Homemade Spaceship: The Music of ELO

Homemade Spaceship: The Music of ELO Artist: P. Hux
Label: Reverberations
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 780163382129
EAN: 0780163382129
ASIN: B0009GX20U


Release Date: 2005-05-31

Homemade Spaceship: The Music of ELO


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Tracks:

  1. 10538
  2. Mr. Blue Sky
  3. Ma Ma Ma Belle
  4. Can't Get It Out Of My Head
  5. Showdown
  6. Telephone Line
  7. Evil Woman
  8. Strange Magic
  9. Sweet Talkin' Woman
  10. Diary of Horace Wimp
  11. Do Ya
  12. Don't Bring Me Down

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars quite an evolution ..........2006-05-08


This guy's sure come a hell of a long way since his 'Rick Rock' days in Chapel Hill, NC when my oldest brother-in-law used to play drums in his band. Who knew that Parth would get this big?! (Well, I'm sure P. Hux did!!)

Good album .... but then again, it's P. Hux, so how could it not be???

5 out of 5 stars Outrageously unique tribute to the Brummies by US genius.......2006-04-13

In 1998, P. Hux (or Parthenon Huxley, as he is known to some) joined ELO Part II. So, he's well-familiar with the songs he covers on this CD. However, this jack-in-the-box makes these songs totally his own by delivering the most unusual cover versions imaginable.
P. Hux was asked by Lakeshore Records to do a tribute album to ELO, to which he obliged. But he doesn't cover the songs faithfully - oh no! He delivers renditions which break the original ELO music down into little pieces and re-assemble the songs in the "P. Hux Way"!
Some of the songs are beautiful acoustic-only renditions which show the sheer songwriting quality of the ELO - sometimes slightly overblown - originals. Cases in point are "10538 Overture", "Showdown" or "Strange Magic". They sound as if they were unreleased songs by Donovan.
In some cases, P. Hux chooses to go with a group arrangement, but in a way that he sees fit. And what does he make of these songs? ELO for the 21st Century, that's what! "Diary of Horace Wimp" or "Mr. Blue Sky" are perfect examples of this.
But the strangest - and maybe most brilliant - cover is that of "Don't Bring Me Down", the eternal disco stomper which you couldn't get away from no matter how you tried. His version is one that the Goons - yes, THE Goons - would be proud of. P. Hux totally deconstructs the song. You hear an instrument here and an instrument there - but never together. All the verses are SPOKEN with a stiff-upper-lip English accent, while the choruses deliver perfect harmony singing that would make the Beach Boys green with envy. The closest comparison would be Peter Sellers' renditions of Beatles songs such as "She Loves You", "Can't By Me Love" and "A Hard Day's Night" recorded in 1965 at Abbey Road under the auspices of George Martin. That's how funny this version is!
All said, P. Hux produces a totally left-field album full of songs you can tell he truly loves and wants to give a total makeover. If ELO called one of their albums "Discovery", this one here might just as well be called "Re-Discovery". Go, (re)discover!
(Find out more about P. Hux at www.parthenonhuxley.com)

4 out of 5 stars After all - It is a homemade spaceship.......2005-06-09

P. Hux is NOT Jeff Lynne, and he does not try to be. Nor is this ELO part 2. Hux offers a different rendition of each song.
10538 - a great acoustic version; I liked this version the first time I heard it.
Mr. Blue Sky - Hux did take his foot off the gas on this one. The more I listen to this version, the better I like it.
Showdown - strictly acoustic with no percussion, it is much more melancholy than ELO's version(s).
Can't Get It Out Of My Head - a beautiful rendition by Hux; I love the violin and the electric guitar solos.
Telephone Line - being my fave ELO song, I have to remind myself that this is Hux not someone to parrot the great Lynne. This version is growing on me.
Sweet Talkin' Woman - as Hux wrote in the liner, this song whispered "let's waltz." This is not the Out of the Blue spaceship.
Evil Woman - "meets Black Sabbath." One of my favorites on this CD. A pretty cool violin intro included.
Ma-ma-ma Belle - this is nothing like the heavy ELO version; Hux almost sings in a whisper, playing only the acoustic guitar.
Strange Magic - a beautiful Hux version.
Diary of Horace Wimp - acoustic version with a cool ending.
Do Ya - again, another acoustic version, which I really like; my children think this is a popular green ogre singing this song to his love ("Fiona").
Don't Bring Me Down - I won't spoil this one; you've got to hear this version.

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