Who's Who Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Now don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Paul Weller fan and love the track The Changingman. But I never realised the intro was taken from a track by Electric Light Orchestra. Our drummer ecently leant me The Best of E.L.O, a band I don't know too much about. But as soon as I heard the intro to '10538 Overture' I couldn't believe it I'd never heard it before. It's a wicked track and clearly influenced Weller in a massive way when he used the intro on The Changingman. Just in case anyone was in the dark like me, for your listening pleasure: [url="http://youtu.be/PC02EnshI5U"]http://youtu.be/PC02EnshI5U[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1 Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 MB1. He also uses the beginning of reflections Diana Ross and the Supremes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Interesting... ELO always remind me of Magical Mystery Tour-era Beatles, for some reason... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 See also White Room / Tales Of Great Ulysees by Cream, and a load of other songs. It's quite a common progression... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 See also: Dear Prudence by The Beatles. Willing to bet that both Weller [i]and[/i] Jeff Lynne have a copy of that somewher in the attic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 It`s been well documented that Jeff Lynn wanted to recreate the orchestral tone and structure of Magical Mystery tour era Beatles compositions. No suprise that others have pillaged the pillager. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lynne_and_The_Beatles"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lynne_and_The_Beatles[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stag Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 ELO are cool. That is my input to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 ELO rock! thats my 2p o and that mr blue sky is my alltime fave feelgood track ,always cheers me up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1334075265' post='1610559'] It`s been well documented that Jeff Lynn wanted to recreate the orchestral tone and structure of Magical Mystery tour era Beatles compositions.[/quote] Well there ya go, I did not know that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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