bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 14 2012 12:56 PM
wait don't answer that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMiSMxJGto&feature=related
before I even knew who was involved in it,
I was like yikes, the vocals are all out of tune.
then the guitarist steps into the picture.
it all makes sense now.
I'm sorry to be a hater, but man oh man,
how can some people be so oblivious to how bad they are.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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Big_Ryan
Joined: May 01, 2011
Posts: 578
San Diego
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Posted on May 14 2012 01:01 PM
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killbabykill34
Joined: Apr 03, 2010
Posts: 3201
Jacksonville, AL
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Posted on May 14 2012 01:15 PM
Please, someone let me in on this joke. What is the history of this band?
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bamboozer
Joined: Jan 18, 2010
Posts: 672
Delaware
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Posted on May 14 2012 01:17 PM
Liked the girls, the rest not so much.
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25309
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 14 2012 01:37 PM
killbabykill34 wrote:
Please, someone let me in on this joke. What is the history of this band?
This specific band?
not really sure, but Merrel Fankhauser
was in the Impacts (surf band) in the early 60s.
they had 2 hits that I know of, "Steel Pier" and a song called "Wipe Out"
but it wasn't the Surfaris "Wipe Out",
a little more info and a pic of the album here:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-impacts-p23801
Then Merrel went on to many different rock band styles.
see here: http://www.merrellfankhauser.com/frames.html
I suspect that there may have been chemicals involved in those days
but that is just speculation on my part.
At Some point he moved to Hawaii and did a lot of acoustic music,
and then moved back to the Central Calif. coast.
It seems he has had a few different bands and dabbled in a mix of music styles, mainly being Classic Rock,and Surf covers,
and "Tiki Music" which I think is the worst of his crimes,
as His Tiki Music sounds like a bad Version of Raffi (kids music guy)
here is "we love tikis"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKr-WKT4aiA
I also saw a video of him doing wipeout,(the Surfaris version)
and basically implying that he recorded it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwdoTwhysVo&feature=related
Simply bizarre
I can't get my head around this guy.
He has or had a TV show where he has interviewed some Surf Music legends.
but I have never seen it on PBS or anywhere else, but there are some clips of that on youtube.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
Last edited: May 14, 2012 13:48:35
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2675
Ventura, CA
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Posted on May 14 2012 01:47 PM
That's the international surf music LEGEND that is "the leader of the instrumental group The Impacts who had the international hit “Wipeout”, one of the innovators of surf music and a unique guitar player whose sound has delighted listeners for over 35 years. I love it when people call themselves legends. Sorry for the negativity but that guy has no shame.
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Big_Ryan
Joined: May 01, 2011
Posts: 578
San Diego
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Posted on May 14 2012 01:50 PM
eeeeeeeeeesh,,, its all so awkward and embarrassing, i feel terrible for his band mates and everyone involved in his videos
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25309
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 14 2012 01:51 PM
Doug,
you should have put all that in quotes, saying Merrel Says:
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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LHR
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Posts: 2123
The jungle
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Posted on May 14 2012 04:01 PM
Tripe. But, IMO, the worst problem with this sad tune is that there is a big time offset between the rhythm section and the vocals and lead guitar tracks. Those parts are many milliseconds late. My guess is that they recorded this direct to a poorly-tuned interface on a Windows PC using headphones and paid no attention to the inherent latency of that method.
— SSIV
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5266
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on May 14 2012 04:09 PM
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on May 14 2012 04:09 PM
I hate that man so much...
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25309
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on May 14 2012 04:12 PM
I was waiting for Jake to chime in.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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josheboy
Joined: Mar 13, 2009
Posts: 2351
Twin Cities, MN
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Posted on May 14 2012 04:13 PM
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squirt50
Joined: Apr 27, 2008
Posts: 82
Chicago.
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Posted on May 14 2012 04:23 PM
Looks like he briefly opened a sonic portal to another dimension at the 1:09 mark. Pretty hard trick to pull off. Don't be h8tin!
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JONPAUL
Joined: Apr 29, 2010
Posts: 2460
Venice, CA
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Posted on May 14 2012 05:11 PM
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6V6
Joined: Nov 15, 2008
Posts: 284
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Posted on May 14 2012 05:21 PM
The Impacts are pretty solid...was this guy full time on those recordings?
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NIB
Joined: Aug 02, 2010
Posts: 111
Vienna/Austria
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Posted on May 14 2012 05:39 PM
wtf is this?! i am afraid i wont be able to sleep well now.^^
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Big_Ryan
Joined: May 01, 2011
Posts: 578
San Diego
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Posted on May 14 2012 05:56 PM
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CaptainSpringfield
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 4387
Under the Sun
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Posted on May 14 2012 06:27 PM
6V6 wrote:
The Impacts are pretty solid...was this guy full time on those recordings?
Yep. Their steel guitarist was the main songwriter, though, IIRC.
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Last edited: May 14, 2012 18:29:14
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on May 14 2012 06:48 PM
Big_Ryan wrote:
so does he run his own public access show or something?
Yep...
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