This really is a cool fuckin video. I love Dick Dale and Link Wray ... BUT i'm wondering what the connection is between Godspeed you b. emp. and Dick Dale is?? strange video description.
A couple of years ago, a Dick Dale merch item was a badge with "I'M A DICKHEAD" on it. So at least he's got a sense of humour.
Apart from that Link Wray can sound twice as loud on half the volume - which, needless to say, is still louder than anything this side of a bomb explosion :-)
@hxo20292 No, Link would not have been pissed, he wasn't too judgmental about people doing his songs. That doesn't mean that he'd like this version though, but he'd like the idea of Dick playing his songs. Besides, I can't help thinking: Dick Dale covered Link Wray songs, Link Wray never played Dick Dale songs - he didn't need to :-)
Met him last night in Nashville where he will be inducted into the International Musician's Hall of Fame tonight. He was as nice as he could be.
Talked to me at length and signed a photo. Told me he saw Hendrix in the mid 60s when Jimi was playing with Little Richard and Jimi asked him guitar technique questions. Dick has had some serious health issues which he still battles with. I told him it was a thrill to hear him live and I was glad he was still with us.
I remember seeing this guy at Harlows's in Sacramento in 1999. Unfortunately, he was a complete prick--arrogant, rude, and blowing EVERYONE off EXCEPT for two better-than average looking girls that were doing the groupie thing.His skin-tight stone-wash jeans sqeezing his gut out were killing! True, he is an icon of sorts for his time, but what his name fits him perfectly: DICK! Besides, so many other guitarists of his era kick his ass (think Scotty Moore,Roy Clark,Link) they were/are nice guys.
i do think he is a nice guy, but yes a little arrogant i can tell. he talks about himself in the third person which i can't stand coming from anyone. i am huge fan of him, don't get me wrong, but he just isn't THAT big, unfortunately. ask an average person who he is and i doubt they'll know who, and if they do they'll most likely say, "oh the guy who does the song from Pulp Fiction" or "yeah he did Misirlou".
If one you "don't give a damn" then why are you posting? What is your point? Ah, you do not have one. Thanks for the incredible insight. Nicely done, inane one. LMAO for days at Mr. Short bus.....
@jma130 surf music isn't popular enough for the average person to know and/or care. ask ANYONE who is a fan of surf music, and they'd tell you dick dale is where its at
Jealous of a rude, fat, horn-doggish, pseudo-celebrity? Strange how many others that have met him feel the same; so until you have ANY experience with what is being discussed, shut the fuck up, ignorant putz. Now you can go lick his fat ass since you feel the crushing desire to jump to his defense--LMAO
@KLinZ3 Pete Rose had a gambling addiction, and was not appreciated for his aggressive play and verbiage. Still, he was one of the best players in baseball... ever! there's an analogy here... if you see beyond your opinion.
@linzey8me dick dale is a piece of crap with 1 good song. sorry you had a bad experience. i actually got to meet link wray in santa cruz. he was the nicest guy on the planet. my buddy was playing in the band opening up for him so he (link) agreed to meet me. i was scared that he might be a total asshole. he ended up talking for hours about all kinds of cool stuff then he invited me to his show at the brickworks in chico. put me on the guest list and everything. nicest guy on planet R.I.P.
LInk sounds great--how great is that that you not only got to see him perform, but get to know him a bit? Nice. We need more like him: talent mixed wih a genuine personality.
If Link Wray and Dick Dale had ever done a show together, everyone in the room would be bleeding from their ears and eyes like in "Horror Express". That's why.
escuchar ese tema en vivo por ese cantante es tocar el cielo surfista con las manos amigo
Stronfo 4 months ago
This really is a cool fuckin video. I love Dick Dale and Link Wray ... BUT i'm wondering what the connection is between Godspeed you b. emp. and Dick Dale is?? strange video description.
Alphabex8 4 months ago
the king surf guitar
reverb555 8 months ago
A couple of years ago, a Dick Dale merch item was a badge with "I'M A DICKHEAD" on it. So at least he's got a sense of humour.
Apart from that Link Wray can sound twice as loud on half the volume - which, needless to say, is still louder than anything this side of a bomb explosion :-)
Bietel 8 months ago
he sure screwed it up. Link would have been pissed
hxo20292 1 year ago
@hxo20292 No, Link would not have been pissed, he wasn't too judgmental about people doing his songs. That doesn't mean that he'd like this version though, but he'd like the idea of Dick playing his songs. Besides, I can't help thinking: Dick Dale covered Link Wray songs, Link Wray never played Dick Dale songs - he didn't need to :-)
Bietel 8 months ago
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imcustomized 4 months ago
u can play that,it starts in ur head then transfer to your fingers
Syzygy60 1 year ago
that was pretty awful.
cameroncameroncamero 1 year ago
Hey Dick, if you are gonna play something by Link Wray, play it properly and play it with respect...
heyhoandy 1 year ago
link ray and dick dale!
56BUICKRiviera 1 year ago
a great doing a great....
(maybe he's a jerk, maybe not...but i sure am glad we got him. damn. lol.)
mcul2112 1 year ago
short but sweet.....rock on!!
jennadyann 2 years ago
Met him last night in Nashville where he will be inducted into the International Musician's Hall of Fame tonight. He was as nice as he could be.
Talked to me at length and signed a photo. Told me he saw Hendrix in the mid 60s when Jimi was playing with Little Richard and Jimi asked him guitar technique questions. Dick has had some serious health issues which he still battles with. I told him it was a thrill to hear him live and I was glad he was still with us.
stlrockn 2 years ago 2
I can't hear shit.
Paxadzor 2 years ago 4
I remember seeing this guy at Harlows's in Sacramento in 1999. Unfortunately, he was a complete prick--arrogant, rude, and blowing EVERYONE off EXCEPT for two better-than average looking girls that were doing the groupie thing.His skin-tight stone-wash jeans sqeezing his gut out were killing! True, he is an icon of sorts for his time, but what his name fits him perfectly: DICK! Besides, so many other guitarists of his era kick his ass (think Scotty Moore,Roy Clark,Link) they were/are nice guys.
linzey8me 2 years ago 9
i do think he is a nice guy, but yes a little arrogant i can tell. he talks about himself in the third person which i can't stand coming from anyone. i am huge fan of him, don't get me wrong, but he just isn't THAT big, unfortunately. ask an average person who he is and i doubt they'll know who, and if they do they'll most likely say, "oh the guy who does the song from Pulp Fiction" or "yeah he did Misirlou".
jma130 2 years ago 8
wait your talking about the guy that did that song from pulp fiction right?
how about i dont give a damn and who cares. LMFAO
corbetcraig 2 years ago
why do u have to be such a fuckin jackass about it? what the fuck is a matter with you?
jma130 2 years ago
If one you "don't give a damn" then why are you posting? What is your point? Ah, you do not have one. Thanks for the incredible insight. Nicely done, inane one. LMAO for days at Mr. Short bus.....
KLinZ3 1 year ago
@jma130 lol jealousy
acemillenium 1 year ago
@jma130 surf music isn't popular enough for the average person to know and/or care. ask ANYONE who is a fan of surf music, and they'd tell you dick dale is where its at
NineMonthMedia 10 months ago
Booooooooo just because you weren't one of the girls he was hitting on doesn't mean you have to be jealous and write a bad review of him...geez!
Quarkt 2 years ago
Jealous of a rude, fat, horn-doggish, pseudo-celebrity? Strange how many others that have met him feel the same; so until you have ANY experience with what is being discussed, shut the fuck up, ignorant putz. Now you can go lick his fat ass since you feel the crushing desire to jump to his defense--LMAO
KLinZ3 1 year ago
Easy there fatty, don't blow a gasket.
Quarkt 1 year ago
@KLinZ3 Pete Rose had a gambling addiction, and was not appreciated for his aggressive play and verbiage. Still, he was one of the best players in baseball... ever! there's an analogy here... if you see beyond your opinion.
OhRick 1 year ago
@linzey8me dick dale is a piece of crap with 1 good song. sorry you had a bad experience. i actually got to meet link wray in santa cruz. he was the nicest guy on the planet. my buddy was playing in the band opening up for him so he (link) agreed to meet me. i was scared that he might be a total asshole. he ended up talking for hours about all kinds of cool stuff then he invited me to his show at the brickworks in chico. put me on the guest list and everything. nicest guy on planet R.I.P.
handsomevision 1 year ago
LInk sounds great--how great is that that you not only got to see him perform, but get to know him a bit? Nice. We need more like him: talent mixed wih a genuine personality.
KLinZ3 1 year ago
@KLinZ3 rock on!!!
handsomevision 1 year ago
@linzey8me I wish I could play guitar like that, chasing groupies would be damn good too.
g0fvt 1 year ago
@linzey8me i met him a few weeks ago, hes been extremely Humbeled by that whole "Rectal Cancer" thing.
Theend3045 9 months ago
Mr God .. wish he saw today
BlackBoba 3 years ago
at 1.09, is that a voice coil smoking from the left of the screen?
FCCOOL 3 years ago
Boring? This one song inspired many! Pete Townshend said if he never heard this song he may not have picked up a Guitar!
skylersmom17 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
sorry, boring...
HallmarkSweptWinger 3 years ago
If Link Wray and Dick Dale had ever done a show together, everyone in the room would be bleeding from their ears and eyes like in "Horror Express". That's why.
bonesy99 3 years ago 5
why didn't they?
RBBlues 3 years ago 2
beacuse one is dead
OropherThranduil 3 years ago
no shit sherlock but they had about 5 decades to do a concert together
RBBlues 3 years ago 4
link wray and dick dale together doing this
would of bein awesome..
ELECTRICSHAMAN13 3 years ago 3
yes it would've been.
guitargreats1 3 years ago 3