Mellotronists

So, the Moody Blues are bad because they are old?  At least because much 
of their audience is?  (The concert I attended last week had a lot of 
children in the crowd.  Parents passing on their love of music.  Or is 
that a bad thing because it crosses generational lines?)

At what age do you intend to stop playing music?  Are you prepared to 
tell people they are too old to listen to your music?

Planning to die before you get old?

I quite enjoyed the show and plan to see them the next time they come 
around.  They even changed a couple of songs in the set list and did 
some new things with others.  I really enjoyed the echoed flute on "Are 
You Sitting Comfortably?" which I don't remember them doing before.  Oh, 
that's right.  They were probably using a digital delay, which makes it 
an evil thing.

Doesn't anyone else find it oxymoronic to gripe that the musicians are 
old but their gear is not?

You don't have to like them, but my hat's off to anyone who can perform 
"Nights In White Satin" for forty years and still make it sound fresh.

John McIntyre
mcintyre@...