Moz / Smiths on Stylophone?

[Voodoo Doll]

I got a stylophone off secret Santa and have got a bit bored playing silent night which was the only song that came with it... Has anyone got any Moz/Smiths stuff to play on the stylophone? I googled it but all I found was some idiot who said 'to say Morrissey can sing is like saying a stylophone is a grand piano'

 

[mcrickson]

Until I read this thread, I must confess I had no idea what a stylophone was. But now, looking into it, I'm thoroughly interested and considering purchasing one.

Sorry this doesn't help

 

[Voodoo Doll]

Until I read this thread, I must confess I had no idea what a stylophone was. But now, looking into it, I'm thoroughly interested and considering purchasing one.

Sorry this doesn't help

So you werent an 80s kid then? I remember being very good at sussing out tunes on my childhood stylophone but I seem to have lost the knack... Let me know if you get one and we can compare notes
And you can even use it as MP3 speakers these days!

 

[mcrickson]

So you werent an 80s kid then? I remember being very good at sussing out tunes on my childhood stylophone but I seem to have lost the knack... Let me know if you get one and we can compare notes
And you can even use it as MP3 speakers these days!

Nope, I wasn't. Born in '90.
I'm looking about ebay and amazon -- the only thing is I tend to stray away from things with batteries as I go through them quite quickly. I suppose it'd be foolish to assume there's a stylophone somewhere that has an adapter? Sorta defeats the purpose of a pocket synthesizer, I suppose. We'll see I'm still considering. Would you say it's worth it?

 

[Voodoo Doll]

Nope, I wasn't. Born in '90.
I'm looking about ebay and amazon -- the only thing is I tend to stray away from things with batteries as I go through them quite quickly. I suppose it'd be foolish to assume there's a stylophone somewhere that has an adapter? Sorta defeats the purpose of a pocket synthesizer, I suppose. We'll see I'm still considering. Would you say it's worth it?

Well, they look amazing and it gave me hours of fun as a kid which I am trying hard to replicate but all the tunes are shit... No interest in playing greensleeves really. I just thought maybe it could be fun for stuff like charming man but obviously HSIN isn't going to happen. I found a forum with some more, erm, modern music on but not found anything I particularly like yet.... I think it's worth the £15 just to look at - best looking speakers if not sound!

 

[Maurice E]

I bought one for my niece this Christmas. pretty much turned out to be the most popular present of the family Christmas - hours of entertainment! managed to work out the intro to Last Night I Dreamt - splendid stuff!

 

[Voodoo Doll]

I bought one for my niece this Christmas. pretty much turned out to be the most popular present of the family Christmas - hours of entertainment! managed to work out the intro to Last Night I Dreamt - splendid stuff!

Oh well done! I guess I'm just going to have to do some donkey work of my own. Post the numbers up if you figure out any more!

 

[Jukebox Jury]

So you werent an 80s kid then? I remember being very good at sussing out tunes on my childhood stylophone but I seem to have lost the knack... Let me know if you get one and we can compare notes
And you can even use it as MP3 speakers these days!

Voodoo
80's kid?
These were definatley an early 70's thing!

Jukebox Jury

 

[Voodoo Doll]

Voodoo
80's kid?
These were definatley an early 70's thing!

Jukebox Jury

Really? I cant remember properly. We never had any money though so I probably got one second hand a few years after they had gone out of fashion It was the same year I got a hand held Space Invader game I'm sure...

 

[Jukebox Jury]

So you werent an 80s kid then? I remember being very good at sussing out tunes on my childhood stylophone but I seem to have lost the knack... Let me know if you get one and we can compare notes
And you can even use it as MP3 speakers these days!

Voodoo
80's child?
These were definatley an early 70's thing!
EDIT
In fact....according to this - it was a late 60's thing
http://www.retrothing.com/2009/05/rolf-harris-rocks-the-stylophone.html

DOUBLE EDIT dont know why this posted twice!!!!

Jukebox Jury

 

[Voodoo Doll]

Voodoo
80's child?
These were definatley an early 70's thing!
EDIT
In fact....according to this - it was a late 60's thing
http://www.retrothing.com/2009/05/rolf-harris-rocks-the-stylophone.html

Jukebox Jury

Oi! I wasn't even born then It says right through the 70s so they would still have been around early 80s surely. I mean, you can still buy mega drives now can't you

 

[Jukebox Jury]

Oi! I wasn't even born then It says right through the 70s so they would still have been around early 80s surely. I mean, you can still buy mega drives now can't you

I remember Rolf advertising them in the early 70's but they pretty much died out a few years later, by the mid 70's, to be replaced by chopper bikes, perms, space hoppers and white suits

Jukebox Jury

 

[Voodoo Doll]

I remember Rolf advertising them in the early 70's but they pretty much died out a few years later, by the mid 70's, to be replaced by chopper bikes, perms, space hoppers and white suits

Jukebox Jury

Guilty of all of the above except for the white suit - dont remember those... So have you got any tunes then?

 

[Jukebox Jury]

Guilty of all of the above except for the white suit - dont remember those... So have you got any tunes then?

Come on, you telling me Mr Voodoo Doll wasn't jiving in his white suit to Saturday Night Fever
No....sorry I don't have any tunes for you!

Jukebox Jury

 

[mcrickson]

I think I've resolved on getting one. But it'll probably be a few days before I order it because I'm going back to school next week and I want to make sure it is delivered at a time when the university resumes mail service


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Mods, we need a stylophonist smiley

 

[Brel]

I remember them from the 70's. Amazing Grace was the first thing that you learned to play. That was the law!