| 词条 | The Diary of Horace Wimp | ||||
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| name = The Diary of Horace Wimp | cover = Horace Wimp.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Electric Light Orchestra | album = Discovery | B-side = Down Home Town | released = 21 July 1979 | format = 7" single | recorded = 1979, Musicland Studios, Munich | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|art rock}} | length = 4:17 | label = Jet | writer = Jeff Lynne | producer = Jeff Lynne | prev_title = Shine a Little Love | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Don't Bring Me Down | next_year = 1979 | misc = {{Extra track listing | album = Discovery | type = studio | tracks = {{Discovery tracks}} }} }} "The Diary of Horace Wimp" is the fourth track on the Electric Light Orchestra album Discovery, written by Jeff Lynne. Released in 1979 as a single, the song is Beatlesque in nature and became a Top Ten hit in the UK and Ireland. The lyrics describe a week in the life of a repressed man who wants to express his affection towards a woman he meets, and overcomes his shy nature with the help of "a voice from above." The day Saturday is omitted – this is because, as explained by Jeff Lynne: "The football match is played on a Saturday". The music video references Citizen Kane in its ending, showing a closeup of Jeff Lynne saying "Horace Wimp," echoing Orson Welles' character in the film saying "Rosebud" as he dies.[1][2] {{cquote|A song about a lucky lad who somehow defies the odds and gets the girl. Really wild use of the vocoder.|||Jeff Lynne[3]}}B-side"Down Home Town" first appeared on the band's fifth album Face the Music. It also featured as the flip side to the US single "Confusion". "Down Home Town" contains an intro with a backmasking message, the backing chorus of the previous track, "Waterfall": "Face the mighty waterfall, face the mighty waterfall." This song includes an orchestral intro (after the "Waterfall" refrain) and a similar ending. These reverse recorded words were only used because of the sound effect.[4] Chart positions
References1. ^{{cite web|title= ELO - The Diary of Horace Wimp |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFU9HYyMVxQ |publisher= YouTube |accessdate= 22 July 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title= CITIZEN KANE – Rosebud |publisher= YouTube |accessdate= 22 July 2014 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4mQqVqRB7I}} 3. ^{{cite AV media notes|first= Jeff |last= Lynne |authorlink= Jeff Lynne |title= Discovery |titlelink= Discovery (Electric Light Orchestra album) |others= Electric Light Orchestra |year= 2001}} 4. ^{{cite book|first= Patrik |last= Guttenbacher |first2= Marc |last2= Haines |first3= Alexander |last3= von Petersdorff |title= Unexpected Messages |date= 1996}} 5. ^{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |authorlink= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}} External links
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