Mellotronists

Hey we've played this game, but we never went as far as writing down all
sources of the "borrowed" licks... there's also PFM in there, ELP,
Renaissance, Yes, Genesis... it's kind of a "prog puzzle". Played it
recently for a prog-friend who had not heard it before (can ya believe it)!
That was fun, prompting his scrutiny of the liner notes - "what the hell
year was this made???"

Tongue in cheek? Serious tribute? Lack of originality? Who cares... I agree,
the Mussorgsky and Debussy bits are really nice.

- Gene


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Thompson [mailto:andy.thompson@...]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 1:49 AM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Mellotronists] Fireballet 2nd LP


-----Original Message-----
From: Don Tillman [mailto:don@...]
Sent: 03 October 2003 09:19
To: mellotrongirl
Cc: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Fireballet 2nd LP



[Warning: obscure prog references ahead]

Heh-heh, I've got a copy of the first Fireballet album.

The album is certainly good, but it's soooo incredibly derivative.

"How derivative is it?"

It's like Starcastle, Marillion and Triumvirat combined.

I mean, imagine a drinking game; put on the first Fireballet album
with a bunch of prog fans in the room.  Someone shouts out whenever
they hear a direct musical reference to a specific classic prog song,
and everybody has to take a swig...


You'd all end up under the table.  :-)  Van der Graaf, Crimson... they even
got Ian McDonald to produce and play sax... Great Mussorgsky adaptation,
though.

Andy T.




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