![]() “That showed me I probably shouldn’t even bother,” he recently told Rolling Stone. Lynne booked a wide-scale arena tour to promote the LP, but the jaunt was canceled due to lackluster ticket sales. The end was clearly at hand by 1985’s limp Balance Of Power, and ELO didn’t release another album until their 2001 comeback, Zoom, which hearkened back to the classic ’70s sound but failed to generate the same spark from fans. Of course, the band floundered in the MTV age, as Lynne struggled to reconcile his grandiose arrangements with synth-pop-leaning production. But for some weird reason, ELO are rarely mentioned in the same breath as those rock giants. The band reached their creative peak in the mid-to-late ’70s: The stretch from 1974’s Eldorado to 1979’s Discovery rivals the consistency of contemporaries like Led Zeppelin and the Who. Few mainstream songwriters have covered as much stylistic territory as Lynne – more impressive is that he managed to combine those elements across single albums, even songs. ![]() But their overall direction naturally evolved throughout the decade – spanning progressive rock, soft-rock, even disco. The strings remained, separating ELO from their ’70s rock contemporaries. That was why we did ELO in the first place – to get away from the three guitars and drums.” “I suppose they might have gone in an ELO way: They’d have had to leave the three-guitars-and-drums thing to expand their sound. “It’s hard to say how The Beatles would have evolved,” Lynne told The Guardian in 2014. He was Lennon and McCartney in one package. But as Lynne took over the reigns as ELO’s chief songwriter, producer, and sonic architect, it became clear that he operated best without a co-writer. Despite operating at opposite ends of the rock spectrum – Lynne the studious craftsman, Wood the cello-bashing oddball – the duo clearly couldn’t align their talents to a Lennon/McCartney level, and Wood left the band after only recording one full LP: their self-titled debut, which cracked the UK Top 40 but flew totally under the radar in America. Their actual trajectory was slightly different. The song “Pinball Wizard,” was the first single released from the album.When Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood formed Electric Light Orchestra in 1970, their goal was to carry the torch of the recently disbanded Beatles, expanding that band’s psychedelic blueprint for “I Am The Walrus” with a classical-rock scope. The original Tommy record by the Who was released in 1969. While critics panned the Hollywood movie, they most certainly praised the iconic original album. Elton John had a tremendous hit with the song which stemmed from his role as the Pinball Wizard in the Hollywood motion picture of the Who’s Tommy album. If you came of age in the mid to late seventies chances are the first time you heard The Who’s “Pinball Wizard,” it was Elton John’s version. It is in no way a definitive list, but rather just a peek at the band for those young people who may not know much about the group. Our list of Top 10 Who songs is a simple list that takes a look at the most successful songs that span the band’s career. Despite the deaths of the two legendary musicians, The Who have continued to perform sparingly throughout their career. The band The Who has endured the loss of Keith Moon in 1979 and John Entwistle in 2002. The only studio album the band has released since 1982, was the 2006 album Endless Wire. Between 19 the band released 10 studio albums. ![]() Their first album My Generationwas released in 1965. All you have to do is hear the man scream in the middle of “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” to realize the man was a God! And it was all wrapped up by Pete Townshend’s virtuoso guitar work, brilliant compositions and his far underrated vocal contributions. No one has even tried! Can you name a rock bass player that could play as fast and tight as John Entwistle? And then there is Roger Daltrey. ![]() No other drummer could constantly play such aggressive fills while keeping time throughout the entire song. Keith Moon’s insane antics and hyper personality clearly augmented his drum performances which were easily the most busy, aggressive, and exciting rock and roll drum performances in rock and roll history. Pete Townshend’s “I don’t care what your thinking,” attitude has been clearly defined in their legacy of interviews and concert appearances. Anchoring their rebellious attitude was the genius behind their work and image. Photo By Jim Summaria (Wikipedia:Contact us/Photo submission), via Wikimedia CommonsThe original bad boys of roll and roll are no other than England’s legendary rock sons The Who. ![]()
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