Electric Light Orchestra- Everyone's Born To Die

[TheFpuff]

Sounds sooooooo much like Bob Dylan... but with more instruments.

[ricardo777hector]

gracias x venir a Chile

[tontoropski]

Great song with a great history with Mr Bolan appearing, thanks for posting. I agree with trossachs2003, this was not quite the sound ELO were after at the time, so it was held back, I only found it on the end of the re-released On the Third Day, but what a bloody great song.

[southmonahan]

In 1973, Bolan played twin lead guitar alongside his friend Jeff Lynne on the Electric Light Orchestra songs "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" and "Dreaming of 4000" (originally uncredited) from On the Third Day, as well as on "Everyone's Born To Die", which was not released at the time but appears as a bonus track on the 2006 remaster. Bolan played guitar in Ringo Starr's Ringo album on the track "Have you seen my baby [hold on]".

[juliedavis64]

You can listen to this and see who inspired Tom Petty.

[BilisNegra]

@juliedavis64 As a matter of fact, I was looking at some other web page on a different browser tab, and the start of this song had me wondering "Well, I don´t recall getting a Petty song into the playlist"!!!

[trossachs2003]

I've just discovered this at the end of a rerelease I bought a couple of years back. Normally I hate the outtakes - they're usually outtakes for good reason - ie they're poor. But this is terrific. I guess it just didn't fit in with the general sound they were going for at the time. Shame it's taken 40 years to surface. Brilliant stuff.

[Larsmop]

this song has a very like Bob Dylan like a rolling stone sound

[halfmoon58]

This is brilliant, awesome and the lyrics? For once, Jeff seems to really care about what he is singing - 'You trade your life in for a shiny bag of gold' and yes, once you accept you are born to die, then you start truly begin living.

[trossachs2003]

@halfmoon58

In the first 4 albums his lyrics are pretty good and thoughtful. From the Face the Music album he suddenly seemed a lot less interested.

[1yarrok]

Excellent outtake from On The Third Day album!!!

[Yetanotherstringband]

Man, never heard this one. Fantastic.

[divisioneight]

It has a very "Bob Dylan" sound to it. I believe that Jeff liked to work with the vernacular of those he respected in the music industry like Dylan, Roy Orbison, John Lennon, etc, by mimicking and expanding on their individual talents. I wonder if anyone asked him that?

[ener402]

I love ELO but the most i love are the old songs and this song is without strings but a lot of hammond organ. great!

[atomicsoda]

Jeff Lynne..more like Jeff WIN!!!

[shemonaev]

I am from Russia and Jeff is my favourite composer. I love his music and my father did. i wish Jeff to live long happy life

[2012listo]

Jeff lynn has been alive for more than 2 thousnad years, and will remain after we are long gone. Truth.

[kcwm4494]

@2012listo Amen.

[70sDreamer]

I love this song... I love ELO!

[grolum]

the end of the visual content was a bit disturbing.

[dutchbolanfan]

Is this the one with Marc Bolan on?

[sensrule92]

@dutchbolanfan yes

[sensrule92]

@dutchbolanfan yes, as well Ma-ma-ma-belle and Dreaming of 2000 also feature Marc Bolan

[FinnMove]

I really think that Jeff Lynne woud have releleased as a solo single. This great songs is in not as stuff in ELO2 or in On the Third Day.

[punditpete]

Nothing like anything on the third day album.

Good though.

[Eltoniobonio]

Totally fantastic. Sounds different to the 'Third day' stuff we've grown familiar with. Thanks for uploading it. Loved the ELO promos, tickets and stuff.

[steveasat2]

ELO and Suzi in Cowtown? That's a good night out for just $6!

[leselo]

I love this song,Jeff with lyrics of reason,unusual for him but excellent.I get the feeling it was left over from the wood years and may sound better sung by him but Lynne carries it well.Fantastic hammond organ sound on it,bev and his drums are just so perfect.A great track to bring the Move to ELO but its years later?

[dl1027]

I see why it was not on the album.

[mart2164]

Excellent... think Jeff had been listening to a bit of Dylan when he wrote this one...

[jedimaker128]

@mart2164 Yeah,but Jeff can sing.

[ELONut]

first appeared on ELO 2, The lost Planet in 2003

[dylanmonacelli]

When I was still an internet noob, it took me a whole 2 years to look for this. I eventually found it when I won three free downloads...

Excellent song. Thanks for the upload Locojets!

[swarlock]

It was also added on On the Third Day Remaster.

[Keeneyville1]

this wasn't on the original album, was it?

cool dramatization btw and the tix were amazing!

5*

5

[locojets]

It's on the 30th anniversary edition of the album as a bonus track.

[FinnMove]

It´s strange that this song carries

the name ELO. Not only because of that

it has not the strings or moog- synthetisators. But it´s a good song.