so he's not comin' home? I can't go on.

/my lawn, off of it

Alternately, hes no longer a Livin' Thing.

NuttierThanEver: so he's not comin' home? I can't go on.

/my lawn, off of it

Niccccceeeee.....

Awww, shiat. Sad news. I wore out two copies of "Out of the Blue" on vinyl. This brings me down... grooooossss! RIP, dude.

Groucutt left the band in 1983 but later toured with several successor acts, including ELO Part II and The Orchestra.

All I remember about ELO II is the topless woman on the album cover.

At first I was thinking I was getting old because he died at age 63.

Then I realized I was old because I saw ELO in concert in 1979.

Conclusion. I'm old.

In a blue world today...

This brings me down.

A.P.B. issued for eee-vil woman. Duhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuh.

Yet another band with members that won't see their induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but should have because they should have been inducted years ago.

Let it ring forevermore.

I caught the 'turn to stone/ELO' reference but never heard of him. No offense.

Didn't Bev Bevan kick off a couple years back?

The great ones....they're thinning out.

/loves me some ELO

Time to break out some ELO to listen to this weekend.

Goodnight, ELO man.

On a related note - is there anyone who can actually maintain a foul mood after hearing "Mr. Blue Sky?" If so, how did you get so evil? Is there a course I can take? 'Cos it's cramping my plans to subjugate all the peoples of Earth.

Stay Cool Babylon
Is there anyone who can actually maintain a foul mood after hearing "Mr. Blue Sky?"


I, for one, cannot.
Top of my list for this weekend, thanks!

You'd need a super-duper telephone line to reach him in the twilight.

Roll Over Beethoven...& tell Kelly Groucutt the news.

/sorry

huenix: Alternately, hes no longer a Livin' Thing.

What a terrible thing to lose... :-( This story brought me down.

ZAZ: All I remember about ELO II is the topless woman on the album cover.

There was an album inside that poster?

There's a line in an ELO song that goes "She's sweet on Bartok" and when that song was current, I was working in a bar with a guy named Bosnick who was something of a ladies man (6'2", broad shoulders, handsome in Paul Newman way). Every time the song came on the PA we would shout the line "She's sweet on Bosnick!" and if you were hip to the joke you got a free beer.

/yeah, ELO was a guilty pleasure
//the manic version of "Roll Over Beethoven" especially

purple helmet: Didn't Bev Bevan kick off a couple years back?

The great ones....they're thinning out.

/loves me some ELO

Bev Bevan is still alive and is touring with "Bev Bevan's MOVE", since he was one of the founding members of that band which predated ELO. Also blogs about past and current music issues and recently had a weekly oldies radio show in the UK.

ELO has always been my #1 band, and I have listened to them at least several times a week (if not every day) since I was 16 (going on 29 years now). I had always figured that I could avoid facing my own mortality until the main ELO members began dropping off. I suppose that day is nigh... :(

ZAZ: All I remember about ELO II is the topless woman on the album cover.



/hot like she is

It's over. And what should I do?

RIP.

OldManDownDRoad:
There's a line in an ELO song that goes "She's sweet on Bartok" ...

How about "She's sweet on Wagner", which is pronounced Vahgner. A whole bar full of people too stupid to get the lyric right, or even know who Richard Wagner was for that matter? Was it in Texas?

Jeff Lynne = ELO. End of story. Sorry about this cat passing, though.

doxonrox99: Sorry about this cat passing, though.

Balrog 2009-02-20 01:16:11 PM
At first I was thinking I was getting old because he died at age 63.

Then I realized I was old because I saw ELO in concert in 1979.

Conclusion. I'm old.

Yeah, about that. Me, too.
I saw them once, in 75/76. They were on tour behind 'Eldorado',
which to me, is their BEST album (along with they version of 'Do Ya') and they did ONE SONG from the record, which was really a drag.

BTW they were the warm-up for Deep Purple and yeah Blackmore was playing.

"The music is reversible, but time is not! Turn back, turn back, turn back."

Sorry to see him go so soon.

Saw ELO open for Deep Purple at Olympia Stadium in Detroit in '74. Kelly was playing a big ass stand up bass at one point of the show. Think it was Blue metallic colored. He started spinning it around on end really fast, then the damn thing BLEW UP! BOOOOM! Pretty cool to see at age 14.

Cooler to see Ritchie Blackmore after the ELO set.

Although it was just as cool to see ELF as the opener for ELO. well, maybe not Elf so much, but rather seeing Ronnie James Dio fronting ELF in his pre-Rainbow days.

Great stuff.

mfaby: I saw them once, in 75/76. They were on tour behind 'Eldorado',
which to me, is their BEST album (along with they version of 'Do Ya') and they did ONE SONG from the record, which was really a drag.

BTW they were the warm-up for Deep Purple and yeah Blackmore was playing.

You must have seen them on the '74 tour that I saw them on...
Eldorado came out in '74 and by '75 Blackmore was playing with Rainbow.