Comments on: The legacy lives on 50 years later http://dacsplanet.com/blog/?p=468 Random ramblings of an aspiring homesteader. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: daclaren http://dacsplanet.com/blog/?p=468&cpage=1#comment-1128 daclaren Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:33:25 +0000 http://dacsplanet.com/blog/?p=468#comment-1128 Oh, yeah...I loved The Ventures growing up. My parents had several of their albums, and I can remember playing those over and over. (Not quite as much as the Waylon album, but close.) I could listen to them all day and not get bored. In fact, listening to Mel Taylor's drumming on the Ventures' albums was one of the main reasons I became a drummer. Those beats were infectious! (Sandy Nelson helped as well; they had a couple of his albums also.) There is a video of them on YouTube playing "Wipeout," which is still one of my favorites, and I can't get over how much variety Mel gets with that tiny drum kit...genius! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8__EwAT8VM I don't even remember if I had a favorite Ventures tune back then, as I loved most of their stuff. "Wipeout" is an obvious favorite, as were "Pipeline," "Percolator," "Hawaii 5-0," "Walk Don't Run," the list goes on. Hah! Just found "Percolator" on YouTube - hadn't heard it in ages. Still love this song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-W5crYm7Gc (The album they show at the end of the video is one of the ones I listened to way back when.) Oh, yeah…I loved The Ventures growing up. My parents had several of their albums, and I can remember playing those over and over. (Not quite as much as the Waylon album, but close.) I could listen to them all day and not get bored. In fact, listening to Mel Taylor’s drumming on the Ventures’ albums was one of the main reasons I became a drummer. Those beats were infectious! (Sandy Nelson helped as well; they had a couple of his albums also.)

There is a video of them on YouTube playing “Wipeout,” which is still one of my favorites, and I can’t get over how much variety Mel gets with that tiny drum kit…genius!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8__EwAT8VM

I don’t even remember if I had a favorite Ventures tune back then, as I loved most of their stuff. “Wipeout” is an obvious favorite, as were “Pipeline,” “Percolator,” “Hawaii 5-0,” “Walk Don’t Run,” the list goes on.

Hah! Just found “Percolator” on YouTube – hadn’t heard it in ages. Still love this song…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-W5crYm7Gc

(The album they show at the end of the video is one of the ones I listened to way back when.)

]]> By: earth heart http://dacsplanet.com/blog/?p=468&cpage=1#comment-1127 earth heart Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:08:41 +0000 http://dacsplanet.com/blog/?p=468#comment-1127 I grew up listening to Buddy Holly, Brenda Lee, Roy Orbison (still one of my faves), etc. Oh yeah, the Ventures as well. My brother was a guitarist and a big fan of the Ventures so I grew up knowing these old songs by heart. Still listen to and enjoy the oldies. Like you said here, the music lasts forever! I grew up listening to Buddy Holly, Brenda Lee, Roy Orbison (still one of my faves), etc. Oh yeah, the Ventures as well. My brother was a guitarist and a big fan of the Ventures so I grew up knowing these old songs by heart. Still listen to and enjoy the oldies. Like you said here, the music lasts forever!

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