One Utah (Free subscription) | yesterday
Traveling Wilburys: The End of the Line . . . remember to live and let live. George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, and the late, great Roy Orbison. Need more Wilburys? Watch Handle With Care.
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
The last time we saw Brendan Canning, via " Hit The Wall ," he was running away from animals, wearing a red tracksuit, and looking a lot like Jeff Lynne. For the George Vale-directed video for "Churches Under The Stairs," Canning instead goes against fellow Broken Social Scenester Kevin Drew in a kind of battle of the bands/dance-off that offers up the interesting conundrum: How does one tell apart...
Big Brass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
End Of The Line By The Traveling Wilburys : Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison [ 3:27 ] Well, it's alright, riding around in the breeze Well, it's alright, if you live the life you please Well, it's alright, doing the best you can Well, it's alright, as long as you lend a hand You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring Waiting for someone to tell you everything...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
Alan McGee: Critics called them 'dull' and laughed at the spaceships. Did they not realise Jeff Lynne was a songwriter to rival Lennon and McCartney?
mattrutherford.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
Continuing my series (#1, #2) of formative music – this is the marvellous Mr Blue Sky by the Electric Orchestra, taken from their 1977 album – Out of the Blue. You can wonder at how Jeff Lynne got his hair to look SO HUGE. I remember the cassette of this album in my dads Mini Clubman [...]
Popdose (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Remember when the Hustle swept through discos everywhere? People were taking Hustle classes, the nightly news reported on the fad, there were instructional records and books. Hey, remember when everyone did the bump to, say, “Lady Bump?” How about in 1977, when everyone was doing the latest dance, the “Crazy Thing,” to Jeff Lynne’s “Doin’ [...]
William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Oh yeah, Tom Petty, half the Beatles, and Jeff Lynne. Not a bad lineup and you have to figure this led to the Traveling Wilburys. ©MMVIII William F. Yurasko
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Mention Dave Edmunds’ 1983 album “Information,” and that may bring to mind two things: Jeff Lynne, who wrote one song for it and produced two songs on it, and that synthesizers were used. Dig deeper into the grooves on this album, though, and you’ll find some more traditional Dave Edmunds sounds. Dave covers tunes by NRBQ [...]
A Tic In The Mind's Eye (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
George was my favorite Beatle, if I had to chose one. In this video set Jeff Lynne and Dhani Harrison discuss the making of George Harrison's final album, "Brainwashed". It is amazing to hear how fully realized George's songs were...to the extent that he wrote down even the sound descriptions. Peace and Enjoy.
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
This one sounds like ELO, but it’s Dave Edmunds. You can thank Dave’s pal Jeff Lynne for that. He wrote and produced this tune from “Riff Raff,” which Dave released on Columbia Records in 1984. It’s one of three such cuts on the album. Lynne’s work with Edmunds in 1983 and 1984, though sounding much like ELO, [...]
Token Liberal (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
SOMEWHERE FEELING ARTY (TL) -- Despite the fact that the series lacks ELO's Jeff Lynne ... this series of relief-block prints of modern music masters by artist Stephen Alcorn is way cool.
tabloid baby (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
The two-night world premiere festivities for the world premiere of The Seventh Python that included last night's rousing solo performance by Neil Innes (attended by the likes of Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh and Dan Castellenata, was a rousing success for the Mods & Rockers Film Festival, the American Cinematheque and our pals at Frozen Pictures, who are getting some of the best reviews of their careers
William F. Yurasko (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
White afros. Bass violins. Synthesizers. British people. Talkboxes. Electric Light Orchestra was as '70s as it gets. You almost expect Will Ferrell l to make a movie out of it. Great song though; I really like Jeff Lynne 's work. This is getting used in commercials again too. ELO , Electric Light Orchestra , Jeff Lynne , Mr. Blue Sky ©MMVIII William F. Yurasko
Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Before the musical diversity and brilliance of Arcade Fire, there was the genius of Tom Wood and Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra. Combining a rock sensibility with orchestral strains, the music of this band is as relevant today as it was in the 70's. Check out the bouffants on Jeff Lynne... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Know what I’m talking about? The Traveling Wilburys were – in my opinion, and that of many critics and fans – the best rock supergroup to ever have existed. Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, and Rob Orbison recorded under that name from 1988-1990. Their best-known songs – and justifiably so – were “Handle with Care” and “End of the Line”. Roy Orbison died at the age of 52 in December,...
