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Help Me Name This Song

  • 15-05-2017 8:27am
    #1
    Moist Bread
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    It's an indie song from the mid/late 90's which got some play on MTV. The video featured this sort of surfer guy who had a guitar which could do all sorts of weird stuff. At one point he is surfing while playing guitar in a contest, at one point I believe he is fishing with the guitar, then he cooks marshmallows on the end of the strings. At the end a jealous sort robs the guitar and drives off to make his escape, there's a car chase by the cliffs where our lead gets his prize guitar back before it transforms into a rocket and he blasts off into the sky. Does anyone know the name of this song/artist? I have tried to find it by googling the scenes from the video to no avail.

    Please tell me this is real and I have not gone mad and constructed some sort of crazy fictional band/song/video in my mind.


Comments

  • #2
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,331 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    very disapointed I'm failing at this


  • #3
    UrbanSprawl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭UrbanSprawl


    Could you describe the song or band or any more info at all? Mexican wave by kerbdog was considered and duly dismissed.


  • #4
    Moist Bread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭Moist Bread


    I cannot remember any of the lyrics or too much about the song itself, it was a very long time ago since I saw it. I do remember that it was set or shot in Big Sur or somewhere very similar on the west coast of california, most of it was filmed on a beach and the finale on a cliff road. The tone of the video was a very 90's cheesy vibe. The singer was American for sure, he had long dark hair and sort of reminded me of J Mascis, but again it was so long ago I wouldn't be too sure. The song itself was a sort of laid back jangly alt pop, fairly catchy if I recall. I know this is all very vague, it literally just popped into my head the other day and when I couldn't find it it started to wreak my head.


  • #5
    Moist Bread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭Moist Bread


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYnTv7d0wpw


    I am an idiot

    Looks like J Mascis? Yeah ...

    In my defense I was very young at the time and I'm not that familiar with Dinosaur Jr (not that I dislike them). I might make a point of listening to their entire catalog now.


  • #6
    UrbanSprawl
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    Would not have got that one!


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  • #7
    Moist Bread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭Moist Bread


    I wouldn't either had you not asked me for further details. I hadn't really focused on what the singer looked like, more describing the details of the video. I spent close to an hour trying to find this the other day but failing miserably, memory sure is a funny thing.


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