Cardigans are cool!
July 30, 2022 1:02 PM Subscribe
The Ripper, by The Volcanics. I love a surf guitar instrumental, especially when it's accompanied by a video as effortlessly stylish as this one. Maybe you'll enjoy it too.
The Cardigans never stopped being cool.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 2:06 PM on July 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 2:06 PM on July 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
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posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:17 PM on July 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 2:17 PM on July 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
It has never occurred to me that one could line dance to surf music. Brb texting my only-country-music-allowed bestie about this revelation
posted by The Adventure Begins at 2:59 PM on July 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by The Adventure Begins at 2:59 PM on July 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
Nice tune, although I found the squelchy-sounding guitar effect a little distracting. I rather like surf guitar instrumentals, and will be adding this to my ever-growing playlist.
posted by pipeski at 3:07 PM on July 30, 2022
posted by pipeski at 3:07 PM on July 30, 2022
Is this the thread where we post our current surf favorites?
The First Wave by the Kahuna Kings
posted by sudogeek at 3:19 PM on July 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
The First Wave by the Kahuna Kings
posted by sudogeek at 3:19 PM on July 30, 2022 [5 favorites]
Dick Dale Redux...
posted by jim in austin at 4:49 PM on July 30, 2022
posted by jim in austin at 4:49 PM on July 30, 2022
Is it wrong of me to imagined that a track called “The Ripper” would be some kind of misogynistic murder scheme?
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:51 PM on July 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:51 PM on July 30, 2022 [1 favorite]
worst possible interpretation of something that is an instrumental and in no other way hints at that possibility.
posted by philip-random at 5:14 PM on July 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by philip-random at 5:14 PM on July 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
This is the same label that The Surfragettes are on. Here’s their instrumental of Toxic.
posted by JoeBlubaugh at 7:38 PM on July 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by JoeBlubaugh at 7:38 PM on July 30, 2022 [2 favorites]
In surf lingo, a Ripper is an exceptionally talented surfer. Given the context, I think that's the more natural interpretation.
posted by Paul Slade at 11:46 PM on July 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
posted by Paul Slade at 11:46 PM on July 30, 2022 [4 favorites]
GenjiandProust, I hadn't heard of "surf rock" or the Volcanics and had the same initial reaction, so if you're wrong you're not the only one. Today I explained my vocab and enjoyed some groovy new music and video. A good day on metafilter.
posted by evilmomlady at 4:40 AM on July 31, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by evilmomlady at 4:40 AM on July 31, 2022 [2 favorites]
I mean, maybe we all do a book about murderous pro surfers? Call it Crime Wave? No?
Either way, I really enjoyed this -- fantastic song, loved every bit of the elegant camaraderie in that bar, great start to my morning! Thanks for finding this!
posted by mochapickle at 5:12 AM on July 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
Either way, I really enjoyed this -- fantastic song, loved every bit of the elegant camaraderie in that bar, great start to my morning! Thanks for finding this!
posted by mochapickle at 5:12 AM on July 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
I hadn't heard of "surf rock"
Well here's some more artists and songs to experience the genre.
Classic:
Well here's some more artists and songs to experience the genre.
Classic:
- Penetration by the Pyramids
- Bustin' Surfboards by the Tornadoes
- Pipeline by the Chantays
- Surf Nouveau by the Aqua Velvets
- My Heart Will Go On by Los Straitjackets
Since we’re talking surf rock: while bin-diving in a used record store sometime in the early 2000s, I excavated (and purchased unheard, based entirely on its cover art and title; it was a mood) what turned out to be an excellent psychedelic surf rock CD titled “A Glorious Lethal Euphoria” by The Mermen. Sadly, it seems to be out of print and not available online. But here’s them at Burning Man contemporary with that album (one of the signature tracks, “With No Definite Future And No Purpose Other Than To Prevail Somehow,” starts at ~1:40 in).
posted by disentir at 11:33 AM on July 31, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by disentir at 11:33 AM on July 31, 2022 [3 favorites]
Crime Wave.
posted by Paul Slade
Yes, but with more surfing! And the chapter where the nine murderous pro surfers and their unrepentant accomplice are caught and sentenced could be called Hang Ten.
posted by mochapickle at 11:53 AM on July 31, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Paul Slade
Yes, but with more surfing! And the chapter where the nine murderous pro surfers and their unrepentant accomplice are caught and sentenced could be called Hang Ten.
posted by mochapickle at 11:53 AM on July 31, 2022 [2 favorites]
mochapickle: I can't find exactly that, but both of these have elements of it:
Surf Nazis Must Die.
Chum.
posted by Paul Slade at 12:27 PM on July 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
Surf Nazis Must Die.
Chum.
posted by Paul Slade at 12:27 PM on July 31, 2022 [1 favorite]
I hadn't heard of "surf rock"
Well here's some more artists and songs to experience the genre.
Classic surf rock:
Dick Dale - Misirlou
Classical Surf Rock
Misirlou - Lebanese version from 1927
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:33 AM on August 2, 2022
Well here's some more artists and songs to experience the genre.
Classic surf rock:
Dick Dale - Misirlou
Classical Surf Rock
Misirlou - Lebanese version from 1927
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:33 AM on August 2, 2022
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