Happy Birthday Jeff Lynne!! Post your favorite ELO song here

[LynneSin]

I dare you to watch this video and not be smiling at the end of it - it can't be done!!!

[onehandle]

1. Fire On High

[MissMillie]

14. +1

love this song!

[klook]

2. Incredible song

I had the pleasure of playing this on keyboard with a wedding band (at a family member's wedding!). I think everybody was floating off the ground about a foot anyway, and we levitated them maybe another couple of inches.

It's really a hard tune to play, by the way -- some tricky chord changes and those stops/starts are easy to miss. Exceedingly cool song -- sounds like it could have been a Beatles song from the Sgt. Pepper's era.

Thanks for the video!

[Frank Cannon]

3. Turn To Stone

YesI'mturnin'tostonecauseyouain'tcomin'homewhyain'tyoucomin'homeifI'mturnin'tostone
youbeengoneforsolongthatIcan'tcarryonyesI'mturnin'I'mturnin'I'mturnintostone...

[geardaddy]

9. +10000

[sharp_stick]

4. I'm Alive

The movie Xanadu sucked but I loved the music.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Evil Woman & Livin' Thing

[OriginalGeek]

15. You nailed my two faves exactly

Great minds and all that.




Though I also still have great love for Don't Bring Me Down.

[In_The_Wind]

16. You'll probably love this one too.

G M T A

Wishing you a wonderful New Year!

[OriginalGeek]

24. Yes indeed, I truly do

and I am wishing,

same to you

Ms. In_The_Wind

The year is new

Hope yours is happy through and through.

[vanlassie]

26. This one just gave me a flashback

My husband singing quietly to our firstborn ... "Strange Magic..."
Thanks for that sweet memory!

[caraher]

18. Jeff talks about Livin' Thing

For him, it was all about the chord changes... I'm no musician but it was fun to hear him talking about what made the song "work" for him

[PassingFair]

6. Can't get it out of my head.

[Miles Archer]

7. Laredo Tornado

One of the saddest songs I think I've ever heard..."What can you do when your dream world is gone, and your friends and lovers too?"

[LynneSin]

10. Eldorado is one of my favorite albums of all time

It's one of those great albums that has to be played in it's entirety to be truly enjoyed!

[mockmonkey]

8. One Summer Dream

I couldn't pick an absolute favorite from so many choices.

[Katashi_itto]

11. ELO Star Wars Style: "So Serious"

[Phentex]

12. Not my favorite but we did a drill team routine to Shine a Little Love...

if you know what a peel is, you can hear how this music would lend itself to the routine.

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[Wait Wut]

13. So many 'favorites', but...

...no one posted this, yet.

Have you seen the documentary about Jeff Lynne? I had no idea he had been involved with so many projects. And, I have a tiny bit of a crush on him, too.

[Iggo]

23. That's been my favorite since I was a teenager (and that song was new.)

The one from the OP has grown on me in recent years, though.

[colsohlibgal]

17. My Favorite

It's the largely forgotten and underrated concept album "Time" from 1981. Listening to it today reminds me how prescient it was.

Happy Birthday Jeff!

[Steerpike]

19. This is my Favorite

[caraher]

20. A few off-the-beaten path favorites

Post-ELO Jeff:

"Locked away in the vaults for almost 30 years, ELO's new single is quite simply brilliant! Written and produced Jeff Lynne, 'Latitude 88 North' is a previously unreleased song from 'Out of the Blue'."

[MissMillie]

22. If you're going to go w/ a solo song

this one!

[caraher]

21. And Jeff playing with his favorite band...

From his most recent album Long Wave

[7wo7rees]

25. Jeff's version beats the Beatles.

(And Chuck Berry beats all.)

Happy Birthday Jeff!