Mellotronists

Here's the direct link. Help hangdog out & help me out too so I can 
buy more from the band. For all I know, I probably have it already 
anyway.

http://www.hangdogproductions.com/mp3/MysteryProg1.mp3

I certainly don't intend to sound like I'm beating the hell out of this 
hard-working group, but while the cut is a noble effort it certainly isn't 
Yes or anybody I've heard before.  The performance is ambitious, but 
plodding and ham-handed, lacking deftness and finesse. It really sounds like 
the band has just finished writing the song and is still trying to clumsily 
make their way through the arrangement together. They obviously have 
listened to a lot of Yes, but judging by the amount of synth in it (which 
sounds awfully ARP-Odyssey-ish to my ears) dates it at least post-Fragile 
era, and apart from Starcastle (which still had too much Styx flavor for me) 
I can't think of anything that was that overtly "Yessy" at the time.  The 
vocals and the blockiness of the writing makes me think of Flash, but they 
played a lot better and never got that keyboardy.  The recording space 
sounds really small, too, sounding almost like a good basement tape more 
than an engineered and large, dedicated-recording-space effort to me.


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From: "mellotrongirl" <mellotrongirl@...>
To: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 4:30 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Name that tune (w/mp3 link)


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>They obviously have
>listened to a lot of Yes,

I can't hear ANY Yes in there, but plenty of Who!  It's pretty much a rip 
of "Won't Get Fooled Again" with CS&N doing the vocals.

...kl...
M400 #805 - buried under Minimoog schematics
M400 #1037 - buried in the corner

I calls 'em like I hears 'em.  That's not to say I don't hear other 
influences in it as well.



> I can't hear ANY Yes in there, but plenty of Who!  It's pretty much a rip
> of "Won't Get Fooled Again" with CS&N doing the vocals.

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

From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
To: "Mellotronists" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Name that tune (w/mp3 link)


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> I certainly don't intend to sound like I'm beating the hell out of this
> hard-working group, but while the cut is a noble effort it certainly isn't
> Yes or anybody I've heard before.

Most *certainly* isn't Yes. Sounds like a US band to me - plenty of American
prog bands were influenced by Anderson, Howe & Co (the well-known firm of
solicitors), although I don't think it's one I've heard.

Andy T.

All I can say is "I like it!"  Yes, I can hear the elements of
several other artists/bands there but it works for me.  'Trongirl, if 
you find out who it is, let me know....

FS. Weller
#574  (still languishing under someone else's ownership)



--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotrongirl" 
<mellotrongirl@h...> wrote:

> 
> Here's the direct link. Help hangdog out & help me out too so I can 
> buy more from the band. For all I know, I probably have it already 
> anyway.
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> http://www.hangdogproductions.com/mp3/MysteryProg1.mp3