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Dave-W

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I have recently been watching the first season of Hawaii -50. The original series from 1968.

It reminded me of a style of music I heard ONLY on TV shows like that. It was usually supposed to be on the radio and kids were dancing to it and saying "Groovy!" Far Out!"

It was a strange amalgam of 60s pop and 40s big band.
Always instrumental. Usually 12 bar blues based, it had drums, bass and electric rhythm guitar parts from pop music (and an occasional guitar break) but the melody and most of the instrument breaks were from saxes, trumpets, and trombones sounding very much like the Dorsey brothers or Glenn Miller.

I remember as a kid watching those shows and wondering where they got that strange music from and why did the "kids" seem to enjoy it so.

Anyone else notice that?
 

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Well I grew up in the 60s and 70s and don't quite understand what you're asking. Please clarify.
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I am asking if anyone remembers that genre, and if it ever existed outside of certain TV shows.
 
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DaveW-Ohev said:
I am asking if anyone remembers that genre, and if it ever existed outside of certain TV shows.
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Gotcha'.

IMHO one has to go back to the introduction of the electric guitar and the music that it spawned afterwards.

Before the electric guitar: Orchestra brass band sounds.
After the electric guitar: Campy, single-coil sounds with tons of reverb.

After Eric Clapton's use of overdrive with John Mayall, the electric guitar came of age.

My two cents.
 
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DaveW-Ohev said:
I am asking if anyone remembers that genre, and if it ever existed outside of certain TV shows.
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It sounds like you're describing "coffee house jazz" which was popular in the late 1950s, by musicians like George Shearing...but maybe I'm way off base.
 
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Blue Wren said:
I've never heard of that genre. Maybe a video, as an example, would help?
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I think that is the problem. He does not have one and does not remember ever hearing the song on the radio or live, only as 'background' on shows like the original Hawaii 50.

I don't remember that, but I do remember the guys saying groovy on the original Dragnet. Characters that to me seemed parodies of hippies.

The OPs question is does anyone remember these songs in real life.

On a modern parallel, there is a commercial that centers on a song that starts 'The World seems pretty sad today...' or something very close. The song intrigued me. Turns out the song does not exist. Just a few bars, enough for the commercial. The group that sings it seems to be real however.
 
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i do remember the genre... i believe they were surfing songs... like "wipeout" and "pipeline." at least the Hawaii 5-O theme always reminded me of those types of songs.

i don't know who compiled this surfing footage on "pipeline" but it's fairly amazing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]-hZfN6zk
 
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I know exactly what you mean, I think. There would always be some type of incidental generic music playing when kids were shown dancing. I guess this was way before it became more popular to license songs that had been released by current bands or artists. If I can find anything on YouTube later, I'll try to post it.
 
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Yeah - I have looked on youtube but found nothing on this.

I probably could rip a section from my first season DVD set but not sure how to do that or if it would be worth it just for this thread .....
 
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