Surf music
Not to be confused with the Carolina genre, this is medium to fast dance music which adds a male or female vocal line and often harmonies, but shares many of the instrumental roots of surf rock music. Themes of the lyrics often derive from surf culture, teenage issues, and can be lighthearted or even humorous. Such music appealed to non-surfers on a level that the instrumentalists did not. With the exception of Dick Dale, the Beach Music groups enjoyed much higher sales and popularity than the Instrumental bands. They were also more likely to gain the national spotlight and make the Billboard chart.
Examples:
- Surf City, Jan and Dean, 1963.
- Surfer Joe, The Surfaris, 1963.
- He's my blonde headed stompie-wompie real gone surfer boy, Little Pattie, 1963.
- Fun Fun Fun, The Beach Boys, 1964.
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Sources
- ^ Giovannetti, Jorge L. "Popular Music and Culture in Puerto Rico: Jamaican and Rap Music as Cross-Cultural Symbols." In Musical Migrations: Transnationalism and Cultural Hybridity in the Americas, ed. Frances R. Aparicio and Cándida F. Jáquez, 81-98. New Y
- ^ World Cities and World Beat: Low-Wage Labor and Transnational Culture George Lipsitz The Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 68, No. 2, Orange Empires. (May, 1999), pp. 213-231. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-8684%28199905%2968%3A2%3C213%3AWCAWBL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
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See also
- Category:Surf groups for:
- Bands and artists principally associated with surf music.
- Bands and artists associated with several genres but who have made a significant contribution to surf music.
- List of surf musicians
- Surf Rock
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