TFI Slip? ELO

[CaledonianGonzo]

Hurm. I dunno if you could really brand ELO dad rock, at least not in a double denim Top Gear Status Quo sort of way. It's way too harmonious and hook-filled for that. 

[fatyeti24]

Hurm. I dunno if you could really brand ELO dad rock, at least not in a double denim Top Gear Status Quo sort of way. It's way too harmonious and hook-filled for that. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Shit compilation aside, that doesn't really negate my point.  As purveyors of honeyed Beatles pastiches they've got more in common with folk like Emitt Rhodes than with...er... Franz Ferdinand.

[LeeGalvin]

Ok, perhaps I was a bit harsh, but the verse of Don't Bring Me Down screams the Quo!

[Gnomicide]

I'm firmly nailing my flag to this mast. I'm on board the ELO bandwagon. 

 

[oneeye]

Ok, perhaps I was a bit harsh, but the verse of Don't Bring Me Down screams the Quo!

is that such a bad thing?

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Ok, perhaps I was a bit harsh, but the verse of Don't Bring Me Down screams the Quo!

Fair enough. That is a bit boogie-tastic.

[LeeGalvin]

is that such a bad thing?

 

Haha, perhaps not!

[Derbyphil]

Must admit that when I watched it live I was convinced he said Manilow. Now I am not too sure. I know which I prefer....ELO all the way 

[sime]

Either I have a massive blind spot as far as ELO are concerned or ELO fans are deluded with regards to their size. I suspect it's a bit of both. Funnily enough, the only band I can think of where there's a bigger disparity between their actual size and how big their fans think they are is Arcade Fire (of which I am a fan)

Anyway, you're wrong  Arcade Fire's last two albums went to No.1 and the previous one went to No.2. ELO's last

As for well known, this sample of 1 says I don't know any ELO songs. Even the ones everyone says I do know. Even after I play them several times, because *to me* they're utterly forgettable. Arcade Fire on the other hand, I know all their songs.

It seems to me that there's a vocal minority who really like ELO, but I suspect they're vastly overestimating their popularity. After #wrongbazza seems about right, but Pyramid sub seems an awful stretch to me. Then again, I don't like them so I have my own bias

They were fucking huge in the 70s. As a nostalgia act I can see them going down really well.

[ghostdancer1]

I agree that the Sunday early evening slot would suit them, but remember, Arcade Fire headlined, and ELO are massively bigger and have much more better know material than them.

absolute bollocks.

Arcade Fire headline festivals and do huge tours around the world.

Jeff Lynne/ELO don't.

 

the idea that ELO could even sub if laughable.

[Gnomicide]

absolute bollocks.

Arcade Fire headline festivals and do huge tours around the world.

Jeff Lynne/ELO don't.

 

the idea that ELO could even sub if laughable.

They headlined Radio 2 thing in Hyde Park last year, first gig for decades. Tour next year will be arenas at least.

https://youtu.be/PFU9HYyMVxQ

 

 

[Mardy]

They headlined Radio 2 thing in Hyde Park last year, first gig for decades. Tour next year will be arenas at least.

https://youtu.be/PFU9HYyMVxQ

 

 

there's a curiousity/novelty value about them live at the moment, that's what'll get the punters along. I can see them doing biggish venues on this tour next year, then if they continue playing, rapidly slipping down the food chain. I don,t think they'll be getting much repeat business.

Glastonbury? Doesnt matter really, the pyramid has some big big names from past years on relatively early. They could play 3rd down, equally they could play at 2 in the afternoon. All depends on how much they want the TV exposure vs how much cash they want.

[Gnomicide]

there's a curiousity/novelty value about them live at the moment, that's what'll get the punters along. I can see them doing biggish venues on this tour next year, then if they continue playing, rapidly slipping down the food chain. I don,t think they'll be getting much repeat business.

Glastonbury? Doesnt matter really, the pyramid has some big big names from past years on relatively early. They could play 3rd down, equally they could play at 2 in the afternoon. All depends on how much they want the TV exposure vs how much cash they want.

I'd agree with that.

Glastonbury can more or less put on who they want on the big stages at whatever time. Just adjust the length of time they are given, up the size of the font on the line up poster and away you go.

[billum]

yeah I don't think it matters when they're on, I'd LOVE to see them (even if it's only Jeff L & Richard T with some hired fiddlers and a decent rhythm section). The Hyde Park show was amazing and I wasn't there, so I'd love to see them for real and Glastonbury is the perfect place for it. A band that size (I'm talking physical dimensions!) isn't going to be playing 'intimate venues' anytime, so the Pyramid is a perfect setting for their magnitude! They're really get the crowd going and it would be one long 'moment', hit after hit.

And the Evans *definitely* said ELO, a deaf bat could hear that!

[ancient_one]

Well, that clip sounds like ELO to me too.

But I reckon Take That would have already known.

The musicians who were playing with them on TFI were the same ones who have played with them for years. They are also the very same ones who stood behind Jeff Lynne at Hyde Park and pretended to be ELO for the day. And they haven't mentioned their plans for next summer to their boss Gary?

[billum]

It's a fair point, but the Hyde Park gig was a one-off with Take That's band. When he's putting an actual tour together Jeff might well assemble a completely different team behind him, so Gary etc could have been as in the dark as the rest of us.

[eFestivals]

Either I have a massive blind spot as far as ELO are concerned or ELO fans are deluded with regards to their size.

you're the guy who hadn't heard of Peter Frampton, so I don't think you're in the best place to comment about older acts.

[stuartbert two hats]

you're the guy who hadn't heard of Peter Frampton, so I don't think you're in the best place to comment about older acts.

and Peter Frampton isn't going to be subbing the Pyramid either. Some of the l these older acts have aged better than others.

[rubenz]

and Peter Frampton isn't going to be subbing the Pyramid either. Some of the l these older acts have aged better than others.

I'd say after his successful slot at Homerpalooza a Glasto show would go down pretty well.

 

[stuartbert two hats]

 

I'd say after his successful slot at Homerpalooza a Glasto show would go down pretty well.

 

I stand corrected

[Purple aki squat]

At least Evans didn't mention Glastonbury to U2

[Deano77]

Just watched it. Certainly sounded like ELO to me

[theouterlimits]

Interestingly enough, ELO's backing band at their Hyde Park show was also Take That's backing band. 

[theouterlimits]

Also, Take That's tour in 2011 featured a bit of Mr Blue Sky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNS5WKWv4Q4

So yeah, if it's ELO there will have been plenty of people in that TV studio who knew about it.