My group does a great deal of vocal surf as well as instrumental, and I was just wondering what kinds of things you think surf vocals should be about. Right now we do a lot with songs about movies and things (Indiana Jones, the Hobbit, Star Wars) and we also like monsters (aliens, zombies). But what should surf songs be about? Lyrically?
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Posted on Mar 17 2011 09:31 PM
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Posted on Mar 17 2011 09:56 PM
Marx, seizing the means of production, and greed of the petit bourgeois pretty much define surf IMO. —Hot Summer Comes Again! |
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Posted on Mar 17 2011 10:13 PM
Beer..ok it's Love (chick, cars, surfing...beer).... — |
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Posted on Mar 18 2011 01:03 PM
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Posted on Mar 25 2011 12:03 PM
Lyrically? About... water, abyssal landscapes, giant waves, secret archipelagos, exotic beaches, cannibal tribes dancing around tikis of evil deities, cannibal tropical tribes eating hobbits, tropical strange fruits, lost treasures, pirogue trips, mystical reverb and... beer. |
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Posted on Mar 25 2011 12:19 PM
Not that historical precedent matters much in art, but I thought we had established that the true vocal sound of surf bands was more or less early garage, so on those grounds presumably anything. I think the Boss Martians have already demonstrated that with Jetaway Sounds anyway. My Favorite Planemaker is more or less a promotional brochure for Boeing. |
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Posted on Mar 26 2011 06:16 PM
Be wary about overthinking the source material. Next time you're down the beach note the first three things that catch your attention and start writin' (probably it will be cars, girls and surf !) —Freshwater Surfin' The Murray Basin |
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Posted on Apr 04 2011 08:32 AM
Anything you think is funny. Others may not agree with what you think is funny but its worth a shot. Here are two examples we attempted to not so great success. One is about a guy driving down the road imagining something is going on that really isn't (Route 69), and the other is after a Plutonium Sunrise (Run from the Blast). |
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Posted on Apr 16 2011 09:54 AM
The road that leads to the beach is always better than the one that takes you to work. Making a smooth bottom turn is always better than making a turn into a parking lot. Being alone on a wave is better than walking a busy sidewalk in the city. —Happy Sunsets! |
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Posted on Apr 17 2011 01:10 PM
Listen to this album and just copy all their ideas...for the surf stuff Side B. Groundbreaking lyrical content. Science friction burns my fingers. |
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Posted on Apr 17 2011 06:42 PM
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Posted on Apr 17 2011 11:06 PM
you should write a surf tune about an abused autistic child whose father dies in the war and later becomes the leader of a cult dedicated to worshiping pinball games: of course, your pinball messiah would need to meet an ignoble end... |
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Posted on Apr 18 2011 01:21 PM
Or you could write a whole concept album along those lines and call it the Surf Operetta Gidget. But a more plausible idea might be a double album about drug abuse and Surfer-Hodad rivaltry called Quadroverbia. (How many springs is it, four?) At the end the antigremmie would ride Actually, as far as I can tell the plots or real operas and rock operas are about equally inane, so how about a remake of Carmen called Karmann Ghia? Last edited: Apr 18, 2011 13:25:20 |
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Posted on Apr 18 2011 03:11 PM
Mama, drinkin', cheatin', trucks, trains, prison, dogs, mobile homes..................oops, sorry! That's country. |
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Posted on Apr 18 2011 04:24 PM
elreydlp wrote:
Mama was a lyin', drinkin' cheat. Or maybe "swaggered down the street." I was havin' trouble with dogs and mobile homes, but I see the problem. It's trailers. Mobile homes are for yuppies. The only thing that moves a trailer is a twister. Last edited: Apr 18, 2011 17:12:12 |
I couldn't stop playing that record in the summer of 1984. (granted it was 3 years old but 3 years previous I was 15 and still into classic rock (before it was called classic rock)). I was so lucky to live near 2 college radio stations and discover great pop music. But that's another thread...Please visit our friends in the surf music community:
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