simoncoil wrote:

1. Slacktone - Glide

2. Man or Astro-man? - Bermuda Triangle Shorts

Dude! I didn't expect anybody else to choose those. Those are two of my choices as well.

Don't worry Jake. Niels will combine everyone's votes into a list of 101 and we'll get to listen to them all. That is, assuming we can manage a unique set of 101 songs. We'll need more voters.

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There've got to be many candidates here. But many of them might be too obscure to be people's favorites. Lots of terrific songs, though.

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These are my 10 favourites surf revival tracks today and now. Tomorrow they will have changed for sure.

1 THE PENETRATORS - Redlined
2 DICK DALE - Nitro
3 TWANG MARVELS - Sea of glory
4 SURF COASTERS - Intruder
5 JON & THE NIGHTRIDERS - Moving target
6 ELIMINATORS - E Five
7 STRAITJACKETS - Pacifica
8 FRANKIE & THE POOLBOYS - Ewa on the beach
9 LOS LOBOS / ARTURO SANDOVAL - Walk don´t Rango
10 THE TORMENTOS - Dragstrip night

I had doubts with song number 9, but it is such a great song...

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1. The Surf Coasters - "Intruder"
2. The Tomorrowmen - "Chronosurf"
3. The Madeira - "Undercurrents"
4. Aqualads - "Bon Voyage"
5. The Penetrators - "Checkpoint Echo"
6. Los Straitjackets - "Pacifica"
7. The Fathoms - "Fathom This!"
8. Insect Surfers - "Polaris"
9. Frankie & The Poolboys - "The Raven"
10. Atomic Mosquitos - "Cool Action Space Tune"

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Somebody else should be Supernova by the Nebulas on there. Damn good song. That second album... it's as good as anything.

JakeDobner wrote:

simoncoil wrote:

1. Slacktone - Glide

2. Man or Astro-man? - Bermuda Triangle Shorts

Dude! I didn't expect anybody else to choose those. Those are two of my choices as well.

Hey Jake, I am not that surprised actually. From reading your posts during the last one and a half year I knew already that we are into a lot of the same music (and that isn't limited to surf). But I wouldn't have guessed that you would also include "Everybody Up" in your classic top ten. I thought you would probably have chosen "Little Ollie" or "Margaya" instead (which are of course also great).

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simoncoil wrote:

Interestingly I found chosing ten modern surf songs harder than picking ten classics,

It was fairly easy for me to come up with 10 classics, I think because the releases were singles, rather than albums. I think many would agree that The Madeira are one of the top 10 modern bands, but it's improbable for us to agree on what their definitive song would be. Whereas, even though The Chantays released a several albums, it's clear that Pipeline is their signature song, mostly because it was a hit single.
Anyway, I'm working on it.

Ferenc, that of course only happens, when you approach the list with the idea of representing bands through signature or "definitve" songs, which I didn't even try. I just made a list of the bands I like and then chose the song by them I like the most. And that doesn't necessarily have to be the most representative... The thing was probably just that I have more CDs by modern surfbands than classics.

Just to encourage everyone who thinks "How can I possibly come up with a definitve list?": Just don't! Make a list of personal favorites instead. Nobody here will say: "You dind't include 'Intruder', which tells us you know nothing about surf music. Get out!" (hopefully)

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Aww, come on Matt...just add a song to each. You can do it! Feel the pain!

I went with "Holy Shit!" moments– Songs that, from the second I heard them, made me change course, ramp up my desire to be a better player and songwriter, perfectly captured a mood and time, and were complete constructs (melody, groove, arrangements). They may not have changed the path and growth of surf music for everyone, but they did for me. This list should be a lot longer.

"Bells of St.Kahuna" - Slacktone
"Cactus" - Brazil 2001
"Western"- King of Hawaii
"Silver Coast" - Insect Surfers
"Nomad"- Aqua Velvets
"Intruder" - Surf Coasters
"Ocean Beach"- Mermen
"Solaris Stomp" - The Space Cossacks
"Cumana" - Los Twang! Marvels
"Mobius Transformation" - The TomorrowMen
"Surfers Anthem" - Evan Foster

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I chose songs that I have long been addicted to and happily listen to repeatedly. Most seem to expand my feeling of what can be done as a musician. All are hedonistic pleasures. In no particular order:

1. Hayride to Hell - The Irreversible Slacks
2. Summer - The Baronics
3. Kremlin Karamel (AKA Kreml De La Kreml) - The Beat Tornados
4. Nokken Surfacing - The Beat Tornados
5. Deutsch Bag - Double Naught Spy Car
6. You Jerk - El Fiendo
7. Odie Hit Me First - El Fiendo
8. Los Bomberas Borachos - Austin Transit Authority
9. Rockula - Los Straitjackets
10. Saturation - The Slackmates

Numbers 1 through 8 all gave me "what was that??!!!" reactions.
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