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Woolly Wolstenholme

--- tomdcour <tomdcour@amnh. org> wrote:

> Mike Pinder- In my opinion no one has ever put the
> Mellotron or Chamberlin to better use,
> or used a wider variety of sounds and techniques.
> His orchestrations made the music work
> (which is what orchestrations are supposed to do).
> The songs are ,more or less, vehicles
> for his beautiful mellotron playing. That is what
> makes the Moody Blues worthwhile and
> the only thing that makes them noteworthy in a blog
> like this. The Moody's "minimal
> songs allowed him to use a really big canvas of
> mellotron sounds. He didn't an intricate
> band like Yes or Genesis to try and weave his parts
> around. Whether you can stomach the
> rest of the Moody Blues or not I've got

> contnual credit to Pinder as a master.
>
>
>
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com,
> "thinkingalouduk" <owen@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, "David
> Jacques" <djacques@> wrote:
> > > All I can say is that you had to be there,
> living and growing up in the 60's
> > > and 70's, to truly appreciate the Moody Blues'
> music.
> >
> > Interesting - as I wasn't born until around the
> time Seventh Sojourn (the last of the 7)
> was
> > released. My exposure to the MBs came in

> early 1980s - my musical diet at that
> point
> > was Adam And The Ants, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode
> and their ilk, along with The
> Mamas
> > and the Papas and a few other pop bits and pieces
> from my parents' era. Then along
> came
> > a Moodies compilation and I couldn't work out how
> they were making those weird string
> > sounds _without_ a string section (I couldn't do
> it on my Casio, and this was the 1980s).
> >
> > I've never really listened to classic prog; to my
> perception, the bits I _have_ heard
> usually
> > seem to meander on for too long without getting to
> the point. I guess I like songs
> rather
> > than epics, and am not particularly bothered about
> the technical abilities of the players
> - if
> > the sound that comes out at the end appeals to

> I don't care whether the performer
> > can do six chromatic octaves in 10 seconds or
> whether it was created by a flock of
> geese
> > pecking at landmines.
> >
> > It's all just down to personal preference. I like
> the Moody Blues, others don't. I can live
> > with that.
> >
> > Owen
> >
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