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On 26/01/2011 22:15, tronbros wrote:I don't love any albums because they are mellotronic. I love albums because of the music therein whether it has 'tron or not. I don't seek out mellotronic albums although I did in the early 1970s and bought a lot of indifferent and weak music. A mellotron can be the perfect adjunct but it's level of involvement does not dictate the ensuing quality. The much revered Czar album remains musically impoverished despite being smothered in tape replayness! I am slowly despatching mellotronic progrock to the recycling bin.
I absolutely concur, me old fruitbat. The notion of 'prog rock' makes me run to the toilet, mostly. In most cases you may find that the instrument was used to make a 'big statement' or fill in gaps a rock band with higher aspirations couldn't pull off themselves. The problem is that 99% of what they did was so ham-fisted it reeked of schoolboy levels of musical enthusiasm mixed with absolutely no sense of taste or restraint.
I hardly play 'Mellotronic Music' any more because (1) I have one and a load of tapes and never really have to play something else to be able to hear it, and (2) most of it is dreadful. If it's not musically bad (ie, if it is 'educated') then usually it means it's moronic.
Czar. Wow. Maybe one of the worst albums ever.