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I, for one (and I think I speak for more than one) like receiving
this kind of info from players like Dana. It's really hard for
non-performing players to find a sounding board and seek
advice (other forums are less kind at times to beginners and
intermediate players.) Vintage surf tunes like Telstar and Baja
are what guys like me need to cut our teeth on (I wish I could play
Telstar and Baja or Caravan well!)
Lets keep this forum user friendly for beginners (like me) and
veterans both.
I like hearing less known tunes as much as anybody and "feel"
your pain at hearing oldies done over and over again but it's also
great to hear another bands interpretation of songs like those
played with their own sound and style. I must own 10 different
versions of Latinia and love hearing all the different takes on it.
Brian Schultz
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., bighollowtwang@y... wrote:
> 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.
