All your favorite greatest hits (1) Nov 2, 2009
Most customers ask him to transfer favorite LPs from their youth: Electric Light Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson s Thriller and Phil Collins. Surprisingly, some of that old music is pretty good, says the teen. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
A guide to Regina Spektor's album 'Far' Oct 26, 2009
The same thing happened when she asked her record company to see if Lynne, the brains behind the Electric Light Orchestra and producer for Roy Orbison and Dylan, could oversee a couple of songs on "Far." Spektor just saw his name on the back of the last Tom Petty album and thought he would be a good fit, alongside other boldface studio names Mike Elizondo, David Kahne and Garret "Jacknife" Lee. The result is her most ambitious record yet. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Best of Cheap Trick Aug 22, 2009
And that transitions nicely into California Man, where Cheap Trick's debt to Electric Light Orchestra founder Roy Wood's former band, the Move, is paid in full with a handclap-driven boogie-woogie cover of a long-forgotten Move song. On the Radio could be a great lost Paul McCartney record, blessed with one of Nielsen's greatest old-school rock-and-roll riffs, and the title track is genius, every brooding psychedelic minute of it. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Tuesday Trivia: Rock 'N' Roll Urb... Jul 14, 2009
Led Zeppelin, Electric Light Orchestra, Styx, etc. inserted satanic messages into songs that you could hear if you played the record backward. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Review: Panic at the Disco's "Prett... Jun 22, 2009
sits at the intersection of Electric Light Orchestra and The Fab Four. Panic s songs will never be accused of being underwritten, but the band fortunately has enough pop sensibility to make the bombast work. (Suite101.com)
Downhere to perform at IMS Apr 16, 2009
the melodic pop/rock of MercyMe, The Afters, and Sanctus Real, with some impressive nods to Maroon 5, Queen, and Electric Light Orchestra At a glance. as has become the norm for Downhere after seven years, Ending Is Beginning again demonstrates the band's deft balance of artistry and ministry with songs that reveal new depths in music and lyricism Rather than go overboard with the hyperbole, let's just say that Martel and Germain are one of the best songwriting duos we've got in Christian music. (Kalona News, IA)
Why the Rock Hall says: No Rush for you! Apr 1, 2009
More recently, pop acts like Billy Joel, the Bee Gees and Madonna have made the cut, but Rush, Yes, the Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, the Electric Light Orchestra, Genesis, Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Soft Machine have not. Beyond Pink Floyd, the closest the Hall gets to prog is Queen (who flirted with the genre) and Police drummer Stuart Copeland, who played in Curved Air. (MSNBC -- Music)
Obituaries in the news Feb 21, 2009
Formed in Birmingham, England, in 1971 by local musicians Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood, ELO short for Electric Light Orchestra combined rock 'n' roll with orchestral arrangements replete with string sections, choirs and symphonic sweep. Groucutt joined ELO in 1974 after leaving his previous band, Sight and Sound. (International Herald Tribune)
ODDBALL ITEMS: Pot controversies, geezer rockers & more Feb 7, 2009
Other requisitely hoary longshots (our odds): The Police (15-1), Fleetwood Mac (25-1); Santana (25-1), Phil Collins & Genesis (25-1), Journey (100-1), Foreigner (100-1), Yes (150-1), Electric Light Orchestra (200-1), Deep Purple (200-1), The Kinks (250-1), Emerson, Lake & Palmer (300-1), Meat Loaf (350-1), Jethro Tull (500-1) and Detroit's most beloved act in the wake of their little : Def Leppard (6000-1). Halftime acts this space wants to see: Iggy Pop (gotta do "" at the No Fun League's... (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
