Do you know ELO + how old are you?

[Waapster]

51 and know quite s lot. They were big but as others say, uncool, when I was around 14.

I'd go for the singalong but plenty of other bands could keep me away. I suspect an early afternoon on Pyramid would suit best.

[Chazwozza]

I spent hours and hours driving from Newbury to Munich once in the late 70's and all I had was..... a carful of ELO tapes.  Thinking they'd be better than foreign radio stuff, I shoved 'em in, one after the other, all the way there.  And back.

So I know most of their songs and - despite the strange circumstances around my unwitting self-brainwashing technique - I actually quite like them.  Even though Roy Wood is probably no longer part of the band.

[oneeye]

I'm 51 and love ELO

Edited October 19, 2015 by oneeye

[dizzymoo]

I remember ELO as the soundtrack to underage drinking in the pubs-with-dancefloors which constituted entertainment in Bury in the mid 1970's.  Like their early stuff but Mr Blue Sky onwards does nothing for me.  Would  definitely watch them in the old farts on sunday afternoon Pyramid slot though.

[DGrant261]

I'm 18 and well aware of the band, though couldn't name you anything more than 4/5 songs by them. 

[Mollyanne&Mike]

Fall in to the 40+ category, and do own their Greatest Hits but didn't really know or like them until I bought this on the back of 1 or 2 songs.

However, if they were an afternoon slot, and didn't clash, I'd happily go along for a singalong as they make pretty good car karaoke!!

[Waapster]

So its so it's a very specific demographic. Basically music for 51 year olds.

Bimble Inn should do us fine.

[tevaburger]

Mid-forties and while I do think they're a bit overrated in terms of their impact/relevance, I do of course recognize many of their radio-friendly tunes. I'd catch them at 4 or 5pm on the Pyramid if nothing else was on, but hardly a 'need-to-be-upfront-in-the-pit' kind of act for me personally, but a great booking for Glasto if it comes through.

This ELO question posed here is an example of a sign of the times when aging (mid-40's) attendees such as myself find increasingly different memories and expectations of what should be on a Glasto lineup vs. the changing demographic of the 200,000 on site these days. I reckon far fewer will have heard of ELO, but even back in 2013, I recall being up in the front for Nick Cave and explaining to some others I’d met and had been chatting with there that I’d be dashing off just as it was over to see Smashing Pumpkins, which I thought was quite a 'coup' booking that year. They were 20/25 plus years old, and knew their music but admitted that Smashing Pumpkins just drew a big 'blank' to them, and that’s just 1990’s recent history…

I'm worried that we may soon be coming to a point where even a band like Radiohead – with each year that they don't play & with their cult-like fanbase– will no longer be considered as Pyramid headliners anymore … I actually even wonder if Thom Yorke would even today want to headline Glasto anymore, or if he'd just prefer the stealth appearance here and there... How many of the 135,000 who got through for tickets on Oct 4th know anything about the historical significance of Radiohead’s 97 or '03 appearances, or would care? How many of those who do know of and appreciate Radiohead's link to the festival couldn't get a ticket this time around because of the wider ticket-buying masses needing to ‘check off’ Glasto crowding them out? How many of those lucky 135,000 are first-time Glasto attendees? Was it a younger crowd being savvy enough to get through the servers? It would be interesting to know who got through and what really attracted them to Glasto if they were first-timers...was it seeing Lionel Richie/Dolly Parton on the telly the past few years, or would they be happier to see a Ray Davies, or ELO type on a sunday afternoon?

 

Even reading through the recent thread on ‘best performance you’ve seen’ at Glasto, you could see that a much higher responses rate from just the past 2 fests, & as such EFestivals has a lot of newbies on their 2^nd or 3^rd Festival. Of course it’s great to have everyone on the Forums, especially new people contributing but you can also sense at times a bit of .... not tension, but... increased ‘rolling of the eyes’ between posters on here of different ages/eras, much more so than in the past. Just the reaction to The Who being confirmed on here for 2007 vs. 2014 for example...we'll see more diverging memories - or lack of - on the likes of ELO and other acts a they get rumoured as EFests retains its older posters and attracts younger ones...

It's all good having this mix and a sign of the times, but I just chuckle at a thread post that asks "who are ELO?"....I wonder how many blank stares ELP would draw on here too?

[dentalplan]

It's all good having this mix and a sign of the times, but I just chuckle at a thread post that asks "who are ELO?"....I wonder how many blank stares ELP would draw on here too?

I want ELO and EL-P. Maybe even together.

[zero000]

I'm 24 and I know nothing bar Mr Blue Sky and that has not sold me on them.

[jonodillieono]

EL-P and Killer Mike killed it this year yo

 

(I seriously have no idea who you mean by ELP)

[Mardy]

43 and know little except Mr Blue Sky, maybe a cuple of others, but as many on thse boards will testify, my knowledge of 'classic' rock stuff is minimal at best.

[stuartbert two hats]

ELP = Emerson Lake + Palmer. My dad had some of their records, I never remember him playing them. I have no idea what they sound like.

[paulmuchmore]

25 here.

Before a couple of years ago, I would only know Mr. Bluesky, have got to know more of their stuff in the last couple of years because the quizmaster at the pub quiz I go to is in love with them (and the Beatles). Still couldn't name more than a few of their songs, though.

Wasn't subjected to them as a kid because my mum wasn't very middle of the road in the 70s. Grew up on punk rock and britpop.

[Mollyanne&Mike]

ELP = Emerson Lake + Palmer. My dad had some of their records, I never remember him playing them. I have no idea what they sound like.

loved Brain Salad Surgery, my eldest brother had a copy. At the ripe age of 7 years, this was the start of my music education.

[gizmoman]

ELP = Emerson Lake + Palmer. My dad had some of their records, I never remember him playing them. I have no idea what they sound like.

Imagine a man attacking a keyboard with a pair of Lemmy's nazi daggers. (I'm not joking).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggFzkyd288

[CaledonianGonzo]

Imagine a man who said there'll be snow at Christmas, who said there'll be peace on earth.

[Guest]

Thank god for punk

[jeffie]

Thank god for punk

As much as I loved it, it sort of just went away as all movements do.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I think you want the Reading board, bud.

Here at Glastonbury we favour Gong, Hawkwind and the Pink Fairies. 

[LondonTom]

I am 26, and my Dad used to listen to ELO a fair bit, so was drummed into me. (I still do occasionally by choice listen to them :P)

[Pbird81]

I'm 33 and believe there was once a band called ELO that Jeremy Clarkson listened to... Not sure I want to go there...

[stuartbert two hats]

Imagine a man who said there'll be snow at Christmas, who said there'll be peace on earth.

Wasn't that just one of them?

[mr gumby]

I'm 40, know plenty of ELO songs, but don't care much for any of them. Many efesters may consider it blasphemy, but I find 'Mr Blue Sky' intensely irritating. Certainly wouldn't go out of my way to see them. The only reason I would've seen Jeff Lynne is if all the Traveling Wilburys were still alive and touring together. 

I think the most important point this thread has established, is the fact Mardy is only 43. Judging by his previous posts, my guess would've been around 20 years out!

[Gnomicide]

 

I think the most important point this thread has established, is the fact Mardy is only 43. Judging by his previous posts, my guess would've been around 20 years out!

You thought he was 63?