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Ivan, I agree with your analysis of "Soul Pilgrim." My husband calls
that one "Scooby Doo music," because he thinks some of the tunes emulate
songs from the original TV cartoon (it's really more of a joke--he likes
to bug me about it).
The Casbah tune on the self-titled album is great. I've grown to
appreciate the lengthy drum sequence in that one. You don't get that
often in surf music.
Of all surf bands, Satan's Pilgrims has to be one of my favorites. I
believe the comp is released tomorrow! I'm looking forward to it. As a
matter of fact, I would love to hear other members' responses to the new
release. Let us know when you get your hands on it!
-Kristena
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:42:28 -0000 "ipongrac" <> writes:
>
>
> Here are my picks (belatedly, sorry):
>
> Creature Feature ('98)
> Self Titled (MuSick) ('99)
> Around The World With ('96)
> At Home With (early '95)
> Soul Pilgrim (late '95)
>
> I think their first three album were a bit sketchy, with some
> excellent moments but also with a fair amount of boring stuff. But
>
> their growth and progress was evident on each album. At Home With
> doesn't have a very good sound, and it sounds like they were still
> learning to play surf music, but there were several great originals
>
> (Que Honda, El Rey, Surf Lyre). Soul Pilgrim is better in sound,
> but
> is too R&B-oriented for my tastes, and it also had too many covers,
>
> though some of them were truly great (Morpheus, Scatter Shield).
> (The original track Haunted House of Rock '95 was definitely an
> indicator of the great things to come with Creature Feature.) I
> think they really started hitting their stride with Around The World
>
> which had a great sound, plus some great originals and imaginative
> covers (Godfather, Wave by Jobim). However, they truly hit their
> peak with Creature Feature which as far as I'm concerned is one of
> the very top albums of the nineties surf music, or for that matter,
>
> surf music in general. Songs such as Scorpio 6 and the title track
>
> are absolutely incredible, pushing the boundaries of surf music like
>
> few other bands, while still very much remaining trad in mood and
> style. Unfortunately, they lost Bobby on guitar for their fifth,
> self-titled album, and though I don't think it reaches the lofty
> heights of Creature Feature, it's definitely better than their first
>
> three. There are many great moments on there, originals such as
> Tears and Gears, Super Stock, as well as covers like Casbah.
>
> There you go, that's my ranking of Satan's Pilgrims catalog. I'm
> really looking forward to the comp. I think for those of you that
> don't have much of their material, this comp will be a must-have!
>
> Ivan
