Friday, November 21, 2008

wanna see some fun guitar?

dick dale & the del tones "misirlou" 1963


i love the crazy speed guitar of dick dale (and for tj: if i'm not mistaken the guitarist in the movie "back to the beach" was mr. dale himself). it's recognizable to most, yet the fingers responsible are not. his particular sound was brought to a whole new generation by the black eyed peas in "pump it".

interesting to compare. both vids are male dominated with one hot chick. the del tones have their one white clad twister, and the black eyed peas have their fergie.

1 comment:

T.J. Shelby said...

And was in the Tarantino cult classic Pulp Fiction. Not that you would have known that but...

I'll speak some blasphemy here, as a kid, I liked Dick Dale more than the Beach Boys.