IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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Posted on Sep 30 2014 07:43 AM
shivers13 wrote:
It’s interesting to note that many surf bands were copying the sound of Dick Dale but The Chantays had their own vibe with the ticky-tack rythmn that would become a staple of the genre.
To my ears, the Chantays were the bridge between DD and the South Bay sound. I think that 'ticky-tack rhythm', as you describe it, Norm, was just an extension of/variation on what Paul Johnson was playing in the intro of "Mr. Moto" (right after the opening chords), but the Chantays' innovation was to use fairly heavy reverb AND - probably most importantly - use palm-muting to really make the reverb 'pop' (booch?). Pipeline as a song to my ears seems clearly influenced by PJ's writing style, but then they took the reverb and the glissandos from DD, and voila - the beautiful fusion of two regional sounds that becomes the blueprint for the '60s SoCal surf music.
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JakeDobner
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Posted on Sep 30 2014 10:33 AM
Ivan, your post is even better if you imagine the opening to 2001: A Space Odyssey happening but with surf bands and the giant monolith evolving the sound.
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shivers13
Joined: Jul 29, 2009
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Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Sep 30 2014 12:12 PM
Well put, Ivan. Pipeline was a pivotal moment, especially on a nationwide level. They took the tools DD, PJ and the other pioneers laid down but made the execution uniquely theirs and undeniably “surf”. It was a big nationwide hit. Moto, Trippin’ and Misorlou charted locally in CA but didn’t impact the nationwide charts the way Pipeline did. And they were on nationwide TV. The word was out on what had previously only been in the SoCal area. Cue 2001 music here!
The Pipeline LP is really great too. The song is so well-known that it out shadows their other stuff but the album has some other gems. Tragic Wind, Blunderbus, El Conquistador and Banzai their “re-working” of the Ventures' Driving Guitars and others are great.
Another interesting note is that the drumming on the album has what people refer to now as “the Astronauts beat” but these recordings are pre-Astronauts. Great stuff.
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websurfer
Joined: May 14, 2007
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Posted on Sep 30 2014 10:33 PM
Ivan, that was an excellent observation/analysis---something that hadn't occurred to me.
shivers13 wrote:
Tragic Wind, Blunderbus, El Conquistador and Banzai their “re-working” of the Ventures' Driving Guitars and others are great.
Not on the Pipeline album, but "Beyond" (1964) rivals Pipeline as my favorite Chantays tune. With its opening glissando, it sounds like a conscious attempt at a follow up success. It appears as a single, and on the album "Two Sides of the Chantays":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OLUxAb8Evw
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Louie7
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Posted on Oct 01 2014 09:41 PM
Pretty much everything coming out of Downey Studios.
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