some current bands' fascination for all things ''beach''

Genteel Death · 09.13.2010, 04:46 PM

Beach House, Danger Beach, Wavves' beachy imagery, the way it makes a frequent appearance in quite a few of these lo-fi, dreamy (I refuse to use the correct hipstergogic terminology), home-made videos etc. Your guess is as good as mine.

Rob Instigator · 09.13.2010, 05:04 PM

tired old tropes brought out of the rock closet every 15-20 years.

the beach thing and the three-part harmony thing. I do not get it.

atsonicpark · 09.13.2010, 05:13 PM

Yeah, this was a popular trend about a year ago, with Sun Araw, Wet Hair, Ducktails and all that stuff, which people called "beach pop" or something (and "surf punk" sometimes, for some unexplained reason) but I don't know if it's popular anymore. The whole thing was about them sitting around at the beach and smoking pot, playing guitar/synths/drum machines onto a tape that is subsequently buried in a sand castle, and being lazy. It's kinda like slacker rock but for beach bums, I guess?

The beach is the greatest place in the world, so it's understandable, the only thing that confuses me is when people call Wavves and stuff "surf punk", when there is nothing surfy whatsoever about their sound. I remember checking out Real Estate because someone described them as "surfy" and it just sounded like boring indie crap.

Anyway, that BEST COAST album "Crazy For You" is really cool, as far as recent stuff that seems obsessed with the beach. I mean, it's really really simple, but it's got some neat melodies and simple 60's pop structures.

But yeah, beaches are neat, every Takeshi Kitano film has a beach in it.

Rob Instigator · 09.13.2010, 05:18 PM

beaches rule, but the only musicc video I ever saw that included beach footage that also ROCKED THE FUCK OUT is this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwI02OHtZTg

Savage Clone · 09.13.2010, 05:25 PM

I just call Wet Hair "sounds like Spectrum."
(not an insult)

atsonicpark · 09.13.2010, 05:30 PM

Beaches... and kitties.

Genteel Death · 09.13.2010, 05:44 PM

I don't see/hear the beach thing with Wet Hair. Admittedly, I haven't listened to them in ages.

stu666 · 09.13.2010, 05:46 PM

Beach Fossils, i haven't heard them yet though.

atsonicpark · 09.13.2010, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Genteel Death

I don't see/hear the beach thing with Wet Hair. Admittedly, I haven't listened to them in ages.

Besides having an album called "the Beach", you mean?

Genteel Death · 09.13.2010, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by stu666

Beach Fossils, i haven't heard them yet though.

I only know a song of theirs, ''Daydream'' (ha! beaches + dreams = perfect partners), which I like, just nothing special.

Genteel Death · 09.13.2010, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Besides having an album called "the Beach", you mean?

There you go.

Toilet & Bowels · 09.13.2010, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

But yeah, beaches are neat, every Takeshi Kitano film has a beach in it.

apparently that's because it's one of the only places you can go in japan that isn't filled with people

Jeremy · 09.13.2010, 08:59 PM

And what about this new Beach Boys band? California this, California that.... They sound like the damn autistic kid from The Wizard.

~Jeremy~

atsonicpark · 09.13.2010, 08:59 PM

Yeah... he's given multiple reasons, but I think that's the official one. I like how it's a place of peace for his characters. (though he turns that idea on its head in Takeshis'!)

Interestingly, Achilles and the Tortoise has no beach scene... BUT in the conversation between him and his prostitute daughter, there is a highly visible painting of a beach. Perfect.

demonrail666 · 09.13.2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

the only musicc video I ever saw that included beach footage that also ROCKED THE FUCK OUT is this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwI02OHtZTg

Not to forget the Citizen Kane of beach-based pop promos.

_slavo_ · 09.14.2010, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

apparently that's because it's one of the only places you can go in japan that isn't filled with people

not really, there are lots of forests and hills there too.

pbradley · 09.14.2010, 04:37 AM

This is a quote from a students' essay my friend was grading- " A boy hit me so I say to him, YOU SUN ON THE BEACH!"

stu666 · 01.18.2011, 12:38 PM

Dirty Beaches

http://www.last.fm/music/Dirty+Beaches

Derek · 01.18.2011, 01:13 PM

I like Dirty Beaches.

batreleaser · 01.18.2011, 08:17 PM

who doesn't like the beach or weed?

say what you want about san diego (religious freaks, old rich republicans, flip flops, etc..), but you can't really disagree that sitting on those beautiful beaches and smoking weed is exactly what content means. Ive already given up and decided to move there in two months.

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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Beach House, Danger Beach, Wavves' beachy imagery, the way it makes a frequent appearance in quite a few of these lo-fi, dreamy (I refuse to use the correct hipstergogic terminology), home-made videos etc. Your guess is as good as mine.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	tired old tropes brought out of the rock closet every 15-20 years. the beach thing and the three-part harmony thing. I do not get it. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Yeah, this was a popular trend about a year ago, with Sun Araw, Wet Hair, Ducktails and all that stuff, which people called "beach pop" or something (and "surf punk" sometimes, for some unexplained reason) but I don't know if it's popular anymore. The whole thing was about them sitting around at the beach and smoking pot, playing guitar/synths/drum machines onto a tape that is subsequently buried in a sand castle, and being lazy. It's kinda like slacker rock but for beach bums, I guess? The beach is the greatest place in the world, so it's understandable, the only thing that confuses me is when people call Wavves and stuff "surf punk", when there is nothing surfy whatsoever about their sound. I remember checking out Real Estate because someone described them as "surfy" and it just sounded like boring indie crap. Anyway, that BEST COAST album "Crazy For You" is really cool, as far as recent stuff that seems obsessed with the beach. I mean, it's really really simple, but it's got some neat melodies and simple 60's pop structures. But yeah, beaches are neat, every Takeshi Kitano film has a beach in it. __________________
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	beaches rule, but the only musicc video I ever saw that included beach footage that also ROCKED THE FUCK OUT is this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwI02OHtZTg __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Beaches... and kitties. __________________
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	I don't see/hear the beach thing with Wet Hair. Admittedly, I haven't listened to them in ages.
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stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 13,498	Beach Fossils, i haven't heard them yet though. __________________ http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	This is a quote from a students' essay my friend was grading- " A boy hit me so I say to him, YOU SUN ON THE BEACH!"
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stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 13,498	Dirty Beaches http://www.last.fm/music/Dirty+Beaches __________________ http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I like Dirty Beaches.
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	who doesn't like the beach or weed? say what you want about san diego (religious freaks, old rich republicans, flip flops, etc..), but you can't really disagree that sitting on those beautiful beaches and smoking weed is exactly what content means. Ive already given up and decided to move there in two months. __________________ listen to pink reason
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