I had a lonely childhood. But I felt that ELO was the only rock group that felt what i felt. They knew my feelings. Thanks guys for making my life bearable.
You old fart! Me too! I love that they used real strings and not synthesizers which were becoming so popular in the mis 70s. They give the music such depth.
ELO is not one of my top bands but I’m not afraid to say it may be one of the best songs ever written. Jeff is certainly a genius composer and writer as well as a great guitarist
this is a masterpiece...as a kid back in the day I remember thinking how cool this guy sounded and how amazing a song about telephones was...back then a kid had to ask to use the telephone...
I just rediscovered this song in 2024. An absolute masterpiece. His voice, the lyrics, and the orchestra, Omg. I cannot get enough of this song. The emotion in his voice. WOW!!!
I would literally listen to this song over and over and those of us who know how u had to hit just the right groove in the RECORD to replay it! God i miss everything about those days, the world seemed crazy back then but compared to now take me back!!
A few years or so ago my daughter and I were eating lunch at picnic table across the cyclone fence from the seaplane dock at the Renton Airport at the very south end of Lake Washington. Stepping off a seaplane was this denim togged, big hair, sunglasses dude amongst his entourage and they boarded a limousine and drove away. I asked the plane handler who was that, anyone special? He said it was, "The ELO guy..." I asked him, "You mean Jeff Lynne!?". He answered, " Yeah, that's the guy's name....." Oh well, maybe better luck next time.......
This reminds me of when I used to work as a radio disc jockey in AOR. This song hits very bittersweet, especially when I remember playing it in the middle of the night when the building is empty except for me in the control room longing for days long gone. Now I play this song on my cellphone, and long for those days when I felt like I was doing something that mattered.
Radio was WAY more than just a means of playing songs for listeners. I was an 80's kid who grew up listening to 92.7 WLIR out of Long Island N.Y. While the great music they played spoke for itself, the station was more than just some music broadcast. It was a family of like minded people all held together by their love of a genre of music and the on air personalities that brought them to us with their own unique takes on the albums and songs. What you did was very useful and I'm sure there's at least a few people who probably remember your time on air. Whether you helped them get through a tough breakup or just gave them what they needed to get through one more day.
@@P-Bass_Pete *I remember once working an overnight shift during a snowstorm on New Year's Eve in Mississippi, and you know I stayed busy, but it felt like family with the listeners, local meteorologists and law enforcement. We were all in that storm together.* 💓
Dang, you make me want to be a late night radio host haha. Sadly people's music taste isn't what it used to be, I don't know a single station near me that doesn't play the same 50 80's hits on repeat. I wish radio stations today had more 70' and 80's variety. Play different bands, don't just play the most popular song from a band, maybe play some of that bands lesser known music. Maybe I should start my own radio station haha
My ALL TIME favorite classic from ELO. Just plain, beautiful music and lyrics. It is almost Beethovan in its majesty. I saw ELO in LA at the Univeral Ampetheater in 77; but that is a blur. When I hear this song, it so pumps me up with joy, and memories of one or two I truly loved in my life; and I cry tears of joy, tears of sadness. This is what great art can do for one's soul.
it's hard to believe I was 9 when this song came out. such a great song. music transcends time and space. it's what makes humans unlike any other species. i think it has much more of an impact and influence on when we transition into our next life.
Great song, I'm only 34 so this song was obviously before my time and therefore all i can think of when i hear this song is Steve Buscemi putting lipstick on.
It's too bad that songs like this don't really get made much anymore, especially with some real music as their base (as in this case). The high influence of classical music on bands like ELO and Queen has been pretty much lost nowadays. Current Pop is just a collection of meaningless bits of sound and god-awful lyrics, and rap is pure trash.
I was in 10th grade when this came out, listened to it at band camp. Our high school class is turning 60 this year, 18 from my class of 109 have died. Be careful what you wish for.
Isn't it funny how much meaning this song meant to us then because when you called someone's home - you hoped someone answered as no way to leave a voicemail, or text, or message of any kind. It was awful to have to keep calling someone over and over just praying someone answer the phone! lol
I know your comment is seven years old, so I hope you have listened to the live at Wembley CD, and other new stuff by the latest version of ELO. Assuming you are not dead.
People born before cell phones, text messages and voicemail will never know the pain of missing someone, Calling them to hear their voice, Hoping that this time they'll pick up, But only hearing the dial tone, over and over, till it cuts out....
Songs are unique in the way that what the artist meant when they wrote it and how the individual listener perceives it and applies it to their own situation at a certain point in their life may be two totally different things. This song for example. The wider understanding and probably what Jeff meant when he wrote it is about a guy calling his ex to say "hey remember how good it was?" And they're not answering or returning his calls. But a less common interpretation may be that the person he is calling is no longer with us and that's why they're not answering. This leaves him with Blue days and Black nights and he'll just "let it ring forevermore" which could be a Edgar Allen Poe type reference to a lost love that the poet/songwriter will never stop yearning for. If any of you out there have your own interpretation of this song I'd be interested to hear them and how it pertained to your life in that moment.
There's a moment at 3:32 when the camera is moving across the singers. One of them realizes and looks towards it with a smile, a genuine smile that says "I'm a musician" with such pure joy that you can't help but smile back. It's one of those moments we can all relate to, that happen once in awhile in our lives, when we think "I'm exactly where I want to be right now, enjoying this brief moment of pure happiness." Love it. What a video.
She does not have a telephone line...any longer. Therefore...she cannot hear myself cry myself to sleep. I awaken happy! For she brings so much goodness to Our Life. If she would pick up that telephone maybe I would have the guts to tell her how I feel about her. Nevertheless She is So Awesome I must stand by and bask in the everlasting Glow! Thank You So Much! Greatly Appreciated.
definitivamente somos privilegiados lo que vivimos los 80 excelente....e..l..o... en su maxima expresion...un hermoso mensaje a lo mas profundo de nuestros sentidos,,,mil gracias...
Soul crushing that our kids will never know this level of raw talent and the connections this band and all the others like it had in our young lives. You would rarely hear the same song more than once a day or longer because so many beautiful songs were being played on the radio at all times of the day and night. God I miss those precious days!
Just classic!!! In our Orange VW Bus on the way to Jr High Football practice. Nothing like nostalgia, but we don't have nostalgia without songs like this. Timeless.
these people when I was so young my guitar teacher dozy from Dave Dee said to me you will never be a guitarist till the day you can sit there and play by your self dozy had the greatest respect for ELO its one hell of a thing to be human
I was 13. This reminds me of how rings were different on different exchanges. The generic ring now sounds like the SK or Skyline which was my phone exchange. The ring in this song sounds like the BR or Broadway exchange in my city. The GR or Granger exchange was a rough sound. It was like you could tell nice neighborhoods from rougher ones by the ring.
Oh, and back when you could dial 0 fo a live Operator, I used to dial 0 on Christmas and New Yea’s as a teen to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the Operator. I don’t know if she liked that or found it annoying, but I kept it short.
I look into the sky (the love you need ain't gonna see you through) And I wonder why (the little things you planned ain't comin' true) Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight❤️
Im glad im not the only one who loves this gem....ok phew...anyhow yea...was 14 when i heard this come out of my radio...for those under 35 radio was a box we had next to our bed...we had a dial to change stations...a station was a number on the dial...anyhow god i love this song
I love ELO it reminds me of a car my parents owned i loved that it went like a rocket and this music was perfect for it! Unfortunately we had to sell it RIP car
Honestly not what I thought they would look like. They look as they would be playing hard rock in the 70's. This song is awesome, reminds me of my late wife. RIP Jennifer Ceballos Salazar
I had a lonely childhood. But I felt that ELO was the only rock group that felt what i felt. They knew my feelings. Thanks guys for making my life bearable.
Jeff is my hero in many ways he got me through many tough times a few years back I was just so sad during that time
Same mate remember radio Luxembourg under my pillow music is always there when nothing else fits xx tc
I'm sorry to hear that my friend. I pray that you may find peace and joy🙏🏼 God bless bro
Amen
From the movie 🎬 soundtrack Phantom of opera with Paul Davis
Disclaimer: Song will make you cry because it is well written with its melancholic melody and tone and ballad-based tempo.
Did me the first few times I heard it, the lyrics where relevant to me at the time 😊
This is my absolute favorite E.L.O. song 😍💗 still listening in 2023 😎 I had this on 8 track 💯
You old fart! Me too! I love that they used real strings and not synthesizers which were becoming so popular in the mis 70s. They give the music such depth.
ELO is not one of my top bands but I’m not afraid to say it may be one of the best songs ever written. Jeff is certainly a genius composer and writer as well as a great guitarist
It's in my top 3 with evil woman and strange magic !!!
this is a masterpiece...as a kid back in the day I remember thinking how cool this guy sounded and how amazing a song about telephones was...back then a kid had to ask to use the telephone...
LOL. True. Memories.
Whenever I hear this song it makes me think of my kids when they were small and my late husband. Wonderful memories.
Reminds me of when I was almost an adult; 24 yo.
@@DR-xt9ux i was 8 years old in 1974 and my father killed himself
That's hard. Sending love and ELO x@@GEO-xx6sq
R.I.P. Rocky.
I hope all is well with you Pam. God bless 🙏✌️
I just rediscovered this song in 2024. An absolute masterpiece. His voice, the lyrics, and the orchestra, Omg. I cannot get enough of this song. The emotion in his voice. WOW!!!
I would literally listen to this song over and over and those of us who know how u had to hit just the right groove in the RECORD to replay it! God i miss everything about those days, the world seemed crazy back then but compared to now take me back!!
I know what u mean
This is perfection obviously
I was 16 when this came out and I remember late nights listening to this on AM radio...
Same here...
Hello! How are You? ...
Ah yes am radio back when most people had am only
I was 13 and this was the first single I ever bought. Summer of E.L.O. and Star Wars.
Me too
The demise of the cellphone brought me here.
Still sounds like it was written and recorded yesterday. The sound is so alive and fresh.
No, it really doesn’t. It still sounds VERY MUCH of the late 70’s.
A few years or so ago my daughter and I were eating lunch at picnic table across the cyclone fence from the seaplane dock at the Renton Airport at the very south end of Lake Washington. Stepping off a seaplane was this denim togged, big hair, sunglasses dude amongst his entourage and they boarded a limousine and drove away. I asked the plane handler who was that, anyone special? He said it was, "The ELO guy..." I asked him, "You mean Jeff Lynne!?". He answered, " Yeah, that's the guy's name....." Oh well, maybe better luck next time.......
Happy 43rd anniversary Telephone Line!!! You sound as good today as you did back then...but better, like aged whiskey
Totally what a fantastic song grew up with this music
It's Been REAL! CONGRATULATIONS. ELO and best wishes on your 43rd! Kara
Jeff Lynne. One of the greatest songwriters eva. Doesn’t matter how many times you listen to this song, it does it every time❤️❤️❤️❤️
I get chills during the "I look into the sky.." and "And I wonder why.." portions of the song. Every. Damn. Time.
Same here while I’m watching in ‘22
Yes, the music is beautiful on this song. I like the verses & the bridge especially-the strings right before the chorus.
@@pigalow2002 Those keyboard arpeggios during the chorus are amazing too.
I understand why George Harrison was amazed by this song. Its just a great song.
Rip Richard Tandy
Ouvindo em 2024 ❤❤❤
I adore this song. Cried to this many times when I was a young girl and some lil nimrod kid had just broke my heart.
Oh OOh tellyphone line, give me some time I’m living in twilight.
one of the greatest bands ever
Es imposible que exista alguien que no le guste esta melodía!!
si, a los reggetoneros no les gusta la buena música
A mi vieja no le gusta, a mi me encanta y así esta bien
Me provoca nostalgia :'v
Los fans de Maluma y Bad Bunny jajaja
Es hermosa esta Canción y todas las de ellos !!
This reminds me of when I used to work as a radio disc jockey in AOR. This song hits very bittersweet, especially when I remember playing it in the middle of the night when the building is empty except for me in the control room longing for days long gone. Now I play this song on my cellphone, and long for those days when I felt like I was doing something that mattered.
Radio was WAY more than just a means of playing songs for listeners. I was an 80's kid who grew up listening to 92.7 WLIR out of Long Island N.Y. While the great music they played spoke for itself, the station was more than just some music broadcast. It was a family of like minded people all held together by their love of a genre of music and the on air personalities that brought them to us with their own unique takes on the albums and songs. What you did was very useful and I'm sure there's at least a few people who probably remember your time on air. Whether you helped them get through a tough breakup or just gave them what they needed to get through one more day.
What a touching and beautiful thing to share. Thank you, and...hello.
@@joshuatrees797 you're very welcome, and thank you, sugar! 😉
@@P-Bass_Pete *I remember once working an overnight shift during a snowstorm on New Year's Eve in Mississippi, and you know I stayed busy, but it felt like family with the listeners, local meteorologists and law enforcement. We were all in that storm together.* 💓
Dang, you make me want to be a late night radio host haha. Sadly people's music taste isn't what it used to be, I don't know a single station near me that doesn't play the same 50 80's hits on repeat. I wish radio stations today had more 70' and 80's variety. Play different bands, don't just play the most popular song from a band, maybe play some of that bands lesser known music.
Maybe I should start my own radio station haha
My ALL TIME favorite classic from ELO. Just plain, beautiful music and lyrics. It is almost Beethovan in its majesty. I saw ELO in LA at the Univeral Ampetheater in 77; but that is a blur. When I hear this song, it so pumps me up with joy, and memories of one or two I truly loved in my life; and I cry tears of joy, tears of sadness. This is what great art can do for one's soul.
Lovely classic....I just wish time doesn't go this fast
Time flies when you're growing old, I find...
Fantastic
Their music was written for the eternity
Music in the 70s.. .time capsule of perfection
Super .....
ELO was one of the most recognizable bands in my school days, one of the most popular as well.
it's hard to believe I was 9 when this song came out. such a great song. music transcends time and space. it's what makes humans unlike any other species. i think it has much more of an impact and influence on when we transition into our next life.
Great song, I'm only 34 so this song was obviously before my time and therefore all i can think of when i hear this song is Steve Buscemi putting lipstick on.
Exactly what I was thinking 😂
It's too bad that songs like this don't really get made much anymore, especially with some real music as their base (as in this case). The high influence of classical music on bands like ELO and Queen has been pretty much lost nowadays. Current Pop is just a collection of meaningless bits of sound and god-awful lyrics, and rap is pure trash.
Watching it now, which is y I decided 2 tune in....had 4gotten all about this song, happy memories of schooldays.
My very very very favorite ELO song ! Still play this all the time ! ❤28 in 1977 , now 74 !
I have always loved this gem! I was totally born in the wrong decade.
I was in 10th grade when this came out, listened to it at band camp. Our high school class is turning 60 this year, 18 from my class of 109 have died. Be careful what you wish for.
Song and performance of the highest quality.
Oh, how I had the best childhood.
Jeff Lynne is what would have happened if the Beatles somehow had a child together, and he inherited all of their best traits and talents.
ELO is the brain child of The Move, not the Beatles.
Lennon said ELO is what the Beatles would've sounded like if they'd stayed together.
@@mitchleigh9588 well he’s wrong and his word doesn’t mean shit
@@snsnshhhs663 great job missing the point. You have to really work to miss it that bad.
Elo where way better than the Beatles in my opinion.
Isn't it funny how much meaning this song meant to us then because when you called someone's home - you hoped someone answered as no way to leave a voicemail, or text, or message of any kind. It was awful to have to keep calling someone over and over just praying someone answer the phone! lol
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Dang..... this brings back so many memories as a kid growing in the 70s....and I beg so much to go back to that time in music.
Great song that brings back many childhood memories.
I loved this song then, and more so now!
What a beautiful voice. Love this song
es una de las canciones mas bellas de los 70` , y transporta al pasado, ademas, tantos instrumentos, que decir, tengo 60 yo, lo vivi.
This is just the best thing ever. ELO is waaaaaaaaaay too underrated.
They should go in the RRHF
When you hear music like this..."REAL MUSIC" you wonder hat the hell has to music today. Oh bring back the talent like Jeff I say
I know your comment is seven years old, so I hope you have listened to the live at Wembley CD, and other new stuff by the latest version of ELO. Assuming you are not dead.
Their best! strings screaming. always loved Jeff Lynne and ELO!
ELO has a unique sound of their own. Definitely are underrated.
by whom?
By Mainstream listeners
what, all of them?
+@+#&@%&!
could not have put it better myself!
wow one of the best songs of all time!
An absolute classic. Wish I could travel back in time. Music nowadays sux.
Man, you're so right.... I'll surely join you for "back in time" jorney
Most popular music, at least. I truly believe there hasn't been music quite like what ELO did since.
Right along with you too dude
Look up Mayer Hawthorne... eat your words.
I wish they played this stuff on the radio...
Timeless masterpiece! In my top 10 favorite classic rock songs
My favorite band of all the times!!!!!ELO forever!!
People born before cell phones, text messages and voicemail will never know the pain of missing someone,
Calling them to hear their voice,
Hoping that this time they'll pick up,
But only hearing the dial tone, over and over, till it cuts out....
So true.
Rubbish.
spot on
This is dumbest fucking comment I've ever read.
2023 and this still bangs hard.
Richard Tandy was definitely the secret weapon of ELO.
Lastimosamente murio hace poco
Songs are unique in the way that what the artist meant when they wrote it and how the individual listener perceives it and applies it to their own situation at a certain point in their life may be two totally different things. This song for example. The wider understanding and probably what Jeff meant when he wrote it is about a guy calling his ex to say "hey remember how good it was?" And they're not answering or returning his calls. But a less common interpretation may be that the person he is calling is no longer with us and that's why they're not answering. This leaves him with Blue days and Black nights and he'll just "let it ring forevermore" which could be a Edgar Allen Poe type reference to a lost love that the poet/songwriter will never stop yearning for. If any of you out there have your own interpretation of this song I'd be interested to hear them and how it pertained to your life in that moment.
If anyone knows of a time machine that returns me to 1977, that warns me, I pay double.
@Gayle Dillon Yes you can! I just did. Just hit “play”...
Best time machine I found so far was nitrous oxide and psilocybin.
Me too!
that will be the last precious moment just after you have drawn your terminal breath.
No one could ever sound like Jeff Lynne,Even though they tried,E.L.O. soars
2023 and still rocking to ELO!!
Boy am I glad I called that guy
recordar aquellos sabados por la noche en los 80's, esperando que la radio pusiera musica de ELO.
There's a moment at 3:32 when the camera is moving across the singers. One of them realizes and looks towards it with a smile, a genuine smile that says "I'm a musician" with such pure joy that you can't help but smile back. It's one of those moments we can all relate to, that happen once in awhile in our lives, when we think "I'm exactly where I want to be right now, enjoying this brief moment of pure happiness." Love it. What a video.
She does not have a telephone line...any longer. Therefore...she cannot hear myself cry myself to sleep. I awaken happy! For she brings so much goodness to Our Life. If she would pick up that telephone maybe I would have the guts to tell her how I feel about her. Nevertheless She is So Awesome I must stand by and bask in the everlasting Glow! Thank You So Much! Greatly Appreciated.
One of the greats by ELO. Jeff's latest incarnation of the band is also very excellent.
One of the best melodies ever. Great song.
Hard to believe that this song is from 1977. I love Jeff Lynn, and this song. The memories from my high school years live on :)
one of my favorites, had the album in 80s..
Blue days, black nights.
Que melodia linda, q música linda.
definitivamente somos privilegiados lo que vivimos los 80 excelente....e..l..o... en su maxima expresion...un hermoso mensaje a lo mas profundo de nuestros sentidos,,,mil gracias...
The perfect song doesn’t exi-
I Love this music
Enjoy.
E.L.O. magic of music ..
Los 70s fueron los mejores años de música de verdad en todo el sentido de la palabra, lástima que ya no hay música así en estos tiempos
amo esta cancion desde Que era niña la e escuchado me trae toda clase de recuerdos
Laura Hell lo mismo por aquí.. por mi padre.
Soul crushing that our kids will never know this level of raw talent and the connections this band and all the others like it had in our young lives. You would rarely hear the same song more than once a day or longer because so many beautiful songs were being played on the radio at all times of the day and night. God I miss those precious days!
My brother died four years ago. This song is like me thinking about him.not hearing or seeing him.
Una gran Orquesta ¿Como olvidarse de este tema?, fantastico.
One of my all time favorites. Thank you for uploading this.
One of my favorite ELO songs
Many a evening hang out above the city lights listening to New World Record. No worries and no pain. Modern day Beatles.
Jeff is pretty brilliant!
Que hermosa voz :")...Eso si era música :")...No como la mierda de ahora.
Exacto!!!! No como la basura q hay ahora!!! esta y tantas canciones d los 80 y 90!! saludos
Amazing voice!
Great quarantine song
How much I miss those times..
Some songs even when you play them for the millionth time are like the first time youve ever heard them !!!
Just classic!!! In our Orange VW Bus on the way to Jr High Football practice. Nothing like nostalgia, but we don't have nostalgia without songs like this. Timeless.
these people when I was so young my guitar teacher dozy from Dave Dee said to me you will never be a guitarist till the day you can sit there and play by your self dozy had the greatest respect for ELO its one hell of a thing to be human
Man, I'm glad I called that guy.
These guys rock. Long live ELO. Awesome song.
Una de las mejores canciones sin duda de electric 💜
I was 13. This reminds me of how rings were different on different exchanges. The generic ring now sounds like the SK or Skyline which was my phone exchange. The ring in this song sounds like the BR or Broadway exchange in my city. The GR or Granger exchange was a rough sound. It was like you could tell nice neighborhoods from rougher ones by the ring.
Oh, and back when you could dial 0 fo a live Operator, I used to dial 0 on Christmas and New Yea’s as a teen to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the Operator. I don’t know if she liked that or found it annoying, but I kept it short.
I look into the sky (the love you need ain't gonna see you through)
And I wonder why (the little things you planned ain't comin' true)
Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight
Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time, I'm living in twilight❤️
this is my fav.. song❤️
Great video for a great song. Who needed MTV anywa!?
Met my idol in Aylesbury when’s they opened our new Theatre, love his brummy voice. Nice band, fantastic lyricist, love em xx
Im glad im not the only one who loves this gem....ok phew...anyhow yea...was 14 when i heard this come out of my radio...for those under 35 radio was a box we had next to our bed...we had a dial to change stations...a station was a number on the dial...anyhow god i love this song
Wow, sudden rush of memories.
I love ELO it reminds me of a car my parents owned i loved that it went like a rocket and this music was perfect for it! Unfortunately we had to sell it RIP car
una cancion que me recuerda los mejores momentos de mi vida....ahora despues de tantos anios...me doy cuenta que en esa epoca fui feliz.....
My favorites song!
Even 35 years on, I get a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes when I hear this song.
I love this song. I love guitars but in this video it's the piano I like the best.
To have seen this live in 1977 would’ve been the equivalent of opening night of Romeo & Juliet at the Globe Theatre
breillante Jeff.. beatifull song..
Maravillosa canción, simplemente hermosa.
Honestly not what I thought they would look like. They look as they would be playing hard rock in the 70's. This song is awesome, reminds me of my late wife. RIP Jennifer Ceballos Salazar
Amo ésta canción, me trae recuerdos de años tan hermosos vividos en mi adolescencia. Hermosa
Literally everytime I have ever called someone in my life this song has crossed my mind. 😅