ELO - The Way Life's Meant To Be

[1elofan]

I love all ELO songs,but this is one from their best.As organizer ELO Fan Meetings in Poland i would like to invite all of U to Poland .THIS SUMMER WE WIILL MEET ON IX ELO FAN MEETING.SO.WELCOME TO POLAND . Regards,WIESLAW NASTAROWICZ :)

[LBart218]

"I wish I was back in 1981...just to see your face instead of this place, now I know what you mean to me." I can relate to those lyrics sometimes. Those were special times.

[deester69]

This is the first album I ever bought

[scorpiostar3138]

dont we all wish we could turn back the clock

[XmasGhost]

Fantastic album. I went to see ELO at Wembley Arena in 1981; The Time Tour. The robot moving accross the stage during the Prologue, Mick Kiminski doing a violin solo the band doing a tribute to the late John Lennon who had died the previous December. I can't believe that it was all over 30 years ago now. What memories!!!

[russwho1]

For anyone of you who don't "get" this song, or think it's misplaced on this album.... Obviously, you don't get "TIME"... does that make sense?

[riemudj]

Maybe it fit with lyrics, but i meant rather musical way,it not fit.

[riemudj]

Time album is great,but this song sucks badly, wonder why it in there, it's totally different crap,not like all other great stuff in that album.

[Deadboltt]

@riemudj I think you're wrong. Have you ever returned to an old neighbourhood after being away for a long time? If you have, this song would make sense to you. It fits in excellently with the overall theme of the album.

[MrDiscorush]

great comments from the younger generation, especially basievs 2 weeks ago. i am the ultimate elo fan and although i have many fav songs and albums, "time" is a classic and deserved its number one slot in the charts. this single is so amazing and means so much to me

[dwellceller]

I was a kid when this album come out...and my older brothers got it...i loved it then and still love it now....So much better than all the crap that's in the charts now! I'm a metal head and also into alot of electronic music, but ELO are still one of my favourites....

[MrRocknRoII]

such a great shame this song flopped as a single. it really stands up alongside their big hits even though it was'nt one, brilliant song.

[basievs]

This is the one song that i can not get enough of, through the years i never heard another song that could capture my attention in the same fasion. I have not got the vocabulary or ability to praise the writer, singer, and this is my special favourite song ever. 

[jimemusic]

I wish I was back in 1981

[jureiviugatve]

numirciau siai dainai skambant!!!!

[vince1159]

"And when i see what they've done to the place that was home,shame is all that i feel" so true,bring back the 80's...

[ljvw66]

Man does this bring back memories.... All good ones!!!

[evilknavel]

It's what's called 'dad's' music, but it's mine too...legends..

[internet6885]

gtfgg

[superbulldog81]

My favorite ELO song!! I graduaded from high school in 1981,

Every time I hear this song and the lyric "I wish I was back in 1981"

I get choked up because things were so simple and carefree.

I miss the late 70's and early 80's :(

[motylki01]

jak ja ich kocham ;) 

[The91softail]

PLEASE COME BACK ELO THE WORLD NEEDS YOU

[aljump57]

I got up this morning looked around and thought .... When am I.

[cigaweedxl]

this was on my record player the night my house burnt down,it was the only LP that was destroyed out of hundreds in the heat of the fire now how do you explain that ???

[diabllova]

how could someone not like thus music?

[szwagierism]

Too late for you,too late for me!!MACGYVERKICKYOURASS!You are the best!

[raulmexico2]

I,m crying just right now¡¡¡Thanks for this song....

[llabergon]

me facina jeff line y toda su musica son lo maximo



[tiger26004]

reminds me of my town.

[paintersmurfs]

well here i am in the future and I thought the world be all ELO and shit. well, i was wrong, the world isnt near as coool as i imagined it would be listening to this timeless music back in the 80's when i was a kid :(

[supernog1]

I lost my cherry to this song . I was 11 and she was 15 . the best £ 2 i ever spent

[MarkAFerguson]

If I don't get to the border, then I'll write! :)

[1worriedman]

This reminds me That at The end of the finale of Quantum Leap..."Sam never leaped home".

[petrucciado]

M.A.R.I.A.C.H.I.  TUNE

[TECHNOBOFF]

one of their best albums

[SouljaTrav]

ELO Is And Always Will Be One Of The Best Groups There Ever Was And Ever Will Be!!!!!!!!!!!  YOU ROCK..

[SouljaTrav]

ELO Is ANd Always WillBeOne Of The Best Groups There Ever Was And Ever Will Be!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK..

[cacajesuiscool]

oh god

i just discovered this band

i just fell in love

[grolsch55]

This is really the most beautiful pop song I've ever heard

[technocrash09]

You can search high and low and you will never........nevernevernever find a bass riff better than the one at 2:10

[motokops22]

Love this song



[MENDEL7530159]

i feel really bad for this guy. i moved around a lot as a kid and sometimes it would feel like i went to another time. i could really relate.

[adidzis]

RIP Mike Edwards ... may this music play in the Heavens now.... =(

[petrucciado]

cool song

[Blacktemplarv001]

Music is the seasoning of life, and this album contains some of the highest quality available.

Simply amazing.

[Supercharge87]

"And when I see what they've done to this place that was home, shame is all that I feel."

[RechlerDudi]

Great album.... lots of memories......

Love ELO!

[phoden]

The ground at my feet, maybe its just the old street but everything I know lies under!!!!

[zbychu2224]

Świetna piosenki mają ELO

[zbychu2224]

Świetna :)

[HeyMedic]

It reminds me a lot of the Beach Boys Heroes and Villians

[technocrash09]

@HeyMedic Sorta-kinda

[parrotindecia]

Modern life

[konomel101]

Nostalgia, nostalgia. I wish I could go back to the 80's.

[Telefonillo]

@konomel101

back when we thought we had a future....

[LarryFine21]

Uno de los mejores álbum de ELO --- "Time"

Jeff Lynne fue un adelantado a su época.

Tengo solo 16 años y amo esta musica!!!

[bassanirob]

Very fine... One of my favorites song ever!!

[recaulkulous]

"I wish I was back in 1981"

[jamesjnr67]

the dogs bollocks!

[tabbytha1957]

Jeff Lynn AND ROY WOOD folks! Roy Wood was behind the introduction of big band/strings section into pop music of the time.

[edenmoonstar]

what a classic...nothing touches this in the music world now...ELO are the BEST:)

[socalscottie80s]

"... I wish I was back in Nineteen Eighty-One.."

[metalrockpiano]

awesome

[windcriedmary]

My father played with ELO in the Toledo Symphony a couple times. What a band. They were true musicians, not like the kinda crap that's played on the radio these days! I love this. I'm sure it will stay in all our hearts for years to come, maybe even our children will listen to it.

[scubarulz]

I'm with you, Wind.. first I HAVE to get my kids away from the TV, which is designed to squash creativity and imagination, and get them reading more, and LISTENING to REAL music from great musicians like Jeff Lynne and ELO. Thanks to Macgyver for posting this album. What memories; I was 21 when Time was released, Very underrated!!!!

[unusedteabag]

im 13 and i love this sort of stuff. muhc better than thAT "music" they put on the radio nowadays. you cant even hear what they are saying, but on this you can hear every word :)

[windcriedmary]

Oh my gosh, so true. They were playing a radio station at work yesterday dedicated to all Hip Hop and R&B, every song sounded pretty much the same. Repeating words, repeating the same few notes over and over, synthesized sounds and the lyrics Lol. Some of the dumbest I've ever heard. Like "I'm so fly" and "I'm so hard". Lmao. Who knows what half of those phrases even mean. I wish people from the US would speak ENGLISH! The language of ghetto is not an option, because it's not an actual language.

[unusedteabag]

true

[crisp2882]

i love elo.i could listen to them all day.they are one of the greatest bands of all time and jeff lynne is a genious and he deserves a knighthood.

[diabllova]

such a great song from such a great band!!

[horsehockey1959]

Absolutely my favorite ELO song!

[titatus08]

Gracias ELO por ese excelente legado de música

[PimpOfSWE]

I listened to ELO when i was i kid and i still love this album <3

[STERLINGLOVER]

I've loved this song for (omg) decades! I always thought, even as a little kid, that the first 8 seconds reminded me of Dorothy on the Wizard of Oz, stepping out of her house after it landed out of the cyclone LOL

[Perktube1]

The picture on their album Eldorado is that of Dorthy's red shoes shocking the witche's hands as she tries to get them.

[zardozman7]

Thank You for Posting!

[thecartwrangler]

THIS SONG IS GEART ROCK NO JEFF LYINE

[tammapo]

Oh, my God--this is making me cry!!

[grolsch55]

Me too

[yxobelglez62]

@tammapo IGUAL A MI ME HACE LLORAR...

[yxobelglez62]

IGUAL A MI ME HACE LLORAR.. 

[beatityatube]

This same theme of alienation is found in other ELO songs.