Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Zoom Tour Live
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Actor: Electric Light Orchestra, ELOBrand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
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DVD Review: Fantastic performance, but this is not the Electric Light Orchestra
Summary: 3 Stars
Where do I start? I've been an avid fan of Electric Light Orchestra since their 2nd album back in 1973(ELO II), and this is NOT the Electric Light Orchestra. It's Jeff Lynne and original Electric Light Orchestra member Richard Tandy, with a group of unknowns, in an impromptu performance of some of the best songs by the Electric Light Orchestra.
I don't mean to trash or demean the talents of everyone else on the stage in this performance, partly female (and the only reason I mention "female" is because the original band had no female members, aside from the occasional backing studio musicians) with awesome, incredible unimaginable talent......but again, it's NOT the Electric Light Orchestra. The absence of Kelly Groucett, Mik Kaminski, Mike Edwards, Hugh McDowell, Melvin Gale and Bev Bevan are incredibly felt as you watch this performance.
The best thing to do is to play this without the video and imagine the original Electric Light Orchestra playing this set of old tunes. The "Zoom" songs come off great, as do the old hits, as long as you keep your eyes closed during the playback.
As you can plainly notice I do not refer to the original band as "ELO".....I really think that was a cop-out made by Jeff Lynne (under pressure from his record company at the time) in the early 80's to try to keep the band in the mainstream at the time. But even most of the original members I mentioned above hung around for most of the "ELO" years.
Jeff Lynne affectionately refers to his entourage as "ELO", which to me came across as meaning that anyone that Jeff Lynne decides is a part of his band is "ELO". As a follower of the Electric Light Orchestra this is almost an outrage. This incarnation should be called "Jeff Lynne & Friends"! NOT ELO or The Electric Light Orchestra!
Don't get me wrong though. This is an incredible performance by the people Jeff Lynne put together for this performance. The ladies on strings and backing vocals (Peggy Baldwin and Sarah O'Brien on strings, and Rosie Vela on backing vocals) are not only extremely talented but serve as "eye candy" during the presentation, which is an incredible disservice to these talented and gifted artists! That may have been Lynne's strategy with the "Zoom" tour. He might have figured that if fans of Electric Light Orchestra wouldn't settle for the dramatic changes in the personnel of the original ensemble, they could at least be appeased by the female "scenery"! These ladies deserve much much more credit than that. (In this light, I can't say anything bad about Lynne's recognition of TRUE talent!)
Again, an excellent performance by everyone on stage......but it's NOT The Electric Light Orchestra OR ELO!
It's as if Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr got on stage and called themselves The Beatles! I THINK NOT!!!!
I will say though....when "One Summer Dream" played I was transported back to 1975. This is probably one of the few times the performance of this song has been recorded live.....and it blew me away! But "Don't Bring Me Down" sounds as if a local bar band was performing the song!
I highly respect the talents of Jeff Lynne, but I also respect the talents of the original Electric Light Orchestra members. I deeply appreciate the efforts of Lynne to resurrect the "strange magic" of the olden days, but without the key members of the original band, this comes off as a "whatever will work" effort.
For occasional fans of the orginal band this is an excellent trip back to the past, but for die-hard fans of the original Electric Light Orchestra......watch the Wembley concert instead. Even with Wembley's lack of quality due to the age of the recording, it's still a better alternative to Lynne's re-working of the band in this quality performance.
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