Dick Dale - "Misirlou" Live on TV! - 1963

[noponat666]

Listen closely -- the beginning is essentially "Zydeco Bugaloo"... just befor DD starts to sing...

[DrunkinFerretFace]

Corn dog, ...

[vacantplanet]

watch?v=LW6qGy3RtwY

this is the original

[BlackBlades888]

After reading the description I had to watch this again. The fact that he can play with reversed strings is mind-boggling. A classic like this coming from a set like that is simply phenomenal... and in '63!!

[Quaaludedude714]

I,m Trolling :) QC

[58docster]

"Misirlou" is actually an old Greek song, the title meaning "Egyptian lady", or something like that. Dick's instrumental album version also included a trumpet solo - played by Dick!

[DoDaDaft]

AWESOME!

[billville111]

Can you imagine being in that room and hearing that Tone?

Back then, Mullards were as common as M and M's.

[oshams2003]

A part of it is Malaguena.. has anyone noticed?

[guido1365]

dick played upsidedown lefty before jimi, he ruled

[R0b1zzle137]

@guido1365 But whats even crazier is that Dick didnt flip the strings like Hendrix. So basically he was playing with his strings backwards, low E where the high E should be. Shits mindblowing

[zosothedestroyer]

@R0b1zzle137 why? he taught himself how to play that way. Its like anyone else teaching themselves the instrument, its just backwards. same chords, same everything else....dude has alternate picking down like a mother fucker but hes playing a guitar like anyone else

[onlyinter88]

0:50



[onlyinter88]

0:23 

[tattooninja]

this must've knocked people on their asses. i can see jaws literally dropping.

i was negative 12 years old at this time.

[dfrioli]

Not to compare myself to Dick Dale (I'll never be a hundredth the guitarist he is), but I'm a lefty and play the same way. The real fun is in seeing other guitarists' reactions when they see my strings are upside down.

[tattooninja]

@dfrioli that's funny cause i play lefty, but with bass on top like hendrix...people rarely notice the difference until they actually pick up their guitar & see i'm "backwards".

[charvelguy]

He must have been an influence on Blackmore, I can totally hear it.

[Palitodemango]

Uy, qué buena guitarra!...

[blabbyblah1]

Dick Dale is BOSS

[TheKinoEye]

straight to FAVORITES!

[teddyxiao]

@TheKinoEye did the same thing :D

[kirosuks]

I just saw Dick Dale at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle on 1/13/2012. Great show! He can still crank and he will be 75 in May. Better than people half his age. He kinda looks the same as the sullivan appearance only a little greyer. His twenty year old son on drums is no slouch. Move over Bonham, Moon, Peart this kid can bang. Great time, and entertaining as hell!!!!

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@kirosuks That's cool. I've never had the chance to see him. Still hope to.

[hhoelper]

@kirosuks

I saw him back in september at the sellersville, and your right hes still got it i couldnt hear right for 2-3 days afterward. Did he do a meet and great there too?

[calijoker1010]

mia wallace...... VINCENT VEGA!!!!

[BEnXDc]

holy shit!

[Prongshorn]

I hate ignorant people.

[navadeh123]

MALAGUENA?

[ToonMcool]

He plays the MALAGUEÑA!!! 2:11 o__o

[JahirCasablancas]

Yes, you can play a scale up and down, but the timing makes all the difference. Even now this song is really great :P

[kelvy50]

esta disponivel em 1080p ?

[altfactor]

He was from Boston, Massachusetts??

He's done the surf sound so well, you'd think he was a lifelong resident of Southern California!

[manawashere]

Here in San Diego, Ca. He plays at least once every 4 months at the Belly Up Tavern....

[inkey2]

Dale also did a lot for Fender amps.....he kept making Fender change their amp designs to accomodate his ever increasing need for an amp that could stand up to the newer style music that was evolving

[werepyre1000]

not to brag at all but... i can play this too XD obviously not as good, and i feel like my fingers are burning off at the end.. but still. i can play just as fast

[inkey2]

@werepyre1000 fast has nothing at all to do with playing well. One can play fast and not articulate the notes well and make numerous mistakes

[moondog50002000]

Takeshi Teriuchi is the king of surf guitar but anyway ....

[michielgrillet]

@moondog50002000 You probably mean Terauchi, and I know more people that consider Dick Dale the king of surf guitar :)

I think his songs have a certain edge to it they always get me pumped :)

[jimmorrisonmylove]

my mom bought me tickets for my 17th birthday to see him at a super small club.. it was awesome! I got to see him play Rumble and so many other great songs, and had the pleasure of meeting him and getting an autograph. I told him my name and he said "that is a pretty pretty name" :)

[Syzygy60]

it is Misirlou

[dougspair]

...yes...at .058...Miserlou...which is actually an old greek love song...

[davidratcliffe1]

Albert King was left handed and played a guitar strung right handed.

[Starrman69]

Nothing was as exciting as being 12 years old and watching him perform this on Ed Sullivan's show. Back then, everyone on the street watched the show and we were all excited and talking about how his guitar playing was fantastic!

[lolbacon1234567890]

@LokiLore666 You're a douche.

[keepingthebeat1989]

that guitar isnt even plugged in!

[GunTotinHippie]

@keepingthebeat1989 musta had the battery charged up

[imdbl1]

Thanks for posting this video.

[ktrifon]

This is very nice but it is not Misirlou...

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@ktrifon Did you listed to the whole song? He starts with the Beach Party theme, then he goes for it.

[ktrifon]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM Yes, sorry, you are right!

he played a part of the theme at 1:00. For 20 secs it was exactly the same....

[efsb]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM Sorry - the instrumental isn't Miserlou - it's a song called "The Wedge" Great video though!

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@efsb Take another listen, you'll recognize the guitar solo of Miserlou.

[efsb]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM As soad998877 says, there's about 20 seconds - it's more of a bridge between the vocal and The Wedge, which is the main instrumental - Kent Crowley, in his excellent book "Surf Beat: Rock 'n' Roll's Forgotten Revolution" describes this clip thus - Swingin' & Surfin'/Miserlou/The Wedge - hope that clears it up.

[Duxinflite]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM You are right of course. In other words, it's a medley.

[fooser1]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM

He does a little of Miserlou, but that was just to transition into the Wedge, and bits of other tunes. Miserlou was the shortest bit of the bunch. Good video, but not the representation of "Miserlou"

[meetyourdoomBRA]

what is the name of this tv show?

[gnardog1]

@meetyourdoomBRA the ed sullivan show

[soad998877]

@ktrifon this song is actually misirlou listen to the whole song

[ktrifon]

@soad998877 Yes, it contains 20 seconds from misirlou and I didn't notice that at the first time. So you can say it is Misirlou... (Although it is only 20 secs, from 0:55 το 1:15. All the other notes are something different. If you want to compare it with the original search with the words "the original misirlou" and listen to the old recording of 1927 with Tetos Dimitriades. There is also one more recording that old with MIKE PATRINOS. Some people say this is the original)

[napolis2009]

@ktrifon no krifon, its misirlou for sure.

[GuaLCoRtv]

@ktrifon deaf

[IGotARight]

Oh my GOD! This is so incredible, thank you!!!

[lmelvina58]

Dike's the king of surf guitar, for sure, but this isn't a performance of Misirlou...or did I miss something?

[MrVideopazzo1]

PULP FICTION :D:D:D

[LokiLore666]

Let's be realistic here. Yes, the song is a good, simple song, nothing more. Based one this performance, Dick Dale is not a amazing guitar player by any means. Anyone can play up and down scales. Not original. It's not amazing that he is lefty playing right timings by any means-- it is actually surprisingly common. Most lefty players use righty stringed guitars. It is not any harder to play-- he learned it that way like everyone else learned righty. This motherfucker is nothing more than someon

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@LokiLore666 Launching a rocket into outer space is not a big deal anymore...but it was a huge deal at one time. Dick Dale was was a huge deal in his time. It's important to look at history in the context of the times. Would Elvis have been the King of Rock 'n' Roll in 1976? Nope! It had to be 1956. Long live Dick Dale!

[GunTotinHippie]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM Loki....always a joker

[Aepullo68]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM Dude, you're right. However, I'm a guitar player myself and I don't give a shit if it's 1956, 1976 or 2012: Dale's picking technique is fucking awesome! Hail Dick Dale!

[Fussinated]

@LokiLore666 Let's be realistic here ... you are an asshole who didn't even give one solo concert in your life and try to satsify your ego by belittling who did and was successful.

[cwferguson221]

@LokiLore666 this motherfucker originated the surf music craze that still has its following , influenced many thousands of young and old guitarists and just as a foot note is the rock and roll hall of fame, and still pulls in a crowd when he does his tours and its not a geriatric crowd either

[imdbl1]

@LokiLore666 You sound like a loser. That was bitchin to watch.

[Buzzramjet]

@LokiLore666 Who the fuck pissed in your wheaties this morning. Geez what a fucked up comment.

[madmatix]

@LokiLore666 He's more of a someone than you. Just because your insignificant, does not mean Dick Dale has no talent. You should just move along, as your not need here.

[lalotoru]

@LokiLore666 fuck off bitch!!

[LedZeppelin2055]

@LokiLore666 Dick Dale has said on TV that he doesn't consider himself anything special. Idiot.

[MrBadAssBoy123]

@LokiLore666 you moron! this guy basiclly invented the genre of guitar-based surf music

[MrAntichristify]

@LokiLore666 Dick Dale would not be very special as a guitarist today, but he was a pioneer at that time, among other things incorporating arab scales into american rock music! And he was also the first one to play using a 100w amp, he was a huge influence on Jimi Hendrix, and he is often called "the father of Heavy Metal".

[lancetop]

wow Dick was not only a great musician, he was also a handsome devil!

[somdusazerate]

I gave this a thumbs down just to piss off autists like you guys

[genderbenderjennn]

he probably got so many bitches

[degentrified]

Amazing.. I love how everyone was a "youngster" to Ed sullivan.

[Dimitris82grrr]

ΚΑΙ ΓΑΜΩ!!!!!!!

[shawnfaulstich]

Best part at 2:10

[Sieist23Jahrealt]

LEFTY!!

[IngaFrid]

What version is this? Never heard it with the singing part in the beginning.

[echahbinabil1980]

beautiful

[kingblee1]

whether he realized it at the time....this appearance went a long way to inventing

the "guitar slinger" mystique for middle America and, I'm sure, sold a lot more guitars than surfboards

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@kingblee1 That's an intelligent comment!

[d57z12]

Top sound - never heard of this bloke before. Love the 'surf sound' of the sixties. Thank you youtube! & thank you 'TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM' for posting.

[EffLabels]

This is an old Greek track. I dig it

[Chrisgodoflard]

Is this the very only time he's ever singed?

[WhoFartedInHere34]

Left handed, bitches.

[ebonics4everyone]

Does the instrumental part of this song make anybody else think about Marcellus Wallace getting cornholed?

[spacepatrolman]

@ToulouseLetrec Jimi told steve stills that upside down guitars are more comfortable like a mosrite so steve got a left handed guitar and flipped it over but the strings were reversed into the normal right handed position with the low e on top

[rage1331]

Didn't know he was a lefty.

[Aventad]

ТАЛАНТ!!!

[winterlandboy]

Now lets really hear it from all you youngsters in the United States and Canada.

[rudolphbaca]

the 7 who dislike this are from some commie country and are deaf or a plan fuckin idiot!!! No taste for music, so go back to Iran!!!

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@rudolphbaca Yeah, I don't know who could NOT like Dick Dale, but Iran? DId you know some Dick's tunes have a Middle Eastern influence, i.e., not using Western scales?

[monstajosh71]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM - totes well said - rudolphbaca, I have eaten yoghurt containing more culture than you...saaar, pistols @ dawn?

[spacepatrolman]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM his real name is james monsour he is of lebanese descent like marlo thomas and michael ansara

[BZAD1989]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM

...the Islamic Republic of Iran has nothing to do with Iran.

And the Aryan Brotherhood has nothing to do with the USA.

These are similar things.

[drftturbo]

@rudolphbaca uhhh there is no beach in quincy

[sphinxart]

@ToulouseLetrec YESS SIR!

[sphinxart]

At 0:53 seconds your lesson begins.

[illustrisimus]

The Flintstones music!

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

...then Hendrix picked up the guitar and everyone died.

Just kidding. Dick Dale is the shit.

[pulmon66]

Here's an example of a musician whose value as a singer is negligable when compared to his extraordinary skill as a guitarrist. He's on the Rollingstone magazine's list of the top 100 greatest guitarists, but I can't really forgive him for really not being prepared, even in tune, when he sang that night on the Sullivan show. His voice is so ordinary, it reminds me of those of another 100 singers. His guitar sound is truly unique

[PrimalStones]

black eyed pees wront thisa tunne wtf rip off prik

[hotelmario510]

@PrimalStones lolwut.

[PrimalStones]

@hotelmario510 hahaha no im just kidding

[hotelmario510]

@PrimalStones You mean to say that sentence was supposed to be coherent?

[PrimalStones]

@hotelmario510 hahha yes

[lrdefender1690]

wow, 30,000 views and only two jerkoffs disliked it, i bet you cant do that rebecca black.

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@lrdefender1690 There should be ZERO dislikes! Even if you don't like it, common sense should tell you that you simply don't understand it and by "disliking" you're exposing yourself as a putz! I never use that word, but it worked nicely!

[jackzupp]

been a FAN for over 40 yrs. & 1st time ever heard his voice I believe. WOW! thanks for THIS upload!!

[ZayZaFooN]

This guy's music is timeless. I bet this song could be a hit if it just aired today on radio.

[GordoolS]

he looks like a doll! kkkk ' / ele parece um boneco ! kkkk'

[crjaded]

One person can't swing or surf.

[elliotweinstein]

@crjaded nobody likes those comments.

[crjaded]

@elliotweinstein

2 people can't swing or surf.

[RIchardEPfeifer]

Awesome! 

[rumblejumble101]

i love how the guitar is left handed but strung right

handed

[Rogert79]

If you want to hear Dick talk about this performance, he talks about it on the Conan interview which is also on youtube.

[OldSchoolChinny]

@Blazaholik: Never seen Jimi Hendrix then?

[SpiroSparta]

@OldSchoolChinny jimi had a right handed guitar, but he flipped the strings. so the lower strings were still where they would be on a lefty guitar.

[hakkenenzagen]

cool!

[BradBrassman]

The Big Kahuna himself, and a real surfer unlike the many imitators of the style.

[spibbler]

I've interviewed Dick Dale on a couple of occasions. As a young child he taught himself to play a ukulele. Because he is self-taught, he had no formal lessons. Because he is left-handed, he turned the ukulele upside down and learned to play it that way. Later, he began playing the guitar and played it the same manner as the ukulele, because knew no other way to play it .

[Vengeance31]

Fucken lefties with their whole bottom string on the top and the top string on the bottom...

Kidding, great tune and the original from 1927 is great too.

[DesastrousAV]

@TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM The reason why Dick plays his guitar like this, is because it was common until about 1967 for lefthanders to just buy a righthander and turn it around. Lefthanded guitars were incredibly expensive back then.

[spacepatrolman]

@DesastrousAV Dick is playing a left handed guitar with the strings up side down with the low e on the bottom when fender issued a dick dale model it was like that so if your right handed you will be playing a left handed guitar upside down with the strings in the normal position thick low e string on top

[DesastrousAV]

@spacepatrolman That proves my point exactly, but thanks anyway. =)

[AngeloMajkel]

* MALIBU = FREEDOM

[blazaholik13]

hes the only one ive ever seen who plays with the strings upside down

[ClasicRko]

dick dale's the shit

[Jewls787]

i just found out who this dude is and he was HOT when he was younger, but hell he is still an amazing player even at 71 :D

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@Jewls787 Better late than never! Rock on!

[BigJimCobrel]

Great ! Thanks for this.

[drumgrey915]

Man, what a great tone! From the drummer point of view, that's one hell of a guitarist!!

[TheVIDEOBEATdotCOM]

@drumgrey915 Yeah, a totally "percussive" guitar style.  Thank Leo Fender for the tone!