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Hey Trode!
I very much appreciate everything you wrote below - I think we're in
near-perfect agreement! Now, anyway. :)
God bless surf bands that are brave and imaginative enough to do
something a bit new and different while still keeping to the long
tradition and the deep roots of surf music! That's my view of
things, anyway.... One foot tied to the past while leaping into the
future with the other one.... (it could end up being painful for a
guy...)
Ivan
-- In , Ronald E Smith <lnemo@j...>
wrote:
>
> Most excellent discussion, Ivan. (I hope)
>
> I will not make any excuses for my blatant disposal of the
> "surf" moniker when discussing the B. Tornados and Lunatics.
> I feel that I can evolve my musical tastes just as the bands have.
> Most of us come from a 1st wavy beginning and still hold those
> bands in a place of honor. (I am one of those as well)
> I would think that the musicians on this list would appreciate
> the "Evolution" that has transpired with both of these "Surfbands"
> I would not want to second guess the bands but I think they are
> compelled to push the envelope and have succeeded quite well.
> (Which is why we are talking about them) My hat is off to the
> Beat Tornados for recording songs like the "Dave Brubeck standard"
> Not your standard cover to say the least. So maybe I need to take
> a little step back and mention that the "Beat Tornados" and the
> "Lunatics" are Surfbands through and through no matter what they
> choose to record. In the words of the Beat Tornados themselves.
> "" This only to say that surf music is not retro music, at least
not
> the way The Beat Tornados play it.""
>
> Hey, I live in California so I am a little tilted right from
the get
> go.
> All I am really sure of is that the bands have come a very long
ways
> from their debut albums brimming with surf covers to a more modern
> approach. (writing/arranging their version of "Surf" in a
completely
> fresh and exciting new way)
>
> >> Just because someone is pushing at the definition a bit doesn't
really
>
> >>bother me, though.
> Doesn't bother me either, I love it! If a Surfband is playing
it I
> will listen!
>
> >>Finally, insisting that a particular release is not surf music
may
> >>actually keep some surf music fans from checking it out, though
it's
> >>close enough and though they may it enjoy greatly. So, let's
not be
> >>so insistent on something not being surf music, shall we?
>
> I will take my reprimand like a responsible adult and refrain
from
> any unruly stereotyping in the future. I apologize to those, who
will now
> boycott Scandinavian surf bands, because of what I wrote.
>
> I will be anxiously awaiting "Part 3"
>
> Trode
> Euro fanatic
> Santa Barbara
> California
>
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