E.L.O have loads of great songs and Jeff Lynne is a genius. He sounds just as good in concert at 70+ as he did when they did the studio sounds. You should watch the flash mob versions of this song. They should play this if the pandemic ever finishes as it fits so well.
When Jeff is singing all the city names he sneaks in Shard End which is the area of Birmingham that he comes from: "LA, New York, Amsterdam, Monte Carlo, Shard End and..."
That spaceship is kind of their trademark. It goes with the type of futuristic music they play, and even have giant ships floating over the stage at concerts. They have about 200 songs! A deep rabbit- hole! Try 'Tightrope, 'Last Train to London', 'Twilight', 'Starlight'.
it was the first ELO s song that emotioned me...In my country the big success was Last Train to London, but it didn t take my attention.All Over The World did. And from that moment I began to listen ELO and it became band number one.
I'm a she, and your Dad pronounced my first name correctly, Yvette with an E, my surname is pronounced Ads-head 😄😄😄😄. Glad you enjoyed it. I saw them in concert a couple of years ago in Manchester, England, it was one of the best concerts ever. Telephone Line Live at Wembley stadium is fantastic too.
You want something mega orchestral and cinematically epic? Try the popular deep cut that Jeff played as a concert opener, “Tightrope”. It will blow your mind. In 1976, ELO’s New World Record introduced the famous colorful jukebox logo. For 1977’s Out Of The Blue, the same designer transformed the logo into a spaceship and created one of the most famous record covers ever. They didn’t repeat the spaceship on covers for the next 4 albums until they split up in 1986. The record company now loves using different versions of the spaceship on Greatest Hits and new albums because it has become so closely associated with ELO during their late 1970s domination. Not necessarily related to the spaceship, Jeff has always had slight SciFi themes running through his music since the beginning.
Yeah, a fun story to add on to what ChronoMATT said about the same album cover designer transforming the jukebox logo from ELO's '76 album into a spaceship for their '77 double album. That designer's son asked him one day to have a frisbee catch with him, and on his way out the door the designer had a bunch of big stickers of the logo lying around so he slapped one onto the frisbee. During that catch, watching the logo spin around, he got the inspiration to turn the logo into a spaceship for the new ('77) album cover he'd just been hired to design. So cool how stuff like that happens!
As for Xanadu's soundtrack, the album is one side Olivia Newton-John and one side ELO. The title track is on the ELO side because it is essentially an ELO song featuring ONJ, not the other way around. Written and produced by Jeff Lynne with the rest of the guys playing and singing backing vocals. There is a lesser known version sung by Jeff which is really cool.
Technically the 1977 Out of the Blue album is "the" spaceship album. Lots other albums without it. But it came back in the 2000's releases especially best-of albums, as it is associated with their most recognized '70s staple.
You have to see "the world" dancing to this, it's fab. Also Telephone Line, Ticket to the Moon and here is the News are my absolute favourites. My dad's fave is Wild West Hero. Any, all, fine with me. You doing a good job guys, keep it up. Peace Love n music from East Coast of England (where it is cold, wet and windy). Mr Blue Sky, where are you???
Terrific video! I think the first time ELO used the "spaceship" design was on the cover of a New World Record from 1976. It was designed by artist John Kosh & if you look carefully on the cover of NWR & split the space ship in two it is actually based on the old style Wurlitzer juke box with the curved top. On their 1977 album "Out of the Blue" the spaceship became beautifully stylized by the artist Shusei Nagaoka in a much more sci-fi fashion. In 1978 ELO did Wembly live & the whole band appeared in a huge spaceship which opened & closed & acted as the stage. The actual reason for the spaceship, I have no idea but many bands of the 70's featured sci-fi cover art. As a kid in the late 70's I became so fascinated by the ELO spaceship concept I wrote a short story called "The Musical Thing" which was basicially a massive spaceship which had the music of ELO as the engine sounds & everywhere the ship adventured it brought peace love & happyness to all. But hey! This was the 70's right LOL! I ditched the story by 1981 as I began to study for my exams, but I still find it fascinating. Thank you for this lovely video. If you get chance check out "I'm Alive" for the same album as All Over the World (Xanadu soundtrack) that is a great song too! xx
I love the short story you came up with and believe that has to be what powers the shop! Very cool. thanks for sharing that. I'll try to remember the "I'm Alive" title so we can react to it.
Next ELO reaction you guys should do..... SHOWDOWN...! I think it's a really cool song and it just takes me some where that only ELO can.... Keep killing it fellas...🤙✌
Great reaction guys, loved it 👍👍 The spaceship appeared first on the Out of the Blue album as a futuristic version of their band logo that appeared on the previous album A New World Record. That logo is based on a Wurlitzer juke box. The spaceship became synonymous with the band and is still used by the latest incarnation, Jeff Lynne’s ELO.
I’ve been trying to call Jeff Lynne to throw the party all over the world. We need that right now! Mr. Blue Sky is ranked #1 feel good song, and I think this is #2. I wish you’d reviewed the flash mobs version. Literally everyone all over the world. You would have had goose bumps the ENTIRE time. Come on, Jeff, we need you! Let’s party!!!!
@@kentclark6420 My Dear Mr. Superman, in retrospect, I was very enthusiastic and naive. A year makes all the difference. The time and space continuum is just coming on to my radar, and I see how nothing I ever hoped would heal the world would ever fly. Unlike you. But low key, can you come save us?! My eldest son is working on it, teaches robotics to pre-college students, and my grandson is just a five year old boy. So it’ll be a while before we can figure out how to save the world. But if you could help us out, I would really appreciate it. For real, no sarcasm at all. Which is suspect for people that say, “no sarcasm”. , and they say it sarcastically. But really, we may need a little bit more thanELO to save us.
@@Queen_of_Hearts-Sharnell I guess I shouldn't be so fatalistic. It's just with all the shootings, lately, you know what I mean. It comes down to each of us contributing in our own way. I do volunteer work collecting produce in the fields at local farms that farmers donate. And I play music for people. I wish I had the resources of someone like Bill Gares. If I did, I think I would build enough homeless shelters for all the homeless.
@@kentclark6420 I love that. That is a great gig, I know, a lot of work, Superman, but I am thankful for you doing that for my fellow earthlings. Kryptonite is being manufactured in back shed outbuildings. In coffee pots. How can I protect you so that you can protect us? I am not quite as fatalistic as I am hopeful, and that hope is not at all invested in this world swimming to shore. We will drown. We will. So maybe I am ultimately fatalistic. There is a whole lot of love to give in the meantime, and a lot of people in need more than I am. If we can be a fresh breath of air to someone, we have to take a breath first for ourselves. I am still stuck back there trying to swim to the surface so I can rescue others. I push people up to the surface, but keep swallowing water. That is not my mission, though. I want to do what I can while we are here. There are still people out there than really need some fresh vegetables. Being human is a real thing! I wished, during Covid, that I could make meals for families that could not get out. To feed people is a fine line for me. I love to do it. It also makes me feel happy. So whom am I helping? Myself or others? As I struggle with that, there are people that need help. So I keep helping when I can.
Next from ELO, I suggest, "Tightrope". It is, I daresay, the quintessential ELO song. Definitely use the Studio version. Thanks for exploring the amazing Electric Light Orchestra!
The jukebox UFO just became the symbol for the band. Way back in the mid-to late 1970s, there was a wave of saucer chic I guess you could call it. To this day, the ELO stage usually has a flying saucer shape to it.
I'll add a vote for "Tightrope". It was never released by the record company as a single, but it's still on the playlist at the concerts because it's a fan favorite.
@@unrulyjulie4382 I like your "Ultimate ELO Playlilist" on your page. That'll keep me entertained for quite a while. I'm a big Jeff Lynne fan as well. Hoping for another tour.
@@Fatty.D.McButterpants ... Thanks! I've put that together from my liked videos combined with another Playlist that I liked. It has some duplicates, but I never mind repeating any of Jeff's songs! 😊
Dude. You should have seen them live in concert. I saw them in 1979. The whole place was rockin from beginning to end. My pregnant cousin was up close dancing in her chair. I was in the nosebleed section. Best concert I've ever gone to
E.L.O Is certainly a Great band, and I'm glad you fellas are reacting to them... It's the simple pleasures in life that all to often prove the finest...!!!🤙✌ These guys are just as good in real life as on their albums... What a great voice huh..?
If you haven't already . Check out Jeff Lynn's more recent music. He did a song a few years back, which was about his life's story from childhood up called , When I was A Boy..it is phenomenal. ALSO..did you know Jeff Lynn teamed up with several other music legends in the 1990's and formed a band called " The Traveling Wilbury's" They consisted of Jeff Lynn, Roy Orbison, George Harrison (of the Beatles) Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty. They has several huge hits , and were incredible.
should of done the video version of this, its so good with all the dancing from little children to old grannies and lots of every one, it makes you want to get up join in and boogie all over the world, Jeff comes from the music scene of Birmingham England from the late sixties early seventies formed ELO with others along with Roy wood, another genius who left to form the group Wizard, who had an international Christmas hit with i wish it could be Christmas every day, played in supermarkets the world over at Christmas, but Jeff has taken ELO to global recognition superstar level, the original 4 members of ELO have been officially introduced into the rock and roll hall of fame, the best comment ELO ever had was reportedly from john Lennon, when he first saw them he said to the others, hey these boys are gonna take over from us and be the new Beatles there that good, Jeff later went on to be producer of some of the Beatles classic numbers for them, there's fifty years of amazing music to discover from Jeff and ELO there's not a disappointing number amongst them
'In Your Room' by Depeche Mode or 'In My Room' by The Beach Boys - two excellent songs you might want to check out. ELO are goats but not everything has to be big and all-encompassing. Sometimes small and intimate is required. Love your reactions.
There's a video out there from early in the Great Awakening that shows literally people dancing to this from all over the world in the streets, it's epic!
From reddit: Not sure if there is any meaning or symbolism, but it is based on a 1946 Wurlitzer jukebox model 4008 speaker. /The spaceship itself doesn’t have any special meaning, the guy from United Artists that designed the logo on ANWR then turned it into a spaceship for OOTB. It was always more of an aesthetic for the band and a promotional tool really.
With all that's been going on over the last 18 months or so, you need to watch this song with the official accompanying video, and everything slots in to place!!
The UFO iirc started out as the logo on the album A New World Record. I think its inspired by a jukebox/Wurlitzer type look. This was then morphed into a UFO for the cover of Out OF The Blue. The live tour also featured a giant saucer that they appeared out of. Really from then on the symbol stuck and has re-appeared time after time. I think the 2017 live at Wembley stadium show also featured a saucer at the top of the set.
If you enjoyed this, then you will love the entire "Xanadu" soundtrack that this comes from. Jeff Lynne is a musical genius and his collaboration with Olivia Newton-John on the title track "Xanadu" is nothing short of spectacular!
Awesome reaction!! You definitely need to check out ELO - Twilight with the Prologue intro. It might answer your UFO question. Or not. But it's my personal favorite since I was kid. Along with the whole Xanadu soundtrack..😁
Jeff lynne was also in another group called TRAVELLING WIBURYS check the group out absolutely brilliant. .I no the ELO Logo was designed by John kosh in 1976
Hola. Por qué no escuchan la hermosa balada " Midnight blue " ( 1979 ) - Electric Light Orchestra , también ? Esta bella canción - en parte - está inspirada en la obra " Romeo y Julieta " ( William Shakespeare ) Muchas gracias por considerar a Electric Light Orchestra , amigos. Agradecido por vuestros videos. Excelentes. Un abrazo cordial. Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
A great reaction gents to a song that can't fail to get you moving and demonstrates another step change in the E.L.O sound when compared to their 70's stuff. "Tighrope" next please 👍😊
When Jeff is name dropping the countries/places, the last one is Shard End, the area of Birmingham UK that ELO originate from. It goes “Monte Carlo, Shard End and……..”. You should try “Birmingham Blues” from the Out of the blue album.
The UFO is ELO's ride. It represents the future and the musical boundaries that ELO pushed through a mixture of traditional and electronic instruments. While (in its day) Twilight was considered one of ELO's weaker pieces (???) it is now getting the love it deserves and further takes one on a musical adventure. I recommend looking up the video "Daicom IV Anime Video." They used ELO's song without permission, but that one video changed America's perception of Anime and influenced a generation of new movie makers, including the people who brought you The Matrix.
I'm a middle-aged heavy meatal lead guitarist and singer, but if I want to feel good, I either reach for Iron Maiden's "Hallowed Be Thy Name" or anything from ELO, especially "Concerto For A Rainy Day".
"Why is there a UFO on almost every single one of their albums" Well, there's a slightly deep side to it and a light topic side to it... The light quick answer - Specifically with ELO, there's no deep meaning. It was just something that was thought up at the last minute by a guy named "John Kosh" - an English Art Director, album cover designer, graphic artist, and documentary producer/director. However, the actual execution of the iconic artwork - specifically for the "Out of the Blue" album was done by the late Japanese graphic designer "Shusei Nagaoka Androla" (1936-2015) ... who also did album cover artwork for The Carpenters, Jefferson Starship, and Earth, Wind & Fire. There is a book about him - "The Works of Shusei Nagaoka (Book One) "Then there was also the physical on-stage Flying Saucer (for their laser light shows) - conceived of by ELO's manager, Don Arden. Oh, and fun fact - there was another band that was inspired by that the "Out of the Blue" album artwork called "The Bubble Gum Orchestra (BGO)" for their own CD album titled "Out of This World" that has a guitar as a spaceship and has that same tiny "space plane" coming in on guitar's landing bay. There was a album cover for an ELO release in Germany (titled - The Way Life's Meant To Be) that went a bit further with this spaceship theme. It had that same flying saucer from the "Out of the Blue" album going into a super mother ship like the Star Wars Death Star - but without the death ray dish. Now the slightly deeper story - There is a running theme with a lot of these albums from various bands of the 1960's & 1970s was "Mind Expansion" and "Higher Consciousness" - whether it was to come through inter-dimensional contact, extraterrestrial contact or even through a focus on the mystical - like Astrology. I'm not saying that every single band (or singing group) out there was doing this at the time - but a great many were. Check out a singing group & song called "The Fifth Dimension - The Age of Aquarius - Let the Sunshine in" or The Rolling Stones' "2000 Light Years From Home." or the Beatles - "Within You Without You. ""The general message was a striving for world peace, harmony and that way more was always going on than our limited perceptions of physical grimy mundane reality let on. A lot of other bands had flying saucers, UFOs, planets or Zodiac Symbols on their covers ex. Boston, Parliament/Funkadelic - the Mothership, UFO, Thin Lizzy, ZZ Top, Yes, Rush and lots more.
Loved the comment and the lighter and deeper answer’s! You have a lot of details. Totally appreciate it. The Japanese artist and all the song mentions. Plus the comparisons in album covers. Thanks again.
When your dad said the song tittle is grand because it all over the world and said it “in my room” my first thought was you should listen to “in my room” by Depeche Mode and see the other side of the spectrum
One can neither: sit still, or frown, listening to this tune.
Plain & Simple,, Jeff Lynne Is A Musical Genius.
The video for this ,does have people around the world dancing. this is an epic tune.
E.L.O have loads of great songs and Jeff Lynne is a genius. He sounds just as good in concert at 70+ as he did when they did the studio sounds. You should watch the flash mob versions of this song. They should play this if the pandemic ever finishes as it fits so well.
Yea, we need to see the flash mob video!
When Jeff is singing all the city names he sneaks in Shard End which is the area of Birmingham that he comes from: "LA, New York, Amsterdam, Monte Carlo, Shard End and..."
That spaceship is kind of their trademark. It goes with the type of futuristic music they play, and even have giant ships floating over the stage at concerts. They have about 200 songs! A deep rabbit- hole! Try 'Tightrope, 'Last Train to London', 'Twilight', 'Starlight'.
Best trademark - love it!
This Song Inspired Many Flash Mob Dancing Videos That Are WELL WORTH Watching.
it was the first ELO s song that emotioned me...In my country the big success was Last Train to London, but it didn t take my attention.All Over The World did. And from that moment I began to listen ELO and it became band number one.
E.L.O. My favorite 70's group.....❤💯
I'm a she, and your Dad pronounced my first name correctly, Yvette with an E, my surname is pronounced Ads-head 😄😄😄😄. Glad you enjoyed it. I saw them in concert a couple of years ago in Manchester, England, it was one of the best concerts ever. Telephone Line Live at Wembley stadium is fantastic too.
I saw them in Nashville, TN in 2019. One of the best nights of my life. Love , love, love Jeff Lynne.
I'm 59 years old, and the first album I ever bought was Out Of The Blue". And I love them live.
Are they still touring?
@@reactioninaction7415 Well, Jeff Lynne still is, in a group called Jeff Lynne’s ELO. And he’s still got it.
@@reactioninaction7415 I think so
More ELO....they are and always have been, in a musical league of their own, thanks to mastermind, Jeff Lynne 😁👍🎵💙
To Truly Enjoy You Have To Watch The Music Video To See The Joy It Brings World Joy. Must See The Music Video
this song always gets me hyped such a good feel good track
I LOVE Xanadu!!! My daughter (18) and I watch it way more often than we probably should 😂
I need to go back and watch it again!
@@reactioninaction7415 it’s not a great movie but the soundtrack…..
Had it on 8 track
I love you guys
You want something mega orchestral and cinematically epic? Try the popular deep cut that Jeff played as a concert opener, “Tightrope”. It will blow your mind.
In 1976, ELO’s New World Record introduced the famous colorful jukebox logo. For 1977’s Out Of The Blue, the same designer transformed the logo into a spaceship and created one of the most famous record covers ever. They didn’t repeat the spaceship on covers for the next 4 albums until they split up in 1986.
The record company now loves using different versions of the spaceship on Greatest Hits and new albums because it has become so closely associated with ELO during their late 1970s domination.
Not necessarily related to the spaceship, Jeff has always had slight SciFi themes running through his music since the beginning.
Yeah, a fun story to add on to what ChronoMATT said about the same album cover designer transforming the jukebox logo from ELO's '76 album into a spaceship for their '77 double album. That designer's son asked him one day to have a frisbee catch with him, and on his way out the door the designer had a bunch of big stickers of the logo lying around so he slapped one onto the frisbee. During that catch, watching the logo spin around, he got the inspiration to turn the logo into a spaceship for the new ('77) album cover he'd just been hired to design. So cool how stuff like that happens!
As for Xanadu's soundtrack, the album is one side Olivia Newton-John and one side ELO. The title track is on the ELO side because it is essentially an ELO song featuring ONJ, not the other way around. Written and produced by Jeff Lynne with the rest of the guys playing and singing backing vocals. There is a lesser known version sung by Jeff which is really cool.
Technically the 1977 Out of the Blue album is "the" spaceship album. Lots other albums without it. But it came back in the 2000's releases especially best-of albums, as it is associated with their most recognized '70s staple.
You have to see "the world" dancing to this, it's fab. Also Telephone Line, Ticket to the Moon and here is the News are my absolute favourites. My dad's fave is Wild West Hero. Any, all, fine with me. You doing a good job guys, keep it up. Peace Love n music from East Coast of England (where it is cold, wet and windy). Mr Blue Sky, where are you???
I was almost in a rather not a self good place tonight, but I put this song on and it fixed me! Thank God for ELO
Terrific video!
I think the first time ELO used the "spaceship" design was on the cover of a New World Record from 1976. It was designed by artist John Kosh & if you look carefully on the cover of NWR & split the space ship in two it is actually based on the old style Wurlitzer juke box with the curved top. On their 1977 album "Out of the Blue" the spaceship became beautifully stylized by the artist Shusei Nagaoka in a much more sci-fi fashion. In 1978 ELO did Wembly live & the whole band appeared in a huge spaceship which opened & closed & acted as the stage. The actual reason for the spaceship, I have no idea but many bands of the 70's featured sci-fi cover art. As a kid in the late 70's I became so fascinated by the ELO spaceship concept I wrote a short story called "The Musical Thing" which was basicially a massive spaceship which had the music of ELO as the engine sounds & everywhere the ship adventured it brought peace love & happyness to all. But hey! This was the 70's right LOL! I ditched the story by 1981 as I began to study for my exams, but I still find it fascinating.
Thank you for this lovely video. If you get chance check out "I'm Alive" for the same album as All Over the World (Xanadu soundtrack) that is a great song too! xx
I love the short story you came up with and believe that has to be what powers the shop! Very cool. thanks for sharing that. I'll try to remember the "I'm Alive" title so we can react to it.
You HAVE to watch the flash mob videos of this song!! EPIC!!
Next ELO reaction you guys should do..... SHOWDOWN...!
I think it's a really cool song and it just takes me some where that only ELO can.... Keep killing it fellas...🤙✌
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA "TIGHTROPE",, "LAST TRAIN TO LONDON" & "I NEED HER LOVE"
Great reaction guys, loved it 👍👍 The spaceship appeared first on the Out of the Blue album as a futuristic version of their band logo that appeared on the previous album A New World Record. That logo is based on a Wurlitzer juke box. The spaceship became synonymous with the band and is still used by the latest incarnation, Jeff Lynne’s ELO.
I’ve been trying to call Jeff Lynne to throw the party all over the world. We need that right now! Mr. Blue Sky is ranked #1 feel good song, and I think this is #2. I wish you’d reviewed the flash mobs version. Literally everyone all over the world. You would have had goose bumps the ENTIRE time.
Come on, Jeff, we need you! Let’s party!!!!
As soon as Covid is completely gone, this is the celebration song we play one night in every country.
Sadly I can imagine how many shootings there would be in a global party.
@@kentclark6420 My Dear Mr. Superman, in retrospect, I was very enthusiastic and naive. A year makes all the difference. The time and space continuum is just coming on to my radar, and I see how nothing I ever hoped would heal the world would ever fly. Unlike you. But low key, can you come save us?!
My eldest son is working on it, teaches robotics to pre-college students, and my grandson is just a five year old boy. So it’ll be a while before we can figure out how to save the world. But if you could help us out, I would really appreciate it.
For real, no sarcasm at all. Which is suspect for people that say, “no sarcasm”. , and they say it sarcastically. But really, we may need a little bit more thanELO to save us.
@@Queen_of_Hearts-Sharnell I guess I shouldn't be so fatalistic. It's just with all the shootings, lately, you know what I mean.
It comes down to each of us contributing in our own way. I do volunteer work collecting produce in the fields at local farms that farmers donate. And I play music for people. I wish I had the resources of someone like Bill Gares. If I did, I think I would build enough homeless shelters for all the homeless.
@@kentclark6420 I love that. That is a great gig, I know, a lot of work, Superman, but I am thankful for you doing that for my fellow earthlings. Kryptonite is being manufactured in back shed outbuildings. In coffee pots. How can I protect you so that you can protect us?
I am not quite as fatalistic as I am hopeful, and that hope is not at all invested in this world swimming to shore. We will drown. We will. So maybe I am ultimately fatalistic. There is a whole lot of love to give in the meantime, and a lot of people in need more than I am.
If we can be a fresh breath of air to someone, we have to take a breath first for ourselves. I am still stuck back there trying to swim to the surface so I can rescue others. I push people up to the surface, but keep swallowing water.
That is not my mission, though. I want to do what I can while we are here.
There are still people out there than really need some fresh vegetables. Being human is a real thing! I wished, during Covid, that I could make meals for families that could not get out. To feed people is a fine line for me. I love to do it. It also makes me feel happy. So whom am I helping? Myself or others? As I struggle with that, there are people that need help. So I keep helping when I can.
You just had THE most fun of all reactions I've seen..brill stuff....Encore!!
Next from ELO, I suggest, "Tightrope". It is, I daresay, the quintessential ELO song. Definitely use the Studio version. Thanks for exploring the amazing Electric Light Orchestra!
Tightrope is epic!
Tightrope for the win
You're making my day by getting people to listen to these amazing songs!
@@Charilizard Well, that's very nice of you to say. It is my pleasure. Cheers.
There was a televised 'Live in Hyde Park' concert-great stuff! ELO, never knowingly undersold.
Love it world wide party. What a change that would be. Love the special effects! ❤️
Love the reaction.Has to be one of the most uplifting tracks of all time.
The jukebox UFO just became the symbol for the band. Way back in the mid-to late 1970s, there was a wave of saucer chic I guess you could call it. To this day, the ELO stage usually has a flying saucer shape to it.
I love this song. I love everything this band does.
Last Train to London from Discovery album! 1977 :-) Regards from Chile!
I'll add a vote for "Tightrope". It was never released by the record company as a single, but it's still on the playlist at the concerts because it's a fan favorite.
Tightrope is fantastic!
@@unrulyjulie4382 I like your "Ultimate ELO Playlilist" on your page. That'll keep me entertained for quite a while. I'm a big Jeff Lynne fan as well. Hoping for another tour.
@@Fatty.D.McButterpants ... Thanks! I've put that together from my liked videos combined with another Playlist that I liked. It has some duplicates, but I never mind repeating any of Jeff's songs! 😊
Dude. You should have seen them live in concert. I saw them in 1979. The whole place was rockin from beginning to end. My pregnant cousin was up close dancing in her chair. I was in the nosebleed section. Best concert I've ever gone to
Jeff Lynne..super genius..this one makes me super smile.
Such a beautiful sight to see a father & some vibing!!. don't see that to often and it's a beautiful sight! ❤😊
E.L.O
Is certainly a Great band, and I'm glad you fellas are reacting to them... It's the simple pleasures in life that all to often prove the finest...!!!🤙✌
These guys are just as good in real life as on their albums...
What a great voice huh..?
Strange Magic should be next. GORGEOUS song!
Agreed. I think it's ELO's second most gorgeous song. Great choice!
Great shout Strange Magic is a very special song indeed
This song was from the film Xanadu which was a disco-era dance movie. Xanadu is also a song from that soundtrack.
If you haven't already . Check out Jeff Lynn's more recent music. He did a song a few years back, which was about his life's story from childhood up called , When I was A Boy..it is phenomenal. ALSO..did you know Jeff Lynn teamed up with several other music legends in the 1990's and formed a band called " The Traveling Wilbury's" They consisted of Jeff Lynn, Roy Orbison, George Harrison (of the Beatles) Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty. They has several huge hits , and were incredible.
should of done the video version of this, its so good with all the dancing from little children to old grannies and lots of every one, it makes you want to get up join in and boogie all over the world, Jeff comes from the music scene of Birmingham England from the late sixties early seventies formed ELO with others along with Roy wood, another genius who left to form the group Wizard, who had an international Christmas hit with i wish it could be Christmas every day, played in supermarkets the world over at Christmas, but Jeff has taken ELO to global recognition superstar level, the original 4 members of ELO have been officially introduced into the rock and roll hall of fame, the best comment ELO ever had was reportedly from john Lennon, when he first saw them he said to the others, hey these boys are gonna take over from us and be the new Beatles there that good, Jeff later went on to be producer of some of the Beatles classic numbers for them, there's fifty years of amazing music to discover from Jeff and ELO there's not a disappointing number amongst them
UA-cam overflows with wonderful videos of flash mobs dancing to this song literally "all over the world." :)
OMYHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the BEST reaction video EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved it!
All E.L.O.is fab!
Turn To Stone by E.L.O. !
Credit ELO with all the Electronic sounding groups you have today Black Eyed Peas~ I got a feeling 😜
We need this at the moment. Great reaction guys.
'In Your Room' by Depeche Mode or 'In My Room' by The Beach Boys - two excellent songs you might want to check out. ELO are goats but not everything has to be big and all-encompassing. Sometimes small and intimate is required. Love your reactions.
Great seeing people enjoying this great music from Jeff Lynne! All his music on Xanadu is really great.
Though I was already a fan before Xanadu came out, this album cemented my enduring love for this band...born in '73 :)
There's a video out there from early in the Great Awakening that shows literally people dancing to this from all over the world in the streets, it's epic!
You need to check out the song "Showdown" by ELO.
I love you guys! you're feeling this music I felt back when I was a child! It was all new to me. It was ELECTRIC.
From reddit: Not sure if there is any meaning or symbolism, but it is based on a 1946 Wurlitzer jukebox model 4008 speaker. /The spaceship itself doesn’t have any special meaning, the guy from United Artists that designed the logo on ANWR then turned it into a spaceship for OOTB. It was always more of an aesthetic for the band and a promotional tool really.
With all that's been going on over the last 18 months or so, you need to watch this song with the official accompanying video, and everything slots in to place!!
"In my room!' 🤣🤣🤣
Because their stuff is to the stars and beyond!!
They do actually have a song about aliens, it's called "Mission (A World Record)" from the album A New World Record
"Oh my God, i gotta take a break"! Lol love it! 💕
The UFO iirc started out as the logo on the album A New World Record. I think its inspired by a jukebox/Wurlitzer type look. This was then morphed into a UFO for the cover of Out OF The Blue. The live tour also featured a giant saucer that they appeared out of. Really from then on the symbol stuck and has re-appeared time after time. I think the 2017 live at Wembley stadium show also featured a saucer at the top of the set.
What an amazing reaction. All your ELO reactions are the best.
If you enjoyed this, then you will love the entire "Xanadu" soundtrack that this comes from. Jeff Lynne is a musical genius and his collaboration with Olivia Newton-John on the title track "Xanadu" is nothing short of spectacular!
Awesome reaction!!
You definitely need to check out
ELO - Twilight with the Prologue intro. It might answer your UFO question. Or not. But it's my personal favorite since I was kid. Along with the whole Xanadu soundtrack..😁
I was having really bad thoughts until I put this song on and now I'm okay ok❤!
This is the coolest dad and son…
Jeff lynne was also in another group called TRAVELLING WIBURYS check the group out absolutely brilliant. .I no the ELO Logo was designed by John kosh in 1976
Quite Simply Gifted, ELO ... A Treasure Beyond Comparison
Hola.
Por qué no escuchan la hermosa balada
" Midnight blue " ( 1979 ) - Electric Light Orchestra , también ?
Esta bella canción - en parte - está inspirada en la obra
" Romeo y Julieta " ( William Shakespeare )
Muchas gracias por considerar a Electric Light Orchestra , amigos.
Agradecido por vuestros videos.
Excelentes.
Un abrazo cordial.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
The UFO is on the albums to commemorate their landing at Roswell.
I love how impromptu you guys are! Very refreshing! Have you reacted to The Eagles yet? How about a deep track, Those Shoes??
Xanadu is also a song by Rush. Awesome
All over the world was also on the movie Xanadu in one of the skate scenes
Yay! More ELO!
Yall GOT to watch the video of this song!
A great reaction gents to a song that can't fail to get you moving and demonstrates another step change in the E.L.O sound when compared to their 70's stuff. "Tighrope" next please 👍😊
I agree with Tightrope. It has the most epic intro of all time!
When Jeff is name dropping the countries/places, the last one is Shard End, the area of Birmingham UK that ELO originate from. It goes “Monte Carlo, Shard End and……..”. You should try “Birmingham Blues” from the Out of the blue album.
They actually have videos on UA-cam of this song set to flash mob dancers dancing in shots from all over the world! Just as you envisioned!
Clark...we might have to react to that!
@@reactioninaction7415 You guys are psychic- seeing those dancers in your mind, and there they were on videos!
"Showdown" next please then "Strange Magic" and "Fire on High".
from 1980 XANADU movie soundtrack along 4 other Elo songs
Evil Woman, Livin Thing, Sweet Talkin Woman...
Oh, what a shame, that you did’nt watch the oficial video. Jeff is a genius.
Wooz awesome classical disco pop
Jeff Lynne wrote 'pretty much' all of ELO's material, with the obvious exception of "Roll Over Beethoven" which has to be credited to Chuck Berry!
You guys should have chosen the video on this one. It's a lot of fun. Great reaction. 😁🎸👍
You guys are so cute. What a beautiful son and father relationship 👍🥰. BTW I LOOOOVE ELO! ❤
The backing group on Olivia Newton John's version of Xanado is actually ELO.
Jeff lynne wrote Xanadu.
If you watched XANADU then you should recognize this song. It was in the movie. Its the song that plays when they are in the shops trying on clothes.
It's been a long time since I watched it but I may go back and watch it.
Showdown! i guarantee you will love it!
The UFO is ELO's ride. It represents the future and the musical boundaries that ELO pushed through a mixture of traditional and electronic instruments. While (in its day) Twilight was considered one of ELO's weaker pieces (???) it is now getting the love it deserves and further takes one on a musical adventure. I recommend looking up the video "Daicom IV Anime Video." They used ELO's song without permission, but that one video changed America's perception of Anime and influenced a generation of new movie makers, including the people who brought you The Matrix.
I'm a middle-aged heavy meatal lead guitarist and singer, but if I want to feel good, I either reach for Iron Maiden's "Hallowed Be Thy Name" or anything from ELO, especially "Concerto For A Rainy Day".
Great reaction to a brilliant song
You should check out this song with the dancers in it. People of all ages an races just dancing to this song.
ELO Fire
You MUST check out Tightrope...your minds will be BLOWN,especially with the vocals and orchestration
ELO UFO three letter space, sci fi, out of this world
Yall gotta react to the video of this song. Talk about feel good. Everyone does a dance to this song all over the world
"Why is there a UFO on almost every single one of their albums"
Well, there's a slightly deep side to it and a light topic side to it...
The light quick answer - Specifically with ELO, there's no deep meaning. It was just something that was thought up at the last minute by a guy named "John Kosh" - an English Art Director, album cover designer, graphic artist, and documentary producer/director. However, the actual execution of the iconic artwork - specifically for the "Out of the Blue" album was done by the late Japanese graphic designer "Shusei Nagaoka Androla" (1936-2015) ... who also did album cover artwork for The Carpenters, Jefferson Starship, and Earth, Wind & Fire. There is a book about him - "The Works of Shusei Nagaoka (Book One) "Then there was also the physical on-stage Flying Saucer (for their laser light shows) - conceived of by ELO's manager, Don Arden.
Oh, and fun fact - there was another band that was inspired by that the "Out of the Blue" album artwork called "The Bubble Gum Orchestra (BGO)" for their own CD album titled "Out of This World" that has a guitar as a spaceship and has that same tiny "space plane" coming in on guitar's landing bay.
There was a album cover for an ELO release in Germany (titled - The Way Life's Meant To Be) that went a bit further with this spaceship theme. It had that same flying saucer from the "Out of the Blue" album going into a super mother ship like the Star Wars Death Star - but without the death ray dish.
Now the slightly deeper story -
There is a running theme with a lot of these albums from various bands of the 1960's & 1970s was "Mind Expansion" and "Higher Consciousness" - whether it was to come through inter-dimensional contact, extraterrestrial contact or even through a focus on the mystical - like Astrology. I'm not saying that every single band (or singing group) out there was doing this at the time - but a great many were. Check out a singing group & song called "The Fifth Dimension - The Age of Aquarius - Let the Sunshine in" or The Rolling Stones' "2000 Light Years From Home." or the Beatles - "Within You Without You. ""The general message was a striving for world peace, harmony and that way more was always going on than our limited perceptions of physical grimy mundane reality let on. A lot of other bands had flying saucers, UFOs, planets or Zodiac Symbols on their covers ex. Boston, Parliament/Funkadelic - the Mothership, UFO, Thin Lizzy, ZZ Top, Yes, Rush and lots more.
Loved the comment and the lighter and deeper answer’s! You have a lot of details. Totally appreciate it. The Japanese artist and all the song mentions. Plus the comparisons in album covers. Thanks again.
Next from ELO "Secret Messages" please.
Showdown is FIRE!!!
When your dad said the song tittle is grand because it all over the world and said it “in my room” my first thought was you should listen to “in my room” by Depeche Mode and see the other side of the spectrum
You all need to react to "shine a little love ", the best elo song ever