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On Time, bandleader Jeff Lynne chose to emphasise electronics over the band's orchestral sound. He wrote a collection of songs with a theme that focused on time travel and civilisation in the year 2095.
May 20, 2021 · Time is a work of synth-pop that combines elements from 1950s music, new wave, reggae, rockabilly, the Beatles, Phil Spector and the Shadows. The album signalled a departure from the band's sound...
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ELO performing in 1986 (Lynne and Tandy pictured) Lynne took the band in a somewhat different direction with the science-fiction themed album Time (1981), reaching number one for two weeks in the UK, producing the second Top 3 single in less than two years.
Known for their renowned Beatle pop-rock, Electric Light Orchestra seems to take a step forward into the electronic age with Time, a highly controversial synth-pop album released in 1981.
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Showdown” (1973) In the late 1960s, I was in a group called the Idle Race and this guy called Roy Wood that was in the Move, we used to meet up at the clubs in Birmingham and we got to be pals.
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Evil Woman” (1975) I wrote this in a matter of minutes. The rest of the album (Face the Music) was done. I listened to it and thought, "There's not a good single."
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Telephone Line” (1976) I can remember writing this on an old out-of-tune upright piano. I somehow squeezed this song out of it.
- Electric Light Orchestra, “Turn to Stone” (1977) "Turn to Stone" is one of my favorites I ever did. It's just so primary and simple, but yet very evocative.
The Electric Light Orchestra ( ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop and classical arrangements with futuristic iconography. [3]
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Dec 19, 2016 · On ELO’s 1981 concept album Time, Jeff Lynne pondered mankind’s future and sang in a voice from a far-off age: ‘Remember the good old 1980s/When things were so uncomplicated…’ What Lynne the visionary didn’t foresee was ELO’s demise in the coming decade.
