastic music, please listen to Concerto For A Rainy Day from the Out of the blue album, it is a group of four songs that includes their biggest hit.
In 1988, under the pseudonyms Otis Wilbury and Clayton Wilbury, Jeff Lynne co-founded the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, which also included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.
The ELO album Time is one of my top ten favorites of all time. Looking into the past at artists looking into the future is interesting and the song The Way Life's Meant To Be really hits hard today.
Time is an astonishingly good album that, while not hitting great commercial heights when released, has aged exceptionally well. The world of reaction videos is helping to expose it as something of a masterpiece. Well worth a deep dive.
Oh, my goodness Amy, this is a wonderful reaction to ELO's "Telephone Line" It is one of my favorite songs by them from my preteen years to this very day. I am surprised to know that this is your second Electric Light Orchestra song you have listened to. I took a tiny peak at your reaction to "Livin' thing" and it surprises me it was a live version instead of the original studio recording. I will get back to that reaction in a little bit. Jeff Lynne was heavily influenced by the Beatles, in fact, he had the opportunity to meet them while they were recording their "White Album". We have the opportunity to see them perform live in their "Over and Out" tour on 10/25/24, ELO is retiring. In my opinion there is a lot of music to enjoy listening to when it comes to Electric Light Orchestra. You may like "Shangri - La" oh and a personal gem of mine that I think you may enjoy by ELO is "Concerto for a Rainy Day", "Mr. Blue Sky" is an upbeat, feel-good song I think you might enjoy listening to and then there is "Rockaria" Another upbeat song that starts off with an Opera singer for the opening. My favorite line from that song is 🎵"She's sweet on Wagner, I think she'd die for Beethoven, she likes the way Puccini lays down a tune, and Verdi's is always creeping from her room "🎵 does that catch your attention? Another favorite is "Last Train to London", oh, and "Twilight" is another favorite of mine, there is so much more though. I enjoyed your reaction. Peace. ☮
I love ELO and grew up listening to their music on the radio as well as my older sister's album collection. At 13 I finally received ELO's Discovery album and I have loved their music ever since! My sister was 6 years older than me and got to see them live in Concert! I would have loved to see them live in the 70's, and 80's. I love their new album called Zoom and their Zoom concert is phenomenal!! Thank you!!
There was an imitation of a phone. In the beginning of the first verse , the high and lower frequencies were removed, making it sound like it was played over a phone.
Over the years I've sometimes wondered when I learnt to play the guitar. Now I know it was 1977. This was the first song I learnt to play. An absolutely lovely song. I'm not surprised it went to No. 1 in NZ as being a Kiwi, I remember it being played on the radio - all the time!
So glad you gave ELO another listen. By far my favorite band. "Telephone Line" is one of their best produced songs, but believe me there are many, many others. Jeff Lynne is a true musical genius. Try "Shangri-La" or "Mr. Blue Sky" next.
The start is the sound of a land line making an international connection in the olden days.Jeff still doing great things and have enjoyed fifty years of his genius.
This song is just pure genius. While listening to every nuance, all the instruments, and all the parts that were created to come together to make this deeply complex composition, you have to wonder how Jeff came up with it all. He wrote every note and word. He did that for the entire 2 album set.
6:40 I think what you're hearing here is the transition from audio that has been run through a notch filter to unfiltered audio. That's where the sense of more bass comes in. Back before cell phones took over, the wired phone network tightly filtered audio over the phone lines to eliminate the low-frequency hum that would be created by sending the audio over long stretches of wire. Back in the 70's, this was universally expected when using a phone, and when ELO released "Telephone Line", with the filtered intro music and his first word we understood that he was on the phone. The transition to unfiltered audio happens at the point where Jeff reveals that the conversation is imagined - further emphasizing the difference between his imagination and the reality of the situation.
"OK, so no one's answering. Can you just let it ring a little longer, longer..." So powerful and painful. Who hasn't been there? Who hasn't felt that pain? This is the saddest breakup song that I can think of. It certainly reminds me of one of my breakups, and the heartbreak of no one picking up on the other end. Just beautiful.
Everything about this song tugs my heartstrings every time. From nostalgia to referencing moments in time, to the song song melody of the chorus to the melancholy overall. Just hits you.
I love this song so much! I highly recommend you listen to side three of their album "Out of the Blue" if you haven't already done so. It consists of the songs "Standin' in the Rain," " Big Wheels," "Summer and Lightning," and "Mr. Blue Sky" and it's collectively known as "Concerto for a Rainy Day." Also listen to their cover of "Roll Over Beethoven," I think you'll really like it.
This song has a deep effect on me after my devorice . I felt like such a FAILURE even after telling my then wife of the abuse I got from my older brother she didn't understand me OR how damaged I am. This song reminds me SO MUCH of past relationship's that never worked out.
Wonderful that you enjoyed this. It is an amazing tune. I interpret the "fairy" music as a "dream-like" sound-scape. The song, to me, is wistful, and the caller is wishing.
I love the weather! Sunshine, cloudy days, thunder and lightning. Everything about the weather creates moods that reflect human moods. I love Jeff Lynne because he thinks the same way and loves to add the weather and associated "weather music" into his songs.
Love the channel. One song you may enjoy listening to is "All by myself" by Eric Carmen. It's a very emotional song which has a solid classical music connection as it incorporates part of the melody from Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto number 2. Just a meager suggestion
Ever since I saw The movie Billy Madison whenever I hear this song. I will always think of that scene with Steve Buscemi talking to Adam Sandler on the phone hanging up and leaning back applying lipstick on himself.
Amy the thing I think we all like about your videos is how they recall for we viewers the effect of hearing these things for the first time ourselves - I was 7 or so years old in the 70s when I first heard Telephone Line on a very basic red "record player in a box" and, alongside things like Bohemian Rhapsody, Art for Art's Sake (10CC), The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band) and Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush) it felt truly magical - more accessible as a child than classical music, but still with some of those subtleties and thematic developments in the music that is informed by classical music but lost in much of standard rock and pop music. Jeff Lynn was a real master of that even though he also loved tub thumping rock and roll too. May I strongly recommend that you consider something from 10CC, Kate Bush and The Moody Blues for your upcoming videos - in view of what you've listened to so far I'm certain you won't be disappointed. As someone has said before about you, come to the UK and we'll make you a National Treasure (bring Rick Beato too!)
i remember listening to several tracks from this album on the radio when it first came out, including this song, and they blew me away. outstanding album from an outstanding band
Just seen them in Chicago 9/28, one of the best concerts I've been to in recent years. They still knock it out of the park. If you get the opportunity to see them, do it before its to late.
i sat several rows behind jeff lynne at one of ringo starr's all starr band shows. he has a definite connection to the beatles,both inspired by and working with them (after the break up of course). i think you will enjoy ELO's cover of chuck berry's "roll over beethoven". it's classical music and rock and roll crashing head on.
Don’t just listen to Mr. Blue Sky, listen to the whole Concerto for a Rainy Day, which starts with Standing in the Rain and ends with Mr. Blue Sky. I TRULY think it would be something surprisingly enjoyable for you!
"Concerto for a Rainy Day" - 4 songs
@@MadMax-pu1kj That’s it! Thanks!
Very much so. The individual parts of Concerto For A Rainy Day are intended to be listened to together. Most people only know Mr Blue Sky, which is a huge shame - they are missing out on a greater piece of music. I think the concerto approach will be particularly appreciated by a classical musician.
Absolutely! Has to be the whole Concerto for a Rainy Day. Takes you on an incredible, cinematic musical journey that makes Mr Blue Sky complete, showcases the immense talents of Jeff and the band - all inspired by the weather! Perfect music for getting lost in.
Blue sky is a wonderful song, but it doesn’t really highlight the musicianship of Jeff Lynn I probably listened to this sweet 100 times
This song hits close to home. My wife passed away a couple of years after this song came out. I can relate to the line "Let it ring forever more". I too would let the phone keep ringing, hoping that one day she would answer...
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The Song is simple….It’s a yearning to reconnect with the past. A wish to be with a long lost love, to be able to relive one’s youth…A need to escape from the reality of a mundane life, that creeps up on us as we age.
Jeff is one of the best melodic songwriters of the past 50 years. Endless memorable melodies.
"Can't Get It Out of My Head" It´s a great ELO´s song too
Please forgive my bad pun, but I "Can't get it out of my head".
Fire On High!
@@hoon_sol The music is reversable, but time is not.......go back......go back!.......GO BACK!!.....
"Can't get it out of my head " is where I hear Lennon. I hear McCartney in this song.
On the same album as the brilliant Eldorado!
This was the 70’s when it was always about the music. One of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Glad you enjoyed it.
The telephone ring sound is an almost perfect match for: Analog, 1975, long-distance ring tone; The voice is spot on with the tin-ish, single-ear, mono sound. The only thing missing is the 2-3 second delay between when you speak and they hear it. *On a side note before answering machines, you could call any number and it would ring until either you hung up or they answered, hours, days, or weeks later.
A world that is long gone, I have a nephew who is now 35, a number of years ago I was telling him about the time of my youth in the 70's, three tv channels that closed down late in the evening and didn't reappear until late in the afternoon, fixed telephones and no mobiles or computers in the home, he couldn't comprehend or grasp it, that lived experience was so foreign to him.
Fun fact: when one person calls another on a landline, the call doesn't really end until the originator hangs up. If the receiver hangs up and picks up again quickly, the call will reconnect. I haven't tested how long this effect lasts, but it still works. The voice sounding "tin-ish" replicates the analog phones compression (clipping the lows and highs due to the massive capacitance of MILES of twisted copper wire). This can be replicated in a studio with a variable bandpass filter which can produce the effect heard when it gradually opens up the bandwidth to his full singing voice. I always love hearing that transition from compressed to full spectrum.
Yes! I remember that sound.. just let it ring... lol
That transition from dead mono telephone squawk to a full-bodied orchestral sound. Makes you wonder how they did it.
With station to station calls having the switch board operator still on the line.
It's kind of a crime you haven't listened to Mr. Blue Sky yet, it IS one of the happiest songs you will ever hear.
True, but Mr. Blue Sky is experienced best as the final track of the 4-song Concerto for a Rainy Day
@@GarrettEulett agreed, and Amy may enjoy it fully that way, and oddly enough, I had the same thought minutes after posting.
It's overrated
@@stefanbaumgartner4878I agree. When compared to their earlier work it just feels “okay”. For anybody else it would be an outstanding piece, but we’re talking about ELO here. There were good tracks on “Out of the Blue” but *Mr. Blue Sky* isn’t one of my personal favorites. Although I do understand why some might have a greater appreciation for it.
@@stefanbaumgartner4878 It's a good song, but there are a good number of ELO songs I personally prefer over it.
Lynne was in The Travelling Wilburys with Harrison (and Dylan, Orbison, and Petty).
ELO "Can't Get It Out of My Head". The melody of the chorus was stuck in my head for decades since I first heard it to the point that I actually thought I invented it because I haven't heard the song since I was a kid
Yes, same experience here. In fact, it’s a great experience to listen to Eldorado Overture and the fade into Can’t Get It Out of My Head. What a well written piece.
As someone who tremendously appreciates Jazz scat, I can't begin to tell you how brilliant the "Doo Wah Doo Lang" sound is in this song. The key to vocal improvisation is that it captures an emotion that otherwise can't easily be translated into a single word yet does it in just a syllable or two. It's creating a whole new language unique to the song. In this case, the syllable "lang" is like a reluctant but patient acceptance of circumstance. When you hear that syllable, you can almost envision a person sighing, slumping their shoulders, sitting down and waiting. I was a huge ELO fan when I was young, and "Doo Lang" became part of my lexicon, anytime something stopped me in my tracks and I had to wait without knowing if I could reach or achieve my objective.
John Lennon said that, had the Beatles continued into the 1970s, they'd have most likely sounded like ELO.
¡Menos mal que no se dio el caso! Y esto lo digo aún gustando mucho del pop de la E.L.O. (en el mismo estilo me gusta mucho más la ELO que Queen, grupo que aborrezco). Es solo mi opinión...Creo además que no se puede poner en el mismo nivel a George Martin, su elegancia y musicalidad clásicas, con Jeff Lynne y su interesante, pero un poco tosco, trabajo de artesanía y manufactura.Y que fue un error hacer algo así cuando se trataron las últimas canciones de los Beatles. Es mi opinión. Perdón por no usar el inglés.
John had quite an ego going.
@@mkshffr4936 success went to his head, like a bulle... Oh... Lol, loser druggie
@@mkshffr4936yes he did
I highly doubt it. They were a pretty simple band.
I love your reviews because they let me find new ways to appreciate songs i've been listening to for 5 or 6 decades. These old songs are fun for me again, and I'm listening again. Thank you so much.
48 years ago i fell in love with ELO, through this album, "A New World Record."
It started via the first two songs, "Tightrope, and Telephone Line," which i played over and over. Couldn't believe the creativity, and beauty! Eventually the entire nine song album became one of my top three ever!!
Thanks so much for your passionate review!! ❤
Tightrope is an incredible song
I have always loved how music can evoke emotions and memories. My dad introduced me to ELO back in the late 70's when we were living in the UK and this song brings me back as if I were still there. We moved to the US in 1981 and 8 years later, as an adult, I moved back. I sparked a relationship with a young lady and her favorite group was ELO. Many times we sat in her tiny flat listening to this music. Eventually that relationship came to an end but I will always remember her and her love for ELO. Good memories.
Another excellent telephone motif song is Operator by Jim Croce!
"Sylvia's Mother" by Dr. Hook has to be added to the list.
Probably the best ELO song
💡This song ALWAYS chokes me up as the gateway to E.L.O.🛸
ELO’s “Shangrila” is simply the most achingly beautiful song I’ve ever heard.
I always spend 80% of the song just waiting for the outro. 😀
The ending of that song is nothing short of mesmerising, easily the best outro i've heard.
A brilliant end to a masterpiece album
I'd pick One summer dream, but ELO in any case.
@@therealdeal9600Agreed. That repeating outro chord sequence feels like it never should stop. “Faded like ELO on Shangri-La…”
“… she loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
and Verdi’s always creeping’ from her room”
ROCKARIA - Jeff is always so original and innovative.
"Wei..! Oops!"
The nostalgia of this song brings be back, and brings a tear to my eye.
I saw Jeff Lynne’s ELO in Washington DC on the farewell Over and out Tour. During this song thousands of fans waved their phones with the light on. I am a boomer, 71, and can honestly say ELO transcends age. In addition to many boomers, all age groups were represented! Jeff Lynne = Musical Genius.
I'm a huge ELO fan, and "Telephone Line" is one of my very favorites.
I can not WAIT for you to experience their "Mr. Blue Sky"!!
💡”Can’t Get it Out of My Head”!🛸
The sound of Lynne's voice at the beginning of the song transitions from only picking up mid range tones, to getting the full timbre of his voice by using a recording trick. Old telephones that were in use when the song was recorded had the effect of compressing all highs and lows into that mid range tone. I read somewhere it was because they had a specific type of microphone, but I'm no expert on that.
When he is singing "lonely, lonely, lonely" the recording shifts from a telephone style microphone sound to a studio microphone sound. I always thought that was a cool effect.
Telephony was very much clipped to 300Hz to 3.4Kz, making Jeff's Brummie accent sound similar to the more northern Scouse accent 😉
I’m seeing them live in two weeks. Can’t wait! It is their final tour.
i`m not jealous , nope not me !
@@babyfacemichael1 Likewise!
Saw them back in August. They were amazing!
I just saw them a few days ago and the concert experience is awesome
I am soooo very jealous. I looked and Jeff will be nowhere near me :-( But I saw ELO in the 80's for their Time Tour and it was WONDERFUL!
I can't tell you how much I enjoy these videos with a host who is able to intelligently speak about music. After listening to this song for literally decades, your observations still help me hear something new!
I only hear a _little_ bit of Beatles in this - but a WHOLE LOT of 10CC! 😀 Same era too, I guess 🙂
Finally ELO. I adore this band. I really look forward to hearing your insight into more songs from them.
I look forward to more ELO reactions, you are in for a treat and more than just a few surprises.
"Pastoral". Best description of this song I have ever heard.
In my opinion, one of the top five songs ever produced. Take you through an emotional journey of reaching out to someone from the past and not being able to connect. A true genius artist.
Welcome to the rabbit hole of ELO..
So many different styles.
My favorite is the album TIME. A concept album that must be listened to in entirety. Twilight is a theme. A departure from their previous works.
It's so good to watch and listen to a reaction where the reactor actually offers a good interpretation of the music and a deep understanding of the both the lyrics and context of the song.
In the complete oeuvre of Jeff Lynne's work - and that's a lot, you will find no more than half a dozen songs which could be regarded as second-rate. The rest are many levels above most, if not all of what we hear today and maybe of what we heard back in the day!
It's a good time to get program play don't leave you can play the same crap over and over again? Why are they doing the same nonsense question mark how much money do they make because it's not for them it's for us, not for them
@@chrischerrie3337 They're all English words and to paraphrase Eric Morcambe, 'They're all the right words but not necessarily in the right order.' I'm sure there's a meaning to your comment but it's not coming through, I'm afraid.
Hi Amy, Hi Vlad...I was 15 when I first heard this in 1976. I have talked to many folk about this song and the consensus, is that it is a beautifully painted, melodically simple 'emotion' container. It's one of the few songs that make me cry on first listen. Full of pathos and I'm not afraid to say that now, 48 years later, (as I listen and write) my chest has risen and a tear has formed in my crumpled old eye. Yes, I'm a big sap but what can I say except, thank you.
"Telephone Line" and "Mr. Blue Sky" are two of my favorite songs of all time and genres. As a classical cellist I always loved ELO and Jeff Lynne for their ability to bring classical themes and instruments into a pop sound.
Jeff Lynne also plays the cello.
I saw Jeff last weekend on his "Over and Out" tour! A spectacular concert!! One of the best i've seen in this this surprisingly long life lol ❤
Wow, what a privilege. 👍
MichaelNorman, our time to see them on their "Over and Out" tour is coming up for us on the 25th of October! We are so excited to see them. I am glad to read you enjoyed a spectacular concert! Peace☮
@@janethernandez724 I'm not exaggerating when i describe this band, as one of the finest touring bands ever assembled!! Jeff has 8 others contributing to the vocals, 3 to guitar, 3 to keyboards, (one goes back, and forth between the two) 2 cellists, 1 violinist, 1 bassist, and the great Donavan Hepburn on drums! It's such a full, and rich sounding band!!
Hope you have as wonderful an experience as us!!
PS The opening act, "Rooney" was was also highly enjoyable!!
@@janethernandez724 How was the concert?!
Loved this band since I was in HS in the 70s. This song and others of theirs were awesome on headphones, especially to my then 15 yo ears. I bought a shirt at Tower Records. Some girl at school who didn't know them yet asked, "What's El-O?" Seeing Jeff Lynne's ELO for the 1st time end of this month. I heard they have great sound and visuals, including lasers. John called them "Sons of the Beatles." Jeff produced Real Love, Free as a Bird and helped with Now and Then. Can't wait to see them.
I loved it! I have been eagerly waiting for you to return to ELO, and this was a great choice. I was waiting with great anticipation for you to say the words, "I love this," since I really thought you would. Perhaps you have found your new favorite song on your journey. I remember being mildly disappointed that you didn't appreciate "Livin' Thing" as much as I had hoped, although you did like it. I can see though why you would like this better, but you should listen on your own to "Livin' Thing" again, with the studio version this time. I think with your greater exposure you will enjoy it more now. I am so glad you want to explore more ELO in the future. They have several great ones for you to enjoy. You should also check out more of Jeff Lynn's other collaborations (you have heard him collaborate with Roy Orbison, along with George Harrison, on "You Got It"), but still haven't heard his work with the Traveling Wilburys (Jeff, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison), or the very popular cover of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Jeff, Tom Petty, Prince and Steve Winwood.
This is such an emotionally-charged piece of music, I think you must not be hearing it the right way. It is about the stark, devastating loneliness of being left by your lover and not being able to reach them by telephone. I think you should wait and listen to this song if you ever have a broken heart, because then you will understand it. Classical music might exist within its own realm, separate from any personal connections. Great popular music doesn't; it expresses the yearnings of living, loving, and losing in a visceral way that is instantly felt by listeners.
💡Well put- excellently articulated!
Imagine its 1976 and you hear this for the first time on vinyl,. Jeff lynne is a musical genius.
Yup. The guy is a genius…This music wil never die…
No need to imagine. I was in WH Smiths in Sloane Square when this was played, I'd bought it before the song finished. How many songs can you remember first hearing so exactly?
I was 13 at the time. I can hear any one of the songs on that record, and instantly hear the entire album in my mind...
Amy!... You should check out the fun song 'Rockaria' by ELO - here... check out some of the lyrics - "She's sweet on Wagner, I think she'd die for Beethoven, She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune and Verdi's always creeping from her room..." Go on, you know you want to😉
Could be Amy herself : )
I would *love* to watch Amy react to the song telling the story of her own experience!
Love the false start of the opera singer on that song.
@@eightballsidepocket9467 Yeah! 😅
@@eightballsidepocket9467 I’d forgotten that. Totally original and bizarre - brilliant!
If this is the first time you’ve ever heard this, your analysis is quick and amazing.
This is a great song, ELO did a lot of fantastic music, please listen to Concerto For A Rainy Day from the Out of the blue album, it is a group of four songs that includes their biggest hit.
In 1988, under the pseudonyms Otis Wilbury and Clayton Wilbury, Jeff Lynne co-founded the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, which also included Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.
It's so great watching your face as you fall in love with ELO in real time!
The ELO album Time is one of my top ten favorites of all time. Looking into the past at artists looking into the future is interesting and the song The Way Life's Meant To Be really hits hard today.
Time is an astonishingly good album that, while not hitting great commercial heights when released, has aged exceptionally well. The world of reaction videos is helping to expose it as something of a masterpiece. Well worth a deep dive.
YES!!
I always appreciate your intelligent, well considered reactions, Virgin Rock.
Ah great great memories a sad song but yet great joy the genius Jeff Lynne thanks for your reaction
Oh, my goodness Amy, this is a wonderful reaction to ELO's "Telephone Line" It is one of my favorite songs by them from my preteen years to this very day. I am surprised to know that this is your second Electric Light Orchestra song you have listened to. I took a tiny peak at your reaction to "Livin' thing" and it surprises me it was a live version instead of the original studio recording. I will get back to that reaction in a little bit. Jeff Lynne was heavily influenced by the Beatles, in fact, he had the opportunity to meet them while they were recording their "White Album". We have the opportunity to see them perform live in their "Over and Out" tour on 10/25/24, ELO is retiring. In my opinion there is a lot of music to enjoy listening to when it comes to Electric Light Orchestra. You may like "Shangri - La" oh and a personal gem of mine that I think you may enjoy by ELO is "Concerto for a Rainy Day", "Mr. Blue Sky" is an upbeat, feel-good song I think you might enjoy listening to and then there is "Rockaria" Another upbeat song that starts off with an Opera singer for the opening. My favorite line from that song is 🎵"She's sweet on Wagner, I think she'd die for Beethoven, she likes the way Puccini lays down a tune, and Verdi's is always creeping from her room "🎵 does that catch your attention? Another favorite is "Last Train to London", oh, and "Twilight" is another favorite of mine, there is so much more though. I enjoyed your reaction. Peace. ☮
I love ELO and grew up listening to their music on the radio as well as my older sister's album collection. At 13 I finally received ELO's Discovery album and I have loved their music ever since! My sister was 6 years older than me and got to see them live in Concert! I would have loved to see them live in the 70's, and 80's. I love their new album called Zoom and their Zoom concert is phenomenal!! Thank you!!
This is my absolute favourite song from this band.great reaction
Always loved this song, so evocative, I mean we've all been on that end of the phone at sometime right? Thanks for this🙏
You have peeked my interest in deep diving the music I enjoy so much. I love your energy. Thank you so much.
There was an imitation of a phone. In the beginning of the first verse , the high and lower frequencies were removed, making it sound like it was played over a phone.
beautifully described visual from sound..👌
Jeff Lynne also wrote Roy Orbison's "You Got It".
The strings in this are just wonderful.
And surprisingly as a classical musician she didn't even seem to notice the strings. She was mostly focused on the sound effects and story line.
Over the years I've sometimes wondered when I learnt to play the guitar. Now I know it was 1977. This was the first song I learnt to play. An absolutely lovely song. I'm not surprised it went to No. 1 in NZ as being a Kiwi, I remember it being played on the radio - all the time!
For many of us old fogies, ELO is ‘nostalgic support therapy’! Emotional, complex and satisfying. See Jeff Lynne in concert before it’s too late.
So glad you gave ELO another listen. By far my favorite band. "Telephone Line" is one of their best produced songs, but believe me there are many, many others. Jeff Lynne is a true musical genius. Try "Shangri-La" or "Mr. Blue Sky" next.
The live version of this song (Jeff Lynne live at Wembley)is very beautiful and dreamy which makes the song seeing people in love is awesome.👍❤️
The start is the sound of a land line making an international connection in the olden days.Jeff still doing great things and have enjoyed fifty years of his genius.
Watch him sing it live at Wembley Stadium AMAZING
I watch that video a lot when I'm having a bad day. It turns my mood right around!
All the young dudes, carry the news
Definitely has the same melody
Which bit? It's not the same melody but I am guessing you are saying the "Telephone line" bit has a similar arc to the "All the Young Dudes..." line
No this is ELO
this song,live at wembley stadium 2017..you wont regret it.
loved your reaction. I hope you have the song Fire on High by ELO on your list. No other song like it and one of the best introductions in music !
I'm glad to be back to your channel. I love the musical instruments in the background. They pull me in. Thank you for your musical reactions.
I'm glad you like ELO, Jeff Lynn is one of my favorites from the 70s.
Jeff Lynne is a musical genius he helped produce some Beatles music he formed ELO he also was a part of the super group The Travilng Wilburys
This song is just pure genius. While listening to every nuance, all the instruments, and all the parts that were created to come together to make this deeply complex composition, you have to wonder how Jeff came up with it all. He wrote every note and word. He did that for the entire 2 album set.
Me gusta tu mundo!!!...Words....palabras traducidas....sentirlas....with music es pasión!!!!
Hello, how are you, was perfect telephone etiquette back in the day.
6:40 I think what you're hearing here is the transition from audio that has been run through a notch filter to unfiltered audio. That's where the sense of more bass comes in. Back before cell phones took over, the wired phone network tightly filtered audio over the phone lines to eliminate the low-frequency hum that would be created by sending the audio over long stretches of wire. Back in the 70's, this was universally expected when using a phone, and when ELO released "Telephone Line", with the filtered intro music and his first word we understood that he was on the phone. The transition to unfiltered audio happens at the point where Jeff reveals that the conversation is imagined - further emphasizing the difference between his imagination and the reality of the situation.
"OK, so no one's answering. Can you just let it ring a little longer, longer..." So powerful and painful. Who hasn't been there? Who hasn't felt that pain? This is the saddest breakup song that I can think of. It certainly reminds me of one of my breakups, and the heartbreak of no one picking up on the other end. Just beautiful.
This song is pure genius - great video
Rockaria will blow your mind
Everything about this song tugs my heartstrings every time. From nostalgia to referencing moments in time, to the song song melody of the chorus to the melancholy overall. Just hits you.
Word is, that, a call was placed to the U.S. in order to get the 'American' telephone sound for this song.
My favorite ELO song among many.
I love this song so much! I highly recommend you listen to side three of their album "Out of the Blue" if you haven't already done so. It consists of the songs "Standin' in the Rain," " Big Wheels," "Summer and Lightning," and "Mr. Blue Sky" and it's collectively known as "Concerto for a Rainy Day." Also listen to their cover of "Roll Over Beethoven," I think you'll really like it.
You're endlessly surprising Amy. Yet more terrific insights into a song from my early teen years.
All of the surviving Beatles (McCartney, Starr and Harrison) thought Highly enough of Jeff Lynne to have him produce for them.
This song has a deep effect on me after my devorice
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I felt like such a FAILURE even after telling my then wife of the abuse I got from my older brother she didn't understand me OR how damaged I am. This song reminds me SO MUCH of past relationship's that never worked out.
Wonderful that you enjoyed this. It is an amazing tune. I interpret the "fairy" music as a "dream-like" sound-scape. The song, to me, is wistful, and the caller is wishing.
This song always makes me smile and happy that music exists.
that is because you think someone is calling you.😃
just so good! it almost makes me cry! i was 12 years old! and this song really moved me!
I love the weather! Sunshine, cloudy days, thunder and lightning. Everything about the weather creates moods that reflect human moods. I love Jeff Lynne because he thinks the same way and loves to add the weather and associated "weather music" into his songs.
Telephone Line is my favorite ELO song.
Love the channel. One song you may enjoy listening to is "All by myself" by Eric Carmen. It's a very emotional song which has a solid classical music connection as it incorporates part of the melody from Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto number 2. Just a meager suggestion
Thank you Amy. It's a very good song. A mix of Beatles, Beach Boys and Bee Gee's for me.
Ever since I saw The movie Billy Madison whenever I hear this song. I will always think of that scene with Steve Buscemi talking to Adam Sandler on the phone hanging up and leaning back applying lipstick on himself.
Amy the thing I think we all like about your videos is how they recall for we viewers the effect of hearing these things for the first time ourselves - I was 7 or so years old in the 70s when I first heard Telephone Line on a very basic red "record player in a box" and, alongside things like Bohemian Rhapsody, Art for Art's Sake (10CC), The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band) and Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush) it felt truly magical - more accessible as a child than classical music, but still with some of those subtleties and thematic developments in the music that is informed by classical music but lost in much of standard rock and pop music. Jeff Lynn was a real master of that even though he also loved tub thumping rock and roll too.
May I strongly recommend that you consider something from 10CC, Kate Bush and The Moody Blues for your upcoming videos - in view of what you've listened to so far I'm certain you won't be disappointed.
As someone has said before about you, come to the UK and we'll make you a National Treasure (bring Rick Beato too!)
i remember listening to several tracks from this album on the radio when it first came out, including this song, and they blew me away. outstanding album from an outstanding band
It’s hard to pick a favourite ELO song, but I think I’d go with Wild West Hero, or maybe Jungle if I’m feeling saucy
Eldorado!
You have such a beatiful smile, delicacy, charm and attention to detail... ❤❤ I'm also a musician and happy to be lost in your channel ❤❤
This absolute MUST HEAR Classic will surprise you in all the best of ways,,
Electric Light Orchestra "Tightrope"...
Please trust me on this one. ❤
Your gonna love the awesomness of Mr Blue Sky- yup
ELO is simply one of the best! Great reaction...thanks!
GENIUS.......it is the correct and only way to describe Jeff's art.
Just seen them in Chicago 9/28, one of the best concerts I've been to in recent years. They still knock it out of the park. If you get the opportunity to see them, do it before its to late.
i sat several rows behind jeff lynne at one of ringo starr's all starr band shows. he has a definite connection to the beatles,both inspired by and working with them (after the break up of course). i think you will enjoy ELO's cover of chuck berry's "roll over beethoven". it's classical music and rock and roll crashing head on.
I did like your review of this song! Howdy from western Colorado!