Electric Light Orchestra

As I gaze around at these strangers in town, I guess the only stranger is me.

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...

Electric Light Orchestra (often referred to as simply ELO) were a British rock group from Birmingham, England, who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. Initiated by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne, Lynne subsequently headed the band once Wood had left it soon after their first album.

Quotes

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

Out of the Blue (1977)

Everybody's in a play
And don't you know, it's a beautiful new day

• Sun is shining in the sky
  There ain't a cloud in sight
  It's stopped raining
  Everybody's in a play
  And don't you know, it's a beautiful new day
  • "Mr. Blue Sky"

Xanadu (1980)

Soundtack album of the film Xanadu

Works of ELO on the soundtrack 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"

Time (1981)

I've got a ticket to the moon.
I'll be leaving here any day soon

• As I gaze around at these strangers in town, I guess the only stranger is me.
  As I see what they've done to this place that was home, shame is all that I feel.
  • "The Way Life's Meant to Be"

• I've got a ticket to the moon.
  I'll be leaving here any day soon
  • "Ticket to the Moon"

• When you get so down that you can't get up, and you want so much but you're all out of luck
  When you're so downhearted and misunderstood, just over and over and over, you could...
  • "Hold On Tight"

External links

• Electric Light Orchestra Home – The official Electric Light Orchestra site.
• Face the Music – ELO and related artists information site.
• Electric Light Orchestra Legacy Recordings site – ELO's page at their record label.
• Jeff Lynne Song Database