ELO's Telephone Line ..by Me.

[cityshark1]

Very well played! Brings back some great feelings! And Jeff would be proud!!



[Nislo12]

couldn't help singing along =D

somebody has to do it >_-

[pugwash84]

thank you, you are truly talented :) made me smile listening to it.

[FalseShatner]

I think the gay stuff is nothing but ninnies lashing out. Motorhead deathkill music fans or something embarrassed 'cause they like this music. Gasp! Music with strings! How square, man!

[Nislo12]

@FalseShatner Yes. This IS music with strings. And probably the best music i've ever heard.

[RexxShredd]

Fantastic Job........Nice playing and a killer sequence

[MrBradhit]

Someone that can see that ELO were an amazing band all this crap about Jeff being GAY certain he isnt GAY so what if he is Freddie Mercury was and accepted for it Jeff like Freddie is a GENIUS i would love to have half of his talent.

Bradhit

[trap0001]

@MrBradhit - I am unaware of anybody suggesting Jeff Lynne is gay. He has had several wives and various girlfriends. Not that I'd care either way.

[Richo12ful]

Great job man, one of my fav songs, only seen yours and one other do it.

With the G dim, could that be A#dim7, guess very similar aren't they.

[trap0001]

@Richo12ful - Either would fit.

[bubblevision]

nice one mate

[hemicudaboy1]

absolutely love it ! but im partial to their " secret messages " album love this tho !

[skyprop]

Great Job !!! Great Cover!!! My only question to you is how did you change your main keyboard sound from the begining to the sound at the end ??? Was it Midi??? Also how did you come up with the drum track to play against??

Thanks In advance!

[trap0001]

@skyprop - The sounds were changed by the sequencer. The whole song, including patch (sound) changes, accompanyment (the bits you don't see me play) and the drums was programmed (by me) into Voyetra Sequencer Classic. The drums were largely step-programmed (put onto the staves note for note by hand).

[einnocjoe1]

wonderful thank you. You are great

[einnocjoe1]

THANKS THIS WAS GREAT

[papaburrito]

ok.Bloke, awesome !!!

[falconoilcompany]

Brilliant. I strummed along (badly) on the guitar and for a moment i was there on stage. What a fabulous performance.

[FinnMove]

Many pop and rock stars do their job by the ear. But you can read notes, can´t you ?

Nice performance !

[trap0001]

@FinnMove Sadly, no. Something I should have but never got round to.

[conjcsisepuede]

oooooooo thankssss!!!!

[clarkie2461]

superb,just how it should be played,

[avivaben]

Excellent!

[NewShimmer]

Awesome dude. How do you do the pitchbend in the orchestral strings?

[trap0001]

Usually 2 or more layers of strings; the non-bending notes on 1 layer, ½ to 1-tone bending notes on a second, more than 1-tone bending notes on a third. It costs MIDI channels but the results are worth it.

[qaucodos129045]

wow thats really good, good job

[ausparkles79]

What an incredible talent you have!!! I'm a major ELO fan from way back and I have never heard any of their songs played on a keyboard before now.  OUTSTANDING!!!

[Haydnwoods]

Do I spot a Armchair Theatre CD in front of you there? amazing work too good to be true.

[carot2003]

Nice one ...

[AnimeGirl375]

Oh, telephone line...give me sone time...I'm living twiiilight....

[JohnLRice]

Beautiful, great job!

[tphoenix69]

Sweet!

[colin7709]

Absolutely 110% FANTASTIC !!!!

[allanyamaha]

AMAZING!!!

[woohooandrew]

Heard this song today and in my 23 short years on this planet I have always overlooked it until today. This is an amazing cover. 5 stars to you!

[trap0001]

Cheers. Glad you like it.

[angie4josh]

Is that a Fairlight system I see?

[trap0001]

No, not quite. The smaller B&W monitor is hooked up to a DOS6.2 O/S PCAT, running Voyetra software. Pretty retro by modern standards but not as expensive or temperamental as a Fairlight.

The colour monitor is XT based running Cool Edit Pro which I use to master the audio and create the videos.

[BobbyFz]

Wow. Great job.

[generaltsogloves]

you'r the man. rock on.

[ericebryan]

Noticed too in the A, Amaj7, A7 pattern, where you go to Gdim, I have A# or Bbdim. I think the latter's right because it sounds like the bass would walk from A to Bb to B naturally. So, in the right hand, I have:

E

C#

Bb

with a Bb bass, leading up to Bm.

[trap0001]

Thanks for all that, Eric. That's a lot of info to analyse but I'll take some time to do so.

It is worth pointing out though that I don't necessarily do things verbatim, my own 'signature' is there in most of my reworkings. Some people mistake this license for errors.

Though I do of course make them! The D/E chord for instance, it isn't that prominant and is more or less swamped out by the string appregio in the E key. Easy to miss.

Thanks again.

[trap0001]

PS: Songbooks are invariably wrong!!!

[ericebryan]

In the maj7ths, I found, via Tandy, that building the chord around the 5ths, and only playing the root in the left hand (octaves per Tandy), gives the chord that spacious, wide-open feeling and sound.

[ericebryan]

In the Amaj7 and Dmaj7 parts, here's how Tandy stacked the notes in his right hand, learned from watching a live performance: E C# G#/Ab The Dmaj7 is stacked identically: A F# C# A I think maybe you do this with the Amaj7, but it didn't look like it on the Dmaj7. Best regards and congratulations from a fellow Lynne-ELO enthusiast.

[ericebryan]

Nice. The E at 1:35 is actually D/E, D over E bass. The Lynne magic there is the dramatic Fdim, and the kind of out of key FEFED string line.

Oh, and you corrected my songbook: I have E7 before the Fdim -- but it sounds you're right -- the E6 sounds better and more Lynne.

One of the greatest things in the world is, after the 9th "telephone" chords, the big buildup and the drums leading into the "Okay, so no one's answering" part. What a super job you did there.

What a beautiful song.

[tacoma5050]

Nice job! I am trying to transcibe the intro(Am, G, F, G) you play with your right hand to guitar. Can you post the notes? thanks! It's the part from 0:10 to 0:25 seconds.

[trap0001]

I've popped them on as annotation.

[tacoma5050]

THANKS !!!

[lkungfu]

Nice Job,,, epic

[manintheclinic]

Love it !

[CAVERN1234]

brilliant cover 10**********

[FinnMove]

Am i only dreaming but Telephone Line is in some parts very similar to the song Waterfall. Especially if you have heard the instrumental version of Waterfall.

[billyboi57]

Video not so clear but perchance at the beginning I see "A New World Record" and "Discovery"!

[trap0001]

Yes, They're all there somewhere.

[generaltsogloves]

That's where it's at ....... period!

[nothingstopskings]

Oh, I thought you wrote the song, my bad. Shoot, when I get to thinking something...

[nothingstopskings]

Tell you what, send me the mp3 and the lyrics and I will send it back to you with a vocal track.

Yes, drug lords and malaria. Is it really much different than the US or the UK?

I still want to go.

I like your song : ).

[getkarter]

Nice work again trap0001.

I'm still trying to learn Standin' in the Rain from your other video. Thanks for putting the chords on...I'd never be able to suss them by ear.

[Halunlimited]

Sounds Great! Really enjoyed your performance. Haven't heard this song in can't even remember when. thanks for keeping it alive. 5*

[kbnrt1]

I got tears in my eyes.Thx a lot paul this is freaking outstanding.I grew up with this tunes, and i'm having a hell of a storm of flashbacks.Thx again, ur very talented! seriously.

[Anna1755]

Excellent job on this! Kept hearing the voices coming in, but that's fine. Don't always need them.

[NJKatwoman]

That was fantastic! Five stars! Thank you for the share, Newfieguy89!!! :)

[ivoryman996]

Dude I love this :D

[trap0001]

Just added the chords for anybody waiting. Sorry it took so long, I thought I'd use You Tube's new annotations feature but it kept crashing on me.

[eddie230668]

Could you do a vid of you playing Mr Blue Sky. Saw you a few times with Wishful Thinking at Bradwell Club, Newcastle. Remember once your guitarist broke down on route and you did a duo spot with microphone taped on a brush. Excellent.

[trap0001]

Jeez! Eddie - What a memory you have! - I remember that gig too, adapt and overcome, as they say. Wasn't the last time I had to do that either. I'll do Blue Sky sometime for you, can't at the moment though, my capture card is knackered. Regards, Trap.

[onlylovesong]

I Love You Playing Keep It Up!

[jeffmoppi]

Awesome work. I also like how you programmed the bass guitar.

[robwgibbons]

excellent

[bugatti103]

Nicely played I saw ELO at Wembley 1980... Learning Wild West Hero at the moment;-)

[trap0001]

That should be my next video too (Wild West Hero) - doing a vocal collaboration with another YouTuber so am quite excited about it to. Do you know where I can hire a horse?

[ELONut]

You should have a recording contract!

[Iloveabbasongs]

Once again a talented version of yours....

Thanks a lot (waiting for the next one..hehe)

[steveasat2]

Quite wonderful. Even better than the Barron Knights' version. Ooh, that is one hurted phonebooth.

[trap0001]

Cheers. And that phonebox can't be from where I live - it looks TOO GOOD!!!

[csishadow]

One of my favs, well done!

[fruitybuckfoot]

Superb!

[KuiamaLovesELO]

Wow! Fabulously beautiful Paul! Thanks :-)

[javiergiaco]

you're really so good

[POPPYCANDLE81]

Wow......how awsome, another brilliant song from you Paul, I just love these ELO tunes of yours, thanks for sharing, please keep posting these lovley songs

[BaerchenprinzBln]

Awesome. Sounds great. Great job.

André

[ALEClovesGENIALMUSIC]

Great Job !

[Queenfan778]

Wow, fantastic JOb!!keep it up

[richardflint07]

Nice!!! I know the words to the song.

[Spratley116]

Yet another corker Paul. Great stuff !!! :o)