Misirlou by the Bobby Fuller Four

Easily the ultimate version of Dick Dale's classic, Bobby's guitar shreds like no other and trumps Dick's original. The Beach Boy's version played by studio musicians Glenn Cambell, Leon Russell and Hal Blaine comes in a close third.

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[arnaki416]

it's on old greek folk song first recorded in 1927 - dick dale's father & uncle played this song often (they were lebanese & played at greek night clubs in mannhatten that catered to people that part of the world). he was dared by a fan to play a song on one string only on his guitar & remembered that his uncle has played this song that way on his oud.... so he made it rock n roll :) in greece it is still performed slow, as it is a belly dance.

[2whlgeezer]

Glad to see others appreciate this outstanding version. Very, very few can do justice to Miserlou.

[NucularTheArtist]

This is great and I love bobby fuller four, but i still think Dick Dale's version is the best. Dick is a true underappreciated guitar god.

Although, at least this version never had to suffer through getting mangled by the black eyed peas.

[rossmethven2]

Wow. This is immense!

[ZACKnirvana]

bobby fuller! you were an absolute genious! why did you have to die so young?

[SlashManEXE]

@Goldmasterx This is live, mind you, he also wanted to put his own spin on it, that's what he did with all covers. For more BF4 surf gold, look up their version of Thunder Reef and Our Favorite Martian.

[cotmo115]

this song kills me!!! i like Bobby Fuller Four but didn't know they also had songs like this. thank you so much

[deborahbarry]

Thereafter, this new dance, which had been created by putting the Syrtos Kritikos to the slower Misirlou music, was known as "Misirlou" and spread among the Greek-American community, as well as among non-Greek U.S. folk-dance enthusiasts.

[deborahbarry]

I ONLY know this as folk-dance music).

I became curious, and got this from Wiki:

In 1945, Brunhilde Dorsch organized an international dance group to honor America's World War II allies. M Nesotas knew several Greek dances (Kritikos) but they had no music. P Mandros Kazalas suggested the tune Misirlou might fit the dance. The dance was first performed on March 6, 1945.

[Goldmasterx]

I love Dick's more, there is more momentum in his version, a LOT more

[TheJoshuamooney]

First heard the Fuller Four version yesterday, courtesy WRCT-Pittsburgh. It hit me HARD! Took me 30 seconds to find in on YouTube. Thanks, pal. I've heard many versions of this classic---this IS the best I've heard.