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One of the greatest [[Supergroup|supergroups]] of all time, this rare confluence of nearly 200 combined years of musical history came together in the very late 1980s to produce two albums (or so-see below). |
One of the greatest [[Supergroup|supergroups]] of all time, this rare confluence of nearly 200 combined years of musical history came together in the very late 1980s to produce two albums (or so-see below). |
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{{tropelist}}the following tropes: === |
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* [[Accidental Marriage|Accidental Supergroup]]: Jeff Lynne was producing a single b-side for George Harrison, who needed to go get a guitar that he'd loaned to Tom Petty, who mentioned that Bob Dylan had a pretty good home recording studio, and by the way he had just been talking to Roy Orbison... [[Blah Blah Blah|Yada yada yada]], they had a hit single. |
* [[Accidental Marriage|Accidental Supergroup]]: Jeff Lynne was producing a single b-side for George Harrison, who needed to go get a guitar that he'd loaned to Tom Petty, who mentioned that Bob Dylan had a pretty good home recording studio, and by the way he had just been talking to Roy Orbison... [[Blah Blah Blah|Yada yada yada]], they had a hit single. |
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Many of their songs come across as this - taking standard [[Tropes Are Not Bad|rock lyric tropes]] and pushing them just a little bit too far into absurdity. |
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Many of their songs come across as this - taking standard [[Tropes Are Not Bad|rock lyric tropes]] and pushing them just a little bit too far into absurdity. |
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