Well, I concur on almost everything. Especially the bit about me being a
Mellotron God. Not so sure about Doddy though. :-)
As much as I may love the sound of the instrument, it CAN sound like
shit in the hands of the unwary. 'Changes' by Black Sabbath is a fairly
good place to start, where someone on a plate reverb with no idea of a
Mellotron's attack is forever about a quarter beat behind the rest of
the band. As for 'utterly out-of-tuneness' I can't see past Mannfred
Mann's hit singles which seem to be written and played in about five
microtonally different keys. At the same time.
Mike
Terry Conheady wrote:
>
> Well I've always been a big fan of Pinder's playing, as well as Wolly,
> Mcdonald and even Fripp but these days Fritz's "Feeling of Far" (the
> whole thing) and Dickson's "Mellotronworks" I feel are astounding. As
> far as other past and present players they may be mediocre but I seem
> to like the tron on even the crappiest of songs. I love the sound of
> the things.
>