Hey Dana -
Thanks for the review! Can't wait to see the movie.
Now, I'm going to take a couple of comments, perhaps out of context,
and juxtapose them:
> The film really could have focused in more on WHY the classic
> sythesizers (Moog clones and minimoogs) have made a huge
> comeback at this point in time
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> via hip-hoppy sampled beats. Yawn.
OK, so not everybody likes every kind of music (I don't like most
modern COuntry for example). But I think you alluded to an answer
for your own question: the modern analog revival was started by
Urban musicians, including hip-hop artists.
It certainly wasn't started by old farts like me: I've only taken
advantage of it! ALthough there are some old farts actually
building the instruments we now treasure... :)
Mike
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Dana Countryman" <dana@d...> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I posted this review to the dotcom group, and thought I'd post it
> here, as well:
>
> <<Just saw the MOOG MOVIE documentary last night in Seattle.
>
> It's about 70 minutes long,and mostly features Bob Moog
> discussing his philosopy about electronic synthesis and his love
> of instrument making. It is not an in-depth look at his life, but
> merely focuses in on how the Moog (minimoog, in particular)
> changed the face of pop music.
>
> Rick Wakeman talks about the impact the instrument made, and
> he's featured in a performance at last year's MoogFest in NYC.
> Ditto for Keith Emerson, who doesn't speak, but plays his
> massive modular at MoogFest.
>
> Very interesting interviews with Bob talking to Gershon Kingsley
> and Walter Sear, but NO chat with Wendy Carlos, at all. Which I
> find a glaring omission. Just a brief mention of "Switched-On
> Bach", actually.
>
> Jean Jacques Perrey is seen briefly in concert with Luke Vibert in
> London, and there's a healthy clip from a Stereolab concert, as
> well.
>
> The film really could have focused in more on WHY the classic
> sythesizers (Moog clones and minimoogs) have made a huge
> comeback at this point in time, and could have taken a more
> detailed look at the various parts of the big modular.
>
> Nevertheless, we get a brief look inside Moog Music, Inc. factory,
> and actually get to watch a Voyager getting put together, which I
> found really interesting.
>
> I also got a copy of the CD soundtrack, which is not nearly as
> interesting to me, and mostly features various modern artists
> (most of whom I'd never heard of) noodling away at minimoogs,
> via hip-hoppy sampled beats. Yawn.
>
> It does come with a second bonus disc, which has some classic
> Moog-rock recordings like ELP's "Lucky Man", and Jean
> Jacques Perrey's "EVA". But including YES doing "Close To The
> Edge" seems a bit out of place.
>
> It's all redeemed (in my eyes) with a wonderful cover of "Baroque
> Hoedown" by THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS.
>
> So there you go.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - Dana Countryman
> http://www.danacountryman.com