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  • Electric Light Orchestra performed on The Midnight Special June 29, 1973
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  • @demonicsweaters
    @demonicsweaters Рік тому +62

    ELO are such an insane band. Jeff Lynne is a true genius.

  • @basilowen1100
    @basilowen1100 5 місяців тому +12

    Late 70's ...Out of the Blue Tour...lights out...Cellists running on stage in spotlights playing the intro to this song while holding their instruments upside down over their heads...the stage lights come up and there is the giant ufo from the album cover above the stage. BEST OPENING TO A SHOW EVER!!!!!

  • @gregoryduncan3067
    @gregoryduncan3067 Рік тому +25

    Uploading ELO videos is never the wrong thing to do.

  • @concernedcitizen-1958
    @concernedcitizen-1958 Рік тому +65

    With all due respect to Chuck Berry, ELO's cover of this song is the absolute best of all the many cover versions! ✌️ ☮️ ❤️🎶🎸🎶 🇺🇸

    • @jacquelinecarty8579
      @jacquelinecarty8579 Рік тому +1

      I like Chuck B's version best, followed by the Beatles. This is very good too

    • @lowellcalavera6045
      @lowellcalavera6045 Рік тому

      That's just more subjective bullshit.

    • @JeffLynnesELOFan
      @JeffLynnesELOFan Рік тому +3

      ELO the very best not even close!!! ❤

    • @paulburton1545
      @paulburton1545 2 місяці тому

      Definitely agree with that, I was at an ELO concert in 1980, and they always finish with it, Superb version, that was the original and best ELO, was at Birmingham, George Harrison and Paul McCartney were there. Jeff did a Beatles medilly for for John, Superb ❤

  • @ivanmay7890
    @ivanmay7890 5 місяців тому +10

    I had to give Electric Light Orchestra a couple of listens after I heard of the death of their longtime keyboard player Richard Tandy. RIP Richard Tandy, we will miss you and your excellent Minimoog playing.

  • @THEHERMANATORANDSPURGLE2833
    @THEHERMANATORANDSPURGLE2833 Рік тому +19

    Bravo! Bravo! A special round of applause for the strings section as they absolutely killed it. Thanks Jeff for your talents throughout the decades.

  • @mudhens4ever
    @mudhens4ever Рік тому +10

    Wow! They gave us one heck of a lot of entertainment in just 4 minutes and 47 seconds!

  • @dougphelps6917
    @dougphelps6917 Рік тому +32

    Hard to believe we got to watch this live... long live the Midnight Special!

  • @janetduncan87
    @janetduncan87 Рік тому +9

    Nobody can ever top this!!! The bass and violinist are absolutely amazing!!! Playing hard and jamming with guitars. Simply outrageous and fun.

  • @OWR0406
    @OWR0406 Рік тому +17

    Jeff Lynne is a genius

  • @John-hc2ws
    @John-hc2ws 6 місяців тому +6

    Godamn , I've played guitar for 30 years. Ain't no rock star, but this one's in my top ten. I love elo.

  • @John-hc2ws
    @John-hc2ws 6 місяців тому +12

    I miss the midnight special . Would come home late at nite, my old man still up, mom in bed. And we'd watch the midnight special.

  • @blutomindpretzel1735
    @blutomindpretzel1735 Рік тому +18

    Jeff Lynne is a genius.
    This channel rocks

  • @timtv2826
    @timtv2826 Рік тому +9

    Who knew you could play Rock n Roll with violins and cellos? Jeff Lynne did!!

  • @neorich59
    @neorich59 Рік тому +11

    Classic early ELO, before they started using a full string orchestra on their albums. This goes to places, harmonically, that Chuck Berry never took it, but still retains the essence of the original.
    Jeff Lynne, as a singer, writer and producer is right up there among my all time musical heroes!
    🎸🎹🎻🎤

  • @katiewray2525
    @katiewray2525 Рік тому +22

    Is there ANYTHING Jeff Lynne cant do??? The guy is just a musical genius.

  • @xavierjonelis4962
    @xavierjonelis4962 Рік тому +18

    I thought the recording was amazing.... But this is outstanding... ELO could perform this live..... Wow!!!😮 What expertise! The fusion of Beethoven and Chuck Berry with this hit is genius!

    • @j40bob1
      @j40bob1 Рік тому +3

      It's not entirely live. Harmony vocal but no one else is at a mic? When they're clowning with the cellos, they can't be playing what we're hearing. And a grand piano would not sound like the tack piano we hear.

    • @jroberts2nd
      @jroberts2nd 2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah no this is the single edit of the eight minute long version from the album. Not live at all. ELO could play it live but they didn’t here.

  • @jameslanclos568
    @jameslanclos568 4 місяці тому +5

    June 29, 1973, I made my 18th birthday !!! I was born the same year Rock and Roll was born, 1955!
    Roll Over Beethoven.🎼🎹

  • @PookaDude42
    @PookaDude42 Рік тому +6

    Shout-out to Mike de Albuquerque's Sgt. Pepper patch!

  • @smitbar11
    @smitbar11 5 місяців тому +18

    Keyboard player on here, Richard Tandy, passed away on the 1st of May two days ago, RIP

  • @clintlewis8122
    @clintlewis8122 3 місяці тому +3

    My my these guys can play ❤❤

  • @that70sgirl90
    @that70sgirl90 Рік тому +17

    I saw him in concert in 2019. He did this song accompanied by a phenomenal light show! He had everyone Rock 'n' a Rollin'!
    It's Friday ... let's get the party started! 🥳
    Happy Friday 🥳 Thank you for sharing! 💖

    • @AlexMielnik
      @AlexMielnik Місяць тому +1

      We attended their concert here in Portland, Oregon…also 2019. Now it’s the ‘Over And Out’ final tour…of course we have tickets! The very first record I bought with own money at the age of 8 was ‘Out Of The Blue’…still have it…still listen to it…special record bought with cash 1977!

    • @that70sgirl90
      @that70sgirl90 Місяць тому +1

      @@AlexMielnik That's awesome! Thank you for sharing! 😊

    • @AlexMielnik
      @AlexMielnik Місяць тому +1

      ⁠@@that70sgirl90 yup!…we Jeff Lynne/ELO fans need to stick together…they’re making the rounds for their ‘Grand Finale’!

    • @that70sgirl90
      @that70sgirl90 Місяць тому

      @@AlexMielnik 👌😊

  • @Merylstreep1949
    @Merylstreep1949 Рік тому +3

    Midnight Special you are AWESOME
    AND GOD BLESS WOLFMAN JACK TOO

  • @ひろしさま
    @ひろしさま Місяць тому +2

    こういうバンドだったのかぁ🎧

  • @wjniemi
    @wjniemi Рік тому +4

    Our band had a house gig at a country bar east of St. Paul in those days. This was before I94 was completed between Hudson and the Twin Cities, so it was an open access driveway into the club. We would regularly see 20+ big rigs in the parking lot. Anyway, I had done this song in a previous rock band and we decided to give it a go one night. The owner came up after the set and said "You know that new song you played just now? Don't play that one in here again." Lolololol those were the days.

  • @JeffLynnesELOFan
    @JeffLynnesELOFan Рік тому +6

    ELO forever!!!!

  • @jeffnauer417
    @jeffnauer417 Рік тому +10

    My first concert when I was 15

  • @franciscomariovasta4736
    @franciscomariovasta4736 5 місяців тому +3

    Una genialidad

  • @Sweetbutapsycho4
    @Sweetbutapsycho4 6 місяців тому +2

    Loved the Beatles version but this is SOMETHING ELSE ❤

    • @classicrockfan8034
      @classicrockfan8034 2 місяці тому +1

      This is the best version of this song musically. Love ELO and the Beatles.

  • @iliketowatch.
    @iliketowatch. Рік тому +3

    (2:40) In 1988, I visited Leningrad (previously and now again called St. Petersburg) in the USSR. While there, I visited the grave of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was during the winter and the grave was partially covered in snow. It was beautiful.

    • @Music--ng8cd
      @Music--ng8cd Рік тому

      Wonder if he ever got the news. AC/DC said he had it, but I'm not so sure.

  • @kevinmorrill5656
    @kevinmorrill5656 6 місяців тому +2

    Proof that there have been a few incarnations of the great Electric Light Orchestra. But Jeff (and, for the most part, Richard) has been there since its inception.

  • @StephanieJeanne
    @StephanieJeanne Рік тому +7

    Fantastic!! ELO is one my favorite bands! They really rocked with the orchestral flavor!! This truly was an electrical performance!🙌😃

  • @lowellcalavera6045
    @lowellcalavera6045 Рік тому +4

    Blows my mind. I remember this exact show like it was last week. Time flies.

  • @mikejervis
    @mikejervis Рік тому +5

    thats greatness

  • @massapower
    @massapower Рік тому +3

    1973 and still relevant BaBy!!😁🤟

  • @JSwitz
    @JSwitz Рік тому +6

    Bev Bevan! Great drummer

  • @barrysmith8920
    @barrysmith8920 Рік тому +2

    Never noticed the key change!!!
    Wow!!
    😍😍😍😍😍

  • @unculturedswine749
    @unculturedswine749 Рік тому +2

    THANK YOU!!!

  • @markwatson9521
    @markwatson9521 9 місяців тому +2

    The finest ELO song ever - despite the fact it's a Chuck Berry song.

  • @culturametal
    @culturametal Рік тому +3

    🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸Fantastic 🎸

  • @celticamusicband
    @celticamusicband Рік тому +4

    Rock 'n' Roll perfection!!! 🤘🎸

  • @franciscomariovasta4736
    @franciscomariovasta4736 4 місяці тому +2

    Para mi es la mejor versión, el violín vuela

  • @MusicLover10538
    @MusicLover10538 Рік тому +3

    ELITE ELO!!!

  • @ManWithNoName2007
    @ManWithNoName2007 Рік тому +2

    Fantastic!!

  • @pejaguilar30
    @pejaguilar30 Рік тому +4

    Maravilloso. Gracias Midnight Special.

  • @ysh77770
    @ysh77770 Рік тому +2

    名曲がパワーアップ👍

  • @theurbanspaceman420
    @theurbanspaceman420 Рік тому +1

    OMG,thanks,please upload blue bird its dead.

  • @gordonglenn2089
    @gordonglenn2089 8 місяців тому +1

    The Midnight Special show was my introduction to ELO. Sitting in a basement watching it live on a color TV!

  • @franciscomariovasta4736
    @franciscomariovasta4736 2 місяці тому

    Espectacular

  • @maracalp2900
    @maracalp2900 Рік тому +1

    Wow. cool. One request: Carmen - (Bulerias)

  • @darrenrunning5415
    @darrenrunning5415 Рік тому +6

    As good as this is, nothing beats the "balls to wall" album version.

    • @neorich59
      @neorich59 Рік тому

      Couldn't agree more. Especially as this is missing the guitar solo and Lynne''s vocal acrobatics at the end!

    • @timhoovermusicman
      @timhoovermusicman Рік тому

      ​@@neorich59 I never knew about either one😮

  • @elodevi
    @elodevi Рік тому +1

    Brillant with nthe intro !!! Thank you !!

  • @ardiris2715
    @ardiris2715 Рік тому +3

    0:11 An acoustic pickup is clearly seen, but I still suspect the backing track is a playback. This is by far the best "live" version of ROB that I have heard.
    (:

    • @heavyheadrecords
      @heavyheadrecords Рік тому

      hello, on this tv show; music is playback, vocals is live.. greetings

    • @Music--ng8cd
      @Music--ng8cd Рік тому +1

      Also at 0:11, the Cellist in the background isn't even playing.

  • @carloshumbertoalvesdemoura
    @carloshumbertoalvesdemoura Рік тому +2

    Rock and Roll forever.

  • @maria.fernanda277
    @maria.fernanda277 Рік тому +2

    Wow!👏

  • @barrysmith8920
    @barrysmith8920 Рік тому +2

    I saw them play this live in Tucson Arizona 1974 on the El Dorado tour!!!
    IN-FOOKIN’’-SANE

    • @rebeccamcdaniel1033
      @rebeccamcdaniel1033 Місяць тому

      Check UA-cam for the London 1976 Fusion concert series. Jf you want to see them in full wide ON mode, watch their performance of Roll Over Beethoven. Of course, it's the encode. The whole show is tops, but that encode blows the roof completely away.

    • @rebeccamcdaniel1033
      @rebeccamcdaniel1033 Місяць тому

      That should say encore. Autospell sux.

  • @alangreenway6695
    @alangreenway6695 Рік тому +7

    Ah yes, Ledvug Vun Beethovin, the overshadowdowed cousin of Ludwig Van Beethoven.

  • @greglawrenz5648
    @greglawrenz5648 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for these TMS videos.. Keep 'em coming (Especially the the 70's standards like ELO.. It great to see them develop as their careers took off) .. As a general list request: Who developed their acts on TMS over it's tenure ? .. Saw FleetwoodMac prior to Rumours[&Nick/Buckingham](That was eye opening)

  • @TheHosleyFamily
    @TheHosleyFamily Рік тому +2

    Music prodigy

  • @BIZARBIES
    @BIZARBIES Рік тому +9

    Wow.. crazy that the orchestra played so loud that they didn't need microphones. 😅

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars Рік тому +9

      I think Jeff was singing live to a pre recorded backing track.

    • @TheSteveSteele
      @TheSteveSteele Рік тому +3

      They have laviler mics taped to the tops of their instruments.

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars Рік тому +3

      @@TheSteveSteeleI thought there was a possibility that they were mic’ed up but wasn’t certain. 👍🏼 although there are no wires connected to their instruments, wireless mics weren’t around in the early 70s.

    • @TheSteveSteele
      @TheSteveSteele Рік тому +1

      @@Eleventhearlofmars Yeah, the beginning sounded like tape playback.

    • @BIZARBIES
      @BIZARBIES Рік тому +2

      @Steve Steele the 3 people playing the same cello was a dead giveaway too. Lol

  • @leolio8219
    @leolio8219 Рік тому +5

    "I am the walrus" is Jeff Lynne's favourite song, and his inspiration. Beatles forever.

  • @M_C79
    @M_C79 Рік тому

    Love all the surf riffs, I'd never noticed them before.

  • @wimweender1306
    @wimweender1306 Рік тому +2

    😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @craigmiller1870
    @craigmiller1870 Рік тому

    The thing people don't think about because the electric guitar has been such a ubiquitous instrument the last 60 years, is that how uniquely played it is compared to most other instruments. The juxtaposition of the "classical" violin and cello compared to the electric guitar is brightly highlighted in this video.
    Critic: "But how is it uniquely played to other instruments?"

  • @xi6493
    @xi6493 Рік тому +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @timhoovermusicman
    @timhoovermusicman Рік тому +1

    Had no idea they ever did this...

  • @maurimartinez8720
    @maurimartinez8720 Рік тому +2

    😮... 🔝👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @broonat
    @broonat 4 місяці тому

    I like The Diary of Horace Wimp. It's Beatlesque

  • @markbataitis4851
    @markbataitis4851 Рік тому +3

    Jeff's vocals are live, but the instrumentation isn't.

    • @heavyheadrecords
      @heavyheadrecords Рік тому

      hello, yes, on this tv show; music is playback, vocals is live.. greetings

  • @jillshinault9442
    @jillshinault9442 11 місяців тому

    Go Wilf!!

  • @pete3883
    @pete3883 Місяць тому

    who wears a cape ?

  • @giselemarcianolourenco6646
    @giselemarcianolourenco6646 4 місяці тому

    Jeff está muito engraçado com essa roupa.

    • @classicrockfan8034
      @classicrockfan8034 2 місяці тому +1

      But he can freaking play and sing! Best band ever!

  • @pete3883
    @pete3883 Місяць тому

    On TV

  • @annonymousannonymous3429
    @annonymousannonymous3429 Рік тому +1

    Lip sync'd? - Where is the 2nd singer? 3:42

    • @heavyheadrecords
      @heavyheadrecords Рік тому +1

      hello, on this tv show; music is playback, lynne vocals is live.. greetings

  • @danielteegarden8982
    @danielteegarden8982 Рік тому

    1972

  • @tombrearton3435
    @tombrearton3435 Рік тому

    Must be the European spelling of *Beethoven*

  • @honeychilerider
    @honeychilerider Рік тому +2

    Am I crazy or is the drummer just NOT playing what we're hearing? I don't really care if this is synched but the vocals seem live while I am not seeing the drummer play any of the hi-hat work that we hear.

  • @CJinsoo
    @CJinsoo Рік тому +1

    incredible performance, too bad audience is a dead fish

  • @j40bob1
    @j40bob1 Рік тому

    There is no way that this is completely live. Harmony vocal but no one else is at a mic? When they're clowning with the cellos, they can't be playing what we're hearing. And a grand piano would not sound like the tack piano we hear.

    • @GNF54
      @GNF54 10 місяців тому +1

      From my understanding, everything is mimed besides Jeff’s vocals

  • @rigelmoon9030
    @rigelmoon9030 Рік тому +1

    These guys will never amount to much. Who ever heard of using stringed instruments in rock 'n roll, for crisake?

  • @John-hc2ws
    @John-hc2ws 5 місяців тому

    No, you've missed it. It's a tribute.

  • @Sucker_MC
    @Sucker_MC Рік тому +1

    Not all, but some, heroes do in fact wear capes!

  • @DKJB3434
    @DKJB3434 Рік тому +3

    It sounds live. But on some parts I'm not sure if it's playback. The classical Instruments have no mics. What do you think?

    • @cronejawford978
      @cronejawford978 Рік тому +2

      Yep. Only Jeff's vocals were "live".

    • @DKJB3434
      @DKJB3434 Рік тому +2

      @@cronejawford978 thanks. Now it make sense to me.

    • @briandowd1835
      @briandowd1835 Рік тому +1

      All live !!

    • @DKJB3434
      @DKJB3434 Рік тому

      ​@@briandowd1835 but why I hear more snare hits at 3:45 min. than he played?

    • @longoan
      @longoan Рік тому

      @@cronejawford978agree, vocals live, which are amazing in its self!