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| Subject | Re: Rediscovering ELO |
| Date | Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:29:33 +0000 |
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Not knowing your taste it's hard to say for sure but if 60's British Pop is something you like I highly recommend checking into the precursor bands too... The Move and Idle Race.
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From: "garymaher@juno.com" <garymaher@juno.com>
> I strongly recommend every ELO album through and including Discovery. They
> touch on different styles and sounds, but Jeff Lynne is a great songwriter with
> an impeccable pop sense. My favorite may well be No Answer because it has the
> perfect balance of pop and prog for me. ELO II is a bit more proggy than I like
> my pop, but Kuiama is starkly beautiful and moving. On the Third Day is kinda
> White Albumy, Eldorado is the pop symphony, Face the Music is more of a
> straightforward rock record. I think New World Record and Out of the Blue are
> pretty much the ultimate 70's pop/rock records, radio friendly but
> sophisticated. And Discovery ("Disco Very") may have too many Top 40 sounding
> moments for a lot of people, but I love all of those songs. (Except for Horace
> Wimp, which I find lyrically banal.)
>
> So if you haven't heard these yet, you should!
>
> g
>
> -- audities-owner@smoe.org wrote:
> The Audities Digest: for the discussion of insanely great pop
> Volume 5 : Issue 1068 : "text" Format
>
> Messages in this Issue:
> Re: Robert Hazard, RIP ["lauree mcardle" ]
> jscrob2 [Sam Smith ]
> Rediscovering ELO []
> Re: Rediscovering ELO
> [Ron Sanchez/Career Records ]
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> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:34:48 -0400
> From: "lauree mcardle"
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Robert Hazard, RIP
> Message-ID:
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> thanks for the news...man, he was still pretty young, eh?
>
> here's a post on Philebrity.com
> http://www.philebrity.com/2008/08/07/remembering-robert-hazard/
>
> lauree
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> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:52:02 -0600
> From: Sam Smith
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> Who here was the jscrob2 expert? Would you e-mail me offlist?
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> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:16:42 -0300
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> Subject: Rediscovering ELO
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> There are two bands that I rediscovered, took more seriously, listened to again,
> and explored deep catalog cuts due to Audities.
>
> Before Audities, I thought the Beach Boys were a novelty band..(yep)..and I
> never knew much about ELO (except the hits).
>
> I was recently in the US and I realized that the first few ELO albums had been
> reissued. I always had trouble finding these for some reason but I finally was
> able to get a hold of them and my overall verdict is..I have been really missing
> out...I am really enjoying No Answer and ELO II.
>
> Thanks Audities
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> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:57:37 -0600
> From: Ron Sanchez/Career Records
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Rediscovering ELO
> Message-ID: <489CCF61.1080200@bridgeband.com>
>
> Third Day is a good one. Nice compact songs, with out the big orchestra
> added. On No Not Susan, Blue Bird Is Dead, and King Of The Universe are
> fab tunes.
>
> rs
>
> gabrielfuentes@fibertel.com.ar wrote:
>
> >There are two bands that I rediscovered, took more seriously, listened to
> again, and explored deep catalog cuts due to Audities.
> >
> >Before Audities, I thought the Beach Boys were a novelty band..(yep)..and I
> never knew much about ELO (except the hits).
> >
> >I was recently in the US and I realized that the first few ELO albums had been
> reissued. I always had trouble finding these for some reason but I finally was
> able to get a hold of them and my overall verdict is..I have been really missing
> out...I am really enjoying No Answer and ELO II.
> >
> >Thanks Audities
> >
> >
> >
> >
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