You should really listen to the album in one go. When it's over, you'll experience having had an everlasting dream in a one minute nap! Outragious piece of work. Lynne is a visionair.
I grew up in the town of El DOrado, Kansas and this album came out when I was a senior in high school. We nerds on the debate team made it our theme album. And that's enough self-embarrassment for one day.
Jeff wrote the album Eldorado to prove to his dad that he could make pop music that sounded better or more sophisticated than the usual pop fare of the time. I think he proved his point. Mixing the classical instruments - or orchestral stuff with the standard pop or rock instruments and sound became Jeff's stock in trade.
Not quite, Laura. Jeff's father criticized his earlier songs as not having a catchy melody, so Jeff responded by writing, "Can't Get It Out of My Head". The rest of the album was not inspired his father's comment.
Some of those musicians were a part of the band. ELO instruments typically consisted of guitar, drums, bass, piano, electric piano, clavinet, MOOG, other synthesizers (in the 70s before it became a thing), violin, and two cellos. Jeff also used a vocoder oftentimes, also well before it became more commonplace. You'll see some crazy stuff with cellos when you see the video of their cover of Roll over Beethoven. The Beatles covered that, too, with George on lead vocals.
I hate to correct you a second time, Laura, but once again you are mistaken. Jeff hired a full orchestra for this album, the first of many albums to feature more than the three light orchestra members of the band.
This is the finest cover art- period. The music is a masterpiece by a genius. Every great band has a great drummer. What band can you think of and say to yourself,,,yeah but if they only had somebody who could play the drums? Bev is absolutely underrated.
Don't tell that to a Beatle, they sacked their original drummer, Pete Best, claiming he was not a good drummer. And yet the day before they hired Pete they were the worst band in Liverpool, and mere weeks after hiring Pete they were the hottest ticket not just in Liverpool but in Hamburg, as well. Pete was a great drummer. And the far and away most popular Beatle -- that's why they sacked him, they were jealous. They road Pete's coattails for two years until they got a record deal and then kicked him out a month later, replacing him with the shortest, scrawniest, ugliest drummer they could find, Ringo Starr. As for your praise of the album cover art, it was designed by the daughter or ELO's manager, Don Arden. Sharon Arden, also from Birmingham, very wisely chose The Wizard of Oz image, to appeal to the American market, where the film was legendary. Jeff initially rejected the cover art because it made no sense to him, he'd never seen the movie, which was not popular in England. But Sharon explained it's from a famous movie about a dream world, not unlike Eldorado, and that the American consumers will love it. So Jeff acquiesced. Oh, and by the way, speaking of Oz, Sharon went on to marry another "Oz", becoming Sharon Osbourne.
During this period of ELO, they didn't bring in orchestra. The cellos and violin were members of the band. Jeff can play almost any instrument you can imagine.
Eldorado was the first album Jeff Lynne introduced a full orchestra and choir to the “classic ELO sound.” The previous album, On The Third Day, was the last time the string section was overdubbed.
@@bluesrock1 I'm afraid it is you who does not know the meaning of Progressive Rock. One of the hallmarks of the genre is lengthy compositions, and that most certainly is not ELO's style. *Songs over 9 minutes:* 1 *Songs between 7 - 8 minutes:* a handful *Songs between 6 - 7 minutes:* another handful *Songs between 2 - 6 minutes:* the rest of the band's entire 175-song catalog (most being between 3 - 5 minutes)
@@Cosmo-Kramer Hi Cosmo, we meet everywhere where there' s a kid interested in our beloved band. Indeed, that's true but not all bands made the kind of music ELO did, most of their music was rudimentary, if you ask me. Jeff's is another level. Best regads.
@@Rockclass Well that's another question. I agree, Jeff and ELO were top tier, and their music is what made them "amazing", not their ages. All great bands do their best work in their 20s. Zeppelin, The Beatles, Floyd, The Moody Blues, Queen, Bowie....their music was not "rudimentary", and they were in their 20s during their purple patches. That's my point.
@@L33Reacts If you do react to the whole album, I suggest you react to one song at a time. Why? Because it is a concept album, and each song is a lot to unpack in terms of the lyrics and meaning. I'll give you the concept without spoiling anything. Eldorado tells the story of a lonely, depressed bank clerk working in the city. He hates his life and the only joy he experiences are the vivid nighttime dreams he has, in a dream world he calls, Eldorado. Most of the album's tracks are of him having one of these dreams, wherein he's a man of great adventure, like his heroes Robin Hood, Ivanhoe, William Tell, and Lancelot. That's why we have the verse in, "Can't Get It Out of My Head", that reads: *_Bank job, in the city_* *_Robin Hood, William Tell, Ivanhoe, Lancelot_* *_They don't envy me_* In that verse he lamenting his lot in life, having a boring job as a bank clerk, in the dirty city. And commenting that his heroes would not envy his mundane, depressing existence. It is an extraordinary concept album, I daresay, the best ever written and recorded. If you react to it, and you do it one song at a time like I recommend, please encourage your viewers to not spoil the story for you by commenting on any of the tracks from it you've not yet listened to.
I'm not a big fan of ELO, but these two tunes and Telephone Line are awesome. Jeff's vocals in this song always reminded me of John Lennon. Now I can't get it out of my head...
For my tastes, this is the peak of the Electric Light Orchestra, before they became the ELO top 40 hit machine. I own all the albums up to this one, but none after. You really need to hear Dreaming of 4000 and Daybreaker.
One of my favorite albums of all time. This album taught me how to do air violin! The whole thing is magic, especially the first side. But "Showdown" is my favorite ELO song. I can't wait to see your reaction to that one.
ELO's founding members Roy Wood and Jeff Lynn were previously in the band The Move. Many of it's songs are a precursor to the sounds of ELO, In 1970 Roy had invited Jeff to join The Move as both were intrigued to combine Rock with classical violins. I invite you to check out The Move album "Shazam" a truly "Rocken" collection of tunes. You won't be disappointed. Enjoy! ua-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_n98_sVLzRGfOPKb0cQ_P6bg0pVXyylTRg.html&feature=shared With Peace and Love to All! (Michael)
The best song on the album is the title track which then segues directly into the last track, "Eldorado Finale" which is basically a reprise of "Eldorado Overture".🎻🎻🎼
Although the legend of El Dorado is interesting, it actually has very little relevance for this album, just as the cover (chosen by the daughter of Don Arden, the notorious manager of ELO) has nothing to do with any of the songs. In a more metaphorical and abstract way, it does make some sense, as the album tell the story of a man, a bank clerk, who has a dream vision, which eventually drives him crazy. Others have said it already, but it deserves to be repeated: this is a _progressive_ rock album in every sense of the word, and at some point you _should_ listen to the entire album beginning--to-end in one focused session without breaks. Probably several times. Having lyrics handy (for the second or third listen - just let yourself drift with the music on at least the first listen) will help being able to make some sense of the story. Personally I only think I really got it after having listened to it many times over the course of almost four decades. It tells a quite dramatic story, and in my interpretation also a tragic story. I will not spoil it for you, so you can construct your own interpretation. I think several of ELO's albums tell similar stories, with some variations, and ambiguous endings. A famous one is the - still - futuristic / sci-fi album Time from 1981. In my opinion, Out Of The Blue from 1977 also has an ongoing narrative hidden inside the songs. And of course all the albums, just like Jeff's work before ELO (with first the Idle Race, then the Move), make use of some very consistent symbolisms and metaphoric language that are characteristic for Jeff Lynne.
So many sources have the opening verse lyric wrong. Walking on a wave's CHICANE, not SHE CAME. Have to admit I was hearing that until getting the album. The bank job line list of names is so damn good, like a trip to school. Sir Lancelot, Ivanhoe - come on man, thats gold.
I know that is the "official" lyric gor some reason, but I somehow doubt it, as I have tried several times to research the term "wave chicane", and the _only_ thing that comes up is the lyrics for _Can't Get It Out Of My Head_ . At least "she came (walking on a wave)" makes some sense.
A chicane is also a curve shape, as in motor racing where they call a slight curve a chicane. If Jeff was a Nigel Mansell or Graham Hill fan he would hear the term watching races on TV. George Harrison was a friend, he might have used petrolhead terms. Both work so I'm not sweating the details, just a great song invoking some beautiful imagery.
Great selection Moz. Sadly it wasn't until more than 30 years after its release--and many, many plays--before I ever bothered to delve into the lyrics and the album's theme.
You got RAIN? What the hell is that lol! Where I live we don't see a drop of it from the month of May until late November. :( Anyway, this is the album I would recommend over about any other by anyone that you should hear. Jeff was and is just an amazing talent. He could write, sing, play, produce, you name it. He can play all the instruments ELO ever used, I believe.
I Allway's considered Jeff Lynne's ELO as an honest attempt to bring us back to the Beatles like creativity! with Jeff the fifth Beatle! Very George Martin-y!
George's version of the Queen song, 'Find me somebody to love' from the Freddie Mercury tribute concert was awesome. Dare I say better than the original....I just did!😂🇬🇧
They actually borrowed a Beatles song, Across the Universe, on this album in the song, Mister Kingdom. That would be an excellent 2 song reaction video.
The whole album is good and it ends in with "Eldorado", which I think is the best song on the album. Over the course of 6 years, Jeff Lynne wrote three songs about mythical places -- Eldorado, Shangri-La, and Xanadu.
Neil Young's song Eldorado is about the cartels drug trade conquering territories and the business of distribution. And I like that Young uses a metaphor because Eldorado could be anything that creates prosperity: drugs, crude oil, farming, etc. Basically there are a variety of resources that could be worth their weight in gold without being gold itself. The live acoustic versions are amazing, but I'd listen to his studio version first of Young's Eldorado..
THE BEST Electric Light Orchestra album... and they have a lot of great albums. This is a masterpiece from start to finish. Concept album loosely based on "The Wizard of Oz"...
Just the cover art was. "... a storyline created by bandleader Jeff Lynne before he wrote any music. The story follows a character similar to Walter Mitty who escapes the disillusionment of his reality by traveling to fantasy worlds through dreams. Lynne was inspired to write the album in response to criticism from his father, a classical music lover, who said that ELO's music lacked tune. Eldorado is a multidisciplinary fantasia that features a full orchestra and choral section, and the cover art was inspired by The Wizard of Oz."
@@lauraallen55 NOT just the cover... Oz=Eldorado, Boy Blue = Dorothy, Mister Kingdom = Wizard, ...and Laredo Tornado = the Twister... pretty obvious... I'm not saying it's exact... but the similarities are OBVIOUS. Also... the cover art wasn't "inspired by"... it's literally taken from there.
@@johnmavroudis2054 'literally' or not, it's still inspired by. A UA exec came up with the cover art, and Jeff Lynne was surprised by that. That doesn't scream the songs being all about The book/movie. If Jeff wrote the songs to be all about that book/movie, then why would he be surprised by the suggestion for that cover? That movie was not really big over there like it was in the US. By the way, Jeff and Bev tried to actually stop that being the cover as they hated it.
@@johnmavroudis2054 Marketing people tried to make the cover something attractive to the US market. You want the album to be based on it? It's all good as music should be about what people want it to be about. However, this music was not loosely or any other manner based on that, not by the composer of the songs.
This copyright shit is getting silly. In the Wizard of oz, the witch's hands were on the left side of Dorothy's red slippers. so for the cover they reversed the image , I guess to avoid copyright issues. But it's still the same image just now its a mirror image and we can't figure out its from the Wizzard of Oz. Damn record companies.
I was filming progress in my garden video and music was playing in the background.I had listened to Dolly's new hit at the time and it started playing other country music from outlaw era. My gardening updates are for my gardening friends or my family or for my historical reasons. They stamped it real quickly with copyright violation.
Edwards, Kaminski and McDowell were in the band. That was the draw of the band. A band with classical instruments as part of the band. This album, ELO's fourth, was the first to bring in an actual orchestra. Oddly enough, this album also marked a period where the band would get progressively more and more Pop/radio friendly with each album. I lost interest in their new stuff by the 8th or 9th album. By the time they were doing soundtrack albums with Olivia Newton John, I just about quit listening to the older albums. Just my experience. Some people out there like Horace Wimp and Hold on Tight.
@Cosmo-Kramer thanks Cosmo. I'm going to keep it going. It will be my monthly requests till the end. Just because I love it and I'm glad Lee and others do too.
@@Moz1011 That's what counts. I'm just trying to have a conversation. I always end up sounding so snotty when I read my comments back later. This is a great site! Keep up the good work!
Yeah thought I was listening to a reaction instead got a bunch of ads and a lot of restarts on the video. Couldn't finish watching with ads interrupting in the first 3 minutes and both times the video restarted you got your click but I quit after the second ad in 3 minutes.
@Cosmo-Kramer some of us don't waste money to give yt the ability to gouge money from people smh. Just greedy practice yt has gone downhill now creators if they have some control over the content allow ads and are no better than this site corporate greed at it's worst.
@@67fremen Okay, good, then I'll expect your childish whining, about not getting stuff handed to you for free, to end now. So long, Screwy! See you in, Saint Louie!!
Eldorado is the best Clasic Rock and prgressive Rock album EVER MUSICALLY!!! Lon live Jeff lynne's ELO!!!
Great choice. Jeff is a genius. Outstanding album. A masterpiece. Listen to the complete album in one sitting. It’s a great experience.
Stunningly gorgeous tune ✨️🎶✨️
L33 , it was so good to be alive in this time ………….period!
Congratulations great reaction to the sublime Jeff Lynne genius thank you young man ❤
Still have this album on translucent yellow vinyl - love it, one of their best.
Sublime.
My absolute favorite song on this album is LAREDO TORNADO. I guess it’s considered a deep cut since it’s never mentioned or Reacted to😢❤
Most underrated album of all time. I drove my college roommates crazy constantly playing this.
You should really listen to the album in one go. When it's over, you'll experience having had an everlasting dream in a one minute nap! Outragious piece of work. Lynne is a visionair.
Jeff Lynne truly is/was a visionary -so talented. Yes, the whole album in one sitting is necessary. It's the first I heard of ELO.
Listen to their concept album "Time".
Love ELO ... so beautiful and creative ... Can't Get It Out Of My Head was popular and a favorite.
"Get out of my mind"! Dune mythology, that's some Spicey gold! Sand-worm,---Earworm! ✌&❤.
Next 2 tracks on the album are Boy Blue then Laredo Tornado, whole side should be played consecutively.
Overature is sort of repeated as album finale
John Lennon was a fan. He called them Sons Of Beatles!
Somewhere Over The Rainbow motif.
This album is very Wizard Of Oz.
This was one of the albums I got from Columbia House.....12 albums for one cent....then buy a certain amount albums after that. Back in the 70's.
I grew up in the town of El DOrado, Kansas and this album came out when I was a senior in high school. We nerds on the debate team made it our theme album. And that's enough self-embarrassment for one day.
😂😂😂😂😂❤
Jeff emulating John L.
He loved The Beatles ❤️
El Dorado is the album by ELO that I think you would really like a lot!
Thanks Moz and Lee :)
Old Jeff always loved him some Beatles vibe from the Move ELO right through to the Wilbury’s!
My favorite ELO album
Mine too. #2 of my top 5 albums of all time, right after Abbey Road
You’re heading for a Showdown!😊❤🎉
Can't get it out of my Head his Best JLennon impression
Check out, "21st Century Man", his voice is even more Lennon-like, especially in a few of the verses.
My favorite album of the ‘70s. Play it in one sitting for the full deal. Sublime 🤘
Jeff wrote the album Eldorado to prove to his dad that he could make pop music that sounded better or more sophisticated than the usual pop fare of the time. I think he proved his point.
Mixing the classical instruments - or orchestral stuff with the standard pop or rock instruments and sound became Jeff's stock in trade.
Not quite, Laura. Jeff's father criticized his earlier songs as not having a catchy melody, so Jeff responded by writing, "Can't Get It Out of My Head". The rest of the album was not inspired his father's comment.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Have source?
I do.
Some of those musicians were a part of the band. ELO instruments typically consisted of guitar, drums, bass, piano, electric piano, clavinet, MOOG, other synthesizers (in the 70s before it became a thing), violin, and two cellos. Jeff also used a vocoder oftentimes, also well before it became more commonplace.
You'll see some crazy stuff with cellos when you see the video of their cover of Roll over Beethoven. The Beatles covered that, too, with George on lead vocals.
I hate to correct you a second time, Laura, but once again you are mistaken. Jeff hired a full orchestra for this album, the first of many albums to feature more than the three light orchestra members of the band.
@@Cosmo-Kramer I said the instruments typically used. Are you following me around to find ways to say I'm wrong? If so, it's not real pleasant....
ELO has such a unique sound. There's no mistaking them!
Great reaction! You definitely should hear the rest of the album. This is one of my favorites.
This is the finest cover art- period. The music is a masterpiece by a genius. Every great band has a great drummer. What band can you think of and say to yourself,,,yeah but if they only had somebody who could play the drums? Bev is absolutely underrated.
Don't tell that to a Beatle, they sacked their original drummer, Pete Best, claiming he was not a good drummer. And yet the day before they hired Pete they were the worst band in Liverpool, and mere weeks after hiring Pete they were the hottest ticket not just in Liverpool but in Hamburg, as well. Pete was a great drummer. And the far and away most popular Beatle -- that's why they sacked him, they were jealous. They road Pete's coattails for two years until they got a record deal and then kicked him out a month later, replacing him with the shortest, scrawniest, ugliest drummer they could find, Ringo Starr.
As for your praise of the album cover art, it was designed by the daughter or ELO's manager, Don Arden. Sharon Arden, also from Birmingham, very wisely chose The Wizard of Oz image, to appeal to the American market, where the film was legendary. Jeff initially rejected the cover art because it made no sense to him, he'd never seen the movie, which was not popular in England. But Sharon explained it's from a famous movie about a dream world, not unlike Eldorado, and that the American consumers will love it. So Jeff acquiesced. Oh, and by the way, speaking of Oz, Sharon went on to marry another "Oz", becoming Sharon Osbourne.
During this period of ELO, they didn't bring in orchestra. The cellos and violin were members of the band. Jeff can play almost any instrument you can imagine.
Actually you're wrong. They hired a 30-piece orchestra and choir to play on this album but the band's cello and violin players also participated.
Eldorado was the first album Jeff Lynne introduced a full orchestra and choir to the “classic ELO sound.” The previous album, On The Third Day, was the last time the string section was overdubbed.
@@TheReaperMan275 Yes, I stand corrected.
One of many great progressive rock bands from back in the day.
Except that ELO was never prog rock.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Never Prog Rock? You're either a troll, or you don't know the meaning of the word.
@@bluesrock1 I'm afraid it is you who does not know the meaning of Progressive Rock. One of the hallmarks of the genre is lengthy compositions, and that most certainly is not ELO's style.
*Songs over 9 minutes:* 1
*Songs between 7 - 8 minutes:* a handful
*Songs between 6 - 7 minutes:* another handful
*Songs between 2 - 6 minutes:* the rest of the band's entire 175-song catalog (most being between 3 - 5 minutes)
@@Cosmo-Kramer Length of songs is your only criteria? LOL! Another troll who can't admit they're wrong. We're done.
Their best album by a mile, for me.
Back then my friends and I looked at ELO as the next Beatles. Inventive and captivating and they never repeated themselves. Yet :/
Willbury.
We will all bury them with flowers and thanks.
Only Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan are left from 5 great friends and Incredible Musicians.
The further you go back with ELO, the more bizarre they are. Their first 2 albums are insane..(and brilliant)
What's amazing about the ELO line-up is that all of them were in their mid-twenties by the time the album was released. About your age, I presume.
That is not amazing, that is the norm for popular music bands.
@@Cosmo-Kramer Hi Cosmo, we meet everywhere where there' s a kid interested in our beloved band. Indeed, that's true but not all bands made the kind of music ELO did, most of their music was rudimentary, if you ask me. Jeff's is another level. Best regads.
@@Rockclass Well that's another question. I agree, Jeff and ELO were top tier, and their music is what made them "amazing", not their ages. All great bands do their best work in their 20s. Zeppelin, The Beatles, Floyd, The Moody Blues, Queen, Bowie....their music was not "rudimentary", and they were in their 20s during their purple patches. That's my point.
I'm loving all these great ELO picks❤❤
I wore the grooves off this album in my youth! Excellent music 😊
The entire album is sublime. You should do the whole thing.
I really want to now. This was such a tease lol
@@L33Reacts I almost went to super patron or whatever it's called just to request this exact album.
@@L33Reacts If you do react to the whole album, I suggest you react to one song at a time. Why? Because it is a concept album, and each song is a lot to unpack in terms of the lyrics and meaning. I'll give you the concept without spoiling anything. Eldorado tells the story of a lonely, depressed bank clerk working in the city. He hates his life and the only joy he experiences are the vivid nighttime dreams he has, in a dream world he calls, Eldorado. Most of the album's tracks are of him having one of these dreams, wherein he's a man of great adventure, like his heroes Robin Hood, Ivanhoe, William Tell, and Lancelot. That's why we have the verse in, "Can't Get It Out of My Head", that reads:
*_Bank job, in the city_*
*_Robin Hood, William Tell, Ivanhoe, Lancelot_*
*_They don't envy me_*
In that verse he lamenting his lot in life, having a boring job as a bank clerk, in the dirty city. And commenting that his heroes would not envy his mundane, depressing existence.
It is an extraordinary concept album, I daresay, the best ever written and recorded. If you react to it, and you do it one song at a time like I recommend, please encourage your viewers to not spoil the story for you by commenting on any of the tracks from it you've not yet listened to.
Classic album.
That personal story about the house that vanished was spooky!
Yeah I have a lot of strange occurrences like that in my timeline lol I must be a hot spot for weirdo stuff 🤣🤣
@@L33Reacts I hear that! I sometimes wear a watch but mostly for decoration I guess lol! When I wear them, they stop working at times.
I'm not a big fan of ELO, but these two tunes and Telephone Line are awesome. Jeff's vocals in this song always reminded me of John Lennon. Now I can't get it out of my head...
ELO, It definitely is a treat to hear anything by them. Some of it reminds me of some of Rossini's overtures.
You really should listen to the whole album even if we don’t see your reaction
I agree!!
For my tastes, this is the peak of the Electric Light Orchestra, before they became the ELO top 40 hit machine. I own all the albums up to this one, but none after.
You really need to hear Dreaming of 4000 and Daybreaker.
And, "New World Rising/Ocean Breakup Reprise".
One of my favorite albums of all time. This album taught me how to do air violin! The whole thing is magic, especially the first side. But "Showdown" is my favorite ELO song. I can't wait to see your reaction to that one.
Early ELO Great stuff. They are excellent live ❤
ELO's founding members Roy Wood and Jeff Lynn were previously in the band The Move. Many of it's songs are a precursor to the sounds of ELO, In 1970 Roy had invited Jeff to join The Move as both were intrigued to combine Rock with classical violins. I invite you to check out The Move album "Shazam" a truly "Rocken" collection of tunes. You won't be disappointed. Enjoy!
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With Peace and Love to All!
(Michael)
Roy Wood's 1973 solo album 'Boulders' is quite an interesting listen.
“Fire On High” should be next 🔥🔥🔥🔥 “Satan” Ballard 🔥
An incredible album!
The best song on the album is the title track which then segues directly into the last track, "Eldorado Finale" which is basically a reprise of "Eldorado Overture".🎻🎻🎼
Not one of their best albums but the first two tracks are CLASSIC.
I think it's their very best album! Some people like their more pop stuff better. I love it all really1
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Thanks for doing this. Glad you liked it. Im off to work so ill be watching it tonight.
Although the legend of El Dorado is interesting, it actually has very little relevance for this album, just as the cover (chosen by the daughter of Don Arden, the notorious manager of ELO) has nothing to do with any of the songs. In a more metaphorical and abstract way, it does make some sense, as the album tell the story of a man, a bank clerk, who has a dream vision, which eventually drives him crazy.
Others have said it already, but it deserves to be repeated: this is a _progressive_ rock album in every sense of the word, and at some point you _should_ listen to the entire album beginning--to-end in one focused session without breaks. Probably several times. Having lyrics handy (for the second or third listen - just let yourself drift with the music on at least the first listen) will help being able to make some sense of the story. Personally I only think I really got it after having listened to it many times over the course of almost four decades. It tells a quite dramatic story, and in my interpretation also a tragic story. I will not spoil it for you, so you can construct your own interpretation.
I think several of ELO's albums tell similar stories, with some variations, and ambiguous endings. A famous one is the - still - futuristic / sci-fi album Time from 1981. In my opinion, Out Of The Blue from 1977 also has an ongoing narrative hidden inside the songs. And of course all the albums, just like Jeff's work before ELO (with first the Idle Race, then the Move), make use of some very consistent symbolisms and metaphoric language that are characteristic for Jeff Lynne.
So many sources have the opening verse lyric wrong.
Walking on a wave's CHICANE, not SHE CAME. Have to admit I was hearing that until getting the album. The bank job line list of names is so damn good, like a trip to school. Sir Lancelot, Ivanhoe - come on man, thats gold.
I know that is the "official" lyric gor some reason, but I somehow doubt it, as I have tried several times to research the term "wave chicane", and the _only_ thing that comes up is the lyrics for _Can't Get It Out Of My Head_ . At least "she came (walking on a wave)" makes some sense.
A chicane is also a curve shape, as in motor racing where they call a slight curve a chicane. If Jeff was a Nigel Mansell or Graham Hill fan he would hear the term watching races on TV. George Harrison was a friend, he might have used petrolhead terms.
Both work so I'm not sweating the details, just a great song invoking some beautiful imagery.
I've always thought that if The Beatles hadn't broken up, they would have sounded somewhere between Pink Floyd and ELO.
Do Fire on High. Banger.
Great selection Moz. Sadly it wasn't until more than 30 years after its release--and many, many plays--before I ever bothered to delve into the lyrics and the album's theme.
You got RAIN? What the hell is that lol! Where I live we don't see a drop of it from the month of May until late November. :(
Anyway, this is the album I would recommend over about any other by anyone that you should hear. Jeff was and is just an amazing talent. He could write, sing, play, produce, you name it. He can play all the instruments ELO ever used, I believe.
I Allway's considered Jeff Lynne's ELO as an honest attempt to bring us back to the Beatles like creativity! with Jeff the fifth Beatle! Very George Martin-y!
Try Showdown & Rockaria by ELO. Two of my faves.
I didn't know whether to request this or Rockaria. I love that as well.
My fav ELO album, no bad tracks on this one.
You should also like The Moody Blues - try the album "Threshold Of A Dream"
George's version of the Queen song, 'Find me somebody to love' from the Freddie Mercury tribute concert was awesome. Dare I say better than the original....I just did!😂🇬🇧
They actually borrowed a Beatles song, Across the Universe, on this album in the song, Mister Kingdom. That would be an excellent 2 song reaction video.
That would be really good.
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The whole album is good and it ends in with "Eldorado", which I think is the best song on the album. Over the course of 6 years, Jeff Lynne wrote three songs about mythical places -- Eldorado, Shangri-La, and Xanadu.
Eldorado is the second-to-last song, i think. Eldorado Finale is the last, yes?
@@lauraallen55 Now THAT is correct. :D
Neil Young's song Eldorado is about the cartels drug trade conquering territories and the business of distribution. And I like that Young uses a metaphor because Eldorado could be anything that creates prosperity: drugs, crude oil, farming, etc. Basically there are a variety of resources that could be worth their weight in gold without being gold itself. The live acoustic versions are amazing, but I'd listen to his studio version first of Young's Eldorado..
THE BEST Electric Light Orchestra album... and they have a lot of great albums. This is a masterpiece from start to finish. Concept album loosely based on "The Wizard of Oz"...
Just the cover art was.
"... a storyline created by bandleader Jeff Lynne before he wrote any music. The story follows a character similar to Walter Mitty who escapes the disillusionment of his reality by traveling to fantasy worlds through dreams. Lynne was inspired to write the album in response to criticism from his father, a classical music lover, who said that ELO's music lacked tune.
Eldorado is a multidisciplinary fantasia that features a full orchestra and choral section, and the cover art was inspired by The Wizard of Oz."
@@lauraallen55 NOT just the cover... Oz=Eldorado, Boy Blue = Dorothy, Mister Kingdom = Wizard, ...and Laredo Tornado = the Twister... pretty obvious... I'm not saying it's exact... but the similarities are OBVIOUS. Also... the cover art wasn't "inspired by"... it's literally taken from there.
@@johnmavroudis2054 That was NOT my quote. Argue with whomever wrote it. What's with the ALL CAPS? Geez.
@@johnmavroudis2054 'literally' or not, it's still inspired by. A UA exec came up with the cover art, and Jeff Lynne was surprised by that. That doesn't scream the songs being all about The book/movie. If Jeff wrote the songs to be all about that book/movie, then why would he be surprised by the suggestion for that cover? That movie was not really big over there like it was in the US.
By the way, Jeff and Bev tried to actually stop that being the cover as they hated it.
@@johnmavroudis2054 Marketing people tried to make the cover something attractive to the US market. You want the album to be based on it? It's all good as music should be about what people want it to be about. However, this music was not loosely or any other manner based on that, not by the composer of the songs.
El Dorado = Indigenous people trolling Spanish Conquistadors lusting for loot.
Jeff was the only thing to listen too when all of that disco crap came out.
Can’t Get……So Beatle-esk
PLEASE listen to ELO's Fire on High from the 1975 Face the Music LP....... Thank you for sharing
This copyright shit is getting silly. In the Wizard of oz, the witch's hands were on the left side of Dorothy's red slippers. so for the cover they reversed the image , I guess to avoid copyright issues. But it's still the same image just now its a mirror image and we can't figure out its from the Wizzard of Oz. Damn record companies.
I was filming progress in my garden video and music was playing in the background.I had listened to Dolly's new hit at the time and it started playing other country music from outlaw era. My gardening updates are for my gardening friends or my family or for my historical reasons. They stamped it real quickly with copyright violation.
@@fineasfogg1461 bastards
What do you mean, "This copyright [crap] is getting silly"??? This album came out a half century ago!!!
Where is Cosmo?
LOL...here now. I've just posted several replies to people in this comments section, generally disabusing them of false notions they put forth.
Elo was made up from graduates of the finest colleges of music in the UK.
Edwards, Kaminski and McDowell were in the band. That was the draw of the band. A band with classical instruments as part of the band. This album, ELO's fourth, was the first to bring in an actual orchestra. Oddly enough, this album also marked a period where the band would get progressively more and more Pop/radio friendly with each album. I lost interest in their new stuff by the 8th or 9th album. By the time they were doing soundtrack albums with Olivia Newton John, I just about quit listening to the older albums. Just my experience. Some people out there like Horace Wimp and Hold on Tight.
I love horace Wimp. its silly and short. What's not to like?
@@Moz1011 I agree, I love Horace. The other song, though, I can live without.
ps~Thanks for sponsoring this reaction, great choice!
@Cosmo-Kramer thanks Cosmo. I'm going to keep it going. It will be my monthly requests till the end. Just because I love it and I'm glad Lee and others do too.
@@Moz1011 That's what counts. I'm just trying to have a conversation. I always end up sounding so snotty when I read my comments back later. This is a great site! Keep up the good work!
Yeah thought I was listening to a reaction instead got a bunch of ads and a lot of restarts on the video.
Couldn't finish watching with ads interrupting in the first 3 minutes and both times the video restarted you got your click but I quit after the second ad in 3 minutes.
Entitled much??? smh Shell out the 12 bucks a month to get ad-free UA-cam, and you won't have to worry about watching ads ever again.
@Cosmo-Kramer some of us don't waste money to give yt the ability to gouge money from people smh.
Just greedy practice yt has gone downhill now creators if they have some control over the content allow ads and are no better than this site corporate greed at it's worst.
@@67fremen Why should you get it for free??? smfh
@Cosmo-Kramer why not idc anymore I have moved on so maybe you should too.
IDC
@@67fremen Okay, good, then I'll expect your childish whining, about not getting stuff handed to you for free, to end now. So long, Screwy! See you in, Saint Louie!!
OHNE FILTER EXTRA - ERIC BURDON & BRIAN AUGER BAND (1991) youtube. go to 20:41 or just check out whole vid, I'm 70 and I just came across this video.