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fastguy101 Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Aug. 22 2005, 13:23 Robert A. Moog, whose self-named synthesizers turned electric currents into sound, revolutionizing music in the 1960s and opening the wave that became electronica, has died. He was 71. He influenced me in the early 70's. Back to top

bonkers Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Aug. 22 2005, 14:22 wow u scared me then i thought mike was dead :| i was just about to switch on the news   Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 22 2005, 14:26 Here's a eulogy to him. Unaltered lyrics from a song that I would say contains the most famous and prominent example of the Moog synth "as is": "Lucky Man" by Greg Lake He had white horses And ladies by the score All dressed in satin And waiting by the door Ooooh, what a lucky man he was Ooooh, what a lucky man he was White lace and feathers They made up his bed A gold covered mattress On which he was laid Ooooh, what a lucky man he was Ooooh, what a lucky man he was He went to fight wars For his country and his king Of his honor and his glory The people would sing Ooooh, what a lucky man he was Ooooh, what a lucky man he was A bullet had found him His blood ran as he cried No money could save him So he laid down and he died Ooooh, what a lucky man he was Ooooh, what a lucky man he was -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Tansy Group: Members Posts: 416 Joined: April 2005 Posted: Aug. 23 2005, 05:27 Very sad to hear this news much respect. Back to top

Wayfarer Group: Members Posts: 308 Joined: June 2002 Posted: Aug. 25 2005, 19:15 Bob Moog changed the music as we know it today. It's really the end of an era. Thanks Bob, wherever you may be, for those all new sounds. Btw, I guess if Moog's Taurus I and Taurus II synths have any relationship with Mike's songs apart of the same name... -- Wayfarer -------------- My homepage - www.thewayfarer.info My search - www.cannotbefound.com My community - www.taurusiv.net My luthier - www.artluthier.com Back to top

Dave Parry Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: July 2002 Posted: Aug. 26 2005, 09:28 The Minimoog (name rhymes with vogue) has a big sound and for it's time, it was the first compact synth to feature alot of the sounds from the massive Moog modular, which was a huge monstrosity used by the likes of Isao Tomita in 1972.  I have seen film footage of Bog Moog and he was a really cool, humorous guy, and he once said that some musicians really understood what the synth was doing on a molecular level.  Now that's far out man! -------------- Life is confusing Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: May 15 2015, 17:53 Dredging a topic out of the crypt.....(and wished I'd posted this before...) if anyone is in the Ithaca, NY area tomorrow, there is a day-long celebration of Bog Moog...he'd have been 81 as of next week. It's at the History Center and features music, talks, and the conclusion of the year-long MOOG exhibit. https://www.facebook.com/events/1581100925512142/ -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

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