The Mellotron Group

Well, if you consider that a lot of hip good looking "artists" these days
can't even sing or play simple songs very well in a studio, let alone live
on stage, you might give a little more due respect to talented true artists
who do at worst a reasonable job of pulling off difficult and complex music
totally live. Plus, keep the time frame in mind, the GG wasn't filmed last
year, it was in the late 70's.

 

That said, Gentle Giant's music can be difficult to get used to and
appreciate and the rough edges and poorer sound quality of even the best
live recorded examples are not the best place to introduce noobs to their
music! ;-)

 

John L Rice

 

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of john barrick
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 10:37 PM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] OT Gentle Giant So Sincere

 

  

I managed to keep a (mostly) straight face until the camera pulled out
enough to reveal what the guitarist was wearing.  Uproarious laughter
ensued.  

 

Even though I found the vocals to be nearly painful, I acknowledge that
there are certainly talented players here, but it's not my cup of tea.  More
power to those that do enjoy it.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
wrote:

  

If any progheads ever want to figure out why they cannot get laid then this
video is about as good a reason as they will ever find.

 

The opening moments of this actually made me laugh out loud; it completely
reminded me of those 'Shreds' parody videos (check this
<http://youtu.be/Kw5oJoUYTb8>  or this <http://youtu.be/L8CtWUY7nvg>  or
this <http://youtu.be/gJ91HMdhupI>  if you've never seen them before - the
last one actually is how that type of music sounds to me)

 

Mike

 

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john barrick

 

*Leo got it right the first time*

*then he added a second pickup and got it righter*