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chris wrote: "I think they like it because of the energy
surf music has...."
I would concur, I think the high-energy of surf tunes, as
well as the total accessability of the "no vocals" sound
really appeals to young musicians...the ones just starting
to get into music and performing (and purchasing) and all
that. Surf music is so cool, because it takes away all
that phoney-baloney stuff about having "a message" or even
much "style"...or whatever it is that vocal acts are trying
to accomplish these days.
Don't get me wrong, I like a fair share of "siging" type
music (as an old 80s punk dude, I like plenty of
sing-songs)... I guess what I'm really getting at is that
instrumental music has a simpler (primal?) and wider appeal
across a greater cross section of a potential
audience...the tune, the music, the sound, and the
performance all comunicate a very accessible sonic
"message" in a language everyone can understand and relate
to: the language of high-power amplified and reverberated
sound....the language of loud-electric-music-power...with
the added bonus of "fun" and "novelty" on top of it all...
Anyway, before I get all zen and start pointing away to the
moon and clapping one hand in the forest while a tree falls
while no one is there to hear it and all that...
let me wrap this up by stating the obvious: that what we
notice about younger audience members being "blown away" by
surf is simply a reflection of the times we live in...our
all-pervasive mass consumer culture...if it's not on one of
the 500 channels on Dish Network, or it's not at the Mall,
or it's not easily located during a Google Search
Query...well, then it simply doesn't exist...does it?
that's surf, try to find it at the Mall...try Hot
Topic...or even Best Buy...see what you find...you'll
probably find Black Eyed Peas/Dick Dale "pump it"...and
some Beach Boys CDs...right?
-dp
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