Barry Philips Discos

Published by Barry Philips · February 29 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
25-Electric Light Orchestra-Mr. Blue Sky.
1978-Number 6 single.
Best Bit-At 3.47.At the very end of the song there are four spoken words, a lot of people (including me) think that what is said is ‘Mis-ter Blue Sky,’ but what actually is being spoken is, ‘Please turn me over.’
In 1978 the ELO released their seventh and most successful studio Album ‘Out of the Blue,’ it was a double Album (two 12 inch vinyl discs with music on both sides.) Side three of the release is subtitled ‘Concerto for a Rainy Day,’ it is a four track musical based on the weather and how it affects mood change, ending with the eventual sunshine and happiness of ‘Mr Blue Sky.’
The songs writer and producer Jeff Lynne has spoken about how he came to write ‘Mr Blue Sky’ while visiting Switzerland for inspiration. He said, ‘It was dark and misty for two weeks and I didn’t come up with a thing. Suddenly the sun shone and it was ‘wow’ look at those beautiful Alps. I wrote Mr Blue Sky and thirteen other songs in two weeks.’
Jeff Lynne (see also best songs 970 and 769) was born in Birmingham,England on December 30th,1947, prior to forming the ELO he had been a member of ‘The Move’ from 1968. After the ELO split in 1986 he went on to form the ‘supergroup’ the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty.
In 1994 Lynne worked with the three surviving Beatles on their Anthology Album series, at George Harrison’s request Lynn was asked to assist with unreleased studio material originally recorded by the late John Lennon,
‘Mr Blue Sky please tell us why you had to hide away for so long.’
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