Matthew Sweet’s career is a textbook example of what happens if you are exceedingly good at something that is not considered to be cool. So, here is my list of the Good, the Better, and the Best.Ĭontinue reading » Feature, Good Better Best Tagged with: Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Yakuza, Gigantor, Jesse Terry, Liz Longley, Weezer And now that it is autumn, I wondered if there were any covers that cut against the grain and featured a more somber or dark take on “Mr. Other have it stuck to the bottom of their shoe.īut today I write this review of covers while the sky is overcast, and the humidity is thick. Even Weezer couldn’t resist, featuring the song on their Teal album. If we are to look at the numerous covers that Second Hand Songs has compiled, most artists tap into the upbeat nature of the tune. That is an apt description, given that Jeff Lynne was determined at the outset of ELO to bridge pop songs a lá The Beatles with more high-cultured orchestral arrangements. It’s often been seen as a “Beatlesesque” pop song, with flashes of musical hall revelry. The song is the most upbeat of the “Concerto.” That’s a fitting and welcome change in a suite that is about the gloom of a soggy day. It enjoyed a #6 position in the UK, a #8 position in the Dutch charts, and peaked at #35 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Blue Sky” was ELO’s fourth movement in the “Concerto for a Rainy Day” on its 1978 double album Out of the Blue.
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