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Post by Horacewimp on May 29, 2023 8:04:30 GMT
Need Her Love was shown no love and voted the worst song on side one.
Which track isn’t up to par on side two, vote above.
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Post by Timeblue on May 29, 2023 10:46:29 GMT
Will this song be voted the least popular? I wish....
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Post by dillwyn on May 29, 2023 10:56:53 GMT
Wishing I agree, in an dis-honourable mention Midnight Blue has beautiful chords/melody but could do without the half ton of syrup laid over the track.
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Post by Chippa on May 29, 2023 13:32:47 GMT
I can't say that I listen to On The Run a whole lot.
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Post by soonerorlater on May 29, 2023 15:23:36 GMT
So to the bottom rung of my ELO ladder, the worst side of an album they've ever done. Don't Bring Me Down gets a pass for pretty much being a classic and On The Run for being mildly quirky. The real problem for me is that suddenly Jeff Lynne is trying to copy or is at the very least, being influenced by contemporary styles. As a consequence, the winner here is Midnight Blue, from it's embarrassing use of the vocoder to the faux Bee Gees/falsetto bit that is shockingly off the mark. Of course the Xanadu soundtrack picked up the baton somewhat and continued to run with it. The genius of Jeff though is his ability to change direction as he then did with the next three 80's albums.
Annoyingly when it comes to Midnight Blue, there's actually a semi-decent song there somewhere. The Orchestra did an interesting semi-acoustic version with Kelly once that shows the value of stripping back excess now and again.
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Post by eloneen on May 29, 2023 16:00:24 GMT
As much as I dislike Midnigjt Blue, Wishing is worse, IMHO.
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Post by unomusette on May 29, 2023 20:37:36 GMT
Completely agree, ditto
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Post by Helmut83 on May 29, 2023 22:06:23 GMT
What the hell, people are dissing "Midnight Blue" here! You owe yourselves a visit to the otologist, you cavemen of music!
"Wishing" is the obvious choice here.
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Post by BSJ on May 30, 2023 17:38:34 GMT
Coin toss between three of them - Midnight Blue lost. Wishing and On The Run are just as bad. Rare I play this album.
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Post by tremblinwilbury on May 30, 2023 18:08:28 GMT
On The Run for me. It's the one I definitely skip.
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Post by Eloise on May 30, 2023 18:31:20 GMT
"I wish that everything was gold. I wish you were here to hold. I'm wishing." What in the world was he thinking when he wrote those lyrics? I vote Wishing.
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