Is this a good song?

[Revenge]

Do you like this song?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001IXU1W/ref=pd_cpt_gw_1/103-4722551-7031859


Is it good, or is my taste in music $hitty?

[Ben]

I dig that soundtrack, certainly.

But which song in particular were you wondering about?

[Revenge]

Whoops, forgot to post the name. Its called Mr. Blue Sky by the Electric Light Orchestra.


Its from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind and can also be heard in the trailer after Jim Carrey screams...

http://mp3content02.bcst.yahoo.com/proot1/PubShare03/yahoomovies/9/5662933.mov

 

[Revenge]

Anyone?

[Nicklab]

"Mr. Blue Sky" is an awesome song.  It's also well over 20 years old.  Volkswagon used it for a commercial too, and it got that song running around my head for a good long while.

ELO is a cool band.  In fact, they're one of the reasons I'm a musician today.  I'd be happy to offer suggestions about other ELO material that you might like if you liked that song.

[Revenge]

Sure. What is their best album?

[Nicklab]

I think you could go with either On The Third Day or Eldorado.

[hansolo_506]

I have been an ELO fan for years and years...

I would recommend Out of the Blue.
Originally released as a two record set (back in the days of vinyl.  Mr. Blue Sky is from this album.  In fact, the side that Mr Blue Sky is the last song on contains four linked tracks, with the entire side called Concerto for a Rainy Day.

The set also has some of the fantastic stuff that made ELO great.   One track - Birmingham Blues - which Jeff Lynne dedicated to his favorite football squad has a violin riff that makes you think "I have hear that before"..it's a riff of the main melody from Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.  And Lynne makes it work.

ELO rocks. Period.

PS one of the best sites for all things ELO is
 http://www.rockaria.com/elomain.html

PSS ...almost forgot another one to recommend, their 1981 concept album called Time...