Posted on Feb 20, 2020
"Wild West Hero" Jeff Lynne's ELO Live 2018 UK Tour
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I have just completed my IT shift and so am back on RP for a short while to make a few posts and respond to a number of Posts... I am beginning with this Music Interlude Song by ELO titled "WIld West Hero" as part of Jeff Lynne's ELO Live 2018 UK Tour... Enjoy!
LYRICS:
"Wild West Hero"
Wish I was, yeah, a wild west hero.
Sometimes i look up high and then I think there might
just be a better life.
Away from all we know, that's where I wanna go,
out on the wild side
and I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Ride the range all the day till the first fading light,
be with my western girl round the fire, oh, so bright.
I'd be the Indians friend, let them live to be free,
ridin' into the sunset, I wish I could be.
I'd ride the desert sands and through the prairie lands,
try'n to do what's right.
The folks would come to me, they'd say, we need you here.
I'd stay there for the night.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Ride the range all the day till the first fading light,
be with my western girl round the fire, oh, so bright.
I'd be the Indians friend, let them live to be free,
ridin' into the sunset, I wish I could be.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Wish I was, o-o-oo-o-o-o-oo, a wild west hero.
LYRICS:
"Wild West Hero"
Wish I was, yeah, a wild west hero.
Sometimes i look up high and then I think there might
just be a better life.
Away from all we know, that's where I wanna go,
out on the wild side
and I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Ride the range all the day till the first fading light,
be with my western girl round the fire, oh, so bright.
I'd be the Indians friend, let them live to be free,
ridin' into the sunset, I wish I could be.
I'd ride the desert sands and through the prairie lands,
try'n to do what's right.
The folks would come to me, they'd say, we need you here.
I'd stay there for the night.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Ride the range all the day till the first fading light,
be with my western girl round the fire, oh, so bright.
I'd be the Indians friend, let them live to be free,
ridin' into the sunset, I wish I could be.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Oh, I wish I was, o-oo-o-oh, a wild west hero.
Wish I was, o-o-oo-o-o-o-oo, a wild west hero.
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Thank you, my friend Sgt (Join to see) for posting the music video of Jeff Lynne leading Electric Light Orchestra performing "Wild West Hero" live on their 2018 UK Tour.
Song background "Wild West Hero" is a song by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the closing track and third single from the album Out of the Blue. The song was written reputedly by lead singer Jeff Lynne in 4 minutes whilst on holiday. Melvyn Gale, normally the band's cellist, provided the Western-style piano for this track.
It entered the UK Top 40 at No. 31 in June 1978 but fell to number 36 the following week. Thanks to a rush-release in 12" format on yellow vinyl, its fortunes were reversed a week later, and within six weeks it had risen to a peak position of number 6. Coincidentally this was also the highest UK position achieved by the group's previous single, "Mr. Blue Sky", and the next two, "Sweet Talkin' Woman" and "Shine a Little Love".
The chorus of the song has the same chord progression as Pachelbel's Canon's but transposed from D to G, which is the tonality of "Wild West Hero". The only exception is the 7th chord of the chorus, which is A instead of C"
Thank you, my friend TSgt Joe C. for mentioning me.
FYI Cynthia Croft SP6 Stephen RogersonSSgt Corwin Whicker
CPT Paul Whitmer1SG Steven ImermanSSG Samuel Kermon
SP5 Geoffrey VannersonCol Casey "Radio" G.SFC John Lich
Sgt Jackie JuliusSP5 Jeannie Carle~1628331:SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik]
TSgt David L.PO1 Robert GeorgeSP5 Jesse EngelSPC Matthew LambSSG Robert "Rob" WentworthPO2 Roger Lafarlette
Song background "Wild West Hero" is a song by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), and the closing track and third single from the album Out of the Blue. The song was written reputedly by lead singer Jeff Lynne in 4 minutes whilst on holiday. Melvyn Gale, normally the band's cellist, provided the Western-style piano for this track.
It entered the UK Top 40 at No. 31 in June 1978 but fell to number 36 the following week. Thanks to a rush-release in 12" format on yellow vinyl, its fortunes were reversed a week later, and within six weeks it had risen to a peak position of number 6. Coincidentally this was also the highest UK position achieved by the group's previous single, "Mr. Blue Sky", and the next two, "Sweet Talkin' Woman" and "Shine a Little Love".
The chorus of the song has the same chord progression as Pachelbel's Canon's but transposed from D to G, which is the tonality of "Wild West Hero". The only exception is the 7th chord of the chorus, which is A instead of C"
Thank you, my friend TSgt Joe C. for mentioning me.
FYI Cynthia Croft SP6 Stephen RogersonSSgt Corwin Whicker
CPT Paul Whitmer1SG Steven ImermanSSG Samuel Kermon
SP5 Geoffrey VannersonCol Casey "Radio" G.SFC John Lich
Sgt Jackie JuliusSP5 Jeannie Carle~1628331:SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik]
TSgt David L.PO1 Robert GeorgeSP5 Jesse EngelSPC Matthew LambSSG Robert "Rob" WentworthPO2 Roger Lafarlette
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Great song!
COL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Marty Hogan TSgt David L. Cynthia Croft Col Carl Whicker LTC Stephen F. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CPL Dave Hoover SPC Douglas Bolton LTC Greg Henning Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col Charlie Brown Sgt (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland PO3 Phyllis Maynard Sgt John H. PO3 Lynn Spalding SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth
COL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Marty Hogan TSgt David L. Cynthia Croft Col Carl Whicker LTC Stephen F. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CPL Dave Hoover SPC Douglas Bolton LTC Greg Henning Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col Charlie Brown Sgt (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland PO3 Phyllis Maynard Sgt John H. PO3 Lynn Spalding SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth
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