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"Never be popular?" It's all over the damned place. Beach Boys. Led Zeppelin. Rolling Stones. It pretty much defined the sound of creepy horror movies from back
by chasing 11y ago
"Never be popular?" It's all over the damned place. Beach Boys. Led Zeppelin. Rolling Stones. It pretty much defined the sound of creepy horror movies from back in the day.
More here: http://www.slate.com/content/slate/blogs/browbeat/2009/07/27/the_theremin_s_making_a_comeback.html http://www.slate.com/content/slate/blogs/browbeat/2009/07/27...
It's a popular instrument that sounds awesome when used properly.
Hell, even I used to own one.
- rs999gti 11y agoYou can hear a theremin in the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations during the chorus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab_beh07HU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab_beh07HU
- dmicah 11y agoGood Vibrations doesn't use the theremin, but a custom electronic instrument that was inspired by the trombone: http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2013/02/07/171385175/no-it-wasn-t-a-theremin-on-good-vibrations-remembering-paul-tanner http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2013/02/07/171385175/no...