Reply With QuoteBut they did a really great disco tune called Shine A Little Love. I don't know if it made a dent on the charts, but I like it!
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''The Electric Light Orchestra, who provided half of the (Xanadu's)soundtrack, lost credibility with its rock audience, thanks to their newly-acquired disco overtones. Their next album, "Discovery", although featuring the hit "Don't Bring Me Down", leaned even more in this direction and sounded exactly like what it was: Jeff Lynne running out of ideas. (Sidenote: the soundtrack to Xanadu was recently re-released, after being unavailable for years, and it offers a perversely enjoyable glimpse of Lynne's inability to decide if he wanted to be Paul McCartney or Barry Gibb.)''
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But they did a really great disco tune called Shine A Little Love. I don't know if it made a dent on the charts, but I like it!
Disco Funk
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I think this quote contains a severe mistake: XANADU came one year after DISCOVERY was released. In fact, the success of DISCOVERY (released in 1979) was essential in ELO being offered the music of XANADU, an Olivia Newton-John star vehicle, in 1980.
But the movie tanked and ELO's album sales dropped heavily when they released their next full studio album, TIME, in 1981. The dream was over.
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i also believe that Paul McCartney went a little "disco-ey" himself. "Silly Love Songs" (1976) was pretty darn disco-like for Paul McCartney...
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While the movie has its moments, the music can't be faulted. The theme song "Xanadu" with music by ELO and vocals by Olivia Newton-John are classic. When Olivia hits those high notes at the very end of the song, they send shivers up my spine everytime. A great track by two fantastic artist IMHO.
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Who they lost in Rock, they gained in Disco.
I named my dog Kira.
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But wasn't ELO's music always kind of disco-like?Originally Written by discophil
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and a great song indeed. of course this wouldn't ruin his credibility.
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Don't forget 'Goodnight Tonight' & 'Coming Up' which I think are even more disco-ey.
...ya gotta beat the street......
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And isn't one of the songs from his movie "Give My Regards To Broadstreet" a full out disco song? I seem to recall a song that was very uptempo in the soundtrack/movie. :icon_question:
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I'd vote "no" on that. Only because I'm recalling my feelings about them back in the late 70s when I was in high school and one of the things I defined myself by was the music I listened to (of course, we all did). I was into Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, Earth, Wind & Fire, Anita Ward, Chic, etc. My neighbor listened to Boston, Foreigner, ELO, etc. We didn't see eye-to-eye. So, in that sense, I'd say ELO wasn't disco-like, otherwise I would have listened to them and my neighbor would not have!
However, listening to ELO today I can certainly agree that they were a product of their era and that era was heavily influenced by disco. As a matter of fact, it was 1981 when I first heard the Xanadu soundtrack and I immediately liked it. I was surprised it was ELO doing the tunes and I felt sort of dirty for liking them. However, as time has marched on, I've realized just how good some of ELO's music really is. Today, I'd count "Last Train To London" as one of my favorite tunes. That and "Shine A Little Love". (Psst...just don't tell my neighbor!)
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Perhaps ELO could be thought of as a guilty pleasure for disco music lovers.
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I'm guilty! :icon_mrgreen:Perhaps ELO could be thought of as a guilty pleasure for disco music lovers.
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Very True !!While the movie has its moments, the music can't be faulted. The theme song "Xanadu" with music by ELO and vocals by Olivia Newton-John are classic. When Olivia hits those high notes at the very end of the song, they send shivers up my spine everytime. A great track by two fantastic artist IMHO.
I've revived this thread as I came across this recently.: a rerecording of the song from 1999 by E.L.O.( i.e. Jeff Lynne ) without Olivia Newton-John and with more guitar.
It sounds kind of wrong to me...
ELO : Xanadu ( new version )
Why Jeff ? WHY ??
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Maybe Jeff was at a karaoke night when he recorded this.
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