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I just spun the Ciro's version and it's great! In fact, it's so good
that I had to play it 3 times in a row! And no, I'm not kidding :-)
Great voice, awesome reverb drenched lead/rhythm guitar and I
actually think the dementia of the repeated verse adds to the
greatness of his version. Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't
noticed it before!
As for DD's high thoughts about himself, howabout this line from the
song "Surfing":
"Well, Beach Boys and Jan & Dean got nothing on me, because I'm Dick
Dale and you know I wail when I take my board to the sea" (or
something similar).
But maybe he's singing about surfing abilities and not singing
ditto :-D That said, I think DD had a great rock'n'roll voice (in the
50's and 60's that is...).
And I agree with Ivan (!) (we never agree on DD's vocals) that
someone should tell DD to stop singing in his current live shows (As
far as I'm concerned, someone should also tell him to stop playing...)
/ Klas
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Yeah, I always hated that lazy lyric version of Summertime Blues on
Ciro's and TL as well.
>
> -Marty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ipongrac
> To:
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> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: A Swingin' Affair
>
>
> --- In , "Marty Tippens"
> <mctippens@e...> wrote:
> > Now wait a minute. I love "Listen to the King of the Surf
Guitar"
> complete with the girl singers on that "Tiger's Loose" album but
> yes, "Pick and Play" is purdy bad. I do recall the instros bein'
> purdy hot.
>
> I have no problem with "King of the Surf Guitar" song - after
all,
> it's not Dick singing! It's when he starts singing that things
turn
> really bad.... A case in point: Summertime Blues. Around the
same
> time that I got "Tiger's Loose," I also got a CD bootleg copy (on
> that Samurai Surf Guitar CD on eBay) of "Rock Out: Live At
Ciro's"
> from '65 (oh what a terrible, terrible album...). Anyway, some
15
> years separates these two live releases - but he performs
Summertime
> Blues on both of them. Here's the thing: he's only learned the
> first half of the first verse, which he repeats three times!
That's
> it! So, here are the full lyrics by Mr. Cochran:
>
> Summertime Blues
> (Eddie Cochran)
>
> I'm gonna raise a fuss,
> I'm gonna raise a holler
> About a workin' all summer
> just to try to earn a dollar
> Every time I call my baby,
> and ask to get a date
> My boss says, "No dice son,
> you gotta work late"
>
> Sometimes I wonder
> what I'm a gonna do
> But there ain't no cure
> for the summertime blues
>
> Well my mom and pop told me,
> "Son you gotta make some money"
> If you want to use the car
> To go ridin' next Sunday
> Well I didn't go to work,
> Told the boss I was sick
> "Well you can't use the car
> 'cause you didn't work a lick"
>
> Sometime I wonder
> What I'm a gonnna do
> But there ain't no cure
> For the summertime blues
>
> I'm gonna take two weeks,
> gonna have a fine vacation
> I'm gonna take my problems
> to the United Nations
> Well I called up my congressman
> he said, quote:
> "I'd like to help you son
> but you're too young to vote"
>
> Sometime I wonder
> What I'm gonnna do
> There ain't no cure
> For the summertime blues
>
>
> Here's Dick's version:
>
> Well I'm gonna raise a fuss
> And I'm gonna raise a holler
> About a workin' all summer
> Just to try to earn a dollar
> Sometime I wonder
> What I'm gonnna do
> There ain't no cure
> For the summertime blues
>
> [repeat 3 or 4 times]
>
> Oh, it drives me batty!!! It doesn't even make sense! Can't
stand
> it. And he does it exactly the same in '81 as he did in '65!!
As
> it appears that this song was a staple of his live shows for 15+
> years, I can't understand why he wouldn't learn three simple
verses
> in all that time??? (I think he does the same with Bob Dylan's
> Blowing In the Wind on Live At Ciro's - just sings the first
verse
> over and over again - I'm not sure cause I couldn't bear to hear
it
> more than once. Truly awful.)
>
> Anyway, Dick, Dick, Dick, when will you learn that nobody wants
to
> hear you sing House of the Rising Sun, Summertime Blues, Blowin'
In
> the Wind, Fever, Jessie Pearl, or pretty much anything else....
>
> Ivan
>
