Originally posted by captain Russ:
Again, it's individual taste. Formerly cool 70's sounds are "cheesy" to some now, because of improvements in talent, available equipment...for a variety of reasons.
For some, everything Yamaha; past and present, is "cheesy".
Cheese is what you make it to be!
Russ (cheese ball) Lay
ok so it IS a personal reference....meaning some think so & some don't.....
for example the sounds a an older Fender Rhodes, DX7, is NOT cheesy....but lets say a Casio VL-1 IS...depending on who you talk to. I'm glad we sorted this all out
These people loved the casio VL-1 unit..
The VL-1 acquired enduring notability when the German band Trio used it in one of their songs, the "faux-Kraftwerk tune" "Da Da Da".[3] They used the Rock-1 rhythm preset and the Piano voice.
A similar rhythm preset, Rock-2, features in the first half of The Man Whose Head Expanded by The Fall, only to be cut short by Mark E. Smith's command to "turn that bloody blimey space invader off".
Industrial artist Monte Cazazza uses the VL-1's drum patterns on both sides of the Stairway to Hell / Sex Is No Emergency single (1982).
The music video for Thomas Dolby's hit "She Blinded Me With Science" shows a group of schoolchildren holding VL-1s during a dream sequence.
The Human League used the VL-1 for "Get Carter," a song on their album Dare.[4]
Le Casio, the final track on the album Vehicles and Animals by Athlete prominently features the VL-1's 'Fantasy' voice.
The VL-1 is used by death industrial act Brighter Death Now.
The Rock-1 and Rock-2 rhythms are heard on the track Stop/Start by The Assembly.
In 1995, "parsimonous" French singer/songwriter Dominique A used a minimum of instruments, including the VL-1 (called the "VL Tone" in the French press).[5][6]
The progressive electronica band Yip-Yip often uses the VL-1's distinctive beats.
Fergie's "Clumsy" also uses one of VL-1's beats.
On older Sakata (Australian rice cracker company) advertisements, the Rock-1 rhythm is used as a backing beat.
In one Homestar Runner cartoon, Strong Bad creates a "crazy cartoon" called "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes", in which he appears as a character, but with a VL-1 as a head.
The Rock-2 rhythm is used in the track "Who was That" by Deee-Lite.
2-D, from the band Gorillaz, says that his first keyboard was a Custom VL-1.
In Ecuador, the demo song of the VL-1 is played in a news program that broadcast in Radio Cristal Guayaquil called "desayúnese con las noticias"; the song is played daily on 7 30 AM.
British bubblegum-pop duo Mogul used the VL-Tone extensively throughout their early recordings, including a female vocal-led version of 'Roll With It'.
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