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A recorder does feature towards the end of Oasis's Round Are Way (sic), though - it's quite hard to pick out from the brass and guitars, but I'm sure it's there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfiReadoSmY&t=5mLast edited by Kevin S; 27-09-2018, 10:25.
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Originally posted by Benjm View PostI thought that Noel Gallagher's Holy Mountain single had a recorder on it but that too turned out to be a penny whistle.
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Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View PostSo which instruments have barely (or never) troubled the world of popular music, barring maybe some obscure album tracks?
1. The [B]Bontempi Reed Organ[/B] has never bothered the charts to my knowledge, unless I misheard one as a harmonium
2. The only example of an [B]ocarina[/B] I can think of is Wild Thing by The Troggs
3. My only [B]Stylophone[/B] recollections are Space Oddity and Kraftwerk's Pocket Calculator
4. I quite like the sound of the [B]Philicorda[/B] (a Philips tonewheel organ), but it's barely featured on record
5. I can't think of a single pop act with a recorder player
6. Donovan's Hurdy Gurdy Man didn't feature a [B]hurdy-gurdy[/B]; neither does any other record I know of.
What's he playing then?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1RdofzHets
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Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View PostI used to play with a ukulele group and one member had a U-Bass.
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[QUOTE=wittoner;1477121]Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View PostSo which instruments have barely (or never) troubled the world of popular music, barring maybe some obscure album tracks?
5. I can't think of a single pop act with a recorder player
Recorders were briefly in vogue in the late 60s/early 70s e.g. Mighty Quinn by Manfred Mann , Hitching a Ride by Vanity Fare & Ruby Tuesday by The Rolling Stones
Dion's "Donna the Prima Donna" and "Lazy Sunday" by The Small Faces failed to spark off a Kazoo epidemic (perhaps thankfully)
Godley and Creme's "Gizmo" was touted as the next leap forward at one time but seemed to be quietly shelved.
Point of correction. Dion's Little Diane has the kazoo, not Donna. Also the primo use of pop kazoo is Joanie Sommers's Johnny Get Angry.
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Originally posted by 3 Colours Red View PostHas anyone else used one since Tears For Fears went through their psychedelia phase?
Mellotrons are high maintenance machines, with a lot of mechanical components and chemically fragile tape, so not that accessible to many modern acts. Back in the late 70s/early 80s it was easy to pick up leftovers from the prog era, as did OMD or tears for Fears.
Perhaps the most exotic and talismanic electronic instrument is the Ondes Martenot, which were only produced in the early 20th century and are very hard to reproduce due to the mysterious deign features and craftsmanship that made up the main sound controls, only about a hundred instruments remain, and very few musicians have mastered it.
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I've just remembered the Guild Brian May guitar. These have been around since the 80s and I'm yet to see anyone other than Mr May play one.
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