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Guys, you might not agree with me but I really think there ought to
be a LAW against playing Telstar.
Or Pipeline, Wipe-out, Penetration, Surf Rider, Walk Don't Run, Baja,
Miserlou and all the other "hits".
If you're not going to write your own material, at least dig up some
obscure tunes that haven't been covered to death. Sure, it's nice to
play a song people actually recognize now and again...but why dig up
the "Greatest Hits of Surf vol.1" for live performance?
There's literally dozens of compilations of little-known surf tunes
by bands that no one remembers, and usually there's some real
treasures on these comps (you gotta hear "Diggin' Out" or "Wail on
the Beach" or "New Wave Surf Party" - despite the lame name and even
lamer cover artwork) that I don't hear modern bands covering very
often.
I have the same complaint to make about so-called rockabilly bands or
blues bands that only play obvious covers that not only are
immediately recognizable, but have been covered to death by other
bands. It's "Oldies Syndrome" or something...hey, if you play well
and put on a good show folks will like you even if they DON'T know
the songs you're playing.
