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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet — Good Cop Bad Cop
Album: Savvy Show Stoppers
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Released: 1988
Length: 2:26
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Echoes of The Shadows to me.
Posted 1 month ago by epsteel    [ Reply ]
GREAT SONG to listen to on a long, boring commute, like I did almost daily riding the trains during my ten years in Tokyo. My buddy Chris and I went on a diving and party vacay in Guam in '94, and this wacky band was part of the wild soundtrack. I've wound up getting most of their stuff over the years. To me, much like The Presidents, Cake, and DEVO, their keen sense of irony is made all the more memorable by their talent for JAM
Posted 2 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I thought I heard Duane Eddy.
Posted 2 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
Surf rock rules!
Posted 5 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
A long time ago, in a land far, far away, our band played with these guys and the Shuffle Demons on the same bill. The Railway Club, Vancouver, CIRAC festival, summer of 1986. Good times.
Posted 6 years ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
Never heard before and like it. Some cool from Canada
Posted 7 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]

Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Never heard it before today. Love it.
Posted 8 years ago by Philo    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
I am Iron Man. 

 
Yeah, now that you mention it.  But I always hear the opening chord of QSM's cover of Who Do You Love.
Posted 9 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Surfs UP!!!
Posted 9 years ago by PopKombo    [ Reply ]
Saw and heard Dick Dale at a Lost Vegas conference in the middle of the afternoon.

Thirty Thousand attendees that did not know they were in the same building as almost-Elvis.
 
Posted 9 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 That_SOB wrote:
B52 meets the Ventures.  . . .

 
Well said.
Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
To the Kids in the Hall. Best edgey humour ever.

 Slope! I should have known you would get the KitH connection!! 

/hugs!


Posted 10 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Pretty Kewl - thought it was Dick Dale.  Saw him a few years ago, and he ROCKED!  
Posted 10 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
 Propayne wrote:
If you like this, check out the Mermen.

 
Also see:
The Aqua Velvets
Pollo Del Mar
The Sandblasters
The Sir Finks
... 
Posted 10 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
Can play this with my tongue - behind my back!

 
Wow!  Your girlfriend must be a happy woman . . .
Posted 10 years ago by PopKombo    [ Reply ]
If you like this, check out the Mermen.
Posted 11 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
Can play this with my tongue - behind my back!
Posted 11 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Love surf music {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
While I understand the frustration about people calling surf music "Tarantino music", I think that it creates a certain interest in people towards the genre. People search for and listen to Tarantino music but they find out that it's actually called surf music and has been around as long as rock music itself has been, and in that sense it's a "wounded" genre that lost its popularity not long after it first got out, and has been an underrated genre ever since.
At least that's how I felt about it when I first got into surf music after I've heard "Surf Rider" on the outro/cast section of Pulp Fiction.
Posted 11 years ago by kojiroh    [ Reply ]
..wouldn't their album title have made a better band name, and vice versa..?..just sayin'..
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
I am Iron Man. 
 
Opening guitar lick; no question.
Then it  goes all Dick Dale.
Posted 12 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]

 

 

 

But nobody beats this woman for head crushing:

 


Posted 12 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Yay! Bill!!!! ...lovin it!
Posted 12 years ago by jules44    [ Reply ]
I am Iron Man. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Reminds me, must get that copy of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction out.
Posted 12 years ago by richlister    [ Reply ]
Never....to hear....surf music....again....
Posted 12 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 angelomisterioso wrote:
Ventures?
 

Darn, I was hoping to hear Wild Thing-you make my heart sing.
Posted 12 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
I'm crushing all your heads.
Posted 12 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:


Get your head out of your ass. Tarantino does not hold the market on surf music. Every time there is a semi-surf guitar sound here someone references Taratino or Pulp Fiction. {#Frustrated}
 
That is true too often, and it's pretty annoying, but I guess that film may have been the first exposure to surf music for some folks.  Maybe it's not, but that film is apparently an important cultural milestone to a lot of folks - not me.
Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:


Get your head out of your ass. Tarantino does not hold the market on surf music. Every time there is a semi-surf guitar sound here someone references Taratino or Pulp Fiction. {#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}
 

hey dude...
mellow out...
you're harshing the groove....
{#Cool}
Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
I'm squishing your head.
Posted 12 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:
Get your head out of your ass. Tarantino does not hold the market on surf music. Every time there is a semi-surf guitar sound here someone references Taratino or Pulp Fiction. {#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}
 
Dude, lighten up.

Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Ventures?
Posted 13 years ago by angelomisterioso    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
At first I thought it was the opening riff from Iron Man from Black Sabbath, then I realized RP only allows one Sabbath song and this is not that one.
 
I thought the same thing.
Posted 13 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
To the Kids in the Hall. Best edgey humour ever.
Posted 13 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 denmom wrote:
Is craptastic sort of good?  Like cheezy can be, sometimes?
 
I don't know about craptastic, but they say cranberries are "Crantastic".

Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Love these guys! I got to see them and meet them way back in 1990 in ATL. Their music always makes me happy.
Posted 13 years ago by ParkerH    [ Reply ]
B52 meets the Ventures.  . . .
Posted 13 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
Great band name, great song title, damned fine bit of surf rock for a winter's morn.
Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:

Great band name, crapastic music.


 

Is craptastic sort of good?  Like cheezy can be, sometimes?
Posted 14 years ago by denmom    [ Reply ]
I miss the Chicken Lady!
Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
makes you wanna go surfin!{#Tongue-out} S0 SO...
Posted 14 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]

Great band name, crapastic music.


Posted 14 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Yeah!
Posted 14 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
is the best....{#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by wildrudi    [ Reply ]
 Propayne wrote:
I love all three; Man or Astro-Man?, Shadowy Men, the Mermen and I have to agree, the Mermen would be a perfect fit here on RP.

 
Also Laika and the Cosmonauts, The Aqua Velvets, Pollo Del Mar, and The Sandblasters.

Surfs You Right!

Posted 14 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
At first I thought it was the opening riff from Iron Man from Black Sabbath, then I realized RP only allows one Sabbath song and this is not that one.

Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
I love all three; Man or Astro-Man?, Shadowy Men, the Mermen and I have to agree, the Mermen would be a perfect fit here on RP.

Posted 14 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
gutboy wrote:
These guys are lame.
I prefer Man or Astroman? for my surf-music-on-acid trip.

I don't think these guys are lame but for surf-music-on-acid I prefer The Mermen. Especially "White Trash Raga" C'mon Bill, give them a spin!

Posted 14 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
 jedley wrote:
Surfer nostalgia a'la Tarantino = {#Frustrated}
 

Get your head out of your ass. Tarantino does not hold the market on surf music. Every time there is a semi-surf guitar sound here someone references Taratino or Pulp Fiction. {#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}{#Frustrated}
Posted 15 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
Noice - gives me that leaning-against-the-bar-eyeing-a-bowl-of-Goldfish-just-beyond-reach feeling.

Some tasty licks - solid, clean playing. Beyond that I like surf music - although I like Los Straightjackets more than Astroman I have never minded spending a wasted night listening to music like this.

{#Devil_pimp}

Like tonight for example.

Riff

Posted 15 years ago by riffster    [ Reply ]

I was just thinking this sounded a bit like the Kids on the Hall theme — and lo and behold, it is indeed in the Shadowy Men  {#Cheesygrin}


Posted 15 years ago by HilaryM    [ Reply ]
Nice!  {#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by spofcher    [ Reply ]
Good Cop, Naked Cop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hv-G3HIoKc
Posted 15 years ago by jademon    [ Reply ]
T{#Bananajam} R {#Dancingbanana_2}E {#Dancingbanana}M{#Bananasplit} O {#Dancingbanana}L {#Meditate}O
Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
These guys are lame.
I prefer Man or Astroman? for my surf-music-on-acid trip.
Posted 15 years ago by gutboy    [ Reply ]
Surfer nostalgia a'la Tarantino = {#Frustrated}
Posted 15 years ago by jedley    [ Reply ]
nice blend..that must be Billy

Posted 15 years ago by Mike_S    [ Reply ]
 tputkey wrote:

In Argentina, I squished a bus.

 
The movie Babel would have ended on a much happier note if this is all the kid did to the bus...

Great movie, by the way.  Edit:  And great picture, too.


Posted 15 years ago by alanthecowboy    [ Reply ]
Wow, that Kids in the Hall reference was so dead on.

"I'm squishing your head..." Which is what this song felt like...

In Argentina, I squished a bus.

Posted 16 years ago by tputkey    [ Reply ]
Nice, but why not go on and play Dick Dale why you're at it? Please, huh, {#Dance}huh?
Posted 16 years ago by laroue    [ Reply ]
KOOL {#Cool}
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Was thinking Iron Man at first, but Kids in the Hall is even better!
Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:

The beginning brought this to mind . . .



I AM IRON MAN
downhill from there ...

 
Love the movie, hate this song.

Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
BKardon wrote:
My pen! My pen!!!!
Someone stole my pen!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
Kids In The Hall made Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet. Manservant Hecubus?!
Posted 16 years ago by esotericderek    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
Starts off dangerously close to Black Sabbath... Fortunately ends up more like the Ventures.
Sounds like Duane Eddy to me with that clanging guitar. 7 from the Nottingham jury, just to fall in with everyone else :o)
Posted 16 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
a_genuine_find wrote:
The beginning brought this to mind . . . I AM IRON MAN downhill from there ...
More like...
Posted 16 years ago by MonkeyPod    [ Reply ]
Nice one, Lonestar!
Posted 16 years ago by MediaGrrl    [ Reply ]
aronson wrote:
I AM IRON MAN!!!
The beginning brought this to mind . . . I AM IRON MAN downhill from there ...
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Disappointed... was hoping it was going to be Iron Man... since I just got back from the flicks to see it.
Posted 16 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
I AM IRON MAN!!!
Posted 16 years ago by aronson    [ Reply ]
My pen! My pen!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by BKardon    [ Reply ]
Yummy.
Posted 16 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
Starts off dangerously close to Black Sabbath... Fortunately ends up more like the Ventures.
Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
MM_Prague wrote:
This sure brings back memories... back in the summer of 1986 I was in a band , and we played with these guys and the Shuffle Demons (anyone remember them?) at the Railway Club in Vancouver...
I remember em! (If I had a decent version of "Spadina Bus" I'd try uploading it.)The Shuffle Demons recently did a reunion and Richard Underhill continues to be very active. A couple of years ago he put together a horn section and toured with Blue Rodeo. There is quite a fine legacy of Toronto 80s bands still out there. As for Shadowy Men, I remember seeing them in 1993 at Ontario Place and being blown away by how fun a surf instrumental group could be.
Posted 17 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
This just bores the hell out of me.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
Surf's You Right!
Posted 17 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Cheeeeesey!
Posted 17 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
best. band. name. ever.
Posted 17 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
WOW haven't thought about this in like 15 years - and I have the cd somewhere saw em play Toronto in the 80's fun days
Posted 17 years ago by slaskey    [ Reply ]
This sure brings back memories... back in the summer of 1986 I was in a band , and we played with these guys and the Shuffle Demons (anyone remember them?) at the Railway Club in Vancouver...
Posted 17 years ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
Someone musta gotten a speeding ticket today.
Posted 17 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
Thirty Helen's agree: This is a great tune.
Posted 17 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
Scora, Scora, Scora the gentle shark.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
PharmGirl wrote:
Every time I hear this band, images of The Kids in the Hall come to mind....
YES!!!
Posted 17 years ago by gntlemanartist    [ Reply ]
Dick Dale doing his best cover of Tony Iommi. . .

Posted 17 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
You know, I just don't hear enough surf music on RP. I like this band, but there an awesome Finnish band called Laika and the Cosmonauts. Check 'em out, Bill! (You gotta be real, real bad to surf in Finland.)
Posted 17 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
I didn't know they played stuff like this anymore.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
chris isaak meets black sabbath - nice!
Posted 17 years ago by enidualc    [ Reply ]
Tonedeaf wrote:
Hmmm... my first thought was, "Bill's playing Iron Maiden!?" The start sounds a lot like the beginning of Iron Man Fun tune.
Black Sabbath
Posted 18 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
rococodeco wrote:
my dad says this reminds him more of the Shadows than the ventures..
yeah, this is a little too edgy for the Ventures.
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
my dad says this reminds him more of the Shadows than the ventures..
Posted 18 years ago by rococodeco    [ Reply ]
Dick Dale meets Duane Eddy whilst playing one of the Venture's Mosrite guitars.
Posted 18 years ago by Quixmundi    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this band, images of The Kids in the Hall come to mind....
Posted 18 years ago by PharmGirl    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
Oh yeah. This is fun. My mom had a Ventures LP that she used to play when I was a kid. Gnarly!
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
Posted 18 years ago by dharmanavy    [ Reply ]
steeler wrote:
I had the same initial thought. Except I was thinking Black Sabbath.
My bad! Those years of my life are a bit... um... hazy?
Posted 18 years ago by Tonedeaf    [ Reply ]
Kregg wrote:
damn, hekkibus! you both beat me to it....and satan!
Fun song and easy to play!
Posted 18 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
This would make for a great song for driving in traffic. Just edgy enough but not too much...
Posted 18 years ago by kingfish2004    [ Reply ]
tr0n2ooo wrote:
You beat me to it. Now, I am crushing your head.
damn, hekkibus! you both beat me to it....and satan!
Posted 18 years ago by Kregg    [ Reply ]
Tonedeaf wrote:
Hmmm... my first thought was, "Bill's playing Iron Maiden!?" The start sounds a lot like the beginning of Iron Man Fun tune.
That's Black Sabbath... My first thought was "Here comes another classic song covered by some trashy new band". At least it started sounding like Black Sabbath and ended sounding like the Beach Boys. Daring lol.
Posted 18 years ago by mafe    [ Reply ]
Very Cool. Thanks Bill :)
Posted 18 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
Tonedeaf wrote:
Hmmm... my first thought was, "Bill's playing Iron Maiden!?" The start sounds a lot like the beginning of Iron Man Fun tune.
I had the same initial thought. Except I was thinking Black Sabbath.
Posted 18 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Spliff wrote:
Walk Don't Run The Ventures
You could call it "Swipeline".
Posted 18 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
MORE!
Posted 18 years ago by lunar1963    [ Reply ]
Vogelfrei wrote:
Flying pig!
Wow! What a line-up!
Posted 18 years ago by larz    [ Reply ]
Hmmm... my first thought was, "Bill's playing Iron Maiden!?" The start sounds a lot like the beginning of Iron Man Fun tune.
Posted 18 years ago by Tonedeaf    [ Reply ]
Grrrrrrrrrrooooooooooovy. Now I gotta dig out my old Ventures Lp.
Posted 18 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
tr0n2ooo wrote:
You beat me to it. Now, I am crushing your head.
Posted 18 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah. This is fun. My mom had a Ventures LP that she used to play when I was a kid. Gnarly!
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Another surprise. Nice one.
Posted 19 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
mmmm hmmmm this is good fun - love surf music
Posted 19 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
This is a great album. The KitH theme (Having an Average Weekend) is on there too. "Zombie Compromise" is fun as well, despite it being used in Taco Bell commercials...
Posted 19 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
Imkirok wrote:
I have this incredible urge to go surfing. Tough urge to fulfill in Minnesota.
Long live instrumental rock and roll! A classic rockabilly theme to an imaginary "Repo Man style" western.
Posted 19 years ago by ppak    [ Reply ]
Radiohead-head wrote:
how is good old mlps...lived there for like 7 years...miss it a bit...except for winters of course.
Hot as hell this summer. Still a rocking town. But still no surfing.
Posted 19 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Imkirok wrote:
I have this incredible urge to go surfing. Tough urge to fulfill in Minnesota.
how is good old mlps...lived there for like 7 years...miss it a bit...except for winters of course.
Posted 19 years ago by Radiohead-head    [ Reply ]
ooops...talk about not the first kid on the block with kids in the hall comment.
Posted 19 years ago by Radiohead-head    [ Reply ]
I have this incredible urge to go surfing. Tough urge to fulfill in Minnesota.
Posted 19 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
very kids in the hall no?
Posted 19 years ago by Radiohead-head    [ Reply ]