The Mellotron Group

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "David Jacques" <djacques@...> wrote:
> All I can say is that you had to be there, living and growing up in the 60's
> and 70's, to truly appreciate the Moody Blues' music.

Interesting - as I wasn't born until around the time Seventh Sojourn (the last of the 7) was 
released.  My exposure to the MBs came in the early 1980s - my musical diet at that point 
was Adam And The Ants, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and their ilk, along with The Mamas 
and the Papas and a few other pop bits and pieces from my parents' era.  Then along came 
a Moodies compilation and I couldn't work out how they were making those weird string 
sounds _without_ a string section (I couldn't do it on my Casio, and this was the 1980s).

I've never really listened to classic prog; to my perception, the bits I _have_ heard usually 
seem to meander on for too long without getting to the point.  I guess I like songs rather 
than epics, and am not particularly bothered about the technical abilities of the players - if 
the sound that comes out at the end appeals to me, I don't care whether the performer 
can do six chromatic octaves in 10 seconds or whether it was created by a flock of geese 
pecking at landmines.

It's all just down to personal preference.  I like the Moody Blues, others don't.  I can live 
with that.

Owen