{"id":2288,"date":"2012-12-31T21:44:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T21:44:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-31T21:44:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T21:44:12","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/?p=2288","title":{"rendered":"Electric Light Orchestra: Mr. Blue Sky &#8211; The Very Best of ELO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frontiers\/BAM<\/p>\n<p>When JEFF LYNNE was at it making covers in the studio he also found time to re-record his main band ELO\u00b4s finest from the back catalogue. With new technology at hand, and handling all instruments himself Jeff has created something of a blockbuster in the charts. <\/p>\n<p>All the famed songs are here if cause, \u201cEvil Woman\u201d, \u201c10538 Overture\u201d (albeit in a 40th Anniversary guise), \u201cDo Ya\u201d and of cause \u201cLivin\u00b4 Thing\u201d. The same 60\u00b4s buzzing vocals as on the solo covers album, no other musicians involved and the many almost mesmerizing refrains all contribute to some delicious pop in an all but modern costume. But I guess that is the aim here. And on the bright side \u201cLivin\u00b4 Thing\u201d will never be forgotten, neither will \u201cEvil Woman\u201d, \u201cShowdown\u201d, \u201cDo Ya\u201d or \u201c10538 Overture\u201d. But the general touch is quite stale and not for anyone into rock of any kind, and if you\u00b4re into pop, what\u00b4s to hesitate about?<\/p>\n<p>Track List<br \/>\nMr. Blue Sky<br \/>\nEvil Woman<br \/>\nStrange Music<br \/>\nDon\u00b4t Bring Me Down<br \/>\nTurn to Stone<br \/>\nShowdown<br \/>\nTelephone Line<br \/>\nLivin\u00b4 Thing<br \/>\nDo Ya<br \/>\nCan\u00b4t Get It Out of My Head<br \/>\n10538 Overture (40th Anniversary Bonus Track)<br \/>\nPoint of No Return (Previously Unreleased, Bonus Track)<\/p>\n<p>www.frontiers.it www.myspace.com\/jefflynnemusic <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontiers\/BAM When JEFF LYNNE was at it making covers in the studio he also found time to re-record his main band ELO\u00b4s finest from the back catalogue. With new technology at hand, and handling all instruments himself Jeff has created something of a blockbuster in the charts. All the famed songs are here if cause, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cd_reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}