Mellotronists

They need to rename themselves.  I suggest they call themselves the "Spice 
Dowagers."



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "leetronhead" <surfbeach@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 12:56 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Middle-age meddling...


> MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> I hope this all doesn't come to a head when the SPICE GIRLS come to
> town...don't think I can handle the heartbreak.
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> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
> wrote:
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>> Flying Tormatoes?
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: zappaboggs
>>   To: Mellotronists
>>   Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:58 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Middle-age meddling...
>>
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>>   "I guess my question is, at what point does a band forget what
> makes them cool?"
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>>   Good question...  IMO, just ask Chris Squire and mates...
>>
>>   (I type this while ducking the tomatoes flying...)...  My
> favorite show in the last few years from THE era?
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>>   James Gang at the Beacon, NYC 2006...  Played every song
> perfect...  (Minimal jamming...  which sometimes is a good thing...)
>>
>>   Tend my Hammond...
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>>   "Nothing can change the shape of things to come."
>>   ...Max Frost
>>
>>   "Any talent that we are born with eventually surfaces as a need"
>>   ...Marsha Sinetar
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>>   ----- Original Message ----
>>   From: Jack Younger <e4103s@...>
>>   To: Mellotronists <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
>>   Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 9:05:29 AM
>>   Subject: [Mellotronists] Middle-age meddling...
>>
>>
>>   Here's some food for the thinkin'....
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>>   I went to see the Zombies here in Boston MA, and
>>   it was fantastic! Original members, great
>>   performances, good energy and yes, there were some
>>   senior moments, but a good time nonetheless. My gripe
>>   was this; the guitarist was not original and walked
>>   up with some PRS-type guitar and a newer stack of some
>>   kind, with a collection of soulless patch tones and
>>   shredded through every song. Now, this was the Little
>>   Steven Garage series and the guitar back-line is all
>>   AC30's, so there was no excuse for plugging into that
>>   monstrosity.
>>   The bigger problem was that this seemed to be OK
>>   with the band. They were smiling and flaunting this
>>   "young buck" through the whole set as though this
>>   would somehow connect them with the younger
>>   generation. I was hanging out with some younger
>>   clients of mine (ranging from 18-24) who love the
>>   Zombies and were disgusted. Where were the scrappy
>>   rhythmic guitar spanks that made them great?
>>   Granted, Rob Argent had a digital key setup, but you
>>   try dragging around a harpsichord, marxophone, B3,
>>   etc. to all the shows, as we all know, all too well.
>>   And he is Rob Argent.
>>   I guess my question is, at what point does a band
>>   forget what makes them cool? Yes, it sucks when a
>>   legendary band goes through the motions to make some
>>   bread because they got screwed out of royalties in the
>>   60's, but then, who can blame them for that? It's an
>>   integrity thing, which is, after all, what makes a
>>   band great in the first place. Get as old as you like
>>   and play as long as you like. Just don't pander to a
>>   young audience that would rather hear you be honest
>>   and original like you always were.
>>   That's my two cents.
>>
>>   Jack Younger
>>   -Gracefully growing older and still making records the
>>   old-fashioned way.
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