Surfing in Siberia

Surfing in Siberia Artist: The Red Elvises
Label: Shoobah-Doobah
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 712625500529
EAN: 0712625500529
ASIN: B000005EXW


Release Date: 1998-09-29

Surfing in Siberia


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Tracks:

  1. Surfing In Siberia
  2. Here I Am In Hollywood
  3. Siberia
  4. Don't Stop The Dance
  5. Hungarian Dance #5
  6. Give Me One More Chance
  7. Love Pipe
  8. Jerry's got The Squeeze Box
  9. I Wanna Rock N' Roll All Night
  10. My Darling Lorraine
  11. Three Alley Cats
  12. Rock N' roll Music
  13. Ukrainian Dance #13

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Surfin' Eastern Europe - Party Style.......2004-12-08

I'm just not sure where the reality ends and the satire begins. The 1996 "Surfing in Siberia" may be a misnomer because after the title tune, which is actually an unaccredited "Miserlou", the surf dies and the Eastern European sentimentality begins with the exception of the surf rocker, "Love Pipe".

The band is talented and the music is quirky, tongue-in-cheek. From "Here I Am in Hollywood (want to be a star)" to the next tune, a paean to Siberia ("land of broken dreams") there is a maudlin aura that continues with "Don't Stop the Dance (You're dancing for me, I'm getting drunk)".

The recognizable tunes are Brahms' "Hungarian Dance #5", Chuck Berry's "Rock and Roll Music" (done better-much better- without the Eastern European riffs, by the Beach Boys 15 years previously) and the traditional Ukrainian Dance #13... a real Cossack number that will make you want to "get down" and do those Cossack moves.

"Jerry's Got the Squeeze Box" should include an apology to The Who on the title but it dissipates into a real old-fashioned polka. In the same vein, "Three Alley Cats" should give some attribution to the Stray Cats, at least for the inspiration. To be honest, I'm not sure how I feel about the album. It will bring a smile to your face and the band is more than competent. As I indicated, a lot of it is ironic if not pure caricature. It is, above all, good fun. "I want to rock and roll all night; I want to rock and roll so bad".

5 out of 5 stars Great live.......1999-09-08

I heard Red Elvis for the first time yesterday at a live concert. They performed songs from many different albums, and I couldn't decide which one to write my review on. But this one has love pipe, and that one was my fave. I just ordered "Better than Sex". They have lots of fun performing, jumping around the stage and asking the audience to scream "love pipe" or whatever song it is that they're singing. Their guitar skills are unbelievable to watch. If listening to Red Elvises' recorded music is only half the fun of seeing it live, five feet away from the performers, I'm content.

5 out of 5 stars The best CD I've purchased in the last year........1998-11-24

I saw the Red Elvises live at The Swiss in Tacoma on November 17th and was hooked. Hard to tell who was having more fun, the band or the audience. I bet I've played this CD ten times in the last week. It's a mix of swing, rockabilly, Russian folk music and as they like to say, "kick @$$ Rock'n'roll.

5 out of 5 stars Kick-a** Rock-n-Roll from Siberia!.......1998-10-09

I first heard the Red Elvises in the film "Six-String Samurai," and became instantly addicted. This album is the only one of theirs I own (so far), and as such has an almost permanent place in my stereo.

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