Mr. Blue Sky: The Story Of Jeff Lynne & ELO

[MikeCh]

Have any of you guys seen this fantastic documentary?

http://www.elo.biz/news/116791

Amazon.com: MR. BLUE SKY: THE STORY OF JEFF LYNNE & ELO: Jeff Lynne, Paul Mccartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty

A few years back when we had Comcast and the Palladium channel, I watched this documentary in awe of Mr. Lynne's career and his influence on and with so much music. What a true master and artist.

If you ever get a chance to watch it you won't be sorry.

I would love to purchase a copy of this on DVD but it appears to not be available anywhere at this time.

 

[mep]

Have any of you guys seen this fantastic documentary?

Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO, Coming to iTunes 12/18/12 : elo

Amazon.com: MR. BLUE SKY: THE STORY OF JEFF LYNNE & ELO: Jeff Lynne, Paul Mccartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty

A few years back when we had Comcast and the Palladium channel, I watched this documentary in awe of Mr. Lynne's career and his influence on and with so much music. What a true master and artist.

If you ever get a chance to watch it you won't be sorry.

I would love to purchase a copy of this on DVD but it appears to not be available anywhere at this time.

I wish Mr. Lynne had a little less influence over other artists. Mr. Lynne has a huge sonic thumbprint on everything he touches. I never wanted some of my favorite artists to sound like ELO, but Lynne has pulled that off.

 

[MikeCh]

I wish Mr. Lynne had a little less influence over other artists. Mr. Lynne has a huge sonic thumbprint on everything he touches. I never wanted some of my favorite artists to sound like ELO, but Lynne has pulled that off.

Ha! True. I can't argue against that point Mark.

 

[bzr]

Yeah, the Travelling Wilburys were terrible. :snicker:

 

[mep]

Yeah, the Travelling Wilburys were terrible. :snicker:

Definitely some heavy hitters in the Travelling Wilburys and I loved the concept. If there is a classic example of Jeff Lynne's heavy-handed production where he overlays the sound with the classic ELO Wurlitzer swirl, it's the Traveling Wilburys. He did the same thing to George Harrison's LPs and the same thing to Tom Petty. He can't help himself, that sound (or sonic thumbprint) is in his head and he lays it down on everything he touches.

 

[XV-1]

Definitely some heavy hitters in the Travelling Wilburys and I loved the concept. If there is a classic example of Jeff Lynne's heavy-handed production where he overlays the sound with the classic ELO Wurlitzer swirl, it's the Traveling Wilburys. He did the same thing to George Harrison's LPs and the same thing to Tom Petty. He can't help himself, that sound (or sonic thumbprint) is in his head and he lays it down on everything he touches.

And those Jeff Lynne production and song writing touches are magic. And for each artist gave them the best chart positions they had for many years.
BTW, his production sonic print sounds nothing like the production he had pre ELO Zoom.

If anyone thinks Tom Petty Full Moon fever production sounds like ELO must be deaf :hey: the songs Jeff wrote, yes but not the production. Cause I'm free, free falling :yahoo1:

 

[CPP]

And those Jeff Lynne production and song writing touches are magic. And for each artist gave them the best chart positions they had for many years.
BTW, his production sonic print sounds nothing like the production he had pre ELO Zoom.

If anyone thinks Tom Petty Full Moon fever production sounds like ELO must be deaf :hey: the songs Jeff wrote, yes but not the production. Cause I'm free, free falling :yahoo1:

I agree with you 100% on everything you wrote

 

[mep]

I'm happy for all of those who enjoy Jeff Lynne's productions.

 

[bzr]

For the record I do actually like TTWilburys & some of Jeff Lynne's music too.

 

[mep]

For the record I do actually like TTWilburys & some of Jeff Lynne's music too.

I have several versions of the Travelling Wilburys LPs and I enjoy them too. I'm just very aware of the Jeff Lynne sound. I actually liked ELO and saw them in concert many years ago. I just didn't know the ELO sound would live on forever in other people's music.