>
> I can't say I'm a big fine either, but I like that the genre was new and
> different if nothing else. The later stuff like Depeche Mode and Yazoo
> were an improvement. And there were some interesting stories - that some
> of it had roots in prog rock for instance. I always liked OMD's Maid of
> Orleans for the Mellotron. I learned that they were going for a bagpipe
> sound. I was also a big fan of Wendy Carlos' Bach interpretations - very
> true to the original yet sounding like it never had before.
>
> Bob S.
>
>
> On 07/31/2011 03:02 PM, john.mcnamara65 wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for sharing this. I watched it this morning. It was well done.
> > Unfortunately I liked none of the music.
> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com>, Bob Snyder
> > <bob.snyder@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The next time you've got an hour and a half to kill you might like
> > this.
> > > Or you might not. A BBC documentary on the British synth bands of the
> > > late 70s and early 80s - Kraftwerk, The Normal, Human League, OMD, Gary
> > > Numan, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, etc.
> > >
> > > ht
> > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>>tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> > <tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>
> > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Wjc6QYuKI&feature=player_embedded>>
> > >
> > > There's even cameos by ELP, Roxy, and Wendy Carlos when she was Walter.
> > >
> > > Bob S.
> >
>
