Well it's been a while since a proper poll, right? Here's one I just came up with: Supertramp vs. ELO

[custom55]

Since I was a fan of The Move, I had a natural transition to ELO. 

 

Supertramp has some great music but my heart is with ELO.

Edited August 15, 2022 by custom55

[pjbear05]

ELO & Mr. Blue Sky. 

But BiA for album.  Had it been Out Of The Blue it would have been ELO ftw X3.

[Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios]

On 8/15/2022 at 3:03 AM, Entre_Perpetuo said:

Which of these 70s icons takes the cake for you?

Good Poll EP 👍😎

[Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios]

On 8/15/2022 at 3:12 AM, Nova Carmina said:

Supertramp. I can name several albums, and a dozen songs, off the top of my head, but ELO is a one (or two?) hit wonder in my imagination.

🤔 Here in the UK ELO had far, far more hit singles than Supertramp 

( Edit : Sorry I should have read ALL of everyone else’s post - especially Rhyta’s ! 🙃👍- before I repeated what had already been said  )  

I quite like Supertramp too btw 😎

Edited August 16, 2022 by Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios
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[Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios]

On 8/15/2022 at 6:27 PM, IbanezJem said:

I don`t know anything by Supertramp - at least, I might recognise a song but not know it was one of the theirs - or ELO, other than Mr Blue Sky. Which I don`t much care for. Jeff Lynne must have had some compromising photos of the other Wilburys. I would say my ignorance was because both bands were too far before my time, but that`s nonsense as I Iisten to music from before, during and after their active years, so I figure I can`t be missing much.

IJ .. I recommend that you check out ELO’s best of album ‘ All Over The World - The Very Best of ELO ‘ … just maybe check out the intros to each track & I bet you’ll recognise most of them ! 😎

[IbanezJem]

1 minute ago, Alex’s Amazing Arpeggios said:

IJ .. I recommend that you check out ELO’s best of album ‘ All Over The World - The Very Best of ELO ‘ … just maybe check out the intros to each track & I bet you’ll recognise most of them ! 😎

 

[Rhyta]

On 8/15/2022 at 1:11 PM, Entre_Perpetuo said:

 

 

 

Sorry, it was just a sarcastic way of saying ELO are not, in fact, one or two hit wonders. They have a lot of very very popular songs.

Agreed, that was my point as well.  As usual with these polls, we have to agree to disagree

[Mosher]

ELO is fine.

I rarely listen, but they have several songs I like. 

 

Supertramp is simply far more interesting to me.

 

So they win in a sweep.

 

Also, I never understood the overwhelming love for Mr Blue Sky. Several sites suggest it's the happiest tune you could ever hear musically.

 

It's not interesting to me at all. I don't hate it, it's just a very average song to me. They have so many better ones.

 

[bluefox4000]

15 hours ago, Mosher said:

ELO is fine.

I rarely listen, but they have several songs I like. 

 

Supertramp is simply far more interesting to me.

 

So they win in a sweep.

 

Also, I never understood the overwhelming love for Mr Blue Sky. Several sites suggest it's the happiest tune you could ever hear musically.

 

It's not interesting to me at all. I don't hate it, it's just a very average song to me. They have so many better ones.

 

 

that's what i said too. Mr. Blue Sky isn't even ELO'S best, IMO.

 

not even close.

 

Mick

[ozzy85]

On 8/14/2022 at 9:48 PM, blueschica said:

I picked ELO for the band, since I really, really like Jeff Lynne's stuff. I'm a bigger fan of ELO's Face The Music, though, so I went with Breakfast In America, which I also really like.

 

I remember going to the beach one year (we always went to the same place) and we were friends with some guys there that we hung out with most years.  I hadn't had the chance to listen to Breakfast In America much, and somebody had it and played the heck out of it; I hadn't realized how good Supertramp was!  Nice memories.

Wasn't  Face The Music absolutely the shit? I like Supertramp, but ELO has a special place with me.

[blueschica]

12 hours ago, ozzy85 said:

Wasn't  Face The Music absolutely the shit? I like Supertramp, but ELO has a special place with me.

Yes!