Wasn't it Mike Pinder who said "Playing a Mellotron is like riding a rocket"?
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Berington Van Campen <vcmusicorp1@...> wrote:
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> True, you can't fly a Mellotron... a little ungainly for that, but thay CAN take you for a pretty good ride tho' yes? Ask Pinder!
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> "He'll take you up, he'll bring you down,
> He'll plant your feet back on the ground.
> He'll fly so high, he'll swoop so low.
> He'll fly his astral plane.
> He'll take you trips around the bay.
> He'll bring you back the same day."
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> Okay, they're talking about Timothy Leary, but they sure used a Mellotron to DO it! Can't ignore that last note, brass(?), turning the whole way down in pitch and sounding very airplane-flyby-like! Weeeeee!
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