Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), un nombre icónico en el ámbito del rock sinfónico, surgió en la década de 1970 bajo la guía de Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood y Bev Bevan. Combinando elementos de rock, música clásica y pop, ELO se destacó por su sonido único y su innovadora fusión de múltiples géneros. Este relato explora los orígenes, los éxitos más destacados y los desafíos que enfrentaron a lo largo de su carrera, brindando un recorrido completo y agradable sobre estos influyentes músicos.
ELO se formó en 1970 en Birmingham, Reino Unido, surgiendo de las cenizas de The Move, una banda rockera de gran éxito en esa época. Jeff Lynne, principal compositor y productor, soñaba con una banda que pudiera utilizar instrumentos orquestales junto a una base rockera. Junto a Roy Wood y Bev Bevan concretaron este sueño con el lanzamiento de su primer álbum, No Answer en 1971.
El debut de ELO fue recibido con críticas mixtas, pero demostraba claramente las intenciones del grupo: una fusión audaz de rock y música clásica. Wood dejó la banda en 1972, pero esto no detuvo su crecimiento; más bien, centró la dinámica creativa en Lynne. Álbumes como Electric Light Orchestra II y On the Third Day establecieron el sello característico de ELO, utilizando secciones de cuerdas y sintetizadores en sus composiciones.
1947 marcó un hito con el lanzamiento de Eldorado, su primer álbum conceptual. Con temas como "Can't
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2095, 2095, 2095, 2095
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly
I sent a message to another time
But as the days unwind, this I just can't believe
I sent a note across another plane
Maybe it's all a game, but this I just can't conceive
Can you hear me?
I drive the very latest hovercar
I don't know where you are
But I miss you so much till then
I met someone who looks a lot like you
She does the things you do
But she is an ibm
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I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly
Shes only programmed to be very nice
But she's as cold as ice
Whenever I get too near
She tells me that she likes me very much
But when I try to touch
She makes it all too clear
She is the latest in technology
Almost mythology
But she has a heart stone
She has an i. q. of 1001
She has a jumpsuit on
And she's also a telephone
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I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly
[Chorus]
Is that what you want? (is it what you want?)
Is it what you really want? (is it what you really want?)
Is that what you want? (is it what you want?)
Is it what you really want?
I realize that it must seem so strange
That time has rearranged
But time has the final word
She knows I think of you, she reads my mind
She tries to be unkind
She knows nothing of our world
Although her memory banks overflow
No one would ever know
For all she says: is that what you want?
Maybe one day I'll feel her cold embrace
And kiss her interface
Til then, I'll leave her alone
I love you, sincerely
Yours truly, yours truly
[Chorus]
Is that what you want?