ELO II es un álbum de ELO, publicado en 1972. El disco incluye 5 canciones, entre ellas «In Old England Town [Boogie # 2]», «Mama», «Roll over Beethoven» y «From the Sun to the World [Boogie # 1]».
Sobre el álbum
Con su segundo álbum, ELO II, de 1972, la ELO profundiza en su propuesta de fusionar el rock con la música clásica, pero con una mayor ambición y un enfoque más progresivo. A diferencia de su debut, este trabajo está compuesto por canciones más largas y complejas, con largos desarrollos instrumentales. El disco es uno de los más experimentales de su carrera. El subtítulo `Moment of Truth` no es oficial, pero refleja el espíritu del disco.
El sonido del álbum es denso y grandilocuente. Los violines y los cellos tienen un protagonismo absoluto, creando texturas y atmósferas que recuerdan a la música de cámara. El disco se aleja del pop más directo para adentrarse en el terreno del rock sinfónico.
El álbum contiene la que sería su primera gran carta de presentación al mundo: su espectacular versión del clásico de Chuck Berry, "Roll Over Beethoven". La banda transforma la canción en una epopeya de ocho minutos que comienza con la Quinta Sinfonía de Beethoven, una genialidad que se convirtió en un éxito y en su firma de la primera época.
En definitiva, 'ELO II' es un trabajo valiente y fundamental para entender la evolución del grupo. Es el sonido de una banda que buscaba sin descanso su propia voz, creando un lenguaje musical único e inimitable.
Listado de Canciones
- In Old England Town [Boogie # 2]
- Mama
- Roll over Beethoven
Letra
Gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local D.J. It's a jumping little record I want my jockey to play Roll over, Beethoven Gotta hear it again today My temperature's rising, the juke box's blowing a fuse My heart's beating a rhythm, singing out rhythm & blues Roll over, Beethoven They're rocking in two by two Well, if you feel you like it Go get your lover and reel and rock it Roll it over and move on up now Go for cover and reel and rock it Roll it over Roll over, Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news Early in the morning I'm giving you my warning Don't you step on my blue suede shoes Hey, diddle diddle, gonna play my fiddle I ain't got nothing to lose Roll over, Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news She wiggles like a glow worm, dances like a spinning top She got a crazy partner, you should of seen her reel & rock Long as she got a dime The music will never stop. Well, if you feel you like it Go get your lover and reel and rock it Roll it over and move on up now Go for cover and reel and rock it Roll it over Roll over, Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news Roll over, Beethoven, Roll over, Beethoven Roll over, Beethoven, Roll over, Beethoven Roll over, Beethoven, dig these rhythm & blues? - From the Sun to the World [Boogie # 1]
- Kuiama
Letra
My, my kuiama, she came in the morning She smiled but the tears on her little face Showed the pain that had been in that far off place So sad, treated so bad My, my kuiama, don't break your heart tryin To say how your ma and your pa passed away And they left you to wander the ruin and decay Real mean, that bullet machine See here kuiama, now ten thousand miles Is a long long way and you're here today And you won't go back so you might say Hello, how do you do Kuia stop your cryin, there's no bombs a'fallin No horsemen in the night a'ridin through your dreams and tearing at your life Baby goodnight No more silver rain will hit your ground And no more guns will sound And no more life be drowned No more trenches where the soldiers lie And no more people die Beneath that big black sky Wake up Kuiama, I got somethin to tell you It's just that I mean, well that is to say That I'm trying to explain but I'll start again, For you, I must be true. Kuia in this country, they got rules with no reason They teach you to kill and they send you away With your gun in your hand, you pick up your pay So cool, that no mercy tool Kuia please believe me? I just couldn't help myself. I wanted to run but they gave me a gun And they told me the duty I owed to my fatherland. I made my stand. Kuia I just shot them, I just blew their heads open And I heard them scream in their agony Kuiama she waits there for me True blue, you saw it through