This track really takes me back - my mum (R.I.P) had a friend who had huge speakers with their record player and had a dial which moved with the bass of a song - this really pumped up the bass - absolutely bloody brilliant and I am 40 next year. Love all of ELO's music!
one summer dream ,I remember driving into the sunset, stopping in the mountains,looking over a valley in New York State and saying nothing, I had eveything I ever needed for just that song and space in time,,,nothing like that moment in time and the this song playing in the background, many things in life just fall into place and setting that you need to take in and ignore everything else for just that time. Thanks ELO for this one, it is strange magic.
I sing on Evil Women, Night Rider, Down Home Town, Strange Magic all from the Face The Music Album by ELO. I was in a group called SuMagNa. Ellie Greenwich is also singing on these tracks with us. Thank you for your compliments.
Here it is Aug 31 another summer over and everytime i hear this song it brings back not only the memories of this summer but of all the summers past. I hope everyone who listens to this incredible song will have a smile on their face as i do right now. The best ELO song ever.
I sang with the group SuMagNa and Ellie Greenwich is on this track. We all got credit on the liner notes on the album. There are pictures of me and the other girls on tour with ELO. They are on a site called ELO Secret Messages. The Face The Music Album is timeless and wonderful. One Summer Dream has all our voices on it in unison, sounding like one voice singing "One Summer Dream".
@Starz723 Hello Marge, thank you for your singing and comments! We (all the ELO/Jeff Lynne-fans all over the world) would certainly agree with you: Face the Music is timeless, brilliant and wonderful. And btw - I also love your contribution on, for example, "Nightrider". All the best to you. A lot of ELOVE from me.
One Summer Dream in my opinion is a song that makes you look out the window and over the countryside. When I listen to it, It makes me appreciate the world we live in and makes me notice the various parts of it we don't normally notice.
This song was written 30 years before the Goldfrapp attempt at a tune.
So you think it sounds a bit like" you only live twice"by barry,well not quite.Lets just say your not a string man,but a tempo man and thats were the similarity arises.Whilst moaning about folk stealing bits of music,what do you think of Robbie stealing the intro for "All over the world" on his so called "millenium" classic.
The main melody of this song also shows up in two John Barry songs and "Time Out From The World" by Goldfrapp. Can't be an accident, could it? Does the melody come from an older song by a classical composer?
@Grubbo if you call John Lennon classical, the song is #9 Dream. Also, if you mean the John Barry of James Bond fame, yes, indeed, You Only Live Twice.
Sat at work, listening to ELO, remembering by gone days of being a small child with my now deceased father playing these guys on the car radio and having my eyes opened up to real music.
/ lets life pass me by in a haze of happy nostalgia
I first listened to the LP A new world redord, because I knew of it through the global hit Living Thing. Then, my friends and I loved the group and discovered the LP Face the Music, where there are gems like this or Fire in the High. I thought this one was better than the other, though it was less known.
Hi everyone..this is Marge Raymond, one of the background vocalists on this track. You can hear us singing the haunting One Summer Dream. This was one of Jeff Lynne's favorite tune. A beautiful tune.
@Starz723 Marge thank you for your contribution to this incredible song. Jeff Lynne is without doubt one of the most underrated composers of our generation. Pure magic!!
@Starz723 Thank you for your wonderful work on this track! What a thrill it would be to work with Jeff Jynne...wow. It was always my favorite and I loved that he decided to include it in the Zoom Tour DVD. That shows that either a lot of people loved it or he loved it......or both! Fantastic job!
@Starz723 Marge, you are a legend for helping to make such beautiful pieces of music! I was born in Jan 76 just after this album was made, but my parents brought me up on ELO and I luv em to this day. Long live GOOD music. Less of Simon Cowell n more of this!!
How about Jeffs "One Winter Dream"....It happened today,with Birmingham football club winning a trophy at Wembley,followed by the fans singing Jeffs "Mr Blue Sky".
all song lyrics are technically poetry....artists like jeff have a special talent for painting wonderful pictures with words...i thank him and all the others for painting these pictures that have carried me through more than 5 decades of life
My brother intoduced m to ELO and even thoug we don't talk today, I am grateful to him to turning me on to ELO. I was fortunate to see them in concert and I have all of their cds and of course listen to them on Youtube. Long live Jeff Lynne and ELO.
@GeneralSeric Can totally relate to that buddy, spent many a happy hour as a kid in the 80s listenin to elo. Wtll never hear the likes o them again. Genius. Sad but true
No other pop music group can bring out so many emotions as ELO. They are in the league of their own. Their music is immortal.
I am sure that 50 years from now, nobody will know of Gagas, Biebers etc, but ELO will be there. Fads change, but a beautiful music full of sophistication and emotions will last forever..
@ocmhanl Immortal-----------The best description of ELO's impact on our world. Can't be described any better! When I listen to their music, it is impossible for me to not be transported to another dimension almost instantly!
I have read some of the comments about this beautiful music and i am so pleased that some people in this world also agree that this is one of jeff lynnes best tunes,in fact i would go further and say the best ELO ever did.
I remember listening to this on the B side of the blue vinyl edition of Mr.Blue Sky.
This could have quite easily been made into a double A side single. Beautiful, haunting and timeless. Close your eyes and you could be floating on a cloud.
ELO are legends. Grew up listening to em n still fresh to me. ACE! Wish music was made like this now instead of Simon Cowell's shit bein forced on us! High waisted trouser wearing, camp, smug, talentless dick!
as an avid ELO fan this is still my all time favourite track and if it is played at my funeral i will be quite happy ! long live jeff lynne,a true genious .
Why do people have to use such a great fromat as this to purvey their ignorance and swear?? Go read a freakin' thesaurus will ya!!!!! Meanwhile, the rest of with musical taste will enjoy the amazing sounds of Mr. Lynne.
In the first 20 seconds of this song there is a chord progression. I heard a song that ends with this chord progression with a piano lead. I dont know if its by ELO, but I have been dying to figure out what it was becasue it was a beautiful song. Ive heard it twice on the radio, and both times they played fire on high afterwards
Well it wasn't so much that it was George Harrison that inspired Jeff Lynne, Jeff was inspired by the Beatles as a whole when they were still together, when he founded ELO with Roy Wood their intention was to pick up from where the Beatles left off. It was either George or John that said that if the Beatles carried on they would've sounded similar to ELO
I wish they would make another Electric Light Orchestra musical. Xanadu is campy, but given the chance, a real musical would be nice. If "Across the Universe" could be made, why not an "Eldorado" or "Time" or something like that? I'd stand in line for it, it'd be the next best thing to a concert.
i love this song and 70's rock bands but FUCK..I HATE HATE HATE that warped cassette sound. jeezus, its beyond annoying. is there anyway one can do away with that????
i heard and own everything from ELO and this song puts me goose gumps every time i hear it,those great chord changes that strings thank you jeff and stingman Louis Clark.
So I go though it hurts me so I'm crying for your love. Deep waters flow, out to the sea They never needed you or me One Summer Dream.. Blue Mountains high and valley low I don't know which way I should go One Summer Dream.. Warm summer breeze blows endlessly Touching the hearts of those who feel One Summer Dream.. Bird on the wing goes floating by But there's a teardrop in his eye One Summer Dream.. Deep waters flow out to the sea One summer breeze blows endlessly One summer dream..
@ELGROOVER Fancy seeing you here, Groover, even if that comment was from about a year ago! It's BrzNinja's alt, the one who first commented on your Jeff Beck - Grease Monkey video! I see you enjoy ELO as well. Small world. XD
Thank you goudvinger! Easily one of the best rock tunes of all time. ELO is in the top five groups, and Jeff Lynne is the most underrated songwriter in history. Beautiful music.
One of the best songs ever written and one of the few songs that will live long after all the others have fallen away. The end of this song is that of life itself, tell me if I am wrong! It will set your mood!
ontherewf---you are right...this song evolkes many emotions and everyone sees it different.....some are sad, some just reminise old days.....But this is rare conbo of soul stirring lyrics coupled to a wonderfull arrangement and vocal.....just a brilliant song
This i have decided will be played at my funeral as it is without a doubt the most beautiful song i have ever heard and will leave all who knew me crying in the aisles !.
Ha! I told my wife to play "I'm Alive" from Xanadu! Have them all dancing in the aisles! (Hopefuly, they don't play "So Glad You Said Goodbye" by ELO Part 2!)
that is so funny man! I thought I was the only one on Planet Earth that actually owned the Xanadu album as a kid. Still remember the art on the back with Olivia Newton John holding the ELO symbol above her head.
Thank's for posting this,it is without doubt my all time favourite ELO track,it is so beautiful and so well crafted,no doubt about it jeff lynne is a genious.
One of my favorite ELO songs :) I had this on a 45 and played it over and over again until my Dad yelled at me to shut that damned thing off :)
HarmonizeTheWind 1 day ago
Mes Amies votre formidable melodie quelle vous magnifique pour les incredable formulatione :)
SuperBarnaby12 6 days ago
This track really takes me back - my mum (R.I.P) had a friend who had huge speakers with their record player and had a dial which moved with the bass of a song - this really pumped up the bass - absolutely bloody brilliant and I am 40 next year. Love all of ELO's music!
mecaljo 1 month ago
one summer dream ,I remember driving into the sunset, stopping in the mountains,looking over a valley in New York State and saying nothing, I had eveything I ever needed for just that song and space in time,,,nothing like that moment in time and the this song playing in the background, many things in life just fall into place and setting that you need to take in and ignore everything else for just that time. Thanks ELO for this one, it is strange magic.
tornadvort211 1 month ago
Amazing talent. ELO greatest band of all time!
janisboyer 1 month ago
I've always enjoyed this song. Such a hauntingly beautiful melody.
AmexJam 2 months ago
Epic!!! My fav. ELO songs are Turn to stone, Mr.Kingdom and El dorado. The poor kids today dont know whats real MUSIC........
007aca90 2 months ago
I sing on Evil Women, Night Rider, Down Home Town, Strange Magic all from the Face The Music Album by ELO. I was in a group called SuMagNa. Ellie Greenwich is also singing on these tracks with us. Thank you for your compliments.
Marge Raymond
Starz723 2 months ago
Marge Raymond, you are so beautiful, your singing is wonderful.
Even the deepest frozen tundra of an icy winter, this track make my heart and soul glow with warm summer sunshine.
Tell me please did you sing more hauntings on other tracks?
pyrokittykat 2 months ago
Makes me want to be in looooooove, to be held by the man who takes me to the end of the earth just by looking at me.
Imyourcheekygirl 2 months ago
This was one great band to see in concert in the 1970's ...I saw them on 4 different tours... They played this tune live it blew me away .......
ABlastFromYourPast 2 months ago
@ABlastFromYourPast you lucky duck! i'm so jealous!
jaytotheell 2 months ago
"ｴﾙﾄﾞﾗﾄﾞ"でただ事じゃなくなり､この"FaceTheMusic"で確信、ｴﾚｸﾄﾘｯｸ･ﾗｲﾄ･ｵｰｹｽﾄﾗの魔術､広大無辺の愛の”ﾜﾝ･ｻﾏｰ･ﾄﾞﾘｰﾑ"
blackandtanful 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Electric Light Orchestra
Amazing and a wonderfully haunting song.
geo386 3 months ago
Marge Raymond, To say this is a beautiful tune is a vast understatement.
Stevetheperformer 3 months ago
One summer dream-letnie marzenie! Jeff is fantastic!ELO 4ever!
szwagierism 4 months ago
This song could go on forever for me!
daveandodrummer 4 months ago
@daveandodrummer Also for me, "I loooooooooove it" ;0 x
Imyourcheekygirl 2 months ago
This song is not long enough. I need mooooooooooore.
PiNcHeRsOfPaL 4 months ago
Beautiful sound Goudvinger~~~Gratitude~~:))
JennaP46 4 months ago
Here it is Aug 31 another summer over and everytime i hear this song it brings back not only the memories of this summer but of all the summers past. I hope everyone who listens to this incredible song will have a smile on their face as i do right now. The best ELO song ever.
parbogeybirdie 5 months ago
One of my all time favorite songs, period..... has an ethereal quality to it that gives me chills every time I hear it....
saninpanama 5 months ago
One of my all time favorite songs, period..... has an ethereal quality to it that gives me chills every time I hear it....
saninpanama 5 months ago
Lovely Good on you girl
frogchickenface 5 months ago
What an great song!!!!
What a dream life is!!!
ELO Thank you.... :O)
oldwestartifacts 5 months ago
I sang with the group SuMagNa and Ellie Greenwich is on this track. We all got credit on the liner notes on the album. There are pictures of me and the other girls on tour with ELO. They are on a site called ELO Secret Messages. The Face The Music Album is timeless and wonderful. One Summer Dream has all our voices on it in unison, sounding like one voice singing "One Summer Dream".
Marge Raymond
Starz723 6 months ago
@Starz723 Hello Marge, thank you for your singing and comments! We (all the ELO/Jeff Lynne-fans all over the world) would certainly agree with you: Face the Music is timeless, brilliant and wonderful. And btw - I also love your contribution on, for example, "Nightrider". All the best to you. A lot of ELOVE from me.
MrBlue366 5 months ago 3
One Summer Dream in my opinion is a song that makes you look out the window and over the countryside. When I listen to it, It makes me appreciate the world we live in and makes me notice the various parts of it we don't normally notice.
rorymacve 7 months ago
♪♫♥²↑⁀⁀☼ ;-j
ELGROOVER 7 months ago
This song was written 30 years before the Goldfrapp attempt at a tune.
So you think it sounds a bit like" you only live twice"by barry,well not quite.Lets just say your not a string man,but a tempo man and thats were the similarity arises.Whilst moaning about folk stealing bits of music,what do you think of Robbie stealing the intro for "All over the world" on his so called "millenium" classic.
gmaccruyff55 7 months ago
The main melody of this song also shows up in two John Barry songs and "Time Out From The World" by Goldfrapp. Can't be an accident, could it? Does the melody come from an older song by a classical composer?
Grubbo 7 months ago
@Grubbo if you call John Lennon classical, the song is #9 Dream. Also, if you mean the John Barry of James Bond fame, yes, indeed, You Only Live Twice.
JonBenet6 5 months ago
Sat at work, listening to ELO, remembering by gone days of being a small child with my now deceased father playing these guys on the car radio and having my eyes opened up to real music.
/ lets life pass me by in a haze of happy nostalgia
Sleepichick 7 months ago 6
Lovely mellow song...Thank you ELO for so many wonderful music classics and some great memories listening to them all again,
goodfella8301 7 months ago
Mmmmm....I love this song as much now as when I first heard it in the 70's. Thanks ELO, you melodies make my heart sing :)
HarmonizeTheWind 8 months ago
I first listened to the LP A new world redord, because I knew of it through the global hit Living Thing. Then, my friends and I loved the group and discovered the LP Face the Music, where there are gems like this or Fire in the High. I thought this one was better than the other, though it was less known.
luciernagaval 8 months ago
O.K. ! From Santiago de CHile
TheHernanPatricio 8 months ago
somebody needs to pull the dick out of his ass and start listening to real music
99999999988888888333 8 months ago
I haven't heard this song in such a long time. I'd forgotten how beautiful it was..
bnutdude 8 months ago
a little weed goes good with this one!!!!!
fishbones1963 9 months ago 4
For some strange reason this reminds of the movie "The Wizard Of Oz"
cinerama62 9 months ago
I LOVE this tune--great string arrangement. I could just close my eyes and let this music just "wash" over me.
bradchaz 9 months ago
muy buena composición musical,Buenos Aires, Argentinqa.
alejandroraele 9 months ago
just sat hear listening to old ELO,can't believe how bloody good it is
TheMartinrt 10 months ago
Hi everyone..this is Marge Raymond, one of the background vocalists on this track. You can hear us singing the haunting One Summer Dream. This was one of Jeff Lynne's favorite tune. A beautiful tune.
Starz723 10 months ago 39
@Starz723 Was one of Jeff's favorite?????No longer is?Hmmm,
JennaP46 7 months ago
@Starz723 Hi Marge just wanted to say that this is a fantastic song and your backing vocals are hauntingly beautiful.
piepants17 7 months ago
@Starz723 Marge thank you for your contribution to this incredible song. Jeff Lynne is without doubt one of the most underrated composers of our generation. Pure magic!!
sithjedi71 6 months ago
@Starz723
Beautiful timesless stuff.
LindaDB3Music 6 months ago
@Starz723 Thank you for your wonderful work on this track! What a thrill it would be to work with Jeff Jynne...wow. It was always my favorite and I loved that he decided to include it in the Zoom Tour DVD. That shows that either a lot of people loved it or he loved it......or both! Fantastic job!
wpollock1 6 months ago 2
@Starz723 Marge, you sound fabulous on this track, thanks for contributing to this incredible work of art.
TravPitt 5 months ago
@Starz723 Marge, you are a legend for helping to make such beautiful pieces of music! I was born in Jan 76 just after this album was made, but my parents brought me up on ELO and I luv em to this day. Long live GOOD music. Less of Simon Cowell n more of this!!
daveandodrummer 4 months ago
@Starz723
Very beautiful! This song brings so much happiness, I like harmony in the end with the sharps and flats, so wonderful! Thank you! Cheers,
Andy
amharp5 2 months ago
@Starz723
Thanks for helping to contribute to one of my favourite all time tracks and the album in general x
tolns1 1 month ago
@Starz723
This is epic.............
Meehowski 2 weeks ago
I just fond my ole 45 collection and there was this song. OMG, I had totally forgotten, thank you so much for sharing it, brings tears to my eyes!!
willwinl 10 months ago
I wish the radio would play this once for every 500 times they kill Fire on High.
JonBenet6 10 months ago 2
hauntingly beautiful
musicwomanish 10 months ago
absolutely beautiful :)
ssparrow331 11 months ago
How about Jeffs "One Winter Dream"....It happened today,with Birmingham football club winning a trophy at Wembley,followed by the fans singing Jeffs "Mr Blue Sky".
gmaccruyff55 11 months ago
Best listened to with the lights off and headphones. The Master of haunting, beautiful melodies. Thanks Jeff Lynne!
wpollock1 11 months ago 2
1 of the best!!
speedofsound21 11 months ago
I'm 14 and even I love this music. My dad listens to it all the time, and I like to listen to it with him. It's the truest true that music can get.
TaylorSwift102 11 months ago
Another beautiful ELO song!
Scott06096 1 year ago
Intro is so sad but superb, my fav ELO song.
tontoropski 1 year ago
Brilliant.
TequilaJoeID 1 year ago
all song lyrics are technically poetry....artists like jeff have a special talent for painting wonderful pictures with words...i thank him and all the others for painting these pictures that have carried me through more than 5 decades of life
fangstudio 1 year ago
love those female backing vocals just lurking in the background
daveandodrummer 1 year ago
so pretty.
hilvldruid 1 year ago
Kind of a riff on theme from John Barry's great "You Only Live Twice'. Whatever, very nice.
saguaroboy 1 year ago
@saguaroboy glad someone else caught it, I wonder if the lyrics mesh in some quirky way.
JonBenet6 10 months ago
This song could be the soundtrack of my death.
POLLOGIOVA 1 year ago
@POLLOGIOVA ......GIVE ME YOUR ADDRESS IT CAN BE ARRANGED....LOL, BUT I KNOW EXATLY WHAT YOU MEAN, REALLY
barrybwfc 1 year ago
My. Favorite. Song.
Ever.
NullAleph 1 year ago 3
My brother intoduced m to ELO and even thoug we don't talk today, I am grateful to him to turning me on to ELO. I was fortunate to see them in concert and I have all of their cds and of course listen to them on Youtube. Long live Jeff Lynne and ELO.
Love you Boys!!!!
Please come back and tour again.
TheLaluna1 1 year ago 2
Amazing song, todays music can not compare with ELO. I'm so happy my dad liked ELO so that I heard there songs, now there my favorite band.
GeneralSeric 1 year ago 2
@GeneralSeric Can totally relate to that buddy, spent many a happy hour as a kid in the 80s listenin to elo. Wtll never hear the likes o them again. Genius. Sad but true
daveandodrummer 1 year ago
sometimes its frightening to realise that this is the music from one man's heart and soul.
mkwestcott1 1 year ago
OK, 5 listens in a row. Time to
listen to another ELO tune...
alcarr99 1 year ago 4
No other pop music group can bring out so many emotions as ELO. They are in the league of their own. Their music is immortal.
I am sure that 50 years from now, nobody will know of Gagas, Biebers etc, but ELO will be there. Fads change, but a beautiful music full of sophistication and emotions will last forever..
ocmhanl 1 year ago 2
@ocmhanl Immortal-----------The best description of ELO's impact on our world. Can't be described any better! When I listen to their music, it is impossible for me to not be transported to another dimension almost instantly!
technocrash09 1 year ago 6
I've just refound ELO and this song has the same effect it had all those years ago ....sublime
paulhereford 1 year ago 2
Ilike this song so much. It`s magical. Uskomattoman hieno kappale.
teuska1965 1 year ago
I never tire of hearing this. I cried the first time I did.
MrGorgeoustony 1 year ago 2
Pure ecstacy....no one writes music like this anymore.
missionfarstar 1 year ago 3
from another world, especially the chorus like a simphony of love. Jeff you are a MASTER.
aphadict 1 year ago 2
I was born as ELO were hittin their peak n they are beyond compare. I cant think of a band that can touch em
daveandodrummer 1 year ago
LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Cant stop listenin to it!
daveandodrummer 1 year ago
makes you tingle whenever you listen to this
phillipabbott1958 1 year ago 2
If ELO was a religion, I'd be in church every Sunday.
Heister1102 1 year ago 5
@Heister1102 Iagree that.
teuska1965 1 year ago
@Heister1102 Iagree that!
teuska1965 1 year ago
I have read some of the comments about this beautiful music and i am so pleased that some people in this world also agree that this is one of jeff lynnes best tunes,in fact i would go further and say the best ELO ever did.
stretchmark8 1 year ago
As a very young boy of 10 in 1975....I got it then. I get it now at 44. This has got to be on the soundtrack in heaven, right?
lttricktrac 1 year ago 16
This song makes you slouch back into your favourite armchair n float away into summers of your past! Beautiful track
daveandodrummer 1 year ago 3
Chorus is reminiscent of 'Midnight Cowboy' theme. A major/ Amajor 7th/ Eminor7 add g/ Eminor9/ E minor 7th. For musicians only.
mauvezonemagick 1 year ago
Another great track from a great album.
horsemad1670 1 year ago 2
Great song from a great album. Thanks so much for posting this!
driski90 1 year ago 2
The instrumentals on this alone make me cry, they are so beautiful
Add the lyrics and "I'm turned to" Complet Utter MUSH!
TY for posting this sonf & thanks to ELGROOVER for posting the lyrics
TheShirlSquirrel 1 year ago 2
I remember listening to this on the B side of the blue vinyl edition of Mr.Blue Sky.
This could have quite easily been made into a double A side single. Beautiful, haunting and timeless. Close your eyes and you could be floating on a cloud.
yodenman 1 year ago 2
been loving elo for over 30 years now.. they are the best of all time
julierem 1 year ago 3
I want this played on my funeral.
warminator 1 year ago 3
This song reminds me of some serious unrequited love I endured in my early 20s.
Boy, those were the days...
goshinman50 1 year ago
@goshinman50 i got the same experience.....17-20 i was
TheDiamond909 1 year ago
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warminator 1 year ago
so true
tabbytha1957 1 year ago
I totally agree - How did we ever get from this beautiful music to the crap we have to listen to now?
BarnsleyTimelord 1 year ago 4
ELO are legends. Grew up listening to em n still fresh to me. ACE! Wish music was made like this now instead of Simon Cowell's shit bein forced on us! High waisted trouser wearing, camp, smug, talentless dick!
daveandodrummer 2 years ago 4
Reminds me a bit of John Lennon's Number 9 Dream....
shrivel1 2 years ago
Good thought. I've heard this song a million times and never thought that. The voice is very close.
brugglesby 1 year ago
I had the green vinyl version of this album - as someone else says here - God these guys were good!!!
ianzxcvb 2 years ago
This is great! Roy Wood was the brains behind ELO, you can hear this in some of Roy's music - Forever?
TheAndyman75 2 years ago
Dear God these guys were good
Stevetheperformer 2 years ago 3
as an avid ELO fan this is still my all time favourite track and if it is played at my funeral i will be quite happy ! long live jeff lynne,a true genious .
stretchmark8 2 years ago 2
Doesn't get much better than this
Stevetheperformer 2 years ago
it was john lennon, the quote was " ah, son of beatle"
demonlo 2 years ago
my fave- sounds weird but i equate this with civil war photos by brady. gettysburg- july 3 thru 5
Gruiforme 2 years ago
Great answer! You know your stuff!
Much Thanks...
joeornotjoe 2 years ago
Why do people have to use such a great fromat as this to purvey their ignorance and swear?? Go read a freakin' thesaurus will ya!!!!! Meanwhile, the rest of with musical taste will enjoy the amazing sounds of Mr. Lynne.
teamzurich 2 years ago 3
In the first 20 seconds of this song there is a chord progression. I heard a song that ends with this chord progression with a piano lead. I dont know if its by ELO, but I have been dying to figure out what it was becasue it was a beautiful song. Ive heard it twice on the radio, and both times they played fire on high afterwards
phantomofhepiano 2 years ago
I remember my mom bought Face the Music back in 1975 just to get this song. Only rock album she ever had.
twp35 2 years ago 2
Yeah we had the 8-track. Mom would dance to "Down home town". Remember it like it was yesterday.
mbhotie715 2 years ago
Era muy joven en esa epoca ! Hoy estoy enfermo pero ELO me acompano siempre ! y me siento mas joven que nunca ! 70's BUENOS TIEMPOS !!
aangiett1 2 years ago
who inspired who? George Harrison inspired Jeff Lynne or the other way around? The similarities are there to hear.
I know they were good friends and recorded together with The Traveling Wilburys. Both obviously great artists
joeornotjoe 2 years ago
Well it wasn't so much that it was George Harrison that inspired Jeff Lynne, Jeff was inspired by the Beatles as a whole when they were still together, when he founded ELO with Roy Wood their intention was to pick up from where the Beatles left off. It was either George or John that said that if the Beatles carried on they would've sounded similar to ELO
RadaMcLaren32C 2 years ago 2
greatest band of all time,never a bad song,
dreaming4000 2 years ago 2
I agree. Everything from NO ANSWER through TIME was awesome.
mbhotie715 2 years ago
MAGNIFIQUE!!!!
BOWIECHRI 2 years ago
just amazing many thanks jeff for all the memories you have given me through your music!!!!!!
stuo07 2 years ago 3
I wish they would make another Electric Light Orchestra musical. Xanadu is campy, but given the chance, a real musical would be nice. If "Across the Universe" could be made, why not an "Eldorado" or "Time" or something like that? I'd stand in line for it, it'd be the next best thing to a concert.
shogunblade 2 years ago
i love this song and 70's rock bands but FUCK..I HATE HATE HATE that warped cassette sound. jeezus, its beyond annoying. is there anyway one can do away with that????
tropicalpimp 2 years ago
tout simplement extraordinaire, sublime
multispeed1 2 years ago
the best 70´s elo song?
i heard and own everything from ELO and this song puts me goose gumps every time i hear it,those great chord changes that strings thank you jeff and stingman Louis Clark.
a hug for all ELO fans here.
endrizo 2 years ago 4
reallly great
JimmyPageisGOD 2 years ago
¡Qué hermosa canción!. Año 1975, "One Summer Dream", "Un Sueño de Verano".
RobayoOrtega 2 years ago
cudowne <3
niesamowite mam wspomnienia związane z tą piosenkę <333
KGSchmetterling 2 years ago 2
1st heard this song in 76 I believe, blew me away back then, still does to this day
HamiltonHellhound 2 years ago 16
@HamiltonHellhound Me too. When I think of Kathy kicking me to the curb, this song plays in my head, all by itself.
kramselab 10 months ago
This song is ageless
1stinkbear 2 years ago 5
you cant post all the lyrics.
cumskuddle92 2 years ago
ELGROOVER 2 years ago 21
@ELGROOVER Fancy seeing you here, Groover, even if that comment was from about a year ago! It's BrzNinja's alt, the one who first commented on your Jeff Beck - Grease Monkey video! I see you enjoy ELO as well. Small world. XD
BasementBeginnings 1 year ago
Thank you goudvinger! Easily one of the best rock tunes of all time. ELO is in the top five groups, and Jeff Lynne is the most underrated songwriter in history. Beautiful music.
DBear87 2 years ago 4
Yes, you are right - Jeff is the most underrated songwriter in history. And I wonder why he has always been so modest in his appearances...
pandvale 2 years ago 4
What i would give to be able to go back in time and see ELO in concert, say about 1978 or so!!
spiderdragon1969 2 years ago 5
I'm having a little trouble catchin all the lyrics to the song. can anyone post them up?
tropicalpimp 2 years ago
youtube wont let you put more than 500 characters... sorry man
cumskuddle92 2 years ago
One of the best songs ever written and one of the few songs that will live long after all the others have fallen away. The end of this song is that of life itself, tell me if I am wrong! It will set your mood!
ontherewf 2 years ago
ontherewf---you are right...this song evolkes many emotions and everyone sees it different.....some are sad, some just reminise old days.....But this is rare conbo of soul stirring lyrics coupled to a wonderfull arrangement and vocal.....just a brilliant song
abooboo4u 2 years ago
majestic :)
paulhereford 2 years ago
When I was a teen a bud and I used to get baked and watch the sunset to E.L.O. This reminds me of those good times.
Thanks for the post, goudvinger.
R.I.P. Kelly Groucutt.
Aggedor1959 2 years ago
You got it right buddy
Stevetheperformer 2 years ago
One of my Fav ELO Song's Awesome!
TOFFEEBLUE344 2 years ago
thats june 14th actually. got lost in time.
blkmanbat 2 years ago
perfect song to listen to on a sunday evening in florida. june 12 2009.
blkmanbat 2 years ago
aaahhhhh so lovely. have`nt heared this since ages.
warminator 2 years ago
Face the music = super album!!!
Menschmaschine1978 2 years ago
whoa....this is my first time hearing this. I'm speechless. Where are they from?anyone?
tropicalpimp 2 years ago
there from bermingham england
georgesturdy 2 years ago
WOW !! that about sums it up for me when I hear this song.
SouthJerseyGuy1 2 years ago
Brilliant then, brilliant now.
1stinkbear 2 years ago 2
one of my favorites-gets me through these tough times
IronJustice08 2 years ago
At their most majestic:)
SparkyGerbil 2 years ago
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SparkyGerbil 2 years ago
kocham ELO! to jest wspaniale!
EwaM54 2 years ago 3
This i have decided will be played at my funeral as it is without a doubt the most beautiful song i have ever heard and will leave all who knew me crying in the aisles !.
stretchmark8 2 years ago
Ha! I told my wife to play "I'm Alive" from Xanadu! Have them all dancing in the aisles! (Hopefuly, they don't play "So Glad You Said Goodbye" by ELO Part 2!)
Scott06066 2 years ago
that is so funny man! I thought I was the only one on Planet Earth that actually owned the Xanadu album as a kid. Still remember the art on the back with Olivia Newton John holding the ELO symbol above her head.
IronJustice08 2 years ago
awesome song! =]
Hailey5210 2 years ago 2
Great memories of the very hot summer of 1975, walking in Rendlesham Forest and the great storm at Orford. Thanks for taking me back Goudvinger.
gusgorilla76 2 years ago
Thank's for posting this,it is without doubt my all time favourite ELO track,it is so beautiful and so well crafted,no doubt about it jeff lynne is a genious.
stretchmark8 2 years ago 2
We'll miss you Kelly Groucutt! Thanks for the music!
Scott06066 2 years ago 6
Face the Music, 1974 I think.goldmember1954
goldmember1954 2 years ago
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IronJustice08 3 years ago
Whats not to love about this?
IronJustice08 3 years ago 2
wonderful, dreamy genius from Jeff Lynne
y0l0l7ek 3 years ago 9
beatiful
Milokostka 3 years ago 6
a work of art that doesn't get what it deserve.
one of the best song e-v-e-r
gal493 3 years ago 7
A Great Classic..............under the radar