Mr. Blue Sky

For those of y'all who didn't know, the song that is in the trailer for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is Mr. Blue Sky by ELO (Electric Light Orchestra).

I didn't figure it out until yesterday. I had incorrectly guessed that it was a Kink's song I hadn't heard yet, because there are so many good Kink's songs that I haven't heard yet.

Apparently it was also used in the trailer for Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation, as well as in a Volkwagen commercial (and we know what that did for Nick Drake's Pink Moon).

I thought I had the Best of ELO on 8-track, but I don't remember this song being on it. I got into ELO when I heard somewhere that they wanted to be like an extension of the Beatles "I am the Walrus". But when I listened, they didn't sound anything like "I am the Walrus" especially when Xanadu came out. But I loved them nevertheless.

Whenever I DJ'd at Chelsea's, I usually got a good reaction for playing "Don't Bring Me Down" But then again, maybe I was the only one who liked it and I never noticed.

Anyway, there's already speculation concerning a new Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze collaboration. A horror film?

P.S. The East Baton Rouge Parish Library does own copies of Strange Magic: The Best of Electric Light Orchestra. Mr. Blue Sky is on that CD. Check it out.

Posted by Mike Waugh at February 26, 2004 08:38 AM