ELO - Roll Over Beethoven (TOTP 1973)_HQ

[jyou8388]

as good as it got in those days... turn it up...

[DougPatton1]

LudwigmeetsChuckmeetsJeff

[marfamyers]

The BEST !

[OldOldOakMan]

Nearly 40 years old this !!!! Shove that up yer X factor !!!!!

[conradheidi]

love the drummer !!!

[MrMetalBreath]

nice threads, digging the silver do

[david1leigh]

I wonder what Jeff was thinking about when he decided to wear tin foil on his head.

[no1elofaniknow]

LOL!!! This is probably THE only time one will EVER see Jeff Lynne wearing eye shadow!

[aaaiiiyyy]

THE version of this song, IMO

[Supercogs]

Better to listen to that to watch that crazy hairdo

[youaretheblues]

well of course he had to pander to commercial interests....how much did MC Hammer pay his dancers?

[tigranvartanovitch]

When ELO and The Move were running side by side, Wood, Lynne and Bevan were promoting Shaftesbury instruments. I'd say the Fender copy Jeff Lynne has is a Shaftesbury.

[terryread]

could be my eyes but...is that Mr Wood singing (miming) in disguise,..he did set up ELO .

[jayrox40]

@terryread No, its Mr Lynne, Mr Wood left in 1972.

[weenyone]

When it comes to musical style I'd put ELO in with 10CC. They're both quirky and there is not too much substance to either band. Both bands pander to commercial audiences. Can't say Id want to listen to a whole albums worth of either band

[eddietheturdburglar]

@weenyone No thats right you carry on listening to your BAY CITY ROLLERS ALBUMS.

[Feisty1967]

Im assuming that Roy Wood had left the band before this point.

[iselliot]

Observation- He sings the "incorrect" "go for cover, reel and rock it, roll it over" (1:13) which he got directly from the Beatles misreading of the original "try for further then reel and rock with one another". Inneresting. To me.

I would also like to point out that Bev Bevan, the (fkn amazing) drummer, uses about the most unorthodox snare-hand grip ever. For any drummer taking notes he places the stick between his first and middle finger.! What?! (1:22, 2:36)

[tigranvartanovitch]

@iselliot That's because he's holding a joint, not a drumstick.

[eddietheturdburglar]

@iselliot WHAT R U SMOKING

[weenyone]

@eddietheturdburglar Enjoy. But if you're interested in real Rock and Roll there's a whole lot better examples than ELO and if you're interested in Beethoven try the 9th Symphony by the LSO.

[pinkandjefflynne]

Jeff Lynne = God

[boosh1988]

is it just me, or do ALL 70s bands have someone who looks like the drummer here?

[ACSLICKDC]

Jeff looks funny

[FinnMove]

I liked the sense of humour of Jeff Lynne in those early days of ELO. Both in the performances and in the interviews.

And the music was also more full of fun to make delicious music. Though I like also his later work I think he began to take himself too seriously by huge success in the late 1970´s.

[matsui2001]

Why is this film in monochrome?

I know for a FACT it the original recording was filmed using a COLOUR EMI-2001 Television Camera.

[dolphin8b]

This was taped using EMI 2001 PAL colour cameras (576i -625) onto 2 inch VT. At broadcast a 16mm b/w film recording was made for engineeering purposes. This was a common practice at the time. The original tape was sadly wiped. This could however be restored to it's original look, using colour recovery techniques (see Dad's Army "Room at the bottom")

[dolphin8b]

So it was in colour originally, all that is left is the b/w film version, that is why you have scratches AND video effects!

[matsui2001]

Very true, How greedy of the BBC To "Wipe" classic stuff. A LOT of the Z cars from the early 1970,s were wiped by the BBC. Also some of the John Pertwee Dr. Who brodcasts were taped over, At least they still have the Monochrome copy,s

Sadly the same can NOT be said for the Dr.who,s Filmed in the mid/late 1960,s (Especially the 405 line Dr Who,s) WHAT WERE THE BBC THINKING Wiping these!!!!!!!

[UKSazzy67]

That's very interesting information, thankyou.

[youaretheblues]

@dolphin8b do you know if the statue was Mr. Lynne's?

[Pepito11521]

yeahhhhhhhh Beethoven and rock !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[citybeat60]

Always liked this version. Thanks for posting!