Mellotronists

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Michael Reina wrote:

>
> eno.



eh.
i don't really think the word "excitingly" applies.
filling a gallery with the equivilent of dozens of screensavers
is not what i consider "exciting". YMMV however.

interesting?
possibly.
exciting?
hardly.

...jeff



> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Mark Pring <mellotronmadness@...>
> To: mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 2:17:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Moodies?
>
>             Looking back over the bands that I enjoyed listening to when
>             I was a lad, it strikes me that none of them are producing
>             anything really new. Some are dead, so I suppose they can't
>             help it. Others are producing new material which I enjoy
>             listening to but not a major musical change, just more of
>             the same . A few do very good if not better live
>             performances than when they were young but the material is
>             often old.
>
> It has been said that most song writers don't produce much new material
> after the age of 40 ( ?30), can anyone think of any performers from the
> 60s and 70s who are still excitingly creative?
>
> Mark