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Electric Light Orchestra: Secret Messages

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Artist: Electric Light Orchestra
Title: Secret Messages
Released: 1983
Label: Jet Records
Time: 46:53
Producer(s): Jeff Lynne
Appears with: Traveling Wilburys, Jeff Lynne
Category: Pop/rock
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  1997
Price in €: 10,99
Web address: www.elo.biz











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[1] Secret messages (J.Lynne) - 4:50
[2] Loser gone wild (J.Lynne) - 5:17
[3] Bluebird (J.Lynne) - 4:11
[4] On and on (J.Lynne) - 4:57
[5] Time after time (J.Lynne) - 3:55 *
[6] Four little diamonds (J.Lynne) - 4:05
[7] Stranger (J.Lynne) - 4:27
[8] Danger ahead (J.Lynne) - 3:51
[9] Letter from spain (J.Lynne) - 2:50
[10] Train of gold (J.Lynne) - 4:19
[11] Rock and Roll is king (J.Lynne) - 3:43

* - Released on CD & Audio cassette only
 

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


JEFF LYNNE - Vocals, Background Vocals, Guitar, Synthesisers, Bass Guitars, Piano, Percussion, Oberheim DMX
BEV BEVAN - Drums, Percussion
RICHARD TANDY - Synthesisers, Grand Piano, Electric Piano, Harmonica, Oberheim DSX
KELLY GROUCUTT - Bass Guitar, Background Vocals

MIK KAMINSKI - Violin Solo on "Rock'N'Roll Is King"
LOUIS CLARK - Strings Conducted
DAVE MORGAN - Additional Background Vocals

BILL BOTTRELL - Engineer
BRAIN JONES - Album Co-ordinator
BRAIN GARDNER - Mastered
DENNIS - Bark
DAVID COSTA - Design and art Direction
HAG - Photography
KIM HARRIS - Hand Colouring

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland.
With thanks to Bart Sloothaak, Joke Dijkstra, Albert Boekholt, Henk Korff, Ronald Prent, Pieter Boer and Freek.
Also thanks to A.M.S., Digital audio Effects, Mark Crabtree and Stuart Nevison.
Special thanks to everyone at hotel 't' Kompass.
All sorts of things: George 'Banbury' Tolley.
Travel arrangements: Jeff Perry.
Guitars: Gibson, Fender, Ovation.
Synthesisers: Oberheim, Moog, Yamaha, Korg, Wurlitzer, Roland, Casio SLM, Arp.
Electric Pianos: Fender, Wurlitzer.
Drums: Slingerland, Oberheim.
additional Electronics: Bottronix.


All music and lyrics written by Jeff Lynne.

Recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland.
With thanks to Bart Sloothaak, Joke Dijkstra, Albert Boekholt, Henk Korff, Ronald Prent, Pieter Boer and Freek.
Also thanks to A.M.S., Digital audio Effects, Mark Crabtree and Stuart Nevison.
Special thanks to everyone at hotel 't' Kompass.

All sorts of things: George 'Banbury' Tolley.
Travel arrangements: Jeff Perry.
Guitars: Gibson, Fender, Ovation.
Synthesisers: Oberheim, Moog, Yamaha, Korg, Wurlitzer, Roland, Casio SLM, Arp.
Electric Pianos: Fender, Wurlitzer.
Drums: Slingerland, Oberheim.
additional Electronics: Bottronix.
Design and art Direction: David Costa
Photography: HAG
Hand Colouring: Kim Harris
  

 L y r i c s


Secret Messages

A moving stream of information
That is floating on the wind
The secrets never end
And now they call,
They sing, they play, they dance
For you, from out of the blue,
What can you do?

Chorus:
The secret messages are calling to me endlessly
They call to me across the air
The messages across the atmosphere
They whisper in your ear, they're calling everywhere

Where words cascade like rainbows tumbling from the sky
Then I'll be there, I'll be there
When messages will call to you their secrets all around
Without a sound, they're all around

Chorus:
Those secret messages that spill into the air from far away
So far away
A flowing river of illusion running with confusion
Never gone - it goes on and on

Repeat Chorus:


Loser Gone Wild

I don't mind the pain, or the jokers' cold refrain
The days pass by so slowly, I count them all again
Silence of a basement, shades all closed at noon
Lie awake for fear of strangers

Darkness comes on slowly, twilight is the ecstasy
Like a candle burning bright, shadows dance until the night
Empty rooms and chilling smiles
They go on for miles and miles

Chorus:
But in the evening when the sun goes down
Crawl from the shadows got to get into town
Where the music is playin' all across the night
And every cloud disappears from sight

There goes a loser, another loser gone
There goes another, another who's alone
There goes a loser, another loser gone wild

I don't mind if violins don't play
I won't listen to them anyway
I don't care what people say
Some things just can't be arranged
Icy fingers touching you.
Silent voices calling too
What else is there to lose- I am here but where are you?

Repeat Chorus:


Bluebird

The streets, the signs are pointing all one way
But you don't realize just what they say
You may fight, you may run, you may know what you've done
It makes me feel so sad to think what I might've had
I watch the stars, I watch the sun, now I watch for anyone
But it's only make believe

You work, you work, you work so hard and then
Someone, someone will come around again
You may think it's for real, but you know how you feel
The places that I go don't feel good anymore
I see it all rainbows in fall I see her face upon my wall
But it's only make believe

Fly away, bluebird fly away for me
To a place somewhere far across the sea
Fly away, far away, don't look back, go today
The waves that crash upon the sand
Another place, a far off land
And every day, I have to stay, but you are free
You could fly away-
But it's only make believe


Take Me On and On

The stars that shine so brightly
They call to me
I dream of how it might be
Somewhere far away

Chorus:
Take me on and on
Until the world has gone
Take me on and on

The chains that hold you
Those chains will soon be gone
Sail upon the ocean
Sail back to me

Repeat Chorus:

Take me on, on and on
I see it all below
I know which way to go
I see the afterglow

Repeat Chorus:


Time After Time

Time after time, time after time
The skies are darkening they grow so dim
Strangers are meeting but it never ends
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

(Time after time)
From far away there comes a warning sound
And no one listens but it's all around
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

Chorus:
Time after time, no hiding anywhere
Time after time, the visions in the air
Time after time, they come from everywhere

(Time after time)
Time after time
Just listen to the sirens of the world
They breathe a whisper waiting for the word
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

(Time after time)
Time after time it is the same old story
Another footstep on the trail of glory
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

Repeat Chorus:

The beauty of the earth from way up high
Shines like a jewel on the velvet sky
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

The skies are darkening they grow so dim
Strangers are meeting but it never ends
And one day they'll remember, one day they will know

Repeat Chorus:

Emit retfa emit, no hiding anywhere
Emit retfa emit, no visions in the air
They come from everywhere


Four Little Diamonds

I used to think she was the greatest thing
I really cared, gave her a diamond ring
She said she'd rather die than ever leave me
Well I never saw her face since then
And if the law don't get her then I will-
Four little diamonds

She must be somewhere on the open road
She always said she was a lonely one
She gets you down with her tales of woe
She took me for everything
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

Chorus:
I looked around I climbed up high into the dawn
But she was gone with the night
I thought about the things she said
And all the things we'd done
But where could she run- she ran away
There's just no answer to give

I keep wonderin' about her, day and night
She probably thinks I was a fool- she's right
She don't know it
But I'm gonna keep on searchin' for that woman
I'm gonna search everywhere
And if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds

Repeat Chorus:

I still hear her callin' out to me,
I still listen for her endlessly
But it never even crossed my mind she was a cheater
I gotta find where she hides
'Cause if the law don't get her then I will
Four little diamonds


Stranger

On a cold and windy morning, said goodbye to my old friends
They were hangin' around the corner,
They were stayin' till the end

On the other side of midnight,
I was lookin' for a place to stay
And one thing's sure for certain,
I ain't never goin' back again

The streetlights looked so pretty as they spread into a town
I was lookin' for another sundown
And my head was spinning round and round

Chorus:
Lookin' through the eyes of a stranger
Lookin' through the eyes of danger
Lookin' at the all-night dancer
Never takin' all the chances

As I walked into the main street, saw a crowd across the square
And I heard a guitar playin' and I saw you standing there

Repeat Chorus:

Distant bells they started ringing, somewhere far off in the night
And the place was full of loneliness that disappeared from sight


Danger Ahead

Here she comes down the street and that look is in her eye
And the way she looks, if looks could kill they might
All the kids down in the street run away
When she goes by it's the end of the day
So believe what they say, there's danger in the air

Look through a window and you'll see her standing there
She's the latest of the greatest with the wind blowin' in her hair
The prima donna she's back in town
And you see her for miles around
So believe what they say there's danger in the air

Chorus:
Beware there's danger ahead
The endless summer is dead
Look out there's danger ahead

Monday mornin' she's already up and gone
She knows what she wants and she knew it all along
With her entourage on either side
Just one look she can't be denied
So believe what they say there's danger in the air

Repeat Chorus:

She's got a reputation that's way ahead of her time
She's got adulation that's way ahead of her mind
Everybody runs around to please
When she looks in the mirror she just has to freeze
So believe what they say there's danger in the air

Repeat Chorus:


Letter from Spain

I read the papers this morning
I saw your photograph
You look good in the movie
It must be so much fun
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew

I got a letter this morning
Postmark said it was from Spain
Your writing is so very strange
I guess it always was that way
Letter from Spain
From someone I once knew


Train of Gold

I saw her there from across the street, she was dressed in black
And when she moved she moved to a beat, like a Cadillac
She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold

She was a woman of suspicious ways, never saw daylight
And in her room she sat and passed the days
And she'd creep out at night
She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold

Chorus:
Train of gold, train of gold
It took me so long to find out I was wrong
Now I wait for her in the night

Looked through a window saw a velvet sky, a shade of green
A violin was playing soft and sweet, like it was a dream
She rode a train, train train train, a train of gold

Train of gold, train of gold
It took me so long to find out I was wrong
Now I wait for her in the night

Train of gold, train of gold
I don't believe her, it just couldn't be her
I can't get it out of my mind


Rock 'n' Roll is King

Listen everybody let me tell you 'bout the rock 'n' roll
Feel that rhythm and it's really gonna thrill your soul
She said come along with me, to a land of make believe
She said rock 'n' roll is king

She loves that rock 'n' roll and she plays it all night long
That's all she ever tells me when I call her on the telephone
She says feel that jumpin' beat, and git up on your feet
She says rock 'n' roll is king

Chorus:
Oh let those guitars play
Play for me play for me
Oh let that song ring out
That's how it's meant to be

It rolls like a train that's comin' on down the track
She rolled over Beethoven and she gave Tchaikovsky back
She loves that drivin' beat, she goes dancin' on down the street
She said rock 'n' roll is king

Repeat Chorus:

When she comes around and I'm listenin' to the radio
She says you can't do that 'cause all I wanna do is rock 'n' roll
Now here I'm gonna stay where that music starts to play
She says rock 'n' roll is king

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