On 4/2/97, George Erdner grokked "Prog. Rock defns.", and said to Scott R. 
Godin: 
  MD> Can we go back to discussing music yet? 
  GE> OK.
  SRG> you say "OK" and then totally fail to "discuss" ?????
  GE> You didn't ask any questions about music. You asked about musicians.
  GE> That's related to music, but it's still something different.
Sooooo where did you get the idea that we ONLY wanted to talk about the music 
and not the people who MAKE the music? 
  MD> Do you think King Crimson's live in Argentina set is worth the mone 
  GE> No.
  SRG> WHY NOT? 
  GE> Because I think that the price of the recording is higher than the
  GE> value of the music recorded on the set.
hmmmmmmmmm. not having heard any of it, I can neither agree nor disagree. 
Have you heard the Great Deceiver Box set yet? If not it is a definite must 
have for Crimso fans. Some incredible live moments. 
 
  MD> Are you going to go see the reformed Yes on tour this summer? 
  GE> No.
  SRG> WHY NOT?
  GE> Because they aren't scheduled to appear at a venue that is within
  GE> close geographic proximity to where I am. And besides, I thought you
  GE> wanted to discuss music, not musicians.
Ummmmmmmmmmm pardon me for living, but aren't these musicians going to MAKE 
MUSIC while they are touring?????
  MD> Do you think the die-hard Gentle Giant fans will ever tweek that ne
  MD> album out of them as they have so desparately been trying to on the
  MD> internet for a couple of years now? 
  GE> No.
  SRG> WHY NOT? 
  GE> Because too many of the people who made up Gentle Giant have retired
  GE> from music. But what does that have to do with discussing the MUSIC?
SO what's to stop them from re-forming? There have been plenty of artists 
that have come out of seclusion in the last 10 years to produce another 
album. 
 
  GE> Now, if you want to discuss MUSIC, what is your opinion on the use of
  GE> a mellotron or synthesiser to replicate the sound of an orchestra as
  GE> compared to actually using a real orchestra? Would "Days of Future
  GE> Passed" have sounded better if the Moodies would have used the
  GE> Festival Orchestra on the songs themselves, instead of just as bridges
  GE> between the songs? Or does the synthetic nature of the Mellotron add
  GE> an extra sonic dimension that is an improvement over the sound of the
  GE> actual instruments? Or how about, would the music of Yes have sounded
  GE> better if the lead singer's voice weren't so thin and reedy? Would a
  GE> vocalist with a more full-bodied voice, like Ian Gillian, have
  GE> improved the music, or detracted from it? Better yet, what about if
  GE> Annie Hallam (lead singer of Renaisance) had done the vocals? Or is
  GE> the tonal quality of the singer's voice as important to the overall
  GE> sound of the music as the choice of instrumentation?
I've never had any particular love or hate for the mellotron. That it's been 
a progrock staple for years is undeniable, but it really hasn't had much of 
an impact on my enjoyability. 
I finally got around to seeing the moody blues last summer, and the concert 
was QUITE impressive. They can still rock the house, no doubt about it. 
I can't say it's an improvement, just an alternation of the sonic pallette 
that addes a slightly changed dimension to the music. Season to taste. 
Having just seen Annie Haslam live up close and personal at Club Bene in 
Jersey, I can say that I'm surprised I never tried out anything by them 
before. The show was incredible. It would be interesting to see what a joint 
effort could produce. 
Jon Anderson's vocals are IMHO one of the many reasons I like Yes so much.. 
because they added a quality to the tonal pallette that you rarely hear. Yes 
would definitely not be the same without him. 
--- MacWoof 1.5.3; just keeps going and ...
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