Surf Music

lumberjim · 08-28-2012, 11:02 AM

Do you like it? AND What makes it 'surf' music?

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BigV · 08-28-2012, 04:49 PM

Surf Music?? I LOVE it! What makes it "surf music"? Well, like any category of music, there isn't a strict definition measurable to four decimal places, but... Lots of reverb, heavy reverb is common. Staccato guitar riffs. Lyrics, not so much. Dick Dale is the King of Surf Guitar--if he's playing it, it's Surf.

footfootfoot · 08-28-2012, 05:28 PM

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

Discussion of the line "Then you'll never hear surf music again."

Dick Dale, Hellecasters, Ventures, SURF!!!

BigV · 08-28-2012, 05:46 PM

This is my favorite surf music track, Mr Moto by the Belairs. My roommate in college, Eej, he played surf music. He had a some friends who played with him, it would be an overstatement to call them a band, but we listened to a LOT of surf music.

footfootfoot · 08-28-2012, 06:05 PM

great modern surf music by Tyler Walker http://tylerwalkermusic.com/

regular.joe · 08-28-2012, 06:16 PM

Junior Brown rocks the surf music too. I especially like that acoustic stuff, thanks Jim.

infinite monkey · 08-28-2012, 06:48 PM

Am I really lame and uninformed if I say: hello? Beach Boys?

To me, that was what started it all. But then comes along Pet Sounds and everyone takes notice. Sir Paul McCartney said he thought "God Only Knows" was one of the best songs ever written, and there was an album rivalry between the beaches and the beatles at the time, albeit one of mutual respect.

But I'm rambling.

Id post vid but I'm on my phone and it is too hard! Anyone?

BigV · 08-28-2012, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

great modern surf music by Tyler Walker http://tylerwalkermusic.com/

Excellent!

Flash mob?? More like Splash Mob!

footfootfoot · 08-28-2012, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by regular.joe

Junior Brown rocks the surf music too. I especially like that acoustic stuff, thanks Jim.

Junior Brown is awesome. On the end of Sugar Foot Rag he goes into a few Hendrix riffs,

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Originally Posted by [URL="http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/1151/feature/music/junior_brown"

“I used to play colleges and these kids would laugh at me,” he says, his tone colored with disgust. “And it used to really piss me off, so I would just reach over and crank [my amp] up to 11.” What followed would be a retaliatory strike of Hendrix riffage that wiped the smirks off his tormentors’ faces and proved Brown was no one-trick hick. Now, with his sixth album, Down Home Chrome, he not only continues with his stylistic grab-bag of cars, country and characteristic humor, but also covers his idol with a note-perfect rendition of the Hendrix classic, “Foxy Lady.” “No one really should do Jimi songs … except Jimi,” he admits. “But I thought I was justified in doing just this one.”

BigV · 08-28-2012, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by regular.joe

Junior Brown rocks the surf music too. I especially like that acoustic stuff, thanks Jim.

Pipeline by the Chantays 0:00 to 2:50 (CLASSIC.)
Walk, Don't Run by the Ventures 2:51 to 5:03 (Classic. Come on.)
Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers 5:04 to 7:04 (That's the not the only one but the one I remember the most.)

Excellent!

infinite monkey · 08-28-2012, 07:32 PM

Oh I see now. Like that one on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Plucky and clicky. Nice.

BigV · 08-28-2012, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Oh I see now. Like that one on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Plucky and clicky. Nice.

Yes. Most definitely yes.

This is Miserlou, probably Dick Dale's most famous track. God bless Quentin Tarentino.

and by the way, the Beach Boys are legitimate Surf Music artists. Less in the instrumental way, but legit nonetheless.

infinite monkey · 08-28-2012, 08:05 PM

I see what you're saying. And I'm on board with tarentino. More perfect tracks for that movie? Non-existent.

BigV · 11-29-2012, 06:12 PM

More surf guitar, with a side of words.

why they play it twice I don't know.

08-28-2012, 11:02 AM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Surf Music Do you like it? AND What makes it 'surf' music? linkage __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-28-2012, 04:49 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Surf Music?? I LOVE it! What makes it "surf music"? Well, like any category of music, there isn't a strict definition measurable to four decimal places, but... Lots of reverb, heavy reverb is common. Staccato guitar riffs. Lyrics, not so much. Dick Dale is the King of Surf Guitar--if he's playing it, it's Surf. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-28-2012, 05:28 PM	#3
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Stone_from_the_Sun Discussion of the line "Then you'll never hear surf music again." Dick Dale, Hellecasters, Ventures, SURF!!! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-28-2012, 05:46 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	This is my favorite surf music track, Mr Moto by the Belairs. My roommate in college, Eej, he played surf music. He had a some friends who played with him, it would be an overstatement to call them a band, but we listened to a LOT of surf music. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-28-2012, 06:05 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	great modern surf music by Tyler Walker http://tylerwalkermusic.com/ __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-28-2012, 06:16 PM	#6
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Junior Brown rocks the surf music too. I especially like that acoustic stuff, thanks Jim. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

08-28-2012, 06:48 PM	#7
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Am I really lame and uninformed if I say: hello? Beach Boys? To me, that was what started it all. But then comes along Pet Sounds and everyone takes notice. Sir Paul McCartney said he thought "God Only Knows" was one of the best songs ever written, and there was an album rivalry between the beaches and the beatles at the time, albeit one of mutual respect. But I'm rambling. Id post vid but I'm on my phone and it is too hard! Anyone?

08-28-2012, 07:32 PM	#11
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Oh I see now. Like that one on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Plucky and clicky. Nice.

08-28-2012, 08:05 PM	#13
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I see what you're saying. And I'm on board with tarentino. More perfect tracks for that movie? Non-existent.

11-29-2012, 06:12 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	More surf guitar, with a side of words. why they play it twice I don't know. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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