Opera + Electric Light Orchestra! Vocal ANALYSIS of "Rockaria!"

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ELO has been on my happy playlist ever since analyzing "Mr Blue Sky" on this channel. So when all of you voted for Rockaria to be the next ELO song to analyze, featuring an opera singer, how could I say no? Let's add one more to my Spotify!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Electric Light Orchestra performing "Rockaria" for the first time.
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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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@chronomatt6990 Год назад

As a side note, Jeff Lynne was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame last week.

@telstar4772 Год назад

Justified and criminally late

@timwhitnell7145 Год назад

What took them so long. He should have been in there decades ago. A master at all that he does musically.

@cwes6404 Год назад

About time love his music

@glynjones2587 Год назад

Not before time.

@SPG-lv7wk Год назад

Had no idea. Worthy entry. Cheers to Jeff 🍻

@dresdyn100 Год назад

I remember in the 70's, mum was a rock fan, dad was into classical and baroque. He had a particular love for Mary Thomas as she was part of the movement to bring baroque back. The first time my mother put "A New World Record" on the turntable when it was released, she said to me "Watch This". I did, and as dad heard Mary Thomas' voice on Rockaria, his head snapped around and he made the Scooby Doo noise "herruh?". They then started rocking out in the livinig room together. They're in their mid-70's now, still rocking out together and I give thanks for the appreciation they gave me for all music.

@siroswaldfortitude5346 Год назад

wow, what a post. Awesome memory

@tmarq62 Год назад

Great story. Also, that, "A New World Record" album is one of ELO's best albums..

@JacoWium Месяц назад

I try so hard to hate the internet.. But then it gives me great posts such as this! Loved it, thanks for sharing your recollection.

@ShiverJaw Год назад

If you want another ELO song with operettic vocals I would suggest "Shangri-La". It's an albeit short part of the song but imo it's one of ELO's most powerful and inspiring pieces.

@weksheddweller Год назад

Yes PLEASE! The ending never fails to give me chills and shed a few tears

@slattanzi7 Год назад

Crazy! I was just listening to A New World Record” the other day and was thinking that both “Rockaria” and “Shangri-La” would be great ones to hear Elizabeth evaluate!

@dbek65 Год назад

The operatic voice at the end of Shangri-la is so haunting and mixes so well. It should be a movie soundtrack.

@digibirder Год назад

Yes! Utterly gorgeous pice of music!

@markgriffin45 Год назад

I concur

@emerald1805 Год назад

The song “Livin’ Thing” is an excellent example of their orchestral strings with a rock style. You want the strings to stand out? - Then that is your song! Plus, it was a huge radio hit. Also, from the album “A New World Record”

@Choober65 Год назад

For me, THAT track is THE ELO sound, and the most perfectly arranged piece of music EVER.

@Bass17yl Год назад

If you listen to it on the album, there’s a short outtake at the beginning where she starts the note, it cracks, and she says “whoops” in the most adorable voice!

@MrStillgotit5 Год назад

She just started too early and had to start over.....

@Bass17yl Год назад

@@MrStillgotit5 Maybe so, but you can hear that she’s a bit sharp at the very beginning of the note. I always assumed that was the “oops” moment

@rollingthunder4 Год назад

I am glad it was left on the record@@Bass17yl 👍

@randallpetersen9164 Год назад

Honestly I was disappointed not to hear it here. So perfectly imperfect. :)

@williamjones4483 2 месяца назад

According to Jeff Lynne, she started singing too early and caught herself, hence the "oops". Jeff liked it and left it in the recording.

@etaoinbshrdlu Год назад

This was a hoot! Thank you Elizabeth. So much fun. She was singing a line in German which Jeff Lynne wrote for the song. It's around on the internet, along with an English translation. On the take used on the LP, she came in slightly too early, audibly said a tiny "oops" then kept singing. They loved it so much they used it on the album. Like the little tradition of the fire extinguisher on 'Mr. Blue Sky', in some of the concert performance of 2016-2017 (which are wonderful and all over YT,) the singer comes in a tiny bit too early, deliberately!

@-S.T.P. Год назад

this is the album version. they just don't use the first bit...

@josuetapia1940 Год назад

Next one from ELO has to be Shangri-La, is sooooo good, and the end is just perfect

@waterboys3001 Год назад

Mary Thomas was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music. Leonard Bernstein called her "La Thomas" and they played jazz duets on the piano. She was an accomplished pianist as well as a singer.

@coinneachmaclellan3121 Год назад

"Rockaria" is essentially a rock 'n' roll song so the operatic parts are used like an instrument much like Jeff Lynne was using his falsetto and used sparingly to create contrast and a balance of elements. Interestingly, the operatic parts were sung by their bass player, Kelly Groucutt, when they were touring...he also shared lead vocals with Lynne.

@R---66---R Год назад

Good background info....I'm not too sure if Elizabeth was really aware of this one...Kelly Groucutt! That made it even more interesting...

@bonniebickett4520 11 месяцев назад

I want to hear what this girl says about Freddy Mercury!

@michaelwalsh129 Год назад

Another vote for Shangri-La. As a mood it feels like Telephone Line, but it actually completes a story told by the album as a whole, and the coda at the end is one of the most devestating things I’ve ever heard.

@MikePhillips-pl6ov Год назад

That coda is the prequel to the one in Mr Blue Sky on the following album.

@HarrierMan99 Год назад

Agreed. That coda is one of the most haunting pieces of music I've ever heard; I just wish it would go on for a little longer! Oh well, I guess I can put it on repeat.

@soulcornflake1 Год назад

Oh man, it's especially haunting at 2 in the morning on late night radio when you're half asleep, which is how I first heard it.

@michaelwalsh129 Год назад

@@HarrierMan99 the coda starts at 3:47 !

@teuska1965 Год назад

Shangri-La by ELO. I love that ending.

@garrettvesci8162 Год назад

I've been asking for this one. My favorite song. Greatest ending

@danielclayson2859 Год назад

Oh yes, I agree.

@MauroC82 Год назад

I agree absolutely..Shangrla .amazing song, incredible ending.

@v24231 2 месяца назад

Agree. Shangri-la undoubtedly deserves to be heard and analysed up.

@richard_n Год назад

Elizabeth you are robbing yourself if you don't react to the collaboration between ELO and Olivia Newton John on Xanadu. One of the best songs ever!

@cooldudicus7668 11 месяцев назад

I am a huge Jeff Lynne/ELO fan. I have heard Olivia Newton John's version of Xanadu as well as the studio and live versions of the song by Jeff Lynne. All of them are good. The song is excellent. That said, I would rate Olvia Newton John's version of the song the best with Jeff Lynne's versions a close second.

@HammerOn-bu7gx 8 месяцев назад

Sorry, but there is only on true Xanadu: Rush!

@danielclayson2859 Год назад

As other's have said on here, Shangri-la would be a good next song to analyse. After that, just do the whole lot, if fact, sod everyone else, change the name to "The charismatic voice ELO Channel."

@rdmineer1 Год назад

Jeff Lynne is 75 now, and still sings every original note including that falsetto - effortlessly. His musical compositions are more elaborate, but remain true to our sonic memories. No compromises.

@mikedehooghblackflagracephotos 10 месяцев назад

Holy moly that is hard to fathom. Our favorite songs are stuck in a time loop while the artists continue to age unbeknownst to us... until you're reminded. SeventyFive!

@abashal Год назад

ELO is a deep rabbit hole of great music; long way to go!

@tmarq62 Год назад

I totally agree..

@Polyphemus47 Год назад

Yes! The Move, the Idle Race, Lynne's solo work, Traveling Wilburys, and production work...

@bumperu 5 месяцев назад

ELOOOOHHHHHHH............

@jameswarner5809 Год назад

This is not a very good quality audio version. To get better clarity, you need to listen to a good audio upload taken directly from the album, or a more recent live performance (e.g. BBC Radio 2 in concert 2019), rather than a late 70s music video.

@digibirder Год назад

OMGOMGOMG! Thank you for the shout-out Elizabeth! I knew you were meant to react to this song. So much cool ear-candy. It's like Nutella with... More Nutella! One favourite moment of mine is when Jeff Lynne sings "I think she'd die for Beethoven" and Richard Tandy on the piano plays the first four notes of Beethoven's fifth. "Shangri-la" is another song of this record with Mary Thomas on it during the gorgeous ending as mentioned by others here. I think you would love it!

@mudmug1 Год назад

Read your comment and immediately searched for this hoping it too have happened. Thank you

@judsonkring464 4 месяца назад

RIP, Richard Tandy.

@digibirder 4 месяца назад

@@judsonkring464 Yes R.I.P. Richard Tandy. He was a big part of ELO and a good friend to Jeff.

@Cadinho93 Год назад

This could easily have turned into a mess, but Jeff Lynne makes it into a gem. I love the soprano's (Mary Thomas) false start at the beginning and then that rushed finale from Jeff Lynne. Also, I love Jeff Lynne's growling vocals on this song.

@davidsmith6976 Год назад

Jeff is so underrated , a great singer,producer ,and collaborations with the Travelling Wilburries ,and so many others , as well as ELO

@MrCarlesXX Год назад

@@davidsmith6976 you're absolutely right. He's way of singing on this track is so different from the other songs such as Turn to Stone, but it seems no one cares.

@davidsmith6976 Год назад

@@MrCarlesXX Seems the Americans ,appreciate him,more then the U.K.?

@jelly-baby Год назад

@@davidsmith6976never underrated, where do you get that idea from🤦🏻‍♀️

@jeffmoore1435 Год назад

Yes it could've.

@GatorScribe726 Год назад

Just for your pleasure, you should listen to the entire album “Eldorado: A Symphony by the Electric Light Orchestra” someday. I think you’d love it.

@adrian7132 Год назад

Your sheer delight for ELO warms my old heart.

@spydude38 Год назад

The fact that ELO took good old rock-n-roll and combined that with orchestral and operatic themes to make something that was new to me as a young teen was awesome. So many more songs from ELO to enjoy as you explore this rabbit hole.

@sixbsteve Год назад

ELO introduced me to Beethoven, and basically got me into classical music. One of my all time favorites

@andrewcollier3495 Год назад

My dad said ELO was one of the best live gigs he had ever been to, and he had seen the likes of the Beatles, Stones, Rod Stewart and so on.

@JeffLynnesELOFan Год назад

ELO is the best live band ever musically!

@robertthompson65 10 месяцев назад

I can back him on that!! They were absolutely incredible live in the 70's and early 80's.

@jeffreyflint6286 Год назад

Rockaria is one of many great songs from ELO. Perhaps the best of progressive came from them. Great reaction Elizabeth.👍👍🤟🤟. The old rocker digs it and approves.

@TiberiusDarkforge Год назад

I love watching your happy face when doing these ELO reviews. They always seem to catch you out with some little twist or trick, and as somebody who has loved the band since childhood, I love the insight your giving. I know you have loads to do, but will always be happy to see more ELO on your channel. 😁🎤🤘

@happymadison1978 10 месяцев назад

YES! well said!! Bringing new insight and dimension to music I’ve loved my whole life. When my dad died, my local live music bar let me put a copy of Out of the Blue on their wall as a tribute (used to get my last feed at night to it, have it on vinyl, tape, CD, Special anniversary edition CD etc) I know this is New World Record but it just floors me. The man is a genius. A few years back when he was on Chris Evans’ radio show he was genuinely surprised people still wanted to hear him. 150k texts in less than an hour… he is still touring. The world is glad. I am sad Kelly and Mik etc are not here but this music needs to live forever. ❤️

@Drchainsaw77 Год назад

Agreed re: Shangri-La, although "tightrope" is the best track ELO ever did. I don't know if you've visited them yet, but if not, you are going to love "Touching Once" by Renaissance featuring the operatic voice of Annie Haslam...!!

@colrhodes377 Год назад

BANG ON. We've hit the jackpot with this one.🎉😊

@22Phantasm Год назад

Jeff was finally inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame this year. Jeff is simply outstanding in the field of music.

@rollingthunder4 Год назад

'And Verdi's always creepin' from her room' 👍 I have been an ELO fan since i saw them on stage at Drury Lane, London, in the early 70's and the magic is still there - i never tire of listening to them. Rockaria still makes my spine tingle - listen to the actual studio version on 'A New World Record' the opera singer falters and coughs at the beginning but they kept that version on the Album! The BBC coverage of them at Glastonbury about 5 years ago is also well worth a watch and yes they do Rockaria👍 It's difficult to see them these days but the copy band 'The ELO Experience' are fantastic and the only one approved by the maestro that is Jeff Lynne.....

@cjprince1 5 месяцев назад

I gotta tell you - my little Pavoratti-loving Italian grandma LOVED this song. Rest her soul.

@TimmyB1867 Год назад

To be fair, most of us, our only real experience with Opera come from Pavarotti, and Bugs Bunny. Not a large sample to draw from. I am not much experienced with Opera, but I at least know enough of history to know that it was and is a style of entertainment from all over the world, so it's obviously not one singular sort of thing. (But I still think Bugs Bunny in drag whenever I think Opera)

@robmcgrath5202 Год назад

Hah! You got me laughing out loud because I do the same thing, having grown up on Bugs Bunny. "Kill the waaabbbit, Kill the waaabbbiiit". There was quite a bit of opera blended in Looney Tunes.

@anthonyhaylock6655 Год назад

Jeff Lynne is a true musical genius , a master of mixing operatic twist , with classical and rock , it’s brilliant

@jackiebuttnor8410 Год назад

ELO is such a fantastic band. Don't Bring Me Down is just an amazing piece. And their soundtack for Xanadu was superb.

@morriganmoonglow2712 Год назад

Xanadu FTW, sooo under-rated. 👏

@Roland-k7x 8 месяцев назад

Also the soundtrack to electric dreams

@williamjones4483 2 месяца назад

@@Roland-k7x That was a solo effort by Jeff Lynne. He did two songs on that movie; Video! and Let it Run.

@MrStillgotit5 Год назад

You skipped the best part. She starts too early, says "oops" and starts again. Jeff Lynne left it in the song. Love it.....

@agsyoho Год назад

I saw the touring band in 2018 and again in 2019 in California. I think the crowd was waiting to see who would sing that part, and roared when she pulled it off.

@ChrisLegner-qp1yh Год назад

ELO's peak era catalog has aged incredibly well. Big as they were in the 70's, they were still perhaps a bit underappreciated.

@Cosmo-Kramer Год назад

The word "Orchestra" in their name reminded a lot of kids of their parents' stuffy big band music, and they'd rather have been caught dead than listening to any of that. So they never gave ELO a proper chance to find out they were the farthest thing from Lawrence Welk and his ilk.

@BillBailey0 Год назад

They have always been popular in their home town.

@Cosmo-Kramer Год назад

@@BillBailey0 What band isn't?

@ffjsb Год назад

It was harder to tour back in the day, because they just couldn't do in concert what they did in the studio, it wasn't even close. I think that limited their market share and popularity some.

@Cosmo-Kramer Год назад

@@ffjsb There were challenges traditional rock bands didn't face, but that didn't deter ELO one bit. They had huge tours and put on spectacular shows--not just the music, but they were renowned for their amazing light/laser shows, and even had a full spaceship on stage, which they trucked all over North America for one year-long tour. I know, I saw them in their hey day.

@ib9rt Год назад

You mentioned some things you wanted to hear slightly more or differently. I think if you listen to the album version of a song, you will hear it carefully produced to sound exactly the way the producer wanted it to sound. It may not have quite the energy of a live version, but the album version will likely be more nuanced. In this case, you sadly missed out on the "Oops!" at the beginning, which is the trademark of this song.

@duncanparsons Год назад

When they performed this live, the bassist, Kelly Groucutt, would sing the operatic part :-)

@johnboy2562 Год назад

It's such a shame that Kelly and Jeff fell out so badly. As far as I know Jeff has never spoken publicly about Kelly's passing, which is terrible really.

@green_acres_7240 Год назад

As an 11 year old, I wrote Jeff Lynne back in 1976- year later I got an actual signed postcard. ELO is just the best!

@petersadler4329 Год назад

You should have perhaps listened to the album version which has a miscue by Mary Thomas which was left in at the beginning of the song, the audio has so much more vocal clarity than this video. Love your channel

@rosemarywessel1294 Год назад

If you ever want a treat, choose a rainy summer afternoon and listen to ELO's double album "Out of the Blue" straight through. I was 12 when that album came out and it's still resonating in my soul 45 years later.

@renegadetenor Год назад

That is precisely how I first experienced that album at age 10!

@NoelFloyd Год назад

Queen! Queen has some very operatic feeling rock music. Teo Torriatte, Freddy's Barcelona or perhaps who wants to live forever are some unique songs. Although this song from ELO is a standout.

@sirkat344 Год назад

On the one hand: FINALLY!!! Woo Hoo! But- Monday?! C'mon, E! ☹ sigh I hate Monday (work). #Bringontomorrownight!

@TheCharismaticVoice Год назад

Gah, I'm sorry! I promise Tuesday will be a phenomenal video to make up for it!

@joergojschaefer3521 Год назад

@@TheCharismaticVoice 🙂🙃🙂

@sirkat344 Год назад

@@TheCharismaticVoice Well, ok then. 😁 I am so looking forward to your reaction to Rockaria! Loved that song since '76. 😍

@luisnunes3863 Год назад

We'll see you Tuesday, or Friday. You're always missed. 🤘🤘

@sirkat344 Год назад

@@luisnunes3863 May be a busy week, so Friday, certainly. btw- Thank you. I enjoy the chats so much.

@FeaturingRob Год назад

There is an influence that I want to mention when it comes to Jeff Lynne's own vocals. There is a lot of Little Richard in the way Jeff will suddenly hit these high notes almost effortlessly. Little Richard did so in almost every song..."Tutti Fruitti" and "Good Golly Miss Molly"...back in his heyday of the late 1950s and 1960s.

@beatleblev Год назад

Yes. Jeff and Paul McCartney both adored Little Richard and incorporated his lyricism into their music.

@dondee5439 Год назад

This song (Rockaria) by ELO was perfect for YOU to do this in-depth analyze. It really suits your sensibilities even though it was written and produced years before you were even born. Speaking of cross genres, I could blow your mind by telling you there is an episode of the 1960s comdey TV show called GILLIGAN'S ISLAND that had the Shakespeare play HAMLET put to the music of some great operas such as CARMEN and THE BARBER OF SEVILLE just to name a few. The episode is called THE PRODUCER and it is from Season 3 Episode 4. I doubt that you will ever see it but it is as trippy crazy as can be. Keep up the quality work.

@JamesButler-qz3mt Год назад

If you want to hear a great set of ELO songs listen to “ Concerto of a rainy day” this is off the Out of the Blue album, side 3 it is 4 songs and it is excellent 😂

@paulelverstone8677 Год назад

Just. Pure. Joy. Jeff is nothing short of one of my all-time heroes. No other artist has been on my journey through music longer, than he. I'd put Rockaria in my top 3 ELO songs. And timely, as he has just been inducted into the songwriters Hall of Fame. For Opera/Rock colab; surely Barcelona with Freddie/Monserrat Caballe has been suggested before?...

@JeffLynnesELOFan Год назад

The best symphonic Rock Band ever. Long live Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra!

@colrhodes377 Год назад

They told Beethoven that he couldn't compose because he was going deaf, but did he listen?

@KenRoerden Год назад

Yes! Suggested this one when you did your previous ELO songs. There were a lot of other requests in the comments for it, is I figured it would come up eventually. Really looking forward to it. I'm sure it was worth the wait. Will let you know more after the premiere tomorrow.

@TheCharismaticVoice Год назад

Yup! I have had this prepped for a little bit but finally got around to it!

@KenRoerden Год назад

@@TheCharismaticVoice We all knew you would really get into this one. It was just a perfect match. "Oh no. No. I'm not ready for this to be done yet." Just 3:13 of wall to wall perfection. "The way it is written is pure evil." I do love the 9th, but I never tried to sing it. For more symphonic rock check out 10538 Overture from their first album or Tightrope. There is an instrumental called Fire On High. The Eldorado album is a complete piece. Listen to Eldorado Overture into Can't Get It Out Of My Head. Good to see you enjoying yourself here and discovering more rockin' ELO.

@Cosmo-Kramer Год назад

@@KenRoerden And, *"Shangri-la".*

@KenRoerden Год назад

@@Cosmo-Kramer Absolutely. It is the resolution to a front to back great album.

@Cosmo-Kramer Год назад

@@KenRoerden Indeed.

@davidschecter5247 Год назад

Jeff Lynne is one of the greatest melodicists of the last 50 years. Brilliant songwriter, musician, and producer.

@johnniejupiter Год назад

The 80s saw a fair number of opera vocalists fronting metal and rock bands. Grim Reaper was fronted by one and made the top 40 with See You in Hell. The 70s and 80s were just amazing for diverse, creative music and vocals.

@92xsaabaru- Год назад

I got lucky and found this album in a just donated collection at a thrift store and bought it having only heard of ELO but not actually listened to them. First track on the album and I was in love. Great album all the way through!

@joergojschaefer3521 Год назад

ELI meets ELO 🙃😊🙃 and I don't have time for the premiere and the chat... Nooooo 😫

@sirkat344 Год назад

Bis Freitag,ja? Hoffenlich.

@joergojschaefer3521 Год назад

@@sirkat344 ✌

@luisnunes3863 Год назад

ELO again, cool. Elizabeth, I know this one won't happen, but it would be so fun to watch you react to Luca Turilli's Rhapsody live with the usual soprano voice of their albums, Emilie Ragni. Prometheus ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EcEehsK1B7E.html Lot's of points of interest, the two voices of Alessandro Conti and Emilie, the articulation of of guitarists Luca and Patrice Leurquin, of both of them with bassist Patrice Guers... Another dark horse, ensemble Academia Bizantina and alto Delphine Galou in a music video that will bring the look of a metal video, being shot in an abandoned palace or monastery, but playing some Vivaldi, Agitata infidu flatu from Juditha Triumphans (I really need a full version of that oratorio).

@brucer2152 Год назад

I always liked the chorus...."She's sweet on Wagner I think she'd die for Beethoven She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune And Verdi's always creeping from her room".... and I always got the visual of Verdi, the man...sneaking from her room...even thought I think he means music...nice double meaning there.

@JeffLynnesELOFan Год назад

The lyrics are so cool! Jeff Lynne is in a class by himself.

@GES8215 Год назад

A new world record.. ELOs best album

@charliestevenson3500 Год назад

I’m glad that this song came up on your list. This song was a great surprise when I first played the album for the first time.

@TheCharismaticVoice Год назад

It was SO GOOD! I'm wondering what else ELO has to offer, though?!

@sirkat344 Год назад

@@TheCharismaticVoice There is so much awesome stuff. The full El Dorado LP is jaw dropping in it's scale. Laredo Tornado, Poor Boy (a Robin Hood song), Can't get it out of my head... Yeah- you need to dive right into the rabbit hole.

@charliestevenson3500 Год назад

@@TheCharismaticVoice,Can’t Get It Out Of My Head, Strange Magic, Evil Woman, Livin’ Thing, Do Ya, Turn To Stone, Sweet Talkin’ Woman and Don’t Bring Me Down are some of the first steps into the rabbit hole that is ELO. Not a bad way to get lost in music. Have fun on your adventures.

@bradsullivan2495 Год назад

@@TheCharismaticVoice "Poker" is one of their deep cuts from the "Face the Music" album and manages to shift from hard rock into soothing music and back to hard rock again. Another deep cut is "So Fine" from the "New World Record" album. It has plenty of odd noises amid great music. Finally, one of their most legendary songs is a cover of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" (full eight-minute version please). It has string and piano solos, with the start playing the iconic portion of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

@phen277 Год назад

@@TheCharismaticVoice Personally, I can't recommend a run of Eldorado through Time enough. (All albums released from 1974 through 1981). ELO's golden age!

@GraveFireflys Год назад

Brilliant .Another good example of 70s symphonic rock is Renaissance with Annie Haslam ; mother Russia, Northern lights , Ocean gypsy or song for all seasons, too name but a few. Preferably 70s performances.

@rudolphpyatt4833 9 месяцев назад

Plus 1,000 for this suggestion! I would add “Day of The Dreamer” and “Ashes Are Burning” to that list (which of course could get really long…).

@timwingham8952 5 месяцев назад

Like every other ELO song of this era you need to listen beyond the the vocals, because the orchestra, the string section, the keyboards, the choir and the bass line are all catchy tunes in their own right. Even now a the age of 60 I still hear new things, despite having listened to ELO since I was 12. Astonishing songwriting. Fabulous musicianship. And it's often overlooked that Jeff Lynne had (and still has) a superb singling voice. Love ELO.

@russthompson7994 Год назад

New World Record and Out of the Blue are perfection.

@CowmanUK Год назад

Absolutely! My two fave ELO albums right there. Add Time and we have my top 3.

@raulcardenas8115 Год назад

Supertramp, Live in Paris. Hide in Your Shell. Fools Overture. Asylum. School. All these songs have that operatic feel to them. Plus, its Supertramp are their very best

@shawnmurdock8059 Год назад

One of my first few albums was from ELO, and I never looked back. These guys are fantastic. Jeff is just a master song writer.

@tejoe13 Год назад

A great rock band that regularly played with a full symphony is Procul Harum, especially the songs "Conquistador" and "Whiter Shade of Pale".

@christophegowans3504 Год назад

Listening to an old promo video - probs not the best way to hear ELO's production... if you want the clarity/detail you're missing... react to the source, listen to the record. ELO's production was amazing for the time and stands up superbly. By the way, you're fabulous. And also.... SHANGRI-LA

@andrewbutton5580 5 месяцев назад

Sitting in an art classroom in the 1970s and hearing this on a tube silver tone desktop Hi Fi was something you just never forget. Oh how I miss those days. It really fit the weird but fun times. We got used to such well crafted music back then, ELO among the best of the era.

@mainorramirez6610 4 месяца назад

Hi. In case you still don't know, the female operatic voice of Rockaria! was performed by Kelly Groucutt, the group's (male) bass player and singer. Lynne and his crew were and are very serious professionals indeed. Cheers!

@TheKentaurion Год назад

Jeff Lynne is an incredible songwriter! I've also noticed that I always go into a happy mood when I hear ELO. Loved them since the end of the 70's!

@jon-paulfilkins7820 Год назад

1976, Jeff Lynn wants to teach an Opera singer to sing the blues... 30 years later, Floor Jensen and her contemporaries... Hold my wine and behold.

@Cosmo-Kramer Год назад

Lynne.

@lossow1 Год назад

One of my favourite collaborations of rock & opera is still "Barcelona" bu Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé, two truly stunning voices that are perfect together in an incredible song. If you haven't reacted to it yet you really should.

@Swampie419 5 месяцев назад

I totally agree - it's wonderful 👍

@OlettaLiano Год назад

Classical music was just Metal music before the invention of electric guitars and amplifiers. 😂🎸🎶🎹

@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Год назад

Elizabeth, I'm so glad that you got around to doing this, I suggested a while back on one of your earlier ELO reactions, it's always been one of my favourite ELO tracks. I was already a member of your channel when you did the piece from The Fifth Element, in fact I joined when you were doing your vocal lessons before you started doing analysis of music tracks and vocal styles.

@azcoder Год назад

Wow I was hoping you'd do this one. Looking forward to watching.

@michaelwalsh129 Год назад

Beethoven only wrote the one opera, but one of ELO’s breakout hits was a cover of Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over, Beethoven”, so there’s a deep connection there.

@davesunhammer4218 Год назад

ELO is Masterful, and totally under-appreciated by most people. So, so good.

@brianware8934 Год назад

Oh yes, it’s suggestion time again: Red Handed Denial - “Father Said” (Lauren Babic live one take performance) Recentish version of Lauren who can sing beautifully and scream with the best of them.

@claudiamarlow5265 Год назад

Loved the song since 1976 but first time ever seeing the video today

@forestduffe5576 Год назад

Great song by ELO ! The vocals on this song is superb🎶❤️

@QuadRippler Год назад

So glad you liked this . I think Jeff Lynne could have easily been the fifth Beatle .😀👍

@dumpty008 Год назад

I think it's important to note that ELO covered Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven on the second album, ELO II. It really melds Chuck Berry, Beethoven's 5th, and good ol' ELO! It explains some of the references in Rockaria!

@acd1202 Год назад

Surely, the ultimate rock/opera cross-over is Barcelona by Queen with Maria Callas guesting. For an operatic tenor who can sing rock very well also, try Alfie Boe.

@Farinhir Год назад

Part of the trick of ELO was that they had added pickups to their instruments. This is why they were an Electric Light Orchestra. They were smaller than a full orchestra (light) and they had electric instruments that would normally be acoustic. Also, Mr Blue Sky is one of the best happy tunes ever.

@sirkat344 Год назад

Elizabeth- for some time, I find this song is one for you & Kirk. Can ya see him singing this to you? 😁 I'd like to see that! btw- Yeah, I'll go w/ Puccini as well, thanks! Mozart is hard to beat for lots of things, but Puccini 'rocks' in opera.

@GeorgeSagen Год назад

I like how, when Jeff sings "I think she'd die for Beethoven" they plink out that little riff from Ludwig's 5th symphony.

@michaeldeeley5181 Год назад

You should try and do a reaction to the Trans Siberian Orchestra who take rock amd classical to a new level

@awmperry Год назад

This is an old favourite of mine. Probably my favourite bit of it has always been the little hint of Beethoven’s 5th after “I think she’d die for Beethoven”.

@bladerunner752 Год назад

All over the world is a great song by ELO, Dont Walk Away is a very good ballad by them for the movie musical Xanadu with Olivia Newton John and Gene Kelly.

@SeanMoran-zf1ie Год назад

You need to review this using one of the compilation videos where people around the world are dancing to the music.

@Murdo2112 Год назад

If you love Jeff Lynne's high octave leaps, you should check out some Little Richard some time. He was one of the archetypal rock and roll singers from the '50s to whom songs like this (as well as plenty of Beatles songs) were a homage. Something like "Long Tall Sally" or "Lucille". He had an extraordinary voice.

@etaoinbshrdlu Год назад

I'm pretty sure that when Lynne does that it is indeed a deliberate homage to guys like Little Richard and Chuck Berry. I even thought once I heard a little bit of Jerry Lee Lewis!

@michaelbondurant1923 Год назад

I think you would enjoy the concept album "Eldorado" by ELO. It even starts with an overture and ends with a finale

@32a34a Год назад

Talk about a weeping almost urgent sound coming from an opera singer may I say Elizabeth singing Verdi songs fits the bill wonderfully. As far as this goes it is one of their best. I'm a Chopin man but Liszt's Liebestraum is phenomenal. Wibi Soerjadi does a phenomenal take on Liebestraum No. 3 in A Flat Major. Once again of course you have done another great reaction.

@mrcody333cam Год назад

Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy pay tribute to Little Richard and Chuck Berry on this track, over and over. Fun to watch the string section rocking out in the video.

@andrewfrick5312 Год назад

"Symphonic rock..I'm so happy." Double chef kiss. This is great!

@celticbro2828 Год назад

The opera part at the beginning is in German. "Weit hinein in die Ferne man hört, man hört die Musik". Which is German and means something like: "Far in the far distance one can hear (one can hear) the music playing". I didn't realize this until ten minutes ago doing research myself on the song. It was Welsh singer Mary Thomas who did the opera parts. When I saw ELO live in 1981, it was bassist/harmony vocalist Kelly Grouchett who did the opera section. He has a high tenor (not soprano, as males can't sing soprano of course lol) and did a bang up job on it! I couldn't believe it when I heard him do it. That and the rest of the show was amazing!

@JordyJayHomer Год назад

I forgot how good there were. They were one of my favourite bands when I was a kid. I read all the lyrics on Out of the Blue probably 100 times, and listened to it 200 times!

@JordyJayHomer Год назад

Also when I was young, I had no idea how clever and intricate their music was. I have a new appreciation

@roadkill7314 Год назад

You are a delight to watch! I wish more younger people like yourself would explore more genres; I think popular music today would be much better for it.

@MarkmanOTW Год назад

Great to see you enjoying another song by ELO, Elizabeth. Love the observations about opera and how they can complement rock. 😊😃

@peterschmidt9942 Год назад

After watching one of your other ELO videos I had to check out if you did any others. I thought Rockaria would be right up your alley LOL. There's actually a blunder at the start of the original song where she starts singing and misses the note and you hear her say "Ooops". Then starts again. You can't unhear it once you know LOL In traditional rock'n'roll style lyrics with double meanings - I'm sure Jeff's not talking about trying to teach her about music, he wants to teach her how to rock'n'roll 😁. We were reelin' and rockin' all through the night. It's just really well disguised as all good rock'n'roll lyrics are.

@bradsullivan2495 Год назад

Jeff Lynne revered Chuck Berry. When ELO was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the current version of the group performed their cover of Berry's song "Roll Over Beethoven." What made it extra special was that Berry had died the month before and Jeff made sure to have Berry's image behind the group while they played.

@CharCanuck14 Год назад

Puccini-esque? No wonder my ex-husband didn't like this song when I played it. I love Puccini & Mozart and he was a die-hard Verdi & Beethoven fan. He would only take me to Verdi operas, which were great, but sheesh.....broaden your horizons guy! I saw ELO perform live - Toronto, mid 70's - and they were absolutely amazing! Thank you for your reaction to this unique and wonderful song.