Off Topic ELO

For 40 years I thought the end of the chorus line for "don't bring me down" was "Bruce" so I'm screaming Bruce thinking it was like the good old days at City. Just been online to check lyrics trying to be clever for this thread and it's ****ing groos. Steve Groos black and amber army. What the **** is groos? Cheap whisky?

 

Made up word
FACT

 

Mr Allam Snr was there and looking well.

Great gig.

 

Why do people do that?

 

absolutely amazing gig , its one of those where everyone knew every song and just really seemed to enjoy themselves , quality night all in all

 

I thought it was some brummy word he'd used. Though I've always been too lazy to look.

 

A brilliant gig was much better than my expectations which were pretty high in the first place. As said Jeff Lynne came across as a thoroughly good guy, and still a great performer.

Edit: Forgot to mention the The Shires were excellent as was Tom Chaplin.

 

Great day.few beers before in a Wetherspoons obviously plus others.great atmosphere.tom Chaplin before all was superb as well.didnt get to see much of the shires.but what I did see went down well.
More please. The kc was rocking

 

Er... obviously nobody has ever filmed it before and it's nice to have something unique.

 

It wouldn't be something unique, hundreds of other people there would've filmed it.

 

Yep. That's the joke.

 

With the Healy brothers ?

 

Thought about taking that to Edinburgh?

 

I went along with my near ten year old grandson. A really good concert - though I'm a bit biased. For a guy who'll be 70 in December, Jeff Lynne's still got it. A great atmosphere. However, I do hope Papa Allam had the in-between the songs cheering recorded. He could feed it out of the West Stand speakers and it'll sound like there's a crowd in there

 

I reckon I could do a decent seven minutes on the kind of people who go to live events and watch it through a tiny screen, so yeah, if you're driving.

 

Does anyone know if Jeff Lynne arrived by helicopter, I saw one arrive which seemed to land at the Infirmary helipad?

 

Doesn't he arrive in a spaceship?

 

You're right.

 

True story this. During the 90s, one of the bands I play with were resident at the Dee St. Club. One of the acts that played there over the years was a brilliant club comedian called Roger 'Ollie' Spencer. Ollie had been the drummer with one of Jeff Lynne's formative bands 'The Idle Race' (check them out - you can hear a lot of the prototype ELO stuff there). In fact, Lynne had left the Idle Race to join Roy Wood and Bev Bevan in 'The Move'. Ollie Spencer was still in touch with Jeff Lynne, and I kid you not Jeff Lynne rang Ollie Spencer whilst we stood having a chat in the changing cupboard. This was just to check that Ollie was free the following week for the Birmingham City home game and a curry plus few beers afterwards. I said that I thought Jeff Lynne lived in LA as a non dom! Apparently, Lynne had worked it out to the finest detail how he could get in as many Birmingham City home and away games plus the curry nights as he could within the 90 days allowance leaving some days for 'work' or meetings. He actually planned his visits back to the UK around the games. According to Ollie, Lynne really missed the football and Birmingham curry houses. However, that night Lynne had rang to say that he'd be over for a quite bit as he was working with a few mates on a new record. The 'few mates' turned out to be the surviving Beatles!

 

same here. some of the stuff i like, but some i don't. also there are bands he's done production for, and i've never bought any more of their stuff. wish he hadn't produced those beatle ones.