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surfneptune Joined: Mar 16, 2006 Posts: 923	Posted on Oct 05 2008 11:52 AM were billy and stacy really singing about shotguns? What a groovin track! — THe NEpTuNeS Top
wooza Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 1618 Ithaca, NY	Posted on Oct 05 2008 01:43 PM Whoa! Dig that proto-Macarena dance at 1:14! Top
RobbieReverb Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2389 San Jose, Ca.	Posted on Oct 05 2008 01:44 PM PolloGuitar bigtikidude Ferenc, anyone, did the mermen ever do "3rd stone from the Sun" live or in any version? or would that be too obvious. (bigtikidude) I have heard them do 1983 a merman I... but I don't know about third stone. As you know, the Insects play a few bars of it in their song "Third Stone" fd I've heard the ShiTones do both "1983....." and "3rd Stone...", but I've never heard the Mermen do them. In a conversation that I had with Jim Thomas, Jim stated that he thought that Dick Dale's assertion that Jimi's line that "you will never hear surf music again" was about Dick's having cancer was totally untrue. Jim thought it was Jimi's lament that surf music's run had been wiped out by the British Invasion and the pop music that took over the airwaves after 1963. I doubt that we'll ever know exactly what Jimi meant, but I think that it's safe to say that Jimi was not trying to "dis" surf music. It is established that Jimi "dug" surf music. Although he usually toured with Marhsall or Sunn stacks, Jimi loved the sound of Fender amps, specifically Showmans, which he often used in the studio. We've all seen the photos and/or video of Jimi playing Jazzmasters, Jags, and of course his beloved Strats. Bob — Bob Top
RobbieReverb Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2389 San Jose, Ca.	Posted on Oct 05 2008 01:44 PM wooza I've heard that the Mermen at least partially took their name from 1983. . . Is that also true? Yes. Bob — Bob Top
Kman1 Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Posts: 694 Surf City	Posted on Oct 14 2008 04:08 PM I looked it up, and it said he was talking about how his friend/mentor Dick Dale, was told by his doctors that Dick had three months left to live due to Dick's cancer. That was supposed to be a salute. — Sonichris I also like to think that all early 60's fender equipment is happy to be playing surf music again. After all, its the music it was meant to play. Top
surfneptune Joined: Mar 16, 2006 Posts: 923	Posted on Oct 14 2008 04:22 PM I really think Jimi was dissing surf, It had to sound square and tame next to what he was doing at the time. I know this is an unpopular idea, and he did play through Showman amps but I just can't see him thinking surf was cool in the era he helped usher in. someone should ask Seymour Duncan or Eddie Kramer what they think. — THe NEpTuNeS Top
zak Joined: Sep 24, 2007 Posts: 2728	Posted on Oct 14 2008 04:47 PM This post has been removed by the author. Last edited: Sep 23, 2009 20:29:41 Top
seafoam_johnny Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 1099 4 faces. (Where the buffalo roam)	Posted on Oct 14 2008 05:03 PM DannySnyder I'm sure Jimi was getting too much attention and Little Richard was supposed to be the star of the show. Same thing when Jimmy would open for Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry quote "This young "N" is playing guitar with his teeth. How do I compete with that?" Top
Kman1 Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Posts: 694 Surf City	Posted on Oct 14 2008 06:25 PM Yeah Zak, I do have to agree with you. — Sonichris I also like to think that all early 60's fender equipment is happy to be playing surf music again. After all, its the music it was meant to play. Top
IvanP Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan	Posted on Oct 14 2008 06:26 PM I think Zak's got himself a not-so-secret admirer... — Ivan Lords of Atlantis on Facebook The Madeira Official Website The Madeira on Facebook The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook The Space Cossacks on Facebook The Madeira Channel on YouTube Top
crumble Joined: Sep 09, 2008 Posts: 3158 Guildford England	Posted on Oct 14 2008 07:13 PM surfneptune I really think Jimi was dissing surf, It had to sound square and tame next to what he was doing at the time. I know this is an unpopular idea, and he did play through Showman amps but I just can't see him thinking surf was cool in the era he helped usher in. someone should ask Seymour Duncan or Eddie Kramer what they think. I'm thinking the same thing, i mean compared to what jimi was doing back then surf music was like wrapping an elastic band around a machbox and twangin' it! He dug all kinds of music and had a great sense of humour. I just see the third stone lyrics as a good natured joke. As an Englishman growing up through this period i want this joke to be directed at Hank Marvin for being so square but there's a wider picture i'm sure. Jimi wanted to upgrade the music scene but not nessersarily do away with old musics altogether. He wanted to stretch the boundaries of music and use it to get people together and solve world problems. The way i read the third stone lyric are that he's the spaceman with out of sight cool space music, should he land and transform this planet with his music or should he leave you with Hank Marvin. wink - joke. There a bunch of Jimi interviews around the net including the "Jimi Speaks" cd: http://www.jimispeaks.com/ Top
Mr_Reverb63 Joined: Jul 10, 2007 Posts: 919 San Pablo, CA	Posted on Oct 14 2008 08:45 PM but did u guys know about this ....aha! http://rapidshare.com/files/154111512/Hendrix_in_the_begginning_of_3rd_stone.mp3 a while ago i did some messing around with the first 30-40 seconds of third stone from the sun, and i had written down what he says in that slow-mo part he says. i thought it was some kind of weird effect at first but no its him saying some kind of poetry, i had a better audio editor back then but so far this is what i came up with, i sped the sound 100% and u can clearly hear him say some stuff.i lost the words to what he was saying but hopefully someone can write it down i need ear phones to listen to it and have none.but yea nothing satanic or evil about it though ahaha if that's what ur thinking. haha i was such a hendrix freak — -Zanti Instagram: My IG Combo Tezeta IG Top
Kman1 Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Posts: 694 Surf City	Posted on Oct 14 2008 09:45 PM IvanP I think Zak's got himself a not-so-secret admirer... No-homo. — Sonichris I also like to think that all early 60's fender equipment is happy to be playing surf music again. After all, its the music it was meant to play. Top
Brian Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19346 Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Posted on Oct 14 2008 09:57 PM Please don't call one of surf music's most talented guitar players and songwriters a "homo" on this site. — Site dude - S3 Agent #202 Need help with the site? SG101 FAQ - Send me a private message - Email me "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea Top
wooza Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 1618 Ithaca, NY	Posted on Oct 14 2008 10:27 PM In his defense, I think he meant that in the slangy "not to sound gay as I say this, but..." fashion. But whatever. It's all pretty unintelligible anyways. Top
IvanP Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 10331 southern Michigan	Posted on Oct 14 2008 10:31 PM The lady doth protest too much.... — Ivan Lords of Atlantis on Facebook The Madeira Official Website The Madeira on Facebook The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook The Space Cossacks on Facebook The Madeira Channel on YouTube Top
Jon Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1076 Columbus, OH	Posted on Oct 14 2008 11:36 PM Surf guitarist doesn't have anything to do with it. 'Homo' is a stupid thing to call anyone. Top
oestmann Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 584 Adelaide	Posted on Oct 15 2008 06:56 AM IvanP I think Zak's got himself a not-so-secret admirer... I agree with Zak even before he speaks...but...how come every thread -no matter what the topic -sooner or later comes back to Zak? Conspiracy methinks? What do you think Zak? ah, now I've done it too.:x ...now back to Jimi's comment...likely, he was higher than a kite on that song, I believe, so I wouldn't treat his comment like a quintessential sociology paper on the existential parallel symbolism on the prolonged existence of surf music, personally, in my view, that is. — Tim O oestmann guitar tunes clips Top
Abe Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 1237 Bay Area	Posted on Oct 15 2008 01:21 PM I think Jimi said this because he wanted all of us to rant about this and it worked — The Deadbeats Top
zak Joined: Sep 24, 2007 Posts: 2728	Posted on Oct 15 2008 01:26 PM This post has been removed by the author. Top

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