Music Trivia

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by docicu3

Jeff Lynne has sold tens of millions of albums and he is highly respected in the business by his peers. What is your musical background so that you not only think you have a better ear than the general public but a better ear than all the stars that have asked Jeff Lynne to produce their albums? Why would you think you have a better ear than everyone else? Do you have perfect pitch or something?

......ahhhhhhh NO he hasn't sold tens of millions. This is my problem with this whole Jeff Lynne is a superstar mentality. Stop embelishing the facts...

Try this one....The link is every band with 50 million and more of sales. You won't find Jeff Lynne or ELO. Wikepedia isn't Gospel but it's not completely fiction either....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._music_artists

I think you should rewrite the Wiki piece they obviously missed your guy...[/quote]

I never said that 50 million records was the magic number. But according to this wikipedia page, they did sell over 50 million records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra

[Rupert Pupkin]

Jeff Lynne and the Beatles:

In 1994 Jeff Lynne was approached by the remaining three Beatles to help them produce their "new" songs and restore John Lennon's vocals from poorly-preserved mono tapes containing some unfinished Lennon demos that they were given by Yoko Ono. The songs were "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love". McCartney admitted he was worried about Lynne being chosen as producer saying "He's such a pal of George's. They'd done the Wilburys, and I was expecting him to lead it that way. To tell you the truth, I thought that he and George might create a wedge, saying, 'We're doing it this way' and I'd be pushed out."[3] "Free as a Bird" later won a Grammy.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lynne_and_The_Beatles

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Jeff Lynne and the Beatles:

In 1994 Jeff Lynne was approached by the remaining three Beatles to help them produce their "new" songs and restore John Lennon's vocals from poorly-preserved mono tapes containing some unfinished Lennon demos that they were given by Yoko Ono. The songs were "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love". McCartney admitted he was worried about Lynne being chosen as producer saying "He's such a pal of George's. They'd done the Wilburys, and I was expecting him to lead it that way. To tell you the truth, I thought that he and George might create a wedge, saying, 'We're doing it this way' and I'd be pushed out."[3] "Free as a Bird" later won a Grammy.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Lynne_and_The_Beatles

Next you'll have Jeff Lynne responsible for writing She Loves You....you say Lynne has sold tens of millions of albums, I show you 150 bands that dusted his sales.....
You respond to this with some lame paragraph about a Beatles song he produced using a Lennon demo performance from the 70's he never wrote, recorded or performed that won a Grammy for it's connection to other Fab Four songs. So this is how you argue a point, by never addressing the issue you created??

Let it go buddy, the band is barely north of sucking was outsold at a minimum by such musical giants as Ricky Martin (60 mil), The Village People (65 mil) and New Kids on the Block (70 mil) and just doesn't belong in the conversation of great bands. You like them and worship Lynne......some people get off on auditory route canal like this but please stop with the unreferenced garbage like Lynne was a central performer on stage with the Beatles at the 76' Prince's Trust concerts. No he wasn't......it's one thing to massage your upright base on stage and another to match Clapton's solo on Harrison's WMGGW's.......

[clyde]

I don't know about you,SportyFans,...but I'm beginning to believe Frumpton.

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by clyde

I don't know about you,SportyFans,...but I'm beginning to believe Frumpton.

As in Peter Frumpton boss??

You don't strike me as an ELO guy, .......maybe under the influence of the best elixir from True Blood with that vacant stare that Sookie's sista side kick has weekly when the vamps come round but not without the high test boss....

You have to be a serious a-hole to knock Jeff Lynne.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

You have to be a serious a-hole to knock Jeff Lynne.

count me in..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swk8pIzlNMY

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

count me in..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swk8pIzlNMY

Get that strip club music out of here.

[docicu3]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

You have to be a serious a-hole to knock Jeff Lynne.

Coach what's a fair price for a Jeff Lynne ticket?

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

i wouldent pay 10 bucks

Originally Posted by docicu3

Coach what's a fair price for a Jeff Lynne ticket?

He is a shut-in and hardly ever tours.

[herkhorse]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

You have to be a serious a-hole to knock Jeff Lynne.

and PG still thinks you're a black guy with yellow sneakers lol

omg wtf why isn't Slayer playing with Clapton? WTF JEFF LYNNE SUCKS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNHtjlUbey8

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by docicu3

Next you'll have Jeff Lynne responsible for writing She Loves You....you say Lynne has sold tens of millions of albums, I show you 150 bands that dusted his sales.....
You respond to this with some lame paragraph about a Beatles song he produced using a Lennon demo performance from the 70's he never wrote, recorded or performed that won a Grammy for it's connection to other Fab Four songs. So this is how you argue a point, by never addressing the issue you created??

Let it go buddy, the band is barely north of sucking was outsold at a minimum by such musical giants as Ricky Martin (60 mil), The Village People (65 mil) and New Kids on the Block (70 mil) and just doesn't belong in the conversation of great bands. You like them and worship Lynne......some people get off on auditory route canal like this but please stop with the unreferenced garbage like Lynne was a central performer on stage with the Beatles at the 76' Prince's Trust concerts. No he wasn't......it's one thing to massage your upright base on stage and another to match Clapton's solo on Harrison's WMGGW's.......

This wikipedia page says they did sell over 50 million records:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra

My point about Lynne producing the Beatles was that they could have gotten anyone they wanted. They could have had anybody in the world and they chose Lynne. His reputation is second to none and that is why they chose him. He is considered to be a musical genius, which he is.

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

This wikipedia page says they did sell over 50 million records:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra

My point about Lynne producing the Beatles was that they could have gotten anyone they wanted. They could have had anybody in the world and they chose Lynne. His reputation is second to none and that is why they chose him. He is considered to be a musical genius, which he is.

Well said.