Jeff Lynne

At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.

Jeff Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. He was a co-founder, guitarist, and the lead singer of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys.

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I saw the ocean's daughter
Walking on a wave's chicane
Staring as she called my name

And I can't get it out of my head...

• I like the natural sound of a room. All the rooms have their own sound, so it's a matter of putting it where you like and seeing what it sounds like.
  • On the placement of microphones in the production of the album Zoom, in "An Electric return for Jeff Lynne" at CNN (3 September 2001)

• At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.
  • On the album Zoom, in "An Electric return for Jeff Lynne" at CNN (3 September 2001)

Eldorado, A Symphony (1974)

• Midnight on the water
  I saw the ocean's daughter
  Walking on a wave's chicane
  Staring as she called my name

  And I can't get it out of my head
  No, I can't get it out of my head
  Now my old world is gone for dead
  'Cos I can't get it out of my head

  • "Can't Get It Out of My Head" ("Walking on a wave's chicane" are the official lyrics, but these are often heard and quoted as "Walking on a wave she came")

A New World Record (1976)

It's a livin' thing.
It's a terrible thing to lose.
It's a given thing.
What a terrible thing to lose.

• It's a livin' thing.
  It's a terrible thing to lose.
  It's a given thing.
  What a terrible thing to lose.
  • Livin' Thing

• My Shangri-la has gone away,
  Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude
  She seemed to drift out on the rain
  That came in somewhere softly from the blue.
  • Shangri-la

Xanadu (1980)

A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star…

The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu…

Soundtack album of the film Xanadu

• A place where nobody dared to go
  the love that we came to know
  They call it Xanadu
  And now, open your eyes and see
  what we have made is real
  We are in Xanadu
  A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star
  An everlasting world and you're here with me, eternally
  Xanadu
  • "Xanadu"

• The love, the echoes of long ago
  you needed the world to know
  They are in Xanadu
  The dream that came through a million years
  That lived on through all the tears, it came to Xanadu
  • "Xanadu"

External links

• Jeff Lynne Song Database
• Official information service for the Electric Light Orchestra and related artists
• ELO España