I think I remember that footage - it was from the prison concert scene in
"Roger & Me".
A-ha masked out the "Yam" from their DX-7s, and I recall the B-52s featured
a synth that said "ola" on the back.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:47 PM, John Neilson <
jneil@...> wrote:
> >
> > it used to really bug me that TV shows like Top of the Pops etc would
> > put black tape over the graphics to prevent advertising on the BBC. i
> > thought they should carve guitars into basically the same shape and
> > put black tape over their heads too! it's only fair.
> >
> > what's everyone's favourite back panel? i think the first Emulator
> > has a rad one. also Moog Source and... Prophet VS.
>
> My favorite was the synth doctored with a piece of electrician's tape
> to say "Poland".
>
> I guess some people are sensitive about unpaid endorsements on stage.
>
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