From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #433 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Friday, April 5 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 433 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Giving Jeff Lynne his due, njc [Bob Muller ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:34:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Giving Jeff Lynne his due, njc They had a great run and of course Jeff went on to the Wilburys and a host of production projects. My ELO story...the summer that 'Out Of The Blue' came out they came to Greensboro. I bought 2 tickets, for me and my summer romance at the time. Well, a week before the show she tells me she's been grounded and can't go. I go with my friend Smitty and guess who's sitting THREE ROWS behind us? Grrrrr...when ELO broke out into "Evil Woman" I turned around and said "this one's for you!" Face The Music would be my choice for a fave ELO record. Oh, and the show was terrific. Out of the Blue has a track called "Night In The City". Not a Joni cover. Whenever I'm searching for covers of that one it always pops up. Bob ________________________________ From: Laura Stanley To: "jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com" Cc: JMDL Sent: Friday, April 5, 2013 10:03 AM Subject: Re: Giving Jeff Lynne his due, njc Hi Jim, I love ELO!!! Strange Magic they have. Her's a favorite of mine, another good example of the driving beat you mention and a very uplifting song: http://youtu.be/98P-gu_vMRc Love, Laura Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2013, at 11:57 PM, jlhommedieu@insight.rr.com wrote: > The jmdl often tolerates brief discussions of other artists. Can we talk about Electric Light Orchestra's writer, producer, & singer, Jeff Lynne? > > I saw a documentary about him featuring praise from Tom Petty, George Harrison's son, and Paul McCartney on Palladia (a cable tv channel dedicated to popular music of the rock era). > > It seems to me that Lynne had lots of good ideas as a producer, even though he seems to do the same simple drumming on every track. I like his approach to bombast, walking a line between ELP's grandiosity and the tuneful Yes songs. > > Some of his stuff makes for great top-down, driving music. "Do Ya?" and "Ma Ma Ma Belle" come to mind. I love what he did with Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven". > > I love every note on "Out Of The Blue", which was a double-LP back in the day. > > Jim L > PS- Movie critic Roger Ebert died today. ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #433 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------