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ancianita

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26. Right? Their sense of ambience, long before the digital era, brought us long play music (which is why they were
Fri Apr 26, 2024, 02:11 AM
Apr 26

making it onto progressive FM music playlists of 60's/70's) and later, Brian Eno, and looong play disco music that evolved into electronica.

RIP to a musical genius. Lunabell Apr 25 #1
It is to me too! AloeVera Apr 25 #3
Definitely on the late night playlist. pfitz59 Apr 25 #7
Boy do I feel mortal these days. nolabear Apr 25 #2
RIP 2naSalit Apr 25 #4
Rest in Beautyful Musical Peace, Mike Pinder. Cha Apr 25 #5
Peace, Brother world wide wally Apr 25 #6
now he knows Codifer Apr 25 #8
One of my 2 or 3 favorite bands in the late 60's/early 70's. scipan Apr 25 #9
Like the rest of us, they keep getting older, and will eventually run out of time. 😧 ShazzieB Apr 25 #14
Oh yes, not looking forward to it. scipan Apr 25 #16
I had their first 7 albums and still listen to them... surfered Apr 25 #10
One of the greatest bands of the DemocraticPatriot Apr 25 #11
They were (are) such a unique sound at the time IcyPeas Apr 25 #12
Cold hearted Homer ditching his wife, while Ancient Ned runs for his life... Initech Apr 25 #13
All of them gone??? Oh no!!! LeftInTX Apr 25 #15
Not all of them. Whatthe_Firetruck Apr 25 #19
Sorry to tell you that Graeme died of cancer in 2021. He'd had a stroke 5 years earlier but had recoveref enough highplainsdem Apr 25 #23
Oh no. Whatthe_Firetruck Apr 26 #29
RIP BuddhaGirl Apr 25 #17
I love how Mike and Ray Thomas worked the mellotron and flute to develop some lovely synergetic interplay on many songs. Bongo Prophet Apr 26 #25
Beautiful and transcendent BuddhaGirl Apr 26 #30
The true Fathers of Progressive Rock. Some would say King Crimson, but I think it's the Moodys by a couple of years. TeamProg Apr 25 #18
No question about it. Their synthesized sounds established them as forebears of electronica. ancianita Apr 25 #20
And they did it mostly without synthesizers. Bongo Prophet Apr 26 #24
Right? Their sense of ambience, long before the digital era, brought us long play music (which is why they were ancianita Apr 26 #26
It seems we share a similar journey through the ebb and flow of progressive music Bongo Prophet Apr 26 #27
Sounds like it, yes. I kept progressing, couldn't help myself, all the way from Revolver to ancianita Apr 26 #28
I used to play Days Of The Future Passed over and over. 58Sunliner Apr 25 #21
I was a latecomer DFW Apr 25 #22
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