Talk:Livin' Thing

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"Jeff Lynne has confirmed that the song was intended to be about a rabbit."

hahaha! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.32.47.64 (talk) 10:04, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Abortion[edit]

I'm pro-choice myself, so please don't think this comment is trying to further my agenda...but I was always led to believe this was an anti-abortion song. And nothing I've heard in the lyrics disuade me from this notion. ELO are still awesome though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.208.225.227 (talk) 13:57, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That has certainly been rumoured, and until a year ago actually appeared in this article. The problem is that it spectacularly fails the verifiability policy, which requires that we can support any content with a reliable source. Given the controversial nature of the material, it's much better left out until we can find a source, which I tried to but couldn't. The same applies to the counter-rumour that the song's a pro-environmentalism statement. Alzarian16 (talk) 17:16, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, it has been denied by Jeff Lynne himself: "Apparently the gorgeous and dramatic ELO classic Living Thing started out as a tale of the unpleasant effects of food poisoning. “I shouldn’t tell you that, you’ll never be able to listen to it the same again,” he chuckles, a little too late. “The song has been interpreted in so many different ways. People think it’s about abortion, suicide, saving the whale, I’ve heard all kinds of things. I wouldn’t want anyone to think it’s about a bad paella on a Spanish holiday.”"[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.178.213 (talk) 19:29, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Boogie Nights[edit]

My recollection is that the song's revival and recognition as a classic came with the film Boogie Nights (UK release early 1998). It played endlessly. Twenty years had gone by, which is normally about the point when people start saying "actually that was rather good", like they did about Abba in the late 90s. Anyway, what I'm saying is we could perhaps do with a properly cited comment stating the importance of that film for the song's popularity.Paulturtle (talk) 04:05, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this poster. I tried to mention the fact that this song was featured in "Boogie Nights", but was shut down the pedantic twerps who run this site for not having a citation. What BS. Watch the movie and you'll see. Get real. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.9.201.208 (talk) 04:13, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

the Patti Quattro vocal contribution[edit]

Her vocal contribution is very hard to make out in the "higher and higher" lyrics part. So a far better example of her vocal contribution is in the 2nd verse, where she sings counterpoint (might be the wrong musical term) and so when Jeff Lynne isn't singing over her. I'm not exactly sure but it sounds like she is singing the words - "I'm taken, I'm dying" and then "I'm taken, I'm taken" and then "don't you do it, don't you do it". She then repeats all that in the 3rd verse — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr gobrien (talk • contribs) 15:44, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]