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Post by unomusette on Nov 27, 2015 23:57:12 GMT
It's maybe to do with expectations. Personally I was expecting the whole album to mostly reflect his recent work but ended up enjoying the quite varied and retro feel to a lot of it. Maybe he genuinely thought that was what the old guard of fans wanted?
Even if he'd wanted to produce unusual and challenging songs he'd probably have come under pressure from management to resist that and appeal to the masses, who expect his signature "guilty pleasure" type output, rather than hardcore fans who know he's capable of branching out.
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Post by Helmut83 on Nov 28, 2015 0:34:37 GMT
It's maybe to do with expectations. Personally I was expecting the whole album to mostly reflect his recent work but ended up enjoying the quite varied and retro feel to a lot of it. Maybe he genuinely thought that was what the old guard of fans wanted? It's a possibility. Personally, I think it has got to do more with the well of creativity running dry. |
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Post by LoserGoneWild on Nov 28, 2015 0:42:58 GMT
It's maybe to do with expectations. Personally I was expecting the whole album to mostly reflect his recent work but ended up enjoying the quite varied and retro feel to a lot of it. Maybe he genuinely thought that was what the old guard of fans wanted? It's a possibility. Personaly, I think it has got to do more with the well of creativity running dry. Only one word Helmut. Rubbish. It's a great album. And I speak as someone who had reservations beforehand. For me it's Jeff's best work for 34 years. Opinions eh?!?! |
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Post by Helmut83 on Nov 28, 2015 1:56:33 GMT
LoserGoneWild: ok, I respect you thinking that. Why do you finish your messages with "opinions eh?"?
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Post by BSJ on Nov 28, 2015 2:38:33 GMT
Even if he'd wanted to produce unusual and challenging songs he'd probably have come under pressure from management to resist that and appeal to the masses, who expect his signature "guilty pleasure" type output, rather than hardcore fans who know he's capable of branching out.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2015 5:54:01 GMT
I love the album, and I think Jeff was brilliant in not trying to live up to his past. He has repeatedly stated that he was just making an album, and he did it very well to my ears. He wisely resisted trying to make Out Of The New World Music. And by doing that he managed a very rare feat.....a very good album 40 years after his so called "peak". The dinosaurs who keep trying to remake their past nearly all failed miserably. Jeff is a very wise man.
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Post by Helmut83 on Nov 28, 2015 5:59:11 GMT
Yesterday someone posted this message on my "Top 25 ELO songs" video on YouTube: " Monkey Harris Hace 16 horas what a delusional attention seeker! hey i know, i'll be controversial and hope that people will take notice of me for a change. sorry pal some of your choices and rankings and omissions are nonsense in my opinion. And we are all entitled to our opinion so don't take offence" thewordsofaaron : was that you? |
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Post by LoserGoneWild on Nov 28, 2015 10:19:57 GMT
LoserGoneWild: ok, I respect you thinking that. Why do you finish your messages with "opinions eh?"? I don't - not all of them anyway. |
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Post by thewordsofaaron on Nov 28, 2015 10:22:55 GMT
Yesterday someone posted this message on my "Top 25 ELO songs" video on YouTube: " Monkey Harris Hace 16 horas what a delusional attention seeker! hey i know, i'll be controversial and hope that people will take notice of me for a change. sorry pal some of your choices and rankings and omissions are nonsense in my opinion. And we are all entitled to our opinion so don't take offence" thewordsofaaron : was that you? er....no....cant say as i know what youre on about actually..... |
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Post by Horacewimp on Nov 28, 2015 11:14:21 GMT
Let's get this thread back on to the title subject.
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Post by tightrope on Nov 28, 2015 13:54:51 GMT
If infinite monkeys type every day, they might accidentally write Hamlet a play! LOL. Sorry, couldn't resist. Hhmmm... by that you mean what exactly? It was a silly reference to the theme for Infinite Monkey cage written by Eric Idle and performed by him and Jeff. If all of us sat and wrote songs every day one may be lucky enough to do one as good as Jeff Lynne. To produce and perform and record it as well would be a monumental task and I seriously doubt it could be done by anyone here. The album is brilliant and at 67 Jeff still has plenty in the tank. |
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Post by Helmut83 on Nov 28, 2015 16:41:56 GMT
tightrope: I see, thanks for the explanation.
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, but we're OK. 
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?