Electric Light Orchestra absolutely SLAYS! Vocal ANALYSIS of "Mr. Blue Sky" has my feet tapping!

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Yes, I've heard "Mr. Blue Sky" in the opening scene of Guardians of the Galaxy volume 2, but I didn't know it was Electric Light Orchestra until Kirk pointed it out prior to analyzing this. And I remember how catchy, upbeat and FUN it was! So I'm excited to sit down without the visuals of Groot dancing around during a boss battle and see what makes this song so great!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) performing "Mr. Blue Sky" .
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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@TheCharismaticVoice Год назад

We just released merchandise! Check out the full line-up here: thecharismaticmerch.com

@jamesmcdonald4228 Год назад

Could you do dire straite

@richardsenkBeachwalker Год назад

The final section is night.

@jmm1000 Год назад

youre a pop rock! boop! xo

@evilvolts Год назад

Lovebites new song Judgement Day also has breathing in it in a couple places at the beginning and during the guitar solos Judgement Day ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-m3uGjp-P7DI.html

@jen_alanfromchicago53 Год назад

Guardians Of The Galaxy pt2 also has "Lake Shore Drive " or L.S.D. on it but nobody ever gives Aliota Hayes Jeremiah a reaction.

@Murdo2112 Год назад

The brightness of this song has an extra layer of effect when you hear it in the context of the album. This was the last "movement" in a four track piece called "Concerto for a Rainy Day", which was the entire third side of the "Out of the Blue" double album. The previous three tracks had charted a man's descent into depression and beginning to turn things around and deal with how his life had crumbled. Mr. Blue Sky hits with far more emotional impact, when you hear it as the recovery and redemption of the poor bloke who's misery you've been following for the previous 20 minutes. It's so much more than the bouncy, catchy radio-friendly pop tune that most people think of it as being. It's beautiful.

@ganjiblobflankis6581 Год назад

Also, the last few bars of strings are a motif from earlier in the concerto. The first time, it sounds bleak and tragic verging on melodramatic. As the conclusion, it sounds like he has made peace with the suffering and has transcended it. The resolution to major is a large part of it, but it genuinely sounds different before then and you don't really think he is relapsing into depression.

@Murdo2112 Год назад

@@ganjiblobflankis6581 Yes! The reprise of the "Big Wheels" motif makes it feel like he's incorporated the bad times into who he is. It's taking the bad experiences and growing stronger for having had them.

@riseandshine5706 Год назад

I like that. Thanks for sharing !

@davetay44 Год назад

Thanks for that info, I've only ever heard this one song by them but love it. Looking forward to seeing it in a new light when I go and listen to the full thing - appreciate the knowledge

@adriantiley6660 Год назад

So great to read your contextual representation, Concerto for a rainy day is Jeff's masterpiece!

@adamdarmstaedter1256 Год назад

Jeff Lynne is a BOSS. "Telephone Line" is probably one of his best vocal performances. "Showdown" is really good , too

@natalieburnham3300 Год назад

Soooo Goood

@daz_n Год назад

And such a unique sound throughout!

@jdy5556 Год назад

I agree, "Telephone line" is just a masterpiece.

@jeanpaul3050 Год назад

I agree with u and also is one of his best compositions.

@adampetten5349 Год назад

Mama Bell must be related to Telephone Line somehow.

@helenwood8482 Год назад

Only we Brits can make a song this good about the weather.

@excrono 4 месяца назад

In Britain, you can have blue skies and get a tan even in the pouring rain.

@cwalokie9559 2 месяца назад

Well, if you live in the US great plains, you would have to change the genre every 4 beats.

@uniseine Месяц назад

They have run contests in Detroit in guessing the minutes of sun in February because we get so few.

@greyhunter2453 Месяц назад

The entire Concerto for a Rainy Day

@Erik_Danley 26 дней назад

Ha love it!

@garyjackson8757 Год назад

I think what I most love about your channel is your unbridled joy and enthusiasm for the music. Watching you also bring me much joy. Thank you.

@joescott8877 Год назад

She's **Mrs.** Blue Sky! Not a cloud in sight.

@AJCsr Год назад

Listening to these songs as a kid, they made me feel great, so I'd play them over and over. Now I know the mechanics of how they were made and why they made me feel great !

@stevenseul361 Год назад

Agree

@larrytolson4135 Год назад

She does have such a girlish delight in her reactions. That’s one thing that makes her and her channel so endearing.

@jaymachael4766 Год назад

The best part is always watching the sear joy and enthusiasm of the facial reactions

@jono10531089 Год назад

I LOVE the fact that your brain seems to be directly wired to your face. Every little nuance in the music results in a puzzled expression or a flash of teeth as a broad smile appears. It is so joyous to see your childlike awe at this wonderful song!

@takaorobinson8719 Год назад

Wow, well said.

@wekern5 Год назад

Agreed! Her musical performance knowledge is endless but her facial reactions/smiles are what brings me back to all her vids!

@daviddevol8957 Год назад

It's so fun watching HER have fun...seeing all that enjoyment that she is getting listening to this. It has always been one of my favorite ELO songs...

@MrTimothypjr 8 месяцев назад

You are exactly right. It reminds me of discovering this album myself when I did.

@ELOfanatic 8 месяцев назад

Her facial expressions knock me out!

@mohawkgarage Год назад

There's something quite moving about having someone else honoring the music you've revered so deeply for so long. Thank you.

@Crybaby-Media Год назад

It’s a really cool feeling. It’s like experiencing it again for the first time, and reliving all of the memories you have associated with it .

@sandramurphy1052 Год назад

❤❤❤

@brettteeter3461 Год назад

Beautifully stated.

@commeman1 2 месяца назад

How about Big Wheels and Shangri La?

@mohawkgarage 2 месяца назад

@@commeman1 Beautiful!

@fishman-tr9im Год назад

I have *never ever* had more fun watching Elizabeth react to a song - sooo good. And yes - Mr Blue Sky is pure happiness

@mymusicmixminute Год назад

The vocal sound that "surprised" you is a vocoder. Even when you know all this song's secrets you can't stop listening to it- great songwriting, recording, and production.

@mymusicmixminute Год назад

From Wiki, "The Electric Light Orchestra was among the first to use the vocoder in a commercial context, with their 1977 album Out of the Blue. The band extensively uses it on the album, including on the hits "Sweet Talkin' Woman" and "Mr. Blue Sky."

@angiehaddington6462 Год назад

I said vocoder before she even before she started. My dad had this album on original vinyl from its release on 1978 (I was 4) she said its folky, it will be they were one of the greatest Prog bands of the 70s. Genius in layering and mixing vocals and a mix of genres. The panning between left and right is a huge 70s trick this music is made to be listened to on headphones to fully appreciate those extra tricks. Truly one of my favorite bands ever and started my journey into the world of rock and metal. My dad had this song played at his funeral, as much as we were estranged and didn't see eye to eye this is the bit I thank him for.

@alanmusicman3385 Год назад

@@mymusicmixminute Not so. The Vocoder was used worldwide in radio jingles by the PAMS company back in the 1960s. Google "PAMS Sonosational" to hear some.

@senjinthedragon Год назад

I think she knows it's a vocoder since she mentions wondering what instrument they sent the voice through. A vocoder works with 2 audio inputs, the voice and a carrier signal, the latter being produced by an instrument. The vocoder makes the voice sound like the instrument it's being sent through. I think in this case it's a simple synthesizer/keyboard hooked up to the vocoder, maybe even some kind of electronic organ.

@mymusicmixminute Год назад

@@alanmusicman3385 Similar sound but not quite the same- Sonosational used a microphone held against the throat and then amplified/recorded. Invented to let folks who couldn't speak have a way to express themselves, good forward thinking there by someone and still being used today. The Vocoder runs the miked voice through keyboard electronics allowing most (all?) of the keyboard's synth/effects to be used to affect the original voice and then also allow it to be re-pitched by the keys.

@madisonoaks6386 Год назад

Yesssss! Let’s go down the ELO rabbit hole, shall we?? Other great songs are Evil Woman, Don’t Bring Me Down, and Livin’ Thing! Thank you for always killing it with the artist choices, I always look forward to seeing who you pick next 😌

@TheCharismaticVoice Год назад

Thank you, Madison! But it's you all that pick the artists mostly, not me. ;-)

@averagedemographic8933 Год назад

Last Train To London and Calling America too!

@henrikl1394 Год назад

Last Train to London , Wild West Hero

@SpectreGunship Год назад

All over the world.

@foxmulder2845 Год назад

I suggest to you " Sweet talkin' Woman, Wild West Hero and Roll over Beethoven "

@rarelycares8416 Год назад

Happiest song ever made. Jeff Lynn is an absolute genius, and that's not just my opinion...The Beatles held him in the highest regard. I had to have surgery a few years back and the doctor let me pick the song as I went under, picked this song to bring the vibes up. Everything went perfectly...thanks Jeff.

@squirrelray1 Год назад

I'm glad your surgery went well. The right music is better than anything, whatever your taste. Be well.

@weezerang Год назад

This song is happy, but "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina & the Waves is the happiest song ever made!!

@scyz2807 Год назад

I've heard that John Lennon called ELO the Son of Beatles.

@hammathguy3995 Год назад

@@weezerang You are, of course, correct!

@JeffSchall Год назад

Jeff Lynne was close friends with George Harrison, as well (he co-produced Harrison's "Cloud Nine" album). You can see the connections between The Beatles and Jeff Lynne here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lynne_and_the_Beatles

@WouldYouKindlyWatch Год назад

Mr. Blue Sky has been my alarm clock for about 7 years now. It's the only song / sound that I don't feel dread for even when it wakes me up every day. Even now I can listen to it happily.

@happymadison1978 10 месяцев назад

Great choice! For a while I had "Go" by Pearl Jam as it was a CD system with Vs in.... Wonder why I had such anxiety in school! Also, is that a Bioshock reference in your username?

@M_JackOfAllTrades 7 месяцев назад

Same though, it's amazing how I can still happily listen to it throughout the day completely without that dread you're talking about :D Best song to start each day with.

@FeaturingRob Год назад

You were definitely right about The Beatles influence, Jeff Lynne himself was an unabashed Beatles fan. He ended up doing a project with George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan in the 1980s called The Traveling Wilburys. Jeff Lynne was infamously known for his producing and layering of each track. He's always felt more at home in the studio, even though ELO could be an amazing live band. You cannot go wrong with listening to this song in the morning for a little pep me up! It's so infectiously happy. The song was written in Switzerland as Jeff was trying to write for the next ELO album, 'Out Of The Blue'. He holed himself up in a chalet, and it was raining for two weeks, and he was miserable...nothing was coming. Writer's block basically. Then one day, he looks out and sees the Alps in the sunlight...and is inspired! He quickly wrote several more tracks. "Mr. Blue Sky" is actually the fourth song of the 'Concerto For a Rainy Day' suite on the third side of the double album 'Out Of The Blue', and the last track of that side. (Please turn me over) 😊😊😊 Other ELO songs..."Rockaria!", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Evil Woman", "Last Train To London", "Strange Magic", "Turn To Stone", "Don't Bring Me Down", "All Over The World" from the movie musical 'Xanadu', and the title song from the same movie "Xanadu" which is Olivia Newton-John with ELO (you hear Jeff in the backing vocals, and Olivia is lead). I really want to see you react to "Xanadu"!!!

@johnafirth Год назад

Can't go wrong with the Wilburys, especially their first album. Roy's death was a huge loss for them.

@AslansAngel1 Год назад

I definitely hear a Beatles influence. The first time I hear it is at this section ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TbsTqPH0DnE.html. My first album that I owned was The Beatles: Yesterday and Today. I was 3 (1971.) Dad took me to the record store with my birthday money and we picked it out "together." It's one of my earliest memories. (I reminded him of this recently and he was surprised that I remembered doing that with him. We also picked out The Beach Boys for mom because she disliked the Beatles. Not a musical reason. She just thought they were "wild" and "disrespectful." LOL) I also remember dancing to ELO when I was a little kid. Had this album when I was 9. Music is and was a huge part of my life.

@Pupalah Год назад

Turn to stone is by far my favorite. Something about that intro slide...

@frigginjerk Год назад

The Wilburys would be a fun reaction video. I'd like to recommend something a bit lesser-known, but "Handle With Care" is just such a good sampling of all the variety of vocal styles you get with them.

@popebinga Год назад

Oh man, I'd forgotten about the Traveling Wilburys!

@danhaines Год назад

I don't care what genre of music you are into, you cannot ever hate on ELO. They have a unique way of conveying emotion in their songs that drag you in and hold on to you. I defy ANYONE not to toe tap or bop along with this song.

@randilevson9547 Год назад

See also "Rock and Roll is King," for a toe-tappin', swirling, and whirling ride. Good times!!

@renegadetenor Год назад

...and just where the heck did I put my fire extinguisher?

@rayjennings3637 Год назад

You can never have too much fire extinguisher in a song!

@racebiketuner 3 месяца назад

Bruce Dickinson and I agree! 😉

@aMulliganStew 2 месяца назад

"I've got a fever and the only prescription is more"... FIRE-EXTINGUISHER!

@realityquotient7699 Год назад

You just can't go wrong with ELO. It's the one single band I wish could go back in time to see perform at their height.

@johndreessen7335 Год назад

Saw them a few years ago. Still amazing.

@johndreessen7335 Год назад

Good reaction. One of my all time favorite bands. Did see them live a few years ago with his new band. Jeff Lynne’s ELO. Was amazing. Almost sounded recorded. He wrote most of the songs and is an amazing songwriter/componist. Thank you for this reaction.

@nigelb5370 Год назад

I was lucky enough to see them during their prime (out of the blue/space ship tour). They were every bit as good as you could imagine.

@tomaszwalenciak Год назад

Glad to say I have 😁😁😁

@peterjohnson9291 Год назад

Wow! You must have a limited taste in music.

@jbottoms6855 Год назад

Jeff Lynn has never written a bad song! Every song by ELO, the Xanadu soundtrack, and the Traveling Wilbury's are amazing! He is literally a musical genius. I saw Jeff Lynne's ELO live in 2019 and he hasn't lost a step. It was like stepping back into the 70's. You should review every song!

@markmclaughlin2690 Год назад

The Traveling Wilburys are absolutely amazing, a true supergroup.

@johndreessen7335 Год назад

Saw them live too. Was amazingly good. The new band is great. He is a master songwriter/composer. Mr. Blue Sky is a masterpiece.

@ffjsb Год назад

Meh, Xanadu was quite commercial and pop for him, along with "Don't Bring Me Down". Not necessarily bad songs, but nowhere as good as 95% of everything else he's done.

@dresdyn100 Год назад

War of the Worlds, the double disc rock opera.. Brilliant

@johndreessen7335 Год назад

@@dresdyn100 War of the World is from Jeff Wayne. But you are right. Brilliant.

@JPPAD52j Год назад

The song is about ELO recording album in Germany. Jeff Lynne:" I remember writing the words down,” Lynne told Rolling Stone in 2016. “I was at a chalet in the mountains of Switzerland and it was all misty and cloudy all the way around. I didn’t see any countryside for the first four days or so, and then everything cleared and there was this enormous view forever and the sky was blue.”

@MrTimothypjr 8 месяцев назад

I came to say this. He was in a funk, and the sky turned blue. He had been in a block and couldn’t figure how to get out of it. He was as happy as the song makes me.

@JPPAD52j 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for the song!! @@MrTimothypjr

@raj66kas 8 месяцев назад

I love the album TIME, it's so futuristic and about space exploration.I think this song in some way leads to the Time album

@anthonymittelo2848 Год назад

Jeff Lynne is a musical genius (plays dozens of instruments), amazing songwriter, and a very underappreciated vocalist.

@HotBranch Год назад

I can't express how much I enjoy Elizabeth's enthusiasm and joy of discovery. Provides a renewed love of songs I've listened to for years. As a side note, I believe the tool/instrument they use for the voice is the same or similar to the talk box used by Peter Frampton in Do You Feel Like We Do (as era-specific examples).

@keithrobinson1907 Год назад

Frampton used a Talk Box, in which he uses a tube in his mouth to shape the guitar tones and Lynne used a Vocoder, in which his voice is sent to a synthesizer and is pitched by which keys are played. Similar but different effects.

@HotBranch Год назад

@@keithrobinson1907 Thanks for the clarification.

@Allan_Rickman Год назад

Either way, Elizabeth must listen to "Do You Feel Like We Do," live. She will Explode!

@bshunter9290 Год назад

Wow! An actual civilized discussion on YT Keith replied politely with a great information and Paul thanked him Wanna be friend guys?

@frankferderer8567 Год назад

Used was a EMS Vocoder 🙋🏼‍♂️🎵🙋🏼‍♂️

@sbpugs 4 месяца назад

The ELO "spaceship" is based on the Wurlitzer 4008 speaker, made between 1946-50. It was a match for the Wurlitzer 1015 jukebox.

@youbertu Год назад

In 1977, I had enough Columbia Record Club credits to get a double album, so "Out Of The Blue" it was. From the opening song, "Turn To Stone" through side three "Concerto For A Rainy Day" that Mr. Blue Sky ends, and all the way to the end with "Wild West Hero", it's epic! EVERYONE should experience listening to a vinyl double album before they die.

@MoMadizon Год назад

It was a fantastic album, and "Turn to Stone" would definitely be an interesting one to break down the vocals on. Parts of it are pretty wild.

@thecaptainmarko Год назад

and more precisely that exact one

@darrenbarlow5759 Год назад

I give E.L.O all the credit for how I listen to music today. They were my favorite band growing up and their complex orchestral sounds backing up their music tuned my ear to appreciate the subtleties of all the music I loved as I got older. I absolutely love the strings at the very end of the song. So beautiful. They really were my first love musically and after 40 years of waiting I finally got to see them live at Madison Square Garden for a night I'll never forget.🙏❤

@azcoder Год назад

Nice, they were my favorite also when I grew up 40 years ago. I have every album.

@Mrlin13 Год назад

That's a perfect way of describing listening to ELO, and I've always had that same vibe with The Who's music from around that era as well.

@raycardy4843 Год назад

Totally agree with the other comments - ELO were part of my growing up too - along with ELP, Pink Floyd, Focus, Yes...etc!! I still have my copy of 'Out Of The Blue' and most of their other albums on vinyl!

@another3997 Год назад

I also liked their music growing up, and I got to see them a few years ago when they toured for the first time in decades. The O2 Arena in London was packed, with barely any empty seats, and there were people of all ages. Some I spoke to had come from abroad because tickets near them had sold out so quickly, and luckily ELO had put on an extra night in London. One of the best concerts I've ever been too.

@another3997 Год назад

@rpdom Год назад

For me this is the saddest song ever. I cannot listen to this one without crying. The reason is that we sung it at the funeral of a friend. About 50 of us stood around his grave, lead by acoustic guitar, all singing and accompanying on kazoos. The sky was cloudy, not blue, and it was raining slightly. We knew that was how he would have wanted it. Still missing you Gaz 😢

@theresam.hoffman5841 Год назад

this is one of my favorite ELO songs and I am so glad that you are feeling the vibe of it as Jeff Lynn wrote this song after nearly two weeks of gray misty skies and then the Sun finally came out. This song is one I love to play when I need a pick me up! These are his own words in an interview about that song and the album itself: Jeff Lynne has said that he wrote 'Mr Blue Sky' after locking himself away in a Swiss chalet, and attempting to write ELO's follow-up album to A New World Record. "It was dark and misty for two weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing," he told the BBC. "Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote 'Mr Blue Sky' and 13 other songs in the next two weeks."

@christopherconard2831 Год назад

I may be getting it confused with another of his songs, but I believe he had also had a conversation with his father recently. His dad complained that too much music at the time (Jeff's included) was depressing. He asked if it was too hard to write a happy song.

@bobbabai Год назад

Jeff Lynne - wow. He was core to so many careers in the '60s, '70s and '80s. He was at the center of George Harrison's post-Beatles recording career. He was the producer of so many great albums. Writer of so many great tunes that he gave to other performers. He was at the center of the Traveling Wilburys in the '90s, working alongside and directing Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Bob Dylan (!!!). Lovely, fun albums they did together. Through all of this work he did, you hear his influence on the sound of the instrumentation and voices and the mix. Amazing man.

@celt67 Год назад

Its only recently (other than his ELO heyday) thats hes finally getting the respect he deserves. The guy is a giant of the music scene and his influence far exceeds his band.

@josephsoap2698 Год назад

What about ' The Move' ?

@bobbabai Год назад

@@josephsoap2698 What about "The Move'?

@bobbabai Год назад

@@josephsoap2698 It looks like Jeff Lynne wasn't part of the hit producing period for that band, the move. He joined them very late in their history, not long before he started electric light orchestra.

@josephsoap2698 Год назад

@@bobbabai He didn't start Electric light orchestra on his own it was a joint thing with Roy Wood. He left the band early on to start Wizard .

@jasonelliott66 Год назад

And this is why I love your reactions..."We need a cowbell. But we don't have a cowbell. Fire extinguisher?" I literally laughed out loud.....classic!!

@TimMatheny Год назад

Elizabeth, the vocal is being run through a device called the Vocoder 2000, which Jeff Lynne would use to great effect over the next few albums. It was literally so new that Lynne recalled that they had gotten it as a prototype from the factory and it didn’t even have a manual - they just had to figure it out on their own. By the way, there’s a great Spanish bubblegum pop band called La Casa Azul who had a song called “El Secreto de Jeff Lynne” (yes, they used the vocoder, and I don’t think you need any translation on that title). Re your comment on the “hamburger” - I saw ELO on that tour, and the stage literally was in the shape of the 3D logo on the album cover. It split apart - looking all the world like you were separating the two buns of a hamburger - and the bottom half slowly descended to the arena floor with the entire band inside!

@Crybaby-Media Год назад

Concerts with crazy showmanship are always so much fun. I figured it was a vocoder and wanted to comment, but I’ve never used one so I looked to see if anyone else in the comments knew . Thanks for the confirmation! And the interesting tidbits!

@mollygrubber Год назад

As a parent, the line "Hey you with the pretty face - welcome to the human race" makes me tear up. Makes me think of my daughter every time. SO GOOD, I've loved this song for decades.

@patrickrapps7089 Год назад

EXACTLY! When my daughter was wheeled out of the operating room, (being born C section)... she was in a bassinette eyes wide open - and looking up at me with clear focus..I think of it every time I hear this!

@TomGlander 6 месяцев назад

Wow. My thoughts exactly. First grandson in a line of all females for YEARS... and wow! Yea, baby boys can have a pretty face and still be boys!

@excrono 4 месяца назад

One could also frame it as being about someone who has devalued their self worth for their entire life suddenly seeing how much value they can bring to humanity when encouraged by someone with an objective perception.

@MrBabyBoa Год назад

This song is officially one of the "happiest" songs of ALL time! It's impossible to remain in a humdrum mood while listening to Mr. Blue Sky! ;-)

@tekvax01 Год назад

The entire album is amazing! Jeff Lynn did a tons of stuff with the Beatles, Roy Orbison, the Traveling Wilburys, and Tom Petty.

@j.kevvideoproductions.6463 Год назад

Wilbury's would give her lots of different (Non-screaming) voices to analyze.

@trubass75 Год назад

it ephod be cool to see he visit the wilburys.

@AdamHarte Год назад

Well... The Traveling Wilburys literally has Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, and a Beatle in it. So he didn't just do "a ton of stuff" with them. He formed a supergroup with them :)

@Maxx1066 Год назад

The Wilburys rocked great time in music.

@Ironoclasty Год назад

Mr. Blue Sky is the last of the four-piece Concierto for a Rainy Day from Out of the Blue, a two-record album set (long before CDs came along). Taking all of "side three" of the album, the other songs from the concierto are a joy to listen to: Standin' in the Rain, Big Wheels, and Summer and Lightning set up the start of Mr. Blue sky. That last transition is the end of the Concierto, sort of a closing parentheses.

@JamesGadbury Год назад

Well worth listening to the entire "Out of the Blue" album. It's superb throughout!

@joelspaulding5964 Год назад

Imagine how much this blew our minds as 12 year olds when it came out😉 A huge YES for the iZotope RX! Appreciate the Jerhro Tull comparisons. Having always accepted ELO as a musical cousin of the Beatles, it is easy to miss other influences. You REALLY nailed those.

@samclark5156 Год назад

Jeff Lynne is a literal musical genius. And an under appreciated one at that.

@zepo82 Год назад

true, he is up there with Bowie for me, but that is just me! We all have different tastes.

@donaquinilator4959 Год назад

But Jeff Lynne isn’t unappreciated at all

@kebonhawk1081 6 месяцев назад

Jellyfish have a song called "Ghost at number One" about Jeff Lynn and how he never got the appreciation he deserved.

@Oldironsides-ck7nt 6 месяцев назад

Bowie, Bowie ? ...please......Look who( individuals and bands)Jeff Lynette wrote, for arranged and produced with and had time to write, perform and orchestrated his own songs ....No comparison ..hand down Lynn...@@zepo82

@trudilarose2260 8 месяцев назад

I'm sitting how she's pausing every 3 seconds to exclaim and another thing. The reaction has as much energy as the song.

@TheNoladrummer Год назад

I love your channel more than I originally thought I would. The way you love music so intensely, the way you listen carefully and appreciate the little things that most people wouldn’t notice, how much you love surprises in the arrangements - that’s exactly how I feel about music! They say that every songwriter is writing for an audience of 1. From now on, when I’m writing, arranging, and mixing, my audience of 1 will be you (and, by extension, everyone like us). Hopefully it, too, will surprise and delight the listener. Thank you!

@frimiseestheworld4800 Год назад

You just described a muse...❤

@sarahnuamah7009 Год назад

She’s truly a musical empath and able to really feel it! Soo fun to watch. I also didn’t think I’d like these very much but totally love her

@bokononbokomaru8156 Год назад

The entire Out of the Blue double album is a masterpiece. Jeff was heavily Beatles influenced & played with George Harrison in the Traveling Wilburys

@oskarostermann4734 Год назад

God... how sweet you are when you're giggling 🤭 Your face is really visualising the sunshine finally breaking through the clouds, as Jeff experienced it in the Swiss Alps when he wrote this song. A pleasure to watch. You are truly Mrs. Blue Sky. 🌱🌞

@delphi-moochymaker62 Год назад

I saw them in Concert in 1977. They sounded as good live as they do on album. Their talent as performers was undeniable. Complete with mini orchestra of course.

@stevem-h3562 Год назад

The production values for the time are absolutely staggering. One of the most significant tracks in rock history.

@1stapproach Год назад

Jeff Lynne is a GENIOUS! His music ALWAYS has the exact same effect on me, giving me an instant smile. ELO was the first concert I ever went to (in 81), and I returned seeing them 38 years later in 2019. It was still great, and it was 2 hrs of nothing but smiley faces around me! Thank you for the music, Jeff! ❤

@jackstrawful Год назад

There's a saying I came up with and have been spreading around to various reaction channels: "Michael Jackson may be the King of Pop, but Jeff Lynne is the Einstein - the greatest genius pop music has ever seen". I was only just born in '81, but ELO is my mom's favorite band and, through her, they've become my favorite pop act as well, with about a dozen songs I'd count in my top 100.

@cdjeeyore Год назад

Almost every song by ELO is instantly recognizable from the first notes. You hear it and you know its ELO and you're like "this is gonna be good".

@michaelzarnoch5489 Год назад

I love that you reviewed this song!! One of my favorites. I love ELO. My Dad would play this album when I was 6 or 7 and I was mesmerized by the sounds. It’s crazy revisiting this 40 years later and listening to a professional perspective. You have a gift that most of us don’t have. You hear things we just don’t initially hear. Thank you for sharing your perspective because it completely opens up the song in every way. You’re awesome! 😊❤

@calebclunie4001 Год назад

Jeff Lynne is, the production and mixing maestro. Those panning and spacial placement, interweave, and with differing voices from all angles, and instrument, and vocal doubles, and arrangement. It's the work, of an sonic architect. He knows, all of the tools, and what balance to use, between composer, and mixer. The group always sounds great, in headphones. Your reaction is spot on.

@renehinojosa1962 Год назад

Jeff Lynne was ELO. Without him they were literally nothing.

@jollyjohnthepirate3168 Год назад

Remember he mixed this on analog tape with maybe 24 tracks.

@Suzz78 Год назад

@@renehinojosa1962 sadly that's exactly how he saw it, later on his band mates didn't see a penny, and at least one died in poverty

@nicholasschneider6655 Год назад

A few less commas, please. You're chopping your sentences into sections that shouldn't exist.

@edwoll Год назад

Every time you say that you've never heard of a song or group, you make me feel like I'm a 100 years old.. I was in high school when this gem of a song was released. In my opinion, the best era of music hands down.

@Tampahop Год назад

It's like ELO was made just for you. Your enthusiasm for the music you react to is contagious. You both make me smile. 😃

@joergojschaefer3521 Год назад

Elizabeth and ELO...it never brings you down...

@joergojschaefer3521 Год назад

🙂🙃🙂

@jon-paulfilkins7820 Год назад

I see what you did there, well played.

@tfisher8515 4 месяца назад

You are so happy experiencing these songs one at a time. When I was a teenager we'd turn on the radio and all these songs would come pouring out it was a great time to see. Wish you could have experienced it.

@davidcohen4595 4 месяца назад

Jeff Lynne was a creative genius! We need a revival of new unique rock n roll bands!

@richard_n Год назад

The back story to this song is just as amazing. The band went to a cottage retreat in the Alps to have some peace and quiet to be able to focus and write songs for their next album. However the weather was overcast and rainy for the first two or three weeks. When the weather finally broke, it inspired Jeff Lynn to write this song.

@AslansAngel1 Год назад

The last part of the song where you were saying, "Is this the next song?" I was thinking how the Orchestral part reminds me of the Moody Blues "Days of Future Passed" which is a phenomenal album that you have to listen to in its entirety if you haven't. That album is recorded with an orchestra. I really think you will love this album because of the orchestral aspect of it. It's considered Progressive Rock, and Symphonic Rock. The song covers the day from sunrise to night. You will love the poetry at the beginning and end of the album.

@joaquinlezcano2372 Год назад

Also the vocals of Justin Hayward are amazing

@319metresMW Год назад

ELO and the Moody Blues are both from the same city, Birmingham (in the English West Midlands not Alabama!)

@GoA7250 8 месяцев назад

Why we have the song: Jeff Lynne has said that he wrote 'Mr Blue Sky' after locking himself away in a Swiss chalet, and attempting to write ELO's follow-up album to A New World Record. "It was dark and misty for two weeks, and I didn't come up with a thing," he said in an interview. "Suddenly the sun shone and it was, 'Wow, look at those beautiful Alps.' I wrote 'Mr Blue Sky' and 13 other songs in the next two weeks." The song's arrangement has been dubbed "Beatlesque", as it has similarities to Beatles songs 'Martha My Dear' and 'A Day in the Life', and it shares its unusual first four chords and harmonic rhythm with 'Yesterday'. For such an epic song, the song simply follows the concept of a rainy day that comes to an end.

@Maz08 Год назад

ELO is just another one of those bands that reminds me of growing up in the 70’s and early 80’s. Like many people have mentioned, “sound tracks to life growing up”.

@markwilliams3068 Год назад

Always liked ELO, saw them twice in concert and they are amazing live as well. Their sound quality live showed their talent in spades. First time I heard this song I heard Beatles influence and vibe - big time.

@LadyGnomeofthewoods Год назад

I saw ELO in the 70s at Cleveland Stadium at one of the World Series of Rock concerts. When the band opened, the stage was covered by a lighted spaceship similar to the album cover. As the spaceship lifted, the sounds from the amplifiers rushing out gave a roar which made you think of rockets. Then colorful laser lights were projected from the stage. One of the best concert experiences, EVER!!!

@keithb.kenerly2481 Год назад

I saw the same in Atlanta in the mid 70's! Great stage setup, great atmosphere, great show.

@frogswurld Год назад

I was there 😊 Best stadium show I ever saw.

@JoriDiculous Год назад

Happiest song ever made. ELO is such an underrated band, with Jeff Lynne being the songwriting genius. Would be a tad neater if you had chosen the official video (form the album) with the band in it :)

@seankeogh6102 Год назад

The live version, from "Wembley or bust" is possibly the best rendition I've ever heard, ymmv of course. But every version is good 🙂

@HaleysTusk Год назад

Jeff Lynne was heavily influenced by the Beatles, eventually being friends w/ the Beatles, then producing the super star group the Traveling Willburies who included George Harrison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison. I believe he's had a hand in many of the more recent Beatles projects... I think he even helped the Beatles release "Free as a Birdr" released decades after Lennon had passed.

@Brigadier_Beau 8 месяцев назад

My all-time favorite song! ELO - Mr. Blue Sky 💙💙 🌎 💙💙 I can't listen to it without smiling. Thank you!

@jasonplymette7510 Год назад

ELO was one of the best bands of all time! I think I know every word to every song. Such a joyful experience!!

@One_Proud_Papa Год назад

E.L.O. is amazing. Jeff Lynne is a genius. As a classical music fan, my favorite piece is an instrumental called "Fire On High." It has a very cool backmasking vocal that says, "The music is reversible, but time is not! Turn back, turn back, turn back." LOVE IT!!

@MK-vg1qj Год назад

Love "Fire on High"! Yes, he absolutely is a genius.

@adamo-7 Год назад

The "robot singing" effect is made using a "vocoder". At the end it says "Please turn me over" (prompting the listener to move on from side 3 to side 4 of the double album)

@jasonremy1627 Год назад

I've always felt this song takes a strong inspiration from the Beatles "A Day In The Life", especially Paul's middle section, the staccato chord hits and the little "breaths" part are obvious allusions to it.

@gettingkilt Год назад

If you're looking for Beatles homage, look no further than the unusual first four chords of Mr. Blue Sky. | F | Em7 A7 | Dm | Remind you of anything? Try Yesterday. I assure you it's no coincidence.

@deanroddey2881 Год назад

Yeh, he was a huge Beatles fan clearly. And of course he was pushing the production envelope, as they were in their day as well. Sometimes he was on the edge of over-produced, IMO. But still amazing sonics. I always find it interesting that that Beatles genetics always kept popping up, at least up into the 2000's anyway. Not sure if anyone is really carrying that torch these days, at least anywhere near the mainstream. But the whole uber-catchy power-pop thing was always so appealing. Jellyfish in the 90s were very much in that vein, though they were unlucky in their timing. Of course Oasis were totally Beatles fans. Or something like The Verve's Bittersweet Sympathy. In the 2000s, a tune like Aqualung's Brighter than Sunshine could have totally been on a Beatles album, and I think they would have been proud to have written it. @@gettingkilt

@sgtbigballs666 11 месяцев назад

The bell hits are certainly "maxwell's silver hammer" 🤔

@rookiejo1 Год назад

ELO has always been one of my favorites. You also might want to check out the Traveling WIlburys supergroup (Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty). The song End of the Line is my favorite. But Handle with Care is another great one. If you like "story-telling" songs like Steve Miller Band's Take the Money and Run, you would probably like Tweeter and the Monkey Man.

@Bdoserror Год назад

I'm a fan of the TW group, but for Tweeter and the Monkey Man I prefer The Headstones's cover of the song.

@deanrolph6912 Год назад

That last minute always makes me think of a perfect sunset after a warm spring day.

@barbaramccullough604 Год назад

This is one of the best songs ever! Makes you soooo happy!! I love ELO!

@EricZuckerman1 Год назад

I highly recommend you listen to this song from the original album, Out of the Blue. The songs before create a context for Mr Blue Sky and are a contrast in so many ways. It's a wonderful use of theme. Side 3 of the two album set is subtitled Concerto for a Rainy Day.

@davidconnolly6690 Год назад

I love this song. My dad had the double album he'd 'borrowed' off a friend and I remember playing it on the old record player. He'd be sprawled on the sofa reading the paper and me hovering near the player. And today at work this song came on the radio. Everyone was still working away but would take up little bits of the track and just sing along. Such a brilliant tune!

@PaulOutdoors Год назад

Yessss Elizabeth. The Electric Light Orchestra and the genius that is Jeff Lynne are my lifelong favourites of some 50+ years. In my humble opinion Jeff and Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish are two of the best songwriting composers ever. The Electric Light Orchestra rabbit hole runs deep 🙏😊👍

@robmcgrath5202 Год назад

Paul, wow I would not have made the connection but you're absolutely right, Jeff and Tuomas are both amazing songwriters and composers. Just saw Nightwish a couple months ago and they were amazing.

@PaulOutdoors Год назад

@@robmcgrath5202 Hello Rob. 11 months ago I had not heard of Nightwish or Floor but have been blown away by them since having been persuaded by a friend to give them a listen, preferably live and so glad that I did. I haven't stopped listening since. It's great to hear that you've seen and heard them live in the flesh. I have tickets for Birmingham UK later this month. I now have two favourite bands. Paul 😊👍

@19Poolshark81 Год назад

This has become one of my all-time favorite songs. The more I listen to it, the more I hear new sounds or inflections. It's truly a masterpiece

@bobbabai Год назад

"Telephone Line" must be the next ELO you do - such heartache. I was just talking with my 36-year-old daughter at Thanksgiving. There was a guy there about my age who plays in an ELO cover band ("E-L-No") in Minneapolis. My daughter told us both how "Telephone Line" is her go-to karaoke tune. That cover band plays New Year's Eve at some bar somewhere every year and we're going. And I need to sneak a listen to my daughter singing that song.

@jrgenstutemeyer9185 Год назад

Hi Elizabeth. Just think you should know, that this song is the last of four songs in a little suite of songs called “Concerto for a Rainy Day” (it was the entire side 3 of the album “Out of the Blue”). If you listen to all four, you will see how the mood change with each song. It starts out dark and sinister, but ends with this happy little song (and the sky is clear and the sun is shining 😍). Looking forward to your next analysis…..

@williamdavis600 Год назад

In the 90s my sons had a kindergarten teacher named Mrs Blue. Wonderful lady, wonderful teacher and on the way to school everyday we would play this and sing together replacing Mr with Mrs. and just have a blast. She was at both boys graduation from high school, college, and grad school. Thank you Mrs Blue for giving my boys a great start in school. We will never forget you.❤

@sbk4me Год назад

Hi Elizabeth! OMG! Thank you so much for today's reaction/review. You've made my day with this track. You wouldn't believe how easy he makes this music seem. He is surrounded by many wonderful, talented artists in his band. I encourage you to find and watch his 2017 concert from Wembley stadium. You would be amazed how many great songs you may have heard throughout the years. Find it, enjoy it. Have a Great Day !!!

@timjones8377 Год назад

They did build a stage to look like the spaceship on the cover. A green laser shot onto the far wall of the coliseum writing elo and drawing a circle around it... Then the laser drawn ELO shook as the low rumbling blastoff began..the top part of the mm multicolored flashing panels spaceship stage lifted slowly up..cables attached to the top part carried the instruments and band up to stage level...the cellists ran out to put their foot on the lip of the bottom stage and they ripped into Turn The Stone... It was an awesome experience 😁

@tarkus522 Год назад

I saw that tour in Philly. Still remember it well. An awesome show. I heard that Jeff Lynne kept that stage in storage for many years. Unfortunately it fell into disrepair and was trashed.

@randilevson9547 Год назад

I would add ELO's beautiful love ballad, "Can't Get It Out Of My Head," as one of my favourites from this amazingly talented band. Jeff Lynn is gorgeous. I mean the epitome of 1970's guy's hair. Wild and curly, and just floating around his head. Aaaahhh!!!

@peachesnscream Год назад

From a bass player, this song is an absolute gem

@BostonWhistler1 Год назад

To me, this song is clearly influenced by the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" - the driving beat, the breaths, the distinct quasi-"movements" within the piece. That said, this was a masterpiece that deserves every one of Elizabeth's smiles and giggles!

@nightmusic8 Год назад

This is one of those albumcovers you instantly recognize. Used to see these by the dozens in any flea market and thrift store. Never bought one myself.(maybe I should?) The song is a classic, heard it many times on the classic radio stations

@CheekyPseudonym Год назад

Highly recommend! It's a 2 disk album, not a bad song

@Nostalgicguy2242 Год назад

At least there are some centennials that still listen to radio stations on this day and age.. isn't that right Night kiddo?..

@Perktube1 Год назад

Get the vinyl cover, if only for the artwork

@jonathanwetherell3609 Год назад

@@Perktube1 I did but when it first came out and it still plays!

@Lilienfritz Год назад

You should check out Travelling Wilburys: 5 Legends in one Supergroup.

@colrhodes377 Год назад

Absolutely. You got it!

@CheekyPseudonym Год назад

I want to see a reaction to a Bob Dylan, solo

@nativetiger1 Год назад

Thank you for honouring the musical genius that is Mr Jeff Lynne. Loved all of his work after raiding my parent's LP collection. Loving your work ❤️ Would love to see your take on Xanadu which ELO did with the late great Olivia Newton John and perhaps some Supertramp 🙏🏻

@lorimiller8297 Год назад

Absolutely love ELO. Jeff Lynne is a genius. So glad you finally got to experience his mastery. ❤

@metalmark1214 Год назад

Glad to see a new artist to the channel. It is a fun ELO song. Others to check out Don't Bring Me Down or Evil Woman.

@joergojschaefer3521 Год назад

😁Next should be Ram Jam - Black Betty 😁 please with the official video for the song...😁

@metalmark1214 Год назад

@@joergojschaefer3521 Now that would be a fun one for Elizabeth to do Joerg. Check out the cover Metal Church does of that song. A great cover.

@joergojschaefer3521 Год назад

@@metalmark1214 This is the badass version of Black Betty... but the real Song is very hard stuff...a prison Song...😧

@radio-su6lh Год назад

Thank you Elizabeth for your enthusiastic reaction to this wonderful music.

@xenontouchstone Год назад

Ive been listening to this song for over 40 years, and you have managed to highlight so many parts I had completely missed but can now appreciate , thanks. :-)

@PHDarren Год назад

Now you've got to listen to Mr Blue Sky by the Postmodern Jukebox with Allison Young singing. You'll love it.

@TerryGreenlaw Год назад

The PMJ version is amazing, and so is Allison. She'd be a great guest for Elizabeth to interview!

@skyrere Год назад

I love how you "taste" music. :) Your passion is so expansive and you sometimes have to reach into different senses to explain how a piece makes you feel. I feel you. :D

@CarlostheGardener Год назад

Other incredible songs from ELO that really highlight Jeff Lynne's vocal quality are "Telephone Line", "Is it alright", and "Big Wheels" I also highly recommend listening to the entire musical suite this song bookends! "Concierto for a rainy day" is a 4 song suite thats about introspection and emotional reflection on a rainy day. Listening to the whole story will also give more appreciation for the motifs Mr. Blue Sky includes in the orchestral break at the end (you can hear the main melody of "Big Wheels").

@themonkeytrainer Год назад

Ive read that he sketched out the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" while stuck in a hotel during a long-planned vacation to Switzerland - where it stormed all but his last day there, when the sun finally broke out, which inspired Mr. Blue Sky.

@davidkillens8143 Год назад

In 1968, Roy Wood (founder of ELO)- guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of the Move - had an idea to form a new band that would use violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, taking rock music in the direction to "pick up where the Beatles left off". Thank you. Listening to this song and witnessing the pure unfiltered joy on your face made my day and the sun now shines brighter.

@holman26 Год назад

Roy wood even had a Christmas song I wish it could be Christmas every day by his band wizard

@Perktube1 Год назад

So when did Jeff Lynne come in?

@davidkillens8143 Год назад

@@Perktube1 In 1968 Wood formed ELO. In 1970 Lynn accepted Wood's second invite to join the band.

@petedavies74 Год назад

Jeff Lynne joined The Move in 1970. Roy Wood felt with Jeff in the band he could realise his dream of a 'rock group with strings'...The Move became ELO in 1971 with their self titled debut album released that year. Roy Wood left the band half way through the second album ELO2 . The rest is history..

@mogulbuster Год назад

Love this! I spent much time during junior high listening to this album with headphones! You might enjoy 'Wild West Hero' which has a acapella section! Also 'Rockaria' which is a rock song featuring a mini soprano Aria!

@frozenharold Год назад

A lot of people made ELO be the first music they wanted to hear when CDs became popular. So many good ELO songs. This one has been used in many other soundtracks as well. You'll love Post Modern Jukebox's version with Allison Young. Absolutely beautiful.

@geneouye3447 Год назад

To my ear, the PMJ version seems to have totally destroyed the mood of the ELO song -- it has no sense of giddy joy... it's just a slow vampy thing that is beautifully done, but feels like it completely misses the point of the lyrics (which is something PMJ normally doesn't do, so I was surprised).

@oveohlen3550 Год назад

I coudn't agree more! The arrangement is incredible - and it shows, just how much impact the entire concept behind a song has, and how shifting it can majorly impact the feel, message, and reaction - even if the same notes are played and sung.

@joelronningen9930 Год назад

Love you getting into these classics! Jeff Lynne is such an amazing artist and human. Along those lines, you should definitely add Alan Parsons and his Alan Parsons Project to your list! Stunning, beautiful, original sounds on the next level.

@67spoon Год назад

This is such a multifaceted song that I probably never listened to it properly before, you made me listen harder and now I like this song even more. Something I wouldn’t have thought possible. Thanks.

@jmm1000 Год назад

shes very gifted

@jessemorris8820 Год назад

The beauty you've just enjoyed is PART FOUR of the masterwork on the source album! The whole thing is called "Concerto For A Rainy Day," and "Mr. Blue Sky" is the finale - which was why that transitional music was built on to the end of it! THE WHOLE THING IS WORTH HEARING! And even for rainy songs, they have the same ebullient quality, if a different mood. I can't thank you ENOUGH for doing this song! I'm almost a half-century old and have been listening to this since I was SIX. This album - "Out Of The Blue" - is one of the first three modern albums I ever heard, and I listen to it at least two or three times a year since I first heard it! The whole thing is wonderful! You do Music proud, Miss - thank you for being YOU. 🤓 P.S. -- a few years ago, Weezer did a version of this that is an absolute homage to the original! Well worth hearing, too!

@PaulOutdoors Год назад

Beautifully put Jesse. The Electric Light Orchestra have provided the soundtrack of my life now for 50+ years and I feel that both Jeff Lynne and Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish are two of the best songwriting composers ever. I've only recently discovered Nightwish and Floor Jansen the bands lead singer....phenomenal. Paul 🙏😊👍

@day_tiger7981 Год назад

This song just never grt's old. You just throw it on and it's an instant mood changer

@Darryl_Frost Год назад

I always thought of ELO as "electric light, Orchestra", like the thing on your roof so you can see LOL.

@kostaskritsilas2681 Год назад

If you are ever in the mood for an instrumental that is amazingly creative, take the time to listen to ELO’s "Fire on High" (from the album "Face the Music"). I'm sure parts of it have been used all over the place, but the entire piece is pretty amazing. Creativity to the Nth degree.

@rayellinwood2882 Год назад

Ditto

@gregsteele806 Год назад

Good Lord yes. Such an awesome song. It was the B side on an ELO 45 I bought (Translucent blue vinyl, of course) but I ended up playing it more than the A side.

@notajp Год назад

Absolutely love Fire on High! My all time favorite “instrumental” song.

@TheBaconWizard Год назад

I LOVE vocoder effects (or perhaps voice-box in this era?) and think they are not used to their potential. One of my favourite things is to use a synth-choir as the carrier signal (the synth) playing chords behind a vocal line. The effect is a very etherial choral accompaniment, it's lovely! But they can also be percussive and lots of stuffs (say, put a drum-kit through instead of a vocal line)

@bélalugrisi Год назад

The vocal processing is a Vocoder. Joyous and wonderful reaction and analysis, Elizabeth! Love the joy you show for varied musical styles!

@daxtheisen8454 Год назад

Seeing her get so happy and giggly while listening to this is making me feel so much better than I have been these past few days (meds mix up been kicking my butt) Also today is my first job interview so I’m really excited for that

@chrstnldg6652 Год назад

Good luck with the interview

@JimMclaren-qp3iv Год назад

This is seriously one of my favorite songs and has been since the first time I heard it. An absolute must for anyone's feel good playlist Elizabeth hit the nail right on the head that it is a song which makes you feel happier just by listening to it, it has never failed to bring a smile to my face anytime I hear it.