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Post by unomusette on Aug 8, 2014 21:33:43 GMT
We all love ELO and Jeff's stuff, that's why we're here. But there are some bits that are especially great and make you go all fuzzy. Here, you can list your guilty pleasures and maybe discover some you hadn't even thought of. I can probably think of loads, but first up I can offer:
The guitar outro of Eldorado
The way Jeff sings a millimetre from the mike in It's Over, this would send shivers up and down my spine when I used to listen to it on headphones.
The intro to Boy Blue, brilliant builder-upper
The intro to Dreaming of 4000
The last bit of Nellie Takes Her Bow (.."Nellie just sent me a line...")
The solo in the middle of Kuiama, especially the violin bit, bloody amazing, still moves me nearly to tears despite my advanced age.
The outro of Shangri La.
Discovering Jeff's stupid sense of humour on the Idle Race Birthday Party LP. It was like finding a soulmate.
Your turn...
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Post by bhabs on Aug 9, 2014 4:35:45 GMT
The quiet break in Sun To The World, bursting into the loud piano riff. (That song is so underrated)
Jeff's echoey "I will return" closing off ANWR in Shangri-La.
Kelly Groucutt in Sweet Is The Night. That whole song is wonderful, too.
The golf club swing in Endless Lies. I don't know why, it just fits so well.
The crazy-high falsetto note that Jeff hits during the fadeout of In For The Kill. I didn't even catch it until listening to it a few times.
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Post by janne on Aug 9, 2014 7:29:56 GMT
When the drums come in on Can't Get It Out of My Head.
The guitar sound on Sweet Is The Night.
The strings on Showdown.
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Post by ShardEnder on Aug 9, 2014 15:04:07 GMT
The crazy-high falsetto note that Jeff hits during the fadeout of In For The Kill. I seem to recall someone once telling me that Jeff's vocals during that section were pitch shifted using a Fairlight - this was simply a bit of studio experimentation he ultimately wiped as part of the overall reworking of In For The Kill into its final version, Caught In A Trap. At the moment, my personal favourite extra special things in ELO songs are Bev's thundering live drums on the second part of Hello My Old Friend, the whole fade to Starlight, Jeff temporarily borrowing John Lennon's voice for Mister Kingdom - especially on the final verse - and the last chorus of Mission (A World Record), where there's an additional falsetto part that just takes the whole track to another level.
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Post by livinthing on Aug 9, 2014 15:55:51 GMT
I do like a good guitar solo but one of my favourites is the solo in Without Someone from BOP. I also like the way Jungle finishes with the alarm clock etc
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Post by unomusette on Aug 9, 2014 17:46:34 GMT
Yes! I'd forgotten about the alarm clock ending - also just as the instrumental break is finishing you can hear Jeff in the background going "Hang on..." Love it.
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Post by janne on Aug 9, 2014 19:00:40 GMT
The solo in the middle of Kuiama, especially the violin bit, bloody amazing, still moves me nearly to tears despite my advanced age. Geez, the solo in Kuiama! I haven't listened to that song in years, but it's just brilliant! I feel like taking a month off work and just go through the discography...
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Post by queenofthehours on Aug 11, 2014 14:23:21 GMT
The intro and microphone business on 'Four Little Diamonds'. "After Four..." The segue into Steve Miller's 'The Joker' on 'Summer and Lightning'. The piano on 'Nobody's Child'. Much too short but perfect all the same.
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Post by ShardEnder on Aug 11, 2014 19:51:14 GMT
The intro and microphone business on 'Four Little Diamonds'. "After Four..."
Would that be the single/album mix or the extended Afterglow (possible original double acetate) version? "How's it go?"
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Post by 88keys on Aug 11, 2014 20:34:02 GMT
The segue into Steve Miller's 'The Joker' on 'Summer and Lightning'.
Whoa, I'd never noticed that until now! Very similar, indeed.
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Post by unomusette on Aug 11, 2014 22:23:15 GMT
Me either, now I have to go and check. But when I play it back in my head I'm already there, nice one!
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Post by queenofthehours on Aug 12, 2014 12:45:47 GMT
The intro and microphone business on 'Four Little Diamonds'. "After Four..."
Would that be the single/album mix or the extended Afterglow (possible original double acetate) version? "How's it go?" Both, but now you mention it it's the extended version that sticks in my mind. "How's it go?" indeed. Possible my favourite intro to any ELO song.
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Post by jrmugz on Aug 13, 2014 1:39:04 GMT
I like the very tasteful and restrained guitar solo in "Mr. Blue Sky", and to me it makes for a very magical musical moment.
Also, I really like the "oh oh oh oh woah oh woah" vocals in some of the "Secret Messages" song verses.
This is a great topic IMHO, thanks for posting it, umomusette.
Jim
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Post by BSJ on Aug 13, 2014 16:21:56 GMT
Do ya want my love/face/mind! (wellllll… let me thinks about this)
WOMAN, end of first sentence in Do Ya
Waterfall, end of a sentence… got nooooo one
Bev’s drumming on Fire on High There are things that you don’t catch until listening a few times, or its background music and a small thing pops in your ear. Like the way he sings just one word that makes you say good god! Till this day I am always hearing new things. Such an unbelievable range.
An example. There is a video on YouTube and Discovery that has a video of Jeff, with Walsh and Dhani singing Something at the Concert for George. You have to really concentrate when he sings the first Something, the clapping almost drowned it out; it’s a small inflection – what he does with just that word! I’ve played just that bit over and over. And the rest of that song? Pure gold. Walsh kicks ass.
www.elodiscovery.com/Jeff-Lynne-Electric-Light-Orchestra-News-01-02-03-04-2014.html
– Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh & Dhani Harrison - Something
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Post by unomusette on Aug 13, 2014 20:50:46 GMT
This is a great topic IMHO, thanks for posting it, umomusette. Jim Pleasure! Must agree about Bev's drumming in Fire on High, that whole song is amazing though. Love the creepy intro, the acoustic guitar and the choir. In fact if anyone isn't impressed by it they simply aren't alive. Edit: Jeff's vocals are like velvet when he wants to turn it on, not to mention his clever inflections. I think his love of Roy Orbison has influenced this. And he does it whilst wearing that inscrutable face. What's not to love?
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