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Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky (Patreon)

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2025-09-14 15:00:15
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2026-06
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I want everyone to know that when I brought this band up to friends and coworkers and they were very concerned that I didn't know "Mr. Blue Sky" that well.

I won't lie, I have heard the intro to this song, and immediately knew the general idea of the song, but I have never had the pleasure of listening to the entire song.

There are some cool things happening in here and it's really fun to hear what types of scales are being used in this song!

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Rick

I saw ELO live last summer (2024) Jeff and the band sounded fantastic!

P in D

Well, I did tell you there was a little musical genius here :p . There really isn't any way someone with no musical training could have written this ;) . Founded during the virtuoso period of rock. The percussive device you hear ... used in the original recording is the drummer hitting a fire extinguisher in the studio with a metal rod. As mentioned in the line up I can find places where that is attributed to Greg Bissonnette but that can't be, simply due to the time of recording versus the time he spent with the band. In the video it is a gong ... but originally it was the fire extinguisher. This video is a bit of a flyer as well as Jeff is nearly always seen in sunglasses. He is actually quite shy and uses them as a way of "feeling hidden". ELO has actually performed this live with a full orchestra as much of their music can be performed that way ... arranging a full ELO concert with an orchestra would be quite easy. This has actually always been a sad and moving song lyrically to me. Optimism of a shiny new day ... babies being born "Hey you with the pretty face, welcome to the human race" ... and ends with the day "dying" ... "I'll remember you this way". The day ends in sunset. Not many people are as good as Lynne at painting a vivid picture with words. We never suggest anything to make you feel dumb. How can you know what you don't know? It is very enjoyable to watch someone with your level of musical knowledge be exposed to some of this stuff for the first time ... so thank you :) . A couple footnotes, most folks (like me) purchased this on vinyl. At the end of the video where you hear the words finally say "Mr. Blue Sky", on the album version a distorted voice actually says "Please Turn Me Over" as this song is the end of side 3 and you must turn it over to hear side 4 ;) . Sadly as I mentioned in your Saturday line up, Lynne will likely never perform live again :( . Telephone Line is the other ELO *must listen* if you ask me provoking much of the same melancholy feeling.

P in D

You were very lucky and likely one of the last to do so.

Rick

I know it was the final tour, so I had to see them one more time. Jeff looked a bit frail on of the guitarists walked with him to his place on the stage. But as soon as Jeff started playing and singing, he sounded like he always had. They had a full string section choir, operatic singers. Several keyboardists. No backing tracks at all. It was one of the best concerts I have been to. I've been a fan since when this song was released when I was a kid.

Bill W

This is from 1977. Psychedelic pop/rock was pretty much over by '71/'72. It's a mimed-performance music video laid over the studio recording, so technically, it's all backing track. UK was way ahead of the US in making promotional music videos for songs. The "cowbell/anvil" sound is actually credited as "fire extinguisher". You are correct, there is synth in the mix, but also an actual orchestra and choir. Vocoder is the name of the device used here. A vocoder is different from a "talk-tube" or "talk-box" that guitar players sometimes use. A vocoder makes the human voice sound mechanical. A talk box makes an instrument (guitar, keyboard) sound like a human voice.

Wayne B

Jeff was involved in a later project called The Traveling Wilburys, a super group with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and Roy Orbison! Totally worth checking out!

Wayne B

ELO was very unique with their music!

Wayne B

Beatles, yes please!

P in D

I am the Walrus lyric analysis ;) .

Bill W

"Got To Get You Into My Life" is another good marching band song.

Bill W

(the music played during the intro- the JET records building - is from their song "Turn To Stone", the opening track from the album.) I enjoyed the ongoing expression on your face, grinning while thinking...."...there's nowhere to pause this!" FMaj = (Db + Ab +Bb + Eb) x Db mx Elyd.... YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE NO MATH!!! 'member??!! "Eleanor Rigby" is not the most common/well known Beatles song. There's probably a dozen ahead of it. Hey , what do you know of The Traveling Wilburys?

P in D

No MATH! Down with math! :p

Bill W

I'm gonna guess that's another band she's heard in her periphery somewhere, and didn't realize it. ("Handle With Care" or "End of the Line")

P in D

I had to look up a few things today ... like ostinato ... or Pachelbel's Canon in D Major. I love how you just drop these terms like we know them ... and I feel dumb because I have to look them up ... EEE-LOW :p . Many of you young whippersnappers may not relate to the start of the song. Back in the 70's many of us would wake and turn on the radio immediately to get the weather for the day so we knew how to prepare. The sound of the radio being tuned, then the weather report ... is exactly that :) .

Wayne B

Koo Koo Cachoo!

Bill W

*goo goo g'joob

Luis Arispe

We all want ALL the band sex jokes...rigth now!!!!! HA HA HA

Bill W

When she makes an 18 an up channel on discord. She likes to keep YT and Patreon PG and PG-13. =D

j3ffc

The original concept of ELO was a four piece rock band with a 3 piece string section (kinda like Chicago with strings instead of horns), more or less as you see in the MV. It was unusual but not totally unique (I once saw Jethro Tull live with a three-piece string section). I saw that version of ELO once and they were really fun live. Two cuts give a great sense of that early ELO: "Ma-ma-ma Belle" (a crunch rocker with strings) or "Showdown." You can really hear the timbre of the horns in those tunes (think string quartet vs orchestra). Later ELO, sort of around this middle period, incorporated straight up orchestra stuff a lot more. At the time, I thought they were selling out but now I'm an adult. Another superfun ELO song but a deep cut is "Rockaria". About an opera singer laying down some blues and the power of community (really!). Beatles motifs on purpose here. Surprised no one has mentioned that this tune owes a lot to the middle section of "A Day in the Life" (panting and all). Jeff Lynne was close to George Harrison and produced some of his later solo stuff. Really enjoy the in depth musical reaction. Thanks.

Juan San

ELO was probably the first band I considered myself a fan of. I had scratched the vinyl records of Out of the Blue, Discovery, and Time from playing them so much. Those were the days...