Time was a visionary album. I know no other. And i still wonder how Jeff knew back then. The 80ies were a time of gr8 hope. But there was already a seed of doubt. Still, magic how he managed to expand on that back then and be so right.
I was born in 2000 which makes me a real 21st-century man. The lyrics take on a whole different meaning for me, but it still works 100%. "you should be so happy, you should be so glad. so why are you so lonely, you 21st-century man" coming from a song written in 1981 literally makes my hair stand on end. This song is actually more aware of the state of modern society than modern society itself is.
There were times I never though I would see this time. 2021, at 79, I can truly appreciate how I got here. Music always was the magic on which I traveled. Lynn is a true genius.
I feel as though it perfectly encapsulates the feeling of existing in a time full of such possibilities and technological advances yet feeling so utterly disappointed, tired, rejected and alone.
I was 11 in 1981. My Cousin Introduced me to this album. Thank goodness for people who take the time to pass on great music to the next generation. My Cousin has been gone for a couple of years now. I'll always think of him when I listen to this album. I like to think that his spirit was downloaded into this masterpiece, years before his passing.
That's why I send my stepdaughter all this wonderful music, and I'm still finding more myself, check out all those old blues, jazz, folk, and alternative tunes like sea shanties, " like the hog eyed man"
This is my favourite ELO album. I don't know but it "feels" like JL was most at ease doing it, and that his space and time theme suited the new electronics very well.
I bought the album in 1981 as a teen. Listened over and over. Amazing how much has become true. I should be so happy. I should be so glad. So why am I so lonely? This 21st century girl.
I was 15 in 1981. This was the first album i ever bought, and it's still my favourite of all time. I've listened to it thousands of times, and never ever tired of it. It's masterpiece.
A lot of this song depicted the future. _A penny in your pocket, suitcase in your hand, they won't get you very far, now you're a 21st Century man_ The penny is now worth less than the costs of making each penny, and modern technology, such as laptops, tablets and even smartphones, are rendering the bulky suitcase obsolete. _Fly across the city, rise above the land_ The development of cities has resulted in faster public transport and taller buildings, most notably the Burj Khalifa. _One day you're a hero, next day you're a clown_ Advances in social media have resulted in the rapid rise and downfall of any personality, and much quicker than in previous decades.
God, this song makes me feel out of place with the modern world. I'm absolutely in love with retro things, despite how I wasn't alive during the time of this album...
I think that's cyclical. We always long for the days when things were simpler, often times from before we were born by learning from our parents and the media of those times. Many people in the '80s longed to live in the '50s despite being born in the '60s and so on. Next they'll be longing for the early '00s and '10s, which is understandable given how horrid the start of this decade has been.
. . A penny in your pocket Suitcase in your hand They won't get you very far Now you're a 21st century man. . Fly across the city Rise above the land You can do 'most anything Now you're a 21st century man. . Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow You still wander the fields of your sorrow . One day you're a hero Next day you're a clown There's nothing that is in between Now you're a 21st century man. . You should be so happy You should be so glad So why are you so lonely You 21st century man . You stepped out of a dream believing Everything was gone Return with what you've learned They'll kiss the ground you walk upon. . Things ain't how you thought they were Nothing have you planned So pick up your penny and your suitcase You're not a 21st century man. . Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow You still wander the fields of your sorrow 21st century man . .
I listened to this whole album "TIME" on my way home from dropping off my son for his second semester at college. It made my 1.5 hour drive on the Pa. Turnpike go much faster....took me back to 1980's Awesome!
This song is a tribute to John Lennon, whom Jeff Lynn admired. Sadly, John was killed a year before ELO’s 1981 “TIME” album was released. Later on, Jeff Lynn would produce the Beatles’ “Free As a Bird” (1994), which was assembled after John’s demise. 💙🎵💜
This is Popmusic from Heaven! There has never been made better popmusuc than this! Jeff Lynne is the King of good Music and records !!! Best wishes from Norway !!!
lucalone Though some people argue it might be for Marc Bolan. I also think it's for Lennon. Since Lennon liked ELO's music, named them 'son of Beatles' in a radio interview. Jeff sometimes sings with Lennon's voice and accent in this song.. Jeff's singing about 'wandering the (strawberry?) fields of your sorrow'. Although Lennon was not literally a 21st century man, he still lived in the sixties & seventies in a way most people are used to nowadays. And listening to 'Tomorrow never knows' it's obvious that Lennon's mindset sometimes was beyond that of contemporaries. The other three Beatles all lived into the 21st century, so Lennon's the only one who didn't became a 21st century man. But in the end of this song, Jeff sings 'you're NOT a 21st century man'. So, that's still in line with the truth.. ;-)
@@jaronimo1976 I was at the concert ..time tour in the band's home city Birmingham to promote the album time....I still have the ticket stub and programme....Dec 1981.....nearly 40 years ago brilliant.they opened the gig with twilight...they also played here is the news and ticket to the moon from the album....as well as other Eli classics.....shine a little love, Mr blue sky, telephone line ,sweet talking woman etc.. the date was very close to the first anniversary of the death of John Lennon and Jeff mentioned this and the band played a melody of Lennon and Beatles hits.... something I'm proud to say I was there .still love elo I had a ticket for October 2020 Glasgow to see them again but was cancelled due to covid restrictions. I really hope to see them just once more.
Yes it is. Those artists are in order of age (gets a bit blurred between verdi and chopin) He's saying Lynne is as great as them, and I wouldn't disagree.
A penny in your pocket Suitcase in your hand They won't get you very far Now you're a 21st century man. Fly across the city Rise above the land You can do 'most anything Now you're a 21st century man. Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow You still wander the fields of your sorrow One day you're a hero Next day you're a clown There's nothing that is in between Now you're a 21st century man. You should be so happy You should be so glad So why are you so lonely You 21st century man You stepped out of a dream believing Everything was gone Return with what you've learned They'll kiss the ground you walk upon. Things ain't how you thought they were Nothing have you planned So pick up your penny and your suitcase You're not a 21st century man. Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow You still wander the fields of your sorrow 21st century man
Listened to this 1981-82-83 all the time (along with other great albums), and fell in love with and has been my favourite album since. Jeff Lynne: "We're not worthy!"
I don't know if anyone thinks the same but I think it's about how it's either a loving message about how no matter how much stuff you have, no matter if you have the opportunity to experience the future you're always gonna want be back home, back to the life your used to and the people who you love and love you back. or it's a more sinical message about how no matter how advanced we become were never gonna be happy and always gonna have something bothering us
Jeroen Stobbe well you're wrong XD but ya he does sound a bit like him but I think it because it was popular to sing like that because I also feel a bit of queen when the other people sing so I think it's just inspiration
I gave a copy of this album to mine and my brothers friend years ago and he always thanks me for introducing him too ELO he’s been a massive fan ever since. And now my sons are big fans of Jeff and ELO so I like to think I’ve spread the love for ELO
Has a definite George Harrison feel to it melodically and when the solo is taken imitating a Harrison solo. I like when Jeff Lynne uses his various voices to paint a picture with the lyrics.
This album and particularly this song has special memories for me. I grew up in a strong musical family. At school, I was a big Beatles fan and my best mate and me were the mischief makers, always separate from the other boys because we weren't that interested in football or sport, only music. I would write silly songs about the guys who gave us a hard time and we'd sing them to wind them up. We would always sit around making up songs and he'd say we should write them down, but never did. They were just songs about where we grew up, characters we knew and TV characters like Captain Pugwash. We were both good at art, so we'd draw cartoons of our enemies and the teachers and get into trouble. We had big dreams for the future. My friend wanted us to be the new Lennon and McCartney. I was always going on about running away from home, so much so that my mum bought an ornament of a boy wearing a baker boy cap, carrying a sack on a stick slung over his shoulder. I think my friend must have saw it one day sitting on top of the TV. Shortly afterwards he gave me his ELO Time album and jokingly remarked that there was a song on there about me and maybe I would sing it one day. I didn't pay attention at the time until later on when I was curious about the mark on a particular track on the album cover. It was 21st Century Man. He always tried to encourage me and I didn't even notice it, so I guess this was his message to me.
Yeah this song makes me cry at the very first few words at the start of this song every time I hear it! A tear jerker! 😢😢😢😢😢 Yes I had the cassette when I was 16 years old, wore the the cassette out & now have it on CD! 🙂🙂
Como siempre lo he dicho y lo sostengo que Mr. Jeff Lynne es un genio tan es así que siempre ha estado muy por encima de todos los músicos, sus conciertos son de otro nivel muy superior a cualquiera, que Dios lo bendiga y le de larga vida
I started listening to ELO since Eldorado, but I have missed this album except for Ticket to the Moon. I just discovered The Lights Go Down and The Way Life's Meant to be last night, and this morning I just stumbled into my "NEW" favorite song - 21st Century Man! God, what have I been doing since 1981??? Better late than never, though😄
I remember listening to ELO on the radio back in the day but never realised til now just how bloody brilliant they were musically...I'm just discovering so many hidden gems of theirs 💎🎧👌
I just saw Jeff Lynne and his new version of elo in concert for the first time after loving this band for 50 years. I was even a member of the fan club in junior high school! It was a great concert, in cleveland, but he did not do a single song from this album. And this is one of my top three albums by him, along with ElDorado and a new world record!
I got this album years ago as a Christmas present, back in the Eighties, and I still have it. Thanks for sharing one of my favorite songs on this album.
It's 1981 again whenever I hear this song... very nostalgic... also one of the 12 people who saw the off, off, off, broadway Rock Opera starring now famous, but then obscure stars of stage and screen... What a glorious 4 days that was... ;-)
When my dad used to turn this album on in the car in the 90s, neither of us even knew english, just enjoyed the tunes. Little did we know we were listening to a prophecy 😄
Being born in its year of release and having had the album played in our home almost daily during my first year of living (and then not heard by me again until I was about 30), some of the melodies, intros and songs strike something beyond description deep within me. This is probably the song that moves me the most. In fact, I am afraid to listen to it too much from fear that the gut feeling I get from it, as it were, might somehow evaporate.
I first knew ELO's music when I was in high school, and I was a fan enough to have their LP. I've been forgetting it for a while, and I just listened to it because I suddenly remembered... It reminds me of the old days... Past pain is happiness, but why was it so hard back then... With my longing and love for this song, my game and TH-cam ID is also 21ThCenturyMan.
You know you're someone with good taste in music when you put this on loop and listen to it for 6 hours straight, then move on to the rest of the songs in the album.
Something Beautiful guys... I heard it like a kid i got this album on CD 20 years ago. Love You. ELO first guys in electronic dance music. Cheers from Poland !
Esta hermosa balada pertenece al álbum " Time " ( 1981 ) , del cual también recomiendo estos otros temas lentos : " Rain is falling " ( " Cae la lluvia " ) th-cam.com/video/hGLI_mnryWc/w-d-xo.html " Ticket to the Moon " ( " Pasaje a la Luna " ) th-cam.com/video/Y_WoY3pX9nE/w-d-xo.html " The lights go down " ( " A media luz " ) th-cam.com/video/TTI4Qt8sbw4/w-d-xo.html " When time stood still " ( " Cuando el tiempo se detuvo " ) : Esta canción fue lado B. th-cam.com/video/4Tls8Neie2Q/w-d-xo.html Saludos desde Chile.
@@choriangel5943 : Así es. Yo hablo también inglés , pero , no por éso , voy a apoyar el imperialismo anglo. Se acabó. Es hora de promover nuestro hermoso idioma. Yo soy un gran admirador de la música latina. Saludos desde Chile , Sudmérica.
Szukalem tę piosenke ponad 40 lat crazy right myslalem ze ja wymyslilem mialem 16 lat kupilem wszystkie cd w stanach I tak od niechcenia wpisalem I Bach TH-cam the best 👌
The 3 stages of life:
1. 20th Century Boy
2. 21st Century Man
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man
"One day you're a hero, the next day you're a clown."
I feel like alot of internet celebrities could relate to this quote.
So true...
I can't help but notice how perhaps the majority of the lyrics of this song have come true in some form or another.
Cause Jeff Lynne is genius
Time was a visionary album. I know no other. And i still wonder how Jeff knew back then. The 80ies were a time of gr8 hope. But there was already a seed of doubt. Still, magic how he managed to expand on that back then and be so right.
"Ticket to the Moon " haven't came true yet.
Dead right, it's so sad how isolated many people are today.
It was way too accurate, I just escaped from satellite 2 last week.
I was born in 2000 which makes me a real 21st-century man. The lyrics take on a whole different meaning for me, but it still works 100%. "you should be so happy, you should be so glad. so why are you so lonely, you 21st-century man" coming from a song written in 1981 literally makes my hair stand on end. This song is actually more aware of the state of modern society than modern society itself is.
very well said 😊
You're a part of modern society don't forget
There were times I never though I would see this time. 2021, at 79, I can truly appreciate how I got here. Music always was the magic on which I traveled. Lynn is a true genius.
Sorry, but the XXI century starter in 2001, You were born in the XX century.
I was born in 2000 as well but unfortunately we're technically counted as part of the last century.
"Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow, you still wander the fields of your sorrow". Brilliant line, I think many of us have been there.
Couldn't have said it better myself... So true.
That’s me...
It's so good, he used it several other songs from the album...but BACKWARDS!!!!
I feel as though it perfectly encapsulates the feeling of existing in a time full of such possibilities and technological advances yet feeling so utterly disappointed, tired, rejected and alone.
The zenith of the entire album is the backups: "tomooooorrooowww"
Jeff Lyne, If you are reading this....you are great!
This was dedicated to John Lennon :')
Probaly their best Album. Then they died.
+crobarus It is their best, but Secret Messages is pretty good too.
My favorite,'"Concerto For A Rainy Day"- side 2 of " Out of The Blue."
I was 11 in 1981. My Cousin Introduced me to this album. Thank goodness for people who take the time to pass on great music to the next generation. My Cousin has been gone for a couple of years now. I'll always think of him when I listen to this album. I like to think that his spirit was downloaded into this masterpiece, years before his passing.
Me too
That's why I send my stepdaughter all this wonderful music, and I'm still finding more myself, check out all those old blues, jazz, folk, and alternative tunes like sea shanties, " like the hog eyed man"
Your cousin has spectacular taste in music! I am 15 by the way and these guys are one of my favorite bands.
Und ich war 21 :(
I'm sorry for your cousin's death.
Time.. 1982ish , best album by ELO.. 1 of the best ever.. still current now, way ahead of its Time.
1981
I cannot express how hard this song slaps
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'Slaps' is the absolute correct verb....
RIP Richard Tandy
This is my favourite ELO album. I don't know but it "feels" like JL was most at ease doing it, and that his space and time theme suited the new electronics very well.
I bought the album in 1981 as a teen. Listened over and over. Amazing how much has become true. I should be so happy. I should be so glad. So why am I so lonely? This 21st century girl.
I was 15 in 1981. This was the first album i ever bought, and it's still my favourite of all time. I've listened to it thousands of times, and never ever tired of it. It's masterpiece.
I was 14 when this came out, and same. Waves across time to shaninic
A lot of this song depicted the future.
_A penny in your pocket, suitcase in your hand, they won't get you very far, now you're a 21st Century man_
The penny is now worth less than the costs of making each penny, and modern technology, such as laptops, tablets and even smartphones, are rendering the bulky suitcase obsolete.
_Fly across the city, rise above the land_
The development of cities has resulted in faster public transport and taller buildings, most notably the Burj Khalifa.
_One day you're a hero, next day you're a clown_
Advances in social media have resulted in the rapid rise and downfall of any personality, and much quicker than in previous decades.
The entire album 'time' is a visionary view on a grim future that was spot on.
_you should be so happy_
_you should be so glad_
_so why are you so lonely_
_you 21st century man_
Major General Bunk Yeah he knew ! How is that possible !!!! Nowadays we are all alone
@Edward Norton no u
@@jackjones4275 "Yours Truly" really hits home with the alienating world we're in the process of creating.
God, this song makes me feel out of place with the modern world. I'm absolutely in love with retro things, despite how I wasn't alive during the time of this album...
Rhienne C. Pun...intended?
I think that's cyclical. We always long for the days when things were simpler, often times from before we were born by learning from our parents and the media of those times. Many people in the '80s longed to live in the '50s despite being born in the '60s and so on. Next they'll be longing for the early '00s and '10s, which is understandable given how horrid the start of this decade has been.
I think music is generally a lot worse today than when "Time" was released, but everyone thinks music was better when they were young 😄
Maybe you’re an old soul 🧠🤝
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A penny in your pocket
Suitcase in your hand
They won't get you very far
Now you're a 21st century man.
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Fly across the city
Rise above the land
You can do 'most anything
Now you're a 21st century man.
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Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
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One day you're a hero
Next day you're a clown
There's nothing that is in between
Now you're a 21st century man.
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You should be so happy
You should be so glad
So why are you so lonely
You 21st century man
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You stepped out of a dream believing
Everything was gone
Return with what you've learned
They'll kiss the ground you walk upon.
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Things ain't how you thought they were
Nothing have you planned
So pick up your penny and your suitcase
You're not a 21st century man.
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Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
21st century man
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That short jingle after "You stepped out of a dream". I wish they had included more of it. Amazing.
+Roger Davis Always leave 'em wanting more. :-)
TAHT part alone could've been another song LOL. But he just had too much creativity in him and not enough time lol
This refers to John Lennons retirement in 1975 his five year break and return in 1980
@@jeffstorey5208 Source?? It seems like you're just wildly speculating.
Time - One of my top 5 albums of all time ! ! ! Absolutely brilliant ! ! !
I listened to this whole album "TIME" on my way home from dropping off my son for his second semester at college. It made my 1.5 hour drive on the Pa. Turnpike go much faster....took me back to 1980's Awesome!
One of the best albums ever made. From another time, over another time. Awesome in between these.
100% agree.
I still have the cassette I purchased that year. Love this group just takes me back to my younger days.
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As Jeff Lynne Himself put it "its about someone who is lost"
about someone who was murdered in december 1980 ...
@@lucalone indeed
@thespaceodditer in other words "us" right now
Jeff a true visionary
The must have 1981 TIME album..a masterpiece.
Тайм это вещь
ELO was one of the unique band. they made very unique melody.
This song is a tribute to John Lennon, whom Jeff Lynn admired. Sadly, John was killed a year before ELO’s 1981 “TIME” album was released.
Later on, Jeff Lynn would produce the Beatles’ “Free As a Bird” (1994), which was assembled after John’s demise. 💙🎵💜
Thanks, interesting! I was a fan of both of them. No wonder, similarity.
This is Popmusic from Heaven! There has never been made better popmusuc than this! Jeff Lynne is the King of good Music and records !!! Best wishes from Norway !!!
as far as I know, Jeff Lynne wrote that song for someone who left this world in december 1980...
lucalone john lennon
lucalone Though some people argue it might be for Marc Bolan. I also think it's for Lennon.
Since Lennon liked ELO's music, named them 'son of Beatles' in a radio interview.
Jeff sometimes sings with Lennon's voice and accent in this song..
Jeff's singing about 'wandering the (strawberry?) fields of your sorrow'.
Although Lennon was not literally a 21st century man, he still lived in the sixties & seventies in a way most people are used to nowadays. And listening to 'Tomorrow never knows' it's obvious that Lennon's mindset sometimes was beyond that of contemporaries.
The other three Beatles all lived into the 21st century, so Lennon's the only one who didn't became a 21st century man. But in the end of this song, Jeff sings 'you're NOT a 21st century man'. So, that's still in line with the truth.. ;-)
@@jaronimo1976 I was at the concert ..time tour in the band's home city Birmingham to promote the album time....I still have the ticket stub and programme....Dec 1981.....nearly 40 years ago brilliant.they opened the gig with twilight...they also played here is the news and ticket to the moon from the album....as well as other Eli classics.....shine a little love, Mr blue sky, telephone line ,sweet talking woman etc.. the date was very close to the first anniversary of the death of John Lennon and Jeff mentioned this and the band played a melody of Lennon and Beatles hits.... something I'm proud to say I was there .still love elo I had a ticket for October 2020 Glasgow to see them again but was cancelled due to covid restrictions. I really hope to see them just once more.
Margaret Cheney" Man Out of Time', great book.
Великолепная гармония звуков, слушаю ЭЛО больше 50 лет и не надоедает! Это уже классика, всем добра
Согласен тебе лайк балдею в погрузчике мне 55
Работал в конце 90-х с чуваком, фанатеющим от ELO и спустя 20 лет понял его😊. Теперь тоже слушаю.
@@Sabal242 тайм это вещь хорошая его можно слушать слушать слушать без конечно и не надоест при этом находишь что то новое
@@ОлегМостяев-х1и спасибо согласен 56лет
Был на концерте 2 недели назад- просто в ахере, жена младше меня - тоже
Mozart, Schubert, Verdi, Chopin, Jeff Lynne................................................
Maybe
+Morte Dartius where's queen?
Yes it is. Those artists are in order of age (gets a bit blurred between verdi and chopin) He's saying Lynne is as great as them, and I wouldn't disagree.
Yes my friend!
Todos grosos
A penny in your pocket
Suitcase in your hand
They won't get you very far
Now you're a 21st century man.
Fly across the city
Rise above the land
You can do 'most anything
Now you're a 21st century man.
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
One day you're a hero
Next day you're a clown
There's nothing that is in between
Now you're a 21st century man.
You should be so happy
You should be so glad
So why are you so lonely
You 21st century man
You stepped out of a dream believing
Everything was gone
Return with what you've learned
They'll kiss the ground you walk upon.
Things ain't how you thought they were
Nothing have you planned
So pick up your penny and your suitcase
You're not a 21st century man.
Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
21st century man
Listened to this 1981-82-83 all the time (along with other great albums), and fell in love with and has been my favourite album since. Jeff Lynne: "We're not worthy!"
Prophetic
I don't know if anyone thinks the same but I think it's about how it's either a loving message about how no matter how much stuff you have, no matter if you have the opportunity to experience the future you're always gonna want be back home, back to the life your used to and the people who you love and love you back. or it's a more sinical message about how no matter how advanced we become were never gonna be happy and always gonna have something bothering us
I always thought it was an hommage to John Lennon.
I even think he tries to make his voice sound a bit like John Lennons voice... :-P
Jeroen Stobbe well you're wrong XD but ya he does sound a bit like him but I think it because it was popular to sing like that because I also feel a bit of queen when the other people sing so I think it's just inspiration
You think I'm wrong. I know I'm right. :-D
Jeroen Stobbe well I think you're Hitler and Mussolini's lovechild how about that XD
Człowiek 21 wieku to przebój wszechczasów w dodatku na czasie .Jeff Lynne zaśpiewał super przebój Electric Light Orchestra z płyty,,Time,,
I gave a copy of this album to mine and my brothers friend years ago and he always thanks me for introducing him too ELO he’s been a massive fan ever since. And now my sons are big fans of Jeff and ELO so I like to think I’ve spread the love for ELO
I got it in 81 when I was eleven. I knew then, this isn't the way life is meant to be. Make sure your sons know that.
Oh they do 😁
The light will never fade.
Mucha nostalgia este gran tema!❤
Has a definite George Harrison feel to it melodically and when the solo is taken imitating a Harrison solo. I like when Jeff Lynne uses his various voices to paint a picture with the lyrics.
Lynne would later produce Harrison's Cloud Nine album as a matter of fact... and the couple of Beatles' new songs in the Anthology series.
Haven't heard this since 1981.... LOVE LOVE LOVE my ELO
this song was a prophecy
I love 80's music!!!
A too
Awesome wonderful music the man is a genius
Forever Electric Light Orchestra 13/12/ 2020✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨❤️
This album and particularly this song has special memories for me. I grew up in a strong musical family. At school, I was a big Beatles fan and my best mate and me were the mischief makers, always separate from the other boys because we weren't that interested in football or sport, only music. I would write silly songs about the guys who gave us a hard time and we'd sing them to wind them up. We would always sit around making up songs and he'd say we should write them down, but never did. They were just songs about where we grew up, characters we knew and TV characters like Captain Pugwash. We were both good at art, so we'd draw cartoons of our enemies and the teachers and get into trouble. We had big dreams for the future. My friend wanted us to be the new Lennon and McCartney. I was always going on about running away from home, so much so that my mum bought an ornament of a boy wearing a baker boy cap, carrying a sack on a stick slung over his shoulder. I think my friend must have saw it one day sitting on top of the TV. Shortly afterwards he gave me his ELO Time album and jokingly remarked that there was a song on there about me and maybe I would sing it one day. I didn't pay attention at the time until later on when I was curious about the mark on a particular track on the album cover. It was 21st Century Man. He always tried to encourage me and I didn't even notice it, so I guess this was his message to me.
We're now TWENTY ONE years into the TWENTY FIRST Century and Jeff wrote this way back in 1981 .... You nailed it Jeff!!!
Yeah this song makes me cry at the very first few words at the start of this song every time I hear it! A tear jerker! 😢😢😢😢😢 Yes I had the cassette when I was 16 years old, wore the the cassette out & now have it on CD! 🙂🙂
Magic 😊
Como siempre lo he dicho y lo sostengo que Mr. Jeff Lynne es un genio tan es así que siempre ha estado muy por encima de todos los músicos, sus conciertos son de otro nivel muy superior a cualquiera, que Dios lo bendiga y le de larga vida
I started listening to ELO since Eldorado, but I have missed this album except for Ticket to the Moon. I just discovered The Lights Go Down and The Way Life's Meant to be last night, and this morning I just stumbled into my "NEW" favorite song - 21st Century Man! God, what have I been doing since 1981??? Better late than never, though😄
I remember listening to ELO on the radio back in the day but never realised til now just how bloody brilliant they were musically...I'm just discovering so many hidden gems of theirs 💎🎧👌
You have a wonderful journey ahead of you.
This song Is Beautiful
I love this album and I love this song. Long live ELO
I was born in 2010 and I still love this song till today.
Rock, Progressive rock, New wave, Pop rock, Synth-pop, Rock opera, Electronica, Art rock, Electronics in rock music
I just saw Jeff Lynne and his new version of elo in concert for the first time after loving this band for 50 years. I was even a member of the fan club in junior high school! It was a great concert, in cleveland, but he did not do a single song from this album. And this is one of my top three albums by him, along with ElDorado and a new world record!
You can definitely hear The Flaming Lips taking a good amount of influence from this song, especially on albums like Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi
I wish I was back in 1981 listen to this gem of an album.
I got this album years ago as a Christmas present, back in the Eighties, and I still have it. Thanks for sharing one of my favorite songs on this album.
I got the album for christmas from my uncle in '82 or '83 and heard it non-stop for the next weeks. for me it's not only 80s, it's christmas :)
Beautiful..
It's 1981 again whenever I hear this song... very nostalgic... also one of the 12 people who saw the off, off, off, broadway Rock Opera starring now famous, but then obscure stars of stage and screen... What a glorious 4 days that was... ;-)
Pretty song about disappointment, future shock and alienation.
This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing. It seemed to me that I was hearing the very voice of God .
Meravigliosa!❤
I was in Anchorage AK when this album came out. Amazing still to this day.
A very beautiful song! Thank you Jeff Lynne for this!
When my dad used to turn this album on in the car in the 90s, neither of us even knew english, just enjoyed the tunes. Little did we know we were listening to a prophecy 😄
Saudades dos meus 21 anos e de uma pessoa que marcou !
Being born in its year of release and having had the album played in our home almost daily during my first year of living (and then not heard by me again until I was about 30), some of the melodies, intros and songs strike something beyond description deep within me. This is probably the song that moves me the most. In fact, I am afraid to listen to it too much from fear that the gut feeling I get from it, as it were, might somehow evaporate.
"One day you're a hero, next day you're a clown, there's nothing that is in-between" a very prescient line
Very true 1969 model myself. Very poignant Observation🧠💪💚🤝 Nathan 🙋♂️🙏
This song is definitly the answer why Jeff is the fifth Beatle!
this is beautiful song
One of the best songs in my opinion. This song has told me to never take the time that I’m in for granted along with the rest of the album
Now we are here. But.
Still under the Electric Light shinin' even brighter in the Century 21...
😀🖐🏻🥁✌️🏻
this song is so Flaming Lips (or, rather, The Flaming Lips are very this song), it's scary
Блестящий, яркий, самодостаточный альбом электриков!!!Гениально!
Без высокопарных слов,но группа великая.Спасибо mr.J.lynne✨🛸✨
I first knew ELO's music when I was in high school, and I was a fan enough to have their LP. I've been forgetting it for a while, and I just listened to it because I suddenly remembered... It reminds me of the old days...
Past pain is happiness, but why was it so hard back then...
With my longing and love for this song, my game and TH-cam ID is also 21ThCenturyMan.
You know you're someone with good taste in music when you put this on loop and listen to it for 6 hours straight, then move on to the rest of the songs in the album.
amen comrade.
one of my favourites of all time, thanx....
Unbelievable E.L.O and unforgettable 21st C' man !!
Something Beautiful guys... I heard it like a kid i got this album on CD 20 years ago. Love You. ELO first guys in electronic dance music. Cheers from Poland !
Toooooooop essa musicalidade antiga
What a major influence this is to some Flaming Lips stuff.
All We Have is Now from Yoshimi comes to mind
jeff your are the music master
This song always take my mind far away.
Magnifique. Quel mélodie merveilleux.
I'm not crying, you're crying...
Everyone knows.Nothing to be ashamed of!
The universe is electric.
make s tears in my eyes , its music from univers
Saw them in concert way back. Damn it was one of the best I’ve been to.
Such a beautiful song!
A song for John Lennon? A great beatiful song!! I' m listening in 1982..
"One day you're a hero ,next day you're a clown". How true is that?
Esta hermosa balada pertenece al álbum " Time " ( 1981 ) , del cual también recomiendo estos otros temas lentos :
" Rain is falling " ( " Cae la lluvia " )
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" Ticket to the Moon " ( " Pasaje a la Luna " )
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" The lights go down " ( " A media luz " )
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" When time stood still " ( " Cuando el tiempo se detuvo " )
: Esta canción fue lado B.
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Saludos desde Chile.
FINALMENTE, un comentario en español❤
@@choriangel5943 : Así es.
Yo hablo también inglés , pero , no por éso , voy a apoyar el imperialismo anglo.
Se acabó.
Es hora de promover nuestro hermoso idioma.
Yo soy un gran admirador de la música latina.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudmérica.
Kenji and his dream of being a hero brought me here. Bring back our symbol #20thCenturyBoy
Behold our utterly miserable modern world in 2017. Who would ever have thought we'd end up with so much, yet so little ? These guys did.
2020 called, they asked what the hell you were talking about
@@PapaHepatitis7170 we'll look back at 2020 one day and laugh, take it easy.
Szukalem tę piosenke ponad 40 lat crazy right myslalem ze ja wymyslilem mialem 16 lat kupilem wszystkie cd w stanach I tak od niechcenia wpisalem I Bach TH-cam the best 👌
It is the best song for me. When I heard it for the first time, 21-st Century was so far away, but now I'm that men from this song. Sadly.
Still luvin this 21st Century sound! Love to you always Jeff Lynne and Group! 💖🌹 🎵 💖
beautiful.
Happy New Year folks
First music of the 80's that I really love!
Nice music!
Queen+The Beatles=ELO
Um dos melhores
Based and relatable.