(TV) hey you with the pretty face -welcome to the human race...

["Raymond" <ray@wavewalker.freeserve.co.uk>]

i think Owen's got a fair point here...it's a fan tribute for fans fer
crying out...just look at the people involved in the project all the
same...just shows how many musicians du jour have plenty of respect for ole
Jeff too...personally i have a real soft spot myself for certain ELO songs
and don't mind saying so (even though I'm more of a Roy Wood/Wizzard man
ultimately)...surely only the most curmudgeonly miserable music lover could
fail to be cheered by a tune as uplifting as "Mr Blue Sky".



----- Original Message -----
From: <OwenGwilliam@cs.com>

 > raggedglory57@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
> > All bow to the return of the Mighty Lynne
> > and hail a truly unique visionary in the history of rock 'n roll."
> >
>
> Gee ... a promotional blurb from a label pushing a tribute album pays high
> praise to the artist in question. How odd. What did you expect? "Here's
our
> new tribute album that pays homage to a guy we think is a no-talent hack"?
>
> OK ... maybe that would've been an unusual campaign.
>
> Is Lynne / ELO heavily influenced by the Beatles? Sure. Obviously. No
> question.
>
> Was Lynne trying to mold ELO as a "Beatles replacement" of sorts? I don't
see
> that. The Beatles used string arrangements on occasion, but obviously
their
> work was way more varied than that. Lynne and Wood picked up on the string
> arrangements and ran with the concept, trying to integrate 'em in to the
> band's sound.
>
> The early albums are pretty unusual. NO ANSWER and ELO II are a whole lot
> closer to "prog rock" than they are to Beatlesque pop. Granted, Lynne's
> writing went more pop oriented, and that's when the hits came.
>
> Certainly not saying anyone here has to like 'em (except me, natch), and I
> certainly am not surprised that's there's not a lot of intersection
between
> the set of Television fans and the set of ELO fans, but come on ... please
> don't tell me anyone's surprised that the makers of a tribute CD would be
big
> fans. Come on.
>
>        -- Owen, who plans to buy the tribute album.
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