Electric Light Orchestra – Livin' Thing (1976)
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A brief description of Electric Light Orchestra's 1976 song "Livin' Thing" from the album A New World Record, highlighting how Jeff Lynne successfully balanced classical orchestration with rock elements, featuring pounding piano riffs, guitar flourishes, aching vocals, and string arrangements.
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· 3 pulledElectric Light Orchestra's audacious dream of fusing classical orchestration with rock 'n' roll approached near-perfection on A New World Record.
This 1976 work justified the semi-successful experiments that bandleader Jeff Lynne had conducted earlier, and this time all the elements were held in balance.
Lynne applies these arrangements to a brace of songs both carnal and angelic in feel.
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