#king of the surf guitar

[spockeye-fierce]

RULES: When you get this you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 people!!

I tagged myself from @warpcoreejector

Tagging @thebejeweledwatercat @twinkboimler @jimmysdragonsuit13 @hc1701 @in-sufficientdata @queer-geordie-nerd @departmentq @sopranoentravesti @david-watts @numberoneobservationbarbarian

[rockandrollpicsandthings]

Dick Dale, the king of surf guitar, pictured here in 1964

[rebornofstars]

chain as musicians

not to hit everyone with another headcanon post so soon but i cant stop thinking abt the chain's relationship with music. so: opinions behold

hyrule plays the recorder and the recorder only. he’s self taught but there’s something a little creepily innate about the way he plays. he knows how to play the songs of wind and trees and stars. it's like feeling the world turn, listening to him. he plays alone in the wild to soothe his own spirits, most of the time, but he also dearly enjoys getting the chance to play for others.

legend plays every instrument under the sun. he’s a quick learner and adaptable when it counts. he’s very very good at translating songs from one medium to another, even on the fly, and equally good at picking up tunes halfway through. the king of flexibility. instruments he owns include: a flute, a lute, a drum, a bell, a sea ukelele, an ocarina, the eight instruments of the sirens (full moon cello, conch horn, sea lily’s bell, surf harp, wind marimba, coral triangle, organ of evening calm, thunder drum), strange flute, phonograph, the harp of ages, etc. he has a ridiculous number of instruments. he finds busking to be quite relaxing, and especially fun when he has a partner to make the music more dynamic and responsive. he's constantly trying to convince ravio to play with him, because ravio can play very well, but chooses not to most of the time

time will always feel more at home with an ocarina, but after a bit of careful fiddling he has slowly picked up or been taught a couple of other instruments as well. he likes to just riff around randomly, searching for sounds that strike him rather than melodies in his creation of music. he cannot play sheik’s lyre, although he’s tried. instruments he owns include the fairy ocarina and the ocarina of time, which can transform itself into deku pipes, goron drums, and the zora bone guitar, suggesting that its form is really more fluid than it seems, and the only reason it’s an ocarina most of the time (hah) is because of time’s own nostalgia

wind has his wind waker, which is really a conductor's baton at heart, and that’s all he’s ever really needed – music at sea often relies not on instruments but voices, backed up by whatever fiddles and concertinas the crew has around, and he knows how to sing a good shanty. he won't while on land, though. the sea songs belong to the sea. he’d like to learn the violin

four has his ocarina of wind and is content with that. he plays music not as a hobby but as a form of remembrance and respect. and sometimes chaos. it’s more of a tool to him, but he does take a certain enjoyment from it.

twilight has grown up playing tunes on reeds, also known as whistle-grass, and so music is something snatched out of time on a slow walk home, easy and careful and practised, songs that have been passed down and some that he’s made up over the years. he can sing as the wolf, in a manner, or at least it feels like singing to him. and he’s got his horse call, too, though he doesn’t count it as music.

sky has his harp, which he has been given by zelda. it reminds him of her! they learnt together, formally, and he can play many complete songs by memory, and handfuls of half-remembered others. he, legend, and time are among the few who can read sheet music, although sky knows a lot of very old and obscure ways to write it, and he often copies down songs they hear on their travels for later reference.

one day kass is going to cave and allow wild a turn on the bandoneon. hestu has given him a quick run of the maracas, but wild is hungry for more. when he does pick up an instrument, he does it with an unbalanced, uncivilised quality. a confidence to his incorrectness that makes all the clashing notes sound strong and real. and then occasionally, amid the chaos, he’ll hit a smooth run of notes that chill the spine, before his playing devolves into discordant sound again.

warriors has never really played very much, was never taught, but he has a recorder and a dream, and he gets by. he’s better at it than anybody expects, even himself. it’s not private, exactly, but it’s closer to his heart than he lets on. he watches legend (who lends him an ocarina) carefully and picks up a trick or two on the sly. he's efficient with it when in front of people, but alone sometimes he plays very long and slow notes that sort of sound like sorrow.

i simply think i love them, your honour. there's so much use of music in loz and i find it to be a joy and a delight (credit: july - starry notes)

[olafsings]

May 4, 1937: Dick Dale was born Richard Anthony Monsour in Boston, Massachusetts. He was known as "The King of the Surf Guitar."

[dustedmagazine]

The Anomalys — Down the Hole (Slovenly)

Once a band comes out of hibernation, there’s no telling what they’ll do. The Anomalys, a rough-cut garage band out of Amsterdam, re-emerged in 2022 after a 12-year hiatus, older perhaps but not noticeably wiser, cranking ferocious, block-simple punk rock out of the standard rock line-up.

The band draws members of King Khan’s European circle of acquaintances—Remi Pablo on furious, rapturous drums and French punk guitarist Looch Vibrato of MAGNETIX and Louder Than Death. The band leader, known as BONE, plays another guitar. There is no bass, though someone’s making heavy use of the fat strings on his guitar.

This is the sort of music best honed live, and the Anomalys have spent the last two years playing a shit-ton of shows. “Anxiety,” an early single, rolls maniacally forward like a freight train with blown brakes coming down a hill. The energy is high, but it’s funneled through a narrow channel, a repeated surf riff that juts upwards like a question, then answers itself plummeting down. The drums meanwhile go off like firecrackers on a string, stuttering a beat in between regular crackling explosions. There are no vocals on this cut, it doesn’t need them. Two and a half minute of frenzy crashes into a wall.

“Despair” is the other single, and if you’re sensing a downer theme, take heart. It gallops and hurtles and pulls up sharp in raging, head-bashing spasms, running as fast and hard as a rock song can go. The band may have been paralyzed with dread and jitters when they conceived these tracks, but you’ll receive them as a double jolt of adrenaline.

The Anomalys begs comparisons with brute force punkers like Gino and the Goons and, though they’re less goofy, Personal and the Pizzas, but though they’re not in the subtlety game, they’re not sloppy either. “Coke Head” hitches a screaming guitar riff to pounding, annihilating drums, and it’s as tight as it is on fire. You can hear it in the sudden stops, blinding bits of white space in a blitzed out barrage of noise. They’re as clean as a white-out blot, everybody pulling up at once.

I reviewed Glitch a couple of years ago, noting that, “The sound is loud and primitive, sped up like a locomotive with its back cars on fire,” and that, at least, hasn’t changed. Down the Hole is better though, tightly held together even as it careens most wildly. Glitch woke up the beast, but Down the Hole sets it free to rampage.

Jennifer Kelly

[longlistshort]

Curated Storefront is an Akron arts organization started in 2016 that is working to turn downtown Akron into an arts destination. Their projects include a collection of public murals and art in store windows. They also offer studio spaces to local artists.

One of their projects, Outside the Box, is a series of up-cycled shipping containers that house pop-up galleries and rotating murals.

Below are more selections from Outside the Box and information on the works from their website.

El Mac, “Stardust”

From the information plaque-

This mural titled Stardust depicts El Mac’s son as a baby looking up towards the sky, which creates imagery that the artist hopes “can be relatable to people and hopefully it suggests youthfulness and new beginnings. I had fun with the rendering , patterns, movement, and shapes. It was challenging for me and I think it’s beautiful, so I hope others do too.”

Palehorse, “Garuda”

About Palehorse’s mural from Curated Storefront–

Painting of the deity Garuda from Hindu mythology. Garuda (King of Birds) symbolizes the harmonious union of earthly strength and celestial freedom. As the divine messenger, he traverses between realms, embodying the bridge between humanity and the sacred. His outstretched wings form a shield of protection, a testament to his role as guardian and defender against adversity. Garuda’s presence inspires us to embrace our inner courage and navigate life’s challenges with unwavering determination. Just as he faces the serpents of life, we too can rise above obstacles, guided by his example. As you gaze upon this mural, may Garuda’s symbolism ignite your spirit, reminding you of your own capacity to soar to new heights, find peace amidst chaos, and stand strong in the face of all trials. Jai Guru! OM Garuda!

With over 20 years of experience as a professional illustrator, the catalogue of work created by Palehorse now serves as a breadcrumb trail, highlighting his intense curiosity and a relentless quest for deeper meaning and self-discovery. Years of seeking and following delightful and mysterious curiosities, eventually led to a devoted spiritual practice, arising from an ever-expanding love for sacred art, mystical scriptures, ancient cultures, plant medicine ceremonies, world mythology and travel.

The artwork of Palehorse aims to become more refined and meaningful as he increasingly becomes more spiritually adventurous through the years. His aesthetic harnesses the ancient power of traditional Thai ornamental design, blended with Indian motifs and symbols derived from the Thangka paintings of Tibetan Buddhism. As a follower of Paramhansa Hogananda, these inspirations are then filtered through the lens of an American yogi/psychonaut/illustrator, who was born in the late 70’s and grew up skateboarding, surfing, getting tattooed and playing guitar in metal bands.

John Comunale “The First Energy Monster”, Recycled tires and golfballs

John Comunale, whose work is pictured above, is an Akron artist with many works located around the city.

Studio Haz – Joshua Hall and Diana Paz- “This and That”

About the Studio Haz mural from Curated Storefront-

This mural is a visual dialog, a conversation between order and fluid organic forms. It is the first collaboration between the two artists.

Diana Paz is a Venezuelan Multidisciplinary artist based in Miami, FL. She has been fully dedicated to her art since 2012, right after graduating from her graphic design studies. Navigating between artistic expressions, she explores materials, shapes, spaces, textures and colors; reinterpreting elements from her native region as well as others taken from her everyday life. The result is a balanced union of elements; coming all-together in the cleanest and simplest way.

Joshua Hall, AKA Baghead, (born January 5, 1988) is a contemporary Latin- American artist from Miami, Florida. His work is derived from 90’s skateboarding, street typography, and early animation. He is known for his wooden sculptures as well as being a muralist. In his practice, Joshua reflects on his suburban adolescents; recounting them in fluid, abstracted and sometimes sculptural forms.

Steiner, “Repetitive Nature”

About Steiner and Repetitive Nature–

The bright and psychedelic colors and mutation of the third eye on the leopards represent human negative effects on nature. However, nature is ferocious (like a leopard) and fights back, reclaiming what is left behind by humans in a cycle that is repetitive. Nature finds a way.

Raised on surf/skate art and comics, and influenced by the likes of Jim Phillips and Todd McFarlane, Steiner began spray painting walls during middle school in the 90s. After traveling abroad and formal art training he returned to his street art and graffiti roots. He has lived and painted in San Francisco and New York, and now resides in Los Angeles. His work is reminiscent of the Toxic Avenger. It shows man’s effect on nature and manipulation of the environment. His work often has mutated beasts with multiple eyes, bright un-earthy colors and smoke ring cloud (pollution) backgrounds … so the 3 eyed Simpsons fish is a good reference to sum it up … an actual issue with a somewhat humorous delivery.

Axel Void (Alejandro Hugo Dorda Mevs), “Untitled”

L.E.O. (Reginald O’Neal), “Dr. John Henry Clarke And the Mundari People”

About L.E.O. (Reginald O’ Neal)–

L.E.O. (Reginald O’Neal), born in 1992 in Miami, Florida, began painting in 2012 and soon met his friend and mentor, Alejandro Dorda, also known as Axel Void, who would teach him classically.

In 2014, L.E.O. took his first trip to Europe to complete murals in Austria, Norway, and Spain, as well as exhibit in a collective show alongside his teacher in Berlin, Germany. In the years since, Reggie has focused on canvas work, residencies, and murals that embody his community surroundings, experiences and beliefs.

Gabriela Ayza Aschmann, “Momentum Absence Act”

From Curated Storefront about the Gabriela Ayza Aschmann’s mural-

It has two faces. What we see and what may be behind. Is it the absence of oneself that creates emotional instability? Sometimes we are in a sea of fire and we have to warp to hold on to ourselves so we can be our own lifesaver. With the vertigo of falling, you create a dance that in the end only you can learn to enjoy. Emily Dickinson wrote, “I was falling and in each crash hit, I ran into a world.”

Born in 1991 Cologne, Germany, Gabriela Ayza Aschmann is a Spanish-German artist currently based in Miami, Florida. She lived and studied in Andalusia, graduated from the University of Fine Arts in Seville, Spain. She continued learning with workshops and follow ups from different artists. In 2020, Gabriela attended her first artist residency with Void_ Projects in Miami, FL. Later, she followed her next artist residency at Gotulist Froyar, Feror Island, Denmark. Her last two shows titled I have an idiot inside me and Mom, let me be an animal for one day opened in Miami, FL where she presented a mixture of her personal collection of paintings.

Her practice represents the search for the poetic. She begins with considering that listening to ourselves and our environment brings us closer to the core of our existence. In her paintings one can find humor, sweetness and hardness at the same time. The artist observes and empathizes how humans are, measurably, beasts and brutes. Bluntly, she questions why humanity hides its beastiality: What is so dangerous about our depths? Her work is focused on oil painting, although in her process we can find poetry, theater, analog photography and other sculptural aspects.

Johnny Robles, “Gloria Bow”

About Johnny Robles and the mural from Curated Storefront–

Johnny Robles is a multi-disciplinary artist working at the intersection of art, technology, and nature. Studies in color theory, geometry, and science, combined with his natural and spiritual world interests are central to his work.

The artwork’s title, Gloria Bow, is derived from a glory rainbow, a halo of interlocking colors made up of tiny droplets of water reflecting sunlight scattered back towards the viewer. This phenomenon we see in nature can be experienced from tall buildings, a mountain top, or an airplane. Over the years, the artist’s experiences of observing glories have marveled and served him as reminders that nature seeks each of us. This painting intends to engage passersby in a moment of solitude, clarity, or stillness.

[dollarbin]

Nickel Bin #12:

The Roches' Losing True

Ah yeah, Dollar Binners, it's Roches time. We celebrated the beginning of this already silly year with Maggie, Terre and Suzzy's epic monster track, The Hammond Song: five minutes of bizarre and perfectly harmonic storytelling swirling around Robert Fripp's equally bizarre and perfect guitar effusions.

Losing True, from the sisters' third record, Keep on Doing, is the natural sequel to The Hammond Song. And, unlike the Roches' coveted first record, Keep on Doing is a certified Dollar Bin mainstay: it's relatively easy to track down alongside mid to late late seventies Carole King albums (which are optional to your collection) and the essential to us all 70's titles from the Lord and Lady of the Dollar Bin, Gordon Lightfoot and Linda Ronstadt.

Take a listen.

There's no better surf to be had than on this swell of voices. The sisters curl and churn around one another, cradling us in warmth and bold sun sparkle.

We already know that they skipped town, risking everything, to go down Hammond, and, as promised, they never came back. Losing True tells us what happened next. They, or maybe it's just the iconically elfin and yet deep throated Maggie, who wrote both songs, wound up with the wrong guy. But now they're ready to ditch Loudon Wainwright, who seemingly had a thing going with every female singer-songwriter of that era, like a dead skunk in the middle of the road, and reunite with one another in jubilant song.

Happily, they invite Fripp to the reunion. He'd sat out their underwhelming and poorly produced sophomore record but he's back on Losing True with his signature, other-worldly harmonics and blatant skills. Fripp knows better than to upstage the ladies and it's a shame we don't have 16 more sequels to The Hammond Song to keep on spinning on a suddenly sweet weekday.

Cheers Everyone...

[bandomstuck]

You are the GREEN DAY bandom. You’re AWESOME AS FUCK and you take pride in your BROKEN GUITAR COLLECTION and many ALBUMS. You are the KING OF PUNK ROCK and are ready to battle and defend your position to anyone who says otherwise. Your hobbies include SETTING THINGS ON FIRE, DEFACING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, dressing up as a PLANT MONSTER, DANCING TERRIBLY, SURFING, WALKING AFTER DARK, and creating/being involved with all kinds of SHENANIGANS. You even dabble in the BROADWAY side of things thanks to the musical adaptation of AMERICAN IDIOT. Also, you’re missing a tooth thanks to Woodstock ‘94, and while you look fairly young, you’re PRETTY GOD DAMN OLD. Being old is whatever, though, because no matter what you’ll always be HAVING A BLAST.

Your chumhandle is prostheticJinx.

What will you do now?

==> Walk a Lonely Road [==> Start Bouncing Off The Wall]

(ref sheet)

[tfc2211]

Play ▶ Retro Obscuro No. 139 - Christmas

The Belmonts - Wintertime The Surf Boys - Stuck In The Chimney Francis Smith - Solar System Simon, Santa's Supersonic Son Santo And Johnny - Twistin' Bells Sylvia Reid - Christmas Rock And Roll Babs Gonzales - Teenage Santa Claus Gisele Mackenzie - Too Fat For The Chimney Jim Easter And The Artistic's - White Christmas The Copycats Featuring Kimo & Sabbe - The Abominable Snow-Man Ed McCurdy And The Boomers With Joe Cribari - Red Hair And Green Eyes The Debonaires - Crazy Santa Claus Gary Ramey With Floyd And The Little Soul Sisters - Moon-Y Min-I Men Visit Santa Claus (Part 1) Walter Stone "The Cry Baby" And The Tradewinds - Christmas Time Again Judy And The Duets - Christmas With The Beatles Mie Nakao - Jingle Bells The Cavaliers - Santa's Soul Gus Colletti - Santa Is A Superman Doye O'Dell - I'm Pickin' Fights For Christmas Johnny Preston - (I Want A) Rock And Roll Guitar Fred Bergin And His Music - Deck The Halls Janette Eden - You Turn Me On (And I Light Up) The Wilder Brothers - I Wanna Goat For Christmas Jack Ware - What Did Santa Claus Used To Be? The Martels - Rockin' Santa Claus The Lollipops - Mister Santa Idle Few - A Letter To Santa Yasunori Nakajima And The Latin Rhythm Kings - Winter Wonderland Bobby The Poet - White Christmas (3 O'Clock Weather Report) Judy Jamison - The Santa Claus Twist Gus De Wert Trio And Jeannie Jay - Space Age Santa Claus Jeri Kelly - Poor Ole' Santa Claus The Splendors - Winter Time The Teardrops - Hey Gingerbread Little Rita Faye - I Fell Out Of A Christmas Tree Jim Backus - Why Don't You Go Home For Christmas Jimmy Allen, Tommy Bartella - When Santa Comes Over The Brooklyn Bridge Donna And The Dees - I Know There's A Santa Claus The Pixies Three - Cold Cold Winter Bet E. Martin - Mrs. Santa Claus The Surfers - Here Comes Santa Claus In A Red Canoe The Sherwoods - Cold And Frosty Morning The Qualities & Sun Ra - It's Christmas Time

[somethingvinyl]

Studio Tan is the first of the so-called ugly cover albums. Zappa delivered 4 albums at once to Warner/Discreet to try to get him out of his contract with Herb Cohen, but they didn’t take them at first, and a legal battle ensued that kept Zappa from releasing the music he wanted to in 1977 and ‘78. This came out in ‘78, as it became clear that they weren’t going to get anything else out of him and needed to release what they had if they wanted to profit from it. So Studio Tan came out over FZ’s objections, with cover art he never saw and even a track name misspelled. Zappa hated the way these albums were released—probably why he later delegitimized them by claiming Läther was the original intention. But the music is obviously his. It’s odds and ends of unreleased material more than an album of singular vision, but that just puts it in the same category as Apostrophe.

Side 1 is a single silly rock opera, The Adventures of Greggary Peccary. Much like Billy the Mountain, I find it tiresome and have made it all the way through it maybe twice. But side 2 is incredible start to finish, one of the best in his discography—Let Me Take You to the Beach is a peppy bit of parody surf music (my 8-year-old LOVES it) that is, shockingly, built off the rhythm track of a Hot Rats outtake! Revised Music for Guitar and Low Budget Orchestra is a revamped version of what he wrote for Jean-Luc Ponty on the King Kong album, and it’s still got a heck of a lot of electric violin despite the title change. But the star is RDNZL (his custom license plate of his nickname for his wife, “Redunzel,” because the tended to repeat herself—learned that factoid from Dweezil at a ZPZ show). It was a staple of his live show for the Ruth Underwood years: excellent live versions appear on Roxy by Proxy and The Helsinki Concert. This studio version was recorded by that same core band and it’s outstanding, one of his absolute best compositions. So though this is a lesser album in the oeuvre and does indeed have a hideous cover, this is still one I wouldn’t want to live without.

[uncleardyn]

8, 16, 21, 23 :D

8. three songs that remind you most of summer and vacation Cheeseburger In Paradise - Jimmy Buffett jimmy buffett is forever the king of beach bum music. every song of his a summer song Brown Eyed Girl - Reel Big Fish brown eyed girl is a summer vacation song to me and ska is a genre is associate with summer so uh. Yeah. Skeet Surfing - Maurice Jarre/Nick Rivers skeet surfing 👍

16. three favourite songs for sex nice try idiot i dont know what sex is White Noiz - Akira Yamaoka the silent hill 2 soundtrack stays on during sex but unironically CHEMICAL BREW - LudoWic babe where are you going Air - Daniel Deluxe babe come back

21. three songs of your childhood Be Careful, It's My Heart - Bing Crosby my dad used to sing this to me before i went to sleep when i was little Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen i have a VERY vivid memory of my dad sitting me in front the computer and making me watch the music video when i was like 7 What Is a Shooting Star? - They Might Be Giants the here comes science album was MY SHIT when i was like. 10.

23. three songs that never fail to get you pumped up Devil Trigger - Casey Edwards i would like to thank nero bc i mean. cmon. devil trigger is so good. Zero - Keiki Kobayashi the spanish guitar stirs something deep in my soul Beast Of Gévaudan - Powerwolf frankly we could put any powerwolf song here but something about beast of gevaudan's chorus really gets me going

thanks nox. i hope u enjoy my sex selections. love u <3

[antifascistblackmetalnetwork]

Necrosferatul - Candelabrum Necrosferatulum (full album, 2023)

What if vampires were class-conscious creatures that were fed from the blood of aristocrats and kings? This one person project from Austria assumes this alternate reality and creates it through the course of their two albums, the second of each we are presenting today. After the eloquently titled and very promising "Ancient Bloodlines Mean Nothing" debut, "Candelabrum Necrosferatulum" comes to further define Necrosferatulum's peculiar and original approach in vampyric black metal, not just in the thematics, but also in the sound itself. While the debut was a classic raw, lo-fi, dungeon-laden yet still beautiful recording, the sophomore album cleans up the sound a bit and allows more dynamics and color. And the unique characteristic of the band, the clean, surf-inspired (!) and 60's psychedelia parts are present again of course. How could they not be? Weird broken keyboards, church organs, chorus-like guitars, eerie wind and other sound effects are used heftily in conjunction with the metal instrumentation to invoke a romantic and absurd atmosphere, no doubt inspired by these crazy french vampires in the dusk of the previous millenium, as also the antics and originality of contemporary Grime Stone Records artists. The album is full of well performed and composed ideas, and boring moments are almost nowhere to be found. You can't miss this record of you're interested in weird and original black metal!

[rockmusicassoc]

Bummerversary: 3/16/2019: Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, inventor of that “surf sound’, paddles out for the big surf break in the sky. #DickDale #SurfGuitar #RockHonorRoll

[randomvarious]

Today's compilation:

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits - 1960 1993 Rock & Roll / Pop / Soul / Rockabilly / Doo Wop

Went through Rhino's 20-volume Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits series from 1988 for this blog years ago, so I'm not going to be doing that again, but in '93, they reissued the set and it contained some differences. Thankfully, not every volume was affected by this, but some were; due to licensing issues, the reuse of certain songs had been prohibited this time around, but songs that hadn't been incorporated before were made available too. So, similar to how Rolling Stone updates their 'greatest of all time' lists every now and again in order to reflect the spirit of the current moment, here we have a series of comps whose reissue necessitated some alterations too.

Now, I imagine that as I sift through some of these releases, there are going to be ones whose new songs enhance the album overall and others whose quality is downgraded because of the songs that are missing. And 1960 seems to represent a big ol' downgrade. The original release of this album contained a pair of Elvis hits, but the King isn't on this newer version of it, and he's been replaced by the hokey R&B-pop hit of "You Talk Too Much" by Joe Jones and Brenda Lee's "Sweet Nothin's," the latter of which is a good lady rockabilly song, but doesn't hold a candle to Elvis; because not much in 1960 did.

So, best song on here now, I think, is the classic surf rock instrumental of "Walk-Don't Run" by The Ventures. This is a classic that actually predates Dick Dale's own creation of the instrumental surf genre itself, but between its melodies, its drumbeat, and more than anything else, its twangy guitar tone, it absolutely goes with that whole terrific mythical Cali-beach-sunshine-'catchin'-some-waves' aesthetic 😎🏄☀️🏖️ .

And Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs' "Stay" thankfully stayed on here too—a brief, yet delightful bit of doo wop with a searing male falsetto that likely paved a way for both The Beach Boys and Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons to start simultaneously deploying their own falsettos from opposite coasts too.

So, it's definitely made worse by the absence of Elvis, but there are still some high-quality oldies on this top-hits-of-1960 comp, regardless.

Highlights:

Chubby Checker - "The Twist" The Ventures - "Walk-Don't Run" Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - "Stay"

[maximuswolf]

Times when rock bands wrote songs that were out of their usual genre

Times when rock bands wrote songs that were out of their usual genre Blue Oyster Cult - Monsters (1980) - Monsters is from their 1980 studio album Cultosaurus Erectus. Blue Oyster Cult is primarily considered a hard rock/heavy metal band. But, this track starts off as a traditional AOR/arena rock track then changes to a jazz lounge sort of feel. Limp Bizkit - Limp Bizkit is usually known for their nu metal and rap metal sound but the band has several songs outside of their usual sound. Everything from their 1997 debut studio album Three Dollar Bill, Y'all is a long 16 1/2 minute track and is a post rock song. N 2 Gether Now from their 1999 studio album from Significant Other is a hip hop song featuring rapper Method Man. Getcha Groove On from their 2000 studio album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water is a hip hop song featuring rapper Xzibit. Red Light Green Light from their 2003 studio album Results May Vary is a hip hop song featuring rapper Snoop Dogg. While the band has always experimented with hip hop in their sound, N 2 Gether Now, Getcha Groove On and Red Light Green Light are straightforward hip hop songs. Douche Bag from their 2011 studio album Gold Cobra starts off in their usual nu metal style then changes to a jazz song out of nowhere. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) - Bohemian Rhapsody is from their 1975 studio album A Night at the Opera. Bohemian Rhapsody is widely regarded as Queen's biggest hit. The song abruptly breaks into heavy metal for about a verse before returning to it's original faux-operatic style. Nine Inch Nails - Nine Inch Nails have several songs that do this. Although the band is usually known for their industrial rock sound. March of the Pigs from their 1994 studio album The Downward Spiral starts off as heavy metal, then shifts into techno and then shifts into clean vocals over a piano and then does it all over again. Ruiner from their 1994 studio album The Downward Spiral is mostly a synth-heavy industrial track but it has a bluesy breakdown and a guitar solo after the second verse. The Becoming from their 1994 studio album The Downward Spiral has sections that almost sound like Kumbaya but then give way to pulsing guitars and screams of Goddamn this noise inside my head! Everything from their 2013 studio album is a pop punk song that is sandwiched between the band's usual dark/industrial fare. Green Day - Green Day has several songs that go out of their usual genre but are primarily known as a pop punk band. Their 1997 studio album Nimrod is possibly the band's most diverse album to date, the band's first in which experimenting with other musical genres. Dominated Love Slave from their 1991/1992 studio album Kerplunk is faux-country. Last Ride In from their 1997 studio album Nimrod is instrumental surf rock. King for a Day from their 1997 studio album Nimrod is ska punk. Corrosion of Conformity - Jim Bean and the Coon Ass (1991) - Jim Bean and the Coon Ass is from their 1991 studio album Blind. Corrosion of Conformity is primarily known as a heavy metal band. Jim Bean and the Coon Ass is a bluegrass song that closes their 1991 studio album Blind and is featured as a hidden track. Guns N' Roses - My World (1991) - My World is from their 1991 studio album Use Your Illusion II. Guns N' Roses are a hard rock band but My World is an industrial hip hop song that closes the Use Your Illusion duology. Submitted February 15, 2025 at 05:24PM by UpbeatChampionship17 https://ift.tt/nu4evjY via /r/Music