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Electric Light Orchestra in the UK Top 40 |
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| 10538 OVERTURE |
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11 | 19.64% |
| ALL OVER THE WORLD |
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8 | 14.29% |
| CALLING AMERICA |
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3 | 5.36% |
| CONFUSION / LAST TRAIN TO LONDON |
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8 | 14.29% |
| DON'T BRING ME DOWN |
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7 | 12.50% |
| DON'T WALK AWAY |
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3 | 5.36% |
| ELO [EP] |
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2 | 3.57% |
| EVIL WOMAN |
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4 | 7.14% |
| HERE IS THE NEWS / TICKET TO THE MOON |
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3 | 5.36% |
| HOLD ON TIGHT |
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4 | 7.14% |
| I'M ALIVE |
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2 | 3.57% |
| LIVIN' THING |
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14 | 25.00% |
| MA-MA-BELLE |
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1 | 1.79% |
| MR. BLUE SKY |
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28 | 50.00% |
| ROCK 'N' ROLL IS KING |
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0 | 0% |
| ROCKARIA |
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5 | 8.93% |
| ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN |
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6 | 10.71% |
| SHINE A LITTLE LOVE |
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2 | 3.57% |
| SHOWDOWN |
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4 | 7.14% |
| STRANGE MAGIC |
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4 | 7.14% |
| SWEET TALKIN' WOMAN |
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9 | 16.07% |
| TELEPHONE LINE |
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8 | 14.29% |
| THE DIARY OF HORACE WIMP |
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6 | 10.71% |
| TURN TO STONE |
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9 | 16.07% |
| TWILIGHT |
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2 | 3.57% |
| WILD WEST HERO |
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8 | 14.29% |
| XANADU (WITH OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN) |
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3 | 5.36% |
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Electric Light Orchestra in the UK Top 40
ELO made some good albums but with 27 UK Top 40 entries there were many terrific singles. Do you have a favourite? In this poll, you can select THREE titles and let's see what our members prefer. Myself, Wild West Hero is by far my fave, then Sweet Talking Woman, had that on 12" purple vinyl and maybe Rockaria third.
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Livin' Thing, All Over The World and Strange Magic for me.
If the album track Above The Clouds had been there (from A New World Record) that would have got my vote. In fact - I love every single track on ANWR. |
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Livin' Thing, All Over The World and Strange Magic for me.
If the album track Above The Clouds had been there (from A New World Record) that would have got my vote. In fact - I love every single track on ANWR. |
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ELO made some good albums but with 27 UK Top 40 entries there were many terrific singles. Do you have a favourite? In this poll, you can select THREE titles and let's see what our members prefer. Myself, Wild West Hero is by far my fave, then Sweet Talking Woman, had that on 12" purple vinyl and maybe Rockaria third.
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Incredibly enough, Kid B, I chose the same 3 as you but my order would have been different. STW is my favourite with Rockaria second.
![]() ![]() ELO should be popular here, there's even a member called Horace Wimp. |
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I only like the first three albums, after that the concept seemed to falter and the music disappointed.
So, 10538 Overture, Ma-Ma-Belle, Roll Over Beethoven...... I would have loved to have seen what direction ELO would have taken with Roy Wood as the leader rather than Jeff Lynne but it didn't happen. |
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I love ELO and could have picked 10 easily from that list but picked "Don't Bring Me Down", "Evil Woman" and "Showdown".
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It's probably a bit sad that their only number one featured Olivia Newton-John.
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10538 overture for me, plus showdown...
10538 is sooo different for a single, i still dont get what 10538 means! |
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10538 is sooo different for a single, i still dont get what 10538 means! From Songfacts http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=754 Quote:
Lynne wanted the lyrics to be about a man who had a number rather than a name.
1053 was the serial number of the desk Lynne used to write this. They added the 8 and included the word "Overture" to make it clear they were an orchestra. |
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Well it seems this was the first ELO song penned and at the time when Jeff Lynne was still in The Move and wanted to form a band with strings.
Below is a link to a post I made in the TOTP 1979 thread which includes links to two clips from a 1972 TV show in which The Move and ELO mimed to edited versions of their latest singles - 'California Man' and '10538 Overture'. My understanding was that Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne fell out during the recording of this programme as a result of which The Move disbanded which explains the absence of Roy Wood from the ELO clip in the link, but according to another source he had already left ELO when they agreed to do the show - so I'm not sure what to believe. http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=8238 Quote:
10538 is sooo different for a single, i still dont get what 10538 means!
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10538 overture for me, plus showdown...
10538 is sooo different for a single, i still dont get what 10538 means! |
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I think 10538 Overture captures the idea of the ELO better than anything they did afterwards. I got the album from Knights record library (source of much great music) at the time. With the light bulb on the concert chamber floor it was brilliant, like a really witty take on prog rock. I just don' feel that any of the later stuff had the same impact, at least not for me.
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I only like the first three albums, after that the concept seemed to falter and the music disappointed.
So, 10538 Overture, Ma-Ma-Belle, Roll Over Beethoven...... I would have loved to have seen what direction ELO would have taken with Roy Wood as the leader rather than Jeff Lynne but it didn't happen. |
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Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan were concurrent members of The Move and ELO and they continued to record and perform as The Move for several months after the first ELO album was released in 1971.
Below is a link to a post I made in the TOTP 1979 thread which includes links to two clips from a 1972 TV show in which The Move and ELO mimed to edited versions of their latest singles - 'California Man' and '10538 Overture'. My understanding was that Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne fell out during the recording of this programme as a result of which The Move disbanded which explains the absence of Roy Wood from the ELO clip in the link, but according to another source he had already left ELO when they agreed to do the show - so I'm not sure what to believe. http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showp...postcount=8238 I could be wrong but I thought it was about an escaped convict with the prison number 10538. |
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No they were the numbers on the console in the studio ( minus the 8)
Anyhow, a brief return to the votes and I see Mr. Blue Sky has leapt out of nowhere into a healthy lead. |
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Mr Blue Sky, Roll Over Beethoven (absolutely ROCKING cover) and Don't Bring Me Down for me.
My favourite ELO song is Tightrope but that's not part of the poll so I've gotta go with those 3, all absolutely smashing songs. |
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Mr. Blue Sky, Diary Of Horace Wimp and Shine A Little Love.
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I could be wrong but I thought it was about an escaped convict with the prisoner number 10538.
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No they were the numbers on the console in the studio ( minus the 8)
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Which was what I reported earlier.
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Confusion
Rockaria Mr blue sky. |
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Roy wood had nothing to do with Ma Ma Belle nor Roll Over Beethoven and 10538 was written and produced by Lynne so you may like them more than you think
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I like ELO but absolutely detest Mr Blue Sky. It's one of my least favourite songs of all time - the rest of their catalogue appeals to me though. Specifically confusion is probably my favourite
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I like ELO but absolutely detest Mr Blue Sky.
![]() But while I think they've made far better singles than Mr. Blue Sky, I could never put it in my 'least favourite singles ever category'. |
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I think 10538 Overture captures the idea of the ELO better than anything they did afterwards. I got the album from Knights record library (source of much great music) at the time. With the light bulb on the concert chamber floor it was brilliant, like a really witty take on prog rock. I just don' feel that any of the later stuff had the same impact, at least not for me.
absolutely agree about 10538 capturing the idea of elo, i didnt really rate much they did afterwards especially post sweet talking woman. yes, 10538 is about an escaped prisoner
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unlike other albums of the time that i was bitterly disappointed with (moving waves. wizzards brew, the psychomodo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCBMPdqDAS0 It's not my favourite Focus album perhaps but I'll give it an airing this morning. |
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