Yup.
--- Michael Reina <lampvalley@...> wrote:
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> From: Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@...>
> To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 2:17:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Moodies?
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> Looking back over the bands that I
> enjoyed listening to when I was a lad, it strikes me
> that none of them are producing anything really new.
> Some are dead, so I suppose they can't help it.
> Others are producing new material which I enjoy
> listening to but not a major musical change, just
> more of the same . A few do very good if not better
> live performances than when they were young but the
> material is often old.
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> It has been said that most song writers don't
> produce much new material after the age of 40 (
> ?30), can anyone think of any performers from the
> 60s and 70s who are still excitingly creative?
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> Jim Anderson <jimanderson@ mac.com> wrote:
> That's what rehearsals
> are for. I don't think it's right to go out
> on tour and playing to paying audiences if the
> music is
> embarrassing. Age has nothing to do with it--any
> entertainer/
> performer should know when their own performance
> does meet certain
> standards.
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> That being said, what's "good" to someone can be
> "bad" to someone
> else. Ear of the beholder, etc...
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> -ja
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> On Jul 28, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Bernie wrote:
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> > Wasn't it their first tour after quite a long
> hiatus? I saw them a
> > couple of times after Red Rock and their vocals
> were right on. Maybe
> > they were still warming up to performing live
> again?
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> > --- In Mellotronists@ yahoogroups. com,
> Bruce Daily <pocotron@.. .>
> > wrote:
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> >> Hi, all-
> >> I couldn't help but add this observation. I saw
> >> the Moodies in the early 1980's at Red Rocks
> (w/Moraz,
> >> pre-orchestra) . It struck me then that the boys
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> >> just going thru the motions, as the performance
> of the
> >> old stuff had the same "flavorings" as on
> "Caught Live
> >> +5"(1969). The vocals were off-key, strident,
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> >> falsettos made you cringe. Did they ever listen
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> >> themselves live? A few vocal-coaching lessons
> >> would've done wonders. Granted, this was before
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> >> pitch-correction boxes, but I heard much better
> vocals
> >> from other live groups in those years. I, too,
> love
> >> the Moodies, but studio production had a lot to
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> >> with their sound, it seems.
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> >> -Bruce Daily
> >> M400#1221
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> >> --- jonesalley jonesalley@. .. wrote:
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> >>> I hope nobody is trying to make the point that
> the
> >>> present-day Moody Blues suck because they are
> old.
> >>> I know I'm certainly not trying to claim that.
> My
> >>> beef is that they suck now because they are
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> >>> just going through the motions, they've lost
> the
> >>> creative spark and they are just trudging down
> >>> well-worn paths show after show and collecting
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> >>> paychecks. I keep expecting to see them check
> their
> >>> watches. When it becomes so obviously a job
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> >>> of a career, it's really disappointing to
> watch.
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