The Chantay's - Pipeline (Lawrence Welk Show 5/18/63)

[JRSJUSTRIGHT]

WOW....I KNOW BOB WELCH, HE DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME THIS WAS HERE

[luvtotruck]

SURPISED OLD LARRY DID NOT WANT TO COUNT IT DOWN..AND A ONE AND A TWO AND AH THREE! HE HEH:-}

[TheAlohagil]

Not too shabby for a Santa Ana, CA garage band! All time surf tune classic!!

[ChromeGnome54]

how come there is no cords leading off the gitars or the organ ..lmao this couln't of been live

[EmmaMarimba1]

My marimba band is learning how to play this O:!!!

[schwinglow]

@EmmaMarimba1 Video when you've mastered it?

[EmmaMarimba1]

@schwinglow We have mastered it and it's pretty fun! I will be getting a video when I can :)!

[oldermusiclover]

Georgiaboy i heard from my guitar friend he says he believes it was a Fender twin reverb with tremlo. played on a Jaguar. hope that helps

[moonmantwo]

According to Chris Montez, John and Paul asked Chris if he would mind if they made Jackets like the one he was wearing (collarless) when he (Chris) was touring with the Beatles in England. The Beatles were the opening act to Chris Montez! Go figure!

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

Man alive, have times changed! These guys not only could play, but they were clean cut, polite and good guys. What happened? I guess I know the answer - the 1960s and 1970s.

On a different point, anyone know how the famous effects on this record were done? Was it via a tape delay or simply by double-picking? Never have been able to figure out this tune on guitar...

[Clothahump1]

@GeorgiaBoy1961 - for the accompaniment guitar, the one that does the big signature gliss, it's a lot of reverb and some really fast picking.

[oldermusiclover]

@GeorgiaBoy1961 have a friend who plays i ask him all my music quest. i will try to remember to ask him. i thought it might be a reverb of some kind. have heard this sound on several serf songs.

[moondog50002000]

we would like to play it now, but instead we will air guitar :P

[DawnCherryful]

wow, I thought that was modern; i feel ancient. course I was little then, not a teen, ha!

[williamsrussert]

hey, their gee-tarz ain't plugged in!

[shyshift]

You'll notice there are no wires anywhere. truly unplugged.

[alastaircava]

@shyshift they're just lipsycning in a way...

[EL34XYZ]

I love this tune!

Grew up listening to this sort of stuff

I recorded my own version on my channel

Check it out if you get time

[CityWideToaster]

so true story, my grandpa was actually the one who played the drums in the original recording of this song. The drummer broke his ankle and my grandpa got asked to record with the Chantays! :D

[Junkets33]

Behold, the piano boy prance!

[iLoveClutchVeryMuch]

I enjoy this song, don't get me wrong....but Im so glad bands dropped this clean image stuff

[tartaruga42]

they all look like very nice people lol

[d57z12]

Damn! this a great sound. Somebody bring it back please! Sorry to sound like an 'old fart' but they don't make music like this anymore, sad to say.

[hurricaneajm]

@d57z12 hey don't worry about the old fart part of it! I'm only 19 and I still wish for the bygone days of the Lawrence Welk show

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

@hurricaneajm: Don't worry... there's nothing wrong with you, liking music before your time. I was probably the only guy in my high school who was listening to James Brown and Albert Collins, or groups like this one, when everyone else was listening to Rush or Journey in the 1970s. Good music stands the test of time. BTW, if you like this, send me a message and I'll listen some more instrumental titles. This is the tip of the iceberg...

[SarkunDeCayn]

Does nobody realize that this awesome song starts just like the FF7 Chocobo Theme? I think Square has to explain something.

[bkatt1187]

hi i'm bob, this is bob. over there we got bob on the keys.

[ncbloom]

can i have your strat ?

[MrJazzyjoe520]

electric piano .. kick ass!

[SonicSurf3r]

THIS IS WHAT A FENDER CAN DO #fender #surfmusic

[MoonOfNeptune]

If you need to feel dangerous for a while, this is your song.

[purplepelican69]

The weirdest,and the best,instrumental ever released. I still play my vinyl 7" whenever I need to be reminded of much better musical times.

[Lebaron1987]

huge echo reverb ftw (the water drops sound i mean)

[chrisisgayha7]

Really ace playing, fantastic dancing as well

[felinarina]

What a classic

[redfordforpresident]

The guitar is mightier than the sawed-off shotgun.

[drpesky]

Can anyone tell me what the followup single was to this ?

[hotrodvega327]

Greatest instumental of all time !!!!!!

[chev6art]

Hey! They're wearing Beatle jackets! Oh, wait....they were before the Beatles. John, Paul, Ringo and George must have stolen the fashion idea from these guys....

[lewars1912]

@chev6art I think it was Stuart Sutcliffe, who died in 1962, who was the first Beatle to wear them.

[chaimyamin]

@lewars1912 HA!!! I have 2 45's by the Beatles, "Love Me Tender," and "Pledge of Love," with Stuart Sutcliffe singing. I mean to tell you, sir, he had a better singing voice than Paul McCartney or John Lennon and it is a shame that he passed away at such a tender age.

[chev6art]

@lewars1912 Well? Who wore'em first? These guys or Stuart Sutcliffe?

[koolbannas]

the chantays pipeline was a milestone in pop music. These guys 'tweaked' the amps,, was able to  create 'reverberation' and behold the classic. I would say,that pipeline was the beginning and father of future heavy metal,and all electronic music. 'nuff said!!!!!

koolbannas. 2011

[sanyr80]

@koolbannas "father of future heavy metal"

Nope, if you're going to peg anybody or anything in the surf rock genre as the father of heavy metal - it's Dick Dale. Misirlou was out for a year before this song showed up.

[1FenderGuy]

May 18 is my BDAY but in 1998

[jcbhau]

An unforgettable hit by this group ! Such ingenuity!

[MrTiptoes1]

Hit songs are tough songs to follow. And instrumental bands in R&R are hard pressed to put out sound-a-likes that seldom create what the original hit did. "Monsoon" their second single was good but was it spellbinding or as captivating as "Pipeline" was?.. You certainly knew it was the Chantays. Thus another one hit wonder band. No excuses.

[goducks20101]

@MrTiptoes1 Maybe, but it's still being listened to by surfers whilst they ride the rails of shread-bettys

everywhere; so it's not exactly a one-hit wonder. lol

[eerieshor]

Choreography is just killer

[peacepipe18]

This is happy music that never gets old.

[stlgtrace]

This was about the LW show's last attempt to cater to younger viewers and be hip.

[jjperceval]

revenge of the b's

[namiejay]

I think Lawrence Welk was a pretty happening guy.

[bubba30017]

it's the baldies!!

[Brugality]

Getting ready for Hurricane Irene with some great surf tunes!!

[gothikravn]

ok, so here's a little trivia for all those wondering why they only had the one hit. They were going to be on American Bandstand, in Philadelphia, they were all still in high school, they would have to miss a week of school. plus they lived in Santa Ana, Ca. long story short their parents wouldn't let them go. And Dick Clark, the nice guy that he is, black balled them. Nice huh!

[LanceGrey]

One Hit Wonders!

According to Billboard, Pipeline is only single the Chantay's released.

[visor109]

I never knew you lip-synch to this song???

[Lloydhl]

Agreed with those below, no chords, no amps, just air guitaring, but still, the song rocked, then, and now!

[diva1958dor]

if they had amps on in there it would have blown those old codgers away!! lol

[DrodZILLA]

That bitchin piano solo sounds like it influenced the closing song from School of Rock. Sounds so similar!

[DrMorpheus]

This is too cool for your shoes!

[Postie218]

Wild stuff for Lawrence Welk back in those days.

[Traeumeer]

Compare this to some songs of Jefferson Airplane - you can still hear their roots!

[rainstormz28]

@909chuck..remember, it is better to be THOUGHT OF as an idiot, then to post and remove ALL DOUBT...why are punks like you bothering to post on this site at all???...back to your Lady Gaga site, if you please......you wouldn't know good music if it hit you square on that wooden head of yours....

[iamthefeeandicanfly]

why dont band dance like that anymore?

[2313Productions]

@iamthefeeandicanfly You've never seen Judas Priest?

[letseeitplease]

this was really good to see, but i got the feeling it was the record playing in the background and the band was just playing along to the record, because the drum just i dont know it seemed like it was the record, am i right? these guys were really good,thanks for posting your video

[knt3119]

@letseeitplease I have a feeling you are correct. The guitars are not plugged in to anything. They didn't have wireless amps back then.

[theblitz8]

heavy chugging its like metal

[SDfreakazoid]

I kinda get the feeling the guys in L.Welk's Band in the background are thinking, "These kids and this rock stuff, it won't last for too much longer"!

[bobbycv64]

WHAT DO I LIKE ABOUT THIS VIDEO???

3/5 ARE ROBERTS . ROBERT

Yes, Bob, Bob, some guy, Bob, some guy.

Bob's Rule

[crorivpro]

I remember wathcing this. Great memory,yea I'm in my 60's

[bmasterworx]

theres my grand father bob spickard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[bobbycv64]

@bmasterworx

You should be proud, yes I remember my grand father as an old man and then I found out, "WOW THIS GUY, WASN'T AN OLD MAN". YES we are all kids. Our grand parents were great

[72rocketman72]

i can imagine what the musicians in welks band were thinking about this!

[bimbicool]

:O eargasm!!

[72rocketman72]

a good song but not hardly a good live performance being that none of their guitars were plugged in. i guess you would call that finger syncing instead of lip syncing!

[csmgj]

@72rocketman72 Gives a whole new meaning to 'unplugged' LOL



[TheGunman911]

@72rocketman72 there guitars were too plugged it

[kylethompson4]

beware of leaky ships and swishy hips....timeless advice and music :)

[tlt689]

I bought this years ago and played it over and over. Still love it

[CommanderRZ]

a really good live performance and a good TV mix by the directors

[MrGotsquashed]

It actually FEELS like I'm surfin'!

[Jigsaw2012TV]

The Chantays: the Jonas Brothers of the 1960's. You know except The Chantays don't make terrible music.

[WytZox1]

Despite his un-hip old folks image Welk did make a sincere effort to reach a braod and even youthful audience.

[WytZox1]

@WytZox1 -- Oops! I meant BROAD, not braod ... sorry 4 that typo ...

[velvetglacierband]

I like how they feel the music and have fun

[Atomicflash500]

interesting they are wearing cardigan suits before the Beatles arrived.

[totalrandomcrap]

Wundaful wundafull Wundafull now a little tune from Bobbae and Sissay!!!!

[909chuck]

GEEZ LOU-ISE. From squaresville! Yes, that's the way it was! Imagine half a mil. hits and only 20 dislikes. Funniest part is not only that it's the record, not live, but that the standards were so low they didn't even bother with cords plugged into their instruments. I guess you'd call this gitsync! Imagine if Mr W. hosted HULLABALOO and had to say the name of the show. This show could be titled 'WHERE THE ACTION ISN"T."

[bobbycv64]

@909chuck

YOU ARE SUCH A LOSER.

This was a CLASSIC, and MORONS like you have no clue.

I am sometimes sorry that I served my country for you IDIOTS.

[909chuck]

@bobbycv64 I am sorry if I hurt you. It's just that looking back, it is so much of its time and more innocent (lip syncing, no git cords). But even for the time, Stan Freberg mocked Mr W and the music then. We need to see the music remembering as best we can, how things REALLY were then AND know from our life experiences since then the shortcomings of those days. And we need to be tolerant of others too.

[909chuck]

@bobbycv64 I am sorry if I hurt you. It's just that looking back, it is so much of its time and more innocent (lip syncing, no git cords). But even for the time, Stan Freberg mocked Mr W and the music then. We need to see the music remembering as best we can, how things REALLY were then AND know from our life experiences since then the shortcomings of those days. We need tolerance.

[sabinoson]

Wow! On "The Lawrence Welk Show?"...a rock n' roll act?! Who'd have guessed! Thanks for posting.

[bobbycv64]

@sabinoson I was so surprised also.

Could you see Lawrence Rocking away in the background?

YEP, Didn't think so, LOL

[Kleenz6596]

Thanks for posting. Memories came flooding back; like growing up in an gold mine so far way from the city and the radio is the only way to get us entertained...50's and 60's.

[harvey1954]

Interesting that they felt they needed a bass player as there was no bass on the original recording of "Pipeline" aka "Liberty's Whip".

[TheUndert0ker]

Blues, reggae and this are the ultimate summer music.

[MrChillin65]

BALDIES !!! RUUUUUUUUUUUUUN !!!

[Igamikun]

Love how bands in the 50's through late 60's usually do some dumb swing thing like their two step with a perfect grin, while playing.

[twinstu50]

@Igamikun

"Dumb swing thing, two step, perfect grin, while playing".

Kid, that's how it was back then, long before you were born.

Everything you know, is from them, and those before them.

Not to dismiss you, but you are as I was, at your time, I have since learned a bit more.

I continue to learn, that is our saving grace.

Make that yours, and you will surely benefit.

[Igamikun]

@twinstu50 I know that's how it was, I was raised on this stuff. I always just found it funny, I understand that was the standard for bands back then. If anything I can appreciate it more than some of the antics bands do nowadays!

[nellie2581]

Great

[Jigsaw2012TV]

Thumbs up if "The Simpsons" bought you here.

[Jigsaw2012TV]

0:34 look at that loser idiot on the right.

[daisei1979]

あてぶりっぽいけど映像が残ってるのが凄い！

[jackslasho]

doing this song for my music exam and am now considering popping out those moves, see wat happens, bound to get more marks :)

[reditch]

some serious reverb!! lol

[TheDemoarchive]

kinda sloppy compared to the usual perfection displayed on the Lawrence Welk show (although better than anything I could ever play). Obviously, this song is hugely influential and a part of history now. I can even hear The Doors' Riders on the Storm taking a cue from Pipeline here (keyboards).

[TaliesenAngelus]

Bob Marshall was one of my teachers in grade school. One of my favorite teachers I had.

[cozy3952]

YESS! Thank you for posting this! These songs from my early childhood are amazing!

[Tonithenightowl]

I was listening to the Ventures, Safaries and I was like this is not it. THIS IS IT. This is the version I remember from my youth. Fantastic !!!!!!!!!

[scagle1956]

Reeking, that's a Wurlitzer Electric Piano. I have one just like it in my collection of pianos and keyboards.

[jpstenino]

@scagle1956 Thanks for spotting the Wurlitzer...i have one also. 

[ReekingHavk]

lol electric piano? KEYBOARD! :p

[MrCrb333]

wow thats 3 bobs

[pelonews]

todo educado,jajajaja

[marietaap]

¡¡ooooh !!...Is beautifuuuuul !!...This music classic always in my heart !!

beautiful video music.



[1985OldSkool]

Wow! That was 48 years ago this month. Great classic surfing tune.

[OrbEmber]

hahahaha lol - u crazy baby boomers !!! nice song but !!!

[Mordent9]

Fun to see their enthusiasm and "Welk" politeness though they were obviously faking it to their recording since none of their equipment is plugged in.

[brownindian17]

great song!

[unclewallace]

Appearing on Larry was the deathblow to an otherwise promising career. Seems like such a giant disconnect...and Iike both Larry and the Chantays

[sheddski]

there it is the REVERB SOUND and the original PIPELINE!!!

[flakbac]

they look like they got them beatle suits on or is it the other way round

[oldermusiclover]

LOVE THIS SONG

[thephenomenonwatcher]

i know this group since they are the member of hit parade. this sounds perfectly original

.thank you for the post.

[ELOSHAZZY]

I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT SONG PIPELINE BUT THIS IS WAY COOLER!!!!!

[elchafa]

They are adorable, I almost feel ashamed of calling this Rock just for how much sweethearts they are.

[elchafa]

Give the poor piano guy a bench to sit on! poor dude!

[smeghead806]

music at its best

[mlkemper]

this tune was originally titled 44 MAGNUM ..

[DerEchteBold]

@mlkemper

wiki says it was "Liberty's Whip"!?

[mlkemper]

@DerEchteBold ..you could be right as some of these instrumentals had several names i.e. nokies tune ;spudnick;surfrider were all the same .. i got my info from the VENTURES book on their careers ...several of the Danny Hamilton songs had other names ..and Pipeline evidently was the same ...you have to agree some of these songs were at the right time and sealed a lot of careers for these teen age bands;.for a generation or more as they became identified by the tunes but just average musicians

[leoncioviolin]

buen vídeo

[Frontierblues]

Wow!! These guys sound exactly like the record!!!The recording mics must have been awesome back then!!!

[mOs4114]

Nice dance moves........not.

[clarkewi]

They're miming.

[donnellyseanelly]

@PhilFoxNJ

@GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep

You guys are both morons.

[BarrioPunkRock]

check out Agent oranges cover ! plz !

[FitzandJaz]

@BarrioPunkRock As well as JFA's, only called Pipetruck.

[GumBeatingTV]

@BarrioPunkRock

your amazing.

[BarrioPunkRock]

@GumBeatingTV thanks

[PhilFoxNJ]

the beatles are good, but its too bad they killed this kind of music.

[GrisGrisOnUrDoorStep]

@PhilFoxNJ No the beach boys killed this and they became wannabe surf....

[KSizbored4life]

this is where they got the scooby doo song where the gangs getting chased and theres liek 10 doors in that hallway :P

[TransitoAbisal]

Buenísimo, buenísimo, buenísimo... he llegado hasta aquí gracias a Thomas Pynchon por su "Inherent Vice". Es un grupo buenísimo, soldados de una marea que avanza incólume para acariciar las orillas de la mar. ¡Que buen rollo sale del surf! y ¡de la mejor literatura del planeta!

[slapnecks]

Awesome!

[jwklbm326]

Advanced wireless innovators.

[rafaelhansen]

who 'dislikes' this?? it doesnt make sense..

[armstrongbrosband]

what a bunch of squares! take a look at this guys shifty eyes at 0:15 .

[thecountofbasie]

Bitchin'...never saw this before...5*****

[karpathy1]

One of the best surf songs ever ! Super reverb guitar Fender sound. Medley of song builds up as the wave of ocean current forms a pipeline. Endless time chassic song!

[antovi]

pure wireless technology on 63 

[Shikaru102]

@mellokeehl same here XD

[guitarDouchebaggery]

got to love that sproingyness

[TheBubbles9]

to bad they couldn't plug their guitars in...

and I do love the band and song just hat the 60's fake videos.

[Dulcimerist]

It's too bad that the uploader didn't spell Chantays correctly. Inserting incorrect apostrophes into the middle of words really messes with search engines. :(

[EwolDJ]

@Dulcimerist Yeah, preach it, my friend. You even know how to SPELL apostrophe! It's not a spelling error, though, but a grammatical one - he could have written Chantés or something. By the way, the commentator just after you (The Bubbles) said 60's - he meant 60s. I liked my transistor radio and I liked this song and I liked my English lessons too. Thanks for posting, Bondfan. Yep, superior version to the Ventures, but they had some goodies too, and were a better live band.

[TheRacerbrown]

I just went into the Army when this came out!! Memorys, memorys!!

[sonofaurora]

Thank God The Beatles showed up 9 months later....WHEW!!!!

[john111257]

great post

[rocksinger45]

This would be a great clip if it weren't taped and performed live.

[problem49]

Evidently the roadies forgot all the amp connections. "Thank-a-you boys that was- a- wunnerful".

[cattymanly]

This was a very choreographed sound sync. It is a great tune with nice melody using minor chords. That electric piano was a vintage piece of equipment. Does anybody know its model and make? Probably made in the USA.

[karpathy1]

Best surf instrumenal of all time.

[mellokeehl]

This song makes me think of chocobos. >_< I have no idea how I got here.

[jvs257]

Lawrence Welk's band is like,"move over boys, let us show you how it's done"

[gmabsetiawan99]

hmmm, now I can hear the original one (I love Anthrax cover of this song very much)

love for all!!!

[Cone4AHatProdutions]

they look like puppets

[irene1ization]

@Cone4AHatProdutions or The Thunderbirds!!

[Cone4AHatProdutions]

@irene1ization ye thunderbirds were puppets, but ye that's exactly who they remind me of

[peacefulruler1]

@bobnhoffmann

Lol...those wireless mics are called "lip syncing." They sounded just like the record because it WAS the record. Guitars had no cords...no amps.

[ptdatnurpipensmkit]

Ohhhhhhhhh!!! that reverb...kerplunk*

[wartree]

lol this music is ankward in a good way

[Zingerola]

my love for good music will never die

[TheOfficialComokanu]

3 of them are called Bob :L

[GonzoGuyy]

I never even knew rock acts were ever featured on Lawrence Welk...Always loved this song...Surf rock at it's finest.

[Rshimy]

Sweet dance moves, LOL

In the beginning, (at least for me) there was music. And that music was the "Champagne Music" of Lawrence Welk, in B&W, every week. LW was great for mixing all kinds of sounds for us in Dakota at that time. When the '60s came along, the show continued with the best, every time. "Pipeline" by the Chantays is very good, while the Ventures version is more raw. Notice that they are very advanced for the time, using wir