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Post by tremblinwilbury on Mar 8, 2019 15:01:37 GMT
Who'd have thought it - ELO have even made it into the Oxford English Dictionary. Well, one of them has: fluffy's been proved right
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Post by vlogdance on Mar 10, 2019 11:20:54 GMT
Mel learned tips on charming the ladies from a distinguished military ancestor.
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Post by vlogdance on Mar 10, 2019 22:23:11 GMT
Jeff was one of the first stars approached for a role in the Spice Girls' 1997 movie, Spiceworld. The producers wanted him to play the girls' dad, Shady Spice. He would have been allowed to wear his own aviators on set.
However, the deal fell through when Jeff refused to take off his shades for a bathroom scene.
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 10, 2019 23:07:37 GMT
Who'd have thought it - ELO have even made it into the Oxford English Dictionary. Well, one of them has: fluffy 's been proved right 50? nah....45 at a push
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 10, 2019 23:14:47 GMT
A book chronicling vlogs fondness of all things by our favourite violinist...
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Post by Timeblue on Mar 10, 2019 23:19:57 GMT
Fluffy sets up an enquiry as to why Bev isn't voted the worlds sexiest man...
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Post by vlogdance on Mar 20, 2019 15:28:31 GMT
To mark the release of "When I Was A Boy", the record company commissioned some merchandise to go with it. Jeff made sure these particular souvenirs never went on sale, though.
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Post by vlogdance on Apr 5, 2019 13:49:15 GMT
New product line. For them travellin' feet.
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Post by vlogdance on May 24, 2019 12:50:35 GMT
Back in the early '70s, Bianca Jagger was one of ELO's first fans. Rumour had it she particularly liked one of the string section.
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Post by BSJ on May 24, 2019 14:59:41 GMT
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Post by vlogdance on May 26, 2019 15:11:46 GMT
Around that time, Linda McCartney introduced Jeff to the pilot who was later hired to drive his spaceship.
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Post by vlogdance on May 26, 2019 15:13:51 GMT
As for Paul, his worldview was changed after an encounter with a flamboyant member of the Electric Animal Orchestra.
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Post by Horacewimp on Aug 28, 2019 20:26:56 GMT
After Mik was dispatched from his ELO violin duties he brought out a range of electrical sockets in the U.K.
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Post by vlogdance on Oct 3, 2019 11:33:53 GMT
Due to a misprint on the cover, Lldorado nearly won Welsh Language Album Of The Year in 1974.
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Post by vlogdance on Oct 3, 2019 11:50:27 GMT
And, more recently, Alone In The Universe narrowly missed out on a Mercury Prize nomination when the judges ruled that the spaceship had travelled around a different planet.
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