WHERE THE HOKEY POKEY "IS" WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT

Electric Light Orchestra

Time

  • AMG Review of Time

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    James Chrispell
    All Music Guide

    Time takes its cues more from such bands as the Alan Parsons Project and Wings than from Jeff Lynne's fascination with Pepper-era Beatles. Sure, all the electronic whirrs and bleeps are present and accounted for, and Time did spawn hit singles in "Hold on Tight" and "Twilight," but on the average, ELO had begun to get too stuck on the same structure and content of their releases. "The Way Life's Meant to Be" echoes very early ELO hits like "Can't Get It Out of My Head," and the "Prologue" and "Epilogue" segments try and bring about a unifying concept that doesn't quite hold up upon listening all the way through. Time proves to be competent ELO but not great ELO.

A Sudden Craving
over 2 years ago
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Listening to this song just now, I got an insatiable urge to play some Qix. So I did.Anyone else get music-associated cravings like this?

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The Orchestra Announces 2 North American Tour Dates
5 months ago

Former members of ELO and ELO Part II who now call themselves "The Orchestra," are hugely popular in Europe. As their name and background imply, they play songs from both previous bands. Usually they only tour the UK and the continent, but this year they have a July 17 show in Detroit, at the DTE Energy Music Theater. They've also got a performance listed on their website for The Fort Willi...

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A Sudden Craving
over 2 years ago
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Listening to this song just now, I got an insatiable urge to play some Qix. So I did.Anyone else get music-associated cravings like this?

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Is that what you want?
over 3 years ago
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I met someone who looks a lot like youShe does the things you doBut she is an ibm.Man, I wore this LP out back in the day. The Concept Album is dead. Long live the Concept Album.

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80s + ELO Twilight + Hideaki Anno = Magic
about 1 year ago

Well..... have no much to say... i love this clip and the song (has real pure 80s).I have discover the song searching for this animation from Hideaki Anno, director of Evangelion, one of the most incredible stories of Animation History. I have study and now working on Animation Studio on composition. XD

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