Best Theremin Player

[finishthehat]

No question about it.

 

[jgmacg]

Leon Theremin begs to differ.

 

[Football_Bat]

 

[dooley_womack1]

Whoever played the theramin in Good Vibrations gets my vote, followed by the one who played it in all those horror movies.

 

[finishthehat]

Leon Theremin begs to differ.

Leon just stole from all the old Delta theremin players, everybody knows that.

 

[Bubbler]

Anyone ever see the Theramin movie that was out in the mid 90s? Pretty good flick.

And Dools, you might find this interesting, but I guess theramin cognescenti don't think Good Vibrations is a "true" theramin song, because it used a modified version of it called a tannerin. The distinction being that a theramin is played by moving hands in the air in the electro-field (or whatever it's called) whereas a tannerin is played with a slide on a scale (as seen in the video for the song).

Whatever. It's still a good song.

 

[Melodious Thunk]

 

[Clever username]

Has to be Jimmy Page

 

[Melodious Thunk]

Has to be Jimmy Page

Best heroin user?

 

[Del_B_Vista]

I prefer this guy from the The New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra.

Edit: Fixed broken links.

 

[Bob Slydell]

Who played the theremin on good vibrations? He was incedible.

 

[Del_B_Vista]

According to Wikipedia:

The distinctive "woo woo" sound in the choruses and at the end of the record was created with an electro-theremin, played by Paul Tanner. First used by Wilson on the track "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times", the device effectively creates a sonic representation of those mysterious vibrations of the title.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Vibrations

 

[Bob Slydell]

Thanks Del, love that smooth theremin sound.