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I think that goes further to prove the point, Jacob. There are indeed many
covers of Miserlou, yet we still consider it a Dick Dale tune.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Jacob Dobner
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Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:29 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: DD Q & A, shit that went down on Sat at Jim Pash
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Misirlou is so covered. It appears on about half of every first wave
album and it is constantly covered today. I think the amount it is
covered really has an effectt.
--- In , "mctippens" <mctippens@e...> wrote:
>
> I don't see it so grey, Jeff. Where rock and roll fans are concerned,
> we all associate "Miserlou" with Dick Dale. Just as in the pop vocal we
> associate "New York, New York" with Frank Sinatra or "Moon River" with
> Andy Williams, "Thanks for the Memories" with Bob Hope. None of those
> guys wrote the song yet those songs belong to them.
> -Marty
>
> > --- In , Jeff Riedle <stretch@c...>
> wrote:
> > > Normally I would agree, it's not cool to do a song that the
> > headlining band
> > > is known for.
> > > But, since Dick Dale did not write "Misirlou", only adapted it, I
> > see this
> > > as a grey area.
> > >
> > > I've seen 3-band surf shows where each band played the same cover
> tune.
> > > Didn't bother me at the time, in fact it was nice to hear 3
> different
> > > interpretations of the same tune.
> >
.
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