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.
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.
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.
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)
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
@@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❤
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.
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.
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 🙏🎶❤🎻🎸😊
Lucky you. During the genesis of electric light orchestra and the bands earlier days, you'd think they were an actual orchestra, come to find out it was three guys making all of that noise. Incredible. Nowadays it's a little different and you do have a sort of orchestra touring around with Jeff Lynne. Crazy to think it all started with six hands.
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
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.
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!! 🙂
Jonnny you may. I have an image in my mind 1977 seeing the violinist playing a deep blue violin starting this song live at their concert - was quite magical . The band was inside a gigantic 'flying saucer' which was their stage, it opened up at the start of the live show , smoke billowing out from all sides, lazers going everywhere. Was just unreal
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
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.
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
One of Elo's best, and off an equally great album, the first ELO album we ever bought in our family, even when we only had a mono record player to play it on.
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.🙏❤️👍
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
WHOABUBBAvideos jeff and george were in the wilburys together, jeff produced georges cloud nine album and george and tom petty worked with jeff on his solo album armchair theatre
WHOABUBBAvideos lFree as a Bird" and "Real Love" on the Anthology Albums of The Beatles. Almost certain that Jeff Lynne produced it. Good stuff!! Sounds like Beatles/ ELO. Peaceful Grooves! - C
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!
I saw ELO in Las Vegas right after this album was released. I was in front of Kelly Groucutt and he seemed real tall and his vocals were perfect. I will never forget that show. I was with my best friend Phil who is now gone. RIP.
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.
From 1972 to 1986 Electric Light Orchestra has had more top 40 hits than any other groups in the world. 50 years later they still play in sold out Arenas and Stadiums. I just saw them in Toronto July 18 2019 ( Best Concert of my life) All the reviews agree they are the best live act in the world and Jeff Lynne is a Music Genius. They are in the Rock Hall of Fame. Lynne is on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and Birmingham Walk OF Fame. Jeff Lynne’s ELO won the Best Classic Rock Band plus Lynne won the best Song Writer award ( ASCAP ) 2019 for his fantastic contribution over the years. So if this is being under rated...I would love to be under rated this way...LOL The Legends in the Music Industry call him the best overall Musician ever and a Producer Extraordinaire. Long live Jeff Lynne’s ELO!
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!!!!
Right Back In The Common Room Just Lounging And Listening To This Majestic Classic. So Many Memories. Thanks For This Supreme Track From The Original And Best Line Up.
@@kennymurphy2116 I'm well aware of the original line up and also the History of the group. Mr Roy Wood after the Move formed with Bev Bevan initiated the seeds of the new group Carl Wayne had already left the Move,.Jeff Lynne was in another group the Velvet Underground,I think,he was approached by Roy. And the ELO was gradually being formed. There was no fallout between Roy and Jeff that was just for the media etc. As Roy then went on to form the group Wizzard. But the 70s line up of ELO brilliant Richard Tandy left and then came back. Nice to know another fan. Cheers Kenny.
@@kennymurphy2116 Hello Mr Murphy, I don't know if you received my reply earlier,but upon initially getting back to you. I thought it was the Velvet Underground,after I'd sent the reply,I thought it wasn't right. So upon receiving yours and you informed me that it was the Idle Race,I went 'that's who it was'. Cheers For That. It's good to know that there's a fellow fan of the original line up. Mr Murphy.
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave It's like magic Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin' It's magic [CHORUS] And you, and your sweet desire, You took me, higher and higher 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, Moving in line when you look back in time To your first day [CHORUS -- repeat] 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 [CHORUS -- repeat]
If anyone has any comments that are derogatory to the music and talent of the E. L. O. they have not yet heard the amazing talent of Jedward. Of course I am kidding!!! E. L. O. They are the Masters in their own right!!!
The band's badge is pretty cool, looks like it's inspired by the classic jukebox. I wonder if some sort of lighted collectable that you can hang on your wall of that thing has been made of that, if not, it should be!
mildred Elliot Creighton Not underrated. They still play in sold out Arenas in 2019 after 50 years. We will see them in concert July 18 2019 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. I can’t wait to see the best concert in the world!
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.
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".
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
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 😂
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!
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
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)
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
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
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!
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.
All will be overshadowed in the day of the great reunion. Jesus will wipe away all the tears of the past.
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!
"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
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.
This song is transcendent on so many levels
Well said well bloody said for real
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.
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.
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 ..👽🤔🚀👍🎸🍻🍻🍻🍻👣
"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.
Memories of my Mom cleaning the house and listening to Boogie nights soundtrack. Good times.
A Musical Masterpiece created by one of the very best, Jeff Lynne ❤🇬🇧
Absolutly ❤
Jeff Lynne's Voice and Richard Tandy's Sound: unforgettable- rich and soft, melodic :simply a masterpiece
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
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 🙏🎶❤🎻🎸😊
Lucky you. During the genesis of electric light orchestra and the bands earlier days, you'd think they were an actual orchestra, come to find out it was three guys making all of that noise. Incredible. Nowadays it's a little different and you do have a sort of orchestra touring around with Jeff Lynne. Crazy to think it all started with six hands.
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
Boogie Nights brought me here!!!
One of my favorite groups from the 70's.
I love the way all the strings come out at the beginning of this song! Violins and cellos at their finest!
Jeff Lynne, pure genius!
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!
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 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!
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.
Heard this song leaving a 30 day stay in rehab. I listen to it every day to remind me not to use.
After all the pothead comments I've read about how great ELO's music is while getting high, your comment is a breath of fresh air.
Joe Mama
Well done you 👍 keep going dude xxx
@@kennymurphy2116 literally
Well done. I'm glad your life has turned around for you :)
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!!!
Every time this song comes on at work, I get in such a happy, enlightened mood.
One of the best bands that ever existed
His understanding of music is off the planet.....his tunes are so interesting....huge music
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!! 🙂
Dang, music has gone down the toilet. I miss when awesome new songs use to come on the radio.
there's just something about that violin and cello/horn mix in the intro...genius
i did security for elo in toronto many years ago and one word for their concert.......AWESOME
Hard to describe how huge this song was at the time. It's magic.
Well said well bloody said for real
I love the sound of this track! The trumpets, stings and that voice together is something special. One of my favorite songs.
Where in the freaking hell has this song been in all my 25 year life?
What a beautiful song this is if I may be so bold.
If it were up to me, you would have heard this from birth.
It's from my youth Glad you got to experience it
Jonnny you may. I have an image in my mind 1977 seeing the violinist playing a deep blue violin starting
this song live at their concert - was quite magical . The band was inside a gigantic 'flying saucer' which was their stage, it opened
up at the start of the live show , smoke billowing out from all sides, lazers going everywhere. Was just unreal
@@rob-robii know right?! The violin in this song is just simply amazing
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
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.
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!
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.
Just the intro alone is top tier.... and to everything that follows is a masterpiece
Older siblings brought me here in the 70s on vinyl. 45 years later still rocking ELO 🤘🤘🤘
this is music
This song is so beautiful and simply timeless
That violin is just awesome, what a classic positive tune.
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
One of Elo's best, and off an equally great album, the first ELO album we ever bought in our family, even when we only had a mono record player to play it on.
Now this is music.🎹🎸🎺🎷💃🕺👍
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!
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
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've loved this group since my schooldays in the 1970's and still love them today - awesome!
The violins are outstanding in this -.so eloquently conveying drama.
If The Beatles and ELO could've worked on an album together, that would have been amazing.
Yeah, if you like you're caviar followed by baloney.
question. Who's the caviar, and who's the baloney in this situation?
George Harrison & Jeff Lynne were in the Traveling Wilbury's...a small taste of the bigger picture you imagined!
WHOABUBBAvideos jeff and george were in the wilburys together, jeff produced georges cloud nine album and george and tom petty worked with jeff on his solo album armchair theatre
WHOABUBBAvideos lFree as a Bird" and "Real Love" on the Anthology Albums of The Beatles. Almost certain that Jeff Lynne produced it. Good stuff!! Sounds like Beatles/ ELO. Peaceful Grooves! - C
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 ✌️🥳🍻
Being that this is my favorite song of all time hearing this on the toy story 4 trailer made me
go crazy
In a good way?
Go stupid
And Guardians of the galaxy the telltale series
Buenas tardes a toda la comunidad Google saludos
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!
Got a hold of this album when I was 14 in 1980 and I wore it out!
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! 🎻🎵
Fall of 1976 for this song which is one among many in the soundtracks of our lives...
Amen to that brother!
I saw ELO in Las Vegas right after this album was released. I was in front of Kelly Groucutt and he seemed real tall and his vocals were perfect. I will never forget that show. I was with my best friend Phil who is now gone. RIP.
RIP Messer Groucutt
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.
This song is alive and soaring high. It's so sweet and happy.
Absolutely love ELO even after all these years. Jeff Lynne is brilliant!
This is such a fantastic track. And makes you feel great ❤
From 1972 to 1986 Electric Light Orchestra has had more top 40 hits than any other groups in the world. 50 years later they still play in sold out Arenas and Stadiums. I just saw them in Toronto July 18 2019 ( Best Concert of my life) All the reviews agree they are the best live act in the world and Jeff Lynne is a Music Genius. They are in the Rock Hall of Fame. Lynne is on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and Birmingham Walk OF Fame. Jeff Lynne’s ELO won the Best Classic Rock Band plus Lynne won the best Song Writer award ( ASCAP ) 2019 for his fantastic contribution over the years. So if this is being under rated...I would love to be under rated this way...LOL The Legends in the Music Industry call him the best overall Musician ever and a Producer Extraordinaire. Long live Jeff Lynne’s ELO!
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.
Never tire of this track, so awesome, Jeff is just the greatest, thanks elo ❤️
ELO is my all-time favourite band, love every song so much.
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
True greatness, reminds me of being young.
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.
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 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.
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 😁
Right Back In The Common Room Just Lounging And Listening To This Majestic Classic. So Many Memories. Thanks For This Supreme Track From The Original And Best Line Up.
I hope you won't consider this splitting hairs, but while this may very well be the best lineup, it's certainly not the original.
@@kennymurphy2116 I'm well aware of the original line up and also the History of the group. Mr Roy Wood after the Move formed with Bev Bevan initiated the seeds of the new group Carl Wayne had already left the Move,.Jeff Lynne was in another group the Velvet Underground,I think,he was approached by Roy. And the ELO was gradually being formed. There was no fallout between Roy and Jeff that was just for the media etc. As Roy then went on to form the group Wizzard. But the 70s line up of ELO brilliant Richard Tandy left and then came back. Nice to know another fan. Cheers Kenny.
@@acaunce8213 : Well said (except that it wasn't The Velvet Underground, it was The Idle Race). I had forgotten about Wizzard.
@@kennymurphy2116 Hello Mr Murphy, I don't know if you received my reply earlier,but upon initially getting back to you. I thought it was the Velvet Underground,after I'd sent the reply,I thought it wasn't right. So upon receiving yours and you informed me that it was the Idle Race,I went 'that's who it was'. Cheers For That. It's good to know that there's a fellow fan of the original line up. Mr Murphy.
First heard this on the radio back when I was in England in 2018!
This song is like magic.❤️
Truly is ❤
“Oh, I’m rolling and riding, and slipping and sliding…”
I see what you did there
I deeply love, love this track. One of my favorite pop songs ever!
Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin'
It's magic
[CHORUS]
And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher
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,
Moving in line when you look back in time
To your first day
[CHORUS -- repeat]
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
[CHORUS -- repeat]
FREE CLASH ROYALE GEMS thank you kind internet person
If anyone has any comments that are derogatory to the music and talent of the E. L. O. they have not yet heard the amazing talent of Jedward. Of course I am kidding!!! E. L. O. They are the Masters in their own right!!!
whats with your name?
Thanks FREE CLASH ROYALe GEMS!
Hard to find lyrics like these nowadays...
Good old days!!! They where magic.. I was 13 years old in 1976 when this came out
Just passing thur I just heard this at the mall today a cool song ✍️ 5/3/22.
Dang, our boy Jeff is rollin' in those Disney soundtrack royalties.
First Marvel, and now Pixar!!!
I love this song. An absolute masterpiece!
The band's badge is pretty cool, looks like it's inspired by the classic jukebox. I wonder if some sort of lighted collectable that you can hang on your wall of that thing has been made of that, if not, it should be!
It is pretty cool I agree
What an unbelievably superb voice
That violin is just awesome, what a classic positive tune.
Why the freaking hell is ELO so underrated? THEY'RE AWESOME!!!!!!
mildred Elliot Creighton Not underrated. They still play in sold out Arenas in 2019 after 50 years. We will see them in concert July 18 2019 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. I can’t wait to see the best concert in the world!