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Ivan,
-I Double Dog Dare you
to send Dick this post, or a e-mail stated that we don't want to
hear him sing.
:)
Jeff(bigtikidude)
-- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
wrote:
> --- 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
