Yup, this song and Mr Blue Sky is why I always ask “whats a song from a band that everyone knows but they don’t know any other songs from that same band?” This song is so much better than Mr Blue Sky.
My boyfriend in 1980 had a Chevy Chevelle SS and we went to church camp in that car in 1980. He jammed this song and Boston, More than a Feeling as we traveled over Transmountain Road in El Paso headed to New Mexico for church camp. I will never forget it. Fast forward to 2012, we reconnected on Facebook and married. He died in 2019 after a double lung transplant gave him 4 extra years of life. He served 22 years in the US Navy. I loved this man from the age of 14 and ELO will aways be about me and Jeffrey Allen Hoagland.
So sorry for your loss. Yes Music has a visceral effect on our feelings. Kind of like scents/aromas... an orange blossom or a loaf of garlic bread. We save those experiences throughout our lives and they surface on their own when looking back gives us a good feeling. I hope you remember the good times fondly, and I wish you peace.♡
I am very sorry for your loss, but it sounds like the years you had together were happy, and that warms my heart. I myself just reconnected with the boyfriend I had in 1980/81 on Facebook 3 months ago, and we are getting engaged soon! Although he's having heart surgery in 4 days, but it's minor and should turn out OK, but it still worries me a lot. These past 3 months have been the happiest of my life, and I don't want it to end just yet!
Jeff Lynne is a fantastic musician, songwriter and producer. Jeff Lynne's ELO will be on Tour this Summer and Fall of 2024 for 32 concerts in North American cities. It's on my bucket list... I already bought my tickets for New York and Toronto.
Some facts about Jeff Lynne (ELO)...First, he is a very humble man, simply because this Music Genius is not interested in fame, the limelight, and money, he just loves to create great music. Jeff Lynne is one of the most versatile musicians ever, this is why he is considered by his peers to be among the greatest. He didn't stick to one style of music because, after decades, it gets boring. Jeff has done progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock - Pop, New wave, and Disco. Everything he does turns to gold. He even flirted with Country music. From 1972 to 1986 (During 14 years) Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra has had more top 40 hits than any other group in the world... 51 years later they still play in sold-out Arenas, festivals and Stadiums. During Jeff Lynne's ELO 2019 Tour, many reviews agreed in saying they are the best live Classic Rock Band in the world still touring and Jeff Lynne is a Music Genius( From Forbes Magazine and the Washington Post). ELO is in the Rock Hall of Fame. Lynne is on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and Birmingham Walk OF Fame. Jeff Lynne’s ELO won the Best Classic Rock Band plus Lynne won the best Songwriter award ( ASCAP ) in 2019 for his fantastic contribution over the years. In October of 2020, Jeff Lynne has been made an officer of The Order Of The British Empire for his extraordinary contribution to music. He previously has received three Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate songwriters and composers, including the award for outstanding services to British music. He created the best Super Group of all time with his best friend George Harrison, The Traveling Wilburys. The Legends in the Music Industry call Jeff Lynne the best overall Musician ever and a Producer Extraordinaire. Jeff Lynne has written and produced many hit songs for music legends like George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bryan Adams, Aerosmith, Del Shannon, the Everly Brothers, The Beatles, and so many others...In June 2023 Jeff Lynne was inducted in The Songwriters Hall Of Fame ❤👍💯
I'm glad you mentioned his accomplishments as a producer as well. A good producer will promote the talent of the artist they are working with. Some producers seem to push their own agenda and reputation at the expense of the artist . Thank you for not being one of those type of producers Jeff.
Super long post dude but well worth the read, thank you. Having a nostalgia night and ELO came to mind quickly. So many great tunes. Jeff is amazingly talented and influential.
Saw him live for the first time last week in Toronto came all the way from Liverpool to see him hes a legend and he wont be around much longer great concert the crowd were bouncing hes a humble man
I was 16 and just got my drivers license when this timeless classic was released. I wish I could go back, if only for a day, to be behind the wheel and enjoying ELO on the radio. I will never forget those carefree days.
James, I think we're the same age, because I share your memory and the nostalgia just aches in your chest, doesn't it? Now I understand the meaning of "the good old days". Thank you for this memory.
Me and my mom would listen to ELO on the way to the beach when I was a kid in the 90s and 00s. Unfortunately we lost her exactly 10 years ago today. Came here to get a little dose of nostalgia. Love you mom... You truly were one of the best Edit - I want to say thank you to all of the kind comments and the likes! A little back story on my mom... She loved music and nature more than most. She was known by everyone as a bright light of positivity with a huge smile that would cover her whole face. Unfortunately in the early to mid 00s, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She beat it without hesitation and with a smile on her face. 5 years later it came back. She beat it it, but she didn't have much fight left in her. She was still working and having fun as much as she could but had bad "chemo brain" and would often pass out after being light headed. In 2013, she received the worst possible news. The cancer has spread through her body. She ended up passing about 45 days later in a room filled to the brim with her friends and family and a smile on her face. Love you mom. Miss you like you wouldn't believe. I still tear up everytime I talk about you and I still cry when I tell your backstory.
Putting classic songs in kids movies is the perfect thing to do. It introduces our delicate and impressionable young children to the most amazing music and further expands their curiosity. I personally love it when my 6 year old requests Zeppelin or the Stones or even Fleetwood Mac because he heard it in a movie/show/video game.
Yeah,the entire reason I’m here is cause I got into old 80’s songs cause of that sweet sweet scene in X-men with quicksilver,goddamn sweet dreams was the expert pick for that
Fun facts: *A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Lynne shouts "Bruce!". In the liner notes of the ELO compilation Flashback and elsewhere, Lynne has explained that he is singing a made-up word, "Grooss," which some have suggested sounds like the German expression "Gruß." After the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as "Bruce" that Lynne actually began to sing the word as "Bruce" for fun at live shows. *"Don't Bring Me Down" is the band's second-highest-charting hit in the UK where it peaked at number 3] and their biggest hit in the United States, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also charted well in Canada (number 1) and Australia (number 6). This was the first song by ELO not to include a string section. *The drum track is in fact a tape loop, coming from "On the Run" looped and slowed down. *The song ends with the sound of a door slamming. According to producer Jeff Lynne, this was a metal fire door at Musicland Studios where the song was recorded. *The song was dedicated to the NASA Skylab space station, which re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and burned up over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on 11 July 1979. *On 4 November 2007, Lynne was awarded a BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc) Million-Air certificate for "Don't Bring Me Down" for the song having reached two million airplays. #DontBringMeDown
I like you how can essentially add in ANYONE’s name that has let you down...good for solo sing alongs in the car, for sure.... I just try to sing whomever’s name the way I imagine Jeff Lynne would sing it 🙃😉😊
@314rft: The fact that Jeff was in the process of abandoning the strings on Discovery is partly why I've never liked this album, though the song is pretty good. The other reason is that barring Don't Bring Me Down, the album was incredibly lame pop.
And i just turned 50 and have always loved them! (Thanks to my older sisters for introducing me to the best of the 70’s!) It tells you what a great group they are to appeal to so many different ages/generations! Hope I’m as cool as you are when I’m 80, Graham!🙌
Songs today just cant match this energy. I'm only 24 but I'm glad my mom always listened to classics like this while I was growing up. So nostalgic every time I hear them.
I'm nearly 70 and am loving it ELO ..Jeff Lynne ..a genius. Remember, age has nothing to do with anything. Its a mind situation. Cheers, John (Australia)...I just wish there was somewhere we could all go and still live it up with this music.
Isn't the image at that part of the video of a neon 🌭 hot dog in a bun? 😊 That line made me giggle inside when I was a little kid because I knew what they meant by that .
In the Summer of 1980, this song played a huge piece of our trips to the beach in Southern California. There we were, 5 or 6 of us piled into my older brother's Toyota Celica blasting this tune on cassette every single time!
Jeff is one of the most talented musicians to ever take the stage, he will never get the credit he deserves for what he’s done for not only rock but music in general.
He once told a music journalist that he sometimes composed lyrics on the fly, while they were practising the accompaniment. This seems to be one of those songs. He is the only major popular musician I know of, other than Kurt Cobain, who could rapidly fire off a first draft of lyrics and they would be good enough to record without editing, revision, tweaks, or polishing.
@@traxxpaxx8254 true, but I meant his name isn’t as recognizable as others of his era. To be in then songwriter’s hof is a great honor, but in reality other than diehards and the few deeply interested in the history of rock in that era will ever see or know that fact.
I remember that summer. I bought Don't bring me down, also bought My Sharona around same time which melted under my dad's seat in the parking lot it was so hot.
My dad got me the greatest hits CD for christmas, he got me into almost all of the music i listen to today and while listening i just realize how many songs i know purely because of him. Thanks dad, i dont thank you as much as i should for all youve done for me.
Oh yes ! On the album 'Alone in the universe" f.i. he does all vocals and all instruments ! Check out: Jeff Lynne 'mercy. mercy, Official video - you will see him play !
Jeff plays drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, acoustic, piano and he can even play double bass too. He produces, composes and arranges. All self taught. He is one incredible and unique man. To say he is a musical genius is a massive understatement, no one comes close. Love that man to bits!
What yr were you born? Yeah, most of us over 40 know this one, and think about it, it sounds like the band who sang "You've Got a Reason to Live" in 1998.
It's August 2024 and this is still on my play list. I am 54 and thinking about the happiest days of my life and the lonely heart I've had from time to time. Just circumstances beyond my control, but I'm still moving forward. ❤
Jeff an ELO are sadly underated and their music is eternal and pure genius! This is one of those rare bands that we all say! Thank You God for ELO from our hearts!
I remember listening to this song very much when I was a kid but I never found the name of the song all these years. Fast forward now, I finally figured it out. Super underrated song. Probably on my top 20 list of favorite songs.
There's tons of good 21st century music. Heck.. if you like disco, times are good with Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian, and Arcade Fire all rocking the disco beat with their latest albums.
Amanda Galang Hmmm....well, I can't speak for the rest of us "old fogeys", Amanda, but I do still look around at some of the new stuff......I just don't care for much of it. Arcade Fire......meh.....no thanks. It's not like there are absolutely no songs that I like, but, as a general statement, I MUCH MUCH prefer the music that was produced say in the early to mid 90's than what is produced today. Simple as that. If you like a lot of the stuff that's coming out now, that's fine.......I just do not. And, it's not really that sad........REALLY!!.......I'm very happy listening to the music that I choose to listen to........REALLY!!! ;)
*+Amanda Galang* Then again I guess it also depends on the type of music. I would never listen to modern soft rock, I don't even know what that would be. I only like 70's early 80's soft rock like Ambrosia, Al Stewart, Gerry Rafferty... But when it comes to Metal, I grew up on Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, that gets old after a while. So I embrace all kinds of modern Metal, Meshuggah, Gojira, Hacride, Mastodon... At 50 I'm stuck in my ways a lot but in other ways I'm still happily banging my head. \m/
Я первый раз услышал эту песню в УКВ диапазоне примерно в 1983 году и мне удалось её записать! С небольшими помехами и не полностью. Она меня просто потрясла. И ещё большее чудо, вы не поверите, это было в СССР!
These guys had so many great songs and they are so unique. Didn't realise the lead singer was from Birmingham. Really seems like they are from another galaxy.
Im only here because i heard it on the radio yesterday and it wont get out of my head. The more i hear it the more convinced i am its probably one of the most perfect songs of its generation. The harmony of the fellas in "i tell you once more, before i get out the door" is just *chefs kiss*
@@zetetick395 Modern "musicians" I think is what was referred to . If they arent getting radio play they cant be that good. I have yet to hear anything on the radio today that doesnt use all electrical components dont even have to know how to sing on key. Its artificial..
It's still a lot of fun to listen to after the 45+ years that have come and gone. I was 21 when it hit the airwaves in 1979. Great times, Great memories!🎉😎
+Cockney Red The clothes were only as bad as one's individual taste. I refused to wear loon pants and shirts with horribly long collars. I had a nice looking cheesecloth shirt and a pair of cherry red needlecord jeans that were not excessively flared. Did I pull? you bet!!
+Chris McWilliams I resisted the trends then and was repaid at the time by female attention accordingly! As always, the fashion police knew, and still know, bugger all.
I believe he's referring to "a snake in the grass" as in something unseen or hidden meaning "You're looking good, like something no one can see" maybe meaning something only HE can see, or something exclusive THAt, or something dangerous that's unseen
Jeff Lynne, probably one of the most gifted musicians, singer song writers ever. Even Paul McCartney looks up to him. Such a great guy as well. Awesome.
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The contrast between this and Mr. Blue sky is absolutely insane
Mr Blue Sky is like a circus in your head, crazy composition guaranteed cheer you up on the gloomiest of days
Proust...?
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Yup, this song and Mr Blue Sky is why I always ask “whats a song from a band that everyone knows but they don’t know any other songs from that same band?” This song is so much better than Mr Blue Sky.
My boyfriend in 1980 had a Chevy Chevelle SS and we went to church camp in that car in 1980. He jammed this song and Boston, More than a Feeling as we traveled over Transmountain Road in El Paso headed to New Mexico for church camp. I will never forget it. Fast forward to 2012, we reconnected on Facebook and married. He died in 2019 after a double lung transplant gave him 4 extra years of life. He served 22 years in the US Navy. I loved this man from the age of 14 and ELO will aways be about me and Jeffrey Allen Hoagland.
So sorry for your loss.
Yes Music has a visceral effect on our feelings. Kind of like scents/aromas... an orange blossom or a loaf of garlic bread. We save those experiences throughout our lives and they surface on their own when looking back gives us a good feeling. I hope you remember the good times fondly, and I wish you peace.♡
Thank you for your kind words! It is so bittersweet.
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I am very sorry for your loss, but it sounds like the years you had together were happy, and that warms my heart. I myself just reconnected with the boyfriend I had in 1980/81 on Facebook 3 months ago, and we are getting engaged soon! Although he's having heart surgery in 4 days, but it's minor and should turn out OK, but it still worries me a lot. These past 3 months have been the happiest of my life, and I don't want it to end just yet!
I feel like singing this everyday at work
😂😁🗣️🎙️ 🎶🎵🎼I Totally get It!! ‼️💯
I work at Walmart and they play it on the radio at least once a week
вот это рок был.
I sing this daily 😅
Elo was my friend Rickman next was queen
don't forget to DANCE!
Don't bring me down 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ Let's GO!! 🎉
Jeff Lynne is a fantastic musician, songwriter and producer. Jeff Lynne's ELO will be on Tour this Summer and Fall of 2024 for 32 concerts in North American cities. It's on my bucket list... I already bought my tickets for New York and Toronto.
Seen JEFF LYNNE'S ELO IN DETROIT OCTOBER 9TH 2024 , AMAZING MUSIC ❤
Good job 😊
It was the 70's boys and girls, truly awesome times..!!
Born in 63 I truly grew up in the 70's
Some facts about Jeff Lynne (ELO)...First, he is a very humble man, simply because this Music Genius is not interested in fame, the limelight, and money, he just loves to create great music. Jeff Lynne is one of the most versatile musicians ever, this is why he is considered by his peers to be among the greatest. He didn't stick to one style of music because, after decades, it gets boring. Jeff has done progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock - Pop, New wave, and Disco.
Everything he does turns to gold. He even flirted with Country music. From 1972 to 1986 (During 14 years) Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra has had more top 40 hits than any other group in the world... 51 years later they still play in sold-out Arenas, festivals and Stadiums. During Jeff Lynne's ELO 2019 Tour, many reviews agreed in saying they are the best live Classic Rock Band in the world still touring and Jeff Lynne is a Music Genius( From Forbes Magazine and the Washington Post).
ELO is in the Rock Hall of Fame. Lynne is on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and Birmingham Walk OF Fame. Jeff Lynne’s ELO won the Best Classic Rock Band plus Lynne won the best Songwriter award ( ASCAP ) in 2019 for his fantastic contribution over the years. In October of 2020, Jeff Lynne has been made an officer of The Order Of The British Empire for his extraordinary contribution to music. He previously has received three Ivor Novello Awards, which celebrate songwriters and composers, including the award for outstanding services to British music.
He created the best Super Group of all time with his best friend George Harrison, The Traveling Wilburys. The Legends in the Music Industry call Jeff Lynne the best overall Musician ever and a Producer Extraordinaire. Jeff Lynne has written and produced many hit songs for music legends like George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Joe Walsh, Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bryan Adams, Aerosmith, Del Shannon, the Everly Brothers, The Beatles, and so many others...In June 2023 Jeff Lynne was inducted in The Songwriters Hall Of Fame ❤👍💯
I'm glad you mentioned his accomplishments as a producer as well. A good producer will promote the talent of the artist they are working with. Some producers seem to push their own agenda and reputation at the expense of the artist . Thank you for not being one of those type of producers Jeff.
Super long post dude but well worth the read, thank you. Having a nostalgia night and ELO came to mind quickly. So many great tunes. Jeff is amazingly talented and influential.
💯🙌🙌🙌🙌🤟
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Not many people mention Jeff lynnes amazing voice, so underated, he makes it so effortless, like all the great singers 🎉
Oh the memories! Roller skating to this every Friday and Saturday night at the local rink. Good times! 70s and 80s were the BEST!
7dz for me all the way
You were so lucky I'd of loved that ..
Palabras ciertas!
Yaaaasssssss!!!!!😃❤
Skateland, on Parthenia in Northridge. I was a young kid but loved this music.
KMET and KLOS rocked this band a lot!
I'm 70 years old and and this song always gets me on my feet and dancing like crazy!!!
Which means when this song was released, you were 28?
70 years also
I am 74, ditto…
79 and can't sit down when this plays - gotta get up and DANCE!!! Love it!!!
I'm 70, also, and, after a lifetime, I can really appreciate how good this song is.
It's 2022 and this song is STILL a banger!!
ELO is life.
Every so often get this ear worm, and can't get it out of my head!
can a party song get any better? ... not damn likely
RIGHT ON BROTHER !!
@@TONYchicago1111 ELO Forever, Forever ELO!
@@endy5enduros307 O.F.F.O ☠ A.O.A . God Forgives Outlaws Don't 🇺🇸
Well here we are 2024! Still jamming to the Electric Light Orchestra ❤
Oh yeah! 😀
I need a comeback tour!!
Great music never dies!
Don't bring me down from listening to this song 😄
huh?
Long live Jeff Lynne's ELO!!! Don't miss the 2024 Summer and Fall North American TOUR!!!💯❤💥
Saw him live for the first time last week in Toronto came all the way from Liverpool to see him hes a legend and he wont be around much longer great concert the crowd were bouncing hes a humble man
I was 16 and just got my drivers license when this timeless classic was released. I wish I could go back, if only for a day, to be behind the wheel and enjoying ELO on the radio. I will never forget those carefree days.
I hear they have next best thing.. Casette or CD players. Try those out & close your eyes.. and lets do the Time Warp again!!
James, I think we're the same age, because I share your memory and the nostalgia just aches in your chest, doesn't it? Now I understand the meaning of "the good old days". Thank you for this memory.
@@dominiquefruchtman7987 that’s kinda how I feel about Come Sail Away
You still can you know? Right? Life is what you make it and you're only as old/young as you're able to accept/feel. I hope you take a drive my dude.
@Jimmy L Needham Yes I was. You don't know my life.
One of the GREATEST rock and roll songs EVER!! Seriously underrated.
More like Disco
That is a true statement.
They are still one of the best rock roll king
Got that Rite
@Charlie Kelly Bird Law I know right? ELO was fucking huge. These kids today still think Hummingbirds can be owned as pets.
Me and my mom would listen to ELO on the way to the beach when I was a kid in the 90s and 00s. Unfortunately we lost her exactly 10 years ago today. Came here to get a little dose of nostalgia. Love you mom... You truly were one of the best
Edit - I want to say thank you to all of the kind comments and the likes! A little back story on my mom... She loved music and nature more than most. She was known by everyone as a bright light of positivity with a huge smile that would cover her whole face. Unfortunately in the early to mid 00s, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She beat it without hesitation and with a smile on her face. 5 years later it came back. She beat it it, but she didn't have much fight left in her. She was still working and having fun as much as she could but had bad "chemo brain" and would often pass out after being light headed. In 2013, she received the worst possible news. The cancer has spread through her body. She ended up passing about 45 days later in a room filled to the brim with her friends and family and a smile on her face.
Love you mom. Miss you like you wouldn't believe. I still tear up everytime I talk about you and I still cry when I tell your backstory.
Take care bingbong
I get it...Lost my mom in 86...she was definitely one of the best....salud
wow. you made me cry for real
So glad you have an amazing memory to hold onto.
I'm sorry for your loss honey but I'm glad you can come here for comfort 💓 God bless 🙌 💖
Drummer Bev Bevan was in Black Sabbath for a brief period between 1983-1984.
Putting classic songs in kids movies is the perfect thing to do. It introduces our delicate and impressionable young children to the most amazing music and further expands their curiosity. I personally love it when my 6 year old requests Zeppelin or the Stones or even Fleetwood Mac because he heard it in a movie/show/video game.
Erm, it also gives the adults in the theatre something to enjoy!
Yep
Yeah,the entire reason I’m here is cause I got into old 80’s songs cause of that sweet sweet scene in X-men with quicksilver,goddamn sweet dreams was the expert pick for that
Agree 100%. If that's what it takes to get kids to listen to better music and not listen to the shitty music today then I'm all for it.
Agreed, kids today knows many of the old good music because of it.
Fun facts:
*A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Lynne shouts "Bruce!". In the liner notes of the ELO compilation Flashback and elsewhere, Lynne has explained that he is singing a made-up word, "Grooss," which some have suggested sounds like the German expression "Gruß." After the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as "Bruce" that Lynne actually began to sing the word as "Bruce" for fun at live shows.
*"Don't Bring Me Down" is the band's second-highest-charting hit in the UK where it peaked at number 3] and their biggest hit in the United States, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also charted well in Canada (number 1) and Australia (number 6). This was the first song by ELO not to include a string section.
*The drum track is in fact a tape loop, coming from "On the Run" looped and slowed down.
*The song ends with the sound of a door slamming. According to producer Jeff Lynne, this was a metal fire door at Musicland Studios where the song was recorded.
*The song was dedicated to the NASA Skylab space station, which re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and burned up over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia on 11 July 1979.
*On 4 November 2007, Lynne was awarded a BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc) Million-Air certificate for "Don't Bring Me Down" for the song having reached two million airplays.
#DontBringMeDown
The fact that this is the first ELO song with no string section is actually why this is actually my one friend's least favorite ELO song.
Thought the "door shutting" may have been a reel to reel tape deck being paused...great info thanks!
I like you how can essentially add in ANYONE’s name that has let you down...good for solo sing alongs in the car, for sure.... I just try to sing whomever’s name the way I imagine Jeff Lynne would sing it 🙃😉😊
@314rft: The fact that Jeff was in the process of abandoning the strings on Discovery is partly why I've never liked this album, though the song is pretty good. The other reason is that barring Don't Bring Me Down, the album was incredibly lame pop.
It's funny 'cause I always figured that was a made up word, but I thought he said "roose" :P
That opening was
EXTRA T H I C C
JoviBonJon THUNDER THIGHS
Thiccccccc
I love *t h i c c* but it might be a little too thick...
Ultra PAWG 😁🤩
Agreed.
what a talent. criminally underrated.
This song will never go out of style.
Like ever.
the group never got the credit that deserve Jeff Lynne a genius
I never get tired of ELO. Truly amazing music. I grew up listening to this and I'm nearly 60 and I still love it ❤
I'm nearer 80 and it's still a real favourite. 👍
And i just turned 50 and have always loved them! (Thanks to my older sisters for introducing me to the best of the 70’s!) It tells you what a great group they are to appeal to so many different ages/generations! Hope I’m as cool as you are when I’m 80, Graham!🙌
Songs today just cant match this energy. I'm only 24 but I'm glad my mom always listened to classics like this while I was growing up. So nostalgic every time I hear them.
I'm also in my late 70s and still sing along with this type of music.🎉❤
I'm nearly 70 and am loving it ELO ..Jeff Lynne ..a genius. Remember, age has nothing to do with anything. Its a mind situation. Cheers, John (Australia)...I just wish there was somewhere we could all go and still live it up with this music.
2024 And I'm Still Listening To This Fantastic Band
ELO IS TOURING 2024
We're all stlil listening :) .
We will never stop listening
Up @@ThePineryGuy
ME TOO. 🇨🇾🇨🇾✌️✌️
Holy shit. 70s overload. That perm! The keyboardist freaking out like a Muppet!! This is amazing.
I wish i was 19 that time/.
Yes!! Like a Muppet! That's EXACTLY what he reminds me of.
+Yairo Martis It's incredible, isn't it?
More like a muppet over load
Blaine Hillis me or him?
"You're looking good just like a snake in the grass" greatest line ever...
indeed haha
Isn't the image at that part of the video of a neon 🌭 hot dog in a bun? 😊 That line made me giggle inside when I was a little kid because I knew what they meant by that .
Jeff Lynne is the Bob Ross of music. He's a bloody legend.
@Paisley Houndstooth saw that comment and instantly said "WAS??" thought I missed some bad news.
And so underrated.
Top o' the mornin to ya!
He looks like him too
😆😆😆😆
In the Summer of 1980, this song played a huge piece of our trips to the beach in Southern California. There we were, 5 or 6 of us piled into my older brother's Toyota Celica blasting this tune on cassette every single time!
Aunt used to play this full blast in her Javelin, I was 11. Ventura State Beach or Zuma, still my fav places on this planet.
@@gordocarbo we were always headed to Zuma!
Jeff is one of the most talented musicians to ever take the stage, he will never get the credit he deserves for what he’s done for not only rock but music in general.
He certainly was mate. George Harrison seen it! (Travelling Wilburys)
He once told a music journalist that he sometimes composed lyrics on the fly, while they were practising the accompaniment. This seems to be one of those songs. He is the only major popular musician I know of, other than Kurt Cobain, who could rapidly fire off a first draft of lyrics and they would be good enough to record without editing, revision, tweaks, or polishing.
Check again, he was inducted into the song writers hall of fame
@@traxxpaxx8254 true, but I meant his name isn’t as recognizable as others of his era. To be in then songwriter’s hof is a great honor, but in reality other than diehards and the few deeply interested in the history of rock in that era will ever see or know that fact.
In his native England I hope Jeff is knighted while he's still alive. Sir Jeff Lynne, now that sounds good.
Don’t bring me down!
Should be the motto of all of us!
How about no
One of the songs that made the summer of '79 so awesome! It still rocks!
I remember that summer. I bought Don't bring me down, also bought My Sharona around same time which melted under my dad's seat in the parking lot it was so hot.
The year I went into basic in the Army.
FUN STUFF!!
Oh yes! 👍😃 the good 'ole days.
I was six years old then.
Jeff Lynne(ELO) the best overall musician ever and a freaking good producer, singer and songwriter.
As long as there are people like me, we don’t let this wonderful music go down!
My best wishes to all on this 2023! 🥳✌🏼
You said it!👍😎
Right on man👍
Our music will outlive us. Fortunately there are some younger folks who weren't around then who like it and will keep it alive.
Nothing beats the rough mono sound of 1979 analogue video tape.
DGM Mr nothing can beat.
This was one of my sister's favorite songs. Miss you, sis. RIP
I was going to write the same thing about my sister. We carry them in our hearts. Grateful that they're no longer in pain.
My dad got me the greatest hits CD for christmas, he got me into almost all of the music i listen to today and while listening i just realize how many songs i know purely because of him. Thanks dad, i dont thank you as much as i should for all youve done for me.
Rest in peace, Richard Tandy. You guys are awesome and ahead of your time. I have always loved your music!
Another great British group from my home City Birmingham.
really, birmingham? happy my city can do something right
Even black sabbath are from Birmingham 😁
Greetings, from Birmingham USA (Ala-effin-bama)
Vinayak Shivhare How did i not know this?
Tallison Rausch oh ye Birmingham has been outsourced there
The song is one entire hook!
Anybody who has good taste in music!!!!
Best simple drum intro in a rock song, ever.
+synth on a plinth : Yes, great drummer, that Bev ! But as a drummer Jeff Lynne's not half bad himself ......
+Amy Lovendaal Jeff Lynne plays drums?!?
Oh yes ! On the album 'Alone in the universe" f.i. he does all vocals and all instruments ! Check out: Jeff Lynne 'mercy. mercy, Official video - you will see him play !
Jeff plays drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, acoustic, piano and he can even play double bass too. He produces, composes and arranges. All self taught. He is one incredible and unique man. To say he is a musical genius is a massive understatement, no one comes close. Love that man to bits!
Couldn't agree more !!!
Probably the most innovative band ever.
Really, why?
@@kadehebert201 Arraignments, songwriting, orchestral instruments. I could go on.
Absolutely the best musically ❤
yeah for thier time, Check out the band Gorillaz I love this band but I love Gorillaz 10 times better
When I first heard this song, I had no idea that this came out in 1979. That blew my mind. It sounds so modern and so good.
What yr were you born? Yeah, most of us over 40 know this one, and think about it, it sounds like the band who sang "You've Got a Reason to Live" in 1998.
Are you dumb. This clearly sounds aged 1:02 is classic 80’s
@@nowitsabadtime New Radicals?
No it doesn't. It sounds like something from that time. You trippin
@@nbaoscarrnba don’t you just hate boomer comments like this one?
Temón!!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It's August 2024 and this is still on my play list. I am 54 and thinking about the happiest days of my life and the lonely heart I've had from time to time. Just circumstances beyond my control, but I'm still moving forward. ❤
As long as we have this music in our lives and our hearts, we’ll be fine
Got ya by ten but I'm with you all the way.
58 and still rocking!
"Don't Look Back". "Keep Pushing On".
56 and I’ll never stop listening to the best music #EVER !!!
Jeff Lynne One of the best singer songwriters Britain has ever had . Long may he continue .ELO Fantastic Band
RIP Mr Tandy. A true artist
One of the most savage, fun, original, drum tracks ever produced.
It's a loop from On the run slowed down
The Beatles Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
ELO is criminally underrated
True! 😎
Because of Guardians (Mr Blue Sky) I found this song haha
At least for this song.
listen to face the music. the whole album. the backwards talking is music irreversible but time is not turn back
WE Never underrated them 😊
Jeff an ELO are sadly underated and their music is eternal and pure genius! This is one of those rare bands that we all say! Thank You God for ELO from our hearts!
don't forget about Kelly Groucutt
ELO is not underrated, they are in the rrhof and jeff is in songwriting hall of fame.
All the best music is from the late 60's, the 70,s and the early 80's
Don't bring me down Bruce. God I love ELO
Don't bring me down....groos.😊
Bruce and GROOS😅
Still listening October 2024 from Limassol.
Was a kid listening to this, still love it today.
Great era of time!
The best rock band from the seventies ❤❤
THEIR where way to many to count .
I remember listening to this song very much when I was a kid but I never found the name of the song all these years. Fast forward now, I finally figured it out. Super underrated song. Probably on my top 20 list of favorite songs.
Oh baby, this song takes me back! You see this 21st Century?!.....THIS is what GOOD music sounds like!!!!!!!!!
There's tons of good 21st century music. Heck.. if you like disco, times are good with Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian, and Arcade Fire all rocking the disco beat with their latest albums.
Bartonovich Nickel unfortunately people arent exposed enough to new music because we are rarely advertised the good stuff ie. arcade fire
*+Amanda Galang* Plus most older people get stuck in their ways.
Amanda Galang Hmmm....well, I can't speak for the rest of us "old fogeys", Amanda, but I do still look around at some of the new stuff......I just don't care for much of it. Arcade Fire......meh.....no thanks. It's not like there are absolutely no songs that I like, but, as a general statement, I MUCH MUCH prefer the music that was produced say in the early to mid 90's than what is produced today. Simple as that. If you like a lot of the stuff that's coming out now, that's fine.......I just do not. And, it's not really that sad........REALLY!!.......I'm very happy listening to the music that I choose to listen to........REALLY!!! ;)
*+Amanda Galang* Then again I guess it also depends on the type of music. I would never listen to modern soft rock, I don't even know what that would be. I only like 70's early 80's soft rock like Ambrosia, Al Stewart, Gerry Rafferty...
But when it comes to Metal, I grew up on Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden, that gets old after a while. So I embrace all kinds of modern Metal, Meshuggah, Gojira, Hacride, Mastodon...
At 50 I'm stuck in my ways a lot but in other ways I'm still happily banging my head.
\m/
😊 listening to music that was actually worth listening to 😊
Certamente,si!!!
Well said. 70s even 80s had some incredible music!
65 years old and they're still jamming my brains out !
Ditto.
Go ahead 🤟
Yes! Back in day this was my get up & party song!!! Can’t no more but sure wish I was able to dance to it! 👏👏👏👏😊❤️👍🏼
Тоже самое....
Same.
I am listening um 2024! Fantástic band
1:04 The most satisfying part of this whole song 😌😄
Nah. 2:30 "...you're lookin' good just like a snake in the grass". Reminds me of my first girlfriend, who broke my heart in the worst possible way
I found this by looking around Spotify, and man is it so good. 60s-90s music is my favorite type of music. Nothing compares to these classics.
You are so right!
1967 till the end of 1980 For me
one of the best songs ever made
Yoo are so right
This masterpiece song makes it never old
one of the most underrated bands -)
Yves Daems no they aren’t, they’re massive in England
"What happened to the girl I used to know?" ... Is someone disillusioned here? Love how ELO made this a happy sounding song. A masterpiece.
Went to their concert at Los Angeles for my birthday and it was the BEST!
Johana Rodriguez same here, but in Detroit
I remember as a teenager skating to this song at the skating rink,such wonderful memories.
Я первый раз услышал эту песню в УКВ диапазоне примерно в 1983 году и мне удалось её записать! С небольшими помехами и не полностью. Она меня просто потрясла. И ещё большее чудо, вы не поверите, это было в СССР!
I'm happy that you heard it!
WOW! What a blast from the past! I loved this song when I was a teenager in the 70s! Thanks for this video!
Welcome to the new decade Electric Light Orchestra! This is where you belong... the future.
These guys had so many great songs and they are so unique. Didn't realise the lead singer was from Birmingham. Really seems like they are from another galaxy.
Don't say the music is underrated. To those of us that know it, it's top of the line. Everybody that doesn't appreciate it can kick the can.
Ones posting that word arent too bright to look at the word and figure its meaning
Just sheep from social media
I was lucky enough to see ELO perform this live twice. One of my most favorite bands. Thanks, Jeff!👍🙂
Im only here because i heard it on the radio yesterday and it wont get out of my head. The more i hear it the more convinced i am its probably one of the most perfect songs of its generation. The harmony of the fellas in "i tell you once more, before i get out the door" is just *chefs kiss*
You should play Can't Get It Out of My Head next.
bars.
Ok
@@janicesands2169 facts tho, this is a bop
I heard another song by them on a commercial, and just thought about this great one!!!
A classic of 70's
Back when Musicians actually had talent.
And actually played musical instruments, as opposed to the Rapper/Crappers who utter vile, vulgar and violent 'lyrics' to a half-ass back beat!
Still plenty of those. They just aren't spoonfed to you.
I know a lot of talented musicians
The world is still full of great music
you just have to seek it out
like you used to
when you found this band
@@zetetick395 Modern "musicians" I think is what was referred to .
If they arent getting radio play they cant be that good.
I have yet to hear anything on the radio today that doesnt use all electrical components dont even have to know how to sing on key.
Its artificial..
I envy people who were in their 20s, 30s in the 80s, probably the greatest time ever, this tune is legendary.
Me too only was able to have kid fun til the 90's😂
I was in my 20s in the late 1980s. I turned 20 years old in 1987, I was 12 years old in 1979 when this song was released.
1939-1945 💀
I graduated from high school in
1989.
An awesome time to be a teenager!
@@trinajska Right here! 68 years young. I grew up listening to the most iconic music era, ever! Oh, so many memories and stories to tell 😚
I love ELO....my parents had it playing in the car when I was young...I have the lyrics engraved in my brain
It's still a lot of fun to listen to after the 45+ years that have come and gone. I was 21 when it hit the airwaves in 1979. Great times, Great memories!🎉😎
My dad had this in an 8 track. Use to play the heck out of it in his Delta 88. R.I.P. dad. 😔
My son is 5 now. This is still his favorite song.
what a cool son, he deserves some bread
Thanks for the update lol
Well thank you for the update
Your son has great taste. Pretty sure he won't bring you down.
David Lewis haha!!!!!
The best FEEL GOOD music! ELO has nothing but great songs!
'Calling America' is a pretty bad song, haha
Haven't heard this in years,great song!
Damn good song, timeless classic.
brought it down?
U dam right
Here here. !!!!
One of my favorite bands of all time!
That is the most 70's thing I've seen in ages and I mean that in a great way. :)
+Chris McWilliams only the clothes were not great in the 70's,everything else was historically relevant.
Cockney Red I kind of recall I only six by the end of the 70's so my memory might be a bit vague. :)
+Cockney Red The clothes were only as bad as one's individual taste. I refused to wear loon pants and shirts with horribly long collars. I had a nice looking cheesecloth shirt and a pair of cherry red needlecord jeans that were not excessively flared. Did I pull? you bet!!
Robert Morgan True I grew up in the 80's and never once wore parachute pants. Resist the trends you will be glad you did later. :)
+Chris McWilliams I resisted the trends then and was repaid at the time by female attention accordingly! As always, the fashion police knew, and still know, bugger all.
Bellissima ❤❤❤❤❤
Who's dancing with me in 2024? Great classic hit❤
You're looking good
just like a snake in the grass
That's one weird ass lyric, but I have always liked it
deBebbler no no no no no no no...
I believe he's referring to "a snake in the grass"
as in something unseen or hidden
meaning "You're looking good, like something no one can see"
maybe meaning something only HE can see, or something exclusive
THAt, or something dangerous that's unseen
Tyson Chauncey Donald Nelson whatever makes you sleep easier
@@rbjynx1585 🤔
Tyson Chauncey Donald Nelson talking about the Bible that line
The 1970s went out with a huge bang with this classic (hit the top 40 on 8/11/79) Me and the lady are in our early 60s and still dance to this.
that’s so sweet
@@starqlette3988 Never too old to have fun !
Same here
Loved that Marc Bolan and Jeff Lynn worked together. LOVE ELO FOREVER
40 years ago this month, this last-minute, last track, stringless, rock & roll masterpiece was released. Crank it to 11 and shut the front door.
HELL YEAH.
ELO's heavy production never bothered me. Rock on, Jeff and co.
ELO , nuff said ! Jeff Lynne a Genius and in his seventies still rocking !
Браво, ЕЛО!!! ⚠️⚠️⚠️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Talking with my neighbor Bruce brought this song to mind. I don't know what "groos" is but I've always heard "Bruce".
It's a german greeting - grusentag
Jeff Lynne, probably one of the most gifted musicians, singer song writers ever. Even Paul McCartney looks up to him. Such a great guy as well. Awesome.
A classic NEVER dies
Been running through the music of my youth and I’m glad to see so many like me and decades younger listening to the same great music!
Wow, that´s what I call an amazing song! E.L.O. were absolute masters.
Jeff's one of the best of the best. Great singer.