Calm down Eric my boy ! I understand your point, I was just being facetious.
Whilst I respect your opinion, I honestly do not believe the two bands sound remotely alike other than perhaps Jeff Lynn's vocal delivery occasionally mimics that of Lennon, an indication that he was influenced by the Beatles as you say. Not the same sounding voice but just in the way he sings.
Also, Louis Clark's orchestrations are totally different from that you would find on any Beatles recording.
I've seen ELO2 (The Orchestra) about a dozen times live and McCartney three times and there is no way in my opinion the two bands could ever be mistaken for one another.
As I said in an earlier post, if you want to hear a band that really does sound like the Beatles/McCartney (other than a tribute act) have a listen to Keeping the Dream Alive by Freiheit. It could have been written by Paul himself.