I have witnessed the greatest concert ever last night!!! Jeff Lynne's ELO

[LynneSin]

Standing 90 minutes outside in the cold only to stand another 90 minutes inside. Mind you this is general admission so normally do no drink about 2 hours before the show (not even water) so I can get up front and not lose my place. But for some reason the show time on the ticket said 6:30 and normally where I am from that's when it starts. Here that was the door-open time. So freezing, hungry, thirsty but was all worth it.

Small venue, had a great spot right up front. This was Jeff Lynne's first USA concert doing ELO in over 25 years and he was pretty humbled and just how much love and excitement was coming from the crowd. He had a full band with strings but only other original member was Richard Tandy. But honestly Lynne and Tandy are ELO!

It was a great concert. Probably the best one ever. I think the only way to top this is either a Led Zeppelin tour or resurrecting Freddie Mercury for a Queen tour.

I love this new song!!

I did not do this videos. I have photos, a few video clips but I can't stand there and just film a concert. But I was probably just to this fight of where this woman was.

[Lochloosa]

1. Nice, but you shouldn't fight at a concert. Kills the vibe.

[LynneSin]

2. OMG I cannot type on tablets

I need my ergo keyboard and more coffee. In NYC not use to 4am last calls. They shut Delaware down at 1am. So pretty much yesterday I had 2 kind bars, an apple and not sure the beer count but let's not go there. Oh and a bag of peanuts I bought at some nasty looking truck stop on the other side of the Lincoln Tunnel in NJ. I had to use the restroom and felt guilty not buying anything.

[malthaussen]

3. Best concert I ever saw was Joni Mitchell in Philly...

... this was in the days when she didn't have "a black limousine and two gentlemen" to escort her to the halls, and it turns out that made a difference. Small venue, and there was a girl down front who kept begging Joni to do "Conversation." Finally, Joni says she can't really remember it, she wrote it a long time ago "and I was so much older then" (whereupon your humble obedient shouted "Right on, sister" from the peanut gallery. Loved the gratuitous Dylan reference). Anyway, she says she'll sing it, but she makes the girl get up on stage and sing it with her! I'm sure the kid must have been terrified, but she hung in there like a good 'un. (Joni wasn't kidding, either, she didn't remember the words)

Oh, and in reference to the other thread about how much the concert cost... er, a friend and I sneaked in for, ah, nothing.

-- Mal

[Kali]

4. ELO was up there for one of the best concerts I ever attended.

that was many years ago and I was sick as a dog, but went anyway - so glad I did.

right after El Dorado came out. still my favorite ELO album.

[caraher]

5. The Rolling Stone review

I saw the title of this thread and I didn't even need to look to know who posted it. The Rolling Stone take:

Livin' Thing: Jeff Lynne's ELO Triumph at First U.S. Show in 30 Years

[hobbit709]

6. meh.

[Enrique]

7. I like the new song too

English rockers really have a thing for nostalgia don't they. They started writing nostalgic songs when they were barely out of their teens.

[CBGLuthier]

8. He seems like one of those decent guys who does not realize that the talent oozing from their pores

is a rare, fine, and valued commodity. Really came to treasure him in some of the filmed works of the Traveling Willburys. The humble talented are truly the best.