Electric Light Orchestra are an English symphonic rock band which formed in… Read Full Bio ↴Electric Light Orchestra are an English symphonic rock band which formed in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1970. The band was formed by Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, multiple instruments), Roy Wood (multiple instruments, vocals), Richard Tandy (keyboards, vocals) and Bev Bevan (drums). Lynne, Wood and Bevan were former members of the psychedelic rock band The Move. The band's lineup would fluctuate throughout its original incarnation, although Lynne, Tandy and Bevan would remain constant members.
They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock. The musical content of ELO songs often went far beyond usual chord structures, mixing pop songwriting with classical romanticism and synthesized sounds. The band claim that their music "picks up where The Beatles' 1967 song I Am the Walrus left off."
Formed in 1970 by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan (the remaining members of the 1960s rock group The Move). The band used cellos, violin, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound. This was an idea Roy Wood initially had while with The Move, to take rock music in a new direction. In 1970 when Carl Wayne left the The Move, Jeff Lynne, front man with fellow Brum band Idle Race, responded to Wood's second invitation to join the line-up, with the lure of starting the new band. To help finance the fledgling project, two more Move albums were released during the recording of their eponymous first album in 1971 which produced the UK hit 10538 Overture. In the US this album was released with the mistaken title of No Answer, due to a mix-up with an uncompleted telephone call to the American label and subsequent secretarial message.
However, tensions soon surfaced between Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne. With most of the media attention focused on Roy Wood, differences in musical direction, and a disastrous first live outing, it was no surprise when the band went through the first of its many line-up changes as Wood took Hugh McDowell and Bill Hunt with him to form Wizzard. Despite the music press's predictions that the band would fold without Wood, Jeff Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bevan remaining on drums, bassist Richard Tandy switching to moog synthesizer, Michael d'Albuquerque on bass, Mike Edwards, Colin Walker (cello) and Wilfred Gibson replacing Steve Woolam on violin. They released ELO 2 in 1973, from which came their first U.S. chart hit, a hugely elaborate version of the Chuck Berry classic Roll Over Beethoven. After their second album, violinist Gibson was dismissed and replaced by Mik Kaminski. They also released On The Third Day in 1973, with Mike Edwards playing all the cello parts due to Colin Walker leaving the band. Later that same year saw the return of Hugh McDowell, who had jumped ship the year previous, to replace cellist Colin Walker.
In 1974 Lynne hired a thirty-piece orchestra, choir and Louis Clark, then began work on the next LP Eldorado, A Symphony, a concept album about dreams, scoring their first U.S. Top Ten hit with Can't Get It Out Of My Head in 1975. Eldorado would become ELO's first gold album.
After the release of Eldorado, bassist and vocalist Kelly Groucutt and cellist Melvyn Gale joined, replacing de Albuquerque and Edwards respectively.
The band split in 1983. In 1985, Lynne, Tandy and Bevan reunited and recorded the album "Balance of Power". This reunion was short lived and the band split once more in 1986. Bev Bevan and Louis Clark, with the consent of Lynne, toured and recorded as ELO Part II from 1988 until Bevan's retirement in 1999. In 2000, Lynne and Tandy reformed Electric Light Orchestra and released a new record, "Zoom". "Zoom" proved to be a commercial failure, and the duo split once more in 2001.
In 2014, following support from BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans, Lynne and Tandy reunited as a part of BBC Radio 2's "Festival in a Day" to perform under the new billing, "Jeff Lynne's ELO", a name Lynne devised as a response to ELO tributes, imitation bands, and offshoots who used ELO to promote their own tours.
In February 2015, Jeff Lynne's ELO performed at the Grammy Awards with Ed Sheeran, and in September of that year they announced a new album would be released under Columbia Records. Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe was released on November 13, 2015, and was ELO’s first album of new material in almost 15 years.
The second album under Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of Nowhere, was released on November 1, 2019.
There is more than one artist with the name "ELO". The vast majority of scrobbles to "Electric Light Orchestra" are for the rock band from England.
ELO, is a South Korean singer, who debuted with the album, 8 Femmes, on August 26, 2016.
They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock. The musical content of ELO songs often went far beyond usual chord structures, mixing pop songwriting with classical romanticism and synthesized sounds. The band claim that their music "picks up where The Beatles' 1967 song I Am the Walrus left off."
Formed in 1970 by Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan (the remaining members of the 1960s rock group The Move). The band used cellos, violin, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound. This was an idea Roy Wood initially had while with The Move, to take rock music in a new direction. In 1970 when Carl Wayne left the The Move, Jeff Lynne, front man with fellow Brum band Idle Race, responded to Wood's second invitation to join the line-up, with the lure of starting the new band. To help finance the fledgling project, two more Move albums were released during the recording of their eponymous first album in 1971 which produced the UK hit 10538 Overture. In the US this album was released with the mistaken title of No Answer, due to a mix-up with an uncompleted telephone call to the American label and subsequent secretarial message.
However, tensions soon surfaced between Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne. With most of the media attention focused on Roy Wood, differences in musical direction, and a disastrous first live outing, it was no surprise when the band went through the first of its many line-up changes as Wood took Hugh McDowell and Bill Hunt with him to form Wizzard. Despite the music press's predictions that the band would fold without Wood, Jeff Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with Bevan remaining on drums, bassist Richard Tandy switching to moog synthesizer, Michael d'Albuquerque on bass, Mike Edwards, Colin Walker (cello) and Wilfred Gibson replacing Steve Woolam on violin. They released ELO 2 in 1973, from which came their first U.S. chart hit, a hugely elaborate version of the Chuck Berry classic Roll Over Beethoven. After their second album, violinist Gibson was dismissed and replaced by Mik Kaminski. They also released On The Third Day in 1973, with Mike Edwards playing all the cello parts due to Colin Walker leaving the band. Later that same year saw the return of Hugh McDowell, who had jumped ship the year previous, to replace cellist Colin Walker.
In 1974 Lynne hired a thirty-piece orchestra, choir and Louis Clark, then began work on the next LP Eldorado, A Symphony, a concept album about dreams, scoring their first U.S. Top Ten hit with Can't Get It Out Of My Head in 1975. Eldorado would become ELO's first gold album.
After the release of Eldorado, bassist and vocalist Kelly Groucutt and cellist Melvyn Gale joined, replacing de Albuquerque and Edwards respectively.
The band split in 1983. In 1985, Lynne, Tandy and Bevan reunited and recorded the album "Balance of Power". This reunion was short lived and the band split once more in 1986. Bev Bevan and Louis Clark, with the consent of Lynne, toured and recorded as ELO Part II from 1988 until Bevan's retirement in 1999. In 2000, Lynne and Tandy reformed Electric Light Orchestra and released a new record, "Zoom". "Zoom" proved to be a commercial failure, and the duo split once more in 2001.
In 2014, following support from BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans, Lynne and Tandy reunited as a part of BBC Radio 2's "Festival in a Day" to perform under the new billing, "Jeff Lynne's ELO", a name Lynne devised as a response to ELO tributes, imitation bands, and offshoots who used ELO to promote their own tours.
In February 2015, Jeff Lynne's ELO performed at the Grammy Awards with Ed Sheeran, and in September of that year they announced a new album would be released under Columbia Records. Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe was released on November 13, 2015, and was ELO’s first album of new material in almost 15 years.
The second album under Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Jeff Lynne's ELO - From Out of Nowhere, was released on November 1, 2019.
There is more than one artist with the name "ELO". The vast majority of scrobbles to "Electric Light Orchestra" are for the rock band from England.
ELO, is a South Korean singer, who debuted with the album, 8 Femmes, on August 26, 2016.
Baby I Apologize
Electric Light Orchestra Lyrics
Love my baby in the afternoon
But she's cryin'
She's cryin'
Told my baby in the afternoon
But she don't like it
She don't like it
Baby used to love me so.
[Chorus:]
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Loved her in the mornin'
In the evenin' too
But she won't do, what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin'
My dirty lyin'
Baby you do say
[Chorus]
(Spoken)
You know my darlin'
I was a broken man
And my dreams had fell apart
And then a voice from above
Told me the truth of the world below
And my darlin'
I'd just like to say one more time
Please come back.
[Chorus]
Loved her in the mornin'
In the evenin' too
But she won't do, what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin'
My dirty lyin'
Baby used to love me so
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
But she's cryin'
She's cryin'
Told my baby in the afternoon
But she don't like it
She don't like it
Baby used to love me so.
[Chorus:]
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Loved her in the mornin'
In the evenin' too
But she won't do, what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin'
My dirty lyin'
Baby you do say
[Chorus]
(Spoken)
You know my darlin'
I was a broken man
And my dreams had fell apart
And then a voice from above
Told me the truth of the world below
And my darlin'
I'd just like to say one more time
Please come back.
[Chorus]
Loved her in the mornin'
In the evenin' too
But she won't do, what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin'
My dirty lyin'
Baby used to love me so
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JEFF LYNNE
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Donald's trump
Love my baby in the afternoon
But she's cryin'
She's cryin'
Told my baby in the afternoon
But she don't like it
She don't like it
Baby used to love me so.
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Loved her in the mornin'
In the evenin' too
But she won't do, what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin'
My dirty lyin'
Baby you do say
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
You know my darlin'
I was a broken man
And my dreams had fell apart
And then a voice from above
Told me the truth of the world below
And my darlin'
I'd just like to say one more time
Please come back.
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Loved her in the mornin'
In the evenin' too
But she won't do, what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin'
My dirty lyin'
Baby used to love me so
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Talikamom
I LOVE this song!! Just discovered it recently. I agree with everyone else, and wish it had been released.
Josh Williams
Absolutely love this song for everything it is! serious or not it's a party favorite for most ocassions
Donald's trump
Love my baby in the afternoon
But she's cryin'
She's cryin'
Told my baby in the afternoon
But she don't like it
She don't like it
Baby used to love me so.
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Loved her in the mornin'
In the evenin' too
But she won't do, what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin'
My dirty lyin'
Baby you do say
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
You know my darlin'
I was a broken man
And my dreams had fell apart
And then a voice from above
Told me the truth of the world below
And my darlin'
I'd just like to say one more time
Please come back.
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Loved her in the mornin'
In the evenin' too
But she won't do, what I want to
Kicked me out of my own front room
For my lyin'
My dirty lyin'
Baby used to love me so
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
Baby I apologise
For tellin' them dirty lies
I've had my fun
But now it's gone
Baby I apologise.
TheSemtexCow
Glad to see some of the sense of humour from the Idle Race was kept alive into the early 70s.
Thanks for posting this and so many other rare tracks and footage.
SilenceIsMyTorture
Randomly started singing this at work..... How do people not know this awesome fun song?
Jill Shinault
Matthew Johnson Sadly this song did not make it on to the new album!
Matthew Johnson
since it wasn't ever released except as an obscure bonus track, it's amazing that people do know about it - fun song that could still be worked up. Jeff's got another album due in 2019. hint, hint
pinkandjefflynne
Absolute gem, should have been released as a record
George Estremera
If it had been released as a single, it might possibly have even been available on karaoke. Now THAT would be hilarious! And I'd've sung it LOL.
Fruity Buckfoot
Love this song and love the montage