wooza
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
Posts: 1618
Ithaca, NY
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Posted on Jan 05 2007 12:51 AM
I'll admit it, I'm a total sucker for really happy surf songs--the kind with usually no umph or bite to them whatsoever, but are just tons of giddy fun.
For example, these are some favorites:
The Lively Ones - Rik a Tik (in my opinion, the champion of them all)
The Sentinals - Sunset Beach, Twilighter
The Wet Tones - Tropicana
Eddie & The Showmen - Break Time
The Woodies - Surf'n With Bernie
Dick Dale - Taco Wagon
The Surf Coasters - Sea Knows, Summer is Nearly Here, Beach Picnic, Vamos Por Ahi, Jellyfish (my runner-up)
Anyone got any others to add to the list? I wanna track down as many of these as I can.
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pointbreakspy
Joined: Aug 24, 2006
Posts: 204
Newcastle... Australia
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Posted on Jan 05 2007 06:21 AM
wooza!
Bamboo Beach by the Tiki Tiki Bamboos - puts a smile on my face every time i hear it 
as does Surf Scene by The Surfaris, also not really surf but i like Tequilla and
Batman by the Ventures 
have a happy day
adam
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on Jan 05 2007 05:02 PM
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25598
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jan 05 2007 11:19 PM
surfdaddy
i like bombora by the astronauts or laika/cosmonauts version.. l/c reminds me of my daughterwhen she was little and growing up!!
I didn't know that the Astronauts recorded Bombora, do you mean Baja?
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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spskins
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3782
tn
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 12:07 PM
Mr. Rebel - Eddie and the Showmen
Travellin' - David Marks and the Marksmen
Sukiyaki - any version
Just off the top of my head for now. All the Pilgrims love the happy surf, which is sort of ironic... guilty pleasure .
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Clint
Joined: Jul 16, 2006
Posts: 1509
San Diego
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 01:13 PM
Summer Girl - Cosmonauti
My Black Bag - The Mermen... opps, sorry... that goes in the drepressing song category.
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MikeG
Joined: Mar 29, 2006
Posts: 309
Springfield, Oregon
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 01:20 PM
I think Perfidia is pretty happy-sounding.
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BillAqua
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1054
Chicago IL.
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 01:36 PM
spskins
Mr. Rebel - Eddie and the Showmen
Travellin' - David Marks and the Marksmen
Sukiyaki - any version
Just off the top of my head for now. All the Pilgrims love the happy surf, which is sort of ironic... guilty pleasure .
Ted that's funny and I'm sure you know this but Sukiayki's lyrics are supposedly rather depressing.
— "as he stepped into the stealthy night air... little did he know the fire escape was not there"
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chongolio
Joined: Dec 23, 2006
Posts: 27
Coast of California
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 03:21 PM
Gung Ho For Don Ho by Slacktone makes me happy just thinkin' about it. I can always picture driving along a tropical coast as uncrowded glassy walls break in abundance when I hear that tune.
— Lost-Isle
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norcalhodad
Joined: May 25, 2006
Posts: 537
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 03:22 PM
Southern Surf Syndicate Theme - The Penetrators
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25598
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 05:22 PM
spskins
Mr. Rebel - Eddie and the Showmen
Travellin' - David Marks and the Marksmen
Sukiyaki - any version
Just off the top of my head for now. All the Pilgrims love the happy surf, which is sort of ironic... guilty pleasure .
Ted,
sorry, I'm horrible with remembering song titles, But seems that the SP's do have a few upbeat happy sounding tunes.
nothign wrong with that at all by the way.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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SurfCat
Joined: Oct 04, 2006
Posts: 64
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 07:24 PM
MikeG
I think Perfidia is pretty happy-sounding.
I like Perfidia, too, as well as the Ventures version of Blue Moon, Telstar, Bongo Rock and Teen Beat.
SurfCat
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Rick_Volcano
Joined: Mar 05, 2006
Posts: 289
Detroit
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Posted on Jan 06 2007 09:59 PM
Kamikaze by the Bel-Airs
— The Volcanos
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on Jan 07 2007 06:59 PM
 bigtikidude--yes i meant baja. high blood pressure meds and such can be a nuisance. sorry 
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IronMaiden
Joined: Nov 02, 2006
Posts: 564
Virginia Beach
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Posted on Jan 07 2007 07:21 PM
'Flights of Fancy' by the Ventures to me is a really goofy, yet awesome song. The fuzz guitar with congo's makes it sound like its 'The Partridge Family' or 'The Brady Bunch' trying to be psychadelic.
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tonybologna
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 796
Oakland
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Posted on Jan 08 2007 06:58 PM
"Tradewinds" by the Space Cossacks seems slightly happy. Very smooth relaxing tune.
— Science friction burns my fingers.
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spskins
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3782
tn
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Posted on Jan 09 2007 08:28 AM
BillAqua
spskins
Mr. Rebel - Eddie and the Showmen
Travellin' - David Marks and the Marksmen
Sukiyaki - any version
Just off the top of my head for now. All the Pilgrims love the happy surf, which is sort of ironic... guilty pleasure .
Ted that's funny and I'm sure you know this but Sukiayki's lyrics are supposedly rather depressing.
I know, I almost said "except the original Kyu Sakamoto". I think the original title in Japanese is something like "I cry even though the sun is shining". Leave it to American marketing (racism) to change the name...
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spskins
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3782
tn
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Posted on Jan 09 2007 08:45 AM
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25598
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jan 09 2007 10:07 AM
spskins
Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt
Similau - The Surfaris
Ted,
not trying to ruffle Feathers here,
But Simulau... happy????
Great song yes. But Happy thats a new one on me.
to me its more of a spooky or earie sounding song.
and then when I heard that it was a folk song about the Spirts that lived in the sugar cane fields (in Cuba I beleive its supposed to be).
That just cemented it as a spooky song for me.
But hey it does make me happy to hear it.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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spskins
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3782
tn
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Posted on Jan 09 2007 11:46 AM
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