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surfneptune Joined: Mar 16, 2006 Posts: 923	Posted on May 27 2008 10:46 AM Tom Petty and Heartbreakers Give Mike Campbell a chance to play some "California Surf Music". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqSIem91gEA As close as you can get to a Blue Stingrays show. — THe NEpTuNeS Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25629 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on May 27 2008 10:52 AM pretty cool, thanks Tom, just wish he had some Reverb on there. or More if he does have some. — Jeff(bigtikidude) Top
dp Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california	Posted on May 27 2008 11:20 AM that little lead break at @ 1:38 is sweet! and the free-form / greatest-hits section that begins around 2:30 is also awesome... man, I wish the Blue Stingrays would release a second album... i dig guitarists who respect the surf... Top
Rio Joined: May 22, 2006 Posts: 500 Hamilton, Ontario	Posted on May 27 2008 12:08 PM Nice to him play a Jaguar... and wasn't he buddies with LSJ from fairly early on in the latters' careers? — http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/rockinrio.delrosa http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/TheHighTides http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/pages/The-Blue-Demons Top
Sonichris Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1903 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies	Posted on May 27 2008 12:09 PM dp i dig guitarists who respect the surf... I don't understand how anyone that plays a guitar and claims to be a "guitarist" won't acknowledge that surf is pretty damn cool! I've run into some blues guys at shows that say stuff like " Oh, I used to play that surf stuff when I was kid" and things like that - Then proceed to tell me how great their blues band is. Too bad for them - — "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" Top
surfneptune Joined: Mar 16, 2006 Posts: 923	Posted on May 27 2008 12:16 PM Sonichris I don't understand how anyone that plays a guitar and claims to be a "guitarist" won't acknowledge that surf is pretty damn cool! Yes I was thinking the same thing about the audience, I imagine everybody in that audience was really digging it, yet I doubt many were inspired to seek out that sound after the show. I wish Tom Petty had made a bigger deal out of the "California Surf Music", talk it up a bit. — THe NEpTuNeS Top
zak Joined: Sep 24, 2007 Posts: 2728	Posted on May 27 2008 12:19 PM This post has been removed by the author. Last edited: Sep 23, 2009 17:21:25 Top
Surfgitar Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 1342 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	Posted on May 27 2008 12:53 PM On a positive note, if more hi-profile bands mixed a bit o' surf in their set list and performing in front of 25,000 applauding fans, it could help raise the awarness of this genre. And was that a Fender Bassman in his backline? — CUTBACK Top
zak Joined: Sep 24, 2007 Posts: 2728	Posted on May 27 2008 01:00 PM This post has been removed by the author. Last edited: Sep 23, 2009 17:21:34 Top
Sonichris Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1903 Wear gloves - I'm in the Rockies	Posted on May 27 2008 01:02 PM zak Wow...what a tame, low-energy version. Would have been too long at 3 minutes but it drags on for over 5...sorry, not my kinda thing. I couldn't make it through the entire video. Receding hairlines and "80s rock hair" don't really go together very well. Minus 10 points for the frilly poofy shirt, too. well, it is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.....put in context with "Free Falling" and "Last dance With Mary Jane" this is a rocker! Too much energy and it would have sent the audience into convulsions... . I think Mike Campbell wants to be a pirate. — "You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" Top
skeeter Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 2063 Virginia, USA	Posted on May 27 2008 01:14 PM Sonichris I think Mike Campbell wants to be a pirate. Yeah, he looks like he should be singing about free credit report.com — Paul Atomic Mosquitos Bug music for bug people is here! Killers from Space Top
dp Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california	Posted on May 27 2008 01:34 PM skeeter Sonichris I think Mike Campbell wants to be a pirate. Yeah, he looks like he should be singing about free credit report.com that's pretty funny stuff... he really does look a lot like that dude in the commercial! Top
seafoam_johnny Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 1099 4 faces. (Where the buffalo roam)	Posted on May 27 2008 02:05 PM Having said all that, let's feel forunate that a recognized band even acknowleged surf music. If we pray long enough, perhaps others will follow suit. Uh... Do ya think that The Ventures recently being inducted into the R&R Hall of fame had something to do with Mike's decision to play this? At least he wasn't so out of touch as to perform this with an LP. He's on the right track but in need of a little "guidance" indeed.. Testing the waters perhaps???.... Top
bigtikidude Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25629 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.	Posted on May 27 2008 02:29 PM Johnny, in case you haven't heard of it, or didn't catch DP's reference above. Mike Campbell has done a surf cd, titled the Blue Stingrays,"surf and Burn" all though its kinda mellow and lacks reverb, its a fairly decent recording. — Jeff(bigtikidude) Top
WR Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3832 netherlands	Posted on May 27 2008 03:19 PM I agree they stretched this out WAY too long, but it beats the crap out of the surf 'n burn cd. it definetly beats the crap out of just about anything by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers afaic. — Rules to live by #314: "When in Italy, if the menu says something's grilled, don't assume it is." https://www.facebook.com/The-Malbehavers-286429584796173/ Top
HBkahuna Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1778 Star, Idaho. Formerly lived in Surf City USA.	Posted on May 27 2008 03:24 PM Where is the freaking reverb?? That was bone dry! Top
seafoam_johnny Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 1099 4 faces. (Where the buffalo roam)	Posted on May 27 2008 03:27 PM bigtikidude Johnny, in case you haven't heard of it, or didn't catch DP's reference above. Mike Campbell has done a surf cd, titled the Blue Stingrays,"surf and Burn" all though its kinda mellow and lacks reverb, its a fairly decent recording. Nope. Didn't catch it. That's what I get for speedreading. Thanks for un-phucking me Jeffster. Top
DelTremolo Joined: May 27, 2008 Posts: 4 Sebastian, FL	Posted on May 27 2008 04:44 PM Fantastic. I have no complaints. Mike Campbell is a tasty guitar player. — Fretboard and longboard. Top
dp Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california	Posted on May 27 2008 05:35 PM I like surf n burn... it's definitely not reverb-drenched high-velocity surf-madness...but, it is an excellent surf-influenced instrumental album...and there is some reverberation...as well as tremolo, and even wah-wah...outstanding arrangements...good drumming... think the cd shows mucho respect for the surf... i listen to this cd often... Top
dp Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california	Posted on May 27 2008 05:38 PM WR ...afaic. AFAIC??? wtf duz "AFAIC" sf? My txt sklls sux...omg... lol...rotflmao! l8tr -dp Top

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