15. Mr. Blue Sky by ELO 1977

In 1978 when this came out as a single I had no interest in ELO what so ever. I was a punk and followed bands like the Buzzcocks and the Clash. Turn the clock back to Easter 76 and I'm buying the New World Record album on the thursday and leaving on a road trip to Sydney the next day. I couldn't wait to get back to play the record. Arriving home on the Tuesday afternoon I said hello to my Mum and walked into my bedroom and put the record on. I thought it sounded as good as the Beatles. At the time I was just beginning to write music and formed a band called Feathers. The guitarist actually remarked once that my music was like a cross between ELO and Leonard Cohen.
But it was short lived. Then came the Sex Pistols and everything changed. All my ELO albums went to my Mum's house. It was year zero.
How I got into this song was through the TV show "Doctor Who." In one of the episodes there's an ELO cover band who play this song.
Then one night I'm watching Eternal Sunshine and I hear it again. It's just such a happy tune that me and the kids would dance around the living room to it. I can appreciate ELO now. The best of ELO as got some mighty tunes on it. During the 90's we'd play a few at the club especially "Don't Bring Me Down"