SH Spotlight "Cecilia Ann" by the Pixies, yes, I wrote & recorded the song as The Surftones with my buddy Frosty

I knew something sounded wrong with that song! It's the drums. They didn't sound, to me, like "tiny 60's studio" drums. People in my office were sure they had heard it before on other "extra-legal" Surf comps. Ha! Great story!!

 

making me dance... lol

 

Hey, someone spelled Surftones wrong!

 

So, mastering isn't the way to wealth, eh Steve?

1. Write surf song
2. release cd
3. sell boatloads overseas
4. Pixies cover it
5. $$$ profit

 

The Bambi Molesters, A Night In Zagreb (live album). I was going to post a quip about how they must have gotten the names from your post in this thread, but that album came out in 2011, and this thread was one of the last things that happened that year. Very interesting!

 

This story, thread and forum are all just insanely cool. This is why I love coming here. My wife is asleep and I feel like waking her up to tell her this story, but even at her most awake and attentive she would blankly stare at me with this stuff like 'so what'.

Mr Hoffman, bravo to you sir.

 

Who knows. Their first album was, in their own words, "[an attempt] to prove that there's that one band left on the face of the planet dumb enough to try to achieve the authentic '60s surf sound at the end of the 20th century."

I would not be surprised if they got ahold of the Surf Legends CD in the early '90s, learned the song from there, and hunted around online until they found your names. One of the links someone posted here is to a 2008 thread where you gave an abridged version of the story; that would be my guess.

I wish my town had some culture, so I could round up a bassist and drummer and play this. Even just once!

 

The influence of this song goes as far as giving name to a Spanish indie pop band. Cecilia Ann were active from the mid-90's to the mid-00's and released three albums.

 

There you go... Their first album was produced by The Posies' Ken Stringfellow. You can find influences of The Beatles, Big Star or The Who in their music.

 

I'd guess the sales of this one CD have paid for all the other one-offs you were allowed to assemble.

 

That's a cool tune.

One of my favorites - speaking of such music is The Vistas (Moon Relay).

 

How come I only found out about this now.
And I am a Pixies and Steve Hoffman fan.
Cool song.

 

Congratulations for writing this cool song! I have just uploaded a video of me playing it in the style of Dick Dale... I hope you like it

 

I saw the Pixies about 3-4 weeks ago in Melbourne, the last time they played, cancelling the Sydney and all subsequent shows.

They played that classic Cecilia Ann as the first song of the encore. The highlight of the night and the only Bossanova song that got a mention. It was majestic.

 

As a huge fan of surf guitar music I don't know how I missed this old thread until now. That's a great song and story.

 

But on Spotify you’re being ripped off for Surftones (which uses your version of the tune):

“Formed in 1996, the instrumental surf quartet of the aptly titled Surftones were inspired by the beach party antics of surf, sand, and warm weather -- ironically enough, their home turf is based in the very frigid Jyväskylä, Finland. After signing with Maho Pop Records not too long after their first show, the band's debut full-length, Expose Yourself to Surfers, came out the same year they got together. Two years later, they followed with their second album, Who Stole My Hypnotics? ~ Mike DaRonco”