Mellotronists

I hate these "definitive" lists. the fact that's it's mojo this time & not q 
or uncut or the wire or even (heaven forbid) rolling stone, makes no 
difference than if it was channel four or channel five carrying a tv version with the 
same old rent-a-quotes being wheeled out, most of whom weren't paying attention 
at the time either because they were too young or too trendy.

a "prog-rock" fan from the get-go (well, 1972, when I first heard hawkwind, 
floyd & elp), I dislike the notion of being pigeonholed by taste as much now as 
I did then, which is why I don't buy these mags. the peer-group pressure one 
experienced at school, especially during the rise of punk music..... these 
polls are perpetuating the same "we're cooler than you are" bullshit. don't 
believe for a moment that the results are any more than slightly influenced by real 
votes. I work at mtv- I know how these things are done.

with music being as important in my life as food, drink, sleep &c, I find 
that my own personal preferences change depending on my mood. I can no more 
decide what order to put my musical favourites in than I can decide which finger to 
cut off.
I have over half the stuff on the list, including the aphrodite's child 
(where's vangelis, btw?), the tool, the family, the hawkwind, the rush, the tull. 
luckily, I also have a ton of stuff that didn't make it onto mojo's cool-wall & 
so I can feel safely distanced from their office-bound smuggery. get thee to 
a gig, guys, & I don't mean the executive boxes at the local enormodome.

I have two of these 400-disc cd jukebox things hooked together. they are both 
full. my favourite trick is to put them both on shuffle & so that they 
crossfade into each other after 90 seconds. the idea is to recognise the 
randomly-selected minute-&-a-half before it runs out & without looking at the players' 
displays.

the invisible jukebox was the best thing to come out of these mags. these 
polls are the worst.

still, interesting list, & if it makes anyone listen to any of the records 
again, fair enough.

duncan/1098, wishing the tapeframes could be randomly shuffled too.