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Brian, nice to see that you agreed on some of my points. I wonder
what Marty thinks about DDs setlist? ;-D
As for the 5 minute+ songs, I really do think its matter as those
songs were often the worst (i.e. the lame covers and his blues rock
jams) which made it even more unbearable. I also believe the ideal
lenght of a surf tune is around 2 minutes :-)
As for DDs backing guys, I didn't say they sounded like Iron Maiden
but they did sound more heavy metal than surf...
Klas / The Surfites
--- In , Brian Neal <brian@s...> wrote:
> Klas Fjellgren wrote:
>
> [talking about Dick Dale]
>
> >Here are some "highlights" from the shows I've seen:
> >
> ># A big part of the set consists of boring covers like for
> >example "House Of The Rising Sun"
> >
> >
> Agreed....zzzzzzzzzz
>
> ># Another big part of the set consists of his own more
recent "heavy
> >metal" songs
> >
> >
> Agreed, but witnessing the sheer power of him and his band is kind
of
> cool, at least once or twice.
>
> ># Plays very few of his own 60's instros and when he do it's often
> >short versions put together in a medley
> >
> >
> Yes, yes, yes....! I was so upset he played only snippets and
medleys of
> his surfy past.
>
> ># Uncool guitar tone because of too much sustain which makes it
sound
> >more like heavy metal than surf
> >
> >
> I strongly disagree here. I've only seen him once, but I thought he
had
> the tone and power of Thor. It was quite impressive.
>
> ># Many songs are over 5 minutes in length
> >
> >
> This doesn't matter to me.
>
> ># Heavy metal sounding backing band
> >
> >
> Nah...Dusty and Sam may be "told" how to play by Dick, but they
> definitely didn't sound like Iron Maiden....
>
> >Does this sound familiar? Or maybe he's only like that while
playing
> >in Europe...?
> >
> >And yes, I don't like heavy metal ;-)
> >
> >/ Klas
> >
> >
> BN (who has been known to like Heavy Metal....)
