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I think some of the early Beach Boy's instrumentals would have been
strengthened had they used a little more reverb. Maybe the mindset of
a guitarist circa 1963 was much different regarding the use of a
reverb tank for a surf song like Miserlou. Although, pretty much all
the bands we consider "1st wave" utilized the tank well.
The early Beach Boys may have made a really good instrumental surf
band. Clearly Carl had the influences that most of the surf guitarists
of the day had, he had the gear, and he'd later go on to show good
technical skills, and became a rather proficent song writer. If Al
Jardin stayed out of the picture a little longer David Marks who went
on to play in his own surf band would have been around longer. Who
knows what Carl and David would have done together had they grown up a
bit. Had Brian cracked up a little earlier in life he would have had
the perfect mindset to just play bass :).
Yeah, that's a lot of "what if's" and I'm not saying I would rather
have it this way because, I think one of the most fascinating stories
in American Rock and Roll is the quick development of Brian Wilson's
song writting, and the folowing demise of his mental state... plus
the world would be a lot more empty without those songs.
Bill
www.reluctantaquanauts.com
--- In , "mom_surfing" <intheeye@b...>
wrote:
> coming from a surfing background, the two instrumentals that capture
> the feeling of surfing for me are 'stoked' and 'pipeline'. i can feel
> those tunes when i'm in the water. it's hard to explain. the surf
> company billabong has a saying "only a surfer knows the
feeling".....i
> too have always liked shut down part II......carol
>
>
>
> ............--- In , "spskins"
> <superchimp9@h...> wrote:
> > Shut Down part II! I know it's later than those instros off of the
> > first albums, but I think it has a guitar solo through a Leslie (to
> > tie it in with an earlier thread). So good and such a simple twist
on
> > I IV V.
> >
Bill,
You hit it on the head. The only thing to "laugh at" during their
version of Miserlou is during the second verse when the melody is
played higher. It is really dry, so the double picking doesn't sound
too smooth. But still, not too bad for a 15 year old kid, or whatever
age Carl was at the time. If you've seen Dick Dale on Ed Sullivan
(Jeff), he runs into the same problem and flubs without his reverb to
cover him up. I wonder how many more millions of kids heard the BBs
version without ever hearing Dick's until Pulp Fiction? Anyway, I'm
obviously a Beach Boys fan, their guitar parts had this great
understated rhythmic thing to them that I'm always intrigued by, with
both David Marks and Al Jardine. I love watching Carl do solos on old
videos, he's got this front and back picking action going along with
the up and down motions. Any guitarists out there know what I mean?
It's boss. Plus, you got to love a fat kid in a vertical striped
shirt, tight pants, and pointy boots!
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> I think some of the early Beach Boy's instrumentals would have been
> strengthened had they used a little more reverb. Maybe the mindset of
> a guitarist circa 1963 was much different regarding the use of a
> reverb tank for a surf song like Miserlou. Although, pretty much all
> the bands we consider "1st wave" utilized the tank well.
>
> The early Beach Boys may have made a really good instrumental surf
> band. Clearly Carl had the influences that most of the surf guitarists
> of the day had, he had the gear, and he'd later go on to show good
> technical skills, and became a rather proficent song writer. If Al
> Jardin stayed out of the picture a little longer David Marks who went
> on to play in his own surf band would have been around longer. Who
> knows what Carl and David would have done together had they grown up a
> bit. Had Brian cracked up a little earlier in life he would have had
> the perfect mindset to just play bass :).
>
> Yeah, that's a lot of "what if's" and I'm not saying I would rather
> have it this way because, I think one of the most fascinating stories
> in American Rock and Roll is the quick development of Brian Wilson's
> song writting, and the folowing demise of his mental state... plus
> the world would be a lot more empty without those songs.
>
> Bill
> www.reluctantaquanauts.com
>
>
>
> --- In , "mom_surfing" <intheeye@b...>
> wrote:
> > coming from a surfing background, the two instrumentals that capture
> > the feeling of surfing for me are 'stoked' and 'pipeline'. i can feel
> > those tunes when i'm in the water. it's hard to explain. the surf
> > company billabong has a saying "only a surfer knows the
> feeling".....i
> > too have always liked shut down part II......carol
> >
> >
> >
> > ............--- In , "spskins"
> > <superchimp9@h...> wrote:
> > > Shut Down part II! I know it's later than those instros off of the
> > > first albums, but I think it has a guitar solo through a Leslie (to
> > > tie it in with an earlier thread). So good and such a simple twist
> on
> > > I IV V.
> > >
