The Mellotron Group

Gino,

Please see below...



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 From: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Correction - OT: Whitney Houston - Memories
 

  
I was a bit harsh.. They know the song, they played it.  They did nothing with it that wasn't already done.  When it came out I was expecting more.  How do you compete with Robert Wyatt?
What other covers of "Memories" do you know of ?
RW is one of my favorite musicians.  I have all of his solo albums and numerous albums he guests on.  You're right, it's hard to compete with him.

The upside is Hugh got paid,  I liked Hugh Hopper, did a recording with him and Alan Gowen in the early 80s. A peak experience.

Alan Gowen (RIP) died at a very young age from Leukemia in 1981.  The Gigamesh albums are wonderful; same with his contributions to National Health.  I have the albums "Two Rainbows Daily", "Soft Heap", and "Rogue Element" too.  Also, "Before A Word Is Said" with Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair, and Trevor Tomkins.  Were you involved in any of these projects ?  That must have been cool !

Robert




On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Robert <rmrmax@yahoo.com> wrote:

 
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>I didn't mean to infer that the original recording of this song was done by Soft Machine; it's their version that I associate the song with.
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>To the best of my knowledge, I believe it was actually 1st recorded by The Wilde Flowers, the predecessor group to Soft Machine and Caravan which included several members of both line ups of these subsequent groups.
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>To: "newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com" <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> 
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:23 PM
>Subject: [newmellotrongroup] OT: Whitney Houston - Memories
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>Gino, thanks for pointing out to us that Whitney Houston sang "Memories"; I never knew that.
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>I didn't follow Whitney Houston, but I always loved Soft Machine.
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>Respectfully, I don't think Material's version with WH is all that bad.  "Memories" is such a great song, it's hard to ruin it.
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>So below is Material's cover and the original Soft Machine single.
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>BTW, RIP Mr. Hugh Hopper...
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3CZPNT9GSs
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>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69k03G21ftw&feature=related
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> From: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
>To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:28 AM
>Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT: Whitney
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>Sarah Vaughn she was not.  What she did was fashion, showbiz, not music. Music is incidental to people in her situation.  Confluential to selling shit.
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>She sang Hugh Hopper's "Memories" with Material and they had the nerve to put it out as a 12"
>That was some sad shit.
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"All music is folk music; I ain't never heard no horse sing a song."
Louis Armstrong


Gino Wong Birgelo  
BSComm, BSEE, CG, CSEC  
Audio Production, Logistics, Analog Synthesizers, Sound Design


Ginowong@gmail.com