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Title: Let's Discuss Bruce Johnston's Surfin' Round the World Post by: Mr. Cohen on November 18, 2014, 12:34:02 PM This is some heavy, punky garage rock. It's brimming with fuzzy distortion. And wouldn't you know it, Bruce actually has a wonderful sense of humor on the album. Not only is "Jersey Channel Islands - Part 7" a hilarious name for a song, it's a downright vicious surf groove with wicked horns.
Where the hell did he come up with the idea for "Hot Pastrami, Mashed Potatoes, Come On To Rincon?" It's downright Ramones-like, with its repetitive "baby do it again" riff. Bruce could play this stuff live now and front a cult band. In my hometown of Detroit, there's a band called The Amino Acids that packs shows with this exact same kind of music. The hits keep coming. "Makaha at Midnight" is wonderfully trippy and a nice slow dance song. "Surfin's Here to Stay" and "Surfin' Round the World" are more Ramones style songs. If you haven't heard the album, it's available on Spotify. Title: Re: Let's Discuss Bruce Johnston's Surfin' Round the World Post by: Eric Aniversario on November 18, 2014, 10:06:04 PM I've always thought this to be an underrated album. The instrumentals are great, and the songs with vocals are great too. I've always thought that the title track would fit into a Mike & Bruce show pretty well, and would give Bruce a chance to shine with a non-ballad.
Title: Re: Let's Discuss Bruce Johnston's Surfin' Round the World Post by: kookadams on November 18, 2014, 10:07:52 PM I love that album, very raw. Bruce_s preBBs output is way better than his 77 solo album, big time!
Title: Re: Let's Discuss Bruce Johnston's Surfin' Round the World Post by: Eric Aniversario on November 18, 2014, 10:15:18 PM I love that album, very raw. Bruce_s preBBs output is way better than his 77 solo album, big time! 100% agreed, my fellow San Diegan!Title: Re: Let's Discuss Bruce Johnston's Surfin' Round the World Post by: Jason Penick on November 19, 2014, 08:30:06 PM I agree with everyone else; I enjoy both this album as well as the Surfer's Pajama Party release quite a bit.
I've been playing with a surf rock review lately, and as a result I'm always looking for new (old) material we can cover. Bruce scored quite a few mentions on this very cool list: http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs-surf.html Title: Re: Let's Discuss Bruce Johnston's Surfin' Round the World Post by: Micha on November 19, 2014, 09:00:48 PM I love that album, very raw. Bruce_s preBBs output is way better than his 77 solo album, big time! Anybody's pre-BB output is better than what the same anybody did in 1977. |