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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet — Good Cop Bad Cop
Album: Savvy Show Stoppers
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Released: 1988
Length: 2:23
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(Instrumental)
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I thought I heard Duane Eddy.
Surf rock rules!
A long time ago, in a land far, far away, our band played with these guys and the Shuffle Demons on the same bill. The Railway Club, Vancouver, CIRAC festival, summer of 1986. Good times.
Never heard before and like it. Some cool from Canada

Never heard it before today. Love it.
 kingart wrote:
I am Iron Man. 

 
Yeah, now that you mention it.  But I always hear the opening chord of QSM's cover of Who Do You Love.
Surfs UP!!!
Saw and heard Dick Dale at a Lost Vegas conference in the middle of the afternoon.

Thirty Thousand attendees that did not know they were in the same building as almost-Elvis.
 
 That_SOB wrote:
B52 meets the Ventures.  . . .

 
Well said.
 westslope wrote:
To the Kids in the Hall. Best edgey humour ever.

 Slope! I should have known you would get the KitH connection!! 

/hugs!


Pretty Kewl - thought it was Dick Dale.  Saw him a few years ago, and he ROCKED!  
 Propayne wrote:
If you like this, check out the Mermen.

 
Also see:
The Aqua Velvets
Pollo Del Mar
The Sandblasters
The Sir Finks
... 
 Stingray wrote:
Can play this with my tongue - behind my back!

 
Wow!  Your girlfriend must be a happy woman . . .
If you like this, check out the Mermen.
Can play this with my tongue - behind my back!
Love surf music {#Dancingbanana}
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.
..wouldn't their album title have made a better band name, and vice versa..?..just sayin'..
 kingart wrote:
I am Iron Man. 
 
Opening guitar lick; no question.
Then it  goes all Dick Dale.

 

 

 

But nobody beats this woman for head crushing:

 


Yay! Bill!!!! ...lovin it!
I am Iron Man. 
Reminds me, must get that copy of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction out.
Never....to hear....surf music....again....
 angelomisterioso wrote:
Ventures?
 

Darn, I was hoping to hear Wild Thing-you make my heart sing.
I'm crushing all your heads.
 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 it's pretty 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.
 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}
I'm squishing your head.
 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.

Ventures?
 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.
To the Kids in the Hall. Best edgey humour ever.
 denmom wrote:
Is craptastic sort of good?  Like cheezy can be, sometimes?
 
I don't know about craptastic, but they say cranberries are "Crantastic".

Love these guys! I got to see them and meet them way back in 1990 in ATL. Their music always makes me happy.
B52 meets the Ventures.  . . .
Great band name, great song title, damned fine bit of surf rock for a winter's morn.
 Zep wrote:

Great band name, crapastic music.


 

Is craptastic sort of good?  Like cheezy can be, sometimes?
I miss the Chicken Lady!
makes you wanna go surfin!{#Tongue-out} S0 SO...

Great band name, crapastic music.


Yeah!
is the best....{#Bananajam}
 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!

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 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.

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!

 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}
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

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}


Nice!  {#Bananajam}
Good Cop, Naked Cop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hv-G3HIoKc
T{#Bananajam} R {#Dancingbanana_2}E {#Dancingbanana}M{#Bananasplit} O {#Dancingbanana}L {#Meditate}O
These guys are lame.
I prefer Man or Astroman? for my surf-music-on-acid trip.
Surfer nostalgia a'la Tarantino = {#Frustrated}
nice blend..that must be Billy

 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.


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.

Nice, but why not go on and play Dick Dale why you're at it? Please, huh, {#Dance}huh?
KOOL {#Cool}
Was thinking Iron Man at first, but Kids in the Hall is even better!
 a_genuine_find wrote:

The beginning brought this to mind . . .



I AM IRON MAN
downhill from there ...

 
Love the movie, hate this song.

BKardon wrote:
My pen! My pen!!!!
Someone stole my pen!!!!
Kids In The Hall made Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet. Manservant Hecubus?!
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)
a_genuine_find wrote:
The beginning brought this to mind . . . I AM IRON MAN downhill from there ...
More like...
Nice one, Lonestar!
aronson wrote:
I AM IRON MAN!!!
The beginning brought this to mind . . . I AM IRON MAN downhill from there ...
Disappointed... was hoping it was going to be Iron Man... since I just got back from the flicks to see it.
I AM IRON MAN!!!
My pen! My pen!!!!
Yummy.
Starts off dangerously close to Black Sabbath... Fortunately ends up more like the Ventures.
MM_Prague wrote:
This sure brings back memories... back in the summer of 1986 I was in a band , and we played with these guys and the Shuffle Demons (anyone remember them?) at the Railway Club in Vancouver...
I remember em! (If I had a decent version of "Spadina Bus" I'd try uploading it.)The Shuffle Demons recently did a reunion and Richard Underhill continues to be very active. A couple of years ago he put together a horn section and toured with Blue Rodeo. There is quite a fine legacy of Toronto 80s bands still out there. As for Shadowy Men, I remember seeing them in 1993 at Ontario Place and being blown away by how fun a surf instrumental group could be.
This just bores the hell out of me.
Surf's You Right!
Cheeeeesey!
best. band. name. ever.
WOW haven't thought about this in like 15 years - and I have the cd somewhere saw em play Toronto in the 80's fun days
This sure brings back memories... back in the summer of 1986 I was in a band , and we played with these guys and the Shuffle Demons (anyone remember them?) at the Railway Club in Vancouver...
Someone musta gotten a speeding ticket today.
Thirty Helen's agree: This is a great tune.
Scora, Scora, Scora the gentle shark.
PharmGirl wrote:
Every time I hear this band, images of The Kids in the Hall come to mind....
YES!!!
Dick Dale doing his best cover of Tony Iommi. . .

You know, I just don't hear enough surf music on RP. I like this band, but there an awesome Finnish band called Laika and the Cosmonauts. Check 'em out, Bill! (You gotta be real, real bad to surf in Finland.)
I didn't know they played stuff like this anymore.
chris isaak meets black sabbath - nice!
Tonedeaf wrote:
Hmmm... my first thought was, "Bill's playing Iron Maiden!?" The start sounds a lot like the beginning of Iron Man Fun tune.
Black Sabbath
rococodeco wrote:
my dad says this reminds him more of the Shadows than the ventures..
yeah, this is a little too edgy for the Ventures.
my dad says this reminds him more of the Shadows than the ventures..
Dick Dale meets Duane Eddy whilst playing one of the Venture's Mosrite guitars.
Every time I hear this band, images of The Kids in the Hall come to mind....
kazuma wrote:
Oh yeah. This is fun. My mom had a Ventures LP that she used to play when I was a kid. Gnarly!
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
steeler wrote:
I had the same initial thought. Except I was thinking Black Sabbath.
My bad! Those years of my life are a bit... um... hazy?
Kregg wrote:
damn, hekkibus! you both beat me to it....and satan!
Fun song and easy to play!
This would make for a great song for driving in traffic. Just edgy enough but not too much...
tr0n2ooo wrote:
You beat me to it. Now, I am crushing your head.
damn, hekkibus! you both beat me to it....and satan!
Tonedeaf wrote:
Hmmm... my first thought was, "Bill's playing Iron Maiden!?" The start sounds a lot like the beginning of Iron Man Fun tune.
That's Black Sabbath... My first thought was "Here comes another classic song covered by some trashy new band". At least it started sounding like Black Sabbath and ended sounding like the Beach Boys. Daring lol.
Very Cool. Thanks Bill :)
Tonedeaf wrote:
Hmmm... my first thought was, "Bill's playing Iron Maiden!?" The start sounds a lot like the beginning of Iron Man Fun tune.
I had the same initial thought. Except I was thinking Black Sabbath.
Spliff wrote:
Walk Don't Run The Ventures
You could call it "Swipeline".
MORE!
Vogelfrei wrote:
Flying pig!
Wow! What a line-up!
Hmmm... my first thought was, "Bill's playing Iron Maiden!?" The start sounds a lot like the beginning of Iron Man Fun tune.
Grrrrrrrrrrooooooooooovy. Now I gotta dig out my old Ventures Lp.
tr0n2ooo wrote:
You beat me to it. Now, I am crushing your head.
Oh yeah. This is fun. My mom had a Ventures LP that she used to play when I was a kid. Gnarly!
Another surprise. Nice one.
mmmm hmmmm this is good fun - love surf music
This is a great album. The KitH theme (Having an Average Weekend) is on there too. "Zombie Compromise" is fun as well, despite it being used in Taco Bell commercials...
Imkirok wrote:
I have this incredible urge to go surfing. Tough urge to fulfill in Minnesota.
Long live instrumental rock and roll! A classic rockabilly theme to an imaginary "Repo Man style" western.
Radiohead-head wrote:
how is good old mlps...lived there for like 7 years...miss it a bit...except for winters of course.
Hot as hell this summer. Still a rocking town. But still no surfing.
Imkirok wrote:
I have this incredible urge to go surfing. Tough urge to fulfill in Minnesota.
how is good old mlps...lived there for like 7 years...miss it a bit...except for winters of course.
ooops...talk about not the first kid on the block with kids in the hall comment.
I have this incredible urge to go surfing. Tough urge to fulfill in Minnesota.
very kids in the hall no?
I am iron-man.
Flying pig!