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Yes, I could.

Mark Pring wrote:

>
> Could you be more specific?
>
> Mark
> --- Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com
> <mailto:mike.dickson%40gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> > Things a bit more challenging than ∗prog rock∗ it
> > must be said.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Mark Pring wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Mike
> > > I am curious, what is your favourite music?
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > --- Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com
> <mailto:mike.dickson%40gmail.com>
> > > <mailto:mike.dickson%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is it 'nitpicking' to say that everything they
> > ever
> > > > did or thought about
> > > > doing was bloody awful?
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > Thomas C. Doncourt wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > In a cultural climate where there is so little
> > > > being done that is new it
> > > > > is hard for me to look back critically and
> > nitpick
> > > > at the Moody Blues.
> > > > > Their tenuous, odd chemistry is at least still
> > > > noteworthy after all these
> > > > > years. I like the fact that they tried strange
> > > > things. If Graeme Edge
> > > > > thought of putting poetry in they let it
> > happen. I
> > > > can even tolerate the
> > > > > falsetto harmonies for the reason of creative
> > > > liberty, I know that Ray
> > > > > Thomas added a lot of the sundry instruments
> > that
> > > > were not mellotron and
> > > > > added dimension to the music. Too many bands
> > are
> > > > second guessing
> > > > > themselves.
> > > > > What I ma really curious about is what made
> > Pinder
> > > > pack it in after
> > > > > reaching such a high note in 72.I wonder if
> > some
> > > > of that creative liberty
> > > > > broke down in the band. did he just get sick
> > of
> > > > playing the mellotrons and
> > > > > chamberlins?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> > > > > > Van: "Rick Blechta" <rick@rickblechta.com
> <mailto:rick%40rickblechta.com>
> > > <mailto:rick%40rickblechta.com>
> > > > > <mailto:rick%40rickblechta.com>>
> > > > > > Aan: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > > Verzonden: 15-12-07 19:31
> > > > > > Onderwerp: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Second
> > > > thoughts
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Dec 15, 2007, at 1:24 PM, Hessel Herder
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> Has EGBDF's 'My Song' ever been played
> > live?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'll say it, if only to beat Mattias to the
> > > > punch:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One hopes not.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > =)
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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Mike Dickson, Edinburgh