Absolutely. Just listen to the live recordings and you can really appreciate his work. Even when only playing two parts the orchestrations are beautiful.
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From: "Bernie" <
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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:12:14
To:
newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.comSubject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Second thoughts, an update
I have to agree. While others used only 2 or 3 different sounds,
Pinder used pretty much all that were available to him.
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@ <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "tomdcour" <tomdcour@...>
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 to give contnual credit to
Pinder as a master.
>
>
>
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@ <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "thinkingalouduk"
<owen@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@ <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> 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 the 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 me, 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
> >
>