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.
Sorrow About to Fall
Electric Light Orchestra Lyrics
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There's nobody around
And everyone that we knew
Moved to higher ground
There's a shadow hanging overhead
It lingers there alone
Changing all we ever knew
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a new sound in the wires
And ears are to the ground
And everything that once was ours
Has slowly turned around
Something happened to the seasons
Started falling with the rain
And something changed forever
We gotta find a way
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's people in the photographs
But they all had to run
They went away to somewhere
Beyond the setting sun
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
The song "Sorrow About to Fall" by Electric Light Orchestra is a poignant description of a city on the verge of change. The lyrics speak of a silence that has descended on the city as people have moved away to "higher ground," leaving only the singer and the "shadow hanging overhead." The changes are palpable as the seasons seem to have shifted along with the rain, and the sound in the wires is different.
There is a sense of urgency in the lyrics as the singer acknowledges that something has changed forever, and that they must find a way to deal with it. The people in the photographs, who were once familiar and present, are now gone, having fled to somewhere beyond the setting sun. The repeated refrain of "sorrow about to fall" echoes this sense of impending doom and the need to act quickly, even as the changes continue to unfold around them.
Taken together, the lyrics paint a vivid picture of a city in flux, with the singer standing at the center of it all, watchful and wary. The sorrow may be inevitable, but there is still a chance to mitigate its effects or perhaps even prevent it altogether. It's a haunting and evocative song that speaks to the universal experiences of change and loss.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a silence in the city
The city is empty and quiet
There's nobody around
There are no people or activity present
And everyone that we knew
All the people that we were acquainted with
Moved to higher ground
Left for a safer or more prosperous location
There's a shadow hanging overhead
A sense of darkness or negativity is present
It lingers there alone
The feeling remains for an extended period of time
Changing all we ever knew
Alterations are being made to everything we once understood
The changes start to show
The effects of these alterations are becoming visible
There's a sorrow about to fall
A feeling of grief or sadness is imminent
There's a new sound in the wires
A different, perhaps ominous, tone is detectable in electronic media
And ears are to the ground
People are listening carefully and paying attention
And everything that once was ours
All the things we previously possessed
Has slowly turned around
Have changed direction or become less familiar over time
Something happened to the seasons
Changes occurred to the weather patterns
Started falling with the rain
The precipitation began to have different effects
And something changed forever
A permanent shift took place
We gotta find a way
We need to find a solution to the problem at hand
There's people in the photographs
The people in the pictures
But they all had to run
But they had to evacuate or flee
They went away to somewhere
They departed for an unknown or distant location
Beyond the setting sun
Beyond where the sun disappears from view
Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
A recurring sense of sadness is approaching
Sorrow about to fall
A feeling of grief or sorrow is imminent
Sorrow about to fall
A sense of sadness is approaching
Sorrow about to fall
Grief or sorrow is about to arrive
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JEFF LYNNE
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RamboSyl
Sorrow About to Fall
Electric Light Orchestra
There's a silence in the city
There's nobody around
And everyone that we knew
Moved to higher ground
There's a shadow hanging overhead
It lingers there alone
Changing all we ever knew
The changes start to show
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a new sound in the wires
And ears are to the ground
And everything that once was ours
Has slowly turned around
Something happened to the seasons
Started falling with the rain
And something changed forever
We gotta find a way
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's people in the photographs
But they all had to run
They went away to somewhere
Beyond the setting sun
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
yo
La difusión del álbum , "Balance of power " ( 1986 ) , al que pertenece esta estupenda canción , que no fue single , se vio perjudicada por una huelga de los funcionarios de la empresa discográfica , encargada de su distribución , tanto del long play , como de los discos singles.
Por tal razón , no ranqueó muy bien. Pero es un muy buen álbum , con una propuesta interesante . De él , recomiendo :
" Calling America " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn_XsOUC9s0
" Getting to the point " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSbvZMLJjeU
" So serious " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KvC-m6K9wY
" Heaven only knows " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW6YD9dwEDE
" Sorrow about to fall " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnAbyd8oT-E
" Without someone " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJXqSjCbl8A
Hay canciones que Jeff Lynne ( Líder y cerebro compositor de esta extraordinaria banda inglesa ) compuso durante su permanencia en el Caribe , y otras , en Europa central , durante la estación invernal. Es por esa razón , que algunos temas se palpan fríos y otros , mucho más cálidos.
Por aquella época , Electric Light Orchestra , eran solo cuatro integrantes y , se dice , que la mayor parte del trabajo en este álbum , la realizaron Lynne y Richard Tandy , el tecladista.
Lynne realizó este disco , solo porque había un contrato que lo comprometía con la discográfica.
Ya se habían notado los roces entre los integrantes de la banda . Situación que se venía arrastrando desde comienzos de los años 80´s. Por ejemplo , el tema " Getting to the point " , retrata esos sinsabores de Jeff , quien , en forma muy metafórica e indirecta , relata sus pesares por el fin de esta agrupación , en dicha desgarradora canción.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
1
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también raya en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , hermana , entre otras , de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz navidad , y qué tengas un excelente año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también raya en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también raya en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Gracias por subir esta excelente música.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
Donald's trump
There's a silence in the city
There's nobody around
And everyone that we knew
Moved to higher ground
There's a shadow hanging overhead
It lingers there alone
Changing all we ever knew
The changes start to show
There's a sorrow about to fall
Now there's a sorrow about to fall
There's a new sound in the wires
And ears are to the ground
And everything that once was ours
Has slowly turned around
Something happened to the seasons
Started falling with the rain
And something changed forever
We gotta find a way
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's people in the photographs
But they all had to run
They went away to somewhere
Beyond the setting sun
Yes, there's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
Yeah, there's a sorrow about to fall
Now there's a sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall...
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
RamboSyl
Sorrow About to Fall
Electric Light Orchestra
There's a silence in the city
There's nobody around
And everyone that we knew
Moved to higher ground
There's a shadow hanging overhead
It lingers there alone
Changing all we ever knew
The changes start to show
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a new sound in the wires
And ears are to the ground
And everything that once was ours
Has slowly turned around
Something happened to the seasons
Started falling with the rain
And something changed forever
We gotta find a way
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's people in the photographs
But they all had to run
They went away to somewhere
Beyond the setting sun
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
There's a sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall, fall, fall, fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Sorrow about to fall
Spazzoid Studio
Underrated album
Davinia
The best my favorite
zarrowthenorse
i prefer their orchestral songs
yo
La difusión del álbum , "Balance of power " ( 1986 ) , al que pertenece esta estupenda canción , que no fue single , se vio perjudicada por una huelga de los funcionarios de la empresa discográfica , encargada de su distribución , tanto del long play , como de los discos singles.
Por tal razón , no ranqueó muy bien. Pero es un muy buen álbum , con una propuesta interesante . De él , recomiendo :
" Calling America " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn_XsOUC9s0
" Getting to the point " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSbvZMLJjeU
" So serious " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KvC-m6K9wY
" Heaven only knows " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW6YD9dwEDE
" Sorrow about to fall " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnAbyd8oT-E
" Without someone " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJXqSjCbl8A
Hay canciones que Jeff Lynne ( Líder y cerebro compositor de esta extraordinaria banda inglesa ) compuso durante su permanencia en el Caribe , y otras , en Europa central , durante la estación invernal. Es por esa razón , que algunos temas se palpan fríos y otros , mucho más cálidos.
Por aquella época , Electric Light Orchestra , eran solo cuatro integrantes y , se dice , que la mayor parte del trabajo en este álbum , la realizaron Lynne y Richard Tandy , el tecladista.
Lynne realizó este disco , solo porque había un contrato que lo comprometía con la discográfica.
Ya se habían notado los roces entre los integrantes de la banda . Situación que se venía arrastrando desde comienzos de los años 80´s. Por ejemplo , el tema " Getting to the point " , retrata esos sinsabores de Jeff , quien , en forma muy metafórica e indirecta , relata sus pesares por el fin de esta agrupación , en dicha desgarradora canción.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
1
Speedgoy
Under-rated song, album and band
bronco devil
Always thought this was a hit. One of my favorite ELO songs that no one knows.
Elbert Hardy
I keep finding more great songs I love! This is one I liked the first time I heard it (today). I loved his concert in Tampa 7-7-19. My adult sons and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks, Jeff.
yo
Hola.
Qué gran tema.
Una canción estilo new romantic , que también incursiona en el tecno pop.
Una de las mejores pistas del álbum " Balance of power " ( 1986 ).
Para mí , de alguna manera , entre otras , hermana de :
" Above the clouds " ( 1976 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DGrxZdxv0E
y de
" Train of gold " ( 1983 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq1gHomxjG4
Feliz año 2021.
Saludos desde Chile , Sudamérica.
Daniel Stewart
This is absolutely brilliant!