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Post by BSJ on Jul 14, 2015 14:27:32 GMT
Last night tk6 and I were watching reruns of a sitcom called "Malcolm in the Middle"(early 2000's) Hal, the father, is given albums by a neighbor. The neighbor tells Hal, "Here are the Foreigner albums you wanted". Pan in to Hal holding them and what album is on top! ELO's TIME!! Foreigner.... as if!
I can't find it on youtube. Will keep looking.
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Post by Helmut83 on Jul 14, 2015 16:24:38 GMT
What a lack of respect!
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Post by queenofthehours on Jul 14, 2015 16:49:01 GMT
At work today, and with no prior knowledge of my ELO fixation, I overheard colleagues react to the mention of Jeff Lynne on the radio: "he's worked with everyone" / "he's an effing legend!"
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Post by BSJ on Jul 14, 2015 18:23:40 GMT
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Post by queenofthehours on Jul 31, 2015 13:33:10 GMT
At work today, while listening to ELO on the radio, the same colleague who pronounced Jeff to be "an effing legend!" told me he'd once met the man himself.
It was at a concert in Birmingham and he was working on security. He essentially confirmed what we already believed - that Jeff is fantastic; a great guy and really down to earth. (And that colleague is *definitely* not someone who gives praise lightly, if at all!)
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Post by elophile on Aug 5, 2015 0:52:51 GMT
www.123mga.com/webs/scottmorgan/patterns/02elo.htmI ran across this Dave Morgan site today when I should have been working. Some interesting stuff about Jeff and the birth of ELO and about the Time tour and the great photo above (our Jeffy is farthest right). Maybe y'all have already seen it. Come to think of it, I may have already seen it but I'm getting forgetful in my old age and it seemed new to me.
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Post by elophile on Aug 5, 2015 1:15:31 GMT
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Post by BSJ on Aug 5, 2015 15:19:50 GMT
This is great! Thanks, elophile.
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Post by unomusette on Aug 5, 2015 20:19:00 GMT
I know it's shallow, but I totally adore Jeff's shoes in that photo. He and the guy next to him must have been to The Magical And Ridiculously Long and Pointy Shoes Shoppe at some point. Such dudes!
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Post by unomusette on Aug 5, 2015 21:23:16 GMT
Brilliant pics! Love Hughie in the last one, he's so uber cool
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Post by elophile on Aug 5, 2015 22:06:16 GMT
I know it's shallow, but I totally adore Jeff's shoes in that photo. He and the guy next to him must have been to The Magical And Ridiculously Long and Pointy Shoes Shoppe at some point. Such dudes! The Magical And Ridiculously Long and Pointy Shoes Shoppe - oh man, I would totally shop there!
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Post by BSJ on Aug 7, 2015 16:26:36 GMT
From Showdown ELO Mailing List Director Jonathan Demme is an ELO fan, it turns out! He used "Laredo Tornado" in the new Meryl Streep film, "Ricki and the Flash." In a recent Billboard interview, Demme had this to say about the ELO track: Any songs you wanted but couldn't get? There was a Pink Floyd song ["Us and Them"] that I wanted very badly as a source cue from Dark Side of the Moon and Pink Floyd just didn't want to go down the favored nations road, which lead to an even greater song, ELO's "Laredo Tornado." www.billboard.com/articles/news/6649593/jonathan-demme-ricki-and-the-flash-meryl-streep-oscar-push-pink-floyd-bruce-springsteen And there's a mention in WMUK's (Western Michigan University) review: It's hard to knock any movie in which Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline get stoned to eat cookie dough and listen to Electric Light Orchestra's "Laredo Tornado." wmuk.org/post/ricki-and-flash-maybe-light-comedy-too-lightLynn
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Post by BSJ on Aug 7, 2015 21:20:30 GMT
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Post by vlogdance on Aug 15, 2015 14:40:06 GMT
For Brit viewers: tonight on BBC4 at 10:50pm - Top Of The Pops 1978 Big Hits.
It's been on before, I think. According to the Beeb website, Mr Blue Sky will be featured.
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Post by queenofthehours on Aug 16, 2015 18:51:47 GMT
'10538 Overture' heard in the shopping centre over the tannoy this weekend. Not very congruous with buying shampoo and visiting the pound shop is it?
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