My sister went to jail few years back in the midst of battling a severe drug addiction. At the time she had lost almost all who she thought were her friends and life truly. I went to see her in prison here in the USA. I dearly missed her and wanted to encourage her. I went in that typical room with the two way glass with the payphone and we made eye contact and her spirit was crushed I could tell. I then signaled her to pick up the phone and sang her the beginning "hello how are you has it been alright though all those lonely lonely nights" and she sang the song back to me crying it made her so happy.Just something silly she would know to escape that reality. She now has been clean 2 years now, free and it was a good memory for her in a hard time. Thank you.
Oh my, that is the sweetest thing I've read for a long long time. I'm glad she has you, and that she's clean. Big hugs from a stranger on the internet 💙
I'd be honored if some Jeff Lynne fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performance of INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN on my YT channel in tribute to the legendary TOM PETTY (Jeff co-wrote the song and produced Tom's "Learning to Fly" album). Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
I can't get over how good his voice is today. It still sounds like the original recording. Their is no other artist I can think of this good, this many years on
First time I am seeing this video at 1:30 just listening to music. Damn, he sounds incredible, taking me back to when I was a youngster. Steve Perry sound fantastic. He is the last Wilburys boy. Good stuff.
you'd be surprised how many great artist from the day still have the VOICE and the CHOPS to sing :) theres heaps of them that looked after their voice and didnt abuse it to the point they lost it all.............thank god he didnt sound like Bobby Brown hahaha
I'd be honored if some Jeff Lynne fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performance of INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN on my YT channel in tribute to the legendary TOM PETTY (Tom and Jeff wrote the song together). Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
Love Lynne but can we take a moment to appreciate how wonderful Richard Tandy is! That opening cascade of notes on piano is simply glorious...stripped of all it's synth shine....just beautiful RIP Richard. Thank you for your magnificent contribution to so very many songs. God bless.
Huh? I think it's awesome that he's got Tandy working with him, but please don't do the unrecognized genius thing on a simplistic arrangement of 3 notes. It is a beautiful song with a sweet melody. But, a "cascade" of glorious notes? Christ, bearded mother, it's not Mozart. Okay, I loved it too, but ........
I saw them live in 1975. Phoenix, AZ. My first date with an older girl: Cassie. She had to drive. Man, was I infatuated. Touched my heart - I’ve never forgotten that night.
It connects because unlike today music was pretty central to life as radios were always on in the background instead of iPads and phones. With only four channels on the tv they had full coverage to the population with totp. There was a stat to say that every household had a copy of out of the blue. Nice times.
Lynne is a giant in the music industry. Highly respected by fellow musicians and beloved by fans worldwide. ELO didn't last all that long but recorded some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
Yes, last NA Tour was1982...as I was only 16 and A huge fan listening to Discovery and then the Time album, I was so ready to see them finally live, despite at that time that I was huge fans of U2 and the Police whom I had seen at the time in Miami live as well in the early 80's. Little did I know that ELO would not tour the US after 1982. Only now, they are touring the US for their 2019 NA Tour. Do your self a favor and drive, fly, run to see possibly one of the 5 best classic rock band (The others being Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Queen, and Elton John) of the 70's this year! You won't regret it!
Absolute class. Sad to learn of Richard Tandy’s passing today. The soundtrack to my youth. Such classics will live, as will the telephone line ring, for ever more ❤️❤️❤️
I remember as a kid, every night while I was in bed, I’d lean over on my side table and push in my eight track of ELO, and fall asleep to it, and if I wasn’t sleeping by the end, I’d do it all over again, and again, lol! Thanks Jeff for all my memories as a kid!
You're seriously responding to that guy?! The doo-WOP part is idiomatic of the 50's and early 60's, when Jeff Lynne was getting into his teens and probably first experiencing unrequited love. Jesus, you folks are vapid.
Jeff Lynne Is So under appreciated in Today's world! He is on a whole other level of Musical Genius and I DON'T use that word lightly. But this truly is... Genius!
I so love this song ! I played this 40 years ago to my dad when he was sad about losing his girlfriend. He passed 5 years ago. Thanks for the memories ⚘
Jeff Lynne has been a champion of modern music since the 1970s. Best regards. th-cam.com/video/vemF2A-T7jk/w-d-xo.html *BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS* Marine Sergeant *Barry Sadler* / Guitar Solo by *Duane Eddy*
“I’d tell you everything If you’d pick up that telephone” I’m sure a lot of people can relate to these beautiful lyrics ... losing a great thing and trying to fix it or to rekindle that love... hoping, praying that there is some chance... “living in twilight” never getting a real answer to that question, just the endless ringing to someone who will not answer. You are a master Jeff Lynne
If you sing regularly all your life, and take care of yourself, then it's not that big of a deal - just like if you exercise regularly. Talent, sure. Genius, well if you use the definition rather loosely.
Not underrated. At all. He’s name checked all the time. Huge hits, Rock Hall of Fame, worked with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, etc. Still touring. Not underrated
@@jimmatherly look at any video by any monster musician in the story of written music and someone will say he's underrated even if the video has 10 million views
From Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Tom Petty and Joe Walsh from the brilliant 2012 BBC Documentary Mr. Blue Sky: The Story Of Jeff Lynne (ELO-Traveling Wilburys) : " It took 4 Beatles and George Martin to accomplish what Jeff Lynne has done musically all by himself. Of course, by popularity and COMMERCIALLY, The Beatles are no 1 but musically Jeff Lynne rules. I am a huge Beatles fan but Jeff Lynne is better with Harmonies, Orchestration, as an incredible Producer, singer and songwriter". Long live Jeff Lynne's ELO!!! Please Tour in 2022!!!
To reproduce this as an acoustic version, with just 2 instruments, and reach all those notes so many years (35?) later is an immense achievement and I love that piano. Wow!
Jeff, your voice hasn't deteriorated one bit. It is still as rich and pure as it was when you started ELO. A gift which you have given us, your many fans all these years. An awesome artist, composer, vocal stylist and genuinely incredible human being!
YEAH! Dude, you sure do know what your talking about! Their music is what I grew up on, and what I'm still growing up on. For me, it started with "The Lights Go Down" when I was younger, and my E.L.O experience has just gotten better from there!
How on earth did Jeff Lynne even begin to create such a chord sequence, they are so subtle and fit into the song perfectly, it makes the song so captivating ?
People call him 'the fifth Beatle'. Personally I call The Beatles 'the other four Jeff Lynnes'. You've this man to thank for likely most of what you know from Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Man's a legit fucking legend.
I do not think that Jeff Lynne has ever received the credit that he rightly deserves. I'd like to echo Karl Zarling in saying that his music has made my life better since I was a lad. Whenever I hear Telephone Line I am transported back to 1976, listening to this song on my 8 track player in my bedroom. What a nice feeling that is. Thank you Mr. Lynne.
Every time I listen to him I try to tell whether or not they auto-tune him, I just find it so hard to believe he sings this perfectly after so many years. Truly perfect singing!
There are cell phone recordings of him playing this live with ELO. He sounds just as good and natural there. This performance doesn't sound tuned to me. Jeff is just a badass live singer.
Simply divine. He must've taken great care of his vocal cords his whole life. No mean feat given the relentless touring he certainly did over the years. He absolutely deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Mccartney, Lennon, Wilson as the great pop geniuses of our generation.
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RIP Richard Tandy
Another legend gone. Still many left. it will get worse soon unfortunately
Tragic news today about the passing of the wonderful Richard Tandy. Thank you for the music and may you rest in peace.
Damn, that is sad bad news
My sister went to jail few years back in the midst of battling a severe drug addiction. At the time she had lost almost all who she thought were her friends and life truly. I went to see her in prison here in the USA. I dearly missed her and wanted to encourage her. I went in that typical room with the two way glass with the payphone and we made eye contact and her spirit was crushed I could tell. I then signaled her to pick up the phone and sang her the beginning "hello how are you has it been alright though all those lonely lonely nights" and she sang the song back to me crying it made her so happy.Just something silly she would know to escape that reality. She now has been clean 2 years now, free and it was a good memory for her in a hard time.
Thank you.
Oh my, that is the sweetest thing I've read for a long long time. I'm glad she has you, and that she's clean. Big hugs from a stranger on the internet 💙
My little girl is clean from Heroin 2 years a few weeks ago. Great story and heartwarming. Still love my ELO.
Beautiful STORY
Given she's back in the world, it obviously meant that much to her, maybe more.
Good man. x
Gods Speed
Who here is glad they grew up in the 70s listening to this incredible music? 😁
I was born late 79 but I became a fan of ELO in my teens cuz of my mom.
Jeff is a master of transitioning from chest voice, to head voice, to falsetto and back. His range is incredible.
Yep true
Brilliant comment!
Absolutely. He's Brilliant also.
legendary harmonies too
Also a great guitarist, imo
I could literally listen to Jeff's voice all day long. He is fantastic.
Agree. 100%
Me too ❤❤❤
when they did the music video "End of the Line", he was on a complete different level from both Petty and Harrison. That's saying something
He’s absolutely sublime. And a genius.
I've checked. There is nothing to stop you so,....
He never has to force his voice. Reason why he’s still going. What a gift.
That very subject was talked about in Otis Gibbs’ video with one of Mark Knopfler’s bandmates.
This performance is a masterpiece.
I'd be honored if some Jeff Lynne fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performance of INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN on my YT channel in tribute to the legendary TOM PETTY (Jeff co-wrote the song and produced Tom's "Learning to Fly" album). Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
I can't get over how good his voice is today. It still sounds like the original recording. Their is no other artist I can think of this good, this many years on
He is excellent ... but how about Stevie Winwood? :)
First time I am seeing this video at 1:30 just listening to music. Damn, he sounds incredible, taking me back to when I was a youngster. Steve Perry sound fantastic. He is the last Wilburys boy. Good stuff.
There are still many others. Try Paul Carrack..
@@lindaturcotte6481 Thanks for the tip, I'm not new to music I know who Paul Carrack is
you'd be surprised how many great artist from the day still have the VOICE and the CHOPS to sing :) theres heaps of them that looked after their voice and didnt abuse it to the point they lost it all.............thank god he didnt sound like Bobby Brown hahaha
PUT JEFF LYNNE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME
Andrew Launchbury finally he's made it! Long overdue! Deserves to be there more than some of the artists already there!
Andrew Launchbury done!
08srt8charger The best comment I've seen yet directed at the right person.
Andrew Launchbury ELO finally got inducted this year !!!
Immediately, if not sooner.
The amazing Richard Tandy, thank you. Rest in peace
What I wouldn't give to sit in a small club and listen to Jeff and Richard play for 90 minutes. I'd never need to see another concert in my life.
I love to harmonize with Jeff when I'm by myself. Not good enough to let anyone hear but it satisfies me!
Im sure it sounds great x
guess you're not the only one ... ;-)
Yes you are,Sweetness!
I do the same and i feel i just performed at a concert venue
Sounds just fine to us!
This guy is a living legend
They're both "living" legends, they're half of the Beatles.
Thanks Da Vinci
YES HE IS! Way past time for the RNRHOF to recognize him!
@@robfrancis8690 why? Like I know Jeff is sort of connected to them but?..
Leon & Lynne obviously directly related.
RIP Richard Tandy, master of the piano.
Jeff Lynne was the genius behind ELO, Mr Tandy's keyboards were a big part of the magic. RIP Richard Tandy!
A pianist and a man with an acoustic guitar...and this sounds just as magnificent as the full ELO orchestral version. Pure genius.
Even though I can't hear the acoustic guitar in the mix. I thought he was supposed to be some "big producer".JK
❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
No special effects just Jeff and his guitar and that piano... awesome vocals great song
I'd be honored if some Jeff Lynne fans would take a listen to my live keyboard & vocal performance of INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN on my YT channel in tribute to the legendary TOM PETTY (Tom and Jeff wrote the song together). Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
I like to think I have a pretty good ear. I couldn't detect any telltale signs of vocal processing or compression what so ever. Pretty amazing.
That piano player is Mr. Richard Tandy!
Good to see Tandy but they should have played "Alright"
Fantastic singer, but guitar player-not so much...his guitar is muted as usual.
RIP Richard Tandy!Thank you so much for the beautiful tunes!❤
RIP Richard Tandy...so talented!, marvelous video and music
Jeff is great ... all the time! But don’t forget the outstanding Richard Tandy on piano! ❤️
His pitch is, and always has been immaculate. It's really amazing.
"Let it ring for evermore." One of the greatest lyrical lines ever.
Love Lynne but can we take a moment to appreciate how wonderful Richard Tandy is! That opening cascade of notes on piano is simply glorious...stripped of all it's synth shine....just beautiful
RIP Richard. Thank you for your magnificent contribution to so very many songs. God bless.
God bless jeff and Richard
I love the look they share at that one moment in the song. When Richard Tandy smiles, it truly warmed my heart. 💖
Huh? I think it's awesome that he's got Tandy working with him, but please don't do the unrecognized genius thing on a simplistic arrangement of 3 notes. It is a beautiful song with a sweet melody. But, a "cascade" of glorious notes? Christ, bearded mother, it's not Mozart.
Okay, I loved it too, but ........
@@dannycrockett9878 settle down son. It's all fine.
Unbelievable vocals .....perfect pitch with backup parts as well....
Impossible
Jeff Lynne’s songs are timeless.
RIP Richard Tandy (keyboardist) 😭😭 Died today May 1st, 2024
Your contribution to the genius music of ELO will live on forever! 😭😭
I saw them live in 1975. Phoenix, AZ. My first date with an older girl: Cassie. She had to drive. Man, was I infatuated. Touched my heart - I’ve never forgotten that night.
RIP to the great Richard Tandy. Such an extraordinary talent who gave so much happiness and joy to so many. 😢
Jeff Lynne singing in his living Room...Now you realize this man is a great singer and musician. Elite!
Jeff is in a class of his own ... can’t put my finger on it but he connects me to my youth ... sounds as good as he did 40 years ago
Same here...ELO is so big a part of my childhood. His singing is hardwired into my brain I think :-)
It connects because unlike today music was pretty central to life as radios were always on in the background instead of iPads and phones. With only four channels on the tv they had full coverage to the population with totp. There was a stat to say that every household had a copy of out of the blue. Nice times.
@@bobhook336 very true mate
@@bobhook336 Actually that happens with today's music too
Funny you say that, I just said those very sentiments this afternoon singing by myself. Very strange but so true
Lynne is a giant in the music industry. Highly respected by fellow musicians and beloved by fans worldwide. ELO didn't last all that long but recorded some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
ELO will last forever in the words and music of the genius that is Jeff Lynne. History will eventually see him as revered as Beethoven and Mozart....
What do you mean they didn't last that long? They were together for 16 years before their first split.
Oh@@godfreypigott
saw ELO 2019, better than ever especially with Dhani Harrison sitting in. @@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
Jeff's voice was made to melt hearts 💓
You got that right!
Muses usually do.
Don't forget Richard on the piano . Pure genius.
I can't believe how good his voice still is!
Team Forget he hardly ever toured
Team Forget And he doesn't seem to age. He still looks as young as he did 35 40 years ago.
regardless of the lack of touring, his voice is remarkable still.
Absolutely 😄
Yes, last NA Tour was1982...as I was only 16 and A huge fan listening to Discovery and then the Time album, I was so ready to see them finally live, despite at that time that I was huge fans of U2 and the Police whom I had seen at the time in Miami live as well in the early 80's. Little did I know that ELO would not tour the US after 1982. Only now, they are touring the US for their 2019 NA Tour. Do your self a favor and drive, fly, run to see possibly one of the
5 best classic rock band (The others being Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Queen, and Elton John) of the 70's this year! You won't regret it!
Absolute class. Sad to learn of Richard Tandy’s passing today. The soundtrack to my youth. Such classics will live, as will the telephone line ring, for ever more ❤️❤️❤️
His voice is exquisite. Such a huge ELO fan. Thanks for all the music Jeff. You make life sound better.
Anyone else finding it hard to resist singing along by filling in the high harmony in the chorus? This is so f-ing awesome!!!!!!
Exactly! Played it like a hundred times to do that. Lol
I was literally doobie doo wopping as I read your comment :D
;)
yep! me too ...
The high harmony of this song was one of the greatest things I've ever heard.
Jeff Lynne--as if not already proven--is truly a musical genius. This man is special in so many ways.
We grew up with ELO, Queen, Supertramp and will always love them....
I remember as a kid, every night while I was in bed, I’d lean over on my side table and push in my eight track of ELO, and fall asleep to it, and if I wasn’t sleeping by the end, I’d do it all over again, and again, lol! Thanks Jeff for all my memories as a kid!
I had a green 45 of this song... I also played it over and over! :)
I was also 10. same-sies :)
His natural voice sounds like it has so many effects on it.
Like a fine wine. Stunning still
Jeff Lynne is a musical genius. 🙂
His voice is so perfect. Nailed every note there and this is really hard song to sing perfectly
Antti Tirri I would hope he could sing his own song lol
Jeff has always been a fantastic singer!
Martin Decker lol nice trollin' baby
You're seriously responding to that guy?! The doo-WOP part is idiomatic of the 50's and early 60's, when Jeff Lynne was getting into his teens and probably first experiencing unrequited love. Jesus, you folks are vapid.
Marten Dekker You're a jackass.
Man does this song just touches something deep inside of me that I just can't describe. Its one of the most beautiful songs ever made. Thanks Jeff.
It brings me back when i was a romantic boy.
The song is just plain out gorgeous.
Amen
Love an lost love
R.I.P Richard, you were a legend
Rip Richard Tandy. You were a great and talented musician and a good man. May the music be with your soul and ours❤
Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy!! ....it doesn't get any better than this kids
And adults!!!.
How about George Harrison and John Lennon?
Anytime an artist sounds like the record in (live version)...that's real Talent......
And completely stripped...w/o backing vocals or anything else than a piano and a guitar. Jeff is just incredibly talented.
His concert at Hyde Park in 2014 sounded like a studio album,,, just astonishing.
The coolest thing is that I think he sounds even BETTER!
Rest in Peace Richard Tandy thank you for enormous talent over the years,Sending my condolences to the family and friends.
When I was a kid listening to this song I never appreciated it. It's quite beautiful.
Jeff Lynne Is So under appreciated in Today's world! He is on a whole other level of Musical Genius and I DON'T use that word lightly. But this truly is... Genius!
He was under appreciated in yesterday's world too!
I've heard no other artists who blends Orchestra into rock better than ELO...
McCartney, Lynne, Berry, Wilson... the Classical composers of our time
George Harrison and Tom Petty both called him a genius
Amen and amen!
magical voice - he still got it!
HBsongwriter HIs range is still incredible.
I so love this song ! I played this 40 years ago to my dad when he was sad about losing his girlfriend. He passed 5 years ago. Thanks for the memories ⚘
May he RIP. Sorry for your loss.
Jeff Lynn is a musical genius. Beautiful singing voice. His ability to write incredible melodic songs is a God-given talent.
No god, lots of hard work
One of my first 8 track tapes. Boston and Fleetwood Mac Rumors. Played them both until they broke
I gave a guy the cost of my back and he said “thank you Jesus!” Really pissed me off.
....the difference between real talent and wannabe's...when it's all stripped down to just a voice and an instrument or two...awesome...
Cutter
Amen.
Tru dat , unplugged at its finest. Flawless
Amen
Jeff Lynne is a mega talent and absolutely belongs in the Rock and Roll HOF...
Yep.
His catalog is big enough
He's in it.
Well said fucking a
Jan Weiner's house of shame
Jeff Lynne has been a champion of modern music since the 1970s. Best regards. th-cam.com/video/vemF2A-T7jk/w-d-xo.html *BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS* Marine Sergeant *Barry Sadler* / Guitar Solo by *Duane Eddy*
That iconic 🎹 sound ✨️🌙✨️ Jeff's voice ❤️🙏❤️ shine bright Richard ✨️🌙✨️ love & comfort to you Jeff ♥️🙏♥️
This guy... no one comes close
“I’d tell you everything
If you’d pick up that telephone” I’m sure a lot of people can relate to these beautiful lyrics ... losing a great thing and trying to fix it or to rekindle that love... hoping, praying that there is some chance... “living in twilight” never getting a real answer to that question, just the endless ringing to someone who will not answer. You are a master Jeff Lynne
He's almost 70 here. How is this even possible? Just pure talent and musical genius.
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If you sing regularly all your life, and take care of yourself, then it's not that big of a deal - just like if you exercise regularly. Talent, sure. Genius, well if you use the definition rather loosely.
@@carlkerkman7028 you nailed it
Clean and smooth !
He is 70 years old
How beautifully spare, Richard’s piano every bit as haunting as the studio keyboards and Jeff’s effortless falsetto, his voice timeless.❤
Of all the all old rockers this guy still got “it” even into old age.
That voice... something very special!!! Love it forever!
MGvideoproductions::: Jeff Lynne brother..
One of, if not the most underrated musician of all time
Not underrated. At all. He’s name checked all the time. Huge hits, Rock Hall of Fame, worked with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, etc. Still touring. Not underrated
@@jimmatherly Great point. Noted and refreshing to hear to be honest!
@@jimmatherly underrated
@@nkentable not underrated. He’s been incredibly successful.
@@jimmatherly look at any video by any monster musician in the story of written music and someone will say he's underrated even if the video has 10 million views
From Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Tom Petty and Joe Walsh from the brilliant 2012 BBC Documentary Mr. Blue Sky: The Story Of Jeff Lynne (ELO-Traveling Wilburys) : " It took 4 Beatles and George Martin to accomplish what Jeff Lynne has done musically all by himself. Of course, by popularity and COMMERCIALLY, The Beatles are no 1 but musically Jeff Lynne rules. I am a huge Beatles fan but Jeff Lynne is better with Harmonies, Orchestration, as an incredible Producer, singer and songwriter". Long live Jeff Lynne's ELO!!! Please Tour in 2022!!!
To reproduce this as an acoustic version, with just 2 instruments, and reach all those notes so many years (35?) later is an immense achievement and I love that piano. Wow!
Mr. Tandy's ability to make any keyboard sing is just unreal! He is up there with Rick Wright! Not better, not lesser. Just great!
spot on comparison!
Pat Garvey honestly that was a perfect comparison
Greatest Polymoog player ever.
this mans voice could stop all wars
If only. However, those who start wars are soulless, and therefore cannot be reached by music.
These acoustic performances are in a different league. I wonder if the cameramen knew they were witnessing as well as filming history being made...
the incredible nostalgia of my childhood encapsulated in one man's voice
Beautiful words
well put
Jeff, your voice hasn't deteriorated one bit. It is still as rich and pure as it was when you started ELO. A gift which you have given us, your many fans all these years. An awesome artist, composer, vocal stylist and genuinely incredible human being!
YEAH! Dude, you sure do know what your talking about! Their music is what I grew up on, and what I'm still growing up on. For me, it started with "The Lights Go Down" when I was younger, and my E.L.O experience has just gotten better from there!
Well said, J Mack.
Phew. Don't know if I could love this guy more. His music has made my life better since I was a lad.
He is incredible. I feel blessed to have grown up in the 70's.
Well put and ditto...
Just can’t say enough about this acoustic version of Telephone Line! It’s a Master of Jeff Lynne’s Perfection!💙
What a song. It has lost *none* of its appeal.
Timeless
One of the most emotionally engaging songs ever written. Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy still nail it. Awesome to hear them unplugged.
How on earth did Jeff Lynne even begin to create such a chord sequence, they are so subtle and fit into the song perfectly, it makes the song so captivating ?
I agree those chords are so beautiful
People call him 'the fifth Beatle'. Personally I call The Beatles 'the other four Jeff Lynnes'. You've this man to thank for likely most of what you know from Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Man's a legit fucking legend.
That voice is so pure and beautiful. such ease tripping in and out of falsetto and giving such tone and feeling to the song. Jeff Lynne is a musician.
Hello. My name is Jeff Lynne. I have built a wall out of gold and platinum albums. 0:18
one word at a time...
Lynne's voice is still as good as it was 30 years ago. how is that possible?? Lol
Good technique? Unlike all other rock singers?
One of the most underrated musicians of all time.
He is a Huge name in the music world, you not so in any world...
Jeff lynne is huge in rock and roll I wouldn't call him underated
Jeff Lynne is actually a legend
Waiting for Rolling Stone's, 200 most underated musicians of all time
This song was a huge part of my early teens. This acoustic version just blew my mind!❤❤❤
The first few times I listened to this song I cried, it's so bloody beautiful
So true Brian
Brian Fantana "the things we did, we did were all for real, not a dream....." gets me every time
I tried Black Panther and it worked 50% of the time every time.
It takes you to a place of melancholy and undoubtedly a girl...
I do not think that Jeff Lynne has ever received the credit that he rightly deserves. I'd like to echo Karl Zarling in saying that his music has made my life better since I was a lad. Whenever I hear Telephone Line I am transported back to 1976, listening to this song on my 8 track player in my bedroom. What a nice feeling that is. Thank you Mr. Lynne.
You were still using an 8 track player in 1976????
You know it's good song when you make the piano player smile =)
He sounds fantastic. I loved this song as a teenager in the 70's.
Happy days, when music and *people* were real 🥳🎉🍾🎈
This guy is a genius. Enough said haha
Emma Taub You're really pretty
As they say in football,,"you can't coach that"...Absolute GENIUS..
He sounds as youthful as ever……What a legend.
Thanks for existing Jeff !!!! Greetings from Tucuman, Argentina!!
This might be the most beautiful song in rock and roll
wow his voice live is out of this world im really amazed
Every time I listen to him I try to tell whether or not they auto-tune him, I just find it so hard to believe he sings this perfectly after so many years. Truly perfect singing!
There are cell phone recordings of him playing this live with ELO. He sounds just as good and natural there. This performance doesn't sound tuned to me. Jeff is just a badass live singer.
THE BEST ACOUSTIC CONCERT EVER
Blue Days, Black Nights...so much said in these 4 words.
yes...yes...
no...no... The sky is blue in the day and its black at night
D McPaisley; Perfect comment~
..."let it ring for evermore"... sends a chill down the spine
D McPaisley words of Buddy Holly.. so cool how Jeff brought those lyrics to this song! 🎶❤️
Simply divine. He must've taken great care of his vocal cords his whole life. No mean feat given the relentless touring he certainly did over the years. He absolutely deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Mccartney, Lennon, Wilson as the great pop geniuses of our generation.
Danny Ferraro I don't think he toured relentlessly like most bands did - he loved being in the Studio too much.
joyce colhouer makes sense, i believe it.
A great childhood memory, I'm 51 now it's like a warm hug.
The talent this man has is unparalleled. Incredible musician and performer, producer, arranger, just genius.
So good to here these two together .Jeff's voice is amazing
And Richard on the piano brilliant can listen to these guys all day .