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 NOT food! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 19,188	Surf Music Do you like it? AND What makes it 'surf' music? linkage __________________ One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself. - Carl Jung

08-28-2012, 04:49 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 18,187	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. __________________ Remember: Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. -- Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and writer (121-180)

08-28-2012, 05:28 PM	#3
footfootfoot This Space For Rent Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street Posts: 14,226	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!!! __________________ ...this reads like a cross between Cosmopolitan's 'ten ways to please your man' and a suicide note written by Nostradamus on a coke binge. - Flint

08-28-2012, 05:46 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 18,187	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. __________________ Remember: Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. -- Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and writer (121-180)

08-28-2012, 06:05 PM	#5
footfootfoot This Space For Rent Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street Posts: 14,226	great modern surf music by Tyler Walker http://tylerwalkermusic.com/ __________________ ...this reads like a cross between Cosmopolitan's 'ten ways to please your man' and a suicide note written by Nostradamus on a coke binge. - Flint

08-28-2012, 06:16 PM	#6
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,326	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 We go together like pp^^ Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 10,693	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? __________________ Survivor: Higher Education. Season Premiere!

08-28-2012, 07:32 PM	#11
infinite monkey We go together like pp^^ Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 10,693	Oh I see now. Like that one on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Plucky and clicky. Nice. __________________ Survivor: Higher Education. Season Premiere!

08-28-2012, 08:05 PM	#13
infinite monkey We go together like pp^^ Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 10,693	I see what you're saying. And I'm on board with tarentino. More perfect tracks for that movie? Non-existent. __________________ Survivor: Higher Education. Season Premiere!

11-29-2012, 06:12 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 18,187	More surf guitar, with a side of words. why they play it twice I don't know. __________________ Remember: Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. -- Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and writer (121-180)

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