maybe b/c the drummer "is right on the money", the song is called 'Flash of Green' ??

oh, never mind

just a stray, unsteady thought passing thru (what else is new?)

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

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"A Flash of Green" is one of my favorite cuts on this Starbuck's collection:
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Having the good fortune of actually playing with/in Pollo Del Mar for a few songs at a show a couple of years ago, I can tell you that their songs are complexly simple, or is it simply complex?

What I love about their songs is that the melody gets stuck in your head and you want to move/head-bang/sing/play air-guitar along with them.

For me, if the song doesn't have some kind of catchy melody or something memorable, then is isn't for me!

Pollo Del Mar doesn't write the standard surf song... they push the envelope, but keep it interesting at the same time.

Pollo Del Mar rocks my world, how about yours?

Paul The Pyronaut

I've been a huge fan of PDM since the first time I saw them live when Ferenc so gratiously hosted Surf Report at one of his Hotel Utah gigs in S.F. They absolutely blew me away that day. Totally changed my perception of what could be done in this genre.

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Pyronauts
For me, if the song doesn't have some kind of catchy melody or something memorable, then is isn't for me!

that's what grabbed me about flash of green ... the first verse doesnt have a memorable melody, nor brilliant harmonic structure. but my jaw dropped nonetheless when I heard it the first time! (and the song is stuck in my head ever since spuds initial post)

Pollo Del Mar rocks my world, how about yours?

HELL YEAH!

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bigtikidude
they keep getting better like a fine wine, ( or so I've heard) I hate wine.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

They kinda remind me of my first beer.... tastes kinda funny, then the buzz sets in! Giggly smiley fun fun fun!

Paul

PDM and the Neptunes go a ways back, I’ve always enjoyed taking a step with them to the Pysch side of surf! Ferenc has carried the torch for the whole bay area scene for years! Without him it'd be dullsville for sure!

Hats off to Poy-yo Del Mar! (the way we say it here in Fresno.)

THe NEpTuNeS

UnsteadyFreddie
maybe b/c the drummer "is right on the money", the song is called 'Flash of Green' ??

oh, never mind

just a stray, unsteady thought passing thru (what else is new?)

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

Ha! nice thought pattern Freddie

• the initial main melody is utterly lame and boring, and esp unintersting against the chords. (the main melody it's actually a mediocre bassline)
  
• that arrangement starts out completely empty, with only bass drum and one guitar.
  
• the middle part depends on some blues-ish solo of some fairly poor wannabe bluesguitarist pentatonic riffs, topped with an 80's symphonic rock amount of delay.
  
• Jeremy's drums (and sound) is more rawk! than ever, with the heavy fills, oilskin tom sounds and heavy use of half open hihat.
  
• and worst of all, at the start the weird chimey bells, which I suspect are the yuk-setting on a digtech digiverb.
  

granted there are many great guitarparts too, but I really mean what I said above (try to argue against it!), and it's all the ingerdients of a recipe for disaster....BUT .... when it all comes together, it simply fits together perfectly and sounds AMAZING! what a great great song, one of my absolute favorites from The Golden State. doin' everything wrong and making it come out perfect, Ferenc is a great songwriter to begin with, but sometimes he's an absolute genius!

Yes, I think you've got it there Wannes, it's the slow build up and layering of the parts that when they get together just creates this terrific tune.

Spud, pick up Golden State and Year of the Rooster to hear PDM at their peak. I love those 2 discs.

Will do Brian although 'Golden State' seems to get more votes

They kinda remind me of my first beer.... tastes kinda funny, then the buzz sets in! Giggly smiley fun fun fun!

Paul

Heh! nice analogy Paul, it just grows and grows on you.

PDM and the Neptunes go a ways back, I’ve always enjoyed taking a step with them to the Pysch side of surf! Ferenc has carried the torch for the whole bay area scene for years! Without him it'd be dullsville for sure!

Hats off to Poy-yo Del Mar! (the way we say it here in Fresno.)

It took me awhile to learn how to say the name correctly, at first I thought it was like some sort of take on like Polo, as in horse polo, swimming polo etc etc

PDM play progressive surf music that even trad-heads can like. I don't know how they do it, quite honestly. They're pretty damn ingenious! A very creative and fearless band that has produced some amazing music through the years. Golden State is my favorite by them, a fantastic album.

and yeah, Ferenc's broader contribution to surf music is huge. Releasing the Woodies CD, running Pop Mart back in the nineties and making it much easier to find all sorts of rare surf music releases, bringing the Surf Coasters to the USA several times, doing amazing artwork for many surf music CDs, organizing and facilitating tours by out-of-state bands, organizing MANY local shows and events, it just goes on and on. A remarkable individual. I'm proud to call him a friend.

Ivan

Nice to have creative friends like that Ivan.

Take it easy

Bruce

Try driving with A Flash of Green playing. If you're not speeding by the time it's finished something is wrong with you.

Seriously, it is the slow buildup and the fact that by the end those guys are just bashing away that makes it for me.

Swing! Twang! Shake! Twist!

SurfBandBill
All I can say is:

Without PDM and all of Ferenc's efforts, there wouldn't really be much of a surf scene in SF.

~B~

Amen Brother.

Danny Snyder

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