One of my favourite bands ever. Jeff Lynne was influenced by the Beatles, certainly, but I don't think the band was ever intended to be, nor referred to as, a continuation of the Fab Four. What Lynne and Roy Wood did was pretty unprecedented at the time, bringing in string sections - cellos, violin, woodwinds and so forth, all sorts of orchestral instruments - to pop and rock music, and it yielded them some phenomenal successes. For a time from about 1977 to 1982 they were kings of the charts, with tracks like "Mister Blue Sky", "Livin' Thing", "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Telephone Line" bossing the radio waves and selling huge numbers. Their concerts were said to be amazing affairs of light show and video effects (I never saw them live myself) and they influenced a lot of major acts too. Great band.
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