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Misirlou by the Bobby Fuller Four
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 07:28 PM
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 07:39 PM
i'm bummed i never got to see these guys way back when. — |
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 07:51 PM
I hear ya', wish I would have taken a better look at their music back then. |
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 08:01 PM
I just got sucked into 2 hours of watching surf band videos on youtube and drinking beer!! Thank you to the original poster |
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 08:36 PM
This was actually going to be on the RFB Del-Fi tribute last week, but Insect Dave wanted "Martian." I'm actually glad we didn't go with "Miserlou" as "Martian" left us more room to include other artists. But I agree Bobby's version pours gasoline down the throat of Dick's version. —Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 09:41 PM
You accurately described my daily work routine. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 10:22 PM
Oooooh, Whorehay, that analogy's not very nice! But I must disagree. Fuller is just copying DD's Miserlou Twist with the addition of DD's Hava Nagila. So, DD is the original here, while Fuller is the copy. And I actually find this version overlong and frankly boring. Fuller's guitar tone is aggressive but not in a powerful way, like DD - more like in an annoying way. It actually sounds like the microphone was overdriving. The Hava Nagila segment is plodding, with none of the power or the energy of DD's original version - just listen to the two back-to-back. The whole songs just seems to meander without ever hitting a peak. It really does nothing for me. People always talk about it as quite remarkable - well, here's at least one vote to the contrary! —Ivan |
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 10:30 PM
Fixed it. That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 10:37 PM
Ivan |
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Posted on Mar 01 2010 10:46 PM
diabolical laughter Agreed. Perhaps I was most impressed by the fact that I had no idea Bobby Fuller ever played instro prior to hearing that tune. Given that, he RIPS on it. On the other hand, do other live recordings of Bobby Fuller exist? That particular one sounds almost like a bootleg. —Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 07:58 AM
I like the performance a bit better than Ivan, although I agree it gets kind of lost and is too long. But, no way is it better than Dick Dale's version, despite what the YouTube comments say. I bet it sounded a lot better live in person. Where is that time machine again? And yes, the gasoline thing was probably too soon, if ever appropriate. Weren't they going to reopen his case? —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 09:27 AM
I think Fuller's version of Miserlou is great. As for live recordings, there have been some albums over the years. In the 80's Eva Records of France released Live Again which is from the same 1964 show as the currently in print Live!!! on Norton Records, both including the above Miserlou. Then there was also Live at PJ's put out by Ace Records in the early 90's, from a show recorded in Los Angeles in 1966 just before his tragic death.
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 09:53 AM
Really... and you did a Del-Fi tribute!!! I think his performance of Miserlou is pretty high energy but not as great as DD of course. It suffers from poor recording quality and mic overmudulation like Ivan mentioned. Still, I bet it sounded pretty rippin' live, though. The reason that it's so long I'm sure was to keep the kids dancin' at the show. —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 10:02 AM
Thanks for the pointers Klas! —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 11:18 AM
Sorry, I should have been clearer--when I first heard Fuller's version in 2004, I had no idea he played instro! —Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 11:22 AM
I thought you didn't hear it till now. You were gonna lose some brownie points! BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 11:33 AM
I'm glad Ivan, Brian, and a few others have spoken up. I always thought everyone but me thought Bobby Fullers version of Miserlou was better than the D. D. version. I thought I was missing something. I like Bobby's version for the liveliness of it, and I agree that it must have been quite cool in person. Bobby's version is cool too because there is so little live surf from that period. This and the Johnny Barakat and the Vestells cuts from the Rare Surf cd's is about it, that I can think of. —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 2293 Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 11:58 AM
I think the sound quality is pretty good considering it's just a recording of a live performance that was never intended for an album release. "The 2,000 Pound Bee" from the same show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DyA_rxHm9I And speaking of BF instros, there was actually an all-instro collection album available many years ago. I don't have it or know the tracklist but I assume it contained more or less his entire instrumental output. — |
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Joined: Jul 29, 2009 Posts: 2605 Boss Angeles, CA
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 12:25 PM
Without a doubt I really dig Bobby Fuller's instros very much but he's probably the best example I can think of someone who actually improved by switching to vocals. "I Fought the Law" is a pretty amazing tune. —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan
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Posted on Mar 02 2010 12:31 PM
I have a CD-R copy of that instro album, Klas. Lots of cool stuff on there, but all stuff available elsewhere, as far as I know.
I completely agree, Norm. My favorite is "Let Her Dance". That's just as perfect as sixties pop music gets, I think. —Ivan |
Definitely better - and MUCH more accurate, as far as messed-up analogies go.
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