The Ventures/Surf Music Appreciation

[Longhorn Al 440]

I'm back on a Ventures kick.  My parents had a vinyl record of some of their hits, and I'd blast that growing up.  Love their sound.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Grandioso 2592]

Great thread topic. Apple Music has a pretty decent playlist called "Surf Essentials" - just search those terms and it will pop right up. Not many super deep cuts though.

Man, I love surf rock. Fender released their first reverb tank in 1963, then amps with built in reverb, and these dudes just went "what's this thing do?" and turned them all up to 11. My band usually works up one new surf rock song per gig. The last one was Surf Rider - the one at the very end of Pulp Fiction. We even had a sax player friend come in for a totally faithful performance. 

If anyone can recommend some good surfy modern bands, I'd love to hear about them. 

[Grandioso 2592]

I kind of lump all those 60's instrumental groups into "surf." Whether they were more rockabilly, country, or whatever, they all covered each others' songs anyways.

This is the best Pipeline version IMO - the original.

My band has also done this one. Takes about 1 minute to learn and 2.5 minutes to play. Fuckin' rock and roll, man.

 

[noharleyyet 2853]

 

[PRONG HORN 3165]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2018 by PRONG HORN

[Longhorn Al 440]

9 hours ago, Grandioso said:

This is the best Pipeline version IMO - the original.

I always appreciate the originators. I like that version, as well.  I like that odd sound.

But for the same reason I prefer The Ventures "Rebel Rouser" more than Duane Eddy's, I prefer their "Pipeline."  It just sounds more polished, and has more flair.  And I love the tone of their guitars more.

[Longhorn Al 440]

 

[Longhorn Al 440]

 

[Longhorn Al 440]

Go, Mel, go!

 

 

[Chad Fuck 17897]

In.  I was in a surf rock band in the early 2000s.  Mainly for our own entertainment, because let me tell you, it was hard to find a following for instrumental surf rock from the 60s in early 2000s Dallas.  Anyhow, it was a lot of fun.  One of my favorites to play (among those that haven't already been mentioned): 

 

 

[DougO 5257]

I love this kind of stuff. It should return to being a big thing again, with new bands playing it in new ways and bring brilliantly played electric guitars back into the mainstream of our culture.

[shakahorn 1650]

For me, this is the be-all end-all song for this genre:

 

 

[Robin Masters 122]

My dad had that Golden Greats album. I played the hell out of that when I was a kid, and fapped a few times to the album cover itself. 

Not their typical surf sound but I always liked this one as well.

 

[Anton Chigurh 3325]

Hell yes. This hits close to home since I bought a Golden Greats on vinyl the other day for a few bucks.

No Dick Dale, yet?

How bout this version

[Anton Chigurh 3325]

It appears I missed the Dick Dale that was posted. Right in front of my face!


I got home and threw this on, though.

[Robin Masters 122]

That Golden Greats cover girl wound up being a playmate, https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=chris+cranston&qpvt=chris+cranston&FORM=IGRE

 

[Deej 77292]

 

[Longhorn Al 440]

On ‎6‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 6:06 PM, Anton Chigurh said:

It appears I missed the Dick Dale that was posted. Right in front of my face!


I got home and threw this on, though.

It's got such a rich sound, doesn't it?

[pch 1261]

As a teenager in the 60's and growing up in Corpus Christi, the surf music got plenty of airtime.  This thread is a reminder of all of the vinyl I once had and wish I still did.  Pos rep.

[UTCzech III 2917]

 

 

I have this original single of this one, it's the flip side to "Everything Turns Grey".  I don't know why, every version I've ever found on the internet has the single repeated twice (the fade-out is at 1:50, but then they just looped it back to the beginning again, original is shorter and better, still like it anyway...)

 

From "Repo Man", definitely has the surfer vibe to it...