The Mellotron Group

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. 

Most of it is (to my ears) a ham-fisted attempt to steal ideas by people 
who can actually write. Some of it is so primitive that it's laughable - 
Genesis are a prime example. It's not that they cannot play their 
instruments - they obviously can - but they are so /mannered/. The 
lyrics don't exactly help either. I still think that my abiding 
fondnress for King Crimson lies in the fact that their best work was 
always done when the singer simply shut up and let the rest of the band 
get on with it.

Mike