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There are times in life when I want to regress, to go back to a
simpler time. No, this isn't a conservative longing for the 50s,
which I strongly suspect weren't nearly as simple as people would like
to claim. But the beach movies of the 60s, that's my idea of a cure
for too much reality. And not the movies themselves, most of which
would make better entertainment if used as guitar picks. No, I just
want the soundtracks, those fast guitar riffs that scream 60s beach
party.
Surf Cinema's a pretty awesome recreation of those moldy oldies. But
not slavish duplication; there's a bit of winking going on. Like the
little bit of
Harlem
Nocturne in
Harlem
By The Sea. And is that a bit of
Secret
Agent Man
in Prague
Rock?1 Heck, it's worth listening to just to pick
out the musical influences!
- Apologies for using the Just Surf version of
Secret Agent Man. I was shocked to discover that the
iTMS doesn't carry Johnny Rivers' version. The
Jingle Cats they have. But Johnny Rivers? No such luck.
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