ELO Week 8/9 (Mixtape 25)

Secret Messages by ELO, from the 1983 album of the same name.

Basically during the Eldorado/Face The Music years, Elo was accused by some of having malicious backwards messages in their songs.

As this was false, Jeff Lynne later decided to make an entire album full of "secret messages". A shorter version was released in 1983, but the (almost) full 70+ album finally saw the light of day on vinyl in 2018. I have both the 40-45 minute long CD and the full length vinyl.

Comments

[RainbowDash2012]

Didn’t know this one but defitnirly a lot more 80s sounding ELO with futuristic but still obviously 80s special effects lol. What’s not to like?

[Tape Deck]

5784903
Exactly.
Elo ✓
80s✓
ELO + 80s ✓✓✓
Rd actually listened✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓

[Tape Deck]

5784903
Were you able to read the text?

It's hard to read so it's Secret Messageish.

[RainbowDash2012]

5784916
Yes, pretty easily. It’s sort of opaque I guess but the words are still pretty clear and easy to read on my phone at least lol. I’m glad you got all your check marks toooooodjdjdisis nssosknwsnkssnx sn8*+\+]£|€\*\*£✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️jsjjdjdjsnsnsksozkznnzjN✔️✔️🦫✔️🦫🦦🦦♣️♣️♣️😂😂😂😍😵‍💫😼🎆📲🎆📲🖱️🎇💾🌠📸🛣️

[Tape Deck]

5784919
Well, I wanted it to be still readable at least.

[RainbowDash2012]

5784934
✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️

[RainbowDash2012]

Forklift

[Tape Deck]

5784967
backhoe

[RainbowDash2012]

5784997
I’m going to drive a forklift across the Atlantic Ocean. I see one on the tarmac of the airport waiting for my flight!

[Okie Brony]

The opacity tag is one of the coolest, but I rarely see it.

[Tape Deck]

5785009
Yeah, without that one Psuedobob Delightus fic, I wouldn't know it existed.