Jeff Lynne (who said he didn’t like movies with violence or sex) apparently threw his hands up at the end of the film when this started playing and said it was the best film he’d ever seen! The song is great in that it sort of reflects on Eddie/Dirk’s journey and where he’s been and where he is now (although did he and the others really grow?)
WSP yeah, it’s the whole thing, things are better than when they were at rock bottom, but did they learn anything? Although maybe they feel more comfortable with themselves than they did at the start with their identity and who they are within the “family” and maybe that’s enough for them (which you could say is symbolised through finally seeing Dirk’s Dong at the end lol)
John Lennon and also Paul Mc Cartney once said that ELO is what the Beatles would have eventually sounded like if they had continued as a band into the 1970's and beyond.
Saturday, May 25, 2024. Hello all ELO lovers. I bought this album when was released. Ive played it quite often ever since. Im 66 years old now. But, this music never stops rockin.
No they are not really underrated, well maybe to younger millenials. But I'm betting you when movies (for ex GOTG has Mr Blue Sky in it) includes their music or any other old musics, these young millenials will start to appreciate the musics and you are not gonna like it because they are gonna fill the comment sections with their fantasy bullshits
Dive into everything you find, kid. Reggae, hip hop, metal (good metal), Americana, soul, jazz... Find 1 thing you love about every genre and apply it to your taste. Dive deep.. Tchaikovsky deep.
@@Cosmo-Kramer funny fact: Jeff Lynne wasn’t keen on films that had sexual or violent content so it seemed unlikely he would license ELO’s music for those types of films, particularly not Boogie Nights, but he saw a test screening with PTA with Livin Thing at the end and he loved it!
I miss my dad terribly, he was a funny clever man. Introduced me to the best music. He play along on the acoustic... absolute legend. Don't make 'em like that anymore❤
I saw ELO when I was stationed in West Berlin in the mid-seventies. Someone had requisitioned an Army bus and I remember being very happy and singing this song all the way from the British sector down to our compound in the American sector. Drove the others crazy. I've had several health issues to include Hodgkins Disease in the mid-nineties and a current diagnosis of Parkinsons, and part of my personal survival strategy is to listen to life-affirming music such as Tubthumping and this song.
Heh, jokes on you. Been listening to this stuff since... forever. Elo will always have a place in my heart with the other favorites of mine (Beatles, Modest Mouse, Grateful Dead)
Born in 1971 I'm so blessed to have lived through the 70s, 80s, 90s compared to today. I feel bad for the kids today that never got to experience the shit I saw & enjoyed life
If you slow down your life and listen to this song in its full glory ... taking time to soak in every instrument, every transition ... marveling at the orchestra-band integration (unparalleled among rock bands) ... noting how smoothly and seamlessly they nail the re-entries to rock from the orchestral moments ... how the backup vocals are positioned in such beautiful harmonic tones, and in just the right moments to be their own instrumental contribution ... how the recording manages to keep the soft and gorgeous sound of the acoustic guitar strings out front, even inside a very large band mix ... the individual elements, the full and complete sound ... just all of it ... you will come to appreciate the wonder of this band and the genius of Jeff Lynne behind it.
Those VIOLINS is what got my curiosity, then these synchronized voices, and then the whole song.. Definitely another beautiful song.. Then I was hook. ELO💕
Love them saw them last night in concert at the Kia Forum they sounded wonderful thank you to my dad and mom who introduced me to this beautiful music 🙏🎶❤🎻🎸😊
Good taste, my friend! Some people are just born with it. Jeff Lynne is the magic your heading. He's also part of the Traveling Wilburys. He's doing a Farewell tour. US dates look to be Aug-Oct 2024.
I first heard this band on a car radio in the 1970s. Now I can listen to them on my phone almost 50 years later. The feeling is still the same. Great music will live forever
You could give the likes of Ed Sheeran an entire millennia and he wouldn’t be able to come up with a tenth of the creativity and originality in this one song.
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave It's like magic Oh rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and sliding It's magic And you, and your sweet desire, You took me, ohhh higher and higher baby, It's a livin' thing, It's a terrible thing to lose It's a given thing What a terrible thing to lose. Making believe this is what you've conceived From your worst day, I'm takin a dive Oh moving in line when you look back in time To the first day, I'm taken I'm taken And you and your sweet desire, You took me ohh, higher and higher baby I'm takin a dive. Off the stage. Hey!! Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide Floating downstream, I'm takin a dive Ah so let her go don't start spoiling the show It's a bad dream, I'm takin' , I'm takin' And you and your sweet desire Don't you do it , You took me ohh higher and higher baby
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave It's like magic Oh, rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin' It's magic And you, and your sweet desire You took me higher and higher, baby It's a livin' thing It's a terrible thing to lose It's a given thing What a terrible thing to lose Making believe this is what you conceived From your worst day Moving in line then you look back in time To the first day And you, and your sweet desire Don't you do it, don't you do it You took me, oh higher and higher, baby It's a livin' thing It's a terrible thing to lose It's a given thing What a terrible thing to lose Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide Floating downstream So let her go don't start spoiling the show It's a bad dream And you, and your sweet desire You took me higher and higher, baby It's a livin' thing It's a terrible thing to lose It's a given thing What a terrible thing to lose It's a livin' thing It's a terrible thing to lose
ELo is iconic! I listened to their tunes as a young sailor,and the music hasn’t gotten old only in peoples minds,My favorite is All over the world.If this song can impact world peace so be it!
Chelsea Balli Haha this is not true, Jeff Lynne denied that meaning for the song on an interview. But it's normal because the songs have severals ways to understand them n_n
Saw Boogie Nights when it came out in the theater. After the resolution and astonishing final scene, while sitting in shock as the sound system blasted this from the speakers all around me, I admit I sobbed a little at being bombarded by such powerful art.
That was also my reaction to seeing *Boogie Nights*. I hadn't read any of the reviews and walked into the theater with almost no preconceptions about the film; when it ended I sat back absolutely stunned at what I had just watched. I later discovered that P. T. Anderson was only twenty-seven years old when he made this masterpiece.
Morgan Meadows I watched it for the first time a couple of months ago when it popped up on Netflix as a friend had recommended it a while back. All I knew was about the 70’s porn setting so I was a tiny bit skeptical. At the end I knew it was one of my favourite films of all time, a funny, sad and well-made film about longing for family and a sense of identity. I’ve rewatched it plenty of times since!! 🙂
I did see Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra in New York 2016 Toronto in 2018 and 2019. They were voted the best live classic Rock Band in the world 🌎 and after seeing about more than 200 concerts in my life I totally agree. Let’s hope they tour one more time in 2022-2023. I will go wherever they play.🙏❤️👍
I heard this on the radio when I was a kid and liked it a lot, even though I had no idea what it was about. I was struck by the augmented chord at "thing to lose " -- a chord that was very rare in the popular music of the time. Even then I was a music nerd!
This was the first song that exposed me to ELO back when I was about 7-8 years old, off one of those old K-TEL records that were a collection of current hits. My mother bought A New World Record not long after and I played it to death. I've been a fan of Jeff Lynne's music ever since. The blend of symphonics and rock is a wonder to me.
I'm continuously blown away by the fact that, growing up I had been listening to ELO all this time and had no idea that it was them. It's as if every song from them is incredible. Cheers to you ELO!!!!
I told my parents that my favorite song was Telephone Line by ELO and they got me two records of ELO's best hits. I listen to both sides of both records every day. I love this band, and I will share it with people my age and they dont feel the same. I'm really happy to be able to listen to these songs. God bless you all
First time I recall hearing this song was when I was 8, it was a few days after my bird died and I started getting teary eyed the moment I heard "It's a living thing, it's a terrible thing to lose". However the fact that it's such a good song made that sadness turn into a bittersweet feeling.
My Gramma won't turn off the 70s channel on SiriusXM and I used to be annoyed by it until I realized the devolution of music and it was at its peak amazingness in the 70s, now I'm like her and I can't stop the music
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Why does almost every ELO song sound like it was hand crafted by angels? Love this song
😂
IDK. Because it was I suppose 😉
Lol because it literally was! They are from the fallen angels who were cast out of Heaven for being rebellious! They are trapped here with us.
Two words: Jeff Lynne.
This song is about selling your soul. It's a given thing. It's a terrible thing to lose@@discodirk48
This song was such a perfect choice for the end of Boogie Nights. So good that it makes me cry just thinking about how perfectly used it was.
I agree. It was PERFECT!
I know, Boogie Nights is a great film. I was 18 when it came out and god damn I just want to go back and say sorry to her.
Jeff Lynne (who said he didn’t like movies with violence or sex) apparently threw his hands up at the end of the film when this started playing and said it was the best film he’d ever seen! The song is great in that it sort of reflects on Eddie/Dirk’s journey and where he’s been and where he is now (although did he and the others really grow?)
Andrew Burgemeister agreed. Though sentimentally it’s perfect, one has to ask whether instead of growing everyone just relapses at the end of the film
WSP yeah, it’s the whole thing, things are better than when they were at rock bottom, but did they learn anything? Although maybe they feel more comfortable with themselves than they did at the start with their identity and who they are within the “family” and maybe that’s enough for them (which you could say is symbolised through finally seeing Dirk’s Dong at the end lol)
John Lennon and also Paul Mc Cartney once said that ELO is what the Beatles would have eventually sounded like if they had continued as a band into the 1970's and beyond.
Clinton Hoffmann Really??
Probably bad phrasing, I believe he meant that John Lennon implied that if The Beatles would have continued, they would have sounded like ELO.
Viking Song Sounds like John Lennon, yep.
Viking Song yeah, whilst a genius he might have been, he was an arrogant one!
ELO weren't emulating.
My dad was listening to this song in '76 and I'm still listening to it in 2022. I'll listen to it until the fire turns me into dust.
when?
@@ytshortsclips31 Until God lends me life. Did you understand?.
@@AjStyles.14 Oh ok, now i understand.
@@ytshortsclips31 👍
Don’t blame you, it’s awesome
Saturday, May 25, 2024. Hello all ELO lovers. I bought this album when was released. Ive played it quite often ever since. Im 66 years old now. But, this music never stops rockin.
Born in '84. Wasn't even a proposition when this came out. Killer track
I'm 60 years old now and I'm still enjoying this great ELO's sound.
Hey! 16 year old here and I also love ELO
@@EMan-xj5cz you are one of the smart ones.
@@rebeccamcdaniel1033 thank you!
Why the freaking hell is ELO so underrated? THEY'RE AWESOME!!!!!!
I don't know, always happened this with some musicians.
for me it's because they had only 3 songs I really like.
elo isnt underrated
No they are not really underrated, well maybe to younger millenials. But I'm betting you when movies (for ex GOTG has Mr Blue Sky in it) includes their music or any other old musics, these young millenials will start to appreciate the musics and you are not gonna like it because they are gonna fill the comment sections with their fantasy bullshits
They aren't so much underrated, as they are an echo of the Beatles. All their songs are "I am the Walrus".
I'm only 11 years old, but my grandpa played me a couple ELO songs over Christmas break and now there one of my favorite bands.
Dive into everything you find, kid. Reggae, hip hop, metal (good metal), Americana, soul, jazz... Find 1 thing you love about every genre and apply it to your taste. Dive deep.. Tchaikovsky deep.
@@derrickbird9676 wise
nada mal niño
Valora tu presente. Después será solamente vivir de la nostalgia...
How funny, kept hearing turn to stone last Christmas and then began to listen to a lot of their songs 😂
This song is so beautiful and simply timeless
Mpalmtree28 and now it’s in the toy story soundtrack it’s truly timeless now
Well yeah it’s elo
@@crittersarereal851 Toy Story, and, Boogie Nights. Lol Speaks to the universal appeal of Jeff's songwriting.
A fantastic song and phenomenal album. Saw ELO in 2019. GREATEST show I have ever seen. Jeff Lynne and company are terrific 👏 😀
@@Cosmo-Kramer funny fact: Jeff Lynne wasn’t keen on films that had sexual or violent content so it seemed unlikely he would license ELO’s music for those types of films, particularly not Boogie Nights, but he saw a test screening with PTA with Livin Thing at the end and he loved it!
That chorus... I don't know what the song is actually about, but that chorus tugs at my heartstrings. Feelings of desperation and despair.
I miss my dad terribly, he was a funny clever man. Introduced me to the best music. He play along on the acoustic... absolute legend. Don't make 'em like that anymore❤
May his memory sustain you. I lost my dear sister 6 weeks ago. May God Bless you and yours.
@nickflynn7839 thank you for your kind words. I'm so sorry for your loss.
I saw ELO when I was stationed in West Berlin in the mid-seventies. Someone had requisitioned an Army bus and I remember being very happy and singing this song all the way from the British sector down to our compound in the American sector. Drove the others crazy. I've had several health issues to include Hodgkins Disease in the mid-nineties and a current diagnosis of Parkinsons, and part of my personal survival strategy is to listen to life-affirming music such as Tubthumping and this song.
Thank you for service sir
Lora Mutchler thanks for your life story
My dad was there with you. He tells me this story often. Prost.
moving at the speed of sound.. -8
moving at the speed of mind.
Thank you for serving our country sir.
Hello young people, welcome to the world of timeless quality music, carry it forth into the future.
ok
Hell yes!!! It is magic!!!
Heh, jokes on you. Been listening to this stuff since... forever.
Elo will always have a place in my heart with the other favorites of mine (Beatles, Modest Mouse, Grateful Dead)
Yes sir
It's music like this that will never die
Jeff Lynne's Voice and Richard Tandy's Sound: unforgettable- rich and soft, melodic :simply a masterpiece
Born in 1971 I'm so blessed to have lived through the 70s, 80s, 90s compared to today. I feel bad for the kids today that never got to experience the shit I saw & enjoyed life
If you slow down your life and listen to this song in its full glory ... taking time to soak in every instrument, every transition ... marveling at the orchestra-band integration (unparalleled among rock bands) ... noting how smoothly and seamlessly they nail the re-entries to rock from the orchestral moments ... how the backup vocals are positioned in such beautiful harmonic tones, and in just the right moments to be their own instrumental contribution ... how the recording manages to keep the soft and gorgeous sound of the acoustic guitar strings out front, even inside a very large band mix ... the individual elements, the full and complete sound ... just all of it ... you will come to appreciate the wonder of this band and the genius of Jeff Lynne behind it.
Yours may be my favorite comment/reply on here.
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Epic comment!!!
@@kennymurphy2116 AMEN!
Those VIOLINS is what got my curiosity, then these synchronized voices, and then the whole song.. Definitely another beautiful song..
Then I was hook. ELO💕
Out of this World ..👽🤔🚀👍🎸🍻🍻🍻🍻👣
One of the most beautiful compositions and recordings in the history of music!
i agree
surfcityproductions i agree
Not in the history of music, which would be saying a lot, but certainly of 1976.
Listen to One summer dream by ELO that song is wonderfully beautiful too.
@@BabylonCentral LMAOFF Beethoven, Bach, Albinoni, Rodrigo, Barber, Bernstein, beg to differ very much, Babblelon Central.
Boogie Nights brought me here.
Burt Reynolds R.I.P.
A Musical Masterpiece created by one of the very best, Jeff Lynne ❤🇬🇧
Absolutly ❤
This song is transcendent on so many levels
Well said well bloody said for real
Boogie Nights brought me here!!!
Memories of my Mom cleaning the house and listening to Boogie nights soundtrack. Good times.
"I'm a star. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star. I'm a big, bright shining star".
My favorite movie of Paul Thomas Anderson! ♥
It's the best when this comes on at the start of the credits.
@@yalianbeltran my favorite is "The Master".
the sad thing is he was just a porn star not a legitimate star...
@@JohnSmith-kz8yo I know, how cool would it be if he become a neutron star
Love them saw them last night in concert at the Kia Forum they sounded wonderful thank you to my dad and mom who introduced me to this beautiful music 🙏🎶❤🎻🎸😊
One of the catchiest rock/pop songs of all time. It doesn't get any better than this.
It does when you play it again
Well said well bloody said for real
Jeff Lynne, pure genius!
One of my favorite groups from the 70's.
Well I’m 17 and I love this music 🎶
Good taste, my friend! Some people are just born with it.
Jeff Lynne is the magic your heading. He's also part of the Traveling Wilburys.
He's doing a Farewell tour. US dates look to be Aug-Oct 2024.
Your learning about real music greatstuff
There is hope for this world.
Welcome to the club, sweetpee!
You can help keep this music alive in the future.
Omg! After all these years, this song still gives me happy feels😊
Well said well bloody said for real
I first heard this band on a car radio in the 1970s. Now I can listen to them on my phone almost 50 years later. The feeling is still the same. Great music will live forever
Well said well bloody said for real
I love the way all the strings come out at the beginning of this song! Violins and cellos at their finest!
"It's a livin' thing. It's a terrible thing to lose. It's a given thing. What a terrible thing to lose."
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Song is about Circumcision.
can you bleleve this is what you can see from your worst day
Yeah killing babies is a terrible thing to do!
That's right.
there's just something about that violin and cello/horn mix in the intro...genius
Now this is music.🎹🎸🎺🎷💃🕺👍
Older siblings brought me here in the 70s on vinyl. 45 years later still rocking ELO 🤘🤘🤘
You could give the likes of Ed Sheeran an entire millennia and he wouldn’t be able to come up with a tenth of the creativity and originality in this one song.
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Oh rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and sliding
It's magic
And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, ohhh higher and higher baby,
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.
Making believe this is what you've conceived
From your worst day, I'm takin a dive
Oh moving in line when you look back in time
To the first day, I'm taken I'm taken
And you and your sweet desire,
You took me ohh, higher and higher baby
I'm takin a dive. Off the stage. Hey!!
Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream, I'm takin a dive
Ah so let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream, I'm takin' , I'm takin'
And you and your sweet desire
Don't you do it ,
You took me ohh higher and higher baby
Thank you 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Great lyrics!
Yes boogie nights got me here but dude this song will always be my favorite ❤️
This band is awesome
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Oh, rollin' and ridin' and slippin' and slidin'
It's magic
And you, and your sweet desire
You took me higher and higher, baby
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose
Making believe this is what you conceived
From your worst day
Moving in line then you look back in time
To the first day
And you, and your sweet desire
Don't you do it, don't you do it
You took me, oh higher and higher, baby
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose
Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream
And you, and your sweet desire
You took me higher and higher, baby
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose
It's a livin' thing
It's a terrible thing to lose
I can't tell how many 100's of times I have heard or listened to this song since my childhood in the 70's, but EVERY TIME, goosebumps.
Every time this song comes on at work, I get in such a happy, enlightened mood.
Hard to describe how huge this song was at the time. It's magic.
Well said well bloody said for real
I just LOVE how this particular rock band played bowed instruments! This was clearly an experimental move, but it was a VERY GOOD move!
This IS The Move, albeit with an updated band name!
Inspired me to learn cello in high school!
Mate a rock band and an orchestra are a marriage made in heaven as we have seen so many times over the years.
Facts!
Dang, music has gone down the toilet. I miss when awesome new songs use to come on the radio.
The summer of 1977. Those were the days!
🤘🎸🎼🍻🍻🍻🙏👽👣🚀😇
Yea it was! 21 and living in the Rockies, loving life and jammimg to ELO 👍
Outdoors at Saratoga NY
@@ToddBrooks-o5m And outdoors, or more under the roof, at the gocart at Gröna Lund in Stockholm Sweden.
Was locked up in Spartanburg, SC.
Just the intro alone is top tier.... and to everything that follows is a masterpiece
i did security for elo in toronto many years ago and one word for their concert.......AWESOME
I love the sound of this track! The trumpets, stings and that voice together is something special. One of my favorite songs.
Está canción debería tener 100.000.000 de vistas ,es maravillosa la canción. La vengo escuchando desde 1976 y no cansa,es eterna.
ELo is iconic! I listened to their tunes as a young sailor,and the music hasn’t gotten old only in peoples minds,My favorite is All over the world.If this song can impact world peace so be it!
Jeff Lynn is a musical genius. He hit the nail right on the head with this song❤❤
Well said well bloody said for real
I was 4 years old when the song was released. I am now 50 years old and they NEVER get boring.
IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS SONG!!!
this is music
This song is so beautiful and simply timeless
That violin is just awesome, what a classic positive tune.
This song is alive and soaring high. It's so sweet and happy.
One of the best bands that ever existed
Certified BANGER
Yeah we knew that 30 years ago thnx tho
@@mr.green3r892 thanks for that man
@wren4811 still slappin in 2024 let's go!
@@mr.green3r892 f*ck yeah 😎👉👉
Got a hold of this album when I was 14 in 1980 and I wore it out!
This song always makes me smile.
Max Perdue I have to agree
It's actually not a happy song, it's about pro-life vs pro-choice hence, abortion.
Chelsea Balli Haha this is not true, Jeff Lynne denied that meaning for the song on an interview. But it's normal because the songs have severals ways to understand them n_n
It always makes me cry, for obvious reasons and it sucks because it’s a great catchy song
all of their song make me smile
Such a futuristic sound they were for sure ahead of their time.
The 70's was an explosion of creativity in music, so many great bands and songs.
I've loved this group since my schooldays in the 1970's and still love them today - awesome!
Saw Boogie Nights when it came out in the theater. After the resolution and astonishing final scene, while sitting in shock as the sound system blasted this from the speakers all around me, I admit I sobbed a little at being bombarded by such powerful art.
Dirk Diggler. Lol
Astonishing as in seeing “Dirk Diggler’s World Famous Dong” 😂?? I agree though, great song to end the movie on.
That was also my reaction to seeing *Boogie Nights*. I hadn't read any of the reviews and walked into the theater with almost no preconceptions about the film; when it ended I sat back absolutely stunned at what I had just watched. I later discovered that P. T. Anderson was only twenty-seven years old when he made this masterpiece.
Morgan Meadows I watched it for the first time a couple of months ago when it popped up on Netflix as a friend had recommended it a while back. All I knew was about the 70’s porn setting so I was a tiny bit skeptical. At the end I knew it was one of my favourite films of all time, a funny, sad and well-made film about longing for family and a sense of identity. I’ve rewatched it plenty of times since!! 🙂
I did see Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra in New York 2016 Toronto in 2018 and 2019. They were voted the best live classic Rock Band in the world 🌎 and after seeing about more than 200 concerts in my life I totally agree. Let’s hope they tour one more time in 2022-2023. I will go wherever they play.🙏❤️👍
Tonight was their last show ever in S.F., on their last tour ever. Godspeed!
I heard this on the radio when I was a kid and liked it a lot, even though I had no idea what it was about. I was struck by the augmented chord at "thing to lose " -- a chord that was very rare in the popular music of the time. Even then I was a music nerd!
writing a popular song that hooks you the first and the 500 time listening to it is no small achievement. Pop music at it's best.
True greatness, reminds me of being young.
Love this song!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm too.
My dad made me love these guys! Remember listening all the time as a kid! I’m 47 and dad turned 69 today!
I don't want to be the one to say it but... *n i c e*
Dad just turn 72. I’m gonna be 50 on Wednesday! ELO still rocks!
What an unbelievably superb voice
Beautifully written song about Love Lost and the repercussions it has.
ELO is my all-time favourite band, love every song so much.
This is kinda music which never gets old and die
Dang, our boy Jeff is rollin' in those Disney soundtrack royalties.
First Marvel, and now Pixar!!!
This was the first song that exposed me to ELO back when I was about 7-8 years old, off one of those old K-TEL records that were a collection of current hits. My mother bought A New World Record not long after and I played it to death. I've been a fan of Jeff Lynne's music ever since. The blend of symphonics and rock is a wonder to me.
I'm continuously blown away by the fact that, growing up I had been listening to ELO all this time and had no idea that it was them. It's as if every song from them is incredible. Cheers to you ELO!!!!
This is such a fantastic track. And makes you feel great ❤
Older siblings brought me here in the 70s on vinyl. 45 years later still rocking ELO 🤘🤘🤘
Toy Story 4 is gonna give ELO the attention it deserves 😁
This song is literally amazing
Absolutely love ELO even after all these years. Jeff Lynne is brilliant!
Classically brilliant.. pop at it's finest 🙌🏼
SOOOOO nice MEMORIES...still LOOOOOVE this Song... ❤❤❤ ...
That violin is just awesome, what a classic positive tune.
I saw ELO in concert with a friend they kicked azz. Great show kudos to ELO for putting on such a show. Light show was amazing.
I told my parents that my favorite song was Telephone Line by ELO and they got me two records of ELO's best hits. I listen to both sides of both records every day. I love this band, and I will share it with people my age and they dont feel the same. I'm really happy to be able to listen to these songs. God bless you all
They are awesome
Every now and then I play these timeless classics so my sons know what real music sounds (sounded) like...🎶
One of my never gets old and i can listen to it a million times songs..Been a favorite since the day it was released ✌️🥳🍻
I love this song. An absolute masterpiece!
Never tire of this track, so awesome, Jeff is just the greatest, thanks elo ❤️
This song was my introduction to ELO. Heard it on the radio back then and that album A New World Record was my first ELO vinyl! 👍
My favorite ELO song!!!!!! Thanks Mr. Lynne, Mr. Bevington & the fellas from a group I will love forever!!!!!!!!
First time I recall hearing this song was when I was 8, it was a few days after my bird died and I started getting teary eyed the moment I heard "It's a living thing, it's a terrible thing to lose". However the fact that it's such a good song made that sadness turn into a bittersweet feeling.
I deeply love, love this track. One of my favorite pop songs ever!
I just watched Boogie Nights and this was the ending song
I’m a Star, I’m a Star, I’m a Star. A big, bright, shining star.
This movie playing during the credits was the icing on that awesome cake of a movie.
That violin is just awesome, what a classic positive tune.
The music my dad plays in the car brought me here
First heard this on the radio back when I was in England in 2018!
ELO is like the production of the 70s and it’s more disco-like sounds mixed with the genius of the Beatles and their style. It’s really great
This song is like magic.❤️
Truly is ❤
“Oh, I’m rolling and riding, and slipping and sliding…”
I see what you did there
The violin intro is amazing
de acuerdo, absolutamente
Dude I know right?!
Back in the day when groups actually knew how to play instruments.
Mik Kaminski! 🎻🎵
Boogie Nights always brings me here!
My Gramma won't turn off the 70s channel on SiriusXM and I used to be annoyed by it until I realized the devolution of music and it was at its peak amazingness in the 70s, now I'm like her and I can't stop the music