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I can't say I'm a big fine either, but I like that the genre was new and different if nothing else. The later stuff like Depeche Mode and Yazoo were an improvement. And there were some interesting stories - that some of it had roots in prog rock for instance. I always liked OMD's Maid of Orleans for the Mellotron. I learned that they were going for a bagpipe sound. I was also a big fan of Wendy Carlos' Bach interpretations - very true to the original yet sounding like it never had before.

Bob S.

On 07/31/2011 03:02 PM, john.mcnamara65 wrote:

 

Thanks for sharing this. I watched it this morning. It was well done. Unfortunately I liked none of the music.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@...> wrote:
>
> The next time you've got an hour and a half to kill you might like this.
> Or you might not. A BBC documentary on the British synth bands of the
> late 70s and early 80s - Kraftwerk, The Normal, Human League, OMD, Gary
> Numan, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc.
>
> ht
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>
>
> There's even cameos by ELP, Roxy, and Wendy Carlos when she was Walter.
>
> Bob S.