Crossposted at Dailykos.com Back during the British Invasion, in the mid to late 1960′s, the better bands wanted to bring something else to the audience than guitar and drums. Some use the Theremin, like the Beach Boys, some used a Moog, like the Beatles, and other used the Mellotron, like the Moody Blues. Of the [...]
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Crossposted at Dailykos.com This is my response to the diary posted by Kossack frankzappatista last night (this morning?). It is completely subjective, and just my preferences. Anyone is welcome to add their two cents worth, but it is unlikely that you will change my mind. But that is not the point.
There were several of them, but the best was Mark II. Mark I was OK, and had one hit called “Go Now”, but replacing the lead singer and guitar player with Justin Hayward and John Lodge was genius. Everyone remembers “Nights in White Satin”. Never reaching the end. Words that I’ve written, never meaning to [...]
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