The Mellotron Group

The next time you've got an hour and a half to kill you might like this. Or you might not. A BBC documentary on the British synth bands of the late 70s and early 80s - Kraftwerk, The Normal, Human League, OMD, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded

There's even cameos by ELP, Roxy, and Wendy Carlos when she was Walter.

Bob S.

Fantastic thanks for posting, Walter was Wendy all along, wasn't she?

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@...> wrote:
>
> The next time you've got an hour and a half to kill you might like this.
> Or you might not. A BBC documentary on the British synth bands of the
> late 70s and early 80s - Kraftwerk, The Normal, Human League, OMD, Gary
> Numan, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc.
>
> ht
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>
>
> There's even cameos by ELP, Roxy, and Wendy Carlos when she was Walter.
>
> Bob S.
>

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "mellotronmadness" <mellotronmadness@...> wrote:

>
>
> Fantastic thanks for posting, Walter was Wendy all along, wasn't she?

Nope.

Jim Bailey

Thanks for sharing this. I watched it this morning. It was well done. Unfortunately I liked none of the music.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@...> wrote:
>
> The next time you've got an hour and a half to kill you might like this.
> Or you might not. A BBC documentary on the British synth bands of the
> late 70s and early 80s - Kraftwerk, The Normal, Human League, OMD, Gary
> Numan, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc.
>
> ht
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>
>
> There's even cameos by ELP, Roxy, and Wendy Carlos when she was Walter.
>
> Bob S.
>

I can't say I'm a big fine either, but I like that the genre was new and different if nothing else. The later stuff like Depeche Mode and Yazoo were an improvement. And there were some interesting stories - that some of it had roots in prog rock for instance. I always liked OMD's Maid of Orleans for the Mellotron. I learned that they were going for a bagpipe sound. I was also a big fan of Wendy Carlos' Bach interpretations - very true to the original yet sounding like it never had before.

Bob S.

On 07/31/2011 03:02 PM, john.mcnamara65 wrote:

Thanks for sharing this. I watched it this morning. It was well done. Unfortunately I liked none of the music.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@...> wrote:
>
> The next time you've got an hour and a half to kill you might like this.
> Or you might not. A BBC documentary on the British synth bands of the
> late 70s and early 80s - Kraftwerk, The Normal, Human League, OMD, Gary
> Numan, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc.
>
> ht
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>
>
> There's even cameos by ELP, Roxy, and Wendy Carlos when she was Walter.
>
> Bob S.

----- Original Message -----

From: john.mcnamara65

To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 6:02 PM

Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Synth Band Documentary

Thanks for sharing this. I watched it this morning. It was well done. Unfortunately I liked none of the music.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@...> wrote:
>
> The next time you've got an hour and a half to kill you might like this.
> Or you might not. A BBC documentary on the British synth bands of the
> late 70s and early 80s - Kraftwerk, The Normal, Human League, OMD, Gary
> Numan, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc.
>
> ht
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>
>
> There's even cameos by ELP, Roxy, and Wendy Carlos when she was Walter.
>
> Bob S.
>

I should say; I was glad there was a Carlos segment. Love Switched on Bach.

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@...> wrote:
>
> I can't say I'm a big fine either, but I like that the genre was new and
> different if nothing else. The later stuff like Depeche Mode and Yazoo
> were an improvement. And there were some interesting stories - that some
> of it had roots in prog rock for instance. I always liked OMD's Maid of
> Orleans for the Mellotron. I learned that they were going for a bagpipe
> sound. I was also a big fan of Wendy Carlos' Bach interpretations - very
> true to the original yet sounding like it never had before.
>
> Bob S.
>
>
> On 07/31/2011 03:02 PM, john.mcnamara65 wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for sharing this. I watched it this morning. It was well done.
> > Unfortunately I liked none of the music.
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Bob Snyder
> > <bob.snyder@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The next time you've got an hour and a half to kill you might like
> > this.
> > > Or you might not. A BBC documentary on the British synth bands of the
> > > late 70s and early 80s - Kraftwerk, The Normal, Human League, OMD, Gary
> > > Numan, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc.
> > >
> > > ht
> > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>>tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> > <tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>
> > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>>
> > >
> > > There's even cameos by ELP, Roxy, and Wendy Carlos when she was Walter.
> > >
> > > Bob S.
> >
>