Turn To Stone – Electric Light Orchestra (1977)

Description

Additional information about this, Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) vinyl art.

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) – The Artist/s

The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters-multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of Beatlesque pop, classical arrangements and futuristic iconography. After Wood’s departure in 1972, Lynne became the band’s sole leader, arranging and producing every album while writing nearly all of their original material. For their initial tenure, Lynne, Bevan and keyboardist Richard Tandy were the group’s only consistent members.

Turn To Stone – The Song

‘Turn to Stone’ is  a 1977 song by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). The song is the opening track to the double album Out of the Blue. It was the first song released as a single from the LP. The single reached No. 18 in the United Kingdom charts and spent twelve weeks on the chart.  The song was composed in Switzerland during Jeff Lynne’s two-week writing marathon for his double album. Lynne played the Moog bassline of the song. Lynne has called “Turn to Stone” one of his favorite songs, saying “It’s just so primary and simple, but yet very evocative. I love the shuffle beat.” Lynne has also said “There’s a part in the middle where I talk super fast. I just felt like it needed something simple in the middle of the song. I often used to put a funny little piece in a song just in case I get bored with it.

Medusa – The Shape

This record has been modelled into the Greek Goddess Medusa. In Greek mythology, Medusa also called Gorgo or the Gorgon, was one of the three Gorgons. Medusa is generally described as a woman with living snakes in place of hair; her appearance was so hideous that anyone who looked upon her was turned to stone. Medusa and her Gorgon sisters Euryale and Stheno were usually described as daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; of the three, only Medusa was mortal. Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who then used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity, the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion. Medusa is often depicted as a monster, but her story is also interpreted as one of female empowerment and a symbol of powerful female rage.

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