JetBlue
Joined: May 30, 2006
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Cool, CA
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Posted on Apr 11 2008 11:25 AM
WillyT
Back on topic, The Pyronauts' "Ironboard" is based on the opening theme from the 60's Alfred Hitchcock TV show.
Right...both based on "Funeral March of a Marionette" by Gounod.
Last weekend I caught the movie "M" on IFC. It's a great movie from 1931 about a child murderer on the loose in Berlin, the search for him, and his capture (apparently a true story). Highly recommended. Anyway, the villain frequently whistled the melody from "In the Hall of the Mountain King" and it's been stuck in my head all week. I think it would make a great surf-ish instrumental.
— Don
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Apr 11 2008 12:13 PM
Don, look no further than your friends in Pollo Del Mar to hear it. It's on Golden State I believe. Surely you must have heard it at one of the Hotel Utah shows.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
I am now playing trumpet with Prince Buster tribute band 'Balzac'
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 11 2008 12:20 PM
The Bitch Boys also cover "Mountain King". Some obscure 60's surf band also covers it, it is on my iPod somewhere, but I think they used a different name for it because I am having trouble finding it at the moment.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 11 2008 12:25 PM
A quick search of Reverb Central reveals that "Nero & The Gladiators" and "The Avengers VI" also did "In the Hall..."
Edit:
Nero & The Gladiators apparently were a Britsh band (not surf). I think I am thinking of the Avengers VI from "Real Cool Hits".
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JetBlue
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Cool, CA
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Posted on Apr 11 2008 12:32 PM
DOH! Well, at least it was a good idea, if a little late. I don't have Golden State or any Bitch Boys yet.  I'm about to order another batch of CDs so I'll check it out. Now I want to hear Pollo's version...if they played it at one of the Hotel Utah shows I've been to, it went completely over my head...or I was concentrating on my beer or something.
Thanks guys!
— Don
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turtlesallthewaydown
Joined: Apr 06, 2008
Posts: 11
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Posted on Apr 11 2008 08:27 PM
jukebox
working on a sped up rockabilly version of canned heats goin up the country
That seems like it would work really well.
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wooza
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
Posts: 1618
Ithaca, NY
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Posted on Apr 11 2008 08:39 PM
Don, while you're at it get Pollo's album Year of the Rooster! The version of Hall of the Mountain King on there is great!
I don't have this on hand, but if I remember correctly I think the Bitch Boys' version is based on the cut the Landcasters did called "Satan's Holiday" which is on the Rare West Coast Surf Instrumentals comp. Then again, I'm kinda assuming. I haven't heard the Gladiators or Avengers IV versions so maybe one of those was the inspiration for the Bitch Boys/Landcasters.
Also the Who did it if we want to count that.
Hmm, as it turns out there are plenty versions to choose from. 
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 11 2008 09:08 PM
That's the one I was thinking of Wooza, thanks!!! Yes, I have the Lancasters on my iPod.
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cambeezy
Joined: Jun 26, 2007
Posts: 399
Cleveland, Ohio
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Posted on Apr 14 2008 08:17 AM
Yardbird's "Heart Full 'o Soul" and "Full Your Love"
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luke78
Joined: Feb 14, 2007
Posts: 18
washington, the state.
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Posted on Apr 14 2008 11:25 AM
We do an surf intrumental version of hard days night. The crowd really seems to enjoy it. It seem a little odd since the british invasion did so much to displace surf music.
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Apr 14 2008 08:45 PM
luke78
It seem a little odd since the british invasion did so much to displace surf music.
"Payback is a mother fucker." (Can I say that? No?) OK, "What goes around comes around." It's the California Counteroffensive, rummaging through the back pages of music history. And some of the front pages, too.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Apr 14 2008 08:59 PM
Brian
That's the one I was thinking of Wooza, thanks!!! Yes, I have the Lancasters on my iPod.
Forgot to mention that that is Ritchie Blackmore on guitar in The Lancasters. 
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djangodeadman
Joined: Jan 25, 2007
Posts: 1568
Brighton UK
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Posted on Apr 15 2008 06:02 AM
I once saw two bands play instro versions of Paint It Black on the same day. First of all Da Surfones from Barcelona, later on Cosmonauti. Funilly emough, I'm pretty sure the Bitch Boys (mentioned as playing this tune earlier in the thread) were in the audience for the first show (I think so, anyway). We now play this tune in Los Fantasticos. We have also been known to play Roger Whittaker's Mexican Whistler, Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head and Rossini's William Tell Overture (although that's been done by loads of people, I would guess).
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Serpico
Joined: Dec 30, 2007
Posts: 443
Falun Sweden
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Posted on Apr 15 2008 07:26 AM
i was thinking of playing the theme from Tetris. any one know what that tune is named? im sure its not theme from Tetris..=)
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Bipo
Joined: Nov 02, 2007
Posts: 38
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Posted on Apr 15 2008 08:41 AM
Serpico
i was thinking of playing the theme from Tetris. any one know what that tune is named?
Korobeiniki
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turtlesallthewaydown
Joined: Apr 06, 2008
Posts: 11
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Posted on Apr 15 2008 01:00 PM
Bipo
Serpico
i was thinking of playing the theme from Tetris. any one know what that tune is named?
Korobeiniki
Music B, right?
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Serpico
Joined: Dec 30, 2007
Posts: 443
Falun Sweden
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Posted on Apr 15 2008 03:34 PM
well..im not sure..in the NESversion of Tetris i dont think it is in the game at all..well not the european version anyways..my friend have a Gameboy with Tetris that he have had since he was a little kid..we plugged the Gameboy into his stereo and looped the song so i could learn it by ear. i have only seen one band that was playing it and that is a band called The Advantage and they cover only gamemusic.
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surfadelica
Joined: Jan 24, 2008
Posts: 19
são paulo, brazil
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Posted on Apr 16 2008 07:23 AM
Cordelia Records issued a full CD of non-surf music turned into instrumental surf songs: "Beyond The Sea - The Surf Instrumental Bands Of The World Fearlessly Extend Their Repertoire".
You can see the tracklisting here:
Cordelia Records - Beyond The Sea
26 very cool songs ranging from 10cc, A-Ha, Serge Gainsborg, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Queen, Elvis, among many others! The webpage also includes info on how to buy the record and has 7 bonus mp3s for free.
The Cordelia label is preparing a second volume of this series: "Further Beyond The Sea". Bands interested in being part of the CD should write to Alan Jenkins:
Further Beyond The Sea
Surfadelica, my band, recorded a version of the Kaiser Chiefs "The Modern Way".
We also recorded "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" by the Beatles for a forthcoming "White Album Tribute".
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LosKioskBears
Joined: Jul 16, 2006
Posts: 11
Cambridge UK
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Posted on Apr 16 2008 11:29 AM
We do a great version of the old western movie theme, The Big Country. If anyone wants to hear it, I am happy to email an MP3
all the best
Paul K
Los kiosk Bears
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No sun, no surf, no sand, no babes but great music !!
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planish
Joined: Jan 09, 2008
Posts: 473
Sackville, New Brunswick
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Posted on Apr 20 2008 01:22 AM
intellitard
Haven't attempted these yet but we're gonna try them out tonight:
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
How did that work out for you? Does a whammy bar provide a reasonable facsimile of the Scruggs Tuners aka "Keith Banjo Tuners"? (Maybe I'm thinking of "Flint Hill Special", that makes use of the Scruggs Tuners.)
marquee6
Has any body said "Dreaming" by Blondie, awsome drums, nice melody etc.. also "11:59" or "Atomic" would be good.
I was thinking about trying their "Angels On the Balcony" - with lots of jangly ringing arpeggios, bendy/tremmy notes and such.
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