#and by orchestra i mean a guitarist and his drummer and piano friend plus a bass player. and then the aforementioned strings

[muirneach]

elo is interesting because even though they always were called an orchestra and always wanted to have strings, the first like five years of their career they just had solid guitar, and then they only had a consistent string group for about 3-4 years, until the strings were fired and elo turned disco for another 7 years. they spent more time without strings than with them, and yet they remained an orchestra for the whole 16 years

#like listen to ma ma ma belle and tell me that an orchestra attempting to bring classical into rock wrote it #and by orchestra i mean a guitarist and his drummer and piano friend plus a bass player. and then the aforementioned strings #who were a violinist and two cellists #that's IT!!! #they did have a rotating cast of string players before 1975/6 but it wasnt steady #and yes they had somewhat of a career past 1986 but as previously said. i dont recognize it. #sorry i learned WAYYY too much elo trivia when i was younger to not bring it to at least a bit use #music #electric light orchestra