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Yeah, let's just say it would've been good to see Dick perform that 40
years ago, but I rather see Slacktone perform it today. Dave, Dusty,
and Sam prove that arrogance doesn't have to be a byproduct of talent.
-K
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 23:51:44 -0700 "Marty Tippens"
<> writes:
>
> As back-handed a complement as we might attempt such as Ivan's # 4
> paragraph below and some of the stuff I've said as well as the
> outright slams, it's mistake to exclude the fact that the Dick Dale
> show is a success to the general audience. We hardcore surf fans
> frame the Dick Dale show from a very slanted perspective, and
> however close we try to hold him to the light, the general audiences
> eat it up.
> -Marty
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ipongrac
> To:
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:06 PM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: DD Q & A, shit that went down on Sat
> at Jim Pash benefit
>
>
>
> --- In , "supertwangreverb"
> <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> > Slacktone would NOT be playing Miserlou had it not been for Dick
>
> Dale,
> > sorry, simple as that! I know Dick didn't write it. I've read
>
> where
> > Phil Dirt said Slacktone "owns" Miserlou now. Sorry, but there
> is
> > nothing farther from the truth than this statement. The
> majorities
> > opinion, Jacob?? I know a lot of surf musicians and fans who
> wouldn't
> > want to hear Slacktone's version of Miserlou.
>
> This thread is getting a bit out of control, but hell, I can't
> stay
> out of it! Several points:
>
> 1) I agree with Marty than Dave and Dusty 'have good heads on
> their
> shoulders', as well as being very kind and respectful human beings
> -
> I can't imagine them doing anything that would intentionally cause
>
> harm or inflict disrespect (though who knows how Dusty and Dick
> left
> off? The fact is that DD is a very difficult person, and it's
> quite
> possible that there's some bad blood between the two of them,
> though
> I doubt it).
>
> 2) Slacktone's version of Miserlou is not THAT different from
> Dick's
> original. All the parts and notes are in the same places, and
> Dave
> just throws in a few flashy bits, such as the fast-moving chords -
>
> but those don't really change the song very much. DD's version
> will
> always be the definitive one, no way around that.
>
> 3) Having said that, has anyone heard DD play Miserlou the way he
>
> recorded it originally in the last ten years? And what about the
>
> original beat which I think is so important to the song? Has
> anyone
> even heard him play it all the way through in ANY version? With
> the
> bridge? I've seen him some seven or eight times in the last
> twelve
> years, and I have not. He's changed it so much that it does
> absolutely nothing for me anymore, and many others that I've
> talked
> with. He obviously doesn't understand where the magic of that
> song
> comes from, and I believe he's ruined it over the last decade.
> I'd
> prefer for him to stop playing it, and let Slacktone and the Surf
>
> Coasters and whoever else do it - they do it much better (but not
>
> better than DD did it in '62).
>
> 4) DD's show isn't much of a musical experience - it's a show.
> You
> don't go expecting to hear songs. You go to see him make his
> silly
> faces, hear all 110+ db's of his Strat/reverb/Dual-Showmans, pull
> up
> barely-dressed teenage girls to hold up sheet music so he could
> play
> the same trumpet part he's been playing for 40 years in the middle
> of
> the Wedge, and then feel them up, and listen to him embarass
> himself
> by talking about how he suffers with the indigenous people of
> Earth,
> how his soul cries out over the destruction of the environment,
> how
> he taught Jimi and Stevie everything they knew and their entire
> catalog was actually an homage to him cause they thought he was
> dead,
> how he invented the Stratocaster and maybe the motorized airplane
>
> (though he thinks there may have been a couple of brothers around,
>
> too, but it was mostly him), how Deep Purple actually stole Smoke
> on
> the Water from one of his unrecorded riffs and to prove it he'll
> now
> just play the riff for about ten minuts, etc... If Slacktone
> plays
> the entire DD catalog right before his show, it wouldn't make a
> damn
> bit of difference, cause that's not why people come to see DD.
>
> My two cents.
> Ivan
>
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