moshkito wrote:   "Solo", in my book, is for the "hits" ... you don't go to see Turandot for one aria or solo. You don't go to see Clapton for one "solo" ... it's an idiotic idea. The issue is that we refuse to give rock music, and its many variations the credit it deserves as solid music that deserves consideration and mention in the history of music ... everyone here, talks about it as just another pop song with a bridge and a solo in it and nothign else ... and after a while that discussion, and THAT SONG are blank, boring, repetitious and have nothing to shake you with!   Why are you, and others, refusing to elevate teh music, when so much of it is way better than merely a pop song? Ohhh btw, Tangerine Dream is a bunch of fa****s and ugly old f**kers that can't play, since all they do during their shows is solo from beginning to the end ... !!!!

Rick Robson wrote: Le Orme - Sospesi Nell'incredibile (Felona & Sorona)   Everytime I listen to this wonder l never tire of saying: "This is fantastic!!" Such a sheer expression of deep feelings translated to a genuine "capo lavoro"!

yeah that album has spawned more 'just what was he playing' questions than any album I ever remember discussing.

the funny thing is Toni when asked about it... couldn't remember just what his keyboard setup was for that album

Rick Robson wrote: ^  hell yeah Micky! Maybe not even Toni himself remembers it anymore hahah

I doubt it... he has my email.. he never got back to me as he said he would if he remembered.

unless he forgot about me as well.. if you really remember.. you really weren't there.

So when do we get the Le Orme never existed thread?

of course I'm waiting for the 'Micky never existed' thread... I have no shame..I'm all into vanity man.  What if Micky never existed. What would this place be like?

Rick Robson wrote: micky wrote: Rick Robson wrote: ^  hell yeah Micky! Maybe not even Toni himself remembers it anymore hahah I doubt it... he has my email.. he never got back to me as he said he would if he remembered. unless he forgot about me as well.. if you really remember.. you really weren't there. So when do we get the Le Orme never existed thread?    I'm for it too!

Just what is the keyboard that opens up the album ?? I thought it was a mellotron many years ago, then a modified organ, now I'm thinking it's some distorted string synth....can't make my mind up......
........apparently, neither can Toni......

Haven't looked for a specific track solo but Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Nightingales and Bombers" album immediately came to mind relating to the Synthesizer.

Tom Ozric wrote: Rick Robson wrote: micky wrote: Rick Robson wrote: ^  hell yeah Micky! Maybe not even Toni himself remembers it anymore hahah I doubt it... he has my email.. he never got back to me as he said he would if he remembered. unless he forgot about me as well.. if you really remember.. you really weren't there. So when do we get the Le Orme never existed thread?    I'm for it too! Just what is the keyboard that opens up the album ?? I thought it was a mellotron many years ago, then a modified organ, now I'm thinking it's some distorted string synth....can't make my mind up...... ........apparently, neither can Toni......

  funny... I took that album to work with me today and had a great listen to it..it had been a long time since I had listened to it.. and I still can not figure what he was playing.  I do think that is one of the great mysteries of prog rock, I've never seen a definitive answer to it.

I really can't remember anything of that era that sounds anything like it, whereas later musicians had access to all kinds of new synths and sh*t to play with.  Basically you had a few primitive synths and a handful of organs and that was it. Maybe it was something done up special by Farfisa? Who knows. He doesn't remember that is for sure

^ Did Toni use Farfisa at all ?? I think I'm quite 'anal' (no - not in that way.....) about the source of obscure sounds produced by many of our beloved Prog bands, and this Felona thing has me quite stumped. I notice on the live album that Toni has the backing ripped off his, what looks like a Hammond, with all these wires hanging out of it. It's such a spacey, stringy sound I've heard nowhere else. Now, if Toni was too stoned to recall, I guess then, none of us will know. And it's an AMAZING sound which adds otherworldly texture to the piece.
I could go on for years about this subject - Ratledge, Stewart, Sinclair, DeCamps etc.
Why modern players don't incorporate these sounds and aural experiments these days ????

I think, for example, Jordan Rudess has his 'signature' sound - but it is almost like the equivalent to a shredding guitar. Same for Hans Lundin from Kaipa. Almost like a synth that emulates guitar. Recent Le Orme too.
I simply fall for unique sounds and how they are generated, what equipment/effects were used etc.
I'm dumbfounded Pagliuca can't recall what stuff he used. Hey, I'm messed-up and I can still pinpoint the first time I heard the song 'Babe' on the radio, and I was 7, on a camping trip with my Dad and Sister, and fishing of the shore of a place called Lakes Entrance. I even recall what I ate around then........ a thing called a Hamburger. I didn't eat meat until this point in time. The takeaway joint was called 'Chequers', and I was hooked. I digress.
All I can say is that the dope back then was more effective than in the late 80's - early 90's.........
Toni...........rack your brain, lots of us need to know..........

Opening "Felona and Sorona" sounds like a processed Hammond Organ.