Idolator

Guess there's no stopping the ELO revival. I was chagrined when ELO's "Showdown" -- historically inappropriate in musical style -- underscored a key scene in Paul Thomas Anderson's new film "There Will Be Blood." What is it with that guy and ELO?! [Spoiler alert: Jeff Lynne cameos as the dastardly villain who destroys Pop Music. OK, that part is accurate.]

This piece of insufferable treacle is not actually terrible at all!

Conflicted, obvs.

@Luke N Atmaguchi:

I think I read somewhere that the "frogs falling" scene in Magnolia was actually supposed to be soundtracked to THAT snare sound.

i like it. it's not as good as when the delgados did it, but it's good. better than when she sang don't get me wrong, anyway.

@Luke N Atmaguchi: I hear in the sequel, There Will Be Blood 2: Even Bloodier, dastardly Lynne returns as the evil bastard who takes a pretty good John Lennon outtake, throws badly gated drums on it, puts his pal George Harrison's guitars way too high in the mix and essentially destroys a reunion of the greatest rock group of all time.

Or...wait, maybe that was the prequel...

But ... I don't hate it! Oh noes!

Lilly Allen sounds just like Jeff Lynne. Seriously.