Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: The Mellotron Group

Well, someone asked the question.

I find 95% of what passes for 'prog rock' to be ham-fisted, derivative
and downright tedious. point is that I find most rock music per se to be
in that same bracket. If you can synthesise something new out of what
happened before (cf, Led Zep taking the ghost of Robert Johnson et al
and welding it into rock and roll, or Zappa blending the arhythmic
attitudes of early twentieth century composers with nearly ∗everything∗ ,
or Pink Floyd taking a fairly standard blues course and accidentally
bumping into someone who had taken a barrowload of acid) then it's worth
at least spending some time negotiating, at least for their early years
when they at least had genuine inspiration. But for the great swathes of
the rest, it's a course in homage, plagarism, noodling and general
stupidity on a ∗monolithic∗ scale.

Right now it's Byrd and Weelkes getting an airing at my place. Next week
it will be someone else.

Mike

john barrick wrote:

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> well, let it not be said that Mike Dickson doesn't know how to kill a
> party.
> johnb
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> Mike Dickson wrote:
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> > 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
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> > <mailto:mike. dickson%40gmail. com>
> > > <mailto:mike. dickson%40gmail. com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is

> > > > 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
> > > > >

> > > > 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
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> > > > > <mailto:rick% 40rickblechta. com>>
> > > > > > Aan: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
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> > > > > <mailto:newmellotro ngroup%40yahoogr oups.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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