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"Eldorado" is the title track from the 1974 album of the same name by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The song was used as the B-side of the United States single " Boy Blue " in 1975 and later as the flip side to the UK hit single " Wild West Hero " in 1978.
Eldorado is the first complete ELO concept album; bandleader Jeff Lynne conceived the storyline before he wrote any music. [2] The plot follows a Walter Mitty-like character who journeys into fantasy worlds via dreams, to escape the disillusionment of his mundane reality. Lynne began to write the album in response to criticisms from his father ...
The concept album Eldorado (1974) saw the first time that an orchestra was used, where previously Lynne would overdub strings. [5] The presence of an orchestra would be a common part of future ELO albums. [5] The 1975 album Face the Music moved away from symphonic concept elements of Eldorado in favor of more radio friendly songs. [6]
In 1993 Eldorado, along with "Hymn" and "Evening Star", was adapted by Jonathan Adams as Three Songs from Edgar Allan Poe for SATB chorus and piano. The better-known composer John Adams also composed an Eldorado symphony. In popular music, the poem was used in 1996 for the lyrics of a Donovan song on his album Sutras.
"Can't Get It Out of My Head" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and originally recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (also known as ELO). First released on the band's fourth album Eldorado in September 1974, the song is the second track on the album and follows "Eldorado Overture". The song was released in November the same year as a single.
The Move/Electric Light Orchestra in 1972. In 1968, Roy Wood—guitarist, vocalist and songwriter of the Move—had an idea to form a new band that would use violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, allowing rock music to "pick up where the Beatles left off" in a new direction. [17]
This is a list of Jean-Michel Jarre compositions with multiple titles.Throughout the years, Jean-Michel Jarre has changed the titles to some of his original compositions, most often when performing them live.
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