Favorite use of Mellotron in a song

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

[Ghetto_Boy]

1. King Crimson... no doubt at all!

[redqueen]

2. Love Genesis

but had to go with KC on this one.

[XNASA]

3. "Hairless Heart" from Lamb immediately comes to mind.

But Heart of the Sunrise is a fave too. Guess any mellotron song with the word 'heart' in it does it for me.

[flamingyouth]

4. "Please Come Down" by the Bumps

A great '60s Seattle band. And the cover by the Marble Orchard also features mellotron, as does much of their Estrus release Savage Sleep.

Great thread, BTW. I play the harmonium. ;)

[MissouriTeacher]

5. Heart of the Sunrise

is the best song ever, mellotron or no.

Long live prog rock! :)

[Fovea]

6. I had to go with Yes

But KC and Moodies were close behind.
Heart of the Sunrise is such a phenominal song.

[HughBeaumont]

7. HOTS by Yes.

Then again, I'm biased because I saw Wakeman on the Union tour.

Any Nursery Cryme to Selling England By the Pound song is also killer as far as Mellotron (one of the greatest instruments ever created) usage goes.

"C'est La Vie" by ELP is another good one for the voice section.

[HughBeaumont]

HOTS by Yes.

Then again, I'm biased because I saw Wakeman on the Union tour.

Any Nursery Cryme to Selling England By the Pound song is also killer as far as Mellotron (one of the greatest instruments ever created) usage goes.

"C'est La Vie" by ELP is another good one for the voice section.

[HughBeaumont]

HOTS by Yes.

Then again, I'm biased because I saw Wakeman on the Union tour.

Any Nursery Cryme to Selling England By the Pound song is also killer as far as Mellotron (one of the greatest instruments ever created) usage goes.

"C'est La Vie" by ELP is another good one for the voice section.

[HughBeaumont]

HOTS by Yes.

Then again, I'm biased because I saw Wakeman on the Union tour.

Any Nursery Cryme to Selling England By the Pound song is also killer as far as Mellotron (one of the greatest instruments ever created) usage goes.

"C'est La Vie" by ELP is another good one for the voice section.

[HughBeaumont]

8. HOTS by Yes.

Then again, I'm biased because I saw Wakeman on the Union tour.

Any Nursery Cryme to Selling England By the Pound song is also killer as far as Mellotron (one of the greatest instruments ever created) usage goes.

"C'est La Vie" by ELP is another good one for the voice section.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Are you having computer problems?

:shrug:

[tigereye]

34. Hi Chavez

What's shakin?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. 5 dupes? I hope you cleaned up after yourself.

:evilgrin:

[HughBeaumont]

31. Can't clean up

No delete message function that I can see. I didn't mean to do that.

[Fenris]

12. Wow, 5 more posts than Yes deserves.

:evilgrin:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. Where the fuck have you been?

[Fenris]

14. Moving. And it sucked.

[flamingyouth]

17. But you're BACK and that's what matters most!

:loveya:

[Fenris]

18. Hooway!

:loveya:

[flamingyouth]

19. And you're in your new apartment!

And posting on the mellotron thread! Yay! :loveya:

[Fenris]

22. Isn't Mellotron the name of the angel that visited Santana?

:D

[flamingyouth]

26. Yes, with his little helper Harmonium!

:D

[Fenris]

27. Damn! An Harmonium joke!

You are good! :D

[Screaming Lord Byron]

28. What a weird Moog you're in.

[tigereye]

33. I love obscure musical instrument jokes

nice Moog, Byron, My husband has some funky synths,etc in the basement. A Roland and some old thing that required cords for patches. But not a Mellotron. How about Vibes?

[flamingyouth]

29. I'm sorry

Should I be bad?:evilgrin:

[flamingyouth]

15. ZING!

:D

[Fenris]

16. Ha! I knew I'd hear from you, babe.

:loveya:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

11. 'All You Pretty Girls' by XTC.

Or, 'Seagull Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her'

[XNASA]

21. Here, here. And I'd like to add....

That Gregsy's unacreditted mellotron on 'Easter Theater' from Apple Venus Vol. 1 deserves mention as well.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

24. Of course. I'd forgotten. Good catch.

That guy was a hell of a musician.

[jukes]

20. had to go w/ peppers

but the zombies came close. based soley on song, i had no idea you cd make music w/ an electric stove.

[chaska]

23. I will have Mellotron manufacturers literature on ebay soon.

Contact me if interested.

I remember the time I saw Yes in the 70's the concert was held up for a good hour becsue the Mellotron wouldn't work. Tempermental beasts.

I was just listening to 'Close to the Edge' not five minutes ago.

[flamingyouth]

32. I'm interested

Send me a PM when you have the info. Thanks!:hi:

[chaska]

25. The first album by a band called Angel is replete with Mellotron.

[tarkus]

30. I can't decide between Yes, King Crimson, and Genesis... NM

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