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kojiroh
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 04:11
 
While I understand the frustration about people calling surf music "Tarantino music", I think that it creates a certain interest in people towards the genre. People search for and listen to Tarantino music but they find out that it's actually called surf music and has been around as long as rock music itself has been, and in that sense it's a "wounded" genre that lost its popularity not long after it first got out, and has been an underrated genre ever since.
At least that's how I felt about it when I first got into surf music after I've heard "Surf Rider" on the outro/cast section of Pulp Fiction.

cShaggy
Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 04:02
 
..wouldn't their album title have made a better band name, and vice versa..?..just sayin'..
On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 18:37
 
 kingart wrote:
I am Iron Man. 
 
Opening guitar lick; no question.
Then it  goes all Dick Dale.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 09:57
 

 

 

 

But nobody beats this woman for head crushing:

 



jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 09:56
 
Yay! Bill!!!! ...lovin it!

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 09:54
 
I am Iron Man. 

richlister
Posted: May 30, 2012 - 02:07
 
Reminds me, must get that copy of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction out.

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 14:59
 
Never....to hear....surf music....again....

Aud
(lost in lakecity)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 22:27
 
 angelomisterioso wrote:
Ventures?
 

Darn, I was hoping to hear Wild Thing-you make my heart sing.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Feb 08, 2012 - 22:33
 
I'm crushing all your heads.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 11:48
 
 SmackDaddy wrote:


Get your head out of your ass. Tarantino does not hold the market on surf music. Every time there is a semi-surf guitar sound here someone references Taratino or Pulp Fiction. {#Frustrated}
 
That is true too often, and a little annoying, but I guess that film may have been the first exposure to surf music for some folks.  Maybe it's not, but that film is apparently an important cultural milestone to a lot of folks - not me.


MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 11:46
 
 SmackDaddy wrote:


Get your head out of your ass. Tarantino does not hold the market on surf music. Every time there is a semi-surf guitar sound here someone references Taratino or Pulp Fiction. {#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}
 

hey dude...
mellow out...
you're harshing the groove....
{#Cool}

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 08:17
 
I'm squishing your head.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 07, 2011 - 08:16
 
 SmackDaddy wrote:
Get your head out of your ass. Tarantino does not hold the market on surf music. Every time there is a semi-surf guitar sound here someone references Taratino or Pulp Fiction. {#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}
 
Dude, lighten up.


angelomisterioso
(no longer secret location north texas)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 18:17
 
Ventures?

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 18:10
 
This belongs in a Quieten Terrentino movie

deepwoodskev
(In a town west of Chicago)
Posted: Jun 01, 2011 - 07:01
 
 Papernapkin wrote:
At first I thought it was the opening riff from Iron Man from Black Sabbath, then I realized RP only allows one Sabbath song and this is not that one.
 
I thought the same thing.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: May 16, 2011 - 11:57
 
To the Kids in the Hall. Best edgey humour ever.

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 19:51
 
 denmom wrote:
Is craptastic sort of good?  Like cheezy can be, sometimes?
 
I don't know about craptastic, but they say cranberries are "Crantastic".


ParkerH
(Naples, FL)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 05:50
 
Love these guys! I got to see them and meet them way back in 1990 in ATL. Their music always makes me happy.

That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 05:49
 
B52 meets the Ventures.  . . .

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 05:48
 
Great band name, great song title, damned fine bit of surf rock for a winter's morn.

denmom
(Connecticut)
Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 10:56
 
 Zep wrote:

Great band name, crapastic music.


 

Is craptastic sort of good?  Like cheezy can be, sometimes?

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 14:56
 
I miss the Chicken Lady!

nicolewe
Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 21:34
 
makes you wanna go surfin!{#Tongue-out} S0 SO...

Zep
(The big country)
Posted: Jun 21, 2010 - 09:42
 

Great band name, crapastic music.



Grammarcop
(Hey, I can see Canada from here!)
Posted: May 17, 2010 - 07:01
 
Yeah!

wildrudi
(NW Germany, Oldenburg)
Posted: May 01, 2010 - 12:47
 
is the best....{#Bananajam}

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Apr 15, 2010 - 12:45
 
 Propayne wrote:
I love all three; Man or Astro-Man?, Shadowy Men, the Mermen and I have to agree, the Mermen would be a perfect fit here on RP.

 
Also Laika and the Cosmonauts, The Aqua Velvets, Pollo Del Mar, and The Sandblasters.

Surfs You Right!


Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Apr 15, 2010 - 12:45
 
At first I thought it was the opening riff from Iron Man from Black Sabbath, then I realized RP only allows one Sabbath song and this is not that one.


Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 10:04
 
I love all three; Man or Astro-Man?, Shadowy Men, the Mermen and I have to agree, the Mermen would be a perfect fit here on RP.


Walrus_Gumbo
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 23:25
 
gutboy wrote:
These guys are lame.
I prefer Man or Astroman? for my surf-music-on-acid trip.

I don't think these guys are lame but for surf-music-on-acid I prefer The Mermen. Especially "White Trash Raga" C'mon Bill, give them a spin!


SmackDaddy
(San Diego)
Posted: Sep 23, 2009 - 00:02
 
 jedley wrote:
Surfer nostalgia a'la Tarantino = {#Frustrated}
 

Get your head out of your ass. Tarantino does not hold the market on surf music. Every time there is a semi-surf guitar sound here someone references Taratino or Pulp Fiction. {#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}

riffster
(looking for fast transport)
Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 22:06
 
Noice - gives me that leaning-against-the-bar-eyeing-a-bowl-of-Goldfish-just-beyond-reach feeling.

Some tasty licks - solid, clean playing. Beyond that I like surf music - although I like Los Straightjackets more than Astroman I have never minded spending a wasted night listening to music like this.

{#Devil_pimp}

Like tonight for example.

Riff


HilaryM
(Michigan)
Posted: May 19, 2009 - 08:10
 

I was just thinking this sounded a bit like the Kids on the Hall theme — and lo and behold, it is indeed in the Shadowy Men  {#Cheesygrin}



spofcher
Posted: May 03, 2009 - 09:53
 
Nice!  {#Bananajam}

jademon
(Vancity)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 17:24
 
Good Cop, Naked Cop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hv-G3HIoKc

a_genuine_find
(not me, radio paradise)
Posted: Apr 17, 2009 - 17:20
 
T{#Bananajam} R {#Dancingbanana_2}E {#Dancingbanana}M{#Bananasplit} O {#Dancingbanana}L {#Meditate}O

gutboy
(hanging out in)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 21:06
 
These guys are lame.
I prefer Man or Astroman? for my surf-music-on-acid trip.

jedley
(milan, italy)
Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 04:33
 
Surfer nostalgia a'la Tarantino = {#Frustrated}

Mike_S
(London ON)
Posted: Mar 01, 2009 - 08:17
 
nice blend..that must be Billy


alanthecowboy
(Lakefield)
Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 15:22
 
 tputkey wrote:

In Argentina, I squished a bus.

 
The movie Babel would have ended on a much happier note if this is all the kid did to the bus...

Great movie, by the way.  Edit:  And great picture, too.



tputkey
Posted: Sep 24, 2008 - 08:10
 
Wow, that Kids in the Hall reference was so dead on.

"I'm squishing your head..." Which is what this song felt like...

In Argentina, I squished a bus.


laroue
(Tennessee)
Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 13:56
 
Nice, but why not go on and play Dick Dale why you're at it? Please, huh, {#Dance}huh?

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet waiting for the ticket home)
Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 13:56
 
KOOL {#Cool}

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 23, 2008 - 19:21
 
Was thinking Iron Man at first, but Kids in the Hall is even better!

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Aug 07, 2008 - 22:41
 
 a_genuine_find wrote:

The beginning brought this to mind . . .



I AM IRON MAN
downhill from there ...

 
Love the movie, hate this song.


esotericderek
Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 08:41
 
BKardon wrote:
My pen! My pen!!!!

Someone stole my pen!!!!

esotericderek
Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 08:40
 
Kids In The Hall made Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet.

Manservant Hecubus?!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 08:38
 
Zep wrote:
Starts off dangerously close to Black Sabbath...

Fortunately ends up more like the Ventures.



Sounds like Duane Eddy to me with that clanging guitar. 7 from the Nottingham jury, just to fall in with everyone else :o)