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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: King Crimson's Mk2 Trons

From: Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@cox.net>
Date: 2010-07-30

On the scale of Moody insipidness, all of those pale in comparison toHayward's Classic Blue. Twelve ghastly covers including Tracks of myTears, MacArthur Park, and Stairway to Heaven among other gems.

Bob S.


Bruce Daily wrote:
 

Hi again-
   Oh, yeah, "Songwrighter" , "The Promise", Lodge's"Natural Avenue" were all pretty bad.  Didn't hear any of Ray Thomas'or Graeme Edge's stuff.
   I liked the cover art on "The Promise", using colorsproduced from polarized light through crystals to produce astained-glass look.
 
 -Bruce D.


--- On Thu, 7/29/10, Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo. com>wrote:

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: King Crimson's Mk2 Trons
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 11:39 AM

 
Hi all-
  "Blue Jays" struck a chord with me at the time,so I kind of enjoyed it (at the time).  Some of the songs wereinteresting, but the orchestrations were far over the top.  Simplicitywould've helped.  I wondered what a bit of Pinder mellotron would'vedone for it?  I hear some of it recently, and cringed a bit.
 
   -Bruce D.


--- On Thu, 7/29/10, ClayE <ecclesreinson@ rogers.com>wrote:

From: ClayE <ecclesreinson@ rogers.com>
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: King Crimson's Mk2 Trons
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 8:12 AM

 
Forever Autumn and Jeff Wayne's War of theWorlds was the only highlight from that time period. It's only a tinybit insipid.

I always assumed that Hayward wrote the song or at least the lyrics butapparently not. (Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass)


--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com,"Andy Thompson" <andy.thompson@ ...> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ClayE" <ecclesreinson@ ...>
> To: <newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:17 PM
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: King Crimson's Mk2 Trons
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> >I am with you. The Blue Jays album was more insipid if that'seven
> >possible. The biggest let down of all was MP's The Promise.Bore-fest.
> >
> >
> >> Andy
> >>
> >> NP - Justin Hayward, 'Songwriter' . What an insipid,lifeless album.
> >> Anyone with me on this?
> >>
>
> They're all absolutely terrible. I'm not the Moodies' biggest fan,but in
> comparison to any of these...
>
> Andy T.
>