Mr. Blue Sky - Harmonic Generation (Electric Light Orchestra a cappella cover)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Before too long, this year like no other will come to an end, and we hope that beyond the clouds we find blue skies ahead. The Electric Light Orchestra's "Mr. Blue Sky" is probably HG's most ambitious project since the start of the pandemic. It's a brand-new arrangement that we learned, workshopped, and polished without ever singing it in the same room.
Be sure to listen with headphones to get the full effect! Trying to get to the same sounds together (while apart) was a fun and challenging new experience, especially given the range of simulated strings, choirs, and synthesisers involved (even a "vocoder"!), all achieved without the use of any special electronic effects. It was also great to get the chance to collaborate with a few HG alumni, many whose paths have taken them to other cities. We even enlisted our live performance sound guy (a talented baritone in his own right) to appear on the other side of the microphone!
If you're thinking you might have heard this song before, it's been featured in many TV shows and films (picture a dancing Baby Groot at the start of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2), as well as at the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The E.L.O. was formed around 1970 in Birmingham, England by Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood, who wanted to add classically-inspired strings, horns and woodwinds to the pop-rock sound. Their double-LP album 'Out of the Blue' emerged in 1979 and one whole side was the four track 'Concerto for a Rainy Day', of which 'Mr Blue Sky' was the final movement, conveying optimism after a cycle of bad weather. We share this hope for an endless horizon and nothing but blue skies in our near future.
Special thanks to Allen Simans-Cherniavsky and Michael Rooney for each of their special contributions to this project!
#MrBlueSky #ELO #acappella
Words and music:
Jeffrey Lynne
Arrangement:
Paul Jay
Singers, recording engineers, videographers:
Jordan Charbonneau, Derek Chenoweth, LuAnn Cunliffe, Allison Hockin, Paul Jay, Sean Jones, Ouidade Lachhab, Richard Linke, Janet Lo, Susan Mayo, Donna Morvan, Kristin Philippi, Julia Redfern, Lily Spek, and Alan Wong
Sound mixing:
Paul Jay
Video editing:
Alan Wong & Andrew Weilandt
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Wow... And the beautiful, complicated coda as well. ❤ Fantastic!
Okay, well... was not planning on happy-crying tonight, but here we are.
I wish I could like this more than once
Oh my word, fantastic harmonies… well done, I love it… more please
HAD to come back again!!!! Just FANTASTIC!!!
One of my all-time favorite songs and you all NAILED IT!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Wonderful!
AND AGAIN!!! WOW! WOW! WOW!
Fabtastic! What a production. The singing and the score and the attitude is so cool, especially for me who was a big ELO fan back in the days.
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BRAVO!!! GREAT COVER!
It's so enjoyable not only listening to you, but also watching each of you :)
That was FABULOUS!! Thanks for putting this together!!
*1:40** As a human who long dreamed for an electric guitar, I genuinely hope it landed on a soft spot* 😂
Ewww, gtfo. Humans aren't allowed here.
It is a guitar hero guitar
I love this cappella cover very much!
Great, thank you so much. I like this very much.
As amazing as ever!!! Lovin' your sound as always!!!!
You are great very nice production Compliments
Excellent ! Keep it up
amazing
Fantastic rendition of a great song.
Love!!!!
very nice👍
Wow beautiful 🎅🍻
Top !!!!!!
Perfect!
Harmonic Generation hits out of the ball park, yet again!
Underrated
Brilliant! Really enjoyed that!
It’s a good song 🎵 ❤️
Oh - that was amazing; a huge smile while listening
perfect ❤
wOW!!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic. I had a massive smile on my face.
Absolutely wonderful! Mound mixing amazing. Thank you!
BUENARDO PA
Is it possible to be fabulous, and 75% too precious? I love the song. I love the arrangement. I love the performance energy and ethic, and yet I feel a little bit the way I did as a kid when I watched "Family Affair" where Buffy and Jodie, these two sickeningly sweet little kids, helped by their sickeningly sweet teen sister were raised by successful businessman uncle and his butler, Mr French. If you watched that show more than twice you ended up with Type 2 Diabetes. Don't get me wrong - I love this. But that doesn't keep me from feeling that I should go brush my teeth because of all the sugary sweetness. I acknowledge however, that this was produced during a century worst pandemic, and maybe some sweet was what the doctor ordered. Now, fully vaccinated, maybe I lack the raw import of that awful moment in time, which I guess in its own way is pretty sweet. You folks are great. Don't pay any attention to me. I'm cutting back on sweets.
a rainy day here.
Hi! I really love this arrangement, and would love to sing this with our Dutch close harmony a capella choir. Is there any way I could get in contact with Paul Jay?
I can't believe there are people who don't like this song
Are there really?
Wow! That was beautiful and FUN!! Total crowd pleaser for sure. :-)
So beautiful love it love the sounds ❤️💚❤️💚❤️
LOVE IT!!!! LOVE IT! THE BARITONE SECTION NEEDS MORE AIR TIME AS THEY WERE A++++++ ALSO THE CHANGE OF SCENES WAS BRILLIANT.....ACTUALLY THIS WAS ELECTRIC AT EVERY LEVEL.....MORE PLEASE?
Is there a website to learn more about your group?
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How does this video have just 3000 views?! I love this so much. You guys look like you had a blast making this video.
how i would to get the score?
Online teachers after the last day of school be like
great you should sing south americans get away from the movie butch cassidy it will be so fine
Although the talent of this group is there, the majority of voices (being female) makes for a high pitched end product. More lower pitched voices would help fix the problem, or you could reduce the number of higher pitched voices. Overall the result is less enjoyable than most a ccapella groups.
This has 9k views while random girls getting millions by standing and shaking their hands to music for 30 seconds. What a shame.
Good work guys!
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