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[ffjsb]

The orchestration of the intro is just amazing. It's probably harder to orchestrate chaos than to write a normal symphonic movement. And the power in this song, just incredible.
Epic is probably the best word to describe this song.

[m.e.ellingtonthebritauthor]

Fun fact, Jeff lynne wrote this to troll the evangelists in America who said the previous album, Eldorado was "The Devils Music." The backward recording is Bev Bevan saying, "Music is reversible, time is not." I'm paraphrasing a little on that. Anyway, once again, he's a genius.

[markfhales]

For those who remember, CBS Sports Spectacular intro music

[chrisearl]

The best thing ELO ever did. This is genius!

[insufferablethrashelitist]

Dude, thank you for solving this ancient mystery for me.
Heard this on the radio back in the 90's and was stunned, but had idea who it was and was never able to find out.
Until now.

[robertfitterman]

The backwards voice near the beginning was drummer Bev Bevan saying: "The music is reversible, but time is not. Turn back! Turn back! Very underappreciated drummer and one of my all-time favorites.

[pegalouise]

Interpret this music as you wish but the truth is it is a symphonic masterpiece by Jeff Lynne.

[avanoosterhout]

In 1976, 13yr old me was given the album 'A New World Record'. I loved it and it triggered me to find out what this band had done before. So, I got my hands on the previous album 'Face The Music'. As soon as I heard this opening track, I was sold. It kick-started a lifelong love for ELO/Jeff Lynne's work.

[jimtatro]

My extremely religious grandmother thought I was listening to the devil’s soundtrack when she heard the beginning of this song. R.I.P. Grandma, you were awesome.👍

[PMed]

Hadn’t listened to this in years. I forgot how good it is. Thanks for sharing

[robynhurley]

Bought this cassette in 1976 when i first heard it with my allowance !

[raymondbrush]

Finally someone reacted to this thankyou.

For me this tune is eargasmic

[andrewmanzi]

This was the beginning of when many bands were learning how to get the match out of synthesizers, and they would use this song.
As a run through to Max out and to balance all their equalizers and decibel ranges, because this piece of music has 8 different instruments running on 4 different channels. And if you can balance all different instruments, then you know that your equipment was tuned den properly, this is how engineers tune dender equipment back in the early days of the 1970s and early 80s, when it came to
Power amps and
The first Three series of synthesizers

[markgreene]

This album is perfect..opening song to face the music 🎶

[michaelhoward]

I was mesmerized by this song as a teenager and used to listen to it over and over again on "repeat" -- not easy to do listening to vinyl. Yeah, I'm old. ;)

[AI_Surfer]

The album 'Face The Music' came out in 1975. ELO were not a Pop Hit machine at this stage of their career, although 'Evil Woman' and 'Strange Magic' started to change that.

[daledodson]

This song blew my teenage mind back in the 70’s 😂

[unrulyjulie]

Bev Bevan kills his drum kit on this one! So good 👍

[MadMax-pukj]

There is no need to be weirded-out with this wonderful story. Lynne is simply retelling an old story in his own brilliant and unique way. In 1667, John Milton wrote 'Paradise Lost' and mirrored the Biblical story of man's fall and redemption. The concept is that we have all begun in our own hell, hoping to be redeemed to heaven, happiness, bliss, El Dorado, or, dare I say, our own Xanadu. In 'Fire on High', as with Milton, the Bible, and John Travolta dancing in 'Satan's Alley' in the movie, Stayin' Alive', we start in Hell. From the very beginning of the song [time stamp 0:01], we get tension with the synthesizer-violins and the backward-masking giving us the illusion of a demonic language (it's not, by the way, it is simply the words, "The music is reversible, but time is not... turn back... turn back..." recorded backwards). We hear doors slamming, running footsteps, and other haunted-house staples but, interestingly, at [time stamp] 1:01, off in the distance, we hear "The Hallelujah Chorus" being sung by angels! There is hope! There is a way out! But that hope is snuffed out with atonal and asymmetrical violins [1:21] that try to overshadow Hope. At [1:30], a triumphant drum-beat begins followed by joy and hope mixed with confusion [1:34] of the lost; can I truly get out? Is there hope?. But the cadence continues and the confusion fades away. At [2:00] the Way Out appears and you, the Lost, begin walking out of your personal Hell... slowly at first but with more and more confidence. At [2:43], the guitar ushers in Happiness to the traveler for the first time, giving you permission to smile. At [2:56], the drums then give us permission to dance and at [3:15], the violins proclaim 'Fire on High!' just before the Angel Choir actually says it. At [3:28], the violins of confusion that we heard earlier are transformed into violins of confidence and strength while still telling you that something Big is about to happen. The listener must now enter their own personal Heaven with the 'Walk of the Redeemed' that begins at [3:51]. Choirs of Angels line your path, the cadence is set, and you must walk this final path. Finally, after a lifetime in Hell, we have made our way here and [4:22] tells us that we have arrived with guitars, drums, dancing, satisfaction, and happiness as we repeat our anthem of salvation... "Fire on High!, Fire on High!

[mattshaw]

CBS used the guitar riff as the theme tune for "Wide World of Sports" for years. And when I saw ELO in 1978, the played the heck outta this!