Julian Cope!
The guy's a wonder and his records/performances keep getting better and
better.
MSW
>From: Jack Younger <e4103s@...>
>To: Michael Reina <lampvalley@...>, Mark Pring
><mellotronmadness@...>, mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Moodies?
>Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:46:28 -0700 (PDT)
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>Yup.
>--- Michael Reina <lampvalley@...> wrote:
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> > eno.
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Mark
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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.
> >
> > That being said, what's "good" to someone can be
> > "bad" to someone
> > else. Ear of the beholder, etc...
> >
> > -ja
> >
> > 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?
> > >
> > > Bernie
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Mellotronists@ yahoogroups. com,
> > Bruce Daily <pocotron@.. .>
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> 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
> > were
> > >> 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,
> > and the
> > >> falsettos made you cringe. Did they ever listen
> > to
> > >> themselves live? A few vocal-coaching lessons
> > >> would've done wonders. Granted, this was before
> > vocal
> > >> 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
> > do
> > >> with their sound, it seems.
> > >>
> > >> -Bruce Daily
> > >> M400#1221
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> > >>
> > >> --- jonesalley jonesalley@. .. wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> 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
> > largely
> > >>> 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
> > the
> > >>> paychecks. I keep expecting to see them check
> > their
> > >>> watches. When it becomes so obviously a job
> > instead
> > >>> of a career, it's really disappointing to
> > watch.
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