The Mellotron Group

"But at least prog lyrics generally aren't as bad as pop
lyrics (IMO, that is)."

Do you *really* want to go down this particular route?


Bernie wrote:

> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, "steve_tebble" <steve@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mike Dickson recently said:
> >
> > "I still think that my abiding fondness for King Crimson lies in
> the
> > fact that their best work was always done when the singer simply
> shut
> > up and let the rest of the band get on with it."
> >
> > Surely that applies to any prog rock band, indeed any band, indeed
> any
> > musical act of any kind since primitive man first invented the art
> form
> > we call 'music.'
> >
> > Discuss.
> >
>
> We've had this discussion before. The pretty boy up there on the
> stage singing those corny lyrics and grabbing his cojones gets all
> the credit (and the girls) while the "backup" musicians have to play
> down to him. But at least prog lyrics generally aren't as bad as pop
> lyrics (IMO, that is).
>
> Now what would an acapella group sound like without the singing?
>
> "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar" -- FZ
>
>  

-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh