The Mellotron Group

This current thread of conversation brings us back to a topic  that's been 
hashed over, I mean, discussed many times before.  The  beauty (or horridness) 
of music and other aesthetic issues is going to vary  greatly with each 
individual.  Albeit, we can come to some kind of  consensus of agreement on the music 
of the likes of the Beatles, Beethoven, and  Oscar Peterson, and disagreement 
on the likes of rap, prog, Michael Bolton,  etc.  I happen to like 
Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition since playing  in an orchestral version back in 
high school (pre-ELP).  Others may think  it's doo-doo.  The latter doesn't 
sway my opinion of it one iota nor do I  lose sleep over it.  One may listen to 
Watcher Of The Skies or Tales From  Topographic Oceans and have them induce an 
aural orgasm; for others, they may  induce a bowel movement.  One man's 
medicine is another man's poison; One  man's ceiling is another man's floor (P. 
Simon); Eye of the beholder.  We  all love our Mellotrons, yet others swear by 
their DX7's.  BTW, we're right  on that one!

Frank 1
 
 
In a message dated 3/7/2008 8:42:23 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
fdoddy@aol.com writes:

The Beatles, Hank Williams Sr., Paul Whiteman, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  
Oscar Peterson and Led Zeppelin....The Beatles, Hank Williams Sr., Paul Whiteman, 
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Oscar Peterson and Led Zeppelin....<WBR>..that's 
what I'd send to the  

fritZ
 
 
In a message dated 3/7/2008 9:24:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
rick@rickblechta.In a messag

 
 
 


On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:13 AM, _tronbros@aol.tro_ (mailto:tronbros@aol.com)  
wrote:


It's been a slow train coming but having closely scrutinised a lot of  the 
'prog' I have listened to over the years plus a good cross  section of what is 
currently on offer, I wonder why I ever bothered with  most of it.  Prog
obviously has good music within the genre but to my ears the vast  quantity 
is utterly pointless and disposable.  When you  consider the genius involved in 
writing a symphony in your head for 60+  players with all the counterpoint, 
harmonisation, voicing etc.  etc. in a month and the resulting work being 
playable on first  attempt with a few revisions needed and then you consider the 
simple sub  standard amalgam of styles churned out after months in a studio.   
Well the gulf is obvious to my mind. 
 
Start fighting....Start figStart f
 
Martin



Martin,


With all due respect, it takes a little longer than a month to write a  
symphony, especially if you're doing it by hand. Try many months to several  years. 
And very few people did the whole thing in their head. It's worked  out bits 
at a time. The only composer I know who could hold a whole piece in  his head 
was Mozart -- and you don't think much of his music! ;)


But you're right: most prog is not particularly good music.  Interesting? 
Certainly, at times. Well played? Definitely. But music for the  ages? Not much 
of it.

Ludwig van  Beethoven











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