@@tarp11z Jeff is on Tour right now in sold out arenas all over North America...His last Tour ever at 77. Amazing. Is Joe still touring? ua-cam.com/video/z6BUFZbYCDw/v-deo.html
I just saw Jeff Lynne’s ELO in Cincinnati. Great, great show. Band was tight and extremely talented and what can you say about Jeff Lynne. Jeff had his guitar player Mike Steven’s introduce the band. He saved Jeff for last. The crowd in Cincinnati gave Jeff a roaring standing ovation for what seemed like forever. Great show, great night, GREAT BAND! Strange Magic!
I would put Jeff Lynne and Joe Jackson on the same level for similar reasons. Jeff has been more commercially successful, but Joe Jackson is a musician's musician. It would surprise me if Jeff isn't a fan of Joe.
Let's just say this. We read about musicians and how one of the attributes or hallmarks of greatness is to know IMMEDIATELY when the player hits one note. We can also say the same about some producers and bands. Jeff's records are so recognizable from ELO, to George Harrison, to Tom Petty, TP with the Heartbreakers and ELO too. He has a distinctive sound and genius to his craft.
I just saw ELO in Cleveland. And let me tell you. I enjoyed that orchestra Jeff. We have a great copy band here. And we love seeing them at a rib burn off or something. Having record breaking turnouts on that night. We can’t get enough ELO here in NE Ohio. Join us sometime. I just can’t get it out of my head!
His sentiments are quite genuine. It's no wonder he became a Traveling Wilbury. Basic Rock n Roll is much simpler without all the stress of a BIG production. Thanks Jeff.
These guys were the greatest band of my elementry school years. They were so huge, my music teacher would bring in their albums and play them,lol. Between them and Peter Frampton, i would say those years were ruled at least at my young age at the time.
the music scene and audiences were all trying new things, the performers too. people need a break. but from the sound of zoom and alone in the universe, he's found his way back to his native vocabulary, which is great. it was great for him to try other things, but he had a strange magic with that home brew.
I bought every album as soon as it was released and went back and bought the earlier ones all the way back to The Move.I saw them in concert only once,and I was more impressed with my date than the music,although being in the same mile with my favorite band was a thrill.I could've been happy with only studio performances.You can't do studio...live.
I just saw him tonight in Cleveland and am grateful that he got the desire to get back into echoey arenas one more time. I appreciate his sentiments here and I appreciate his need for a break. And arena acoustics can be bad! But despite the limitations they sounded great. I hope Jeff is as satisfied with the results as I am.
Jeff blended so many styles and textures that it is hard to classify ELO’s music. They could be like Chuck Berry one minute, The Beatles next minute, then transport the listener to fantastic worlds like the great progressive bands. As wonderful as The Move were, when Jeff came along he brought ideas that not even Roy could’ve thought up.
Musicians DO NOT get to be asked to join a band like the 'Travelling Willberrys' unless you are a TOP ULTRA artist! Jeff is that - it KILLED ME when ELO split...........
They didn’t split. Jeff decided he wanted to do a lot more in music and work with other great music Legends. He disbanded ELO in 1986 and started to work with George Harrison and many more incredible Legends.
@@MusicLover10538 well I'd like to believe that but i think it was more complicated than that, at the end of ELO Mik kaminski and kelly had left, actually in Balance of Power in the Vinyl record you can see clearly in the credits of it that the only members that stayed with Jeff where Tandy and Bev bevan. It reads that Jeff played the bass, second voices, synthesizers, piano, etc... beside guitars, first voice and producing the entire album. Lol
@@micaelmunoz5417 Kelly left -- or was fired from (depending on what sources you read) -- ELO in 1983, after having done just four tracks for Secret Messages, and he sued the band for compensation. Kelly wanted to be with his family more, but also believed he hadn't seen most of his ELO paychecks. Although Mik didn't play on Balance of Power, he continued performing with ELO live in concert and for TV in support of the album.
ELO also did straight rocking (Ma Ma Ma Belle?) and tracks which didn't feature any much strings,such as some of their early numbers plus,for example,Rock 'n' Roll is King,Hold on Tight and Don't Bring Me Down.
I heard him say time and time again that it was because of difficulty in live play. It looks great but doesn't sound near as good as he'd like. That's why him and Tandy went for pushing that over to the synthesizer. Very direct control in a live performance.
An amazing talent. I'd love to sit beside him at the mixing desk. How does he get that wonderful sound. I think when no ones watching he sneakes around the back and plugs in his secret Jeff Lynne box.
He also had headaches with other band members that were hired after the band was formed. One member sued him over money, and even though that person said he later regretted doing that, the damage was done. When you are hired on after the fact with a salary, that is what you get. You can't always listen to the blood sucking lawyers because they don't care about your relationship with the band. They just want $$. With a band the size ELO eventually got at one point, it would have been insane for Jeff to consider making the added members equal partners. He actually was broke himself at the start for the first few years, until he finally got control of the band. So when he did get control, he wouldn't have then said, ok now this 8 to 10+ member band all has an equal share, especially when he was doing at least 75% to 80% of the work. I know Bev Bevan eventually sold his share of the band back to Jeff. Once he did that, Jeff was the sole owner of the ELO name. You never hear Bev say anything bad about Jeff and ELO. He has always refrained from going negative. Some of the others should have followed his lead. I know Bev and Jeff need to get together and iron out the dumb stuff because in the end, from an interview I seen with Bev, he seems like he would be open to it. Someone just has to make the first move. I'm sure there is more too it than what I know, but Jeff being sued by one of the members is true.. You still see old interviews and articles of some of the folks with sour grapes. I think all of that turned him off to touring as well. Some of these members wanted song writing royalties because they may have came up with part of a riff used in a song. That would be bad to start something like that. Then you would have every studio musician suing for royalties because they played on a record. They get their salary and unless otherwise agreed that is all. It's the same as a company that hires a person and they come up with something. The company ownes anything that person comes up with. Steve Wozniak had to offer the Apple Computer to HP first because he worked for them. Once they passed, him and Steve Jobs were free to do what they wanted. But he was still required to do that because he worked for HP when they came up with it. That is the way his contract was worded, unless it's spelled out differently in the contract they agree to HP got first crack. They are more or less looked at as employees. But unfortunately when some start listening to the blood sucking lawyers, it ruins everything. I may be wrong, it's just how I see it. Others may see it differently. All I know is, Jeff is a very humble and decent guy.
@@resplendentpeace Oh Man as much as i like Kelly, he was more of a session player with a great voice that harmonized beautifully with Jeff's voice...It was really, really great. The problem with Kelly is when Jeff disbanded ELO to work on other projects, Kelly decided to Tour with Jeff's songs without his agreement. Jeff didn't appreciate it.
@@ErikDB6, he paid Kelly such a small salary even for that time. With all his millions it seems like he was more concerned about money than his band mates.
I lived for ELO from the first album up to and including Out Of The Blue. I can remember getting each one. But Discovery arrived, and whilst it was very good, I could tell things were a changing. Then eventually Time happened. A fantastic album, but I wish it had been a Jeff Lynne solo album, not an "ELO" one. The string section was fired after the Discovery video shoot, (by letter), and it was never the same again.
It seems to me that the strings were the defining element that made ELO so special. I was disappointed when they pared it down. I have all the respect for Jeff Lynne, but it seems his forte was always composition and recording. In a way, I wish he had kept creating albums with the large composition style of the albums he was creating in the mid to late 70s. (I mean, the guy would have completed with Beethoven 150 years ago.) I know he had a huge effect on the sound of pop music in the 80s and 90s through his production and engineering work. And as impressive as that work has been, in my ear it all began to sound similar to itself. Tom Petty and George Harrison's stuff in the late 80s sounds very Wilburyish. It's a great sound if you prefer it. For me though, I will always return to the classic ELO sound as it feels more original and vibrant... and happily, way less overplayed.
Great comment friend. Agreed across the board. Listening to some of the early stuff tonight and it's so different than what he did post. Some of the magic left. I will say that the Traveling Willburys sound is a ton of Jeff Lynne. There is magic in those sessions. The drum sound, the production, the melodies and the harmonies.. he gave us a lot to enjoy.
Jeff was burnt out and liked studio work...bev liked touring...kelly wanted a solo career...record comp said no to secret messages double album...music went to " new wave"...lots of factors.
Jeff did a good job in eliminating every ELO backing band member in the 80’s. Those Zoom to present day albums are the result of those backing members no longer present….no where remotely as good those 70’s albums…
This is a stupid thing to say. ELO doesn't sound like it used to because Jeff Lynne is old. List the artists who had great hits after their 40's (that they wrote). It's rare unless Jeff was the producer.
ELO was a concept formulated by Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood. Whoever else was in the touring band had their five minutes of fame and should be grateful which they most probably were. So how can you saw they were screwed over? You invent something, you own it, and it’s your prerogative to do with it as you please.
Elo was before their Time. They had a sound that will never be matched again.
dandavis is right on
How do you feel about their new stuff?
They took alot from the beatles, dont know how many of ELO songs sound like them big time.
I think they were perfect
YES! This is what I always say about them.
Probably the best musician of all time. Yes, I said it. He's a genius.
Tom Petty called Jeff the best overall musician he had ever seen.
Estoy de acuerdo.
Jeff Lynne is the best overall musician ever and a fantastic producer!
vastly under appreciated!
Joe Jackson is quite similar. Both are criminally underrated.
@@tarp11z Jeff is on Tour right now in sold out arenas all over North America...His last Tour ever at 77. Amazing. Is Joe still touring? ua-cam.com/video/z6BUFZbYCDw/v-deo.html
I prefer Tom Scholz as the greatest, but not by much.
I just saw Jeff Lynne’s ELO in Cincinnati. Great, great show. Band was tight and extremely talented and what can you say about Jeff Lynne. Jeff had his guitar player Mike Steven’s introduce the band. He saved Jeff for last. The crowd in Cincinnati gave Jeff a roaring standing ovation for what seemed like forever. Great show, great night, GREAT BAND! Strange Magic!
I completely understand Jeff. He did the right thing. The music industry would have consumed him, had he continued.
Jeff Lynne is the most talented overall musician and producer ever, at the same time he is such a humble down to earth man with kindness.
Jeff is very sweet and humble too.
lol one of the biggest egos in the music business
I don't really interact with ignorant hater like you!@@ErikDB6
Go comment on what you like, this way your life will be less miserable MR. Troll and hater.@@ErikDB6
I would put Jeff Lynne and Joe Jackson on the same level for similar reasons. Jeff has been more commercially successful, but Joe Jackson is a musician's musician. It would surprise me if Jeff isn't a fan of Joe.
Jeff Lynne is a Genius!
Jeff was ahead of the technology of the time.
Let's just say this. We read about musicians and how one of the attributes or hallmarks of greatness is to know IMMEDIATELY when the player hits one note. We can also say the same about some producers and bands. Jeff's records are so recognizable from ELO, to George Harrison, to Tom Petty, TP with the Heartbreakers and ELO too. He has a distinctive sound and genius to his craft.
I just saw ELO in Cleveland. And let me tell you. I enjoyed that orchestra Jeff. We have a great copy band here. And we love seeing them at a rib burn off or something. Having record breaking turnouts on that night. We can’t get enough ELO here in NE Ohio. Join us sometime. I just can’t get it out of my head!
His sentiments are quite genuine.
It's no wonder he became a Traveling Wilbury.
Basic Rock n Roll is
much simpler without all the stress of a BIG production.
Thanks Jeff.
Jeff Lynne is timeless
I was born 1963
My son 1993
And granddaughter 2017
And we are all giant fans.
My granddaughter at 7 can sing all his songs
Que lindo! ❤😊
The most talented and humble man in pop music.
Not necessarily pop ...
Right on! Jeff Lynne is the most talented overall musician and producer ever, at the same time he is such a humble down to earth man with kindness.
Hah!
lol ever heard of roy wood?
@@ryanhall826 Of course. Lovely man and extremely talented. Had a drink with him.
Happy Birthday🎉 Mr. Jeff Lynne and thank you for some of the best music of the 70’s! 12/30/22 !
These guys were the greatest band of my elementry school years. They were so huge, my music teacher would bring in their albums and play them,lol. Between them and Peter Frampton, i would say those years were ruled at least at my young age at the time.
Interviewer clearly made excellent fashion decisions.
I'd put Kelly's old moustache against his handlebar any day.
Looooool
Such a cool, cool man. I just love to listen to him.
Ohh I love youuuu Jefff🥰🕺
thank you Jeff , and thanks for your great music but we understand where you are coming from , shame
Jeff Lynne GENIUS !!
Genius.
the music scene and audiences were all trying new things, the performers too. people need a break. but from the sound of zoom and alone in the universe, he's found his way back to his native vocabulary, which is great. it was great for him to try other things, but he had a strange magic with that home brew.
This is what a genius sounds like.
I bought every album as soon as it was released and went back and bought the earlier ones all the way back to The Move.I saw them in concert only once,and I was more impressed with my date than the music,although being in the same mile with my favorite band was a thrill.I could've been happy with only studio performances.You can't do studio...live.
Elo was a fantastic band!
Hands down!
I just saw him tonight in Cleveland and am grateful that he got the desire to get back into echoey arenas one more time. I appreciate his sentiments here and I appreciate his need for a break. And arena acoustics can be bad! But despite the limitations they sounded great. I hope Jeff is as satisfied with the results as I am.
I was there too. Amazing. I saw him in New York couple years ago. Can’t say enough how amazing he and his music is.
Jeff never lost his " mojo" at all. He was taking a hiatus to write some new sounds.
Really? When are we gonna hear those?🤯
Not many bands I know can have a double CD where every song is great. I’m thinking of “The Essential ELO”
Also Out of the Blue
@@DavidNorthMusic 100%
Leave it to Jeff. He knew what was right . Look at him now
Actually, "Look At Me Now" is a Roy Wood song.
Just being clever.
worthy learning material
Jeff blended so many styles and textures that it is hard to classify ELO’s music. They could be like Chuck Berry one minute, The Beatles next minute, then transport the listener to fantastic worlds like the great progressive bands. As wonderful as The Move were, when Jeff came along he brought ideas that not even Roy could’ve thought up.
34 years ago..... blimey.
I first heard Mr Blue Sky back in '77 and Showdown in '73.
Amazing longevity of this music.
What a privilege to meet Hercule Poirot.
Musicians DO NOT get to be asked to join a band like the 'Travelling Willberrys' unless you are a TOP ULTRA artist! Jeff is that - it KILLED ME when ELO split...........
They didn’t split. Jeff decided he wanted to do a lot more in music and work with other great music Legends. He disbanded ELO in 1986 and started to work with George Harrison and many more incredible Legends.
@@MusicLover10538 well I'd like to believe that but i think it was more complicated than that, at the end of ELO Mik kaminski and kelly had left, actually in Balance of Power in the Vinyl record you can see clearly in the credits of it that the only members that stayed with Jeff where Tandy and Bev bevan. It reads that Jeff played the bass, second voices, synthesizers, piano, etc... beside guitars, first voice and producing the entire album. Lol
@@micaelmunoz5417 Kelly left -- or was fired from (depending on what sources you read) -- ELO in 1983, after having done just four tracks for Secret Messages, and he sued the band for compensation. Kelly wanted to be with his family more, but also believed he hadn't seen most of his ELO paychecks.
Although Mik didn't play on Balance of Power, he continued performing with ELO live in concert and for TV in support of the album.
Tom got real lucky in my opinion.
@@MusicLover10538 Same diff, I’d say.
Mr Jeff Lynne:Music man par excellence!
Legend.
He is so amazing and beautiful ❤
The strings are the most loved element in ELO, why did Jeff left that? Darn......
louis clark 's strings
@@endrizo ..correct sir !!
ELO also did straight rocking (Ma Ma Ma Belle?) and tracks which didn't feature any much strings,such as some of their early numbers plus,for example,Rock 'n' Roll is King,Hold on Tight and Don't Bring Me Down.
I heard him say time and time again that it was because of difficulty in live play. It looks great but doesn't sound near as good as he'd like. That's why him and Tandy went for pushing that over to the synthesizer. Very direct control in a live performance.
It was also very expensive, and after about 1978, Jeff started controlling expenditures.
An amazing talent. I'd love to sit beside him at the mixing desk. How does he get that wonderful sound. I think when no ones watching he sneakes around the back and plugs in his secret Jeff Lynne box.
He also had headaches with other band members that were hired after the band was formed. One member sued him over money, and even though that person said he later regretted doing that, the damage was done. When you are hired on after the fact with a salary, that is what you get. You can't always listen to the blood sucking lawyers because they don't care about your relationship with the band. They just want $$. With a band the size ELO eventually got at one point, it would have been insane for Jeff to consider making the added members equal partners. He actually was broke himself at the start for the first few years, until he finally got control of the band. So when he did get control, he wouldn't have then said, ok now this 8 to 10+ member band all has an equal share, especially when he was doing at least 75% to 80% of the work. I know Bev Bevan eventually sold his share of the band back to Jeff. Once he did that, Jeff was the sole owner of the ELO name. You never hear Bev say anything bad about Jeff and ELO. He has always refrained from going negative. Some of the others should have followed his lead. I know Bev and Jeff need to get together and iron out the dumb stuff because in the end, from an interview I seen with Bev, he seems like he would be open to it. Someone just has to make the first move. I'm sure there is more too it than what I know, but Jeff being sued by one of the members is true.. You still see old interviews and articles of some of the folks with sour grapes. I think all of that turned him off to touring as well. Some of these members wanted song writing royalties because they may have came up with part of a riff used in a song. That would be bad to start something like that. Then you would have every studio musician suing for royalties because they played on a record. They get their salary and unless otherwise agreed that is all. It's the same as a company that hires a person and they come up with something. The company ownes anything that person comes up with. Steve Wozniak had to offer the Apple Computer to HP first because he worked for them. Once they passed, him and Steve Jobs were free to do what they wanted. But he was still required to do that because he worked for HP when they came up with it. That is the way his contract was worded, unless it's spelled out differently in the contract they agree to HP got first crack. They are more or less looked at as employees. But unfortunately when some start listening to the blood sucking lawyers, it ruins everything. I may be wrong, it's just how I see it. Others may see it differently. All I know is, Jeff is a very humble and decent guy.
Jeff Lynne is the most talented overall musician and producer ever, at the same time he is such a humble down to earth man with kindness.
@@resplendentpeace Oh Man as much as i like Kelly, he was more of a session player with a great voice that harmonized beautifully with Jeff's voice...It was really, really great. The problem with Kelly is when Jeff disbanded ELO to work on other projects, Kelly decided to Tour with Jeff's songs without his agreement. Jeff didn't appreciate it.
@@MusicLover10538 You need to do so,e more research. That is not at all what happened. Jeff screwed Kelly, and Kelly was forced to sue. And he won.
Again, this is why bands, TV shows, and movie series have a decade-long shelf life. Anything more than that is uncharted waters.
@@ErikDB6, he paid Kelly such a small salary even for that time. With all his millions it seems like he was more concerned about money than his band mates.
great!
Wow! Wyatt Earp interviewing Jeff.
The song at the start is "Telephone line"
Love Jeff! But when they cut to the interviewer! He's being interviewed by the Pringles man😂
I lived for ELO from the first album up to and including Out Of The Blue. I can remember getting each one. But Discovery arrived, and whilst it was very good, I could tell things were a changing. Then eventually Time happened. A fantastic album, but I wish it had been a Jeff Lynne solo album, not an "ELO" one. The string section was fired after the Discovery video shoot, (by letter), and it was never the same again.
Enjoying Jeff and his cerebral tone when suddenly boom, Salvador Dali appears.
Think he must have found his mojo again 😎
His current band are brilliant although I do feel sorry for Bev
He never lost it.
I'm seeing him live next month!
lol!
It seems to me that the strings were the defining element that made ELO so special. I was disappointed when they pared it down.
I have all the respect for Jeff Lynne, but it seems his forte was always composition and recording. In a way, I wish he had kept creating albums with the large composition style of the albums he was creating in the mid to late 70s. (I mean, the guy would have completed with Beethoven 150 years ago.)
I know he had a huge effect on the sound of pop music in the 80s and 90s through his production and engineering work. And as impressive as that work has been, in my ear it all began to sound similar to itself. Tom Petty and George Harrison's stuff in the late 80s sounds very Wilburyish. It's a great sound if you prefer it. For me though, I will always return to the classic ELO sound as it feels more original and vibrant... and happily, way less overplayed.
Great comment friend. Agreed across the board. Listening to some of the early stuff tonight and it's so different than what he did post. Some of the magic left.
I will say that the Traveling Willburys sound is a ton of Jeff Lynne. There is magic in those sessions. The drum sound, the production, the melodies and the harmonies.. he gave us a lot to enjoy.
Genius
Beethoven..Puccini,..Verdi...Lynne...Musical Masters.
The great Jeff Lynne. Legend! 🙏🏻 On a different note, I strongly suspect that the interviewer’s moustache is a prop...
😂
He is a masters
Привет, Джефф Линн! Ты всегда пишешь классную музыку!!! Молодец!!! Спасибо!!!+ Лайк!!!
whats that song in the opening i cant recognize it !!!
2:54 So that's where Balance of Power's Caught in a Trap came from.
Geoff 😊
Interviewer looks like the Pringles mascot
BEYOND BRILLIANT, THANKS JEFF.
Jeff was burnt out and liked studio work...bev liked touring...kelly wanted a solo career...record comp said no to secret messages double album...music went to " new wave"...lots of factors.
And don't forget the glam metal scene, it was difficult for alot 70s bands.
Jeff did a good job in eliminating every ELO backing band member in the 80’s.
Those Zoom to present day albums are the result of those backing members no longer present….no where remotely as good those 70’s albums…
Agree
Yep 76,77,78 ELO,s golden years!!😁👍👍👍✌
This is a stupid thing to say. ELO doesn't sound like it used to because Jeff Lynne is old. List the artists who had great hits after their 40's (that they wrote). It's rare unless Jeff was the producer.
OH...actually Zoom is a pretty dang good album, IMO. Take another listen, perhaps.
Time (1981) was one of his best albums. I'd put that and Out of the Blue right at the top.
1:36 Woah ! Lots of facial hair going on tonite !
Why are we not talking about the interviewer's moustache?
I am talking about it right now. Can you not hear me ?
Salvidor Dali wants his tash back.
Jeff Lynne interviewed by 19th century tobacconist.
😂
He screwed over his bandmates.
Jay Ball sad, but true.
You can actually hear Jeff trying to sound like Kelly Groucutt in his own backing vocals for his solo ELO songs. Sad.
Not as much as Don Arden did.
That's one side of the story.
The other side is Jeff made a business decision and the members of his band didn't like it.
ELO was a concept formulated by Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood. Whoever else was in the touring band had their five minutes of fame and should be grateful which they most probably were. So how can you saw they were screwed over? You invent something, you own it, and it’s your prerogative to do with it as you please.