No, no, no, she ain't ready
And she ain't gonna rock and roll

She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

Come on, I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over you got nothin' to lose
Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready?
I wanna show you how to rock and roll

Now listen here baby she said to me
"Just meet me at the opera house at a quarter to three
'Cause I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Ooh, ooh, ooh, I'm ready
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues"

She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room
Far, far away the music is playing

Well, we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night
Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light
And the orchestra were playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes
And the singers in the chorus all got off on singing blues

And as the night grew older everybody was as one
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hear the opera singer singin' rock and roll so pure
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure, but it's alright

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JEFF LYNNE

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The novel fusion of orchestral and rock sounds that Jeff Lynne wove together in his hits with Electric Light Orchestra reached a zenith with "Rockaria," a stunning tune that combined symphonic swells, operatic vocals, 50's styled guitar riffs and a Beatles-esque melody into one delirious pop song. The story-song lyrics of "Rockaria" offer a fanciful, witty scenario in which a hardcore rock and roller falls in love with a lovely lass who "sings the opera like you ain’t never heard" and decides to teach her how to rock and roll. Read Full BioThe novel fusion of orchestral and rock sounds that Jeff Lynne wove together in his hits with Electric Light Orchestra reached a zenith with "Rockaria," a stunning tune that combined symphonic swells, operatic vocals, 50's styled guitar riffs and a Beatles-esque melody into one delirious pop song. The story-song lyrics of "Rockaria" offer a fanciful, witty scenario in which a hardcore rock and roller falls in love with a lovely lass who "sings the opera like you ain’t never heard" and decides to teach her how to rock and roll. Lynne plays on the contrast between the differences in their respective worlds, especially in an inspired line where he describes the diva’s favorites in pop-fan terminology: "She’s sweet on Wagner/I think she’d die for Beethoven/She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune/And Verdi’s always creepin’ from her room." The music also plays up the contrast between its protagonists by alternating swaggering rock-styled verse melodies with an ethereal, wordless aria bridge before joining the two on the finale. Electric Light Orchestra’s recording of "Rockaria" could very well be the most impressive of the group’s recordings thanks to a driving arrangement that seamlessly fuses the mock-aria sections with blasts of hard rock anchored by Lynne’s wailing guitar and Bev Bevan’s stomping drumwork. When these two section blend together for the finale, supported by pulsating strings and a choir, the effect is truly breathtaking. The novelty of the sound and the imagination poured into "Rockaria" should have made the song a hit in America but it failed to achieve the same success of the other singles from A New World Record in the U.S. However, it did quite well elsewhere in the world, including a top-ten charting in the U.K. "Rockaria" remains one of the biggest favorites among Electric Light Orchestra and is rightly considered to be one of Jeff Lynne’s finest achievements on record.

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Rodney

Weit in die Ferne , man hört, man hört die Musik

Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Donald's trump

4y↑21

Rockaria!

Electric Light Orchestra

1

ROCKARIA! LYRICS

Weit, oops!
Weit, weit in die Ferne
Man hört, man hört die Musik

Just got back from the downtown Palais
Where the music was so sweet
It knocked me right back in the alley
I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Woah, woah, woah, I'm ready
And I'm really gonna rock tonight

Sweet little lady sings like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
But she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
And she ain't gonna rock and roll

[Chorus]
She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

Weit, weit in die Ferne
Man hört, man hört die Musik

Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over you got nothing to lose
Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready?
I want to show you how to rock and roll

Now listen here baby she, said to me
Just, meet me at the opera house at a quarter to three
'Cause I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm ready
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues

[Chorus]
She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

Oh, far, far away
The music is playin'

Well, we were reelin' and rockin' all through the night
Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light
And the orchestra was playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes
And the singers in the chorus all got off on them singin' blues
And as the night grew older everybody was as one
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hearing the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure
But it's alright

Jackie Trinkets

3y↑5

"Well we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night
Yea we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light
And the orchestra were playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes
And the singers in the chorus all got off on singing blues
And as the night grew older everybody was as one
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hear the opera singer singin' rock & roll so pure
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure
But it's alright."
God, these lyrics are just genius.

Desdinova69

1y↑1

Just got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
Knocked me right back in the alley
I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Oh, oh, oh, I'm ready and I'm really gonna rock tonight

Sweet little lady sings like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
But she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
And she ain't gonna rock and roll

She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

Come on, I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over you got nothin' to lose
Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready?
I wanna show you how to rock and roll

Now listen here baby she said to me
You just meet me at the opera house at a quarter to three
'Cause I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Ooh, ooh, ooh, I'm ready
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues"

She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room
Far, far away the music is playing

Well, we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night
Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light
And the orchestra were playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes
And the singers in the chorus all got off on singing blues

And as the night grew older everybody was as one
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hear the opera singer singin' rock and roll so pure
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure, but it's alright

All comments from YouTube:

Ken Klein

4y↑338

No one meshed opera, classical and rock the way ELO did on this song. And yes, i'm including Queen!

Tony Troiani

@Spit Dragon 💚 I have to be honest. This was a while ago and for a moment I couldn't work out what you were talking about. I'm very sorry. Anyway ELO are truly amazing to me, more so than Queen, however Queen are still truly amazing, in particular Freddie Mercury in terms of vocals and charisma was way above Jeff Lynne, however I much prefer the more humble persona that Jeff Lynne portrays Musicaly, to me Jeff lynne was way above Freddie Mercury. He is a multi instrumentalist and has composed most of his music and written most of his own songs and for other bands. 🍻

Spit Dragon 💚

@Tony Troiani be sorry all you want, that song is not better than this one.

It's certainly more updated, overproduced, near Freddy's end of his life, has nothing to do with the actual band.

Spit Dragon 💚

@G H Incorrect. If you think that somehow you are mentally above these people in terms of understanding music, not me! Queen Falls very short. Not even getting into Freddie Mercury or any of that other nonsense, song by song? Album by album? ELO has more to it, more melodic variations, more pure talent, more creativity and its lyrics than Queen has ever had across-the-board. To deny this is only showing your favoritism or your dislike for things that sounds slightly like the Beatles. I will admit that, however? I will not say that they are a Beatles sound alike nor belittle what electric light has done for music as a whole to this day. It is a shame + a sin that Queen and Freddie Mercury are held at a higher regard than Jeff Lynne and this amazing music.

To compare them to begin with was the original mess up, we're talking something that was inspired by early day Punk and rock, as mentioned with Led Zeppelin etc. ELO is on a whole different branch of the tree and for anyone to just double down on saying blank is better than blank without going into any of these other avenues? Is a disservice to all of the Bands mentioned and their music.

ELO is jukebox jams, music of the future, classical mixed with fantastical

Queen is just jock three-chord jingles for early gays

Tony Troiani

19w

I'm am very sorry as brilliant as this is Freddie Mercury of Queen did some meshing, Barcelona with
Montserrat Caballe, which is definitely worth a listen, enjoy😁

Vallin Sfas

35w

@H Mackie And Richard Tandy so handy with the Roland string synth.

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Rolf Mueller

1y↑27

I love this Band since my 13th age. Now i'm 59 years old.

Caterina Lo Faro

I love since my 12th age .Almost 60!

Katherine Ledesma

1y↑41

This song is so natural. They leave the "oops" in because it's legitimate rock n roll.
Always love starting my day with this jam.
Keepon keepinon. Sir Jeff

n03h :)

27w

Same

Spitfire3

37w↑1

I actually thought It was part of the song

WabiSabi

51w↑21

The singer's early entry mistake adds so much humanity and heart to this song. It's hard now to imagine the beginning without it.

Ælfred The Great

6y↑355

I love how every time after he sings "I think she'd die for Beethoven" the piano plays the first bit of Beethoven's symphony no. 5. Amazing clever reference.

Gary Leigh

Never picked up on that before.

Clair Duffy

3y↑5

Probably the wheel too.

Clair Duffy

3y↑5

Too clever by half.
And Jeff invented the beard and shades look.

Denise J

5y↑3

I've always thought that and am a bit puzzled as to why it's not included in live performances of the song by Jeff Lynne's ELO. Listen to the "Wembley or Bust" (2017) version for example and it's missing. Still a fantastic song though, such a clever mixture of musical styles.

Jay

5y↑7

Joseph Joestar
Thank Richard Tandy

Colin Glass

51w↑5

An Absolute classic be cause no one rocks like the ELO

hkcontrabass

1y↑9

Beside Rockaria, overall ELO adapts more classical music elements in their songs than Queen but both of them are the greatest bands of rock and roll.

David Parkinson

3y↑40

"Verdi's always creeping from her room", marvellous. Those chord changes after this line for the finale, wow.

Nikolina Ninković

3y↑56

This entire album blew me away when I heard it. So good.

Kurt Weber

26w

Even the packaging, with the amazing cover art, and the track listing on one side of the disc, and the ELO logo on the other. Blew my thirteen-year-old mind away. Cheers, all.

Des Platt

1y↑1

@Tim Wingham Still think New World Record is my favourite album ever as every track is sheer class.

H Mackie

u find one bad ELO song and I will sing it for u...LIVE whereevr you choose

Stardust

ELO blew me away when I first heard them. When I was around 15 years old 1978. Been listening ever since. :)

Tim Wingham

2y↑2

I used to play the album over and over and over - when I should have been at school!!

Floyd Brennan

5y↑67

ELO were actually not considered cool in the 70's? You have got to be kidding me! They are and always will be cool in ANY DECADE!

Mike Trower

30w↑1

@Gerald Eisenhower - I graduated HS in '78 and thought both bands were the shit at the time.

Mike Trower

30w↑1

I thought they were WAY cool and saw them for the first time in '76.

Liz Kerr

2y↑4

ELO was always cool to me. Not the norm for most of my friends, altho they did like them. But I was the "fan"! And still am! Boston & Kansas were ok to me, back then, but ELO ruled! I like Boston and Kansas much better now! Not better than ELO, tho.

sock

3y↑4

@Gerald Eisenhower funny, i always put Kansas and Boston in the same camp, probably because they're both place names

Gerald Eisenhower

4y↑6

I was in high school 1976-1980. ELO and Kansas were considered uncool. Boston and Lynyrd Skynyrd were tres cool.

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Donald's trump

4y↑21

Scott Croley

3y↑58

Welsh Soprano Mary Thomas sang the German operatic opening. She started too soon and said, "Oops". Jeff Lynne liked it so he kept it. She sang >>>
Weit, oops!
Weit, weit in die Ferne
Man hört, man hört die Musik
Translation
Far, far into the distance
You hear, you hear the music

GoldTheAngel

5y↑118

I remember a story my dad told me. He was in a crowded bar one time and you could request songs to be played via a music player. He brought an ELO CD and told the bartender to play it. He was a bit discouraged at first as the music that was playing at the time was some rock song. My dad was adamant about playing the CD and the bartender eventually decided to put the CD in. This was the first song that came up. A lot of people were confused at the sudden change and some disappointing remarks were made.

Then the intro stopped. Then everyone cheered.

John Simth

1y↑2

Rock and can exist as one

H Mackie

UR dad was persistant because he knew they'd like it if they gave it a chance

H Mackie

ppl judge music too soon

Dhananjay Misra

3y↑3

That's awesome I can totally imagine lmao

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A.R. Ripley

3y↑14

No-one is quite like ELO. Jeff Lynne is truly a genius. And the new album is amazing.

Woody Schuler

4y↑78

“She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune and Verdi’s always creepin from her room!”
Come on!! This song is so darn good!!

Paul Outdoors

3y↑4

Ain't it just 😊👍

Steve Taylor

4y↑19

Pure creative energy. Jeff is so unique. I have everything they ever made. Hardly a duff song. Managed to get some colour vinyl singles too. Genius!

Helen Lucas

3y↑1

Steve Taylor me too also love freddie mercury peace

Russell Gray

3y↑15

One of my all time favorite bands.....To me, ELO is timeless

Steven Cummings

5y↑100

14 people disliked this song. probably didnt give it a chance because of the intro......which i love.

david

12w

Steven Cummings
4 years ago
14 people thought "thumbs down" meant download 😂

Element’ry Penguin

27w

No, they’re probably just drones who thought it was gonna be Sam Smith.

Oasis

2y↑1

I think intro is as good as entire song.

Paul Outdoors

2y↑1

Nah... They got to get their sausage fingers on a diet 😁

Michael Turner

2y↑3

@zarrowthenorse yes it's banging

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SFC - MP Corp

2y↑33

I love the "woops" or "oops!", at the beginning as the others have mentioned. I was listening to an interview where Jeff said he was a little "naughty" leaving it in. Such an interesting way of putting that. Apparently at first he told her he wouldn't leave it in. But he said she came to like it as well. So in the end we got a great moment in music and it was because of Jeff Lynne's genius!! It's really nice we have the internet now. If we didn't we wouldn't know all of this good information. I know I never knew what that was at the beginning of the song. Until I read it online. I loved ELO at the time they got their first hit, "10538 Overture". I was just becoming a teenager, and just loved their music. Then Roll Over Beethoven came out and bang, I was hooked!! They were my first concert as well. In Koln Germany in 1982. Yes it took that long before I went to any concert. I was stationed over there in the Army. But that was good because by then they had an arsenal of great songs. I even think the audio to that concert is online. Anyway great band great leader!!

mcfcguvnors

36w

drum beat & the slide guitar smash it out of the park for me

Musik, Kunst etc.

Great story! Love this song so much!

JanJan Andersen

2y↑4

this is just a masterpiece...and music like this wasn´t made often the last years...well done ELO

dntlss

4y↑21

One of the best bands ever,genius.

Reymond St. James

7y↑93

If you want people to know what ELO is without recommending an album, play this song.

Joaquin Lezcano

49w↑1

Nah, better Tightrope. Or Momma. Or I can't get it ou of my head. The song by itself is good but the operatic bits doesn't make any sense.

Michael Koszowski

2y↑1

Some people just cant seem to accept orchestra wi5h rock music ..no matter how good it is .

Kent Lewis

...or Roll Over Beethoven.

Paul Outdoors

3y↑1

Great comment Rey 😊👍

centralparocker 888

5y↑4

Got that right....

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Baz o

4y↑14

The song at 2.39 is just pure E.L.O
Jeff lyne knows how to finish his songs on a high...brillant songwriting...

Element’ry Penguin

50w↑2

What a cool album! I like the way it builds at the end starting with “Well they reeling’ and rockin’ all through the night…”

Michael Norman

9y↑75

Such an unique, and just very cool song....

Fred Toituyau

@Daniel Foster Feeling the same... For such a long time! Long live ELO

Chuck953

2y↑52

Masquerade for sure has some good music taste

Div Farr

40w

Lmao 💀💀🤝🤝🔥🔥

Zorrious

46w↑2

🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

Connection Terminated.

47w↑3

🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

R E

50w↑5

🏴‍☠

Dolores DeMar

4y↑32

I was a teen in the 70s,,,, what a Decade!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏💕💕💕💕💕😀

Dolores DeMar

41w

@Edward Sanchez Amen 🙏❤😊💕💕

Edward Sanchez

41w↑1

@Dolores DeMar legendary! She is God's gift to you!

Dolores DeMar

41w

@Edward Sanchez oh wow,, my Daughter was born in 1980 Springtime!!! She likes a lot of music that I do not however she loves Classic Rock from the 70s!!! She enjoys listening to music from the 60s and 70s. She knows the lyrics so we sing together. 😄😚🥰💕💕💕💕💕 📻🎵🎶🎶🎶

Edward Sanchez

41w↑1

I'm jealous I was born in 80 and love the 80s but always have leaned towards classic rock ans oldies even in the 80s

Dolores DeMar

@michael avison ❤

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Sally O'shea

3y↑10

Kelly the bass player singing the soprano aria, they were all having such fun playing this song...Man, I LOVE this song.

Liz Kerr

2y↑2

Opera singer Mary Thomas is singing the German words at the beginning. "Aah, fern, wiet'r in die ferne, man hört man hört die Musik"

Damaramu HQ

3y↑3

Kelly Groucutt only sang the operatic bits during live performances!

Malcolm Denver

4y↑6

This is the greatest ELO song, and quite possibly the greatest of all songs, ever. I've got it memorized and can sing it karaoke. I love it!

Ynnel?!

1y↑1

can you sing the operatic tho

that would be a certified countertenor moment, and very impressive

that_zr_ bing

3y↑1

One of the greatest ELO songs, full of life and such a buzz to listen too!! Been a fan of ELO since I was three years old and remember jamming in the car with my family to songs such as this. Now I'm 22, seen them live once and going to see them live again in October at Birmingham, where it all began. ELO until I die 👌👌

roy skuderin

6y↑42

I remember when this music was new, rockin' times.

Doug Auzene

3y↑1

Three Words: Junior High & Girls....

4mangt6

4y↑1

its timeless

Mahmood Rizi

2y↑4

Elo.... one of the greatest band's EVER

Jackie Trinkets

3y↑5

Shakti Dart

3y↑4

Sings beautifully*! “oops.....” *Sings beautifully again
I love this song and every single moment of it. Absolutely, absolutely beautiful❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Leo Hughes

2y↑3

Entire song is fantastic but the last 30 seconds...the best.

Patrick T

2y↑13

" But its alright" I wonder if this lyric helped form 'The Traveling Wilburys - End of the line'. It's almost identical to how he sang it then! Always makes me think of the Fab Five!

AD77

7y↑6

One of my favourite ELO tracks.

Patricia Carson

1y↑2

VERY underrated song! When I bought the tape this song just JUMPED out at me! Loved it for years!!

pyjama jones

4y↑1

Never was there a better song blending Opera , Rock and Classical music so seamlessly into one .Still sends shivers to this day !!!

Lynette Harris

2y↑3

Oh damn how I LOVE this song, this was my first record and The Time tour was my very first concert. ELO Fan 4 Life 🖤🖤🤘🤘💜⚡💡

Timeherenow Be

3y↑3

Wow! Not a single cell in my body is not tickled by this song!......& it’s just one song on this masterpiece album!

Gar Guiney

5y↑31

Amazing tune always makes me happy

Kent Lewis

3y↑2

Always loved this song. Roll Over Beethoven was the first ELO song I ever heard & always thought this was like part 2.

foggy4180

4y↑3

It's pure genius how he mixed classic influences into a Chuck Berry style rock 'n roll song and those lyrics are timeless. This is one of those songs that if you hear it for the first time it burns into your brains and you never forget it. Awesome!

Donald Franco

20w

Hello 😮 where are you from?

andrew

5y↑7

ABSOLUTELY one of the definitions of ROCK & ROLL

andrew

5y↑1

Always have to listen to it twice when I do...

Clair Duffy

7y↑371

Love the false start.

Lorena

It's not unplaned. She mess it up and Jeff like it.

Edward Giugliano

As an opera fan it always made me smile.

henmich

It's very wabi sabi to leave that on the recording... I will always remember it with a smile. The song is better for it.

Big Shitty

5 yard penalty replay downs

Ivan Melgar

@Alexa Rutherford No, it wasn't Kelly, it was Mary Thomas, a Welsh soprano.

Kelly sung it live, because it was too onerous to take an opera singer to a world tour for less than a minute.

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Keith Sanderson

4y↑2

This is one song I'll always remember each time in high school I cranked it up in my first ever 1977 Chevrolet Nova Jeff Lynn was a genius the main singer songwriter the group made many great hits in the 70's it was great.

The SNES Man

4y↑3

I remember playing this during a class I had and everybody was so confused at the start and then the rest of it kicked in.

That put a smile on my face.

infamous turtle

42w↑9

great song

Avada Kedavra III

2y↑13

Anybody here from Masquerade?

Mervyn.j. boliver

4y↑6

one of my fave ELO songs

Bensupercharged

42w↑1

There is nothing Better than mixing together all these types of music into one masterpiece. Keep making treasures my man

Linda Nadeau

4y↑3

Love this song!

noelduggan72

keep up the good work lads....Good Stuff!!!!

TheDogsRise

4y↑2

ELO is something else entirely. It's something your brain just clicks with.

Doris Flores Flores

3y↑2

Maravilloso!

Gary McKenzie

4y↑8

I am so lucky to have seen Jeff Lynne play this song at Madison Square Garden. Will never forget it.

Paul Villa

5y↑24

I entered high school in 1977 and used to crank this song up before every high school dance. It got me ready to hit the floor....used to love ELO....

Thefirstgalaxybeing

3y↑1

"Used to"? I still do!

SILVER STAR

4y↑4

"" USED TO""??

M B

4y↑12

Thumbs down for the word ''used'' to.

Zep713100

7y↑15

FANTASTIC song :)

Jamie Pugh

4y↑4

This song just gets on with it.

Crystal Higgins

Great band!great music!

James Schaidt

9w↑1

Musical genius...2 words tossed around like loose change these days, but Jeff Lynne is indeed a musical genius. IMO he tops Paul McCartney.

Joseph Norato

Love this song. Great

T Paul

3y↑1

Jeff is the greatest producer in rock history.

Dunkilo S

Great jam!!
Thanks for posting!!

s h

1y↑8

POV: You just downloaded a game for free :D

Richard Melnick

3y↑5

Back around 2014 I went on a Forgotten New York walking tour of the Upper West Side in NYC.
At Verdi Square the tour guide let me speak. I quoted ...."and Verdi's always creeping from her room."
Most people had no idea, yet I paid homage to this great ELO song
In front of Verdi's statue.
Rockaria!

Douglas Wilke

This was an awesome party song. During outdoor keggers, when "Rockaria" was cranked up, you knew you were moving the dial to 11.

Locki Holmes

3y↑1

The best 'ooops' in music history 🤣 love this music for ever

H Mackie

1y↑1

if u like ELO get "Out of the Blue" Elo's double record
listen with headphones whenever possible

Graham Edwards

29w

When I first heard "10538 ' the "roll over Beethoven ' in 1972 I was 'hooked ' on ELO .Saw them at bingley hall ,Stafford ,UK in 78 .Amazing

Chris Rogus

2y↑1

This song really grew on me!

Spanky Star

4y↑4

...my life in music, E.L.O . moves to my soul as a righteous rock and roller.

Ann Carlson

5y↑2

Saw them in concert back in the 70's. Fantastic. Still love their music. Had a crush on Ben Bevin

Paul Villa

I saw them in Oakland about 79-80....it was a freakin' awesome show!!

neymason

5y↑127

Just adore the "Ooops" :)

Scott Leipski

ME TOO......(LLLLAAAAFFFFFIIIINNNNGGGG!!!!! )

Jodi Smith

48w↑1

Great album

Mick Mcgowan

43w↑1

Once again when u combine classical and rock it just works! look at sgt pepper! eh

Robin Hood

Can't focus answering my modules while listening to this, I'm vibin' way to hard on this 😂

David T

4y↑12

Strangely this song introduced me to rock opera

Charles Frith

4y↑2

To hear something 40 plus years later is emotional

GILLIAN FARRAR

5y↑1

Love this track awesome

Dolores DeMar

One of the Best Groups!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Timo Puente

J.Lynne´s fast, but great chord changes between minor and major are fantastic

Maury D

2y↑2

I'm glad this album was originally released on vinyl. Would've sounded silly titled "A New World CD".

Elliot

Lol

Chris P

20w

Is it just me or is this track genuinely bending the laws of time? There's no way it's only 3:13 - feels more like 6:26 and I don't mean that in a bad way.

Wayne Dunn

Yes this is truly rock and opera combined awsome track

Sage

2y↑7

Thanks for Dragon's Dogma, Masquerade

NotGray88

43w↑1

And Skyrim!

Jens Egholm

4y↑3

Fantastic album, Jeff lynnes´s ELO forever

Kerry Millhollin

3y↑1

Best ELO album takes me back great great great album

Ken Klein

A New World Record and Face the Music are my two favs.

H Mackie

2y↑3

many great inventions or ideas come from combining 2 good ideas,Jeff did it with Classical and Rock Music.

zarrowthenorse

i love the combo of genres

Floyd Brennan

6y↑23

It's a ROCK ARIA, hence the name of the song - ROCKARIA!

Doria Laura

4y↑1

My other favorite ELO song ❤

Robert Shaulis

5y↑1

Gotta love it

Desdinova69

1y↑1

Dave Young

3y↑3

reeling and rocking out through the night, yeh we were rocking at the opera house and until the break of night, and the orchestra was playing all Chuck Berries greatest tunes..... oh, so love this part of the tune even 40 years after its original release.

rachiethevidkid

The best bit for sure

Sloop John B

18w

The last bit of this song is *amazing*, I just had a terrible day and listening to that gave me a huge smile.

Flavia Vassallo

ABSOLUTE FANTASTIC!

Scott Leipski

A CLASSIC FROM THE BOYS!!

Rama Bhardwaj

Love it x

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