The Mellotron Group

Thanks Frank -- I love the wit of the UOGB - look for their version of 
the Stones' Satisfaction 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbX5dldhJlc&feature=related 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbX5dldhJlc&feature=related> - it feels 
like some George Formby music hall/pub sing-along tune.

On 8/23/2011 8:38 AM, lsf5275@aol.com wrote:
>
> Watch this video and learn. Nothing is new.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79D8SRrqX5U
> In a message dated 8/23/2011 11:18:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> ecclesreinson@rogers.com writes:
>
>     Yes. The Gary Numan formula had a pinch of Bowie, a dash of Eno,
>     maybe a little Kraftwerk and a TON of John Foxx/Ultravox. Then
>     Bauhaus took the formula and pasted it on to NIN.
>
>     Maybe there is no such thing as original material. Some
>     songwriters come very close to creating original songs. Lennon and
>     McCartney come to mind. Who else over the past 50 years? Brian
>     Wilson? Simon and Garfunkel? Michael Jackson? Eminem? Madonna?
>     ...several others but it's not a long list.
>
>     Clay
>
>     --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, "feline1973"
>     <feline1@...> wrote:
>     >
>     > Are you guys nuts? Numan made some exceptional records in his
>     heyday, which I've owned for years and seen done live,
>     > but in terms of musical form he was a total johnny-come-lately,
>     > basically playing mid-70s glam-pub-rock (think "Glass of
>     Champagne") and playing it with the same instrumentation of
>     Bowie/Eno's "Warsawa" and Human League's "Being Boiled". That's
>     pretty much all he did. It was pretty formulaic.
>     > (Emotionally, he took out the cheeky flirtatious vibe, and
>     replaced it with aspergic misery).
>     > By "Dance" he got Mick Karn to play on his record and make it
>     sound like Japan.
>     >
>     > You seem oblivious to the entire post-kraftwerk electro dance
>     music genres that have proliferated ever since "acid house" went
>     into the charts in 1988... Where on earth have you been living for
>     the last 25 years?! Inside a mellotron?!
>     >
>     > All this notwithstanding, of course, you are quite correct that
>     pretty much all comercial pop and rock is afflicted with a
>     ridiculous retro mania - as Andy McCluskey of OMD opined last year
>     when talking about their new album -
>     > pop seems to exist as a perpetual museum exhibit these days -
>     everything remains "in fashion" and you can do any genre you want,
>     so long as you get your pastiche right and do all the correct
>     elements credibly.
>     > Although it could be argued that the quest for authentic
>     mellotron sounds seen on this list is a perfect example of that,
>     chin-strokers on here feeling that MTron plugins etc are
>     insufficiently authentic.
>     > Which is probably right - any full knows you need to play M-tron
>     twice through a plate echo, slightly sharp of take 1 and slightly
>     flat on take 2 and pan them like mad to get a cool sound ;)
>     >
>     > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, fdoddy@ wrote:
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > yeah, Gary Numan certainly was the zenith...
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>     > >
>     > > -----Original Message-----
>     > > From: mellotronmadness <mellotronmadness@>
>     > > To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>>
>     > > Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2011 4:17 am
>     > > Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Foo Fighters live w/M4000D
>     > >
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>     > >
>     > > The Foo Fighters sound pretty generic to me they could be
>     anyone and from anytime over the last 30 years.
>     > >
>     > > Although I no longer enjoy listening to progressive rock music
>     much, at least it was new at the time, I can't think of anything
>     new or different much after Garry Numan.
>     > >
>     > > I feel sorry for young people now, at least the stuff I
>     listened to was new and didn't sound like my parent's music e.g
>     Glen Miller. Today most of the stuff my kids listen to could have
>     been recorded at anytime over the last 30-50 years. My parents
>     hated King Crimson although my father did like Michael Gile's
>     drumming on Schizoid Man. I don't hate my children's music I'm
>     just bored by it.
>     > >
>     > > Oh God, I'm starting to sound like my dad.
>     > >
>     > > And speaking of "Nights in White Satin" it's the only song
>     that I can still remember exactly where I was when I heard if for
>     the first time: Heald Green, Stockport on 18th November 1968
>     approx 11pm.
>     > >
>     > > I suppose most popular music just isn't interesting enough to
>     stand up to repeated playing over 4 decades. I still quite enjoy
>     listening but it's really more to do with nostalgia than anything
>     else.
>     > >
>     > > Mark
>     > >
>     > > PS 2 tracks that did stand the test of time for me, other than
>     a most of John Lennon's work with the Beatles:
>     > >
>     > > Colosseum Walking in the Park ( live)
>     > > Cream Crossroads ( live).
>     > >
>     > > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
>     <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Chris Dale
>     <unobtainiumkeys@> wrote:
>     > > >
>     > > > The word "Foo Fighter" was a reference to a type of UFO seen
>     over battle
>     > > > skies during WWII.
>     > > >
>     > > >
>     > > > As far as this band goes, I also feel they suck but then I
>     thought Nirvana
>     > > > was (and still is) an overrated stinking pile of crap too.
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>     > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Mike Dickson
>     <mike.dickson@>wrote:
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>     > > > > **
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>     > > > > I feel grateful that I've never even heard of these guys
>     at all.
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>     > > > >
>     > > > > On 23/08/2011 02:48, Bruce Daily wrote:
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>     > > > > Better yet, why does the Foo Fighter bird lay its eggs in
>     the air?
>     > > > >
>     > > > > (or, are we all just bozos on this bus?)
>     > > > >
>     > > > > -Bruce D.
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