The Mellotron: Famous Songs!

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  • Here are some of the songs that made the Mellotron famous! Watch Dom in action as he performs the Beatle's famous intro of Strawberry Fields Forever.
    If you haven't already check our other video about the Mellotron:
    • The Mellotron In Action
    Songs Played In The Video:
    2:26 Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
    3:19 Space Oddity - David Bowie
    4:07 Cryptorchid - Marilyn Manson
    5:02 Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
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  • @venomslair137
    @venomslair137 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1757

    You can't say Progressive Rock without Mellotron.

    • @harley-zh3jk
      @harley-zh3jk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      progressive rock without mellotron

    • @Lelik147
      @Lelik147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@harley-zh3jk oof

    • @markc7175
      @markc7175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I grew up half a mile from the mellotron workshop (you couldn't call it a factory!) In Aldridge,Walsall. An honour!!!

    • @ryangillis4215
      @ryangillis4215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Progressive rock without mellotron, which was made at the factory in Aldridge, Walsall

    • @fattburger6801
      @fattburger6801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Not without the Hammond organ either

  • @GiorgioGrano
    @GiorgioGrano 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1490

    Strawberry Fields Forever... What an amazing song...

    • @FOTHER_MUCKER
      @FOTHER_MUCKER 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Giorgio Grano the intro

    • @SgtReinhardt
      @SgtReinhardt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Let me take you down cause im going to Strawberry Fields

    • @aguacan
      @aguacan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No !

    • @user-zj8jn3hs6f
      @user-zj8jn3hs6f 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The … ellipses … really make you sound … zoned out :)

    • @finley1578
      @finley1578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Masterpiece

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean 2 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    That warbly, distorted sounds is what makes the mellotron one of my favorite instruments. I love how creepy it can sound.

  • @paulsomers5356
    @paulsomers5356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    I don’t care what anyone says... that circle of fifths improvisation at 4:43 was the best part of the video.

    • @osacagatos4179
      @osacagatos4179 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What did he played?

    • @SergiMedina
      @SergiMedina ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@osacagatos4179 Yeah, was that an existing song? Because I loved it!

    • @hannahl.9614
      @hannahl.9614 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It sounded like a Tally Hall song!

    • @andikris4685
      @andikris4685 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hannahl.9614 do you have any idea what the title of the song is?

    • @hannahl.9614
      @hannahl.9614 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@andikris4685 My Mind Electric

  • @larkstonguesinaspic4814
    @larkstonguesinaspic4814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3037

    Video on Mellotron without mentioning King Crimson and Moody Blues?

    • @rickenbacker12
      @rickenbacker12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Yeah!!! And Michael Pinder is the Mellotron god.

    • @BassicVIC
      @BassicVIC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Larks' Tongues In Aspic
      I know!!! 😒😒😒😒

    • @BassicVIC
      @BassicVIC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The recorders intro of Stairway To Heaven.

    • @Ophiuchus123456789
      @Ophiuchus123456789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      And no mention of one person who used it tons:
      Brian Jones.

    • @carlhursh8910
      @carlhursh8910 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      or Genesis

  • @brianskafica328
    @brianskafica328 5 ปีที่แล้ว +866

    "Strawberry Fields Forever" is truly my favorite Beatles track thanks to the Mellotron. I have a book about this famous sampler keyboard that made music history by introducing "underground" music.

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Shame he didn't play it right...

    • @althealligator1467
      @althealligator1467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mr. Kite for me

    • @liadshirav9381
      @liadshirav9381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Every time i hear that sound i get sentimental

    • @oliverrickard9970
      @oliverrickard9970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He played it wrong though

    • @AndyWardle
      @AndyWardle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There’s a video of actual McCartney playing the same thing on TH-cam. It’s a 10 second clip. He even stars singing

  • @recemarkou3223
    @recemarkou3223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1437

    Mellotron famous songs:
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    Strawberry Fields Forever

    • @meganjones3356
      @meganjones3356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ...... Space Oddity - David Bowie is even better imo

    • @recemarkou3223
      @recemarkou3223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Megan Jones David Bowie is better than The Beatles?

    • @meganjones3356
      @meganjones3356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@recemarkou3223 where did I say that David Bowie is simply better than the Beatles? they are both iconic and probably the best artists to walk this earth! but you were eluding to the fact that the only famous mellotron song is strawberry fields forever (which of course is incredible) but I disagree with this! imo the use of the mellotron on space oddity is even more iconic than strawberry fields forever. That's the beauty of music different people hear different things!

    • @recemarkou3223
      @recemarkou3223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Megan Jones oh sorry i misread your comment (hence the question mark), but I’d have to disagree anyway i vaguely remember the mellotron in Space Oddity (a great song though)... imo

    • @meganjones3356
      @meganjones3356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Bowie was inspired to use it because of The Beatles which is awesome, I think that's why I like the way he uses it, because he pushes it into a more modern sound especially with the experimental song structure and lift off sounds etc in the song

  • @papertheproducer
    @papertheproducer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +566

    3:27 Im wearing open back headphones and this whistle sounded too real...didnt expect it andscared the shit outta me.

    • @nevsil
      @nevsil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Paper The Producer me too

    • @BoomJitsu
      @BoomJitsu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Dude! I looked over to my left like “who’s in my room”! Lol

    • @educostanzo
      @educostanzo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Same here, I almost jumped from bed because someone's whistling behind me lol

    • @juppster5694
      @juppster5694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same here!! :-O

    • @SamuIvory
      @SamuIvory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      my god. I Jumped so hard on that one. Actually thought someone was there whistling behind me. HELL MY DOOR IS OPEN *HEARTBEATS FAST BRUH*

  • @mellowtron214
    @mellowtron214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I’m a drummer and my favorite instrument is the mellotron. King Crimsons “in the wake of Poseidon” is the song that always comes to mind when I think of the mellotron.
    I actually met a guy down here in Texas who had a functioning mello and he showed me the wild ass tape loop set up and played it for me, it was genuinely magical.
    I can’t think of a more organic, warm, earthy, almost angelic choir sounding instrument than the Mellotron.

    • @raineveeraine
      @raineveeraine ปีที่แล้ว

      i was looking for a king crimson mention, but don't forget I talk to the wind. Whenever i find something with a mellotron tone on it i play that and Strawberry fields lmao

  • @TryptychUK
    @TryptychUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    The Mellotron on "Space Oddity" was played by Rick Wakeman.
    He fairly recently ceremoniously took his 'Tron out into a field and set it alight.
    The are both the most hideously monstrous and unreliable Heath Robinson contraption ever invented on the face of the earth, but equally one of the most sublime, beautiful and distinctive instruments ever built.

    • @ace-smith
      @ace-smith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn't that just how it be

    • @zachhaywood1564
      @zachhaywood1564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I just wonder why he would do that instead of selling it to a serious collector or donating it to a museum.

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zachhaywood1564 Because at the time they weren't highly regarded, and he was just sick of it.

    • @zachhaywood1564
      @zachhaywood1564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TryptychUK Do you know when exactly this was? I'm a big Yes fan, so I'm always eager to know more about the members' individual careers.

    • @TryptychUK
      @TryptychUK 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zachhaywood1564 TBH, I am not exactly sure, but it would have been after he got all his Tron sounds sampled. I did something similar for Tony Banks. Probably late 80's at a guess.

  • @patricklynch1962
    @patricklynch1962 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I was introduced to the Mellotron as a kid in the 60's when Nights In White Satin came out in 1967. Was hooked forever on the way Mike Pinder of the The Moody Blues made that instrument absolutely magical.

    • @JacobGorny
      @JacobGorny 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Moodies captured the capabilities of so many electronic instruments in ways never imagined by the inventors.

    • @ReflectiveSmile
      @ReflectiveSmile 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Can't believe he didn't mention the Moody Blues.

    • @phi1688
      @phi1688 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Also weird that King Crimson isn’t on here either :(

  • @ilabelle1
    @ilabelle1 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I love the sound of mellotrons. They still sound really cool in a retro steampunk way. When it comes to mellotron pieces, Watcher of the Skies and In the Court of the Crimson King have got to be the best use of a mellotron ever. Tony Banks in particular could come up with great mellotron parts. Very cool.

    • @jaydanleymusic
      @jaydanleymusic ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fly On A Windshield

    • @carlteacherman194
      @carlteacherman194 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not Heath Robinson, but Eric Robinson (and David Nixon)...! 😃

  • @RetroPlus
    @RetroPlus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    What an absolutely gorgeous instrument, it's actually incredible that something like this exists.

  • @jimjenkins003
    @jimjenkins003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    I bought one of these in 1972. Probably one of the first in the US. When mine reached the end of the tape or tapes it just stopped and didn't make the horrible sounds this one makes. The only problem was you could be playing on stage and the motor speed could change and it would go out of tune. Good thing my pitch perception was good back then because I would turn the pitch knob and bring it back in tune while we played. I remember my band played In the Court of the Crimson King and In the Wake of Poseidon. I wish I could go back to those days.

    • @devintariel3769
      @devintariel3769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm guessing temperature especially from lights and things on stage could cause even more issues

    • @zachhaywood1564
      @zachhaywood1564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think those bad sounds are due to generational loss like how a VHS tape loses image and sound quality over time.

    • @mattikari9162
      @mattikari9162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly, this unit needs a little TLC.

    • @telegenicz
      @telegenicz ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What was ur bands name?

    • @verdatum
      @verdatum ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've read many reports that touring with a Mellotron was a nightmare. Every one sounded a little different, and if you could afford it, you would tour with one or more backups and used whichever sounded best on that particular day.
      Adding to this, many of the more progressive bands would hack the living daylights out of their machines to make them do things like play the samples backwards, or use custom tape-loops.

  • @Fygee
    @Fygee ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Genesis - Entangled is my all-time favorite use of it. I don't think any other songs, legendary as they are, come close.

    • @teemusid
      @teemusid ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Watcher of the Skies. Intros usually hit harder than outros, although if you call the long instrumental section that ends Cinema Show an outro, that is not the case.

  • @carlossmith7969
    @carlossmith7969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    2:26 Strawberry Fields Forever

  • @jakehawkinsmusic
    @jakehawkinsmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +541

    oh my god that whistle applause at 3:30 sent me to the hospital with a cardiac arrest

    • @RetroPlus
      @RetroPlus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I know, one second i was just chilling and admiring a gorgeous instrument and suddenly I hear a "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEWW"

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You're not alone. Was thinking about going to bed. Now I have too much adrenaline flowing to do so...

    • @igotsomespace
      @igotsomespace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @ Same!, I am in a dark room with just the glow from the white TH-cam background to light the room, I was wearing headphones and jumped because it felt like someone was cheering from behind my chair, and confused the ever living hell out of me while also scaring me lol

    • @hakonsoreide
      @hakonsoreide 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah... I jumped at that too. Excellent stereo imaging.

    • @davidlabarr
      @davidlabarr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Holy shit. I read this and still jumped.

  • @JasonNation72
    @JasonNation72 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Two great mellotron songs - Led Zeppelin's "The Rain Song" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" That instrument is a bonafide tone setter for those two classic tunes.

    • @bderrick4944
      @bderrick4944 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Rain Song still remains the most beautiful usage of the mellotron ever in my opinion.

    • @ThatHuskyisCrazy
      @ThatHuskyisCrazy ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In the Court of the Crimson King and The Land of Make Believe are my two favorite Mellotron songs.

    • @BluesCat1980
      @BluesCat1980 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah, Strawberry Firlds is the best.

    • @JasonNation72
      @JasonNation72 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@BluesCat1980 I actually forgot about that one, which is a good choice.

  • @waetos
    @waetos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Being a piano tuner/technician I'm often called out to recording studios. One of my clients has one of these. It's an awesome instrument.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    With that 60s tech on the tape is has that distinct lo-fi sound to it. And when the tape fizzles out after holding it to the end could even be used on purpose.
    Truly a wonderful instrument.

  • @jeromios
    @jeromios 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1994

    Lmao what the hell was up with that cheering? Felt like I was watching Eric Andre

    • @holnrew
      @holnrew 5 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      It took me by surprise and made me jump

    • @Epicdps
      @Epicdps 5 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Hey Hannibal! This aint your mama's mellotron!

    • @keyblok
      @keyblok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I looked around to see wtf was going on around me

    • @papas_lapas
      @papas_lapas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Baron VonsFuden me to, I had headphones on, stoned in a quiet room, scared the crap out of me. Lol

    • @atlantaguitar9689
      @atlantaguitar9689 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yea but without Hannibal

  • @floyd_2426
    @floyd_2426 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1288

    In The Court Of The Crimson King?!?!?

    • @unknown772
      @unknown772 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Epitaph

    • @VMBFV
      @VMBFV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      And also "Starless".

    • @Tulase
      @Tulase 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

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    • @A_Saucerful_of_Secrets
      @A_Saucerful_of_Secrets 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Watcher of the Skies- Genesis?

    • @masicbemester
      @masicbemester 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      -JoJo or Dark Tower?-

  • @susanmonagan7699
    @susanmonagan7699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    You just need to know that that sound did not come from Coolio, it came from Stevie Wonder. Coolio sampled it. Stevie's song is "Pastime Paradise"

    • @onenamlit3861
      @onenamlit3861 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      THANK YOU! It's a sad fact that there's a generation of listeners (and even musicians) who have no idea Stevie Wonder wrote this song. On the bright side: maybe some hip-hoppers got turned on to vintage Stevie by Coolio's sample.

  • @chrislynch8128
    @chrislynch8128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Mike Pinder and the mellotron were the heart and soul of the Moody Blues’ first several albums.

  • @cosmo1eleven855
    @cosmo1eleven855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Dude you can't forget the Moody Blues "Nights In White Satin". That and Strawberry Fields intro are by far the best. And Mike Pinder of the Moody's actually worked on Mellotrons at their factory before playing for the the Moody's. He could fix it when it broke down in concerts.

  • @nirc6501
    @nirc6501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "The scratching of a Mellotron, it always seemed to make her cry...
    Well, maybe she remembers us collecting space up in the sky" Porcupine Tree

  • @Loupiot
    @Loupiot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    King Crimson's "In the court of the crimson king"! Mellotron festival! 😉

  • @RichAcocellaProject
    @RichAcocellaProject ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Watcher of the Skies" Greatest mellotron solo ever. I did a cover of it on my channel. Also "And You and I", YES. That mellotron break is sacred!

  • @elijahcarr4137
    @elijahcarr4137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    1:33 a cat died in the keyboard

    • @Sixta16
      @Sixta16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      definitely best comment here :D

    • @aboldone3991
      @aboldone3991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Кошка застряла в трубе

    • @mrstandfast2212
      @mrstandfast2212 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still alive I think, but in pain.

    • @090nj2
      @090nj2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂

    • @elijahcarr4137
      @elijahcarr4137 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrstandfast2212 hope it's ok

  • @ma1nsun
    @ma1nsun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +404

    3:26 I was a little scared :D

    • @funguy8801
      @funguy8801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      LOUD NOISES !!!

    • @VMBFV
      @VMBFV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Hahahaha, me too, I even turned back to see if there was someone else in the room!

    • @MrAfusensi
      @MrAfusensi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Holly crap it really felt like someone was cheering behind me.

    • @stockmanager
      @stockmanager 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      thought my friends had came in the room saw me watching the video and for some reason started hootering and hollering behind me

    • @GrouchyGander
      @GrouchyGander 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I live alone, so that freaked the hell out of me!

  • @UCS0608
    @UCS0608 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As a Genesis-fan since 1972 I am the proud owner of a Mellotron M-400 with cello, flute and strings and a taperack with mixed choir, brass and strings. 😄

    • @mintegral1719
      @mintegral1719 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm jealous! Someday I'd love to own a real one, but I definitely can't afford one now.

    • @Raggo12345
      @Raggo12345 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So cool!

  • @miguelampudia3808
    @miguelampudia3808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is my favorite “synth” ever, the sound is just so rich

  • @hakonsoreide
    @hakonsoreide 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    When you started singing Space Oddity, I got a fright as the people suddenly cheering sound like they're just behind you and a little to the left when listening on headphones - which is where the door to my room is. It sounded like someone was actually there. So, excellent stereo imaging in your sound recording there, I must say.

    • @paulshuttleworth6261
      @paulshuttleworth6261 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Me too, 1 am in bed. Nearly shat myself!

    • @raineveeraine
      @raineveeraine ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@paulshuttleworth6261 i really truly hope you didn't

  • @rebilacx
    @rebilacx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1714

    why are the lights pointed at the camera?

    • @unclevova3582
      @unclevova3582 5 ปีที่แล้ว +915

      To light up the viewers room

    • @emanuelezamboni6782
      @emanuelezamboni6782 5 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      They're backlights, they separate the subject from the background, as you can see on the sides of his face

    • @tom_something
      @tom_something 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      What Emanuele Zamboni said, especially since you've got black clothes and black hair on a black background. He'd just be a floating face with two ghostly arms.

    • @rckstr1123
      @rckstr1123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      When you find a hole in the plot.

    • @Hybrid330i
      @Hybrid330i 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Because fucken rock lights!

  • @vtcabbit
    @vtcabbit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    this kitschy little instrument will always have a special place in my heart

  • @plimbo7728
    @plimbo7728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    2:18 “And I guess you probably know what I’m gonna play!”
    *HERE IN THE GARDEN*

  • @Russocass
    @Russocass 5 ปีที่แล้ว +578

    Watcher of the skies, in the court of the crimson king, stairway to heaven

    • @Klurpaderp
      @Klurpaderp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😍😍

    • @marziomoretti6167
      @marziomoretti6167 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      JRussoC yes, Genesis!!

    • @Walt023
      @Walt023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Was thinking the same thing with Watcher,, Crimson King another great one.

    • @phi6337
      @phi6337 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @JRussoC YASSS!!

    • @robbieclark7828
      @robbieclark7828 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I really love “Seven Stones” also by Genesis. Incredible mellotron solo on that song just takes m away when I hear it.

  • @mrbr4587
    @mrbr4587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In 1977 I watched a Genesis concert here in Brazil and was magnetized by the sound of Tony Banks keyboards, and the sound of Mellotron.

  • @JojoTheVulture
    @JojoTheVulture 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1:29 I quite like that effect, it can be used to abruptly end a song or something along those lines

  • @frogunrua
    @frogunrua 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Why does everyone forget about Past Time Paradise by Stevie Wonder? It's always Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio instead

    • @MichaelTurner856
      @MichaelTurner856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I didn't know it was sampled haha

    • @thatsthewayitis1
      @thatsthewayitis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      EXACTLY!!! that was the beginning of the idiot generation we see today...that doesnt know anything that existed before the internet.

    • @MichaelTurner856
      @MichaelTurner856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@thatsthewayitis1 that's not true bro you're making a really big deal out of a god damm Stevie Wonder sample. I'm 13 and I know about a lot of shit before the Internet. You need to stop playing into stereotypes that most of the time are not true. I could call you a stupid old man that doesn't know anything about the internet or this generation and is too ignorant and lazy to try to learn anything beyond what you already know. Now that may or may not be true but I'm just giving into the stereotype you give off. Which as you can hopefully see isn't a very fun thing to see happen to you. All I'm trying to say is stop being such a cunt and assuming shit about a generation that you very obviously don't know anything about.
      My old engilish teacher ounce said that to assume is to make an ass out of u and me, so please for the sake of evreyone in the world th-cam.com/video/l60MnDJklnM/w-d-xo.html

    • @thatsthewayitis1
      @thatsthewayitis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MichaelTurner856 did you just think you could tell me about the word 'assume!?" LOLOL
      WOW!! Ive never HEARD that before!!! LOLOL
      i rest my case. thank you for sharing! LOL

    • @MichaelTurner856
      @MichaelTurner856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thatsthewayitis1 th-cam.com/video/j5a0jTc9S10/w-d-xo.html

  • @allanlimaverde6201
    @allanlimaverde6201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I didn’t know this instrument, now I’m in love with it

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Watcher Of The Skies
      The Fountain Of Salmacis
      Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats
      The Court Of The Crimson King
      A little taste of the mellotron for you =D

    • @arno-luyendijk4798
      @arno-luyendijk4798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And have I got a surprise for you; the Mel 9 effect pedal replicates these sounds from your guitar amp, and it also responds on your playing style. Go and try one. All of these sounds and 6 more can be played with that sound beauty.

    • @sandenson
      @sandenson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ze_rubenator Somehow you managed to not mention Epitaph.

  • @mauriciocatena2930
    @mauriciocatena2930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    you could also had played "Exit music for a film" with the last sound,very cool video,cheers!!!

    • @mayflower2370
      @mayflower2370 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      And a lot of other bits from OK Computer

    • @alistair2111
      @alistair2111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the very first riff on the album is doubled with mellotron cellos! it's subtle but you'll never unhear it

    • @MatterofFats
      @MatterofFats 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was going to say the same!

    • @gabo9986
      @gabo9986 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was the main reason I came to see this video

  • @sheepdavis
    @sheepdavis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for playing Cryptorchid!!!!!

  • @pietervanniekerk4453
    @pietervanniekerk4453 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am from Zimbabwe , Live in South Africa now, back in Rhodesia, 1974 I owned a Music shop. I would buy and sell music instruments, guitars, wind, drums and amplifiers. Having an electronics back round, I built & repaired amplifiers , organs and sting instruments.
    One day I received a call from the owner of an another music shop in the city , ( Salisbury ) asking if i f i could repair a mellotron that had been dropped while a touring band ( The Flames ) was off loading the instrument. I said sure, I would try , they brought it around . A two days later , I called them back , asked them to collect it . I had managed to repair and re-line the heads.
    I was given an invitation to a live show by band.
    One of the first LP's I bought was by the "Moody Blues " , Mike Pinder played the mellotron.
    Although it was purely accidental incident that brought the mellotron to my shop , will always consider it a privilege to have been able to work on such a beautiful sounding instrument forty nine years ago.
    As a matter of interest , Klemt, Watkens, and Dynacord , to name a few manufactured echo - reverb units that the used a tape with multiple heads to create echos.

  • @jeanbonnefoy1377
    @jeanbonnefoy1377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    and the Moody Blues? Where are they? So many tracks with Mike Pinder on the Mellotron (normal: at that time, he had worked at the factory and helped build and improve that wonderful machine...!

    • @morainin
      @morainin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Moodies had so many good tracks with the Mellotron.

    • @jeanbonnefoy1377
      @jeanbonnefoy1377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@morainin ; they're definitely the band that used it the most: In practically all tracks on their first 8 albums! (with Mike Pinder then Patrick Moraz). Crimson and Genesis follow suit but far behind.

    • @martinpitts3861
      @martinpitts3861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      it's my understanding that Pinder introduced The Beatles to it which pretty much set it on the road to being a popular pop and rock instrument.

    • @jeanbonnefoy1377
      @jeanbonnefoy1377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@martinpitts3861 : right, Pinder befriended many rock and pop musicians in the late 60s, and thus it did a lot promoting the Mellotron m

    • @tihzho
      @tihzho 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Exactly! Without Mike Pinder this video wouldn't exist!

  • @mikew8552
    @mikew8552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Rick Wakeman used the Mellotron with the Mini Moog to make some very iconic music both with Yes and his own recordings. He also made his own tapes which are still used today as samplings on the new, all electronic Memotron.

  • @joaquinlezcano2372
    @joaquinlezcano2372 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The fact that you have to press hard the keys makes you wonder how awesome were Mike Pinder, Tony Banks and Ian McDonald to come up with those sounds

  • @tankediatriba
    @tankediatriba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The moment he started playing SFF my finger automatically pressed like button.

  • @joesycamore2899
    @joesycamore2899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    No video on the Mellotron is complete without The Moody Blues. Mike Pinder pioneered many of the sounds of the Mellotron

    • @norms3913
      @norms3913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mike pinder perfected it

    • @norms3913
      @norms3913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mike pinder started off with the Chamberlain then switched to the mellotron

    • @gaycha6589
      @gaycha6589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Strawbs

    • @eduardoalcala7628
      @eduardoalcala7628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mike Pinder introduced McCartney and Lennon to the Mellotron and King Crimson used it because of Mike on the Moody Blues so you can imagine how important he is in this regard

    • @jassie138
      @jassie138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eduardoalcala7628 And King Crimson used it to define a genre. But I guess they don't matter as much as 'that one Beatles song' does.

  • @Estebansito
    @Estebansito 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    4:03 I applaud the reference to marilyn manson and trent reznor. I as well did not know that part was played on a mellotron

    • @stompboxcoverband9404
      @stompboxcoverband9404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love that song on antichrist album! I as well did not know it was a mellotron.

    • @gilbertfrausto
      @gilbertfrausto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of my favorite tracks on the record for sure!

    • @TheAquaClone
      @TheAquaClone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I got goosebumps when he started playing it and sung along :) Its so awesome, it took me back when i listened mm quite a lot. The lyrics are also used in antichrist superstar.

  • @dawge30
    @dawge30 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Introducing and explaining the Mellotron to a younger generation, and having the time of his life... I love it. Thanks for sharing.

  • @stephengarratt5076
    @stephengarratt5076 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    And German electronic band Tangerine Dream had Mellotron featuring very heavily in their earlier albums, particularly Atem, Phaedra and Rubycon.

  • @-The-Darkside
    @-The-Darkside 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm loving these synth videos followed by famous songs and presets.

  • @lunamisynth6051
    @lunamisynth6051 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    4:08 Cryptorchid by MM! Amazing! Well done guys not only your playing is phenomenal but you also know your stuff ;)

  • @mintegral1719
    @mintegral1719 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found out about the Mellotron a couple months ago and I've been absolutely obsessed ever since. What a cool and beautiful instrument!!!

  • @Lanwarder
    @Lanwarder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Seriously, I love experimenting with mellotrons, but every now and then it's like I'm finding my sense of wonder again and I can appreciate Strawberry fields forever for the amazing song it is...such a perfect use of the instrument

  • @jamesbarton894
    @jamesbarton894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Don't forget Watcher Of The Skies, Stairway To Heaven and other songs that uses the Mellotron keyboard.

    • @CurtisBooksMusic
      @CurtisBooksMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stairway to heaven doesn't use it ( except live, but that doesn't count)

    • @awaken77
      @awaken77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CurtisBooksMusic stairway intro played on the real recorder in the studio. But in The Rain Song, John Paul Jones played 'tron

    • @theclearsounds3911
      @theclearsounds3911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lots of songs on Wind And Wuthering, too. Tony Banks was an absolute master of the mellotron.

  • @RoseRinged
    @RoseRinged 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for
    Opening up the box, never knew it was tape inside haha, how sick!

  • @randykern1842
    @randykern1842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Mellotron is an absolutely fabulous instrument-that second voice you demonstrated is like the sound of nature itself

  • @SMIZZART
    @SMIZZART 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Been coming back to this video for years. Love your energy man!

  • @Tacsmoker
    @Tacsmoker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    the mellotron always makes the player smile, on every video i watch lol,
    cheers Doc great clip!

    • @georgeursitti6549
      @georgeursitti6549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's probably the reason the Moodys always made me smile...

  • @Ramshackled17
    @Ramshackled17 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great video, thanks! Mellotron is of the coolest things ever made. It reminds me more King Crimson than anything else! And not forgeting the Stairway to Heaven flute.

    • @fuzzfizz
      @fuzzfizz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      On stairway to heaven, JPJ played recorder, 4 parts. He only played the mellotron live.

    • @TheAxel65
      @TheAxel65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yup, and NO King Crimson songs, like _Starless_ ? wtf?

  • @kevinmcdonald9244
    @kevinmcdonald9244 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The gift with all these instruments is making the best of them, and some including Dr. Mix are great at that!

  • @LysanderLH
    @LysanderLH 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s such a pleasure to watch you guys really enjoying yourselves.

  • @specterkoenoldaccount5102
    @specterkoenoldaccount5102 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I only knew the Mellotron from Genesis's early years, I had no clue it had this kind of range.

    • @ChadMojito
      @ChadMojito 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      WAT
      CHER
      OF
      THE
      SKIES
      WATCHER OF ALL!

    • @lou6977
      @lou6977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ChadMojito taratattattattatataradada. taratattattattatataradada. tun ta tattaaaaa and so on in 6/8.

    • @anthouligan1907
      @anthouligan1907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ChadMojito DUDE, you're the last person I would ever expect on here

    • @anthouligan1907
      @anthouligan1907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ChadMojito been following you pages for a good year and a half

    • @ChadMojito
      @ChadMojito 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anthouligan1907 very nice

  • @DX5
    @DX5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The mighty mellotron. I love when the engine struggles to spin at 01:35. :)

  • @sloper1827
    @sloper1827 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found out about the Mellotron because Ben Folds used it on his "Way to Normal" album and wanted to know more about it. This video just put a huge smile on my face! Thank you for making my day!

  • @davidkreider942
    @davidkreider942 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is so amazingly awesome! Thank you for sharing this beautiful sound !

  • @gcoudert
    @gcoudert 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The lead sound on OMD’s ‘Maid of Orleans’ is also a Mellotron (violins). Then there’s King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ and many Moody Blues tracks and... and...

  • @SpawnoftheEd
    @SpawnoftheEd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your total enthusiasm for playing these classics and showing a very interesting instrument.

  • @theburkett67
    @theburkett67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such an enjoyable tone. It makes me think of sitting by the fire on a cold and rainy night, tucked in nice and cozy.

  • @ale8n
    @ale8n 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Apart from Crimson, Genesis, and others, Opeth uses a lot Mellotron. Since Damnation that they’re using mellotron, influenced by Steven Wilson. Check the chorus of To Rid The Disease, absolutely awesome trip.

  • @difquin
    @difquin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Cryptorchid was a lovely surprise! Such a super-creepy track 🖤

  • @theextremeanimator4721
    @theextremeanimator4721 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ive been looking for this video for freaking MONTHS now!

  • @maxsullivanroyall9069
    @maxsullivanroyall9069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That thing gives me goosebumps on every sound I'm in love 😍

  • @TuxraGamer
    @TuxraGamer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'll never regret watching this one, I mean, his charisma is impressive.

  • @TimLeeSongs
    @TimLeeSongs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Definitely check out the Moody Blues if you get chance, some awesome Mellotron playing.

  • @stephensparks9350
    @stephensparks9350 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude that was awesome!😃 thank you!

  • @djnofly
    @djnofly 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mellotrons are awesome!!! Thanks for the demo

  • @Steedonline
    @Steedonline 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Best keyboard ever ! Mellotron rules !

  • @matte6352
    @matte6352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    If Trent was playing the mellotron, that means it was literally the exact same one used for SGT Pepper’s. He bought it from Yoko.

    • @noelsamuels6727
      @noelsamuels6727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Not true. The one used on Sgt Pepper was a rental unit - long gone in the trash now. Trent had access to another one used by Lennon which was housed at the Record Plant where he was recording, and briefly used it. Trent never owned it.

    • @frophigo5712
      @frophigo5712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The fallacy of Matt's statement has been proven. He is sentenced to become a youtuber for the next five years.

    • @travisbeck8184
      @travisbeck8184 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like your profile pic Matt E. The Wall movie

    • @brushuk
      @brushuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      paul mccartney owns the original mellotron from abbey road..

    • @delphinbringsby6768
      @delphinbringsby6768 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is no mellotron on the Sgt. Pepper album.

  • @Spikycheng
    @Spikycheng 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge and solved my long time questions about how "Strawberry Field Forever" and "Space Oddity" sounds made. You are Amazing!

  • @corvusmonedulas4895
    @corvusmonedulas4895 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    for some reason when i clicked this I was expecting harpeggi... but I was still thoroughly entertained - thank you

  • @davidcarson6453
    @davidcarson6453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is one of those products that makes one wonder how did they ever get it to work!

  • @TrainWorxStudio
    @TrainWorxStudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Opeth - Damnation introduced me to Mellotron , Steven Wilson plays it so well and knows how to let it sing.

    • @coultersheppard2052
      @coultersheppard2052 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I came here for opeth. I can’t say I expected to hear any of them, but now I know exactly what made those sounds. Major feature on “Hours of Wealth”!

    • @obi-wannabekennotbi2418
      @obi-wannabekennotbi2418 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      1:20 "And I should contemplate this change
      To ease the pain
      And I should step out of the rain
      Turn away"

  • @lynnberanek3886
    @lynnberanek3886 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool and informative video, Dr. Mix! Your enthusiasm for the instrument is obvious.

  • @DeElSendero
    @DeElSendero ปีที่แล้ว

    Great demo Doctor!! Thank you!

  • @piratexander
    @piratexander 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Deliver Us from the Elements by XTC is a perfect example of what sounds the Mellotron can create

  • @Cl4rendon
    @Cl4rendon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the Mellotron since KRAFTWERK "Radioactivity" - It has such a mystical sound.

  • @spencer6709
    @spencer6709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw someone point this instrument out about changes by ozzy and now I know all these iconic songs with it that I never would've known it wasn't a keyboard . Such a cool instrument

  • @mccypr
    @mccypr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great info! I love the sound of that instrument! Thanks! Happy New Year! 🥂🥂🥂🥂🙂😎

  • @shoeoctopus1709
    @shoeoctopus1709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    That songs not actually by coolio. It’s actually by Stevie wonder and it’s called pasttime Paradise.

    • @maddbutcher666
      @maddbutcher666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thank you!

    • @GibusWearingMann
      @GibusWearingMann 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yeah, but I'm pretty sure the chorus bit that's being played on the mellotron wasn't in the original Wonder track? Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not very familiar with the tune.

    • @JoshuaEfron
      @JoshuaEfron 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      In Pasttime Paradise, It sounds like there an instrument playing the basic melody that's expanded into the larger, more featured chorus in Coolio's song (which he's playing on the mellotron). So basically everybody's right.

    • @tonyharrisson6823
      @tonyharrisson6823 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Stevie used a Yam GX1.

    • @shoeoctopus1709
      @shoeoctopus1709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Joshua Efron I just assumed he sampled the song directly. Whatever, my main point was that the melody was written by him

  • @SluffAdlin
    @SluffAdlin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Tuesday Afternoon" & "Night's in White Satin" - The Moody Blues, "Rain Song" & "Kashmir" - Led Zeppelin, "Daniel" - Elton John, "She's A Rainbow & "2000 Light Years from Home" - The Rolling Stones.

  • @noshhhh
    @noshhhh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This sounds SO good, I'm just finding out about it but what an amazing instrument!!

  • @clairearan505
    @clairearan505 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your mixing on this video is too good. When they whistled for Space Oddity, I damn near fell out of my chair.

  • @dillankbaum
    @dillankbaum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm watching this alone at night with headphones and the whistles and cheers and 3:28 scared the crap out of me

  • @xander9564
    @xander9564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very cool sounds and demo! By the way, David Bowie also played the mellotron on his "Diamond Dogs" album.
    Another great example is Brian Jones playing it on "2,000 Light Years From Home" by the Rolling Stones.

  • @scottbeare2381
    @scottbeare2381 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys look genuinely stoked - I am too just watching!

  • @chadtullius6254
    @chadtullius6254 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    having much fun watching you have fun. Excellent !!

  • @olafwagner
    @olafwagner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow, I never knew that Cryptorchid (MM) also featured the Mellotron - but hearing in this context makes it so obvious - I just never connected the dots.