Biography of electric light orchestra telephone line

The scenario seems innocuous doesn&#;t it? Even perhaps a snore fest &#; A man listening to the ringing on his telephone waiting and hoping for a girl to answer his call and imagining what he would say if she answers. But this full of yearning highs and aching lows melodic doo-wop song sounds anything but benign – as this irresistible pop single stirs the heartache-laden blues of love like few others can. I don’t know how many times I sat around the turntable and put the needle down on this song as a kid, but it was a lot. Telephone Line is the second song to be presented so far from the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) after their previous entry &#; Can&#;t Get It Out of My Head.

ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy noted that Jeff Lynne perfectly captured the sting of a painful phone call with someone you care about. In Telephone Line, Lynne’s narrator, surrounded by an American-style dial tone and dreamy synthesizers, initially seems to be making small talk with a former love. But his anguished voice reveals that the “lonely nights” he speaks of were likely one-sided &#; and she hasn’t even an