ELO Live at Wembley 1978

Ladies and gentlemen,

Tony Curtis!

Your royal highnesses,

ladies and gentlemen,

children.

And to those of you who are not highnesses,

or ladies or gentlemen,

or who are here, I bid you welcome.

And peace and happiness to all of you.

For the disabled children,

and for this great, great honour that's been presented to me,

to present to you the most outstanding rock group in the world today.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

My friends,

The Electric Light Orchestra.

CHEERING

ELECTRONIC DRUM BEATS

BEATS CONTINUE

DRUM ROLL

ELECTRONIC SOUNDS

SOUNDS REACHING CRESCENDO

CYMBALS CRASH

CYMBALS CRASH, DRUMS ROLL

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

CROWD CLAPPING AND CHEERING

MUSIC STARTS

MUSIC: "Standing In The Rain"

# I'm standing in the rain

# I'm waiting all alone

# I'm so tired

# I wanna go home

# I'm standing in the rain

# Getting soaking wet I'm doing my best

# But what do I get?

# I'm standing in the rain

# Can't seem to get along

# People rushing by Wish they could hear my song

# My, my, I'm standing in the rain

# You know it's teeming down on me

# Cats and dogs

# I wanna be free

# I'm standing in the rain Doing my thing

# I'm trying my best What does it bring?

# I'm standing in the rain Getting soaking wet

# I'm doing my best But what does it get?

# The good intentions and the pain

# Lay drowned now in the pouring rain

# I tried to be so good this time

# But here I am under the sky

# The good intentions and the pain

# Lay drowned now in the pouring rain

# Waiting... #

STRINGS PLAYED VERY QUICKLY

MUSIC: "Night In The City"

# Standing at the airport Looking down the strip

# She was drying her eyes She was biting her lip

# Seven-four-seven just left from gate eleven

# There's no turning round Cos it's just leaving the ground

# And getting higher Higher

# Standing at the dockside Looking out to sea

# When I saw her But she did not see me

# There she stood with no hope Because she'd missed the boat

# And as her dreams sailed away She headed back for the day

# Back to the city City

# Night in the city Oh-oh-oh

# Madness at mid-mid-midnight

# Night in the city drivin' you insane

# Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la-la

# Ooh, la-la-la-la-la

# Ooh, la-la-la-la-la

# Ooh, la-la-la-la-la

# In the city City

# Night in the city Oh-oh-oh

# Madness at mid-mid-midnight

# Night in the city

# Drivin' you insane

# I was running kinda lonely at the city place

# I waited for an hour I never saw her face

# Crazy ladies that wait and slide around like a snake

# I just can't take any more I'm going in through the door

# Into the city City

# Night in the city Oh-oh-oh

# Madness at mid-mid-midnight

# Night in the city

# Drivin' you insane

# Drivin' you insane

# Drivin' you insane... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you!

Hello, there.

Thank you very much. It's great to be back in England.

It really is fabulous.

We'll carry on with a song which is also from Out Of The Blue,

and this song's called Turn To Stone.

# The city streets are empty now

# The lights don't shine no more

# And so the songs are way down low

# Turning, turning, turning

# A sound that flows into my mind

# The echoes of the daylight

# Of everything that is alive in my blue world

# I turn to stone when you are gone

# I turn to stone

# Turn to stone When you comin' home?

# I can't go on

# The dying embers of the night

# A fire that slowly fades to dawn

# Still glow upon the wall so bright

# Turning, turning, turning

# The tired streets that hide away

# From here to everywhere they go

# Roll past my door into the day In my blue world

# I turn to stone when you are gone

# I turn to stone

# Turn to stone When you comin' home?

# I can't go on

# Turn to stone when you are gone

# I turn to stone

# Cos I'm turning to stone Cos you ain't coming home

# Why aren't you comin' home If I'm turning to stone

# You've been gone for so long And I can't carry on

# Yes, I'm turning, I'm turning I'm turning to stone

# The diving shadows on the wall

# The two steps in the hall

# Are all I see since you've been gone

# Turning, turning, turning

# A sound that flows into my mind

# The echoes of the daylight

# Of everything that is alive In my blue world

# I turn to stone when you are gone

# I turn to stone

# Turn to stone When you comin' home?

# I can't go on

# Turn to stone when you are gone

# I turn to stone

# I turn to stone when you are gone

# I turn to stone

# I turn to stone When you comin' home?

# I can't go on

# Turn to stone

# When you are gone I turn to stone... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# They say some days you're gonna win

# They say some days you're gonna lose

# I tell you I got news for you

# You're losin' all the time you never win

# If you believe that's how it's gonna be I'd better put you down

# Get off your tightrope up there come down on the ground

# You gotta save me now You better turn around

# When I looked around

# I was heading down

# Won't somebody throw me down a line?

# They say some days you gotta give

# They say some days you gotta take

# And that's the way it's gotta be

# Roll it over and you will see

# The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time

# The change from night to day is really only hours

# It's just along the line can't you see the sign

# When I looked around I was heading down

# Won't somebody throw me down a line

# Somebody

# Somebody

# I want to look you straight in the eye

# I want to tell you how I really feel

# I can feel the wheels turnin' round

# Won't somebody throw me down a line

# The city streets are full of people going nowhere making time

# The change from night to day is really only hours

# It's just along the line can't you see the sign

# When I closed my eyes I was so surprised

# Somebody had thrown me down a line

# Stopped me drownin'

# Somebody had thrown me down a line

# Somebody

# Somebody... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

NEW SONG STARTS

# Hello

# How are you?

# Have you been all right

# Through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights

# That's what I'd say

# I'd tell you everything

# If you'd pick up that telephone

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Hey, how you feeling?

# Are you still the same?

# Don't you realise the things we did, we did

# Were all for real, not a dream

# I just can't believe

# They've all faded out of view

# Oh-oh, oh-oh

# Yeah, yeah!

# Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

# Doowop dooby doo doowop doowah doolang

# Blue days, black nights doowah doolang

# When I look into the sky

# The love you need ain't gonna see you through

# And I wonder why the little things you planned ain't coming true

# Oh, telephone line

# Give me some time

# I'm living in twilight

# Oh, telephone line

# Give me some time

# I'm living in twilight

# OK, so no-one's answering

# Well, can't you just let it ring a little longer longer longer

# Oh, oh, ooohhhhh

# I'll just sit tight

# Through the shadows of the night

# Let it ring for evermore

# Yeah, yeah

# Oh-oh ohhhhhhh

# Doowop dooby doo doowop doowah doolang

# Blue days, black nights doowah doolang

# When I look into the sky

# The love you need ain't gonna see you through

# And I wonder why

# The little things you planned ain't coming true

# Oh, telephone line

# Give me some time

# I'm living in twilight

# Oh, telephone line

# Give me some time

# I'm living in twilight... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Ahhhhhhh

# Just got back from the downtown palais

# Where the music was so sweet

# It knocked me right back in the alley

# I'm ready, yea, yea, yea, I'm ready

# Wo, wo, wo, I'm ready

# And I'm really gonna rock tonight

# Sweet little lady sings like a songbird

# And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard

# But she ain't ready

# No, no, no, she ain't ready

# No, no, no, she ain't ready

# And she ain't gonna rock and roll

# She's sweet on Wagner

# I think she'd die for Beethoven

# She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune

# Come on, I'll show you how to sing the blues

# Now baby, come on over you got nothin' to lose

# Are you ready? Hey, hey, hey, are you ready?

# Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready?

# I wanna show you how to rock and roll

# Now listen here, baby, she said to me

# Just meet me at the opera house at a quarter to three

# Cos I'm ready, yea, yea, yea I'm ready

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready

# I'm gonna show you how to rock and roll

# She's sweet on Wagner

# I think she'd die for Beethoven

# She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune

# And Verdi's always creeping from her room

# Ohhhhh, and far far away

# Yeah, the music

# Is playing

# Well, we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night

# Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light

# And the orchestra were playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes

# And the singers in the chorus all got off on singing blues

# And as the night grew older everybody was as one

# The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song

# Just to hear the opera singer singin' rock and roll so pure

# I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure

# But it's all right... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Wild West

# Oh-oh-ohhhh

# A Wild West hero-o-o-o-o

# Sometimes I look up high

# And then I think there might

# Just be a better life

# Away from all we know

# That's where I wanna go

# Out on the wild side

# And I wish I was

# Oh-oh, oh-ohhhh

# A Wild West her-r-r-r-o

# Ride the range all the day till the first fading light

# Be with my Western girl round the fire, oh, so bright

# I'd be the Indians' friend let them live to be free

# Ridin' into the sunset I wish I could be

# I'd ride the desert sands and through the prairie lands

# Trying to do what's right

# The folks would come to me they'd say, we need you here

# I'd stay there for the night

# Oh, I wish I was

# O-oo-o-oh, a Wild West hero

# I wish I was

# O-ooo-oo, a Wild West hero

# Oh, I wish I was

# Oh-oh-oooooh, a Wild West hero

# I wish I was

# Oh-oh-oh-oh, a Wild West hero. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# She cried to the southern wind

# About a love that was sure to end

# Every dream in her heart was gone

# Headin' for a showdown

# Bad dreamer, what's your name?

# Looks like we're ridin' on the same train

# Looks as though there'll be more pain

# There's gonna be a showdown, yeah

# And it's rainin' all over the world

# It's raining all over the world

# Tonight, the longest night

# Whoa, whoa

# Whoa, whoa

# Raining all over the world

# Raining all over the world

# Tonight, the longest night

# And it's raining all over the world

# Raining all over the world

# Tonight, the longest night. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hello, London.

CHEERING

It's lovely to be back. It's been about two or three years since we last played in England.

Obviously, a lot has happened. We've gone round the world a few times.

There's no place like home and it's a great thrill to be back. And thank you all for coming.

CHEERING

I'd like to say a special thank you to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester for coming.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And, as I'm handing out the thank yous, on behalf of the band,

I'd like to thank everybody over the past few years for buying our records and making us so famous.

We love you, really.

CHEERING

# Where did you go?

# I was searching on a one-way street

# I was asking for a chance to meet

# I was waiting for the operator on the line

# She's gone so long What can I do?

# Where can she be?

# I don't know what I'm gonna do

# I gotta get back to you

# You've gotta slow down sweet talking woman

# You got me running You got me searching

# Hold on, sweet talking lover

# It's so sad if that's the way it's over

# I was working, many days go by

# I was thinking 'bout the lonely nights

# Communication breakdown all around

# She's gone so long What can I do?

# Where could she be?

# No, no, no, no Don't know what I'm gonna do

# I've got to get back to you

# You've got to slow down sweet talking woman

# You got me running You got me searching

# You've gotta slow down sweet talking woman

# It so sad if that's the way it's over

# I've been living on a dead-end street

# I've been asking everybody I meet

# Insufficient data coming through

# She's gone so long

# What can I do?

# Where can she be?

# Don't know what I'm gonna do

# Gotta get back to you

# Well

# So tired, sweet talking woman

# You got me running You got me searching

# I'm so tired, sweet talking lover

# It's so sad if that's the way it's over

# Slow down, sweet talking woman

# You've got me running You've got me searching

# Hold on, sweet talking lover

# It's so sad if that's the way it's over

# Hold on, sweet talking woman

# You've got me running You've got me searching

# Hold on, sweet talking lover

# It's so sad if that's the way it's over

# Slow down, sweet talking woman

# You've got me running You've got me searching

# Slow down, sweet talking woman

# It's so sad if that's the way it's over. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# The sun is shining in the sky

# There ain't a cloud in sight

# It's stopped raining Everybody's in their play

# And don't you know

# It's a beautiful new day Hey-hey-hey?

# Running down the avenue

# See how the sun shines brightly

# On the streets where once was pity

# Mr Blue Sky is living here today

# Hey, hey, hey

# Mr Blue Sky, please tell us why

-# You had to hide away for so long

-So long, so long

# Where did we go wrong?

# Oh, Mr Blue Sky please tell us why

# You had to hide away for so long

# So long

# Where did we go wrong?

# Hey, you, with the pretty face

# Welcome to the human race

# A celebration Mr Blue Sky's up there waiting

# And today is the day we've waited for-or-or-or

# Oh, Mr Blue Sky please tell us why

# You had to hide away for so long

-# So long

-Where did we go wrong?

# Hey, there, Mr Blue

# We're so pleased to be with you

# Look around, see what you do

# Everybody smiles at you

# Hey, there, Mr Blue

# We're so pleased to be with you

# Look around, see what you do

# Everybody smiles at you

# Mr Blue Sky

# Mr Blue Sky

# Mr Blue Sky

# Mr Blue, you did it right

# But soon comes Mr Night

# Creeping over Now his hand is on your shoulder

# Never mind, I'll remember you this

# I'll remember you this way

# Mr Blue Sky, please tell us why

-# You had to hide away for so long

-So long

# Where did we go wrong?

# Hey, there, Mr Blue

# We're so pleased to be with you

# Look around, see what you do

# Everybody smiles at you. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Well, in this life I've seen everything I can see, woman

# I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand

# I've seen babies dancing in the midnight sun

# And I've seen dreams that came from the heavenly skies above

# I've seen old men crying at their own grave sides

# And I've seen pigs all sitting watching picture slides

-# But I,

-I

# I never seen nothing like you

# Do ya, do ya want my love?

# Woman

# Do ya, do ya, want my face?

# Do ya, do ya want my mind?

# Do ya, do ya want my love?

# Well I, heard the crowd singin' out of tune

# As they sat and sang Auld Lang Syne by the light of the moon

# I heard the preachers bangin' on their drums

# And I heard the police playin' with their guns

# But I

# Never heard nothin' like you

# In the country where the sky touches down n the field

# She lay her down to rest in the morning sun

# They come a-runnin' just to get a look

# Just to feel To touch her long black hair

# They don't give a damn

# Well, I

# Never seen nothing like you

# Do ya, do ya want my love?

# Do ya, do ya want my face?

# Do ya, do ya want my mind?

# Do ya, do ya want my love?

# All right now Do ya, do ya want my love?

# Do ya, do ya want my face?

# Do ya, do ya want my mind?

# All right now

# Do ya, do ya want my love? #

Thank you!

Good night!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MUSIC: "Living Thing"

# Sailin' away on the crest of a wave

# It's like magic

# Oh, and rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin'

# It's magic

# And you

# And your sweet desire

# You took me

# Oh, higher and higher, baby

# It's a livin' thing

# It's a terrible thing to lose

# It's a given thing

# What a terrible thing to lose

# Making believe this is what you've conceived

# From your worst day

# I'm takin' a dive

# Oh, moving in line when you look back in time

# To the first day

# And you and your sweet desire

# You took me

# Oh, higher and higher, baby

# It's a living thing

# It's a terrible thing to lose

# It's a given thing

# What a terrible thing to lose

# And I'm taking a dive

# Ah, the slide

# Hey!

# Takin' a dive cos you can't halt the slide

# Floating downstream

# I'm taking a dive

# Ah, so let her go, don't start spoiling the show

# It's a bad dream

# And you and your sweet desire

# You took me

# Oh, higher and higher, baby

# It's a livin' thing

# It's a terrible thing to lose

# It's a given thing

# What a terrible thing to lose

# It's a given thing

# It's a terrible thing to lose

# It's given thing

# What a terrible thing to lose

# I'm taking a dive

# Oh, yeah

# Oh, yeah

# All right. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Roll Over Beethoven

WILD CHEERING

# Gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local DJ

# It's a rockin' little record I want my jockey to play

# Roll over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today

# You know my temperature's risin' and the jukebox's blowin' a fuse

# Woo

# My heart's beatin' rhythm and my soul keeps singing the blues

# Roll over Beethoven, rockin' into my blues

# Well

# If you feel you like it, get your lover and reel and rock it

# Roll it over and move on up now

# Jump around and reel and rock it

# Roll it over, Roll over Beethoven

# Rockin' in two by two, woo

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# And dig these rhythm and blues

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# Roll over Beethoven

# All right. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Thank you!

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