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Listening... Attention all purveyors of good music... Those of you who have a yearning for sounds other than Jeff Lynne, ELO (whatever period), The Traveling Wilburys, Roy Wood The Move etc. but still wanna hear something in the same vein, I present to you, a bunch of albums which you may find extemely enjoyable! |
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 Private Revoloution 
Goodbye Jumbo  Thankyou World  Bang!  Egyptology  Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too? |
World
Party (If
you enjoy Jeff, the Wilburys & ELO) World
Party (WP) is Karl Wallinger (Ex-Waterboy... You may remember the classic
'This Is The Sea' album from which the hit 'Whole Of The Moon' was lifted.).
He does everything himself with minimal help from others. Many ELO-Jeff
Lynne fans have taken a shine to this guy as he reminds many of them of
the Lynnemeister himself...WP 'ELO styled' songs include 'World Party' (Private Revolution), 'Put The Message In The Box' (Goodbye Jumbo) and especially 'All I Gave' (Bang!). Others include 'Call Me Up', 'She's The One' and 'The Whole Of The Night' from 'Egyptology'. The latters chorus is a dead ringer for the chorus from Balance Of Power's 'Endless Lies'...
Karl's music and singing voice, although sometimes melodically reminiscent of Jeff's is more a mix of The Beatles, John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, Prince, and Bob Dylan with a dash of folk, blues and funk... Perhaps we are being too judgemental in pigeon holeing Karl's music, claiming that he has been influenced by Jeff Lynne. In reality, and in many other musical cases (That is unless they actually come out and say they are influenced by ELO/Jeff Lynne) it appears more likely that most of the artists that ELO / Jeff Lynne fans are drawn to have one single defining influence... The Beatles. The famous 'Rockline' radio broadcast in 1990 had Jeff Lynne saying that he thought World Party was a pretty good (The time of Goodbye Jumbo album)... In '98, Karl is believed to have returned the compliment by remarking that he would rather take a bath in razor blades than be compared to Jeff Lynne (Ouch!!!). Don't let that remark put you off though otherwise you'll miss out on some very impressive music indeed. My personal favourites would have to be 'Private Revolution', 'Goodbye Jumbo' and his last album 'Egyptology'. The New Radicals It made a lot of sense to mention this new CD by The New Radicals after discussing World Party. There's been talk about the hit single 'You Get What You Give' released from this album sounding a little like Jeff Lynne... To my ears it sounds like Jason Alexander has derived his musical influence purely from The Stones and World Party! This is a great debut from The New Radicals. I can't wait for the next one! |
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 Bellybutton  Spilt Milk  Ro Sham Bo |
The Jellyfish
(ELO 1976-1986/The Move 1967-68)
He left the Jellyfish after the 'Bellybutton' lp... From what I can make out, it would appear that the band were dominated by Sturmer & R.Manning. This meant that poor Jason, who was obviously bursting with ideas had no where to go... He formed the '68 Beatlesque sounding (a-la 'Rain') Grays (Ro Sham Bo) in 1994 with Jon Brion, Buddy Judge and Dan McCarrol (Produced by Mr. Puig) before releasing his first solo effort 'Author Unknown'. |
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 Moon safari |
AIR
("You know... That French band?") (ELO
1977-1978) This endearing album really sprung from left field in 1998, capturing the attention of anyone who came within earshot. Two thirds of the album manages to capture the ELO sound, circa 'Out Of The Blue' (1977-78) period with a dash of 'On The Third Day' for good measure... La Femme D'Argent (inst'), All I Need, Kelly Watch The Stars (inst'), Talisman (inst'), New Star In The Sky (inst') and Le Voyage De Penelope. One of the re-worked instrumental tracks 'Remember' (d whitaker version) complete with sweeping strings could have been straight from 'Out Of The Blue'. This track can be found on the CD single 'Kelly Watch The Stars' (and no, it is not a tribute to Kelly Groucutt!). They weave their way dreamily from one track to another, conjuring up aural images of what you might get if you let loose ELO, Jean Michelle Jarre, Kraftwerk, ABBA, Louis Clark, Andrew Powell, Brian Eno and even Burt Bacharach in the recording studio!!! I'm positive if you asked Jean-Benoit Dunkel and Nicolas Godin what they love listening to I'm sure you'd find ELO high on the list... My strong advice is to get some AIR today! |
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to follow soon, including... The Lightning seeds (Jollyfication), The Merry Makers (Bubblegun), Crowded House, Brian Wilson, The Alan Parsons Project, Radiohead, Collective Soul, Kula Shaker, Klattu (Hope) Fool's Garden, Enya, Barenaked ladies, Julian Lennon (Photograph Smile), Vanessa Mae (Storm), Mathew Sweet, Freedy Johnson, Mark Knopfler, Elton John (Made In England) and much, much more!!! |
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