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ancianita

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28. Sounds like it, yes. I kept progressing, couldn't help myself, all the way from Revolver to

Reply to Bongo Prophet (Reply #27)

Fri Apr 26, 2024, 02:40 AM

Apr 26

MB to Eno to EDM, dubstep and beyond.

My daughter was lead singer in the duo, Dirty, an ambient technopop thing she and her gay computer nerdy friend (he produced digital herpderp tv characters for the NFL's Monday night football) did in the studio and on a few big Chicago stages. Loved that period of music, got to see the Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, Moby, listened to Four Tet, Caribou, can't remember others...lol ... it's late, I must be tired...

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RIP, Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues. From his last album with the Moodies: One Step Into The Light, written/sung by Mike [View all] highplainsdem Apr 25 OP

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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