Amazon exiles discussion

I was sure we had done ELO before but looks like I was mistaken. No problem though, even if we have, there are plenty of songs to go round.

They shouldn't need any introduction, which is just as well as I have no idea what to say apart from pointing out the fact that, like most people here I guess, they always were a part of the soundtrack to our younger days, like it or not.

A stack of albums to choose from, not going to count them all but I am hoping for a good turn out this time.

Noms as ever close at 10pm Sunday evening, and please don't forget your link, and as important, come back to vote after Sunday night.

Off we go.....

Fire On High

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9iyq...

After Sussex

Fire On High
10538 Overture

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=On5UWfc...

After Tim

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America

https://youtu.be/xNUbBpZ9Ac0

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uk84...

After Brass



Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven
All Over The World

https://youtu.be/X3N9SVfs0jg

After Jemma

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven
All Over The World
Mr Blue Sky


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woNqp...

After Sera69:

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven
All Over The World
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnBJS...

After Jim:

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven
All Over The World
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream
Don't Bring Me Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdcd...

After Duke

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven
All Over The World
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream
Don't Bring Me Down
Livin' Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvBOZ...

This is bringing back very unpleasant memories.

i am sorry, they make me ill!

but having said that,

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven
All Over The World
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream
Don't Bring Me Down
Livin' Thing
Evil Woman

https://youtu.be/LBtuk4JcYTs

What a miserable bunch of party poopers you lot are! We hardly ever get any pop music on here. God forbid something should be bright and cheerful and actually have a tune you can hum or whistle. ABBA, The Beach Boys, Macca have all been binned and doubtless The Beatles and the BeeGees can join them. For the record, I loved The Move, still love ELO and anything Jeff Lynne has a part in (Travelling Wilburys anyone?) is always worth a listen in my not so humble opinion. I suppose it'll be back to Phish and Can sound-alikes in the weeks ahead. Rant over.

yes, val, i am a fully paid up pooper, and i do enjoy the bright and breezy, less so the cans of phish. i do not see jeff lynne/elo as the former, much closer to the latter, and the less said about the travelling dangleberries the better! it's mibbe pop, because they sold a lot of singles, and if it is then it's pop with pretentions (for me). i defend my right to poop!

Val wrote: "What a miserable bunch of party poopers you lot are! We hardly ever get any pop music on here. God forbid something should be bright and cheerful and actually have a tune you can hum or whistle. AB..."

Hey Val. Some of our fellow posters seem to think of themselves as music connoisseurs, slagging off anything that doesn't come up to their 'standards'.

I've got a lot of time for E.LO.'s earlier stuff (up to and including Out Of The Blue), but they got a bit patchy after that IMVHO. 😎

Tech XXIII wrote: "yes, val, i am a fully paid up pooper, and i do enjoy the bright and breezy, less so the cans of phish. i do not see jeff lynne/elo as the former, much closer to the latter, and the less said about..."

I shall call you Mr Poopy Drawers then.

you may! x

Val wrote: "What a miserable bunch of party poopers you lot are! We hardly ever get any pop music on here. God forbid something should be bright and cheerful and actually have a tune you can hum or whistle..."

What I meant, Val, was that some of these songs formed the soundtrack of a particularly unhappy period in my life.

I don't like ELO, just like I don't like the Alan Parsons Project or Wishbone Ash, but I would usually just stay out of the nominations on that basis. ELO are a different matter, as their New World Record/Out of the Blue/Discovery period stuff, in particular, genuinely does bring back unpleasant memories.

I like ELO.....!

A power pop chap who records as Bleu did an affectionate pastiche album, Alpacas Orgling, under the monicker L.E.O. (see what he did there? Genius, eh?) to which I'm more partial than the original band. Lend an ear;
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8BF...

Gordon wrote: "What I meant, Val, was that some of these songs formed the soundtrack of a particularly unhappy period in my life. r..."

I understand completely Gordon. It's amazing the power of music to transport you to a particular time/place. Even if the memories evoked are good ones, it still has to be the right time for you to revisit them. Simon & Garfunkel's "Bookends" was a seminal album for me in my late teens and even though it's associated with some good people and times, it took me a long time to be able to play it again. And I only have to hear the Bee Gees' "Massachusetts" to be right back in the middle of the breakdown of my parents' marriage. "New World Record" takes me back to a very happy and hopeful time in my life.

After Johnny:

Everyone loves a happy ending :-)

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven
All Over The World
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream
Don't Bring Me Down
Livin' Thing
Evil Woman
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFU9H...

Okie dokie then, some mixed feelings before the voting even starts, could make for an interesting round.

12 noms, 4 votes each, voting closes 10 pm on Thursday, no late votes counter.

Here's the noms:

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven
All Over The World
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream
Don't Bring Me Down
Livin' Thing
Evil Woman
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp

And the playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

I have the option to go and see Fairport Convention this week. I haven't seen them since about 1995. Question is, the tickets are a bit pricey, are they worth seeing after all this time? I can sort of guess Tech's answer to that one :-)

you can.

Fairport Convention - the dub sessions :-)

One Summer Dream - 4
Livin' Thing - 3
All Over The World - 2
Roll Over Beethoven - 1


Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven - 1
All Over The World - 2
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream - 4
Don't Bring Me Down
Livin' Thing - 3
Evil Woman
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp

I saw Fairport Convention in 2008. The Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Chris Leslie, Ric Sanders Gerry Conway line-up. They were superb, especially when Leslie & Sanders doubled up on fiddle (not as indecent as it sounds). I think it's the same line-up now.

After Collette

4 - Don't Bring Me Down
3 - Roll Over Betthoven
2 - Livin' Thing
1 - Evil Woman

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven - 4
All Over The World - 2
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream - 4
Don't Bring Me Down - 4
Livin' Thing - 5
Evil Woman - 1
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp

eftersera,

c'est bolleaux!

1 - beeth-oven

Fire On High
10538 Overture
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven - 5
All Over The World - 2
Mr Blue Sky
One Summer Dream - 4
Don't Bring Me Down - 4
Livin' Thing - 5
Evil Woman - 1
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp

After Tech

10538 Overture 4
Livin' Thing 3
Evil Woman 2
Mr Blue Sky 1

Fire On High
10538 Overture - 4
Calling America
Roll Over Beethoven - 5
All Over The World - 2
Mr Blue Sky - 1
One Summer Dream - 4
Don't Bring Me Down - 4
Livin' Thing - 8
Evil Woman - 3
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp

After Sussex

Livin’ Thing - 4
Don’t Bring Me Down - 3
Mr Blue Sky - 2
America - 1


Fire On High
10538 Overture - 4
Calling America - 1
Roll Over Beethoven - 5
All Over The World - 2
Mr Blue Sky - 3
One Summer Dream - 4
Don't Bring Me Down - 7
Livin' Thing - 12
Evil Woman - 3
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp

10538 - 4
DBMD - 3
LT - 2
EW - 1

Fire On High
10538 Overture - 8
Calling America - 1
Roll Over Beethoven - 5
All Over The World - 2
Mr Blue Sky - 3
One Summer Dream - 4
Don't Bring Me Down - 10
Livin' Thing - 14
Evil Woman - 4
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp

Apologies to almost all the others....and to Beethoven, one of my favs of ELO, but this live version is terrible! Sounds really messy...I much prefer the studio version.

After Mr B:

10538 Overture - 4
Mr Blue Sky - 3
Fire On High - 2
Horace Wimp - 1

Fire On High - 2
10538 Overture - 12
Calling America - 1
Roll Over Beethoven - 5
All Over The World - 2
Mr Blue Sky - 6
One Summer Dream - 4
Don't Bring Me Down - 10
Livin' Thing - 14
Evil Woman - 4
Poker
The Diary of Horace Wimp - 1

After Duke

Mr. Blue Sky - 4
All Over The World - 3
10538 Overture - 2
Poker - 1

Fire On High - 2
10538 Overture - 14
Calling America - 1
Roll Over Beethoven - 5
All Over The World - 5
Mr Blue Sky - 10
One Summer Dream - 4
Don't Bring Me Down - 10
Livin' Thing - 14
Evil Woman - 4
Poker - 1
The Diary of Horace Wimp - 1

After JB

Excellent list, except for the glaring absence of Telephone Line, which would have walked it for me.

Livin' Thing - 4
Mr Blue Sky - 3
One Summer Dream - 2
Poker - 1

Fire On High - 4
10538 Overture - 14
Calling America - 4
Roll Over Beethoven - 5
All Over The World - 5
Mr Blue Sky - 13
One Summer Dream - 7
Don't Bring Me Down - 10
Livin' Thing - 18
Evil Woman - 4
Poker - 2
The Diary of Horace Wimp - 5

It was between Telephone Line and One Summer Dream for my nom, but I thought someone else was bound to nom it and I tend to go for the more obscure tracks.

After Tim

Mr Blue Sky - 4
Fire On High - 3
Don't Bring Me Down - 2
Livin' Thing - 1

Fire On High - 7
10538 Overture - 14
Calling America - 4
Roll Over Beethoven - 5
All Over The World - 5
Mr Blue Sky - 17
One Summer Dream - 7
Don't Bring Me Down - 12
Livin' Thing - 19
Evil Woman - 4
Poker - 2
The Diary of Horace Wimp - 5

11 voters for the 12 noms this week, not bad at all.

The gold belongs this week to Val, with her nom, Livin' Thing. A couple of pints behind, bagging the silver, Mr Blue Sky himself, Sera 69. And we have a bronze for Tim with 10538 Overture.

I always thought that, as far as pop bands go, ELO have to be one of the better ones, I even picked up two or three of their CDs along the way. Enjoyed that one.