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Posted on Jul 28 2006 06:52 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_3GG6wM2c&search=surf%20music I still sorta can appreciate this one, but then I found this .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lwx6HsMtrA&search=surf%20music
ferenc, you must know more about the history of this? WR —Rules to live by #314: |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1683 Georgia 
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Posted on Jul 28 2006 07:03 AM
I don't get it. Wth The Mystery Men? |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 492 Austin Texas 
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Posted on Jul 28 2006 08:45 AM
I think I threw up in my mouth a little. — |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 5089 San Francisco
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Posted on Jul 28 2006 09:33 AM
Not much story, just promo videos... Small trivia- That is Shigeo taking the vocal for "Neon Lights" --ferenc —Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3832 netherlands
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Posted on Jul 28 2006 10:18 AM
just wondering what they were promoting? anyway, these seem like rather old video's, even though they were recently posted on you tube. you know from when the are? did they make thiskind of music, sorry, not much of a SC connaisseur I'm afraid, only have one album, but hey, I want to learn! WR —Rules to live by #314: |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Jul 28 2006 01:30 PM
There's a Surf Coasters' techno remix album called Surfdelicious that I'd steer clear of. "Neon Lights" is actually on one of their more traditional albums, Surfdelic. About every other album or so there's a song or two that makes you stare at the speakers and mumble "What ... the fuck ... were they thinking?" In some ways, I guess it's part of the appeal. Stylistically they're all over the place, both within surf and well outside of it. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19262 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jul 28 2006 05:10 PM
I have heard both of these songs before, and many of the other wacky non-surf things they have done. But all can be forgiven if you have seen them play live. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Posted on Jul 29 2006 01:03 AM
Is it safe to assume that he's not using flatwound 13's? |
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Posted on Jul 29 2006 02:37 AM
Disgusting — |
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Posted on Jul 29 2006 11:20 AM
Paying the rent? |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Jul 30 2006 12:42 AM
(I just realized I didn't come anywhere close to answering Wannes' questions.) Both of the songs were done in the first half of their career. Aside from the remix album it's not a style that they pursued for more than--at most--one song per album. Most of the vocals they did weren't very good, though. Even though "Neon Lights" <i>is</i> on one of their most traditional albums, the two other semi-trad ones (Surfside Village and Surf Attack) have a combined one vocal, which is defintely not nearly as, uh ...
It's actually a cover of the vocal version of "Movin" that Klas posted somewhere a while back. Wait ... isn't "Neon Lights" a Kraftwerk cover? -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 3546 mojave desert, california
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Posted on Jul 30 2006 01:56 AM
yup...Kraftwerk... |
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Posted on Jul 30 2006 02:14 AM
I don't really get why they'd accentuate those songs. Shigeo's fingerwork on pretty much any other SC song would be just as dizzying as those videos, but at least more impressive to watch and more appealing to listen to. Yeah, each album often had a flub that tanked pretty hard, but I'm still willing to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Jul 30 2006 02:47 AM
My guess would be that their label/management/etc. felt songs of that style would me more likely to catch on with the general public than, say, "Intruder." Or not--that's just a guess. Most of the real WTF moments they had were the more experimental ones--I think a lot of people don't fault them for taking chances that not too many other bands did, especially considering that when the far-out stuff worked, it could be pretty awesome. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jul 30 2006 09:28 PM
One vocal on Surface Impressions is really great. I don't know the title. |
Joined: Apr 25, 2006 Posts: 83 SLC, UT
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Posted on Jul 31 2006 10:38 AM
Hey, it ain't that bad... and it's worth it for the glimpse of Shigeo with long hair! Regarless of their "commercial" attempts, Shigeo Naka is one of the greatest guitarists alive... Rev. — |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Jul 31 2006 04:42 PM
Well put. |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25520 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jul 31 2006 04:56 PM
I agree, but personal tastes are a very subjective thing. Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 4387 Under the Sun
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Posted on Jul 31 2006 07:51 PM
Check out the band photos in the liners of their self-titled album--Shigeo's got a full-on clash between cowboy and hair farmer going on. -Warren —That was excessively violent and completely unnecessary. I loved it. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 5089 San Francisco
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Posted on Sep 07 2006 06:46 PM
Call him Cowboy Shigeo: Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp |
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