Simon said (No pun intended):

>Then in 1986,the door slams shut and ELO became a secret society,the
>fans and the artist probably never asked for that but that is what
>happened.

They were defunct at the time. What could eother of us do?

>So YOUTUBE has opened a vault up,that kills off the sterile image and
>actually allows the real Jeff Lynne to breath and be seen and heard as
>he really is.

That's fine but SONY/BGM will ALWAYS spin doctor Jeff as a serious
artist.

For a better representation of Jeff's fun side. The Wilburys'
Documentary showed us what he is capable of as opposed to just being
the leader.


>We have the remasters etc which is great but if we want more Jeff
>Lynne,we have to go direct.

Right in that regard. Perhaps one or both of his daughters could
create an Appreciation board where they could pass on info to their
father and the doors could be opened up a bit.

If Jeff were to create an exclusive web album from the net only he
could see how it work as opposed the conventional model.

>Maybe if Mr Jeff,ran a list rather than,some company,who own the
>copyright.

See above.

>I mean no offence to anyone,everyone does a great job,more could be
>done.None of us are getting younger lol but as I said if Marrillion and
>Genesis can do it,why not? A free independent,copyright respecting
>group,could do more. We could get downloads at the new AAC PLUS like on
>itunes or higher,if it is the only way.

It's his decision to do it or not.

>But youtube has shown us the way and we should build on that,imagine
>Jeff,with his own channel,doing his own thing? But this 'you must never
>go beyond the curtain,is a bit daft and I believe it makes Jeff and us
>fans,seem like fools.

If the web board is too much then maybe a video blog his daughters can
put up with Jeff making bi-monthly appearances. Just a suggestion.