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--- In , "hbseacliff" <hbseacliff@y...>
wrote:
> Im curious to everyones take on the best version of Miserlou? I
saw
> Stacktome play it recently. Kicked ass, amazing energy.
>
> Also saw Tom Stanton of the Surf Kings giver a very strong
performance
> recently in HB.
>
> My favorite version is Bobby Fuller. His version was recorded live
at
> a bowling alley of all places in El Paso Texas between 1962 &
1964. It
> can be heard on "Bobby Fuller, El Paso Rock, vol 2 more early
> recordings." Raw, innovative, amazing. Check it out. The good ones
all
> seem to die so young.
Hard to say - besides maybe "Pipeline," "Apache," or "Walk Don't
Run," "Misrlou" has to be up there as far as one of the most covered
surf songs out there. Personally - I think the Surf Coasters' and
Slacktone's versions just rip as far as energy goes. The Trashmen's
version is great, too. There's another version on a Japanese comp
called "Let's go Surfin" by a band who's name escapes me that's
really good too. I'll always be partial to Dick's "original"
rendition, though.
