The Retro Blog

Carousels, giant animatronic robots, and elephants have about as much to do with “Green Tambourine” by The Lemon Pipers as they do with one another and yet all three elements appear in this video.

The band didn’t much care for the song, but after its success their record label demanded more like it. The result was “Rice is Nice,” a song that barely cracked the charts leaving The Lemon Pipers to be forever known as one hit wonders.