anyone keen on the pyramids? any help with pyramids licks, chords, tab etc. would be greatly appreciated. besides penetration. i know im new, but help would be great.
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Joined: Feb 05, 2007 Posts: 7 |
Posted on Feb 06 2007 05:18 PM
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Posted on Feb 12 2007 05:05 AM
helpfull bunch eh? washed...52 views and no replies |
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Posted on Feb 12 2007 03:57 PM
Hi Washed, Oh, I thought this was about the string brand. I know nothing about the band except they were bald and wrote penetration. However, send me an .mp3 if you want help with a song and I can chart the chords for you. Danny Snyder 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 |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25546 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Feb 12 2007 04:23 PM
Just remember that they tuned in E, but the tape was sped up when mastering the song to make it seem tighter. Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Aug 19, 2006 Posts: 958 Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Feb 12 2007 04:30 PM
Hey......i know something about The Pyramids!! They were from Long Beach The TakeOffs |
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Posted on Feb 12 2007 04:40 PM
In BIKINI BEACH they do a vocal number and the lead guitarist does a backflip during his solo. Their songs CONTACT and PRESSURE are on the Lost Legends of Surf Guitar I CD. I prefer CONTACT to PENETRATION myself and I've downloaded my cover of it to the demos section here but I have thrown in some invasive saxaphone. I learn everything by ear so I can't help with tabs or notation. |
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Posted on Feb 13 2007 07:50 AM
On occasion they even rode to the show on an elephant!
The beach party movies are great with Bikini Beach as my very favorite. — |
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Joined: Aug 19, 2006 Posts: 958 Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Feb 13 2007 05:00 PM
Aloha.......i'm sorry if i offended anyone with my comments about the old Beach movies. They are classic now i guess but if you lived in California and surfed back then, believe me when i SUGGEST that Frankie Avalon was not really a surfer and DID NOT represent the surfing community or surf music in any way, shape or form. It's just MY opinion and yes, i know it aint worth much to anyone else and the same can be said of my choice for "best surf tune ever". I chose "10 Over" by the Ventures cause it's MY favorite right now and heck, somebody asked so.....! The TakeOffs |
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 12:07 AM
Meh...most of the time image/hype/Hollywood doesn't live up to reality. I'm sure immigrants were bummed out too when they realized that the U.S. streets weren't actually paved with gold when they arrived at the turn of the century. p.s. Penetration is a killer song, but I can't help you out unfortunatly. Good luck! |
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 12:22 AM
That explains it! it's one of the few tunes I've heard/learned where every other band has learned it in a different key. I learned to play it in G so I could play along with the record, but its impossible to play the 3rd main melody on a guitar with 21 frets (22 frets, no problem) The Ventures play it in A on Live From Japan '65 I'm pretty sure that a lot of the Surfaris (wipeout surfaris) tunes were sped up. Point Panic is much easier to play in E than the record sounding F. Chris —"You can't tell where you're going if you don't know where you've been" |
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 03:34 AM
I don't think anyone believes that the beach party movies represented the surf music scene of Southern California or their surfing community. Still great movies with loads of inspirational stuff in them. — |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25546 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 07:09 PM
Yeah when I saw those movies in the 80's for the 1st time, even before I got into surf music. I knew they were cornball. and that they were more for comedic purpose than historical. Jeff(bigtikdude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 07:52 PM
Uh, does anyone know how to get elephant shit out of a uniform? |
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 08:03 PM
I wonder how he practiced for that. Start with a broom? It's a little off topic, but I swear I remember seeing two members of Flash Cadillac do front rolls or ??? past each other during a TV performance of Walk, Don't Run. I was a little bemused at the time - not what you're thinking - so I've always wondered if I really saw it. And if I did, how they did it. Seems like it would be a good way to break either your neck or the guitar's. |
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 11:57 AM
I think Penetration is kind of a rip off of Scratchy. Anyway, I play it in G. |
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 04:48 PM
I think the notes in collections usually say the band claims it was a rip off of Pipeline. A probable rip off of Penetration, and, by transitivity, of the others, is Sloth in Molasses by the Phantom Surfers. Last edited: Feb 15, 2007 19:19:44 |
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 06:26 PM
Have you heard the song I'm talking about? |
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 07:33 PM
No, unfortunately. In fact, sadly, I haven't even heard of it. This sort of song evolution issue fascinates me, and, of course, anything ripped off to produce Penetration must be pretty interesting in itself. In case it wasn't clear, I wasn't doubting you at all, just adding the footnote. Honestly, the Pipeline assertion has always puzzled me. I don't really see that much resemblance between Pipeline and Penetration. The bass part, sure, but the rest? |
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 08:56 PM
Really? It's basically just "Pipeline" played backwards. And "Scratchy" is the same song as "Comin' Home Baby." -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 09:15 PM
What I find pretty cool about the pyramids is the song titles: "Penetration", "contact", "pressure". I´m working on "Dilation" right now http://www.myspace.com/cochabambas |
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