![]() I’ve used wacky chords in a lot of my tunes, like “All Over the World,” which has a naughty one, as well. I’m sure I was bringing in those type of chords subconsciously, but I was exposed to all those chords early on, and I’m obviously gonna take them on board with all the more rock and roll chords. That chord is more along the lines of the Long Wave songs than the pop idiom. That G augmented chord adds a little bit of tension and uplift to the song. “Livin’ Thing” would have had a much more normal run-of-the-mill chord sequence otherwise the chorus would have been C, A minor, F and G instead of C, A minor, D minor, G augmented and back to the C. I tried to make the songs a little different. There’s a few of mine that have those type of chords in it. It makes it more of a special song, because it’s got a weird chord in it, and nobody knows how to play it. ![]() Trying to marry the two styles together, trying to put those funny old Victorian chords into a new song gives it a good lift. I think the influence of using those types of chords came from the Long Wave sort of songs. George (Harrison) used a lot of those chords, too. "Livin' Thing" makes prominent use of augmented chords. The UK version was released in a blue vinyl format. The original single had " Fire On High" on the flip side, a tune that became the band's most popular instrumental piece. Patti Quatro sang uncredited vocals, particularly the "higher and higher" parts. It appears on ELO's 1976 album A New World Record and was also released as a single. The drop starts on an A chord and ends on a C chord, the former being the subdominant chord in the key of E major, and the latter being the new tonic." Livin' Thing" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and performed by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). However, both of the last two quotes are inaccurate about the exact keys, as the former suggests. Patrik Guttenbacher, Marc Haines, & Alexander von Petersdorff (1996 Unexpected Messages) This was created by unplugging the tape machine and when it got to the key 'A' (which starts off Livin' Thing) Jeff cut it." "The end of the song So Fine fades into Livin' Thing. In the book about ELO, Unexpected Messages, the authors expounded: Jeff Lynne (AugClassic Albums radio interview by Roger Scott) ![]() So it went down from like - maybe F sharp all the way down to C, y'know, the tape went. So as it reached C, what Livin' Thing was in. So that it went '(SQUEAL)' and when it got to the - to the key that, uh, Livin' Thing was in, we cut it there and just but it straight on. "(It) was getting the two track and - and just basically switching it off, y'know, the motors off. Regarding the dropping end of So Fine to segue into the next song on the LP, Livin' Thing: it was sort of bouncy American style with a wobbly bit on the top." Jeff Lynne (AugClassic Albums radio interview by Roger Scott) Maybe like The Doobie Brothers or something, y'know, trying to sound a bit like an American group with harmonies. And um- I suppose it was along the lines of a - like an American, trying to sound like an American style. It's just that I wrote it and sang the thing. Very innovative."īev Bevan (1976 - Rock Around The World radio show interview) Ĭomposer Jeff Lynne described writing the song in a 1990 radio interview with Roger Scott: And according to what setting you put on the Moog, you can get a sound accordingly on the drum. You plug it through the keyboard setup into the Moog itself. It's an electronic - It's a drum itself and it's electronic. It really - It's quite a new item, really. Uh, yeah, I used it on one track on the album, So Fine. As it fades out, it segues into the Middle Eastern-inspired violin of " Livin' Thing".Īccording to ELO drummer Bev Bevan (regarding the Moog processor): More and more instruments join in, until the vocal again takes over. The middle section contains African drums and electronic percussion created by a then state of the art Moog processor, and continues with rising intensity. It is a typical example of ELO's (at the time) cutting-edge use of technology and recording techniques, which would become the conventional sound of pop music within 10 years. Recorded in 1976 at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany, this track is peppy and upbeat, contrasting with "Mission (A World Record)", the previous track. " So Fine" is the title of the fifth track from A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra.
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