The Mellotron Group

You and I are in agreement here Tony.  

However, I will have to send the sketch of my large ensemble tone poem when it's in good shape to see if I can change your mind about "classical" music  :>)


fritz


In my mind the best music hasn’t been recorded yet, with the obvious exceptions of classical music!
 
Tony #510

 

 

 

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From: Tony <atm655@verizon.net>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 8:35 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Do the Beach Boys sound this good live?


  
    
                  


To each their own!
With maybe 2 or 3 exceptions I never cared for their (Beach Boys) music.
And I didn’t go “out of my way” to have those few tunes.
 
Now with many less expectations, the music from “over the pond” suits me better, especially German Kraut Rock!
British bands like The FIXX, Simple Minds, Cream, Outfield, (Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, I know they’re German, see above), Fripp and Eno, to name a few, suits me just fine, and I listen to them daily.
 
In my mind the best music hasn’t been recorded yet, with the obvious exceptions of classical music!
 
Tony #510

 

From: lsf5275@aol.com 
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 9:14 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Do the Beach Boys sound this good live?

 

  

I still hear him in there and I'm glad he has rejoined the music world.
 
 

In a message dated 11/3/2011 7:29:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mike.dickson@gmail.com writes:
    
  
Anyone who thinks that Brian Wilson is in fine voice is kidding   themselves.  His voice is shot to hell, off-key and his range is about an   octave and a tad.  Live he sits at a keyboard but doesn't actually play   it (or doesn't play it much)   
 
  
Way back, Andy Paley (then Brian's producer and collaborator) admitted   that Brian's first album was really only about 5% Brian Wilson, but then (he   added) 'there is only about 5% of Brian Wilson left'.  He may be more   coherent these days than before, and his voice doesn't have the horrors of   'Still I Dream Of It' (any version) plastered across it, but it's nothing like   the finely tuned instrument it once as.  No surprise though; a guy of his   age would hardly sound like a man of 25.  He just cannot make the high   notes on 'Caroline No' and really he ought not to even try any more.  I'm   just glad he's still with us.

  
On 2 November 2011 23:48, <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:
  
    
      
    
    
    
    
Twenty years ago, Brian was still     getting over the ravages of cocaine use on his voice. I remember seeing him     on SNL and being horrified. Back in the early nineties I used to fantasize     that one day he would return to the stage. His voice is better now than I     ever hoped. Sometimes I close my eyes when he sings a song like Caroline No     or Please Let Me Wonder and I can still hear the voice that grabbed me 48     years ago.
    
 
    
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In a message dated 11/2/2011 6:39:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jandjstrz@verizon.net writes:
    
        
      
      
I was watching TV       late one night recently and saw some program about the behind the scenes       preparations to have Brian Wilson and his band perform Smile in       London.
      
 
      
Given how bad       I’ve heard him sound on some late night talks shows, and how nervous he       was ramping up to the big opening night…I was surprised how good he       sounded.
      
He looked like he       was having fun doing it too.
      
 
      
Couldn’t help but       notice Paul McCartney and George Martin in the audience giving him a       standing ovation at the conclusion (Good Vibrations…Brian’s       version)
      
 
      
Jim
      
 
      
Check’em       out:
      
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVu7pyjG9AU
      
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmNzMQd_Yc
      
 
      
 
      
      
 
      
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Qa4tQvQ34&feature=related
      
 
      
 
      
      
      
      
      
        
          
        
        
No, they         don't but Brian Wilson's band does. 

It's a bit of a slavish         cover of the song, though. 

Talking of which, I now have 'The         SMiLE Sessions' as of two days ago.  I think I've played it through         about 8 times now. :-)

Mike

On         02/11/2011 15:58,         tron400 wrote: 
        
          
            
          
          
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P26eyV-k2qY&feature=related

        
 


      


      


    





  
 
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Mike Dickson, Edinburgh