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Post by StrangeMagic on Dec 7, 2019 5:53:16 GMT
Jeff has hinted in a recent interview that this could be it. 2020 is the 50th anniversary of ELO. How would we all feel if FOON was The End? 8 albums in the 70s, 4 albums in the 80s (if you count Xanadu), nothing in the 90's, an album in the 00's, and 2 albums in the 10's....that's a damn fine run. We can throw in Jeff solo, Jeff in The Move, and The Idle Race for good measure. And The Travelling Wilburys. And other production work. He's done ok!! Discuss. I can't recall any English language interviews where he hinted that he didn't want to record. @ole, Could you tell us more about what Jeff said or a link to the interview that gave you that impression?
On the other hand, I do think he's burned out on touring, and may not do that for a while. I get the impression from this article.
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Post by pelo on Dec 7, 2019 10:31:08 GMT
"When I see a band advertised ...", well it says Jeff Lynne's ELO, there is no mention of a band. Think of ELO as an atmosphere or concept. You could argue that ELO in the studio has very rarely been a band project. The first album, for example, was just Roy Wood teaming up with Jeff Lynne. Regarding Bev Bevan his drumming skills were very rarely used to full effect on ELO records.
(By the way another favourite musician of mine is Joseph Mount who releases most of his records under the moniker Metronomy. While Metronomy is definitely a band on stage, some of the records feature the band, others are just Joseph Mount solo. Nobody seems to have a problem with this - I think in the case of ELO the real problem is that in the old days ELO was always promoted as a band, which, however, wasn't always true if you think of the recording sessions.)
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2019 19:20:23 GMT
Jeff has hinted in a recent interview that this could be it. 2020 is the 50th anniversary of ELO. How would we all feel if FOON was The End? 8 albums in the 70s, 4 albums in the 80s (if you count Xanadu), nothing in the 90's, an album in the 00's, and 2 albums in the 10's....that's a damn fine run. We can throw in Jeff solo, Jeff in The Move, and The Idle Race for good measure. And The Travelling Wilburys. And other production work. He's done ok!! Discuss. I can't recall any English language interviews where he hinted that he didn't want to record. @ole , Could you tell us more about what Jeff said or a link to the interview that gave you that impression?
On the other hand, I do think he's burned out on touring, and may not do that for a while. I get the impression from this article.
I effed up when I made this thread. Something Jeff said (I can't even remember what it was) caused me to erroneously conclude that this might be the last one. In other interviews he has made it quite clear that this is not the case at all. My apologies.
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Post by coathanger on Dec 11, 2019 19:50:16 GMT
"When I see a band advertised ...", well it says Jeff Lynne's ELO, there is no mention of a band. Think of ELO as an atmosphere or concept. You could argue that ELO in the studio has very rarely been a band project. The first album, for example, was just Roy Wood teaming up with Jeff Lynne. Regarding Bev Bevan his drumming skills were very rarely used to full effect on ELO records. (By the way another favourite musician of mine is Joseph Mount who releases most of his records under the moniker Metronomy. While Metronomy is definitely a band on stage, some of the records feature the band, others are just Joseph Mount solo. Nobody seems to have a problem with this - I think in the case of ELO the real problem is that in the old days ELO was always promoted as a band, which, however, wasn't always true if you think of the recording sessions.) *Orchestra? Like a large band........like the band he hires in order to be able to play live? I don't think of them as an atmosphere or concept at all. As I said, I want to hear a band, like they were when I was younger. Bev Bevan played drums on almost everything up to the late 70s and the others had far more of a contribution as well.
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Post by pelo on Dec 11, 2019 20:49:09 GMT
First of all, there is a reason why he calls it ELO now, not Electric Light Orchestra. Because he wants to detract attention from the former string section concept.
On the other hand, as far as I am concerned, what I connect with ELO is a lush, multilayered sound, sth that sounds as if produced by a larger group of musicians. Even though the new album is a solo album, it actually does sound big, with lots of harmonies, and textures including synth strings and choirs.
Secondly, the use of the word orchestra in a band name doesn't necessarily imply that this is meant to be taken literally. I've never thought that way. What about pop bands such as OMD? And don't forget that ELO was meant to be a pun itself. And if some people ask Jeff 'where is the orchestra', they actually forget the 'light', because 'light orchestra' was the original concept.
Finally, regarding Bev and core members, their input in the studio wasn't always that considerable in the old days as you might think. Take Don't Bring Me Down, for example. Basically, this hit was just Jeff's collaboration with Mack.
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Post by coathanger on Dec 12, 2019 19:42:30 GMT
First of all, there is a reason why he calls it ELO now, not Electric Light Orchestra. Because he wants to detract attention from the former string section concept. On the other hand, as far as I am concerned, what I connect with ELO is a lush, multilayered sound, sth that sounds as if produced by a larger group of musicians. Even though the new album is a solo album, it actually does sound big, with lots of harmonies, and textures including synth strings and choirs. Secondly, the use of the word orchestra in a band name doesn't necessarily imply that this is meant to be taken literally. I've never thought that way. What about pop bands such as OMD? And don't forget that ELO was meant to be a pun itself. And if some people ask Jeff 'where is the orchestra', they actually forget the 'light', because 'light orchestra' was the original concept. Finally, regarding Bev and core members, their input in the studio wasn't always that considerable in the old days as you might think. Take Don't Bring Me Down, for example. Basically, this hit was just Jeff's collaboration with Mack. You see, I don't regard 'Don't Bring Me Down' (or any of Discovery for that matter) as particularly relevant to the early sound of ELO and it was fairly obvious to me then that it used loops and studio trickery. I'm referring to the 1972-1977 period. I suppose it has a lot to do with having grown up listening to them more or less from the start, their pinnacle for me occurring with A New World Record and (parts of) Out Of The Blue. They were billed as a band, went on tour as a band and gave interviews as a band and that's what rankles now. Jeff Lynne is a wonderful songwriter and I cannot for the life of me understand why he had to contrive this latterday fiction when his work should have stood up on his own merits. Sting managed it as did George Michael and Annie Lennox. Don't get me wrong, I have an immense amount of affection for ELO but I'm not caught up enough in it to regard Discovery onwards as anything other than a pale imitation of what they once were. Believe me I've listened to it all and it just doesn't do it for me although I'd have loved to have reported differently.
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Post by StrangeMagic on Dec 13, 2019 0:19:03 GMT
I can't recall any English language interviews where he hinted that he didn't want to record. @ole , Could you tell us more about what Jeff said or a link to the interview that gave you that impression?
On the other hand, I do think he's burned out on touring, and may not do that for a while. I get the impression from this article.
I effed up when I made this thread. Something Jeff said (I can't even remember what it was) caused me to erroneously conclude that this might be the last one. In other interviews he has made it quite clear that this is not the case at all. My apologies. Respect, friend.
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