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Post by Rob 2095 on Oct 7, 2014 0:56:04 GMT
A funny incident (circa 1977/'78) from Bevan's The Electric Light Orchestra Story:
... when that had absolutely no effect (getting other members to quit smoking) I turned to "loads". Loads are matched-stick sized and easy to push into the centre of a cigarette. The result is an instant explosion when someone lights up. I once caught Jeff beautifully.
He left a packet of cigarettes on the table in a restaurant when he went to the loo-although by this time he should have known better. As soon as he returned he took a cigarette into his mouth directly from the packet and leaned over a candle in the centre of the table to light it.
The explosion left him covered in candle wax all over his beard, moustache, eyebrows and hair. He had an expression as if to say: "Well, you won't beat that. You won't get a more devastating effect, so you may as well lay off".
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Post by Horacewimp on Oct 11, 2014 19:11:02 GMT
Jeff didn't want to bring in an extra keyboard player for the OOTB concerts so Richard Tandy had an extra two arms added to his shoulders to allow him to play all the keyboards parts.
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Post by unomusette on Oct 11, 2014 19:20:33 GMT
The man is a consummate trouper, no wonder Jeff keeps him close
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Post by Helmut83 on Oct 11, 2014 19:42:03 GMT
Jeff didn't want to bring in an extra keyboard player for the OOTB concerts so Richard Tandy had an extra two arms added to his shoulders to allow him to play all the keyboards parts. He later on discovered the 4 arms were very useful for other tasks and wouldn't accept to have them removed once the show ended in spite of the insistence of other band members and the management. Here's a photo of Tandy having dinner after a show from the OOTB Tour:
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Post by Horacewimp on Oct 11, 2014 20:04:47 GMT
The original title for Out of the Blue was Out of the Loo, this was due to a little known story about Jeff's visit to the Swiss Alps to write the album. On the first night in his chalet Jeff locked himself in the toilet only to find he couldn't get the door back open, after a week of no news or demos from Jeff the band were concerned. Don Arden was sent to the chalet and rescued Jeff from the toilet, Jeff firsts words were "thank god I'm Out Off The Loo"
The songs Mr Blu loo Sky, "thanks" It's Over, Night in the Shity, Standin in the Drain and Relieve Me Now were quickly written by our maestro.
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Post by unomusette on Oct 11, 2014 20:29:36 GMT
..Not to mention "Birmingham poos"... Y'know, it's only since joining this forum I've learned so many true facts about ELO I never even knew before
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Post by Helmut83 on Oct 11, 2014 20:40:24 GMT
What about "Big Whirlpools"? And "Steppin' out" must have been written when Don Arden finally unlocked the door for him.
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Post by Horacewimp on Oct 13, 2014 10:45:09 GMT
Rosie Vela is so tall she has a piece of permafrost on the top of her head which never melts, hence the larger than life hair styles.
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Post by Horacewimp on Oct 13, 2014 13:01:06 GMT
Chereene Allen's legs are insured for $10million dollars, Richard Tandy misheard this and thought it referred to his legs, in an attempt to pursue an insurance claim Richard deliberately tried to trip up and break his leg while entering the stage during the encore at Hyde Park, he failed in his attempt.
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Post by Horacewimp on Oct 13, 2014 13:55:48 GMT
Kelly Groucutt had a penchant for eating cheese and pickle sandwiches while recording, it has been stated that on the Eldorado album you can hear the orchestra packing up during the songs, this is not true the real noise is from Kelly grabbing another sandwich from his tupperware lunch box.
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Post by Horacewimp on Oct 13, 2014 14:15:07 GMT
Jeff has aways been a fan of The Krankies, when playing live as a tribute to them he always does a thumbs up to the audience, he even made his own catch phrase "fan-bloody-tastic" sound as close as possible to their famous catch phrase of "fan-dabi-dozi" Attachment Deleted
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Post by unomusette on Oct 13, 2014 19:59:01 GMT
Jeff used to keep a colony of bees in his legendary curly hair - he was only found out when one of them stung the opera lady and caused the botched opening of Rockaria.
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Post by Horacewimp on Oct 13, 2014 20:16:06 GMT
When Jeff first met Bob Dylan, Bob said to him "hey your the guy with bad ass BO", Jeff was not happy about this he didn't have body odour as he had only just had a shower that morning so he decked Bob. When Bob came too he asked Jeff why he had clobbered him for inquiring about his Bang and Olufsen tape recorder.
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Post by spike on Oct 13, 2014 20:32:30 GMT
During their heyday back in the 1970's, Jeff used to pack the band away in box at the end of the evening, and would get them out again for the next gig. When they escaped and started doing their own thing such as ELO Part 2, Jeff got really cross with them.
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Post by Helmut83 on Oct 14, 2014 15:56:12 GMT
Kelly Groucutt had a penchant for eating cheese and pickle sandwiches while recording, it has been stated that on the Eldorado album you can hear the orchestra packing up during the songs, this is not true the real noise is from Kelly grabbing another sandwich from his tupperware lunch box. That fact is false! As everyone knows, Kelly Groucutt didn't participate in the recording of Eldorado. The legendary sound of the orchestra packing (or of Kelly grabbing a sandwich) is particularly noticeable in the "A new world record" recordings. Please, people, be careful with the sources because we can have a fact or two a bit wrong here and there. Now this makes me wonder if there could be some other inexactitudes in the facts posted above...
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