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Re: [Mellotronists] catching up

2007-01-23 by fdoddy@aol.com

....because it is a limited form, as are most other forms. I think the idea is not to view the word "limited" as a pejorative. Defining limits are what truly allows one to be expressive. Freedom is bullshit.
 
 fd
     
 -----Original Message-----
 From: tron@...
 To: jonesalley@...
 Cc: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
 Sent: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 3:29 PM
 Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] catching up
 
     jonesalley wrote:
 
 > And I certainly don't advocate just reliving ancient prog, but the 
 > meld of
 > rock power, classical majesty and technical virtuosity and musical 
 > passion
 > is still fertile ground with a lot left to say as a genre. Look at how 
 > much
 > mileage a very limited form like the blues still gets.
 >
 > _
 > ----------------------------------------------------------
 >
 >
 > 
 
 Why on earth do you think that blues is a 'limited form'? More to the 
 point, why do you think the blues has lived and prog rock has died a 
 miserable and well-deserved death?
 
 -- 
 Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
 The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
 Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/
 
      
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