ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA STARLIGHT CODE

' Starlight was likewise celestially inspired, this time by the nighttime canopy over the mountains.' 'But really, nearly every song on Out Of The Blue is a perfect spring-time roller-rink jam, including the sci-fi makeout number Starlight, in which Lynne imagines getting it on with a sexy astronaut.' John Van der Kiste (August 2015 - Jeff Lynne: Electric Light Orchestra - Before and After) 'Another number, Starlight, was inspired by the night skies he watched over the Swiss mountains. ' Starlight is a nice track, easy going, but really, on a Best Of release?'Īlun Williams (2008 - Ticket To The Moon - The Very Best Of The Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2 album review) Rob Caiger (October 2007 - liner notes for Ticket To The Moon - The Very Best Of The Electric Light Orchestra Volume 2) Critics said at the time that every song on the double album could have been a single but just four tracks were released, each to huge success and all helping Lynne's favourite ELO LP remain a permanent fixture on the album chart for almost three years.'

''Inspired by the night skies in the mountains of Switzerland' and another outstanding song from Out Of The Blue. Tierney Smith (Goldmine ( Out Of The Blue reissue review)) ' Starlight is an uncharacteristically dull ballad.' John Metzger (February 2007 - The Music Box, Volume 14, #2) ' Starlight was pure soft-rock that was drawn straight from the Gibb brothers.' Both Telephone Line and Above The Clouds were titled Bad Salad for A New World Record as was Starlight on Out Of The Blue.' ' Bad Salad was a generic title used for the obvious sad ballad songs. 'Inspired by the night skies in the mountains of Switzerland.' Patrik Guttenbacher, Marc Haines, & Alexander von Petersdorff (1996 - Unexpected Messages) Starlight for example was entitled Al's Arse, as it was allegedly inspired by Al Green.' 'As Jeff writes the music first and works on the lyrics no sooner than the music is finished, the group always used provisionary song titles, in order to identify them. Would have made a great B-side, and that's not meant as an insult.'Īndrew Whiteside (1990 - Face The Music fanzine #7) Provisionally titled Al's Arse (don't ask me why I wasn't there!) as it was allegedly inspired by 70's legend Al Green, it's a relaxed blue-eyed soul number, with lazy lyrics to boot (sweet love, rolling across my mind again), and easily provides the album with its most mellifluous moments. ''Fairydust' synths, appropriately enough, usher in the start to Starlight, a welcome breather after the exertions of the previous four minutes. The working title was Al's Arse.'īev Bevan (1980 - The Electric Light Orchestra Story)

On Starlight, Jeff said that he wanted to get a black feel to the song- 'something like Al Green'.

ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA STARLIGHT CODE

'We code each song with a number or a name. 'Nice feel to this song and meant to have a 'rhythm and blues' feeling to it.'īev Bevan (1977 - Japanese Out Of The Blue LP liner notes (United Artists GXG 25/26)) The actually lyric is 'I want you, you're so real, I can see you're so near'. The original album's lyric sheet incorrectly lists the lyric, 'I can feel you're so real, I can see you're so near'. The Flashback set incorrectly attaches the orchestral intro for the next song, It's Over, at the end of Starlight.

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