Yeah, he came on Jools Holland and played
some bland rubbish,
but the hilarious thing was that he
brought his own grand piano,
as Jools Holland's house grand wasn't
good enough for him LOL
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----- Original Message -----From: kinchmusic@aol.comSent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 7:37 PMSubject: Re: [Mellotronists] OFF TOPIC (Mellotronic content restored)In a message dated 28/11/2004 18:02:43 GMT Standard Time, g-colin.crawford@... writes:No problem!! .... As I said.... The man *was* a genius!
What happened?Colin, I absolutely agree. His last truly great album was also the peak of his career...Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. At his very best, he was brilliant, but I fear the songs have been in terminal decline since, as has his voice sadly. I don't think he has anything like the range he once had, and I think this alone restricts his writing. Can anyone think of a really good album since? Yes, there have been occasional glimpses of his former brilliance, notably some of his mid/late 70's singles, but more recent efforts are mediocre in comparison.This is of course just an opinion, and I would love to hear what others think.On a slightly different, though still related topic, I saw him on TV here in the UK recently with his current band, and I have to say that I thought Nigel Olsen's drumming was simply brilliant.Andy K