Jeff Lynne turns 65 later this month, so let’s listen to some of Electric Light Orchestra’s greatest hits, remained by other artists, as well as covers by Jeff Lynne, and more! (71 minutes)
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| 1 | 10538 Overture | Def Leppard | Yeah! | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 2 | Do Ya | Kenny Howes And The Yeahs! | Do Ya (Tallboy 7-inch single) | Move | |
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| 3 | Don’t Bring Me Down | Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters | Boogaloo | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 4 | Sweet Talkin’ Woman | Five Iron Frenzy | Quantity Is Job 1 EP | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 5 | Telephone Line | Aslan | Aslan – Uncased | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 6 | Mr. Blue Sky | Holmes | Covers | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 7 | Beyond the Sea | Jeff Lynne | Long Wave | Charles Trenet/Jack Lawrence/Bobby Darin | |
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| 8 | Sweet Is The Night | Juliana Hatfield | Covers | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 9 | Strange Magic | Sixth Wave | It Will Come To You | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 10 | Can’t Get It Out Of My Head | Telekinesis! | Sing Me To Sleep – Indie Lullabies (LTD Edition) | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 11 | Evil Woman | Parthenon Huxley | Homemade Spaceship | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 12 | Xanadu | Sharleen Spiteri | The Movie Songbook | Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 13 | Turn To Stone | Roger Klug | Lynne Me Your Ears – A Tribute To The Music Of Jeff Lynne | Electric Light Orchestra | |
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| 14 | With A Little Help From My Friends / Nowhere Man | Jeff Lynne | All This And World War II | Beatles | |
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Brian – I own that All This and World War II album! Is weird, for sure.
You NEED to see this! http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/premiere-jeff-lynne-covers-soul-nugget-mercy-mercy-20120921
As an Englishman of the same age as Brian and also a massive Lynne fan, I can’t tell you how much i enjoyed this. it was absolutely brilliant -thanks Brian. Particularly enjoyed the fact that this show contained a few covers from the Out Of The Blue album, their magnum opus in my opinion – still hoping that one day Brian will do a cover album show of that album.
Just a slight correction. The new greatest hits re- recording set also featured Richard Tandy I believe; well, at least he was featured in the recent BBC documentary. I love Jeff, but that new album appears to be a pointless exercise as Jeff and Richard have recorded again every single note in the same way, just with better equipment.
Looking forward already to part 3. Long live Jeff.
Hey, I’m not finished with the episode, but so far it’s awesome. While I was listening to Don’t Bring Me Down I looked up “groosss”.
According to http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/dontbringmedown/, “groosss” was a made up word on the spot. Since he was recording in Munich, his engineer laughed because he heard Jeff say “greeting” even though it was gibberish.
I really enjoyed this episode. ELO and Jeff Lynne music is some of my favorite. The covers were awesome.
Thanks for the show!
Brian, you usually do a great job of choosing covers that compliment each other and don’t feel out of place in the lineup, but this time, you did a masterful job! I truly appreciate the effort that you put into the show. Thanks for all you do!