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red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 04:43 PM Apr 2017

Best Surf Song of All Time?

Last edited Mon May 1, 2017, 03:55 PM - Edit history (1)


14 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
The Lonely Surfer (Jack Nitzsche)
0 (0%)
Surfin' Safari (Beach Boys)
0 (0%)
Surfin' USA (Beach Boys)
2 (14%)
Surf City (Jan & Dean)
2 (14%)
Surfin' Bird (Trashmen)
2 (14%)
Wipe Out (Surfaris)
1 (7%)
Surfer Joe (Surfaris)
0 (0%)
Misirlou (Dick Dale)
3 (21%)
Walk Don't Run (Ventures)
0 (0%)
Pipeline (Chantays)
4 (29%)
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Best Surf Song of All Time? (Original Post) red dog 1 Apr 2017 OP
It would be Pipeline GreydeeThos Apr 2017 #1
He died way too young (35) red dog 1 Apr 2017 #2
I always wondered sab390 May 2017 #34
Help Me Rhonda. spiderpig Apr 2017 #3
I love "Help Me Rhonda" red dog 1 Apr 2017 #5
Is that song about surfing? oberliner Apr 2017 #10
No. WinkyDink May 2017 #17
Wipeout. rug Apr 2017 #4
I came to hate wipe out duncang May 2017 #15
My arms are exhausted... 3catwoman3 May 2017 #35
The Shadows -- Apache retread Apr 2017 #6
First Class: Beach Baby malthaussen Apr 2017 #7
The Lonely Surfer malthaussen Apr 2017 #8
Good pick! red dog 1 Apr 2017 #13
Jack Nitzsche's version of The Lonely Surfer is now poll choice # 1 red dog 1 May 2017 #20
The Trade Winds: New York's a Lonely Town malthaussen Apr 2017 #9
I remember that song! DFW May 2017 #36
I wanna know where the poor mug in the pic is carrying his surfboard... malthaussen May 2017 #38
Or looking in vain for a beach wth some waves? DFW May 2017 #40
Never heard that one before. malthaussen May 2017 #41
The "Monster Bossa Nova" and "Drac The Knife" aren't bad, either DFW May 2017 #42
How about "Hava Nagila?" malthaussen Apr 2017 #11
Jesus and Mary Chain: Kill Surf City Coventina Apr 2017 #12
I didn't know who the choices would be OriginalGeek May 2017 #14
yep Kali May 2017 #25
EVERYBODY KNOWS that the Bird is the Word! WinkyDink May 2017 #16
A-well-a-bird, surfing bird-brrrrrrrrrrrrrpagh -Ahhh, bap-a-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa red dog 1 May 2017 #19
More truth than humor! LOL! WinkyDink May 2017 #23
Skeet Surfin' composed by Maurice Jarre Doc_Technical May 2017 #18
I always liked these two (I'm SURE the second inspired the Hawaii 5-0 theme) DFW May 2017 #21
Ever heard of "Cowabunga!" (the Surf Box Set)? Miles Archer May 2017 #22
Cowabunga! red dog 1 May 2017 #24
Frank Zapps produced a lot of surf music 90-percent May 2017 #26
I didn't know that red dog 1 May 2017 #29
No surf music without Dick Dale randr May 2017 #27
Dick Dale's Misirlou is one of the poll choices red dog 1 May 2017 #28
I did vote for him randr May 2017 #30
mine is a little different skippercollector May 2017 #31
Surf? Charlie don't surf! chelsea0011 May 2017 #32
I've loved this one since the first time I heard it. SeattleVet May 2017 #33
Anything by the Beach Boys. nt Laffy Kat May 2017 #37
The Mermen, from their album Songs of the Cows miyazaki May 2017 #39

sab390

(178 posts)
34. I always wondered
Tue May 2, 2017, 11:07 PM
May 2017

Why YouTube gave me the fabulous Thunderbirds when I was watching SRV. Oh ya, his brother.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
3. Help Me Rhonda.
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 07:10 PM
Apr 2017

I have absolutely no rhythm, but whenever I hear that song, my feet and hands start tapping and I go "Bong bong bong bong bong..."

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
5. I love "Help Me Rhonda"
Sat Apr 29, 2017, 07:35 PM
Apr 2017

and it might be the best Beach Boys song ever......It's "perfect"..no flaws!

duncang

(1,907 posts)
15. I came to hate wipe out
Mon May 1, 2017, 02:47 AM
May 2017

My oldest brother was a professional drummer. After hours, days, weeks, months of hearing just the drums I run and hide if I hear it now.

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
7. First Class: Beach Baby
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 09:08 AM
Apr 2017


Not, strictly speaking, a surfing song. But a nice bit of mid-70s nostalgia.

-- Mal

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
38. I wanna know where the poor mug in the pic is carrying his surfboard...
Thu May 4, 2017, 08:38 AM
May 2017

... pawnshop, maybe?

-- Mal

DFW

(54,055 posts)
40. Or looking in vain for a beach wth some waves?
Thu May 4, 2017, 01:04 PM
May 2017

At age 13 or 14 (whatever I was when the song came out), I had spent a LOT more time in New York City (all my grandparents lived there) than I had on the West Coast, and I had never yet been to Hawai'i.

This was the first "surfing" song that I had heard that WASN'T all about riding the waves and parties with beautiful surfers with perfect bodies late into the night. Well, no, I guess actually the second. The FIRST was "Surf Monster" on the Gene Moss album "Dracula's Greatest Hits," but THAT was a different category entirely

Starts about 19:20--

DFW

(54,055 posts)
42. The "Monster Bossa Nova" and "Drac The Knife" aren't bad, either
Thu May 4, 2017, 01:24 PM
May 2017

For 1965, it was pretty cool to us 13 year olds.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
14. I didn't know who the choices would be
Mon May 1, 2017, 01:50 AM
May 2017

but I knew before I even entered the thread I'd be voting for a Dick Dale tune. And I love all those other songs and groups but man, Dick Dale is just the right combination of everything that gets my surf up.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
19. A-well-a-bird, surfing bird-brrrrrrrrrrrrrpagh -Ahhh, bap-a-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa
Mon May 1, 2017, 03:51 PM
May 2017

Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Ma-ma-mow, pa-pa, ma-ma-mow, pa-pa
Etc.

(They don't write lyrics like that anymore)

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
22. Ever heard of "Cowabunga!" (the Surf Box Set)?
Mon May 1, 2017, 05:43 PM
May 2017

At a whopping 4 CDs and 82 tracks, it's almost TOO MUCH surf music, but all of the heavy hitters are represented.

https://www.amazon.com/Cowabunga-Surf-Box-Various-Artists/dp/B0000033S4

90-percent

(6,828 posts)
26. Frank Zapps produced a lot of surf music
Tue May 2, 2017, 03:59 PM
May 2017

as a young man in cucamonga. eventually bought paul buff's studio, where wipeout was recorded.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
29. I didn't know that
Tue May 2, 2017, 04:14 PM
May 2017

Also, I'm surprised that Wipeout has more votes than Surfin' Bird
(Although I've always loved Wipeout)

randr

(12,408 posts)
30. I did vote for him
Tue May 2, 2017, 04:18 PM
May 2017

We should all know that Mr. Dale invented the amp modification that makes surf music surf. A true rock pioneer.

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