Surfin' with Knees

 It's time to hang ten, hodad! That's right, surf's up here at the countdown to chaos and here's your chance to hear three of Knees' best surfin' tunes. And one old song that always reminds me of making out in the backseat of a 1955 Dodge. So sit back and let the reverb waft over you like a 20-foot wave.

PIPELINE

By the Chantays

BAJA

By the Astronauts

THE BRUTAL SURFER

By Knees Calhoon (1964)

SLEEPWALK

By Santo and Johnny

The Torques Surfin' Band (1965)

BONUS COVER!

Knees didn't record many Rolling Stones songs except for their first excursion into C&W music, "Wild Horses". And he kind of went overboard on the reverb and guitars, but hey, it's Surfin' Night here at the countdown.

WILD HORSES

Buffy Songs

 Are you as tired of Knees Calhoon's songs as I am? Of course not, but I'm sure you will agree that it would be nice to hear something written by a professional Hollywood person, namely Joss Whedon, instead of another tune by a broken down guitar picker and his henchmen. These two songs were recorded in 2014 during a fit of hubris when Knees was thinking he wasn't such a bad singer after all -- especially with his harmonizer cranking out the harmonies. So he took two of his favorite songs from the "Once More With Feeling" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one sung by Spike and one by Giles, and did his version of them.

Buffy expert Dugym Qycfyl was duly impressed with the productions. That episode was amazing. Written in about three weeks, rehearsed for one and every original song was nailed by amateur singers. Each song fit the plot perfectly and I didn't even notice the dancing, but I'm told it was very good. These two songs were written by a sharp person, Joss Whedon.

REST IN PEACE

Spike's Song

STANDING

Giles' song