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Surfin's Tha Word

from Pronounced: FATE by F8

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"Surfin's Tha Word" is a surfing tune by someone who's never surfed a day in his life! This parody tale chronicles the anguish of a closet surfer stuck up-country in a dry corporate metropolis.
This is the only track with live drums and is a tongue in cheek stab filled with delicious cliches. Very indigenous (with SA locations, colloquialisms and highlighting the coastal Cape Town & landlocked Johannesburg rivalry).
It also reflects the time of its production (1998), referencing high tech like 56K internet modems and a suit & shoes with a thousand buck price tag considered expensive!

The song was created as a homage to friend Honest Gav (Gavin Rabinowitz) who has a love of SKA-Punk flavoured music.

Recommended accompanying viewing:
Big Wednesday
Riding Giants
Blue Hawaii
Point Break (original)

lyrics

SURFIN'S THA WORD
(Music, Lyrics & Vocals by Paul Blom - c 1998)

He wants an ocean

He wants sand 

He wants a surfboard 

And 'Sexwax' in his hand 



56K modems 

And surfin’ the Net just won’t do 

He hates the boardroom boredom 

The 1000 buck suits & shoes 



An overnight Yuppie

Inadvertently

There’s just so much money

In advertising, you see

Hey!


He wants the real thing... 
Surf-Surf-Surf-Surf-Surfin’s tha word!

(He wants the real thing, baby...)



But big business life ‘aint so sweet

Sea water pumps through his veins 

He’s smothered by concrete

And the cellphone fries his brain 



Blinded by it all 

The home, the 4x4 

Before you know it you fall

But still you want more 



The artificial waves 

At Boksburg By The Sea

Are just as lame 

As the ones at Sun City 


Hey! 


He wants the real thing...

Surf-Surf-Surf-Surf-Surfin’s tha word! 

(He wants the real thing, baby...)



He wants to crack 

A wake-up call

Another car hi-jacked 


The final straw 


So he gave it up for good 

For a Kombi and a tent 

Who needs food and 

Who needs to pay the rent 



See the babes bounce by 

Sun sets and the waves roll in

Clear blue skies and

The most contented grin


Hey! 


He wants the real thing... 

Surf-Surf-Surf-Surf-Surfin’s tha word!

(He wants the real thing, baby...)

credits

from Pronounced: FATE, released March 1, 1998
Written & Produced by Paul Blom
Paul Blom: Lead- & Backing Vocals, bass guitar, live drums

Special guests:
Willem Van Der Merwe: trombone & backing vocals
Dave Ledbetter & Henri Jacques Blom: additional backing vocals

Engineered and mixed by Dirk Van Straaten
Mastered by Paul Blom
Executive Producer: Hennie LeGrange

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F8 Cape Town, South Africa

in 1997 V.O.D drummer Paul bought a bass guitar while the band was touring Europe (with Katatonia and In The Woods). On returning to South Africa he started creating music on his own terms, with no restrictions. Anything goes. Coining the term Tekno-Grind for this solo project (which only utilizes bass guitars), the initial intention for what it would sound like resulted in an eclectic beast! ... more

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