Yes - Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon.
I used to go on road trips with a couple of friends, and one of them loved this song, and the other hated it.
When they'd have a disagreement, the one who loved it played it endlessly for the one who hated it.
Needless to say, they weren't together for very long.
Girls especially don't like that song for some reason.
About the Mellotron - it does sound like real brass in most parts.
And Mike is right - the song is awful, but I attribute that to Lee Jackson and Brain Davison singing out of tune on it.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com> wrote:
I've read someplace that he 'didn't believe in stealing other people's music from them' which is what he thought the Mellotron did. Considering that he appropriated (and desecrated) so much by Copland, Ives, etc etc that seems to be a fairly wild thing for even *him* to say.
He used one once though on a Nice record. Can't remember the title; something about 'apples' and 'the moon'. Bloody awful, as you may expect.
william Beith wrote:One queston I never asked Emerson when I interviewed him for a magazine- Why did he never use a mellotron?Anyone know if he ever answered this?