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Rainard Jalen Electric Light Orchestra 04-17-2008, 05:39 PM

jackhammer I personally love them but I... 04-17-2008, 05:46 PM

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boo boo I like them. 04-21-2008, 11:27 PM

savannah i grew up listenin to them... 04-22-2008, 12:11 AM

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BurnTham Check out the Eldorado album,... 06-09-2008, 12:17 AM

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Captain Ron i got the last move album,... 06-26-2011, 10:38 PM

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starrynight Most people like the disco... 07-03-2011, 05:41 AM

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Jedey One of the reasons I've... 11-03-2011, 10:30 AM

Necromancer Maybe it had been meant to be... 11-03-2011, 01:10 PM

Unknown Soldier Oddly enough you can hear "I... 11-03-2011, 03:10 PM

killcreek i dislike ELO for their... 11-09-2011, 12:31 PM

Chives So I'm not the only one who... 11-29-2011, 12:02 PM

Unknown Soldier I`d say Out of the Blue was... 11-29-2011, 12:18 PM

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One of the reasons I've always disliked ELO because Jeff Lynne said the goal of the band was to rewrite "I Am The Walrus" as many times as possible, zero creativity in my opinion.

Maybe it had been meant to be a very loose statement made by Lynne, I suspect there may be a little truth to it in some small degree.

The Beatles influence I hear in their music is very entertaining to me personally.

I am not a fanatic about ELO or anything like that. Their songs just take me back to that era/memory back in the 70s.

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