The Court Of The Crimson King : Manetron "Mellotron for iPhone & iPod touch"

[danjsy]

how about an Android version, then I would buy it !

[Anyth2ng]

Holy crap! is that the Incredible Hulk playing that?

At least I know if my fingers were that huge I could still play it...

[Mentaldpx]

If we could get one of these but with More Keys for the IPad, It would be ALOT better.

[TheModCon]

I really wanted this to be terrible, but it's actually pretty good!

[gillmalka19682]

Do you own a real Mellotron from the 70's?

[Godscarmachine]

When you put all the covers up, I didn't see any Tangerine Dream.

They were very well known for their extensive use of the Mellotron

[MorkaGraven]

around C2, it farts a lot.

[kenbefound]

Too cool! The sound still gives me shivers after all these years =0

[rickfan1964]

i love this, but my damn fingers would be too big for it! :( i'm wondering how this guy is playing it so easy! i just got a Palm phone and it's frustrating as hell trying to text on it because my fingers are so big!

[cshargeit]

i maybe heard this song over 40 years ago. i never 4got it. the mellotron was banned by union musicians but john lennon used it to open strawberry fields (1967). it was under rated since then- except for true visionaries. the song was cursed as to be about satan because it was too good.

[Vogliomafia2]

cost?

[2020man996]

lool, truth be told, I always thought ASIA did this before I knew better :-P

[rickfan1964]

@2020man996 John Wetton was a member of King Crimson at one time, but after Greg Lake. Lake sang lead on this track.

[2020man996]

@rickfan1964 ah thx.

[rickfan1964]

@2020man996 no problem, bud. ;)

[rickfan1964]

@2020man996 no problem. ;)

[VirgilwithanE]

How can ANYONE dislike this?! They mist have missed because they were so mesmerised by the sheer awesomeness!!!

[mellotrongirl]

Hopin' this weighs less than 130 lbs.

[hope2prosper]

only prob is you need chicken feet to play it.

[UltimateVenom]

you NEED to put this on android. i'd buy it a million times as i can't buy the real thing

[m7lists]

Lol, don't forget Strawberry Fields

[Leonmpj]

PLEASE get an update out which adds the 8-voice choir!  You can lose the cello sound in exchange.

[AutogenicMotor]

I have the app, any chance of the chorus sounds being available?

[just4thelolz]

I'm crying :´)

[terceranoche]

cool cool cool, fuck I never wanted and I-pod, now I do!

[infinityBBC]

pretty cool! i wonder how my fat fingers would manage! 8-) also, nice list of albums mixed in this vid. i think i have most of them! ;-)

[dippywatcher]

That's cool...!

[alien8ted]

That's a very accurate sample set, you can hear on the cello sample that the bottom 5 notes are actually a sampled double bass, just as on the original mellotron, as they couldn't persuade the cello player to tune down for the session!

[FlametopFred]

cool ... almost as useful

[neurochris]

how come it says that this application is not compatible with your ipod even though I have an ipod touch?

[hyperboreal]

Cool emulation, but you have to have tiny fingers to play on this device =)

Also, not a big fan of Apple, I would prefer to use the patch elsewhere.

[aidange2]

how much is it?

[neurochris]

I think like $2.99

[SuperCartiel]

Thanks. Now I Have to buy an iPod.

[janitzioIII]

lol nice

[MellotronMovie]

This is so cool!

[Dannymusic1999]

Tony Banks would have died for one of these back in 1970.

[geffel]

@Dannymusic1999

It might have saved his back some pain...

[Dannymusic1999]

@geffel LOL!! No doubt!

[lo7angus]

yesss!!

PFM, king, genesis!

[SheriffCarruthers]

If I could sit in study hall playing some classic king crimson tunes on an i-pod, I would the happiest kid alive.

[goodolarchie]

@SheriffCarruthers If you're a kid and you know King Crimson then you should already be happy with the fact that you're lightyears ahead of your peers.

[ybrik222]

@goodolarchie

I would believe there are more kids whom know of this song than you think.

[goodolarchie]

@ybrik222 how though? I didn't find this song until I was about 22 and only because I was really into ELP and wanted to trace back the roots of the group.  You never hear it on classic rock FM radio or TV, which is what fed me most of my classic rock in my teens..

[ybrik222]

@goodolarchie

Well, there are many more alternatives to radio for finding music nowadays, like the internet. Pink Floyd is probably one of the most popular "older" bands at my school (despite the students' terrible taste in modern music), which leads me to believe that some of them would be knowledgeable of other prog rock bands.

Also, we're playing the shorter version of ELP's "Fanfare for the Common Man" adaption in our school band. I play the drums, and it's my favourite song to play.

[goodolarchie]

@ybrik222 Sure, I certainly found KC on the internet, but that's because I was looking for other good prog rock. I think it was on Pandora which *was* a great tool to find good obscure stuff. That's great that your school is more in tune than most and have an appreciation for otherwise unheard music!

[DavidKinner]

@goodolarchie Many kids when they are board go on youtube, and just start searching. I have been listening to King Crimson, Yes, Comus, and many other progressive bands for a few years now, and I am 20. I just saw the label progressive on wikipedia on Pink Floyd, and searched for many other bands, I found to be crazier. If you like creepy folky prog stuff you should checkout Comus, Jan Dukes De Grey, and Spirogyra. Also, I love Van Der Graaf Generator, Magma, Camel, tons of good prog.

[Phariadify]

@DavidKinner I'm 17, and two weeks ago, I marathoned Magma's "Mythes et Legendes" DVDs (8 hours of amazing live footage).

[DavidKinner]

@goodolarchie Opeth's lead singer Mikael Akerfeldt, also has many interviews where he tells people about all this bands,and albums in particular that influenced him, and he is always coming up with much other obscure stuff. Bands like Porcupine Tree, also help people to look into the past because they are a modern progressive rock band.

[Pjaypt]

Why is Watcher Of The Skies more obvious then In The Court?

And What about Strawberry Fields? Should not that be more obvious?

[Asymmatrix]

That's actually quite cool, and something no one is going to get to hear outside this app

[gareebee]

I'm returning my Blackberry for an iPhone!

[matt0192837465]

Thank You Super Nerd. Now go take a shower!!!

Even your fingers have B.O.

[TheAmazingDonTerror]

can someone tell me the titles of the albums from first 2 last

[vinidurutti]

(Opening section) In the Court of the Crimson King (KC) - King Crimson, Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes, Close to the Edge - Yes, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis, Photos of Ghosts - PFM, Red - KC, Fragile - Yes, The World Become the World - PFM, Lizard - King Crimson, Selling England by the Pond - Genesis, The Six Wives of Henry VIII - Rick Wakeman, Yessongs - Yes, The Lark's Tongues in Aspic - KC, Foxtrot - Genesis, Starless and Bible Black - KC, In the Wake of the Poseidon - KC

[eelco74]

Watcher of the skies from the Genesis album Foxtrot is one of the most obvious Mellotron intro's.

How vcan you forget that :-)

[vinidurutti]

(continue) Caught in the Act - Grand Funk Railroad, One Live Badger - Badger, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis, This is the Moody Blues - Moody Blues, The Book of Taliesyn - Deep Purple, Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin, Out of Our Hands - Flash, Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

[M400fan]

Care to finish the list? What's the Todd Rundgren album?

[v8bert]

@M400fan If memory serves, that's "Todd", a rather experimental one that was released in '74 or so, following "A Wizard, A True Star". I'll whip it out and play it now, for your listening pleasu.... Ohw...

[RiahSahiltaahk]

que chevere!

[braymanj]

downloaded it 2 days ago. what a trip. people in the elevator at work were getting a real kick out of it. never could get my M-Audio keyboard to work. this is a real gem. just wish my fingers were smaller.

[Keijz74]

I really like that cello. And the flutes.

[claramacdowell]

(L)

[walshiemaiden]

i love the scrolling of the progressive rock album covers, awesome

[Squonk06]

No. Freaking. Way. This is awesome! I officially want an iPod Touch now.

[imperialpod]

I WAS very happy with my nokia 5800.

'WAS' being the operative word and now........I'm not happy with it, not at all, not anymore.

It is now a piece of shit! LOL!

[GreenGestalt]

Wow! Claps hands...

I'm quite impressed by this. Frankly, some people I know are so attached to that Mellotron sound I anticipate them going out to buy one and having me repair it. Although I love a tech challenge, I probably will tell them about this app!

[hogweed89]

i want it!!!!!! NOW|

[imperialpod]

Next stop......VST player please!

[Damce]

What song is he playing?

[onesppiegel]

"In the court of the Crimson King", by King Crimson.

[Damce]

Thanks man!

[burlearth]

King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King.

[oliasdoug]

I have LOVED the mellotron ever since first hearing DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED. This makes me want to ditch my NV2 & go out & get an iPhone, too. Wow! Ain't technology great??!!

[0Skyzer0]

WOW

[uk70sprogrock]

BRINGING THE 70' S BACK YES! CLICK MY NAME uk70sprogRock now!

[SephynnXx]

BABYTRON

[maxbackstrom]

So cool!

I love this!

[SY5TEM69]

wow, if only i had an ipod touch......

[ATStoltz94]

If u are bored and endup playing minesweeper on ur pc and get bored of that...then u end up playing this!

[wildmanatm]

Hey John it sounds like mine too!

Pretty darned cool.

[jbarrick]

WOW! This sounds just like my M400! The only thing I've ever seen that made me want to get an Iphone.

[sopudding]

woooooooooooooooot

court of the crimson king!!