Kelly Groucutt: Vocals, backing vocals, Gibson G3 bass guitar, percussion. 200, Yamaha C7B piano, SLM concert spectrum, mellotron M400, Hohner clavinet, Gibson S.G. Richard Tandy: Polymoog, Mini-moog, ARP 2600, Odyssey, Omni, Sequencer, minus noise mixer, Wurlitzer E.P. 200, mini Moog, percussion.īev Bevan: Slingerland drums, remo Roto Toms, Avedis Cymbals, Slingerland Bev Bevan drumsticks, Remo drum heads, gong, various percussion instruments, backing vocals. Everything will work just the way it's supposed to.Jeff Lynne: Vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, slide guitar, rhythm guitar, Gibson EDS 1275, Les Paul Custom, Marauder, Ovation 1615/4, 1619/4, Wurlitzer E.P. Just remember, if you believe in fate like I do, everything happens for a reason, and she's out there, he's waiting for you, somewhere, but you can't force love to happen. Maybe in some parallel universe you two were meant to be, but the universe has a funny way of working sometimes. Maybe, in a perfect world, you would've locked eyes and immediately gone head over heels for each other. Its original title was 'Dead End Street', but it was changed during recording, perhaps to avoid confusion with a 1966 hit of the same title by The Kinks. You feel like you've just had your heart ripped out, like you'll never love again. 'Sweet Talkin Woman' is a 1978 single by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) from the album Out of the Blue. You think about 1000 scenarios in your head where you two fall in love and live happily ever after.īut at the end of the day, you let them get away. Now this is such a great song because it's so relatable! Everyone has been walking through a store, or at a carnival, or in a bar and seen what you believed to be your true love, your soulmate, your other half. As sad as it is, he didn't find love as he had once thought. The final verse in the chorus, although repeated many times throughout the song, has the most punch to it out of all of them: "It's so sad if that's the way it's over," Even with it's repetition, I think at the end of the song you understand that this is his realization that maybe she wasn't the one. Even if it was true love, fate wasn't going to have it. This is my opinion, but this is likely where he should've let go of her, but he was either too stubborn or too blinded by love to see that it wasn't meant to be. Insufficient data coming through" convey how he's feels like he's come to a "dead-end" without her, and how he's trying everything he can to find out more about her through any means he can, but he hasn't found any leads. The verses, "I've been livin' on a dead-end street The chorus, "You gotta slow down, sweet talkin' woman, you got me runnin', you got me searchin'," displays how desperate he is to get back to her, and in his fruitless attempt at love with a total stranger, he can't seem to stop thinking about her. He goes on, "I gotta get back to you," He's driven to get back to her in order to get to know her better in hopes that she feels the same way he does. (Where could she be?)" This is where he's lost sight of her, as in she's left the place where he met her or he can't seem to find her anymore. He's become almost obsessed with the thought of her and couldn't see himself without her, even though she likely doesn't feel the same connection he does (take the quote "Don't know what I'm gonna do" as an example) The lyrics "I was searchin' (searchin') on a one-way street" suggest that he had been looking for love a long time and that he thought he had finally found the right one. Although disguised in a very happy and upbeat melody, the guy is almost torn up by the fact that he wouldn't get the girl, so to speak. I remember when my cousin and I listened to these on repeat in my grandfather's truck when we were just around 6 years old.Īnyways, this song brings about one topic in particular, which is that "the one that got away" sort of vibe. Song MeaningJeff Lynne and the guys did a great job with this one, by far one of my favorites by them, alongside Telephone Line and Strange Magic, plus many others. Slow down (slow down), sweet talkin' woman Hold on (hold on), sweet talkin' lover (hold on) I was thinkin' (thinkin') 'bout the lonely nights You gotta slow down (slow down), sweet talkin' woman I was waitin' for the operator on the line I was hopin' (hopin') for a chance to meet Electric Light OrchestraOut of the Blue 1977 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music EntertainmentRel.I was searchin' (searchin') on a one-way street Provided to YouTube by Epic/LegacySweet Talkin Woman
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