All Over The World: The Very Best Of Elo

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However, it wasn't until 1969 until Roy Wood approached Jeff Lynne, the front-man of the fellow Birmingham-based band Idle Race, to join him after one of The Move's band members quit.

He elaborated: "We couldn't leave it like that, so eventually we replaced it with 'gruss,' based on the Bavarian greeting Grüß Gott - 'greet God'. We've whittled down 10 of their best tracks, and delved into the meanings behind some of their most well-known lyrics. The most memorable of their performances was at Wembley Stadium in June 2017, and included a giant spaceship, a light show and a two-hour set list of their best songs performed to 60,000 people. Avevo già il cd del loro più famoso cd "Discovery" ed adesso secondo me con questo cd raccolta riscopro anche brani che avevo dimenticato come Turn to stone e telephone line che mi ero dimenticato.This pop rock song forms the fourth and final track of the ‘Concerto for a Rainy Day’ suite, on side three of the original double album Out of the Blue.

The band's lineup would fluctuate throughout its original incarnation, although Lynne, Tandy and Bevan would remain constant members. Lynne said it's "a song about a lucky lad who somehow defies the odds and gets the girl", despite being too shy and continuously tardy as "the football match is played on a Saturday".

All Over the World sold over 300,000 copies in the UK alone within a year and a half of its release. Jeff Lynne said: "A bit of a disco beat on this one, and quite a lot of things going on, forty piece string section and all. I was at a chalet in the mountains of Switzerland and it was all misty and cloudy all the way around. Frontman Jeff Lynne has described the song as being about ELO's frequent commute from Birmingham to London in their early days. In 2008, Jeff Lynne was awarded a BMI (Broadcast Music Inc) Million-Air certificate for having one million airplays.

Discussing the track, Jeff Lynne described the 'living thing' as being love itself, with the lyrics alluding to the loss of love. One of Jeff Lynne's most uncomplicated songs was also his most successful, later explaining: "It's the thought of, 'Oh, isn't it nice when the sun comes out?Picture sleeves and inner sleeves will have some slight wear, slightly turned-up corners, or a slight seam split. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). A companion album Ticket to the Moon: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2 featuring additional hit singles and deeper album cuts was released in 2007. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. With its funk rhythm sounding suspiciously similar to Heatwave's 1977 floor-filler 'Boogie Nights', it's certainly one of ELO's biggest hip-shakers. In 1980, front-man Jeff Lynne wrote half of the soundtrack for the musical film 'Xanadu', which featured Olivia Newton-John.This led to Jeff Lynne listening to his fans, creating 'Jeff Lynne's ELO', who ended up performing at The Grammys in 2015. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience.