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Post by orioles70 on Aug 22, 2019 19:59:16 GMT
this one has an Idle Race bit starting about the 1:30 mark pretty rare for an American artist guess Bryan Scary must be a fan of Jeff
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Post by queenofthehours on Aug 27, 2019 13:50:22 GMT
I'm back from my holidays and because we went by coach I was looking forward to seeing which CDs the driver would play. Luckily we had the same driver as last year, unluckily he didn't play the ELO CD .
However he did play this, a song I remembered from last year's trip that I never caught the name of until now. I don't think it's particularly ELO-sounding but I think Jeff fans will enjoy it -
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Post by BSJ on Aug 27, 2019 18:18:00 GMT
Great road trip music!
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Post by nobodyschild on Aug 28, 2019 20:25:06 GMT
Never heard that song before, now I have and I love it!! Sounds like a mix between something The Beach Boys would do and a “Build me up Buttercup” sort of thing. Great vibe!
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Post by unomusette on Aug 28, 2019 20:56:54 GMT
It's great, reminds me of something Woody would do too (except he'd inflate it in every way of course)
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Post by elobeyond on Sept 4, 2019 2:35:46 GMT
I'm back from my holidays and because we went by coach I was looking forward to seeing which CDs the driver would play. Luckily we had the same driver as last year, unluckily he didn't play the ELO CD .
However he did play this, a song I remembered from last year's trip that I never caught the name of until now. I don't think it's particularly ELO-sounding but I think Jeff fans will enjoy it -
Sounds similar to First Class' Beach Baby to me.
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Post by queenofthehours on Sept 4, 2019 16:01:01 GMT
I'm back from my holidays and because we went by coach I was looking forward to seeing which CDs the driver would play. Luckily we had the same driver as last year, unluckily he didn't play the ELO CD .
However he did play this, a song I remembered from last year's trip that I never caught the name of until now. I don't think it's particularly ELO-sounding but I think Jeff fans will enjoy it -
Sounds similar to First Class' Beach Baby to me. You have excellent ears. I was hoping someone would make the connection! 'Beach Baby' and 'Oh California' were both written by the same songwriters and both feature Tony Burrows on lead vocals and it's very likely that both songs have the same session musicians too.
The coach driver played 'Beach Baby' as well but as most people know the song I didn't think to mention it but it really does sound quite Jeffy too.
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Post by mrradio on Sept 16, 2019 7:46:37 GMT
Good Captain list ELO as an influence and whilst it doesn’t have the ELO sound there’s certainly some Jeffesque touches in the songwriting and melodies. I could almost hear this one on Secret Messages with Jeff singing Brilliant song anyway, music.apple.com/gb/album/long-distance-single/1476475586
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Post by bhabs on Sept 25, 2019 12:26:17 GMT
this one has an Idle Race bit starting about the 1:30 mark pretty rare for an American artist guess Bryan Scary must be a fan of Jeff I friggin LOVE Bryan Scary. If anyone isn’t familiar, just check out his Bandcamp page. Brilliant work. I actually keep a list of ELO-sounding songs on Spotify! I’ll have to look through this thread and add to it For now...check this out:
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Post by orioles70 on Sept 26, 2019 12:01:25 GMT
someone from this band posted a comment on the YouTube video for Jeff's new single they do seem to be copying the ELO format - 2 cellos and a violin not bad, but not up to Jeff's standard either
they're based in London - any of our UK forum members familiar with The 286?
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Post by queenofthehours on Sept 26, 2019 13:31:29 GMT
Here's another Magic song that my holiday coach driver played. I can't say it's giving off strong ELO vibes but it does have some very nice Jeff Lynne-ish backing vocals and a nice chorus -
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Post by flyershistory on Oct 21, 2019 18:54:54 GMT
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Post by flyershistory on Oct 21, 2019 19:01:43 GMT
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Post by elophile on Nov 2, 2019 0:22:23 GMT
this one has an Idle Race bit starting about the 1:30 mark pretty rare for an American artist guess Bryan Scary must be a fan of Jeff Oh, wow! This is pretty cool.
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Post by elophile on Nov 2, 2019 0:49:40 GMT
Posting this here for nobodyschild and @bluebird who are both listening to The Idle Race lately... I love Fairfield Parlour and think they sound like The Idle Race - only depressed...
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