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    Posted: May 13 2008 at 08:33
what are your favourite moments from the famous mellotron?

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1 Watcher of the skies - Genesis
2 Heart of the sunrise - Yes
3 Tommy - Focus
4 And you and I - Yes
5 Moonlight Knight - Genesis
6 Exit music - Radiohead
7 Gates of delirium - Yes
8 siberian khatru - Yes
9 Crimson king - king crimson
10 The Tourist - Radiohead
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Epitaph - King Crimson is the only one that matters. Maybe put Easy Money at no. 2.


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Lets get the Genesis masterpieces out of the way first..

Fly on a Windshield
Fountain of Salmacis
Entangled
Watcher of the Skies
Cinema Show
Los Endos

Land of Make Believe - The Moody Blues
Starless - King Crimson
Epitaph - King Crimson
Golden Void - Hawkwind
Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett
Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Sacred Sound - IQ (during the guitar solo)

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Originally posted by TGM: Orb TGM: Orb wrote:

Epitaph - King Crimson is the only one that matters. Maybe put Easy Money at no. 2.
 
Tend to agree - that memorable, gut wrenching shift in the Mellotron half way through its solo, said 'we mean business, the Moodys have been pussy footing about" when I heard first the album October-ish 1969.
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Originally posted by TGM: Orb TGM: Orb wrote:

Epitaph - King Crimson is the only one that matters.


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Yeesssss!  It's been too long since we've had one of these threads...but waddaya know, I'm pressed for time.  I'll be back later with a list "drenched in mellotron waves", LOLas Erik would've said...
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Originally posted by TGM: Orb TGM: Orb wrote:

Epitaph - King Crimson is the only one that matters. Maybe put Easy Money at no. 2.
 
Tend to agree - that memorable, gut wrenching shift in the Mellotron half way through its solo, said 'we mean business, the Moodys have been pussy footing about" when I heard first the album October-ish 1969.
 
Yeh, Yes, moody blues and genesis used the mellotron what it was meant for, recreating these large instruments. But KC whacked their mellotron Through like 2 Marshall stacks and Got that wonderful gritty sound that no other band had really
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As Blacksword's already mentioned "Entangled" I'll have to make do with the end of "Seven Stones".
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Lets get the Genesis masterpieces out of the way first..

Fly on a Windshield
Fountain of Salmacis
Entangled
Watcher of the Skies
Cinema Show
Los Endos


 
 
Firth of Fifth......Suppers Ready.......One for the Vine.....Eleventh Earl of Mar (just listen to that opening mellotron swell----one of the alltime hair on end mellotron moments)(who said prog was dead by 1977?)........Blood on the Rooftops
 
 
(btw, to the OP, its Moonlit Knight, not Moonlight Knight---its a play on wordsWink)


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Originally posted by Dr. Prog Dr. Prog wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Lets get the Genesis masterpieces out of the way first.. Fly on a Windshield Fountain of Salmacis Entangled Watcher of the Skies Cinema Show Los Endos

 

 

Firth of Fifth......Suppers Ready.......One for the Vine.....Eleventh Earl of Mar........Blood on the Rooftops


Chamber of 32 Doors....Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats.....Can Untility & the Coastliners (when the drums come in!)......Broadway melody of 1974...

Genesis are the Mellotron masters!
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Let's not forget Strawbs Geek
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You want to hear an album drenched with mellotron, get Barclay James Harvest's Live 1974 album. Every song is a mellotron fest. One of the all time best tron albums.
 
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1. Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies
2. King Crimson - In the Court Of The Crimson King
3. Genesis - Los Endos ( live)
4. Cliffhanger - Ragnarok
5. IQ - Widow's Peak
 
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More recently, Steve Wilson really plays the hell out of that mellotron on Opeth's Damnation.
 
On another note (and this may appear as shameless nationalitic publicity), I have just purchased and heard the firs CD edition of Quarteto 1111's classic Onde Quando Como Porquê Cantamos Pessoas Vivas and I have to say that, despite all the flaws, it's still one of the best mellotrons I've heard, and this remaster does a really good work showcasing it. Thumbs%20Up   
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No Yes or Genesis allowed, and only one per group
 
1. IQ - Widow's Peak (@ 1:19...one of my favorite parts in all of music that I can think of)
2. BJH - Summer Soldier and After the Day (...and Galadriel, these three showcase different ways the instrument can be used without even changing the tapes.  but basically the whole album is full of mellotron, it takes the lead most of the time)
 
3. The Moody Blues - everything...okay if I have to pick, I'll go with "Out and In"
4. Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song
5. King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (middle section and outtro)
6. PFM - L'isola di Niente
7. Morte Macabre - Opening Theme
8. Steve Hackett - Hands of the Priestess
9. Celeste - Principe di un Giorno (outtro)  Probably my "top 'tron" album, overall
10. Strawbs - Down by the Sea
11. VdGG - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers
12. La Maschera di Cera - Nuova Luce (the "climax", toward the end)
13. Osanna - Oro Caldo
14. Peter Hammill - Modern
15. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone
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^^^^man, that's a nice list until I got to that last oneLOL
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LOL C'mon, Skynyrd are alright, in small doses...and as long as there ain't any budweiser-guzzling dudes screaming "play freeeeaaabuuurd!!"
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Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

LOL C'mon, Skynyrd are alright, in small doses...and as long as there ain't any budweiser-guzzling dudes screaming "play freeeeaaabuuurd!!"
 
 
 
that alone has turned me off of Skynyrd permanently. Although its usually Pabst drinking dudes.
 
funny story about that--I saw the California Guitar Trio play in a small club a few months ago, and they said they would frequently have the wiseguys calling out "freeeeeebird" at their shows. So they actually decided to do an acoustic version of that song with 3 guitars that really kicks ass, and surprises the heck out of the wise guys. They also do Bohemian Rhapsody and Heart of the Sunrise on acoustic guitars that is amazing.
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^that sounds pretty cool, especially BR, that has to be tough to pull off.  The Freebird thing is actually fun to do, you just have to know the right time to yell it outLOL
 
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Points: 15745 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2008 at 17:59
The essential songs from W&W make W&W unique, these are:

-Eleventh earl of Mar
-One for the Vine
-Blood on the Rooftops
-Unquiet Slumbers
-In the quiet moments (?)

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