
Telephone Line
Song by Electric Light Orchestra
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Search complete. 6 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Telephone Line".
Sep 30, 2026
Green Day
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86:04Jim LillHOST
Entertainment Weekly's Simon Vosick-Levinson described it as, "...sensitive arena rock cut that makes us think of Toto's Africa." In what world does it make you think of Toto's Africa? But we'll listen to that, too.
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86:16Jim LillHOST
While the chorus sounded more like ELO's Telephone Line, that's the one that I was thinking of, because this was pointed out to me specifically.
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86:22Jim LillHOST
The Telephone Line has the same chorus melody.
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86:25Jim LillHOST
A Rolling Stone article commented it has a dash of Boulevard of Broken Dreams to it.
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86:28Jim LillHOST
A dash? It has a 10-gallon drum full of Boulevard of Broken Dreams to it.
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91:38Jim LillHOST
Six, four, one, five.
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91:42Jim LillHOST
Na-na-na-na every day.
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91:48Jim LillHOST
What about telephone line? Yeah, yellow telephone line.
Episode 1308: The Rock Monster Show 696 with Pyro
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160:08PyroHOST
And you have to send me a copy in MP3 format.
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160:12PyroHOST
content content that's not the word format that's the word i'm looking for anyway send it to me you can either send me a download link to download it or on an email to pyro.rockmonster at gmail.com coming up now a track from the electric light orchestra from an album called a new world record released in 1976 this is called telephone line
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160:48speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hello? How are you? Have you been alright? Through all those lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely nights That's what I'd say I'd tell you everything If you'd pick up that telephone Are you still the same? Don't you realize the things we did? We did run for it.
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161:47speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Not a dream.
Episode 65: Oh, Boy! by Buddy Holly
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5:01Graham OlsonHOST
The first single that he ever released was Blue Days, Black Nights, and it's very solid.
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5:06Graham OlsonHOST
And yes, it's widely believed that in ELO's 1976 song Telephone Line, they were referencing Buddy Holly when they sang Blue Days, Black Nights.
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5:25Buddy HollySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Blue days, black nights, blue tears keep on falling for you, dear, now you're gone.
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5:34Buddy HollySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Blue days, black nights, my heart keeps on calling for you, dear, and you alone.