PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5080
San Francisco
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Posted on Apr 24 2023 10:28 PM
Frankie and the Pool Boys play "Beat It"
Surfer Joe plays "Billie Jean"
In August of 2022, the Surfer Joe Band was at my house and we were talking about Lorenzo's love of 80s pop, and Michael Jackson came up. Lorenzo said he had an arrangement of "Billie Jean," and wanted to record it. They didn't have a B-side ready, so I suggested that the Pool Boys record "Beat It." And that is how the greatest novelty record of 2023 came together. Someday, the universe will have to ponder why a surf treatment of Michael Jackson came into existence. We get it, it's definitely a novelty release. But the songs have great melodies, and that always suits the surf style. We also know that MJ is rightly viewed in a harsh light, and we have no excuses, other than we enjoyed his music when it came out 40 years ago.
We did have a lot of fun doing the recording and putting the package together. We tried to match the original single art as closely as possible. I used an AI program to help identify the fonts used! In them olden days, we used to flip through thousands of pages in a font book!
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2141
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Apr 25 2023 12:33 AM
Love these covers! I am a big fan of 80s pop, synthpop, new wave and other stuff.
Will there be also surfy poppy videos with some dance moves?)
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terma_reverb
Joined: Apr 17, 2012
Posts: 40
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Posted on Apr 25 2023 03:20 AM
Cool project!! Nice arrangements there and the artwork just completes the whole package! 
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Padraig
Joined: Feb 26, 2022
Posts: 323
Dollars, Taxes
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Posted on Apr 25 2023 03:24 PM
Ferenc,
You and Lorenzo are the bomb! The 80's and the 90's have a lot of surf potential just waiting to be mined. Great job!
— Patrick
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SixStringSurfer
Joined: Sep 23, 2014
Posts: 1344
Memphis, TN
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Posted on Apr 25 2023 04:52 PM
Sounds great, very well done. I am just curious how one is able to legally record these tracks without breaking any copyright/trademark laws.
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wfoguy
Joined: Dec 11, 2011
Posts: 2090
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Posted on Apr 25 2023 05:20 PM
I enjoyed both. Thank you. 
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5080
San Francisco
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Posted on Apr 25 2023 08:39 PM
SixStringSurfer wrote:
Sounds great, very well done. I am just curious how one is able to legally record these tracks without breaking any copyright/trademark laws.
Getting song licensing is very easy! In fact, I use easysong.com to get the rights for any covers we do. If you don't secure the rights, you could get sued, which would definitely be a lot more expensive.
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Pool Boys on Spotify
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Pollo Del Mar on FB
DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio
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PolloGuitar
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 5080
San Francisco
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Posted on Apr 25 2023 08:40 PM
Thanks for listening everyone! Enjoy!
— Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp
Buy Spin the Bottle @ Bandcamp
My Blog- Euro Tour Blog
Pool Boys on Spotify
INSTAGRAM
Frankie & The Pool Boys on FB
Pollo Del Mar on FB
DJ Frankie Pool Boy on North Sea Surf Radio
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Joelman
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 1472
Redlands, CA
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Posted on Apr 26 2023 03:56 PM
Well there certainly is no end to the talent with these guys!
Joel
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19194
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 26 2023 07:18 PM
Amazing!
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sysmalakian
Joined: Dec 24, 2015
Posts: 407
México
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Posted on Apr 27 2023 11:12 AM
Yeah!
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