Jeff Lynne tells the story behind 'Mr. Blue Sky' by Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.). A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo (Dutch Public TV) from 2012.
The first thing I said to my daughter when I held her was "Hey you with the pretty face, welcome to the human race." So it's wonderfull to learn so much more about this great song.
He is! It's not worth saying he's a genius if he's not! Everything he sings or produces is Beautiful or Great & Fantastic like Mr. Blue Sky. This gets me feeling Great and thinking positive- It's a Great Wonderful Song & I Love this song. Thank you Jeff Lynne, God Bless You.
Jeff Lynne is an EXTREMELY RARE MUSICAL GENIUS. A master for the ages. The greatest rock ‘n roll musician of the entire era. Hands down. I am flabbergasted at the man’s talent. His music SENDS ME!!!The man should meet with overwhelming adulation every where he goes (while we still have him with us).
The critics never liked ELO. When I did a school exam on ELO, in 1984, my teacher asked me 'Are they still going?' Now it's 36 years later and here you are, still listening. It's unbelievable, really. ELO were dismissed in the early 80s, but here we are today.
I was born in the late 70's and i dug out my parents ELO albums in the mid 80's and i remember growing up mentioning that i liked them the response was either that i was taking the piss or told that they are very of their time. When it got to the early 2000's i told a young guitarist that i like ELO and he immediately said oh yeah ELO are cool! Yeah, funny how things work out.
@@quaid667 My first tattoo was the ELO logo, the image to the left of my words. I had no idea, when I first became a fan, that ELO came from my home town. Now, as a driver, I pass through Shard End, Birmingham, where Jeff Lynne grew up. I even went to Jeff's house, in the 1980s. Crazy, right?
@@ChilliCheezdog you lucky bugger 😂 no, that's cool beyond belief. I thought they were American for awhile. I was very young, I didn't know about The Move or The Idle Race. I think I asked my uncle and he told me they were from your neck of the woods and that blew my mind. I have seen a picture of his parents house and think that's where wrote all his early stuff. Amazing.
This gets said about a lot of people, (especially in the last 5-10 yrs because people like to speak in superlatives) but seriously...Jeff Lynne is a genius.
Sorry, the 1978 version sounds *soooo* much better than the 2012 version. The latter is *too* "produced" and crowded whereas the 1978 version is clean and elegant -- the way good rock songs should be.
@@GuentherGadget I was skeptical and thought he had changed the song significantly, but upon hearing them here, I like the new cleaned up version. It's the exact same song but the sound is much better.
Maybe but nowadays the consumers have gone down the shitter with the quality of their home audio equipment. Where in the 70s and 80s you'd still have a capable hifi setup with some proper 3-way speakers, now you ask Google to play it on your Google Home speaker or play it as compressed audio over Bluetooth to a wireless speaker. 🤦🏼♂️
LogiForce86 you are out of your MIND! So eight people back then had high end reel to reels and marantz receivers. Dear lord I can’t even continue with how absurd that is .
@@BeaulieuTodd I don't know what backwater you are from but I am from the Netherlands. We had this little company called Philips, who were the inventors of all modern physical audio/video formats since the Compact Cassette. Maybe living in a free country where we liberated ourselves from the chains of the Catholic Church from a wee little thing called the Englightenment, which fanned the explosive development of science and art. Music being an art of its own it isn't without reason that the Netherlands is at the forefront of this art, and many more arts. Therefore it is understandable that such things were rooter more in our society then others, or at least gained greater importance. Therefore there are also many families here who can play an instrument. In fact like the act of drawing a painting or creating music is part of our primary school subjects and continues up through middle and high school, and can be perfected at a university level. Per capita it isn't without reason that within many walks of life from arts to sports to science and many many other areas, it isn't without reason that we per capita produce more genius level persons in their specialism than any other country in the world. So I can fully understand that in other parts of the world enjoying the arts might not always have been that important as people see it has here. Even nowadays there are plenty of Dutch artists who are either famous themselves or travel as maybe lead artists in a band. Nightwish - Floor Jansen (Dutch) Van Halen - Alex and Eddie van Halen are Dutch. DJ Tiësto - Thijs Michiel Verwest (Dutch) DJ Hardwell - Robert van de Corput (Dutch) Caro Emerald - Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (Dutch) Within Temptation - Dutch band Junkie XL - Tom Holkenborg (Dutch) Epica - Simone Simons (lead singer... Dutch) Just to name a few just from the musical arts. That excludes theater actors, movie actors, painters and so on. So not to sound high and mighty. It is just that I understand that I was lucky to have been born in this country, and that maybe other countries with other history and thus differences within your culture that lead to having a different set list of what you found important, as a community, within your social circles. That's what makes the world so awesome, diverse and unique. Where we all end up bringing our own important things forth onto the world stage, and each become like an indispensable piece of a grand puzzle that lie within the deeper meanings of the circle of life. So yeah, sorry to hear you didn't have some fine equipment to listen music on. Not even at friends or neighbours it seems.
This new song may come a second close with the uplifting vibe of the catchy chorus...you are one of the first to see or hear it Sheila..enjoy. Loved your positive comment on MR BLUE SKY. You just had a compliment about your comment from the co-writer of SAILING ON A CLOUD. Interesting how both songs mention the "looking above into the ether"...ENJOY...so lovely to see such a positive comment. Regards, Sonic Foxx, SONIC FOXX MUSIC(writing with artists and supporting them) Stephen Russell SAILING ON A CLOUD..NEW RELEASE..links below: For sale + demo: itunes.apple.com/album/id1435537556?ls=1&app=itunes You tube: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KjV8-ZLAJs4.html
Seen Elo in Sacramento.. Sounded better than decades Before- Spot on- This is an absolute Must for Concert goers..Fantastic! Best concert I've ever Been too! Better than Aerosmith in Denver! BY FAR worth the money anywhere in the arena! But I'd die to be up front..He's a Legend in the Music Industry! Every time my Gal and i hear a song by Jeff we Start dancing..Genious!
In 1978 i got a small cassette player and the tape out of the blue by elo, it was the first album /tape i ever owned and I was just 8yrs old. I loved it, it brought me into a whole new world and I'm 48 now and I still love it and mr blue sky was one of my favourite tracks. That was my introduction to having MY Music.
Fun Fact !!!!!!!!!!,,,,,,,,,,,,, my little late Mum was never interested in television all her life ,,,,,,,,,,,, She liked "The Sound of Music" and Royal Weddings ,,,,,,,,,,,,, The only programme she ever noticed,, enjoyed and remembered was "ELO Live in Concert" ,,,,,,,,,,, and she loved it. It came on quite late and was from Birmingham,,,,,, and she never forgot how lovely the music was !!!!!!
The most wonderful beautiful song ever. It has everything to please everyone. Brings back so many memories of better times.and touches my heart deeply. especially.the voice at the end.Perfection. I can't imagine the world without this masterpiece. Jeff. if you are reading this Brother, a Brummi done good. Love ye.
It’s so interesting to listen to such a talented musician-producer explain his craft. To the less sophisticated ear such as mine, the differences are minor but what is so enjoyable is feeling the energy of the live events like the performance at Wembley. Simply amazing. Let’s get 2020 behind us and get these guys back on tour! We need Mr. Blue Sky to show up for real in 2021.
Not to mention, just because you can re-record it, doesn't mean you have to. That are both great versions, but I like the original a little better as it brings me back to a different time.
@@kyrol54 Hmmmmm...it’s the original recording and mix with the whole track going through an enhancement. Remastered music rarely detracts from the original, it just “lifts it” a little...
Just for the time reference, I graduated high school in 1980. Very much into music, I was in a band that had actual “gigs” lol. I liked Rock much more than pop at the time but ELO songs like Ma ma Bell, and Do Ya? We’re really good to me. It was the days of 8track so you had to listen to other songs to get back to the one you really wanted to hear. Somewhere along the way Jeff’s songwriting and production soaked into me. Now I still have songs like Wishing, Midnight Blue, Wild West Hero, and Shangrila (spelling?) and few more I can’t think of right now on my playlist and listen at least every week. Its part of my life and I’m glad Jeff and the whole band made such great music that has lasted so long. So if somehow you read this,,Thanks Man!
this makes me so happy! when an artist is satisfied with what he created...there's nothing like it. and it's a song i really like, too! this is the best i've felt all day- THANK YOU
1978 every time its full of life, the new one is too soft and fuzzy and sounds like a tribute band in comparison........ when people have been listening for 30+ years they know and love every note of the original.
I was wild about Out of the Blue when it first came out. I was about ten or eleven at the time. Made my old man take me to see them in concert in support of the album. Saw them at Madison Square Garden. Same with Kiss and Yes. Man those were the days. The 70s and 80s was the golden age for concerts.
I agree with some of the other comments. There is such a thing as over-engineering a thing. If it was good enough for 1978 then it's still good enough now, and really it was fantastic then.
You got your copies of _Out of the Blue_ ready? Ok, side 3, play the "second ending" of Mr Blue Sky, and wait til the drums kick out at the end and the swirling strings take over. That melody played by the cellos ...now, put on Side 1. Play the intro to "It's Over." Same stuff -- only backwards. Easter Eggs *all over* Jeff's stuff.
Bands like ELO, Kansas, Yes, Rush are so far ahead of most others that Lynn seems a little ridiculous criticizing his music. You can tell the obvious difference in quality between the original and the reproduction though.
cool fact, the words "please turn me over" at the end of the song, is an instruction to turn over the record as it was the last song on the first side :)
Might not be popular to the ELO fans but this song is fantastic, but the "ONE and ONLY" ELO tune I ever liked. Wow what a brilliant piece of work. They can keep all the pop crap.......my god there is a pile of it... But take a HUGE bow for this song..!
Rainer or shine,Light or dark,this guy won't let his glasses alone.
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Something the non-UK audience may not realise but I actually like is that Jeff Lynne hasn't bothered to change his accent. His voice says where he is from, no apologies !
@ Well, IDK if I explained clearly! I mean, I saw some interviews years ago but I still have some "problems" to understand his Birmingham accent, but while he's singing, I don't notice it. Is that possible?
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@@ZZMJo yes, of course, I understand Golden Earing :) I think what happens is that great musicians get heard, i.e. we naturally open our ears to good music. Does that make sense?
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@@ZZMJo If I am honest, I live in the UK and there are people from Glasgow in particular that after a few beers I have no idea what they are saying.
Friday aug 10, in Houston, Jeff lynne sounded amazing . Absolutely a freaking genius. ELO live was probably the best I've ever seen in my lifetime, i waited since i was a kid to see him live, incredible. Jeff Lynne one cool dude.
I've been a fan of Jeff and ELO since New World Record in 1976 - I have the vinyl. I don't know any who prefers the new version on Mr Blue Sky. I don't think any of us think it sucks, but frankly it's not as good and there's no point. The old stuff just has a punch to it that new stuff doesn't. I don't know why, is it over compressed? over mastered? dunno. (And I heard it as a blind test. Randomly listening to ELO on Spotify and it just sounded soft to me)
