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I'm partial to the Surfaris. Ron Wilson grooves in and out and is
whacky and innovative on the fills. Truly inspiring.
--- In , "unlunf" <unlunf@y...> wrote:
>
> Ivan,
>
> Great research! That's the kind of thing that makes you
> scratch your head and wonder, "Why isn't that on some
> website that can be found by Google?" Once again, the
> dead tree edition wins the day. <g>
>
>
> unlunf
>
> --- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In , "unlunf" <unlunf@y...> wrote:
> >> ~!~!~!~
> >> What's the origin behind the SHADOWS' song, "The Rise
> >> and Fall of Flingel Bunt"? Took forever but we finally
> >> found the answer. The world's preeminent experts on the
> >> Shadows say the band often selected funny-sounding names
> >> at their whim, and this was basically one of them.
> >> ~!~!~!~
> >
> > There's just a bit more to it than that (though not much).
> > Here's an excerpt from the autobiography of Bruce Welch
> > (the Shads' rhythm guitarist) by the name of "Rock'n'Roll
> > - I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life:
> >
> > "The first single John [Rostill, bass player] played on was
> > 'The Rise And Fall of Flingel Bunt', which we wrote together
> > in the studio. I suppose we were all taking a leaf out of
> > the Beatles' book now. It was written around an opening
> > guitar riff with bags of fuzz [must have been left off
> > the final recording?]. Hank suggested we make a twelve-bar
> > instrumental out of it, because at that time rhythm'n'blues
> > was starting to take a stranglehold on the British market
> > and people were attracted to the heavier type of twelve-bar
> > blues. Norrie Paramor thought it had potential as a single.
> > The title came about courtesy of Richard O'Sullivan [well
> > known British actor], with whom we had worked on The Young
> > Ones and Wonderful Life [two Cliff Richard movies with the
> > Shads]. It was the name of a character he had invented -
> > it was perfect. We had recently seen a movie called The
> > Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, and we liked the title so
> > much, we borrowed it. The record was released in May 1964
> > and was hailed by the music press as 'the Shadows new sound'.
> > It put us back in the Top Five and was voted instrumental of
> > the year."
> >
> > There you go.
> > Ivan
> >
>
