Trashmen, The - King Of The Surf Lyrics

Love 'em. Well known but underrated in my opinion..

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johnny b goode goin' surfin'!

Es un homenaje a Chuck Berry.

From Australia, check out a band called 'the Hitmen' they do a great cover! Also check out 'Radio Birdman' they do a cover of 'Aloha Steve & Danno'..

Well we're takin' my woodie and headin' on down ....
Where the cool cool surfers all gather round ....
Got a brand new board and I'm ready to fly !!
I'll be shootin' the curl before the sun is high !!
Show those hodads, gremmies, heroes too
The kinda' high ridin' real surfers too ...

Well I'm a high ridin' surfer and it takes three crunchers and a heavy to wipe me out !!
I can do a double spinner before you count to three ..
Whoa oh - king of the surf that's me ....
Whoa oh - king of the surf that's me ...

Well I'm a real hot-dogger so very alive
When I'm ridin' the cruncher and a'hangin' five !!
Listen to the roar of the shore break sound ...
Keep on surfin' till the sun goes down
Grab your honey and a'hold her tight .....
We're gonna have a surfin' party tonight


Well I'm a high ridin' surfer and it takes three crunchers and a heavy to wipe me out !!
I can do a double spinner before you count to three !!
Whoa oh, king of the surf that's me !!
Whoa oh, king of the surf that's me !!

Ohp !!!!!

Surf City's callin' me and a'man oh man ...
Gonna find a surf baby grab her by the hand
Gonna build a fire, gonna build it right ...
We're gonna dance on the beach, gonna dance all night !!
Dance and sing the whole night away
And be ridin' our surfboards well the very next day -

Well I'm a high ridin' surfer and it takes three crunchers
and a heavy to wipe me out !!
I can do a double spinner before you count to three
Whoa oh, king of the surf that's me
Whoa oh, king of the surf that's me
Whoa oh, king of the surf that's me
Whoa oh, king of the surf that's me

The Trashmen's huge influence on the early punk era is as underrated as surf rock's influence – the bridge to punk – in general. unbelievably important band.

ZTTHRUG, Totally agree with you! I'm from Australia so if you like the song, there's an Aussie band called 'the Hitmen' who do a great cover! Also check out 'Radio Birdman'..

Whoa Ho King of the Surfers!

Glen Danzig and the Misfits should have covered this song

its hard to beleive that this is the same group that did surfin bird

Why? It's awesome!

@Max Mooney YOU KNOW WHATS AWESOME YOUR PHONY NAME AND THATS BULLSHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

I've been trying to find this song since 2009. my dad played it and I recorded a clip from 0.59 to 1.01 and with the help of sound hound I finally found it!

This is the "B" side to Surfin Bird. They needed the song in two days, and wrote this in one. LaPole said it was as close as he could write to Johnny B Goode without getting sued!

LOL The ironic part of that is they did get sued over Surfin Bird.

Original: The Trashmen ( U.S.A. ) - King of the surf ( La Pole ) ( 13/11/1963 ). Covers: Los Locos del Ritmo ( Mexico ) - El rey del surfin' ( 1964 ). Los Speakers ( Colombia ) - El rey del surfin' ( 1965 ). Los Doltons ( Perú ) - Rey tablista ( 1966 ). 

Muchas gracias "R. Gabriel DF".

Thank you very much "Arty McCarty" for reading the commentary.

This is really probably a parody of Johnny B Goode

@Vomitatori Di Verità I think the same of you, melody is very similar

The intro definitely sounds influenced by Chuck Berry. I think of it more like an homage. The tremolo picking part is more like Dick Dale though.

Definitely heard the similarity. It felt more like a cover of Johnny B Goode.

great song for ever

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this record probably wasnt big enough to bleep on Berrys radar...I could be wrong of course.

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The tornadoes also do a version of Johny B. Goode. Its great!

@TheErrol1975 I did not know that they did a cover version of Johnny B. Goode! It would be great to hear it.. I have the album "Surfin' Bird."

Is it just me or does the guitaring in the beginning sound like the one in "Johnny B. Goode?" Great, amazing Trashmen!

It's called a tribute

Get Chuck Berry or Dick Dale to play those leads.

cool song, but the lead guitar is no chuck berry.

@Toxiejunkie I agree, so I looked it up: "'King of the Surf" by The Trashmen sampled Chuck Berry's 'Johnny B. Goode'."

I feel like I've heard this tune somewhere before.....LOL!

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