How hard can it be to score a James Bond film? There is the guitar thing, the trumpet waa waa thing and the 60's TV romance stuff. theguardian.com/music/2020/jan…
If you always thought James Bond music sounded like stripper music meets the Beach Boys meets show tunes...you aren't far off. Composer Monty Norman explains. “And the moment I did Dum diddy dum dum dum, I thought my God that’s it,” Norman said. pri.org/stories/2012-1…
If it sounds Middle Eastern you would be right. Trivia quizz: which famous surf tune is actually an old Greek/Arab folk tune?
Here is a hint. and the first surf song. Dick Dale (real name Mansour) released “Let’s Go Trippin’” in 1961, two months ahead of the Beach Boys “Surfin.’
Newport beach surfer Dick Dale invented surf music by beating on the guitar strings and channeling rockabilly. Miserlou came out in 1962, Dr NO in May 8, 1963
Most people remember Miserlou from Pulp Fiction as being edgy but in the early 60's most surf music was pretty white guy stuff lame. Here the are Chantay's from Santa Ana doing Pipeline on Lawrence Welk in 1963. .
Here is how surf music is supposed to be played as Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughn rip up Pipeline, recycled as the theme to Back to the Beach the worst surf movie ever made. Hans Zimmer... eat your heart out..
