@Master - That bully was left behind so many times he was three years older than the rest of us, 6 foot 200 lbs & for a kid he had muscles on top of muscles. The only kid he didn't mess with was a kid who trained as a professional boxer, who was lightning fast, accurate with his fists & strong. Later went on to win state middleweight championships.

No, Master, I don't think you'd fare too well against either of them at that time.

By the way, his bullying wasn't mean spirited, he just teased. Most tough guys at school stayed away from you if you were friends with him. He didn't torment anyone. He was our source for cigarettes & rides though. And if anyone pushed the girls around he'd visit you.

He was a lonely kid...no parent. He'd sit for hours on bus stop benches just watching traffic all day.

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@lastrada52

12y↑509

As for the classic instrumentals of the 60's. This was spooky. It didn't need words. Great noir feeling. I had an English teacher back in the 60's who would put a song like this on the record player in class & tell us to shut our eyes & listen. Then she would play it again -- only this time she would ask to write what we saw in our minds as it played. I loved that teacher so much. The entire class was engaged. No one refused. Even the bully was scribbling away.

@stevenangel8235

5y↑35

John LaStrada you had an awesome English teacher then man

@zyrrhos

4y↑23

@@stevenangel8235 Everyone should be so lucky to have a teacher like her. Wonder what became of her. And John... 8 years later.

@0mega.mechan1c.

4y↑7

Great anecdote,John!

@lastrada52

4y↑15

@lastrada52

4y↑5

@@zyrrhos - Ah, 8-years later & 8 years older. The teacher has since retired & I became a PR writer for ABC-TV. Now blissfully retired smoking Maduro cigars, listening to tons music, reading, & drinking Jack Daniels with friends (who are also writers & musicians).

Trying to invent a time machine to go back to the 60s. (If only). Curved air, spacetime continuum & all those theories. They say you could go back -- but you can't go forward.

Your name Bearded Jagger suggests someone who needs to go with us.

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@r.o.g.79

2y↑8

Love this 1963 track,The Wanderers bought me hear. Amazing instrumental song....

@h.s.lafever3277

39w

lol, no one fucks with the baldies.....

@raywhatley5106

7y↑25

To me, this is and always will be the best rendition of this song. Used to live in Hawaii. This song brings back memories of watching surfers ride the big waves at "The Pipeline" at North Shore.

@christoJihad2

8y↑220

I never get tired of this song.

@leithamcminn4748

5y↑1

Me either. But it makes me sad because I no longer live near the beach.

@gustavolopesperosini5222

I think it is impossible to get tired of it.

@rebeccatrevino7584

My uncle and brother all day and all the time by he was the guitar player before Richie vales got famous

@rebeccatrevino7584

Richie valens

@rineric3214

2y↑33

The classic of all classics and the greatest example of rock impressionism. I heard this playing in the deserted post office during the Cuban Missile crisis.

@derekmyers3258

2y↑3

What an image.

@rineric3214

2y↑3

@@derekmyers3258 Yeah, I was walking around town, literally alone. The Civil Defense fall-out shelter was in the post office, so I went there to check it out in case I was going to be living in that little room soon. I went into the very cool old building with polished, glass-like floors and walls that usually always had the local Easy Listening FM station going 24-7. Usually, they only played instrumental versions of oldies from our parents's era, but they loved "Pipeline" from the minute it came out and they played it as much as the AM stations did! I was scandalized to hear it playing in my post office where I had been many times. It was especially poignant for me because just the night before, my father and I had attended a meeting in a Unitarian Church given by Leo Szilard, the inventor of the atomic chain reaction weapon, and he warned us that war was imminent and he would be flying to Europe as soon as this meeting was done. Dad turned to me and said, "I have a secret bank account. Should I go and get money for us to fly to Europe?" I answered, "No. God didn't put out 'Pipeline' right now just to blow the world up before anyone hears it." Dad was scandalized that I would care about what he considered "baby music" that much. I just confidently replied, after he said something about Duke Ellington, "Can't you hear the MAGIC? Duke Ellington IS the best - I know that! - but after a passage of time only a few die-hard fans will listen to the Duke, but the whole world will still be playing and learning HOW to play 'Pipeline'". So, the next day I hear it playing while I checked out the CD's triple pyramid in the tall-ceiling'd cold room during the war that didn't happen.

@TheDoorspook11c

@@rineric3214 that was a time to be alive!

@raimohuttunen3519

Cinematic!

@jaybicknell1795

3y↑22

one helluva year to be alive, I was 15... early 60's great music!

@robertatkinson7258

3y↑2

Me too!! Takes me back to those fun teenage years in my home town. I was having a great time with all of my friends. Sure miss those days and all of the music and the people in that time capsule!! :)

@JeanneStar101

3w↑1

I was 12 when it came out living in NJ

@keithwisell8528

8y↑183

Chantays Pipeline always make me think of being on a surfboard on the waves. THE BEST SURF SONG EVER!!!

@Devastator-by7tm

I think wipeout might be a better surf song, but this is good too

@FrancescoAlcozer

4y↑1

I fully agree with your judgment, dear friend, and I take this opportunity to introduce you to the ancestor of SURF music which was launched in 1958. Greetings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SkV3XEaFU MOVIN' N' GROOVIN' Surf Guitarist cover by Duane Eddy

@maxroyle6750

Right-The quintessential Surf Instrumental, written by 16 year olds ! Even beats out 'Miserlou'-Truth stretcher Richard Monsour took it from others.

@keithwisell8528

You right!!

@chatman2a

To Keith Wisell: I’m with YOU, my friend: . “Pipeline” is, hands down, the best surf instrumental EVER! Written & performed by high school teenagers (!) in 1963!!! Incredible. Simply incredible.

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@ansias77

4y↑74

Everything it's simply perfect. One of the greatest instrumentals ever made.. Hundreds of versions have been done, and still Nobody has ever played the glissandos as Brian Carman played 'em..

@davewallace8219

50w↑2

Yes...well said!

@misterferien

4y↑21

in the sixties I was a bass player in a R&R Band in Germany. We also played pipeline. Pipeline was and is still one of my favorit songs.

@joaquintakanaka

Surf Rock stood the test of time, and this one is an almighty classic!

@JeanneStar101

I love this instrumental so much. I was born and raised in NJ I was about 12 when it came out. This is the kind of music I grew up with also Doo wop.

@Twitch-gw3ww

24w↑2

Timeless..holds no boundaries...a lost era in surfing 🌊 culture 😢

@oppothumbs1

5y↑35

Not just the best surf song but one of the best instrumentals of all time.

@martnal

5y↑72

Even at 61, every time I hear this I bend my knees, hunch my shoulders and start swaying dangerously.

@arthurdonachy

5y↑3

: )

@johnager9428

4y↑6

Me too but l blame the whisky

@kidspex

4y↑1

OK BOOMER!!!

@onutube6392

4y↑2

@@kidspex cmon dude, dont fuck with the boomers when they're not fuckin with you. just makes em want to argue with us more.

@kidspex

4y↑1

@@onutube6392 exactly the point

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@NEWz206

I don't know why but every time I listen to it I must cry.

@TheJorgSacul

13y↑44

If I were to be a crime-fighting superhero, by God, THIS would be my official theme song. I've loved it since I was a little kid back in the 60s.

@ansias77

2y↑15

One of the greatest instrumental rock tunes ever. I'll never get tired of it, even after 30 years listening to it often. And written by two 15 year old guys..Boys this age now do shit. Thanks Bob and Brian

@greystep6520

49w↑3

Recorded: July 1962
Released: December 1962 (Downey) and January 1963 (Dot)

@deanmoriarty1947

8y↑352

Alot of early echos of psychedelic rock. Completely revolutionary for its time.

@GuajoloteGonzales

7y↑21

Agree, much of this sound was influencial on early psychedelic bands like the 13th Floor Elevators and even early Pink Floyd.

@knightrider992

5y↑18

It was called drip. Lots of reverb from certain fender amps. Very hard to replicate nowadays . Those old spring reverb amps were awesome.

@currentbatches6205

5y↑8

Dick Dale lead guitar, psychco keyboard; 'the missing link'.
And is that 'slack string' in the background at 0:35 the bass? If so, pretty nifty picking.

@thebonnevilleof5933

5y↑8

@@currentbatches6205 I believe that was a hollow body electric, combining the deeper sound of an acoustic with the sound of an electric. Lots of bands/artists used one like Eddie Cochran, Duane eddy (which many know is Duane eddy and his "Twangy" guitar) Johnny cashes guitarist, Buddy holly's guitarists used one plus lots more. The guitar was pretty popular as it was that "new sound" people were looking for.

@currentbatches6205

5y↑2

@@thebonnevilleof5933 THX.

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@terryi2o

13y↑19

The Chantays were a group of five guys from Santa Ana High who wrote "Pipeline" in 1962. Their recording reached #4 on the Hot 100 in May 1963. Many believe that Pipeline was originally recorded by the Ventures but The Chantays were the ones who made it the hit it was!

@stephentucker205

6y↑2

Thank You you are correct, song was recorded @ Downey Record, locaed @ corner of Gardendale Blv. & Lakewood Blvd. on Lakewood just south of Gardendale on west side Lakewood blvd, I was 12 years old @ the time always heard rumor of this event, cause nothing much happened in the city of Downey..

@BigAndTall666

23w↑1

Ventures was "walk don't run"....

@joejarreau8542

18w↑1

Love their version, but the cover by the Lively Ones kicks ass too !

@vinzelrato

38w↑1

for me this wonderful piece will be forever linked with "Comanche" by Link Wray & his wraymen...

@timmoses43

1y↑3

I was born in ‘63 and had this 45 as a kid and I’m not even sure where it came from but I liked it and listened to it often!

@johnnewell4849

1y↑5

This song for me is when driving across the prairies on the Trans-Canada Highway in my new Rebel Machine. The beat matched the expansion joints in the road. It was sublime.

@TheSolidsoundwavesif

50w

100 to go .

@don4287

4y↑26

I've been going from old instrumental to old instrumental... Classical Gas, Embryonic Journey, Stranger on the Shore, Wonderland By Night, Walk Don't Run... now this. Lots of great memories seeping out of those tunes...

@Ebzy96

Nice nice

@johnsampson1096

4y↑2

If you're an old timer, like me, AM Top 40 stations played these instrumentals just before the news breaks, they could be faded down easily before headlines. Check out Undertow by the Fabulous Continentals and Tracy's theme Spencer Ross! The list goes on!

@Abruzzo333

The motherload of surf rock instrumentals...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RCeaTjD4pg&list=PL093f2ZtpCMhcaUkZDBfeM3mDzCjZgYf4&index=3

@TheSolidsoundwavesif

50w

"Pipeline" and Stranger On The Shore"

@whitehawkeFLA

4y↑4

I'm 72 - I remember seeing them perform this on the Lawrence Welk Show when it was on the radio:-)

@clasystems

7y↑141

Piano sound later used by the Doors in Riders on the storm.

@markkindermannart4028

5y↑11

clasystems I hear shades of White Rabbit too

@hhhfff7953

4y↑1

Yeah! Only sometimtesl.d

@anniefannycharles9951

4y↑3

Most definitely

@tamahome1970

4y↑5

wurlitzer electric piano use for pipeline by the chantays

@hhhfff7953

4y↑2

@@tamahome1970 Anime profile picture...

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@calsurflance5598

2y↑2

This was the first song I ever remember hearing on the radio. I was about 3 and lived in New Hampshire. Many years later Dick Dale recorded Pipeline with Stevie Ray Vaughn for the movie “Back to the Beach”. Several years after that I found myself in Dick Dale’s living room playing pipeline on his gold Strat while he played mine.
Still have my Strat.
Rest easy Dick.
Awesome tune!🎸🎸

@philipjones7372

3y↑25

Ace song. Loved that Johnny Thunders would start his set with this tune but this version is a classic cool piece of art - ahead of its time. Thanks for the upload, thanks for a refresher 👍🏼

@GhislainLafrance

15w↑2

That’s Surf Music ! The best and simpliest sound ever ! All the rest is history ! 🌊🏄🏼‍♂️🏝️🐚

@Mr60smusicman

2y↑16

A great tune done by The Chantays who were just teenagers when this was recorded, thanks for posting this gem!!

@roberttelarket4934

45w↑3

An absolute, perfect unsurpassed masterpiece of euphony!!!

@getdusty1

4y↑5

One of my favourite instrumentals. Definitely in the top five.

@normmacdonald4802

I would hope that Telstar is on your list (The Tornados).

@getdusty1

It most certainly is, Norm!!

@lukeheaton5336

@@getdusty1 Both great songs. I’ll throw in “Walk, Don’t Run” as well.

@getdusty1

@@lukeheaton5336 Jessica by the Allman Brothers is my number one!!

@lukeheaton5336

@@getdusty1 can’t go wrong with that! 👍🏻

@wolfeshadow1313

13y↑7

One of the best driving songs ever.

@MojoHandle

10y↑28

Love the Fender Spring Reverb.

@universallanguage59

4y↑1

Yes, indeed! Well ahead of the Marshall JTM-45 sound, eh? Of course now, The Who and Eric Clapton probably never learned to surf, even if they did adopt the pre-CBS Stratocasters I hear on this one. I preferred my Bassman with a (very) old Ampeg cabinet with a single 15", but back then, we didn't need to have more than 50 watts for my '70 Precision Bass, since we had to keep the volume from the basement down, lest the neighbors call the police...'Raised a ruckus' we did...LOL

@manuelyidonoy1802

4y↑10

You can feel the waves! Great tune.

@jeffreydetwiler-kl4ef

1y↑3

The song is quite a morale booster. If you feel down, just listen to this and will assuredly get a lift. Jeff detailer.

@amtrakjohn

9y↑12

Still have the blue Downey 45 record. One of the key songs I grew up with. Some of the good ones, like Pipeline, will never die. Thanks, Chantays!

@jennifursun3303

8y↑3

+Rail Roader from a guitar picker, these were called Jaguar guitars. learned all kinds of name brands i thought were only cars

@amtrakjohn

+jennifur sun thanks Jennifur. Interesting info about Jaguar guitars.

@jennifursun3303

+Rail Roader welcome.

@christophergreen5735

8y↑3

Those would be Fender Jaguar guitars. :-)

@michaelfarmer8253

11y↑6

Played this in a surf band in the 60s. THE RETROFLECTIONS. Great memories. Thanks a bunch

@sgd5k292

5y↑1

I did too! Our band was the Surf Fenders...played at a lot of parties, nothing big, but still lots of fun.

@TheShadowless

1y↑2

This will always remind me of the dream fight we never got in The Wanderers.

Terror vs Perry

@chocolatcats

5y↑6

I LOVED each and every moment of the 60s...this tune brings me back. Then again...I never left. My car radio is ONLY the 60s and my CDs too. I have some other CDs but never anything from the 80s on up....with any apologies!

@morriganravenchild6613

2y↑1

Takes me right back to a special time and a very special girl Susan with the beautiful dark eyes.........

@johnburgess6572

Was 13...unforgettable sound

@rommix0

6y↑12

This song makes the spring reverb sound cool. I wish this kind of sound was brought back to the mainstream musicsphere.

@TheSolidsoundwavesif

50w↑1

Spring Reverb ; good term for the sound and music .

@rommix0

50w↑1

@@TheSolidsoundwavesif Not just a term and sound but an actual device that creates the effect. Some old amplifiers have actual spring reverbs built into them.

@johncitizen8828

31w

Yep, a fundamental part of what gives this track its character - you can hear it most clearly on the parts where the plucky guitar part is isolated.

@mauiboy011

It was 1989, and as I drove down Haleakala I could see the white caps at Kanaha Beach; and then Pipeline came on and it set the tone for an epic day of windsurfing.

@ruthdixon7807

17w↑1

those pre-doors mysterioso electric keyboards are fantastic.

@evensout

14y↑11

This is great ! Chantays own this music. I've heard some other covers, and most just sound like noise. This one never gets old.

@MrRonnieG

11y↑28

Growing up in SoCal there were probably 25,000 surf bands between 1961 and 1963. After the British Invasion, in the Fall of '63, there were 3 left.

@IchabodvanTassel98

The beach boys in 1964 before their pschedelic songs?

@ChristopherPlatt

5y↑4

FWIW The Beatles ruined, er "changed" British rock 'n' roll as well...

@Fidelitye

4y↑1

@@ChristopherPlatt I would not say ruined (lots of others wouldn't either) but each to their own.

@mickroyster6442

4y↑1

Well as bad as that was for surf guitar to dissolve, it gave a chance for Dick Dale to rise to his level of iconicism that he may not have reached if there were still thousands of bands for surf

@jonnychingas5757

and what 3 were those???

@blackholeentry3489

4y↑2

I was working the graveyard shift in San Jose, CA, when this tune was released and almost every morning the DJ would play it...was the highlight of my drive home.

@sallymerrison9097

1y↑1

Friday, March 3, 2023 I just found this song and I remember it so well have a wonderful day Sally Merrison, Butler, Pennsylvania 1:12

@fakechiblast

14y↑8

Amazing song, relaxing and uplifting at the same time!

@pressycabrera8309

So what have you been up to the last 11 yrs?

@TheSolidsoundwavesif

50w

Great both ways !

@jasongsac12

11y↑8

Sounds great! I was in Southern California at the time and though we, our family, didn't live by the beach, an hour away, I got out to them with my friends, and even surfed a bit, at Dana Point. I visited New Zealand on one of my 3 world tours, traveling with a backpack, and spent a month on each island. That was the spring of '88. I loved NZ! Great country with very fine people. :-)

@ronetteloverz

12y↑2

Great night music to play when driving along the coast on the PCH north of LA after midnight...

@ledsith

41w↑1

This is my favorite version of Pipeline . The Ventures a close 2nd .

@colinwebster4356

4y↑2

So smooth, I can feel the sea breeze and hot sand underfoot. Memories of the 60s.

@kingchrisepoo

Met the drummer in 2016, he did my electrical for a washing machine I had, he had a stroke but was still good at electrical..gave me the history and everything..
This was in Newport Beach

@jasongsac12

11y↑7

One of the best of the surf cuts... I never get tired of hearing it. :-)

@sciexp

2y↑1

You can listen a bit to The Doors here... Thanks for sharing this. They came to my head...

@oldbaldfatman2766

6y↑3

Feb. 2018---Damn, this brings up memories of listening to this and all the other bands on the radio when all if was new. Thanks for the music.

@bigguy4570

15y↑1

What a great song one of the best surf tunes to come out of the sixties.

@Kelly-nm4kw

Hello Gayle, How are you doing?

@ryanlawrence9010

2y↑1

Each time back from Bering Sea, we drink and listen to surf tunes.

@justsumguy2u

4y↑8

I've got this on the Dot 45, and this song is one my faves of all time

@superhero3232

5y↑1

This original soundtrack was still da best of them all!

Marvelous musicians1

@TheFightwear

3y↑1

Still Blows My Mind To This Day !

@dennispierson3664

2y↑2

This sounds so good.

@Grendelmonster8u

10y↑90

It reached #4 in the US charts and it was their only hit. Like someone said below, in the early 60s there were so many surf bands and they were lucky if they got a hit. The Surfaris had "Wipe Out" for example.

@jennifursun3303

8y↑6

+Grendelmonster8u also Surfer Joe

@totalgarbage2053

6y↑11

YE BOII Dick Dale had plenty of hits

@ld12311231

5y↑1

@@totalgarbage2053 Nitro is my fav!

@mickroyster6442

@@grilledcheese2285 But he also had every other song he made. He's the Morricone of surf guitar. R.I.P.

@lesallison9047

Call me

@EmperorGoolash

6y↑1

Can't get over the fact that watching Futurama brought me here. Great piece of music!

@jimcavalier6746

11y↑1

I recorded a couple of demos at Pop Wentzels Music Town in Downey. He has passed on now but he had a large influence on "Surf" music in the 60's RIP Pop

@starfed64

You know you didn’t have to do drugs to enjoy this music I remember some songs would make me feel so relaxed if I just sat and listen to them and this is one of those songs so thank you I found something I didn’t know I remember so well. I feel like a boneless chicken so I’m glad it’s beef for dinner.

@GodNGangsters

Man, I would pretend to shoot the curl at Pipeline every time that fabulous tune came on KRLA.

@Hendrixrides

Peace Love And Surf music Jimi Hendrix..I Heard It Again..

@jdh6752

29w↑1

I remember this being this being used as the signature theme for a US Armed Forces Radio station I used to listen to around 1992 on shortwave in the UK. I wonder if anyone would remember what show it might have been? The DJ played a lot of early 1960s US pop hits which were obscure to the UK.

@manuelsalvadorzapata1210

3y↑2

Esta rola esta con todo!!!!!!!!!!

@1BillHarding

9y↑39

Great surfing music!

@kenyahiguchi7707

9y↑1

Yup

@JudeJaded15

8y↑3

and you can feel a wipe-out coming

@12g-b7a2

🎊♥️😇

@Cissy2cute

14y↑11

Such a great classic. I wonder why the top hits of today are so devoid of pure instrumentals :/

@TheSolidsoundwavesif

50w↑2

That I've noticed .

@spideraxis

11y↑4

An oldie and a real, real, real goodie.

@jackcarone2414

42w

First song I learned on guitar. Best version ever, too.

@Willam_J

6y↑1

This is as fun to play, as it is to listen to.

@caroljaynecreatives5676

51w

I'm humming "Riders on the Storm" in the background. ;)

@jamescalifornia2964

30w

🎵👌

@vidalllamas897

4y↑7

En México había un programa de radio llamado “leyendas del rock” de antaño! Y el intro era esta melodía.

@hkalsi2136

3y↑1

Greatest world wide liked instrumental guitar of all times. Amazing kids Chantays.

@SoulStylistJukeBox

5y↑8

The 1979 film - The Wanderers - brought me here.

@MrTakis65

28w

en 1962 yo escuche por primera ves en Sao Paulo Brasil y no podia encontrar el disco pero cuando vine en 65 lo consegui ahora tengo sus 2 susc CDs no se si tenian gravado mas pero me impresiono mucho todavia esta en micelular y pongo a escuchar los felicito

@davidparavati9201

Wow! It doesn't get better than that! I just love that 🎵song!

@loganperry6407

46w

Growing up watching Spongebob, I’ve always loved music like this!

@rentslave

1y↑1

The Summer of '63 was the last normal time in the USA.

@althec826

5y↑21

Used in the "Wanderers" as the big guy says"Leave the Kid Alone" and beat up the (Fordham) bullies in the Bronx 1963

@sgtpeppers94

Al The C *baldies

@Abruzzo333

3y↑1

classic flick

@therehastobeme

14y

One Of The Greatest Surf Classics Ever Made

@michaelwood875

5y↑1

Can you imagine this song coming out of your dad's 1963 Ford Falcon AM radio???

@jaysims528

5y↑1

With reverb

@angry546

Michael wood, funny you say that. My dad had a 1964 Sprint, silver with a red interior. 260 4-speed, bench seat. He sold it to my uncle who used to drink, and um, well it didn't stay in one piece very long.

@juleslarose8504

In love with this sound over a nice cocktail.

@howardedwards3722

2y↑2

I love that 'plucked bass' sound. The Ventures also use it in Walk Don't Run 64 - the slower version.

@kampersteur5354

5y↑4

Remember that tune when we listen in the nighttime Radio Luxemburg .

@rgadave

12y↑2

Bought this when uit first came out...still got it !.

@georgebrown91

5y↑1

Never heard this before! Possibly the best surf song ever!

@74Spirit1

4y↑5

One of those songs I would use driving the interstate.

@Mattwest1985

51w

Me and my brother spent a week trying to find this original song cuz his father (my step father) used to play it every time he picked up his ovation 🤓

Such a great man and a timeless guitar riff 💪