It’s raining all over the world. From “On the Third Day,” ELO’s third LP and its first without co-founder Roy Wood, released in 1973. The single reached No. 12 in the UK but couldn’t crack the top 40 in the US. Jeff Lynne played the guitar solo on Marc Bolan’s Gibson Firebird.
The song was a favorite of John Lennon’s at the time. When he did a guest DJ stint at WNEW in New York the next year, he heaped praise on the song and the band.
“Showdown” turned up in this year’s Super Bowl, in a commercial for Michelob, which is something I didn’t know when it happened because I never watch the Super Bowl.
