1979. Lyrics about a girl who thinks she's too good for the guy she's with. Wondering why Jeff Lynne repeatedly sings the word "groose" after the song's title line? Apparently it was a made-up place-keeper word to fill a gap in the vocals when he was improvising the lyrics. When the German engineer Reinhold Mack, who also worked with QUEEN, heard the ELO front man's demo he asked Lynne how he knew "Gruss" means "greetings" in his country's language. Upon learning the German meaning, Lynne decided to leave it in. Many fans misinterpreted "groose" as "Bruce." In fact, so many people misheard the lyric that Lynne actually began to sing the word as "Bruce" for fun at live shows.
LOVE THIS ONE! Electric Light Orchestra are legendary, as is their lead singer, Jeff Lynne. Your next ELO song HAS to be "Mr. Blue Sky" (which, if you've seen the second Guardians of the Galaxy movie, you WILL recognize). Other fantastic songs of theirs are "Evil Woman", "Turn to Stone", and "Strange Magic". The 70s wouldn't have been the 70s without ELO! (Four decades later, I still don't know who Bruce is...) FYI - the line you're asking about is "I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor, don't bring me down."
I highly recommend “Livin’ Thing”. It has the great orchestration that Amber loves, the catchy beat that ELO is known for and Jeff Lynne’s vocals are fantastic as always! Jeff is also one of the stars in the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys and they have some awesome songs as well. 🙂
Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty. The very definition of a supergroup. "End of the Line" and "Handle With Care" were their most notable hits, recorded shortly before Roy passed away in 1988.
I always considered ELO one of my top groups of all time....They are so ignored from a legendary status but so deserve to be recognized....They did so much in such a long span and were so creative and talented.
@@KayeWhye interesting. They both directly asked the question about those lyrics and so of course I’m like “I’ll reply” but then I saw there were 600 replies. So I knew out of those 600 replies somebody had to of already answered that question. I scrolled past at least 10 responses before I saw it.
"Don't Bring Me Down" peaked at #4 in '79. ELO also had top 10 hits with "Can't Get It Out Of My Head" "Evil Woman" "Telephone Line" "Shine A Little Love" ELO with Olivia Newton-John "Xanadu" and "Hold On Tight." I especially recommend "Telephone Line" and "Shine A Little Love."
@@chrisoakley5830 Not in the U.S. I Have a book of all the Billboard Top 10 charts from it's inception August 4, 1958 through July 9, 1988. It debuted at 41 on the charts the week ending August 4, 1979. The following week it climbed to 18. It's 3rd week it climbed from 18 to 14. 4th week from 14 to 6. 5th week from 6 to 5. 6th week from 5 to 4. 7th week it stayed at 4. 8th week it dropped to 10 and 9th week it stayed at 10.
@@jeffvanderpool4039 the second week at 18 is what I was thinking about. In those days there was another radio countdown show called The Weekly Top Thirty. It's host was Mark Elliott. Because they only did 30 songs it did show up at 17 it's first week.
"I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor don't bring me down." ELO's got sooo many great songs... try 'Mr. Blue Sky'... it's probably the happiest song in the world, you'll see.
Never made a bad record. Just a hugely entertaining band live with perfect renditions of their songs. So much fun To this day their live concerts are a must see
The "Jeff Lynn's ELO live at Wembley stadium" version is the one that made me realise Telephone Line is better than Mr Blue Sky. (The lead singer and main songwriter of ELO is Jeff Lynn.)
Discovery, the album this is from, was a huge hit in 1979. You need to hear “Mr. Blue Sky” (considered the happiest song ever). Also “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”,”Turn To Stone”, and “Strange Magic.” This group has a massive rabbit hole. More please!
Jeff Lynne is an unsung genius. Besides "being" ELO, he produced George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Dave Edmunds, Roy Orbison, &c, was a member of the Traveling Wilburys, and was instrumental to pulling off The Beatles Anthology.
Strange Magic definitely! That was the first song that introduced me to ELO and is still my favorite of theirs to this day. Also would like to suggest Showdown.
You HAVE to listen to "Mr Blue Sky". In a survey it was ranked the happiest song EVER. Also for some cool early 90's "She Drives Me Crazy" by The Fine Young Cannibals and "Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry :)
The guitarist and singer is Jeff Lynne. He also produced Tom Petty’s “Full Moon Fever” album, Roy Orbison’s “You Got It”, and the Traveling Wilburys albums.
Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), featured on the band's seventh studio album Out of the Blue (1977). Written and produced by frontman Jeff Lynne, the song forms the fourth and final track of the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite, on side three of the original double album. "Mr. Blue Sky" was the second single to be taken from Out of the Blue, peaking at number 6 in the UK Singles Chart[2] and number 35 in the US Billboard Charts.[3] Maybe a hit in the UK but not in the States. I’m a big fan of ELO, I graduated HS in 77 and I don’t recall hearing this song over the radio.
@@ozziequinones584 I'm kind of shocked to see it wasn't as big of a hit in the US as it was in the UK. That being said, I almost feel like it was a 'post-release hit' of sorts as it's presently the #1 downloaded song by ELO on Spotify.
“Mister Blue Sky” and “Living Thing” are two of my favorites by ELO. When you do movie reactions, Xanadu with Olivia Newton John has a lot of songs by ELO.
“I’ll tell you once more before I get off the floor” is the lyric you were missing. Jeff does NOT have a handlebar mustache. Google mustaches in your down time, if you even have any down time! There were complaints at the company when the orchestra sounds were drowned out by the guitars, but they worked it out. Most of the songs we got on the radio were very much strings and horns. Sweet Talkin’ Woman, Mr. Blue Sky, Evil Woman, Strange Magic, Turn to Stone, Telephone Line, you have a lot of classics to choose from.
The bass player with the handlebar moustache was the late Kelly Grouchett, who also provided mostly backing vocals but also on the odd track was the lead vocal.
This song was an absolute necessity at the skating rink in my hometown when I was growing up, I learned how to skate to this song, needless to say I fell down an awful lot while I was learning but it was so much fun and it brings back so many wonderful memories from my childhood!!!!!!
@@Herbert04 age is just a number brother, I hurt my pride and my skinny butt but man I had the absolute best skating teacher MY BIG BROTHERS GIRLFRIEND WHO HE MADE HIS WIFE 3 YEARS LATER!!!!!
Omg you need to tap into more ELO...they are amazing. Strange Magic and Livin' Thing are my favorite. If you like the orchestra - then Livin Thing you will love!!!
Busted out laughing. Helpful hint for new parents, Don't change your hairstyle for a couple of years. I shaved my beard when my first born was 8 months or so, he couldn't deal with dad's voice coming out of a stranger for a few days.
"Strange Magic", "Livin' Thing", and "Evil Woman" are the other major hits from this era of ELO. Other good picks are "Hold On Tight" and "Rock and Roll is King".
I think the "Orchestra" in the band's name is more metaphorical - all of Lynne's arrangements are lush full wall-of-sound productions, whether via synthesizers or strings or both. That's the iconic ELO sound.
You should check out their more recent, live performances, “ELO LIVE at Wembley”. Telephone Line, Turn to Stone, Evil Woman, or Living Thing, which has an awesome violin performance by Rosie Langley.
E.L.O. is F.U.N. -- you nailed it right from the top. This was an essential party song in the 1980s. This song always brings a smile to my face; I'm glad you guys enjoyed it as well.
"MR Blue Sky" is the most essential ELO track to listen to. They have many excellent tracks, but MR Blue Sky is their masterpiece, like reacting to Queen and never doing Bohemian Rhapsody.
Hook up the whole album “Out of the Blue”. Mr. Blue Sky and Jungle are personal favorites. Love your guys channel just found it a few weeks back. Good Vibes!👍👏
"I'll tell you once more, before I get-off the floor. Don't bring me down." In other words ----"I'm dancing here, and before I (give up my place on the dance floor) I'm gonna tell you stop being critical and trying to make me stop having fun."
Y'all gotta do a reaction to ELO's Mr Blue Sky (make sure it's the full version so you can hear the epic melodic chord progressions at the end!) Would be a perfect tune to have your girls with you too.
"I'll tell you once more, before I get on the floor." I believe is the lyric. Mr. Blue Sky is another good Pop Rock song from them. "Rock & Roll is King" is also good.
If it's more orchestra, then definitely play ELO's; 1) "Last Train to London" the Official Video, 2) "All Over the World", 3) "Sweet Talkin' Woman", 4) "Turn to Stone". "Mr. Blue Sky". ELO was known for their strings! And the orchestral sound shined best in the first 3 of their hits!
ELO is awesome - I love this song. Please also check out the Super Group "The Traveling Wilburys" which Jeff Lynn was part of, along with Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and George Harrison. The End of the Line is a track you will love!
Jeff Lynne is up there with the greatest song writers and he's also up there when it comes to being the favourite songwriter of other songwriters !!...you must do more ELO !!
Check out “Livin’ thing” and “telephone line” will definitely put the orchestra in your bonnet. I highly suggest picking videos from “wembley or bust” the 2017 tour in high-definition, Jeff Lynne (lead singer) says its the best the group has ever sounded, and I agree. It will bring meaning to “light” also.
I think you’d love Mr. Blue Sky by them. It’s so perfect for summertime! You must check out The Traveling Wilbury’s. A super group in the 90’s composed of Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison. I still listen to their album regularly!! ✌️💗😊
Jeff Lynne is a genius! They did a concert at Wembley Stadium in 2017 and you should react to something live from that concert. It is so good! I recommend Telephone Line, Turn to Stone, or Mr. Blue Sky. You will not be disappointed.
Jeez guys, I’ve only discovered you a few days ago, you’ve already blown my bloody mind. My first was with “ Monsters “ now we get my favourite songs with ELO. I’m in my element here, and I’ve checked out lots more stuff you’ve watched, omg there’s so much more, yay, love you guys x
And now to my favorite group of all time back in the day and to this day! Yeah, this was more of a radio song and also dancing to it compared to Tightrope. LOVE my ELO! Won't have a bad reaction to any of their songs. Twilight, All Over The World, Telephone Line, Evil Woman, et al...any of them are great!
I can recommend ELO's "Sweet Talkin' Woman" or "Telephone Line", and if you want to get out of the main stream ELO hits my favorite is "Twilight" (with the prologue).
I would also recommend “Sweet Talking Woman”. And as good as the entire band is, Bev Bevan is one one the best drummers ever. He also played with Black Sabbath and kills it.
ELO are brilliant, save up your orchestral expectations for Mr Blue Sky - one of the happiest songs ever written - just make sure you listen to the complete album version, not a liver performance of radio edit.
This was the JAM at our roll arena, where we'd roller skate, and you would tap your skates to the beat! Yep, 70's babies have all the best music from the past to our own generation!!
"Mr. Blue Sky" is a must hear, "Evil Woman", "Strange Magic", "Livin Thing", and honestly anything and everything off the album "Time". That album is the first thing my family listens to on every road trip. It's tradition.
ELO was such a legendary and uniquely amazing band! Some of my favorites are Mr Blue Sky, Evil Woman, Telephone Line, Strange Magic and Livin' Thing. But, pick any ELO song and prepare to be amazed.
ELO es histórico. Sus medallas de oro son "Mala Mujer", "Sr. Cielo Azul" "Cosa viviente" "Último tren a Londres" "Línea de Teléfono". Greeting from Chile🇨🇱 Tierra de Pablo Neruda, Los 33 mineros, Arturo Vidal, Centro de la Astrología, el país de Moais, el país más largo del Mundo.
A recommended top 11 ELO songs to react to… 1. Telephone Line (ELO’s magnum opus IMO) 2. Mr. Blue Sky (probably their most famous song to modern generations) 3. Evil Woman (first big hit) 4. Can’t Get it Out of My Head (their most gorgeous ballad) 5. Fire on High (instrumental track with no vocals, but just as grand and epic sounding as most of their work) 6. Turn to Stone (great mix of rock and orchestra) 7. Sweet Talkin Woman (an upbeat ballad) 8. Hold on Tight (ELO’s version of 50’s styled rock and roll) 9. Livin Thing (one of the best examples of their orchestral sound) 10. Do Ya (one of ELO’s more hard rocking tracks) 11. Strange Magic (essential ELO)
Hey guys - great to hear you reacting to another ELO (although one without the trademark strings!). I suggest (since you seem to love ELO) that you take a proper plunge and give 'Concerto for a Rainy Day' a listen from the album 'Out of the Blue'. It's a masterpiece comprising 4 songs that flow together to form a seemless piece of work - just like the symphony and concerto forms you find in classical music. It ends with the iconic 'Mr Blue Sky' - considered by many to be the best feel-good song ever written! And yes - there are strings! Lots! Don't Bring Me Down was the first ELO song not to feature strings. It comes off their 8th studio album released in 1979. The great thing about ELO is that you always know it's them but every song is unique and distinctive. Jeff is the master of cinematic, hook-laden layers of sound for getting lost in! Thanks for the reaction.
For a REALLY chill ELO track to listen to w/o a reaction I'd recommend Bluebird. It'll give you some perspective on their range. My favorite ELO song is Do Ya, but if you like the orchestral stuff you need to hear their 1973 cover of Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven.
Love watching your reactions, guys. 🙂 Growing up in Birmingham, England in the 70s/80s ELO were a big part of my musical 'awakening'. Always get nostalgic when I here them now. True musical masterpieces. 'Turn to Stone', 'Mr.Blue Sky' and 'Sweet Talkin' Woman' are all worthy of a reaction. 👍
ELO does have an orchestral sound in many of their songs, with violins, cells, and bass. That was their calling card. But, they did some hard rock, some pop, some disco, and some techno - just to show they could do it.
