My sister went to jail few years back in the midst of battling a severe drug addiction. At the time she had lost almost all who she thought were her friends and life truly. I went to see her in prison here in the USA. I dearly missed her and wanted to encourage her. I went in that typical room with the two way glass with the payphone and we made eye contact and her spirit was crushed I could tell. I then signaled her to pick up the phone and sang her the beginning "hello how are you has it been alright though all those lonely lonely nights" and she sang the song back to me crying it made her so happy.Just something silly she would know to escape that reality. She now has been clean 2 years now, free and it was a good memory for her in a hard time. Thank you.
Oh my, that is the sweetest thing I've read for a long long time. I'm glad she has you, and that she's clean. Big hugs from a stranger on the internet 💙
I can't get over how good his voice is today. It still sounds like the original recording. Their is no other artist I can think of this good, this many years on
First time I am seeing this video at 1:30 just listening to music. Damn, he sounds incredible, taking me back to when I was a youngster. Steve Perry sound fantastic. He is the last Wilburys boy. Good stuff.
you'd be surprised how many great artist from the day still have the VOICE and the CHOPS to sing :) theres heaps of them that looked after their voice and didnt abuse it to the point they lost it all.............thank god he didnt sound like Bobby Brown hahaha
Love Lynne but can we take a moment to appreciate how wonderful Richard Tandy is! That opening cascade of notes on piano is simply glorious...stripped of all it's synth shine....just beautiful RIP Richard. Thank you for your magnificent contribution to so very many songs. God bless.
Huh? I think it's awesome that he's got Tandy working with him, but please don't do the unrecognized genius thing on a simplistic arrangement of 3 notes. It is a beautiful song with a sweet melody. But, a "cascade" of glorious notes? Christ, bearded mother, it's not Mozart. Okay, I loved it too, but ........
I'd be honored if some Jeff Lynne fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performance of INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN on my YT channel in tribute to the legendary TOM PETTY (Jeff co-wrote the song and produced Tom's "Learning to Fly" album). Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
I'd be honored if some Jeff Lynne fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performance of INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN on my YT channel in tribute to the legendary TOM PETTY (Tom and Jeff wrote the song together). Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
People call him 'the fifth Beatle'. Personally I call The Beatles 'the other four Jeff Lynnes'. You've this man to thank for likely most of what you know from Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Man's a legit fucking legend.
Yes, last NA Tour was1982...as I was only 16 and A huge fan listening to Discovery and then the Time album, I was so ready to see them finally live, despite at that time that I was huge fans of U2 and the Police whom I had seen at the time in Miami live as well in the early 80's. Little did I know that ELO would not tour the US after 1982. Only now, they are touring the US for their 2019 NA Tour. Do your self a favor and drive, fly, run to see possibly one of the 5 best classic rock band (The others being Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Queen, and Elton John) of the 70's this year! You won't regret it!
It connects because unlike today music was pretty central to life as radios were always on in the background instead of iPads and phones. With only four channels on the tv they had full coverage to the population with totp. There was a stat to say that every household had a copy of out of the blue. Nice times.
You're seriously responding to that guy?! The doo-WOP part is idiomatic of the 50's and early 60's, when Jeff Lynne was getting into his teens and probably first experiencing unrequited love. Jesus, you folks are vapid.
Lynne is a giant in the music industry. Highly respected by fellow musicians and beloved by fans worldwide. ELO didn't last all that long but recorded some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
Jeff Lynne Is So under appreciated in Today's world! He is on a whole other level of Musical Genius and I DON'T use that word lightly. But this truly is... Genius!
Not underrated. At all. He’s name checked all the time. Huge hits, Rock Hall of Fame, worked with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, etc. Still touring. Not underrated
@@jimmatherly look at any video by any monster musician in the story of written music and someone will say he's underrated even if the video has 10 million views
I saw them live in 1975. Phoenix, AZ. My first date with an older girl: Cassie. She had to drive. Man, was I infatuated. Touched my heart - I’ve never forgotten that night.
Absolute class. Sad to learn of Richard Tandy’s passing today. The soundtrack to my youth. Such classics will live, as will the telephone line ring, for ever more ❤️❤️❤️
Jeff Lynne has been a champion of modern music since the 1970s. Best regards. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vemF2A-T7jk.html *BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS* Marine Sergeant *Barry Sadler* / Guitar Solo by *Duane Eddy*
I remember as a kid, every night while I was in bed, I’d lean over on my side table and push in my eight track of ELO, and fall asleep to it, and if I wasn’t sleeping by the end, I’d do it all over again, and again, lol! Thanks Jeff for all my memories as a kid!
From Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Tom Petty and Joe Walsh from the brilliant 2012 BBC Documentary Mr. Blue Sky: The Story Of Jeff Lynne (ELO-Traveling Wilburys) : " It took 4 Beatles and George Martin to accomplish what Jeff Lynne has done musically all by himself. Of course, by popularity and COMMERCIALLY, The Beatles are no 1 but musically Jeff Lynne rules. I am a huge Beatles fan but Jeff Lynne is better with Harmonies, Orchestration, as an incredible Producer, singer and songwriter". Long live Jeff Lynne's ELO!!! Please Tour in 2022!!!
If you sing regularly all your life, and take care of yourself, then it's not that big of a deal - just like if you exercise regularly. Talent, sure. Genius, well if you use the definition rather loosely.
“I’d tell you everything If you’d pick up that telephone” I’m sure a lot of people can relate to these beautiful lyrics ... losing a great thing and trying to fix it or to rekindle that love... hoping, praying that there is some chance... “living in twilight” never getting a real answer to that question, just the endless ringing to someone who will not answer. You are a master Jeff Lynne
Simply divine. He must've taken great care of his vocal cords his whole life. No mean feat given the relentless touring he certainly did over the years. He absolutely deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Mccartney, Lennon, Wilson as the great pop geniuses of our generation.
To reproduce this as an acoustic version, with just 2 instruments, and reach all those notes so many years (35?) later is an immense achievement and I love that piano. Wow!
Jeff, thanks for so many hours listening to ELO, oh and thanks for Full Moon Fever, oh and thanks for the Wilburys, oh and thanks for Cloud Nine, oh and love Slippin Away and You Got It, oh and Free as a Bird, and oh, Zoom and oh Analog Man....
How on earth did Jeff Lynne even begin to create such a chord sequence, they are so subtle and fit into the song perfectly, it makes the song so captivating ?
I so love this song ! I played this 40 years ago to my dad when he was sad about losing his girlfriend. He passed 5 years ago. Thanks for the memories ⚘
I do not think that Jeff Lynne has ever received the credit that he rightly deserves. I'd like to echo Karl Zarling in saying that his music has made my life better since I was a lad. Whenever I hear Telephone Line I am transported back to 1976, listening to this song on my 8 track player in my bedroom. What a nice feeling that is. Thank you Mr. Lynne.
Jeff, your voice hasn't deteriorated one bit. It is still as rich and pure as it was when you started ELO. A gift which you have given us, your many fans all these years. An awesome artist, composer, vocal stylist and genuinely incredible human being!
YEAH! Dude, you sure do know what your talking about! Their music is what I grew up on, and what I'm still growing up on. For me, it started with "The Lights Go Down" when I was younger, and my E.L.O experience has just gotten better from there!
Every time I listen to him I try to tell whether or not they auto-tune him, I just find it so hard to believe he sings this perfectly after so many years. Truly perfect singing!
There are cell phone recordings of him playing this live with ELO. He sounds just as good and natural there. This performance doesn't sound tuned to me. Jeff is just a badass live singer.
He worked in the Studio with The Beatles. He formed ELO and wrote, and performed some of the most timeless songs ever written. Then began writing and producing other famous artists. My favorite artist ( Tom Petty ) became a more mature and grounded song writer and artist while working with Jeff Lynne. Then they united with some of the greatest of all time and formed The Traveling Wilburys, and the Greatness continued. As a music Genius, they don't come any better than Jeff Lynne
Me!!!! I’m 66 and thru the 70’s we had the very best of the best music. I’m so glad I was there and I have some great memories that get triggered when I here songs like this one, Telephone.
Celebrate Legends while they are still alive. The great Jeff Lynne has a new album out since November 1st, 2019. Jeff Lynne's ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA will Tour in Europe in September and October of 2020 or 2021! From 1972 to 1986 Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra has had more top 40 hits than any other group in the world. 50 years later they still play in sold-out Arenas and Stadiums. I saw them again last Summer of 2019 on the US and Canada Tour...( Best Concert of my life) All the reviews agree they are the best live act in the world and Jeff Lynne is a Music Genius. They are in the Rock Hall of Fame. Lynne is on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and Birmingham Walk OF Fame. Jeff Lynne’s ELO won the Best Classic Rock Band plus Lynne won the best Song Writer award ( ASCAP ) 2019 for his fantastic contribution over the years. The Legends in the Music Industry call Jeff Lynne the best overall Musician ever and a Producer Extraordinaire. Jeff Lynne has written and produced many hit songs for music legends like George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Bryan Adams, the Everly Brothers, and so many others... Long live Jeff Lynne’s ELO!
There will only ever be 4 Beatles of course, my comment was a jokey reference to the myth of the 5th Beatle - George Martin, Brian Epstein, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton for WMGGWeeps... they have all been called the 5th Beatle and Jeff Lynne qualifies in this group for ELO (the child of the Beatles) and Free As A Bird. Paul, George and Ringo thought enough of him to produce John's work - they said collectively, no one could have pulled it off except Jeff Lynne, because of his multi-instrumental ability, song writing and production PLUS his affinity to the Beatles tradition. In fact, John also gave his approval - it's on youtube - he said he liked what Jeff and ELO were doing with the Beatles legacy after Sgt Pepper. And after how many platinum selling albums in his own right over 30 years? A wannabe? I think not.
If you knew any Beatles history you would know that when asked is Ringo the best drummer in the country John Lennon replied ' He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles '...
