The Mellotron Group

Woolly Wolstenholme

--- tomdcour <tomdcour@amnh.org> wrote:

> Mike Pinder- In my opinion no one has ever put the
> Mellotron or Chamberlin to better use, 
> or used a wider variety of sounds and techniques.
> His orchestrations made the music work 
> (which is what orchestrations are supposed to do).
> The songs are ,more or less, vehicles 
> for his beautiful mellotron playing. That is what
> makes the Moody Blues worthwhile and 
> the only thing that makes them noteworthy in a blog
> like this. The Moody's "minimal 
> songs allowed him to use a really big canvas of
> mellotron sounds. He didn't an intricate 
> band like Yes or Genesis to try and weave his parts
> around. Whether you can stomach the 
> rest of the Moody Blues or not I've got to give
> contnual credit to Pinder as a master.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com,
> "thinkingalouduk" <owen@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- 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
> >
> 
> 
> 



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