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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] catching up

From: Mike Dickson <tron@...>
Date: 2007-01-23

jonesalley wrote:

> And I certainly don't advocate just reliving ancient prog, but the
> meld of
> rock power, classical majesty and technical virtuosity and musical
> passion
> is still fertile ground with a lot left to say as a genre. Look at how
> much
> mileage a very limited form like the blues still gets.
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Why on earth do you think that blues is a 'limited form'? More to the
point, why do you think the blues has lived and prog rock has died a
miserable and well-deserved death?

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Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
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