Roll Over Beethoven''5 - ELO

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Music

Tags:

• Electric
• Light
• Orchestra
• Roll
• Over
• Beethoven
• Oldies

[sarpedon3]

Probably the definitive version of this song. Please Jeff Lynne, get the classic ELO (e.g Face the Music to Discovery) and make an album that shows these newbies in music on how to make great music.

[peterfile343]

I'd watch out if I was you - YouTube have a habit of taking this one down.

[MattHatter]

@gfh110 I see what you're saying. Sort of like how Blood, Sweat, and Tears was essentially a jazz band with rock leanings, while Chicago was a rock band with jazz leanings.

[genegaz]

Best performance of this song, ever! The early lineup of ELO was raw and rock'n'roll.

[gfh110]

@mkp823 Unfortunately I can't fairly compare Mik & Wilf because I heard Mik first and he was the one who inspired me to take up the violin. All the same, I respect them both. To me it seems like Mik was more interested in being a "rock violinist" and Wilf was more sort of a "violinist in a rock band." I have about a dozen of Mik's solos on bootlegs and each one is significantly different due to his improvisation, which is what I've always enjoyed most.

[ELONut]

The Real ELO concept at its finest

[mkp823]

@tigranvartanovitch I continued to be a fan (mostly due to Jeff's writing, but it's like listening to two different bands. You can even watch Gibson & Kaminski and see the difference. Gibson's bowing is very smooth and flowing. Kaminski looks like he's trying to saw through the thing. Kaminski relied heavily on electronic effects (like on Living Thing). It doesn't sound like a violin nor a fine violinist.

[tigranvartanovitch]

@mkp823 In case you didn't know, Maxine Nightingale's "Right Back Where We Started from" has both Wilf Gibson and Michael de Albuquerque playing on it.

[tigranvartanovitch]

@mkp823 What I couldn't stand about Mik Kaminski was that his instrument didn't sound like a violin. I mean, can you imagine what "Kuiama" would be like if Kaminiski were in the band at that stage? I stopped buying their albums after Eldorado. They were hiring an orchestra and a choir. Although they continued to produce some good tracks, they had lost the plot. Their original idea was to get away from being a four piece rock band and they ended up...as a four piece rock band.

[mkp823]

@tigranvartanovitch I couldn't agree more. Gibson is a far more creative and melodic violinist than Kaminski. Edwards played great rock 'n' roll cello, and DeAlbuquerque was a soulful bassist - and I personally liked his "earthy" voice against Jeff's far more than Kelly's nasily-wannabe-Jeff-clone voice.

[tigranvartanovitch]

@flashfast2000 I don't think you are wrong. I agree that Mike Edwards was a big part of the stage act, and if he were still with them at the later stages, I have a feeling that the string section wouldn't have been dismissed. I think things musically went downhill with the departure of Gibson, De Albuquerque and Mike Edwards.

[grolum]

i don't say this often, but the studio version is better.