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Steve Martin on blues in "THE JERK"..."There' s something about those songs....they
DEPRESS me!!" :)

--- In Mellotronists@ yahoogroups. com, fdoddy@... wrote:
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> I think th Amish community would like the Blues for very obvious reasons.
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> Fritz
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tronbros@...
> To: charel196@.. .; Mellotronists@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: catching up [blues]
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> I find blues and reggae tedious in any quantity. Blues is locked into the pentatonic
with nowhere to go and reggae has the eternal 3rd beat in the bar running to destruction.
Both are severly handicapped by their respective formulas IMHO. To balance this, I have
spent time listening to prog during this last week via all the internet radio providers and I
am appalled at the majority of what I hear. This genre is currently guilty of crimes against
mankind and may well have always been so. Blues and reggae may be musically
claustrophobic for my tastes but the drivel pouring from these progstations is like some
hideous musical nightmare. Give me a stumbling player who means it rather than some
technical genius bereft of one good musical idea. There, I've said it. Now go and listen to
Chris Thile's 'Not All Who Wander Are Lost'. Musical prowess and real music. Martin
'Down With ProgBollox' tee shirts available. One size fits nobody. Send $40 for free receipt
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