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Originally Posted by jj

tt, i hope all works out for those folks and they resist any golden calf
...i understand there are 50000 left homeless in Italy following a quake

i remember first hearing the opening strings on New World Record (Tightrope) and later on 'the streets are full of people going nowhere making time' it took me a few more years of working (it's a living thing) to realize what that implied

your post sometime ago re ELO got me into reminscing and i've been listening to some great old recordings since and some mind numbing production (over production, lol!) from Out of the Blue

aside, when i first went into an arts college studio to play/record (just some cover tracks for an artist), the first one selected was Telephone Line...such a hopeless theme yet universal..those first few notes must be one of the most globally recognizable intros..."when i look into the sky, the love you need aint gonna see me through"

i think this minimally produced live version of his vocal is the best
YouTube - Telephone Line - live 1986 (btw, Kelly had left by this point)

i too was only in grade school when i first saw them and was getting more hooked, i should have been in bed but instead was surrounded by 60,000 fans and getting a lot of second hand reefer wind, lol

as i finish my coffee, i wonder how and where is Steve, our beloved host?

Yeah, I know what you mean about the Out Of The Blue album. I have it on disc, and one of the most fun, rip roaring tunes on it is Across The Border. Next best one is The Jungle. The one that I like best of all, though, is Wild West Hero. For me, it has a lot to do with wishing that one was anywhere but where they are, as well as just being someone else all together, at least wanting to be their own selves & being tired of the rest of the world trying to make them fit into the mold that society tries to impose on us all.