On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Michael Reina wrote:
>
> eno.
eh.
i don't really think the word "excitingly" applies.
filling a gallery with the equivilent of dozens of screensavers
is not what i consider "exciting". YMMV however.
interesting?
possibly.
exciting?
hardly.
...jeff
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@...>
> To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 2:17:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Moodies?
>
> 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