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Title: The History of Surf Music- Article Post by: Shane on June 08, 2014, 01:26:13 PM The Beach Boys get bashed midway through the article, but the rest is an interesting read on the origins of surf music in Hawaii:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/06/07/surf-music-centuries-before-beach-boys/9EtaG9XqKy59JTr9nJTcZO/story.html Title: Re: The History of Surf Music- Article Post by: Cyncie on June 08, 2014, 05:56:38 PM That was an interesting read. I would love to hear some examples of traditional surf music, because I love the 60's era surf bands. I've always thought that surfing, in it's original context, was less about the sport and more about the connection with the ocean. It was interesting to read about the spiritual, class and social aspects of surfing and surf music. But…
Quote COOLEY: Lyrically, the women in the Beach Boys’ songs are trophies for the good surfer. Even in “Surfer Girl,” she doesn’t surf. She hangs out on the beach while her boyfriend surfs… I agree with him that the general tone of Americanized surfing is male, but Surfer Girl doesn't seem to make that point. It's called Surfer Girl, not Surfer's Girl. Even in Surfin' Safari, the guy invites the girl along by saying "I'm going to take you Surfin' WITH me." Not "I'm going to let you watch me surf." Yes, surfing was considered mainly a guy's activity with the "Beach Bunnies" watching from the sidelines. That was a product of the times. But, even then, you had your occasional gidgets. "Some Honeys will be coming along" could be misconstrued to refer to some trophy chicks, but in surf slang, a Honey refers to a female surfer. Besides, isn't this: Quote COOLEY: It’s associated with courtship, similar to the position of surfing in mele—so there’s a parallel, there’s a continuation of an idea that surfing is one of the ways that you can attract a mate. But it doesn’t have the ritual layers that it did in mele, where surfing on the same wave with a potential mate would be followed by some kind of sexual contact after that. Kind of the same thing as this: Quote BRIAN: We could ride the surf together while our love would grow. Title: Re: The History of Surf Music- Article Post by: kookadams on June 13, 2014, 02:08:20 AM Dom Priore said it best "if you dont think the beach boys were real surf music youre full of sh*t". The surfin usa album was the ultimate evidence that the BBs did it JUST AS WELL as dick dale, the ventures, surfaris, trashmen, marketts and EVERY other significant 'surf' group in history.
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