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Jeff Lynne<\/a> and the concert stage haven\u2019t always made for the best combination.<\/p>\n The music of ELO is gargantuan and deserved to be heard in the largest venues in the world, but if you look at all of the machinery that goes into getting every single person on that stage, it must be a headache for the musical mastermind to even entertain the idea of going back out on the road. That being said, just because Lynne was a child of the studio didn\u2019t mean he couldn\u2019t still appreciate a killer live show.<\/p>\n After all, the greatest rock and roll bands of all time have crushed it before they even made it to the studio. Elvis Presley was already known for shaking his ass and making people melt at the mere sight of him whenever he got onstage, and before Lynne started following every move The Beatles made in Abbey Road Studios, they were a scrappy bar band willing to entertain anyone and everyone that they came across.<\/p>\n But when looking through all of Lynne\u2019s greatest songs, there\u2019s always that certain energy that comes with listening to a live rock and roll band. Not everyone can claim to have success as an opera singer every time they go on tour, but a song like \u2018Rockaria\u2019 works all the better when you have the glorious soprano voice over the top of every section to announce those roaring Chuck Berry guitars. <\/p>\n It was inventive when Lynne did it, but it wasn\u2019t something that Pete Townshend considered new. He had been known for blowing out the speakers of any venue that The Who would be booked for, and judging the Marshall cabinets that were behind him, he wasn\u2019t necessarily interested in playing nice with any of the other musical acts that dared take the stage before or after. <\/p>\n Even if Townshend was trying to make high art, that didn\u2019t stop the band from getting louder every single time they played. Many people would have found that comfortable middle ground halfway through their career, but if Keith Moon taught the band anything, it\u2019s that subtlety is for the weak, and from the minute that you listen to Live At Leeds<\/a>, you can practically feel the sizzle coming from the mix with every single guitar stab and drum hit.<\/p>\n