Favorite ELO songs? (Electric Light Orchestra)

What are your favorite ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) songs?

Mine are:
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
Evil Woman
Strange Magic

 

"Manhattan Rumble (49th St. Massacre)"
"Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe"
"Eldorado Overture/Can't Get It Out of My Head"
"One Summer Dream"
"Sweet Talkin' Woman"
"Standin' in the Rain"
"Across the Border"
"On the Run"
"Yours Truly, 2095"
"Here Is the News"

 

I love me some "Confusion"!

 

The Whale. It is not a song actually. Just a music.

 

"10538 Overture". But that's just me.

 

Many great ones. Some of my favorites are:

Sweet Talkin' Woman
Do Ya
Livin' Thing
Shine a Little Love
Rock 'n' Roll Is King

 

Too many to name..but here are 10 in the moment

1. Four Little Diamonds
2. Mr Blue Sky
3. Turn to Stone
4. Calling America
5. Don't Bring me Down
6. Ordinary Dream
7. Living Thing
8. Rain is Falling
9. It's Over
10. Telephone Line

 

I've always had a soft spot for the Eldorado album. Everything else, not so much.

 

Confusion
Midnight Blue
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
Telephone Line
Strange Magic

 

10538 Overture <<<-- by far
Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle
Roll Over Beethoven
First Movement
Look At Me Now
Fire On High

 

I love all the songs on No Answer (even the instrumentals). It's hard to pick favorites from it, but if I had to I'd say:

10538 Overture
Look at Me Now
Mr. Radio
Whisper in the Night

The jam sessions on ELO 2 are also pretty fantastic. I have trouble really getting into ELO past their fourth album or so.

Although from their other albums I do really like:

Don't Bring Me Down
Rock n' Roll is King
State of Mind
Fault Line
Ma-Ma-Ma Belle

They sound (songwriting-wise) like Move outtakes.

 

The Rain is Falling

 

Too many to mention, but I´ll still have a go:
* "Can't Get It Out of My Head"
* "Jungle"
* "Twilight"
* "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle"
* "Rock´n´Roll Is King"
* "All Over the World"
* "The Whale"
* "Xanadu"
* "Telephone Line"
* "The Way Life´s Meant to Be"
* "Ticket to the Moon"

and many, many others. Ask me in ten minutes, the list won´t be the same.

 

#1 is always Can't Get It Out Of My Head.

In chronological order:
10538 Overture
Showdown
Boy Blue
Mister Kingdom
Fire On High
Evil Woman
Nightrider
Strange Magic
Tightrope
Telephone Line
Livin' Thing
Do Ya
Turn To Stone
It's Over
Sweet Talkin' Woman
Across The Border
Night In The City
Standin' In The Rain
Big Wheels
Summer And Lightning
Mr. Blue Sky
Sweet Is The Night
Birmingham Blues
Don't Bring Me Down
Twilight

 

For me its Wild West Hero

 

Queen of the Hours
10538 Overture
Nellie Takes Her Bow
Kuiama
Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe/Oh No Not Susan/Bluebird is Dead/New World Rising/Ocean Breakup Reprise
Loredo Tornado
Can't Get it out of My Head
Waterfall
Tightrope
Mission (A New World Record)
Shangri-la
Summer and Lightning
Wild West Hero
Midnight Blue
Rain is Falling

Yes, my favorites are almost entirely non-hits. Deep cuts are the best cuts. Stop settling for 'best of' compilations people!

 

Evil Woman
Rockaria
Livin' Thing
Sweet Talkin' Woman

Liked them as a kid, they sounded good over the radio.

 

All those posts and only 1 has Rockaria! Its the best thing they ever did right from the "false" start to the cold end. love it love it love it

 

I only really came on board with ELO from Face The Music onwards. However it's a veritable treasure trove after that.

At this point I want to chuck in the whole Discovery album, Xanadu, All Over The World, most of Time... You get the picture.

 

I'm mostly partial to the songs on ¨Greatest Hits¨ '78. I remember playing the 8-track in my Grundig deck non-stop for hours on an almost daily basis when it got out. The songs (esp the slower ones) are stuck in my head to this very day. Unfortunately my CD of the same title sounds so bad (cold, brittle, harsh) I rarely play it and have to eq the sh@ite of it every time to tame the harshness.

 

The Light's Go Down!

 

Julie Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Your's Truly 2095
Secret Lives
So Serious

 

my current ELO Top 10

1. Standin' in the Rain
2. Steppin' Out
3. Mission (A World Record)
4. 10538 Overture
5. Waterfall
6. Time After Time
7.Poorboy (The Greenwood)
8. Night In the City
9. From the Sun to the World
10. One Summer Dream

really too many to choose

 

1. Oh No Not Susan
2. Mr. Blue Sky
3. Waterfall
4. The Diary Of Horace Wimp
5. Xanadu

 

I'm Alive
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
10538 Overture
The Fall
Strange Magic