Jeff Lynne (ELO) - Livin' Thing and Mr Blue Sky - BBC Children Rocks - Video
PUBLISHED:  Mar 19, 2014
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The famous spaceship of Electric Light Orchestra (as seen flying in the video behind Jeff Lynne) is a symbol of "the spaceship of everything", which in reality is the TRUE spaceship of the Source (God) with my new self as its pilot flying inside the creation of our New World, which you can read all about from my website http://stigdragholm.wordpress.com.

This is why ELO has been my favourite band without competition since I first saw them on TV from their Out of the Blue tour at Wembley in 1978, where they play inside their "flying saucer", which made an everlasting impression on me. This was the greatest music I had ever heard/seen, and this is the same feeling I have now 35 years later giving me the same goosebumps when watching this clip with Jeff and Richard together with skilled musicians bringing new dimensions/beauty to these amazing songs :-).

Musicians:

Jeff Lynne: Guitar, lead vocal
Richard Tandy: Piano, vocoder
Milton McDonald: Guitar, vocals
Mike Stevens: Guitar, vocals
Bernie Smith: Keyboards
Marcus Byrne: Keyboards, Pro Tools
Donavan Hepburn: Drums
Matt Round: Bass
Chereene Allen: Violin
Danny Marsden: Trumpet
Mick Wilson: Percussion, vocals
Melanie Lewis-McDonald: Backing vocals
Sharleene Linton: Backing vocals
Jean-Marie Lincoln: Backing vocals
Gareth Malone Voices Choir

From: BBC Children in Need Rocks, November 12, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children....

The Spaceship Stage of ELO:

One of the biggest stars of the show was the stage itself. Conceived by ELO's manager, Don Arden, this was a gigantic metal hamburger-shaped spaceship that opened up at the beginning of the show with lasers, fog machines and taped music of an excerpt of Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn) blasting out to the audience. As it opened, the band was raised from out of the floor on hydraulic risers. There the band played until the end of the show, when they walked off stage and it closed back up with more laser and fog theatrics and a repeat of the Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 excerpt once again blasting out to the audience. Jeff Lynne has commented in several interviews that he sometimes left the stage after the performance and rushed out to stand with the audience so he could watch it close.

Source: http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/ootbtour/
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