Post #524358 by Mongoloid on Fri, Apr 16, 2010 12:17 PM

I surf and dont consider myself "old" which is all relative. Im not a grom and im not an old guys club t shirt wearing dude either. I have recently re-established my passion for surf music, and have migrated to the more mellow, moody, slower songs. The spanish influenced surf music with morracas and tamborines that makes you picture a machisimo matador taking on a bull, or the spagehtti western influence with saxaphones that build into a dramatic climax then bring it back down again to end the song. But i dont listen to surf music when im driving to my local surf spot, i try to find something that has lyrics and usually it sticks in my head and becomes a soundtrack so when im paddling out or dropping in i have that song playing in my head or im just kinda singing it to myself when im sitting there waiting for the next set. But when i get home after a session i like to put on some surf music which allows me to reflect on the waves i caught and maybe in a way romanticize them in my head and taste them on my pallet again. Back in the day at San Onofre, nobody was playing the Beach Boys even when they were at their height, you would hear rhythm and blues. Surf music isnt designed just for surfers its really like exotica in a way that it allows you to put yourself in an alternate place and in this case not just on a wave but at a bull fight or about to witness a shoot out in a dusty saloon while drinking whiskey with Josie Wells.