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Lily Allen Covers ELO For French Cell Phone Advert

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2007-12-12 16:16:00 by Zeon in Zeon's Music Blog
...ELO cover, 'Mr. Blue Sky', recorded exclusively for a French mobile phone advert. For commercial knock-offs, she's definitely not half-assing on this one. Decent, would make a nice b-side like her previous covers. Might I mention that her cartoon body is very up-to-date, aka quite fit Lily Allen - Mr. Blue Sky (ELO Cover Here's the tv spot
 
 
 
 
 
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - The Essential ELO (2003)

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2008-09-13 11:07:30 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...ELO is one of those bands with the dubious distinction of having more greatest hits/compilation albums than some more legitimate progressive bands total output. They have essentially become a product machine with each new compilation repackaging material that shapes the playlist of every FM classic rock station in America. It was interesting...
 
 
 
 
 
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Alphabet Soup II (E)

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2008-05-15 04:07:00 by Rho in Rho-Xs
...ELO accumulated more combined UK and US Top 40 hit singles than any other band in the world, 46. Todays treat however was all but completely shunned on their UK hometurf. It did sell well in the Wizard of Oz mad(cover) US and mainland Europe, but the Brits didnt like the real orchestra thing or the concept story, whatever it's my favourite...
 
 
 
 
 
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - The Definitive Collection (1992)

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2008-02-22 06:04:49 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...ELO Is one of the most popular bands still today. Example of pure musical eclecticism as capable of passing from Proto Symphonic Prog to Rock'n'Roll, from POP to pure Rock ELO is the musical creature of Jeff Lynne. The insertion of invadent string section is the element that might force them to classify ELO as Prog band. It is only my opinion...
 
 
 
 
 
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MOVE, THE - Message From the Country (1971)

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2008-11-03 03:30:40 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...ELO. Indeed, the lines between The Move and ELO became even more blurred, with recording sessions including songs destined for both bands. By this time, the Move were down to a core trio (bassist Rick Price left during the recording of the album, with Wood re-recording the bass parts), the third member being drummer Bev Bevan Message from the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Electric Light Orchestra - Various

2007-12-24 01:12:22 by Editor in Muzik Reviews
 
...ELO II (1973 On The Third Day (1973 Face The Music (1975 A New World Record (1976 Clearly, ELO was a progressive band, although most people never looked upon them as that because of their long run on the pop charts. They had it all going for thema unique brand of rock music with parts of an orchestra mixed in and a singer/songwriter/guitar...
 
 
 
 
 
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Eldorado: A Symphony (1974) [rated 4/5 by ghostofmorphy]

2008-01-16 02:56:25 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
 
...ELO release, and prog quickly evaporated from the music But on Eldorado, the fourth ELO album, there still was a fair amount of prog in the mix and what else was added was usually of a pretty high quality as well. Let's take a look at the tracks El Dorado Overture/Finale -- As the firstt and last tracks are based on more or less the same...
 
 
 
 
 
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ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Xanadu (Original Soundtrack) (1980)

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2008-06-14 04:14:26 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...ELO reviews in the past. No doubt this review will be trashed as well, because I'm giving the Xanadu soundtrack 3 stars. It's a good album. Don't expect any prog here, but expect some quality music Frankly, the real star of this album isn't even ELO. It's Olivia who has the best songs, and they are some beautiful ones. Suspended in Time is an...
 
 
 
 
 
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MOVE, THE - Message From the Country (1971)

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2008-06-24 16:41:48 by Editor in Progarchives.com (Progressive rock and related latest reviews)
...ELO is the fact that Wood reserved his one-man horn section for the former and relegated his cello/violin expertise to the latter. Plus, ELO was a much more serious, ambitious affair whereas the realm of The Move was more of a musical playground where they could relax and have some fun as they experimented with all sorts of eclectic ideas and...