Electric Light Orchestra

6 submissions

Song	Category	League	Submitted by	Votes
Do Ya	We're So Back	League 7 (Dec 2025)	ared56	4 SamRobertsND +1 — There are better ELO picks imo but must respect Peter Seeley +1 — Yes. shea nowicki +1 Brad Stalcup +1 judd.baker +1 Regina Scime 0 — I like this song, but the link to the prompt isn’t jumping out at me Claire -1 — It pains me to downvote ELO but the connection to theme seems tenuous at best. But maybe I’m missing something
Livin' Thing	Songs that Cause Speeding	League 2 (May 2025)	judd.baker	-1 fionmul 0 — "riding a horse" "a really old pickup truck like back in like the 80s" Edward James 0 — This is superb cruisin’ music, but it is not speeding music SamRobertsND 0 — Jeff Lynne is one of the masters but this song doesn’t fit the theme Joseph Harvey 0 — Lovely song, poor fit Claire 0 — Love ELO but this just wasn’t giving speeding ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ared56 -1
Mission (A World Record)	Songs Artemis II should have played	League 9 (Apr 2026)	SamRobertsND	4 shea nowicki +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — I feel like ih ave to upvote every ELO song I hear in this one. Regina Scime +1 Spicey Riche +1 fionmul 0 — It sounded like he was saying sacred heart haha if only Joseph Harvey 0 — I love this song (possibly my favorite ELO), but I think there are better ELO choices for this round here. Not hype enough Claire 0 — Thought about submitting this one. The most obviously space-y lyrically, but musically it also has a space vibe. Then again I guess this round has shown that ELO’s musical style just is the quintessential space vibe. Narrowly beat out
Mr. Blue Sky - 2012 Version	Songs Artemis II should have played	League 9 (Apr 2026)	Spicey Riche	-1 Joseph Harvey +1 — Senior launch engineer Sammy, lighting up an early morning cigarette in the Houston haze, turns the ignition on his 1969 Corvette droptop. As the small block roars to life and settles into a contented gurgle, he gazes up through his thick-rimmed glasses to the moon on the horizon, almost invisible as the sun begins its climb into the soft blue sky. It’s going to be quite a day. shea nowicki +1 Brad Stalcup 0 — Sorry, this ELO song doesn't quite work as a song to play judd.baker 0 — I can get the idea (literally saying hello again to the blue sky after returning to Earth) but this seems like simultaneously the least imaginative ELO submission and also the least lyrically fitting. SamRobertsND -1 — Party foul against ELO, this is the 2012 re-recording which is worse. fionmul -1 — Sorry I just dont like it enough for it to cancel out the more obvious pick it is Claire -1 — Great song but it’s the most predictable of the ELO songs in this round (in part bc of the guardians of the galaxy association)
Telephone Line	De Profundis	League 10 (Jul 2026)	SamRobertsND	1 ared56 +1 Claire +1 — So at first I wasn’t sure about this one bc I think of this as more of a romantic yearning song, but I do think lyrically and musically it takes that romantic longing into more of an existential register. Also this album is just generational judd.baker +1 — I am just a sucker for this particular ELO sound, and I think it fits the round nicely. Good play from Dr. Roberts Joseph Harvey 0 — This song doesn’t sound like it’s from the depths. Gotta be more than lyrics in this round fionmul -1 — Nehh Regina Scime -1
Twilight	Songs Artemis II should have played	League 9 (Apr 2026)	judd.baker	7 SamRobertsND +1 Joseph Harvey +1 — This is a great “welcome back to Music League” song and I can picture it playing in space. Claire +1 — Of the three ELO submissions this one struck me the most—it has this futuristic, frenetic energy without necessarily being explicitly about space travel, and I feel like if I were an astronaut this would be a great hype song shea nowicki +1 Brad Stalcup +1 — Excellent, enjoyable, and cosmic pick. Regina Scime +1 Spicey Riche +1 — I’m fionmul 0 — Unspecial to me