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.

Nobody Home
Jeff Lynne Lyrics

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I can tell by the way
There ain't no lights in the windows
And by the way your curtains hang
Yeah, I know which way the wind blows

I said no, I said no, I said no
Ain't nobody home (Nobody home)
Ain't nobody home

You went away, with your heavy load
You must have took it with you
Down and out, to no fixed abode
But no one can get you

I said no, I said no, I said no
Ain't nobody home (Nobody home)
Ain't nobody home

I said nobody, nobody home

From the way that you act
I guess you haven't been there
By the look in your eyes
There's nobody been there

I said no, I said no, I said no
Ain't nobody home
Nobody home

I said nobody, nobody, nobody home
(Nobody home, Nobody home)

I said no, I said no, I said no no no
Nobody home (Nobody home)
There's nobody home

I said nobody, nobody home
(Nobody home, Nobody home)

Ain't nobody home, nobody home,
Nobody home
Nobody home

Nobody home
Nobody home

Overall Meaning

In the song "Nobody Home" by Jeff Lynne, we see a man who is trying to reach out to a person who has gone through some kind of personal upheaval. By looking at the windows and curtains, he can tell that there's no one living in the house anymore. He then repeats the phrase "Ain't nobody home" multiple times. The man speaks to the person he's trying to reach out to, telling them they left with a "heavy load" and went "down and out" with "no fixed abode." This implies that the person may have had financial or personal problems, and has had to abandon their home.

The chorus repeats the phrase "Ain't nobody home" multiple times, emphasizing the feeling of emptiness, and the fact that the person is not available to anyone anymore. The lyrics are melancholic and sad, almost as if Jeff Lynne is mourning the loss of someone close to him. The somber tone and simplicity of the lyrics perfectly convey the emotions and feelings behind it.

Line by Line Meaning

I can tell by the way
Based on my observations

There ain't no lights in the windows
The windows are dark; no one is home

And by the way your curtains hang
I can see from the curtains’ shape

Yeah, I know which way the wind blows
I know what's going on in your life

You went away, with your heavy load
You left carrying a lot of weight

You must have took it with you
You took it with you when you left

Down and out, to no fixed abode
You're homeless and have no permanent address

But no one can get you
No one can find or reach you

From the way that you act
Based on your actions

I guess you haven't been there
It seems like you haven't experienced it yourself

By the look in your eyes
Based on your facial expression