ceccles_ca wrote:
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "superx_v52" <superx_v52@...>
> wrote:
>> I've discovered something . the watcher of the skies intro is hugely
>> inspired ( like that I don't say it's a ripoff and the myth is
>> safe ... ) by WAGNER siegfried ( prelude of ACT III ) . it's very
>> obvious
>
> Good ear Mr. Super X !... The prelude to Act One has the same feel and
> it has a rhythm near the end that is similar to the Watcher Of The
> Skies "morse code" rhythm.
>
> I'm sure that Richard Wagner would have loved the mellotron brass
> sound.
>
> Clay
IMO Wagner would have jizzed himself silly over 'tron brass. And the
choirs too. Especially the Russian Choir. Instant Götterdämmerung!
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