Jeff Lynne (born December 30, 1947) in Birmingham, UK, is a British singer-… Read Full Bio ↴Jeff Lynne (born December 30, 1947) in Birmingham, UK, is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. He was the co-founder (with Roy Wood and Bev Bevan), guitarist, and lead singer of The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as a co-founder of the Traveling Wilburys (with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison) in the late 1980s. Prior to The Electric Light Orchestra, Lynne was a member of Idle Race and, along with Wood and Bevan, The Move.

After ELO's breakup in the mid 1980s, Lynne moved into production work, showing both the influence of The Beatles that characterized much of ELO's work and an influence from rockabilly-style music. The Beatles' connection was strengthened when Lynne produced George Harrison's Cloud Nine, a successful comeback album for the ex-Beatle released in 1987 featuring the popular single "(Got My Mind) Set On You." In 1989, Lynne co-produced the acclaimed album Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty, which included the hit singles "Free Fallin'," "I Won't Back Down" and "Runnin' Down A Dream," all co-written by Lynne. This album and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, also co-produced by Lynne, both received nominations for the Grammy as Best Album Of The Year in 1989.

In 1990 Lynne released his first solo album Armchair Theatre, featuring the singles "Every Little Thing" and "Lift Me Up." The album received some positive critical attention but little commercial success.

In February of 1994, Lynne fulfilled a lifelong dream by working with the three surviving Beatles on Anthology album series, and reunion tracks "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" (overdubbing John Lennon's demos for the songs). He has also produced records individually for George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and worked extensively on the Roy Orbison album Mystery Girl.

In 2001, Lynne released a new ELO album, Zoom, which--save for original ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy on one track--featured none of the original members of the Electric Light Orchestra, but attempted to "return to the classic ELO sound" [1]. The album received positive reviews but had no hit singles. While a concert of the album was filmed and shown on PBS stations, a planned concert tour was cancelled, although the concert was released on DVD. Also that year, Lynne appeared on a VH-1 Storytellers show filmed in New York, and EMI and Sony released remastered editions of part of ELO's catalog.

Lynne went back to the recording studio as a producer in 2002, co-producing and helping complete George Harrison's posthumously-released album, Brainwashed. He was also heavily involved in the memorial Concert for George, held at London's Royal Albert Hall in November 2002, and subsequently produced the Surround Sound audio mix for the Concert For George DVD released in November 2003. The DVD received a Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video.

Also in 2002, a tribute to Lynne called Lynne Me Your Ears was released [2], featuring two CDs full of artists performing Lynne/ELO songs, including Todd Rundgren, SWAG (featuring members of Wilco, The Mavericks and Cheap Trick), Sixpence None The Richer, Doug Powell, PFR, Jason Falkner, Fleming and John, Jerry Chamberlain of Daniel Amos, Rick Altizer and others.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine Tom Petty revealed that fellow Wilbury and Full Moon Fever producer Jeff Lynne will reunite with Petty on his upcoming solo album, due in 2006.

Jeff Lynn co-wrote, with John Farrar, the lyrics and music for the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu. The show used several ELO songs, including "I'm Alive," "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic."

In 2012 Lynne's second solo album, a covers album entitled Long Wave, was released on 8 October 2012. A greatest hits collection of re-recorded ELO songs by Lynne titled Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra was also released under the ELO moniker on the same day.

On September 24, 2015, under the name Jeff Lynne's ELO, "When I Was a Boy", the first single from Alone in the Universe was released on the internet with a music video released not long after. The album was released on November 13, 2015 and was followed by promotional shows including the first ELO shows in the United States in 30 years. A 2016 European tour has been scheduled.

Blown Away
Jeff Lynne Lyrics

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So let it rain
Or let the sun shine down on me
I feel no pain
Now that your here it's all the same

You are the one
I should have known
I'm blown away

Like a boat out on the ocean

Time rages on
And all I do is watch the way
Because of you
Nothing will ever be the same

You are the one
I should have known
I'm blown away
Like a boat out on the ocean

Blown away
Like a storm in the night

Blown away

You are the one
I should have known
Blown away
Like a boat out on the ocean

Blow away

Like a storm in the night
I'm blown away

Overall Meaning

The song "Blown Away" by Jeff Lynne is a love song about being overwhelmed by someone's presence. The lyrics suggest that the singer has found someone who makes all the pain and worries disappear. The chorus "You are the one I should have known, I'm blown away like a boat out on the ocean" reinforces the idea that meeting this person is a transformative experience, suddenly changing the direction of the singer's life. The intensity of emotions is conveyed through the simile "like a storm in the night," which represents both the passion and the unpredictability of this love.

The lyrics also evoke a sense of timelessness and being suspended in the moment: "time rages on, and all I do is watch the way, because of you, nothing will ever be the same." The presence of the loved one makes time stand still, and the singer can only observe its passing. The use of the words "blown away" and repetition of the phrase in the chorus suggest that this love has taken over completely, leaving the singer in a state of awe and bewilderment.

Overall, "Blown Away" explores the idea of being swept away by love, leaving one in a state of wonder and excitement. It conveys the sense of being lost in someone's presence and the transformative power of love.

Line by Line Meaning

So let it rain
No matter what happens, it's okay

Or let the sun shine down on me
I can take on anything life throws my way

I feel no pain
You have lifted all my pain and worries

Now that your here it's all the same
As long as you are here with me, everything else is irrelevant

You are the one
You are the most important person in my life

I should have known
I regret not realizing it sooner

I'm blown away
You have left me breathless and in awe

Like a boat out on the ocean
Feeling lost and adrift in my emotions

Time rages on
Life continues to move forward

And all I do is watch the way
I am simply a bystander of my own life

Because of you
You have changed my outlook on life