Mellotronists

well said, Doug. I saw Seconds Out at the Odeon as well...but because Matt Riddle the 
keyboardist is a friend of mine I was more impressed initially with those guys than with 
MB, in spite of the visuals & backdrop etc. Matt nabbed Banks' lines note for note...(and I 
gave him his tron samples from the Pinder CD) :) Matt also played with YES-tribute 
Envision, sadly now defunct.



--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Doug Berg" <caddyfam@...> wrote:
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> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "charel196" <charel196@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > I don't wanna give anyone the wrong idea here. As a musician 
> myself, I DID enjoy the show 
> > and their pretty accurate Genesis renditions. I just found myself 
> kind of "distant" and not 
> > emotionally connected like seeing the real deal. I've felt this 
> with just about any "tribute" 
> > act I've ever seen. Even in "cover" bands I've played 
> with....there's more emotional flow 
> > when I'm performing original material than someone else's song, 
> which I think is only 
> > natural. I've been in bands that played 
> Genesis,Crimson,Moodies,Strawbs...and while those 
> > songs are a lot more fun to play for me than, say, Bob Seger or 
> Rolling Stones....I still feel 
> > more of that "butt kicking" energy start rolling when an original 
> song is performed. Any 
> > other musicians here feel the same way? 
> 
> 
> No need to apologize although you have permanently etched that 
> analogy on my hard drive, thanks.  But really they did a good job 
> for what they do.  We only saw one other "cover band" here- Seconds 
> Out and here again a first time experience I thought they were good 
> not great but the second time we saw them it really wasn't anything 
> special, but the location was terrible, a punk rock club in the 
> flats called the Odeon, I think there were only a dozen seats in the 
> whole place so most stood for 2+ hours, what a dump.  I also thought 
> the staging backdrops at MB added something extra, and anyone who 
> watched the video of Genesis Oxford 73 show could see Mb did come 
> close.  
> I've often wondered how performers cope with doing the same sets 
> over night after night and after time how emotional can they get? 
> Seems the spark of freshness tends to diminish with time. Now I 
> cannot hold a candle to what you have done musically, late this 
> summer I had a chance to take my tron out and play with a band, 
> never done this before, but the band does oldies, doo wop etc. again 
> other peoples material and the last place you would expect to hear a 
> tron. Now you know you have your good and not so good moments as a 
> group but every once in awhile you have a great one and at our last 
> outing for the season, yeah that was a "butt kicking" deal for me 
> although I cannot explain why, its like something that you had 
> inside and were'nt aware of seems to surface and take control. It's 
> fulfillment with a sense of accomplishment and expression that seems 
> to win out against just playing notes regardless of whose material 
> it is and the talent that was given to each of us should be 
> cherished and not taken for granted. Otherwise we would be playing 
> hip-hop!!! Sorry for carrying on,  Doug  M400#703
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