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| From | R+K Sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: ELO fans -- ponder this |
| Date | Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:19:54 -0700 |
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I can see your point and my own love of ELO wore thin pretty quick.
Still I do think Jeff Lynne wrote some great songs: Idle Race, Move, and
selected ELO tracks. As I said, presented in a different format, I
think I'd find a lot to like, even the later ELO stuff, which I have not
taken off the shelf since they came out... And I know a few around here
really like Face The Music and later stuff. The remaining Beatles must
have agreed with you, as he became a big part of the last few years with
them..
but you did remind me of a Roy Wood ELO song I want to play on my radio
show this afternoon.
RS
Tam OShanter wrote:
> R+K Sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> wrote:
>
> > Showdown is on The Third Day.
> > I fell out of my chair when
> > that came out. I couldn't
> > believe they did such a rip off!
>
> Hoping not to sound too hateful here, but I've always
> felt that Jeff Lynne and ELO were (and are) the
> biggest of all the Beatles ripoff bands -- EVER (even
> more than Cottoncandy Mather or Myracle Whip). I can
> find absolutely NOTHING written by Lynne/ELO that I
> cannot trace to it's EXACT Beatles source. About the
> best I can say about Lynne is that he's a skilled
> craftsman -- much like a well-trained mentally
> disabled Salvation Army worker or a Chinese
> assembly-line drone -- who has studied his craft, and
> studied it well. But he still doesn't have an original
> bone in his aging body.
>
> I've never been able to call myself an ELO fan for
> this very reason. I'm not a fan of cover bands,
> tribute CD's, ripoff artists, or manufactured teen
> idols, either -- give me original music or give me
> death (metal).
>
> Tam
>
> NP: June of 44, "Four Great Points"
>
>
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