Mr Blue Sky - Sweet Talkin' Woman - ELO

Com tots els grups, arriba un moment del “no va més”, i als ELO els arribaria amb Out Of The Blue, any 1977, un LP doble, amb concerts massius plens d’efectes especials i excessius ... justament en plena època punk on el ELO ja es distanciarien dels “entesos” en música. Com els ABBA, fer música pop massa perfecte no estava ben vist pels experts – però si pels consumidors!
Qui no té Out Of The Blue a casa? Bé, si hi ha algú que no ho té, pos, avui dos cançons: Mr Blue Sky (of course!) i Sweet Talkin’ Woman.

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As with all groups, the bigger you get, the bigger you want to be. In 1977, ELO ignored punk and young people, to stick with perfect pop classics, on a double album and huge expensive concerts with loads of special effects. The result - even more success! Just like ABBA, maybe music critics didn't like it, but the paying public just lapped it up!

Who does not have this LP at home?! Difficult to choose two tracks, but I'll post the most popular ones today, Mr Blue Sky and Sweet Talkin' Woman.

Mr Blue Sky - ELO

Escoltant al President Zapatero l’altre dia (ja ho sé, és desagradable però algù els ha d'escoltar!), no sé perquè, però em va venir al cap la cançó del ELO (Lynne), Mr Blue Sky!

Senyor Cel Blau. El sol està brillant al cel, no hi ha ni un núvol a la vista, ja no plou, tots podem sortir a jugar, no ho sabies? Fa un dia meravellós.

Mr Blue Sky del LP Out of the Blue, 1978.

Crisis, what crisis?


Listening to the Spanish President, Mr Zapatero, insisting that all is well on the Spanish economic front – despite claims to the contrary by just about everyone else in Europe – I couldn’t hel but think of Mr Blue Sky (Lynne) by ELO, from their 1978 album Out of the Blue.

His political speeches are not too different from Jeff Lynne’s immortal words: Sun is shining in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight, it’s stopped raining, everybody’s in a play, don’t you know? It’s a wonderful new day.