Episodio 243: Electric Light Orchestra Don't Bring Me Down year 1979. English version.

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00:01:26 - This was the band's first song that didn't use guitars.

00:01:36 - After recording it, they fired their string section, leaving for members in the band.

00:01:42 - Year 1979 disco music dominated the world.

00:01:47 - Jeff Lynn's electric light orchestra embraced the smooth and deft sounds of this music, making one of the most remarkable changes of direction they had embarked on in a long time on this album. Don't bring me down, a track with lots of bass, a punchy beat and a memorable chorus. From a songwriting point of view, it's a simple yet effective track, but Jeff once again proves his ability to transform it into something which sounds much more accomplished.

00:02:22 - From a songwriting point of view, it's a simplistic track, quite formulaic.

00:02:27 - But Jeff shows once again his ability to transform it into something that sounds much more accomplished.

.IT belongs to the Discovery album which forced a change of musical direction of the band.

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00:02:45 - Light Orchestra is an English symphonic rock and progressive rock group from Birmingham and led by musician Jeff Lynn.

00:02:53 - They played progressive and classic rock, but succumbed to the disco sound of the moment.

00:02:59 - Jeff Lynn wrote this song at the end of the Discovery album sessions.

00:03:05 - He came up with the track by making a drum beat from a song he recorded earlier in the session and then creating more music on the piano.

00:03:13 - The words came to an end when Ling composed a lyric about a girl who thinks she is too good for the boy she is with.

00:03:21 - As a curiosity this song was played for astronauts who enjoy their time in space, more precisely those of the space shuttle Columbia, given that on July 6, 1996, they were in flight longer than expected due to bad weather on the ground.

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00:04:06 - No, no, no

00:04:11 - I'll tell you what's wrong before I get off the floor

00:04:14 - Don't bring me down

00:04:20 - Do you want to stay out with your fancy friends?

00:04:24 - I'm telling you it's gotta be the end

00:04:27 - Don't bring me down

00:04:30 - No, no, no, no

00:04:32 - I'll tell you once more before I get up the floor, don't bring me down

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00:05:00 - What happened to the girl I used to know?

00:05:05 - You let your mind out somewhere down the road

00:05:08 - Don't bring me down

00:05:11 - No, no, no, no, no

00:05:17 - I'll tell you what's for

00:05:19 - Before I get off the floor

00:05:21 - Don't bring me down

00:05:26 - You're always talking about your crazy nights

00:05:30 - One of these days, you're gonna get it right

00:05:33 - Don't bring me down

00:05:36 - I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

00:05:42 - Until you answer before I get up the floor

00:05:45 - Don't bring me down

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00:05:54 - Don't bring me down

00:05:57 - Don't break me down

00:06:01 - Don't break me down

00:06:09 - You're looking good just like a snake in the grass

00:06:13 - One of these days you're gonna break your glass

00:06:17 - Don't bring me down

00:06:19 - No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

00:06:23 - I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor, don't bring me down

00:06:31 - You've got me shaking, got me running away You've got me crawling up to you every day

00:06:58 - Don't bring me down

00:07:01 - No, no, no, no, no

00:07:07 - I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor

00:07:10 - Don't bring me down, down, down, down, down, down

00:07:28 - I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor, don't bring me down