We trace how Electric Light Orchestra crafted Mr. Blue Sky, a song born from weeks of gloomy weather that suddenly broke into ...

Today’s forecast for music enthusiasts is showing sliding cellos with vocoded vocals and a 100 percent chance of blue sky—“Mr. Blue Sky” that is. “Mr. Blue Sky” is a song from the discography of the ...

A driving beat, infectious melody, bombastic production, gravitas, a developing structure, a universal theme (good weather) and a fire extinguisher. A vastly underrated timeless classic. Andy. Pilton ...

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) is a British rock band formed by Jeff Lynne in 1970, renowned for blending rock and pop with lush orchestral arrangements. ELO’s innovative use of strings, synthesizers, ...

Jeff Lynne was sitting in a chalet in the foothills of the Swiss Alps when the inspiration for the song that became his biggest hit came to him. It was April 1977 and Lynne was using the chalet as a ...

Electric Light Orchestra fans know him as “the guy on the blue violin.” And Mik Kaminski’s been rocking that blue electric violin onstage for five decades now ― both as a member of ELO and later ...

ELO has genres numerous comparisons to The Beatles. According to a 2022 article from The Telegraph, Lynne discussed meeting Paul for the first time. “He said to me, ”Mr. Blue Sky?’ I know where you ...

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We’re going on our holidays. I’m kidding myself into thinking that Brighton is going to be sunny, when I know in my heart of hearts that it will be drizzly with a biting offshore wind. Yum! While we ...

Mr Blue Sky is the Electric Light Orchestra's brilliantly off-beam classic song. It was released as a single in 1978, having first appeared on the ELO album 'Out of the Blue' in 1977. Written by Jeff ...