Google Doodle for Bob Moog B'day

[bartman]

Googles home page pays homage to Mr Moog!
No need for an Animoog app......:P;)
Pretty cool I thought...
Bartman

[jjjnettie]

:D :D Thanks Bart.

[Omaroo]

That's nuts! It even records. :thumbsup: Cheers Bart! LOL

[Octane]

Brilliant. :)

I'll be listening to Klaus Schulze in honour today.

H

[AstralTraveller]

I saw Tangerine Dream in the mid-70, though I think that was after Schulz left. They never spoke through the entire gig so I don't know who was who. The middle player had a huge synth - it could have been a 3P but I suspect it was a Modular 55. I don't remember what the others played (in fact I don't remember much at all).

When you are finished with Klaus you can move on to Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Pink Floyd, Herbie Hancock, lots of 70's funk etc etc. In the late 60's and into the 70's the synth (mostly Moog) and the mellotron changed the sound of music.

[Octane]

I was listening to Rick the other day. I pulled out one of his new(er) albums, Out There, that I hadn't listened to for a few years. Has Damian Wilson doing vocals. I adore his voice so much!

H

[gary]

Not to mention arguably the most influential Moog
synthesizer album of all time, Wendy (then Walter) Carlos and Rachel
Elkind's Switched-On Bach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-On_Bach), which was released in March 1968.

For those old enough to remember, this was a seminal work
that helped broaden the popularization of music played on
a synthesizer. It became the largest selling classical
album of all time, selling half a million copies and by March
1969 reached the Billboard Top 10 and was in the Top 40 for
17 weeks. It went on to win three Grammies.

It may seem strange now that "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
in G Major - Allegro" could somehow manage to get airtime
on pop radio stations at the time, but it is important
to remember the context of the times. We were going to
the Moon and in the minds of many, this was the new
exotic and exciting sound of a new modern era.

[jjjnettie]

You may find this interesting. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usl_TvIFtG0

[AstralTraveller]

I remember it well. My grandfather loved it. Consequentially I hated it. I wonder what I would think of it now? Probably still think the orchestra sounded better.

[lacad01]

I love "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" :thumbsup: