I don't know if they were mentioned yet: The Electric Light Orchestra
. This band emerged form the remainders of The Move, a Birmingham band that had several UK hits in the 1960ies. ELO started with the lofty ambitions to proceed where The Beatles had ended. And indeed, their debut, which was taped down in the same sessions as The Move's final Message From The Country album btw, was an amazing, venerable effort. But with the demise of Ron Wood, an overly talented multi-instrumentalist and gifted songwriter, Jeff Lynne took over and consequently shifted the band to blatant mainstream, commercialism, over produced, pompous, but hollow bombast. Here's an example:
I've bought it used, so I didn't support JL
.
Track A3, as the title warns you, is the personified evil
!
I guess they have/had great success in the big US mass market?
In general, you'd better avoid any Jeff Lynne production, as they all sound the same
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Best regards!