theremin

[acrow]

please tell me good songs with thermin in em in.

any genre please. ta.

[the science eel]

Good Vibrations, of course

Beefheart's Electricity


(altho' not sure if they both feature theremins but a similar instrument)

[PaulTMA]

Good Vibrations is a Tannerin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhlQ27fbQ30

also heard on Wild Honey and I Just Wasn't Made For These Times

[HappyTree]

Ba na na-na nah
Digga dow, digga dow
Ba na na-na nah
Digga dow, digga dow

[wosl]

track: Oxygene Part 3
genre: synthstrumental rock

x

[Black_Bart]

Please Go Home by the Rolling Stones.

[studpuppet]

Portishead's Mysterons.

[Black_Bart]

One to avoid the Jimmy Page Solo.

[studpuppet]

Look Dad, No Tunes by Half Man Half Biscuit

[Black_Bart]

Love Remembered - Focus

[Brundle-Fly]

Supergrass - Richard III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnXrrOxzZCE

Harry Lubin - Weird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0LWLf92Vow

And the grand-daddy of all theremin numbers...

Bernard Hermann - The Day The Earth Stood Still (Prelude)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbHpXca7U0

[Black_Bart]

Jon Spencer and his Blues Explosion were fond of the theremin.

[Dr Syntax Head]

Jon Spencer and his Blues Explosion were fond of the theremin.

THis is one of the best performances I have ever seen, it has some ace theremin in it. I seriously love me some Jon Spencer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwxLGohUM0

[Black_Bart]

Did he also use a massive cone and a mic to get a theremin type sound? I vaguely remember seeing something like this on the telly (early 90s?)

[grassbath]

Supremely talented folkface Sufjan Stevens gets his theremin wailing in the climaxes of the excellent In The Devil's Territory, sure to make a good god-fearing citizen of any non-believer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t89NKH45dz0

[acrow]

ta everyone. i'll have a listen to the ones i don't know. keep em coming.

[Phil_A]

Pixies, Velouria

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jYUm5T8uQIY

[drummersaredeaf]

Saw St Vincent do Northern Lights with David Byrne. Bizarre use of a theremin at the end, more as a theatrical prop, and coincides with the end of her being any good as a recording artist. Are the two related? You tell me.

https://youtu.be/VZZme1RdlTY

[swordfish_bhoona]

Fun Fact: The theremin is the only instrument that you could legibly play using your willy.

[billyandthecloneasaurus]

Good poster.

[drummersaredeaf]

Fun Fact: The theremin is the only instrument that you could legibly play using your willy.

Disagree.

Put a slide on like a massive cock ring and play lap steel.

[Shit Good Nose]

One to avoid the Jimmy Page Solo.

For the most part I would agree, but there were one or two (on audience bootlegs - none of the soundboard recorded ones as far as I know) that were genuinely pretty good.  Usually when he was on generally good form, which to be fair wasn't that often during the 75 and 77 tours.  But the US summer 1977 versions of No Quarter were pretty good - they had a good run for a few weeks where all four of them were on form[nb]and when I say "all four", I of course mean Plant and Page, cos it was rare that JPJ and Bonzo weren't on form[/nb].

[Shit Good Nose]

Disagree.

Put a slide on like a massive cock ring and play lap steel.

You can also play the tambourine by dropping your balls on it.  Has to be quite a warm day, though, as you need a fair amount of loose drop.

[zomgmouse]

Goldfrapp's "Lovely Head". Also "Train".

[olliebean]

Goldfrapp's "Lovely Head". Also "Train".

I don't think that's a theremin. From memory of the live DVD, it's actually her voice put through some kind of wibbly processor.

[zomgmouse]

I don't think that's a theremin. From memory of the live DVD, it's actually her voice put through some kind of wibbly processor.

Ah yes, you're right! I was even talking about that the other day. The one on "Train" is I'm pretty sure a theremin though.

[The wait is over]

I don't think that's a theremin. From memory of the live DVD, it's actually her voice put through some kind of wibbly processor.

It's her voice put through a Korg MS20 synth

[buzby]

Portishead's Mysterons.

The sound on Mysterons is Adrian Utley playing a Roland SH-101 (reproduced live using an SH-09 and later a MiniMoog), not a theremin.

Ah yes, you're right! I was even talking about that the other day. The one on "Train" is I'm pretty sure a theremin though.

She uses a theremin on Train live, but it sounds like a synth on the record. On Lovely Head it's her voice modulated by a Korg MS20, as mentioned above.

Noises For The Leg by the Bonzos uses a theremin

[Rocket Surgery]

Clara Rockmore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSzTPGlNa5U

[momatt]

Good Vibrations, of course

CHECK OUT THIS DUNCE