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Must NOT see-obscure Ventures Wipe-out vid.
Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Posts: 3331 Huntington Beach, CA 
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 02:13 PM
Well, since I was told to NOT see it, I checked it out. Well, half of it. Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 02:44 PM
I agree with Klas about '67 being the cut off for the Ventures LP's. But nevertheless, I'm glad they stayed together and kept playing live or else I never would have gotten to see them in the 90's. Live, they stuck more or less to their classic sound except for Mel's electric drum pad solo. I don't consider myself a hard-line purist (well, maybe for some things) but the electric drum pads sounded terrible and made me cringe. That aside, they put on a great show. —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5304 the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 06:34 PM
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19295 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 06:52 PM
O....M....G...... I don't know where to start.... Electronic drums...seizure inducing strobe light cuts...a shirtless Don Wilson.... Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Feb 02, 2008 Posts: 4450 Not One-Sawn, but Two-Sawn . . . AZ.
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 07:24 PM
It does make you want to reassess pretty much everything . . . The artist formerly known as: Synchro When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar. |
Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 236 Plantation, FL
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 08:27 PM
I don't get why you guys don't like it. It has semi naked chicks, hot cars, guitars, cheap tequila, stage presence: its the best video I have ever seen! At least they aren't staring at their shoes during the whole video. —What day is Surf Rock's birthday? Looks like Surf Rock and I was born the same year. Maybe we are both Libras? |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 09:11 PM
I do see the sarcasm in your post, but I think the foremost problem with the video is the music. Second is everything you listed, which is the Ventures being dirty old men. |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 09:14 PM
I too get the sarcasm... but Mel Taylor in that make-up is truly a nightmarish vision. There are some things your eyes can't un-see BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! Last edited: Nov 17, 2009 21:19:00 |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25568 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 09:18 PM
the only good thing about that video was Rodney Bingenheimer and the GTO. Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Nov 17 2009 09:19 PM
I was going to mention the GTO. Wish I had that baby! —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 236 Plantation, FL
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Posted on Nov 18 2009 10:19 AM
oops, I quoted myself. Yes, it was sarcasm and my attempt to be snarky (what ever that means). There may be some civilians out there beyond the reach of SG101 who think this kind of video is high art. The bass player with the long-haired wig and bad teeth is priceless. —What day is Surf Rock's birthday? Looks like Surf Rock and I was born the same year. Maybe we are both Libras? |
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Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19295 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Nov 18 2009 10:23 AM
Needs more pie in the face. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Nov 18 2009 10:25 AM
I took it like they were having a bit of a laugh at the expense of hair metal. It seemed like a mockery of a typical Motley Crue video. And I personally thought it was hillarious! The Ventures in glam-rock/hair-metal makeup had me on the floor. Though I agree, there's really no need to see Don Wilson shirtless... Anyway, lighten up, y'all! I'd bet you their tongues were firmly in their cheeks for that video.... (Now, who actually think it's Gerry McGee playing those leads? No way in hell....) —Ivan |
Joined: Jan 23, 2007 Posts: 885 Indianapolis, In
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Posted on Nov 18 2009 10:34 AM
Finally someone get's it.Ivan you nailed it right on the head.The whole video was to poke fun at hair metal, which I so happen to like some of.:headbang: Reverb, It's A Way Of Life! |
Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1892 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies
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Posted on Nov 18 2009 10:35 AM
I only made it half way thru the video - I did like Don Wilson's guitar - what was it? Looked like a Sharp 5 model.... —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Nov 18 2009 10:40 AM
It looks like some Japanese-made late-'80s Ventures model (I suspect they may have had a "Ventures-model" made by one Japanese brand or another pretty much continuously over the past forty years!). But yeah, it does look like a Sharp 5 model... —Ivan |
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