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Post by Chippa on Jun 14, 2022 0:50:05 GMT
Twilight, and Wild West Hero won the first match of round four, so they move on.
MATCH 2
Ticket to the Moon Rain Is Falling Calling America Standin In The Rain
You can vote for two songs.
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Post by eloneen on Jun 14, 2022 1:21:23 GMT
Rain, rain...
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Post by Timeblue on Jun 14, 2022 6:15:32 GMT
Celestial precipitation
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Post by queenofthehours on Jun 14, 2022 11:56:45 GMT
Easily 'Rain Is Falling' and 'Standin In The Rain'. ELO do rain really well.
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Post by 88keys on Jun 14, 2022 14:39:13 GMT
With their brand new time transporter, Yeah we're living in a modern world.
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Post by laredo on Jun 14, 2022 19:47:31 GMT
Standin' on the moon.
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Post by Lucyblue on Jun 14, 2022 20:42:45 GMT
Ouch.
I adore all these songs.
Ticket To The Moon with its semi-Moonlight Sonata (which is my favourite piece of music)chord structure is perfect on Time after the adrenaline rush of the previous two tracks. It's a total goosebumps song and like a lot of songs on Time has what 6 or 7 unique melodic parts within? That's crazy in a pop song. Yet Lynne blends them all together effortlessly and even when you can see him working up or down to reach a certain chord - he puts in something completely different and technically musically incorrect (or at least not recommended) that works perfectly!
Rain Is Falling also has so many clever parts to it, including the neat integration of the nursery rhyme. For one song to contain so many separate melodies is quite incredible but that's Jeff Lynne all over I guess. What exactly was he on in writing Time though? I've actually given up trying to work out some of his song structures in Time as a whole - it's like he threw the kitchen sink at it with hook after hook.
Calling America is pure catchy pop with that unique ELO feel to it. In years to come, if you input into a computer all ELO's songs and asked it to provide a concise single based on that sound, something like Calling America would come out no doubt. Compared to the other 3 songs here though, it's a lot simpler in construction but hey, some of the best songs are. It's a great song.
Standin' In The Rain - I won't lie, the Rainy Day Concerto was one of the things that blew my socks off when first listening to ELO. Not literally but it came close! I suppose it really encapsulates what I want from music - that whole classical feel but with pop hooks. Not The Royal London Orchestra doing The Beatles, amazing as that is - something that really combined the two and this is it. Linked with the others, this is just outstanding song-writing. Simple as.
So...I went for Ticket To The Moon and Standin' In The Rain but I feel bad in not voting for Rain Is Falling and would happily see it win through. All four of the songs are worthy winners to be honest.
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Post by unomusette on Jun 14, 2022 21:47:56 GMT
I wanna go home, so I'm calling America
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