Such good blues music for white people....
And varied musical style.
You get all the way from Wild West Hero, to Rock 'N Roll is King, to Telephone Line.
I have the 3 CD collectible. Has music all the way from the very beginning in the 1960's to their last tracks in early 1980's (Julie doesn't live here anymore.)
There's a band out of Austin, TX called FastBall that has the same bluesy sound as ELO, but not with the violins and arias and such.
Mr. Blue Sky - man oh man what a song when you're down
I like Dire Straits for the same reason. No two albums of theirs are the same. Some songs just have the best lyrics like "Industrial Disease", or Skateaway, or Romeo and Juliet. Mark Knopfler can get you to close your eyes and visualize yourself there with the mandolins. Or even the guys moving the color TV's in "Money for Nothing".
I need to listen to more of Jeff Lynne's later stuff, like the Traveling Wylburies (sp?)
Funny, but I work so much, I just don't get the chance to enjoy good music.