Dick Dale--Nitro (HQ)

[@harmonicsball89]

Dick Dale inspired THREE genres of music: Surf, Punk, and Metal. Who else has done that? Come on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The choice doesn’t get any easier than this. Induct this legend already!

[@notxvexorr4379]

4 if you count pump it by black eyed peas (pop/hip-hop) it's more of a sample/cover but they were still inspired by him

[@paulwillis592]

Surprised to hear he isn't

[@Fluffymck]

ozzy osbourne he created heavy metal

[@Fluffymck]

but i do also love dd btw

[@tonybino01]

His music also made Pulp Fiction and Apple products memorable.

[@movieman1556]

Rest in peace surf guitar legend. We will keep your sound alive. As a 58 year old surfer, my next wave will be dedicated to you. God bless you....

[@movieman1556]

@Al Draws Thank you for your comment. Yes, sad news..

[@hunterk922]

Ride on

[@InternetSavage]

Hope it was a good one, RIP Dick Dale.

[@MattsMovieWorld]

We owe him a lot. R.I.P. Dick🌊

[@vernrussell99]

Funny quick story. When Dick Dale met Keith Richards , Keith said to him hi i play rock and roll. Dick turned to him and said oh yeah? Well i play machine gun nice to meet you. Anyway total respect to Dick Dale one of the best guitarists of all time

[@WHAC420]

he wasn't about to let a limey try to act cool lol

[@erikneathery4107]

Boggles the mind how someone of his talent, and impact on rock and roll, has not been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[@1...MusicVideo]

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[@Grover91]

Because the Hall of Fame is a shit show. Just seeing some of the acts inducted in recent years shows exactly that.

[@1582len]

@@Grover91 Totally agree!

[@nounouounoun4752]

May be because He is half lebanees(arab)☺️

[@justrightinsd1811]

@@nounouounoun4752 or because he’s 💯% American and those clowns at the hall can’t deal with Americana

[@VikiMarot]

I tried explaining Dick Dale's technique to my Mom once - right handed strings on a left handed guitar. I may as well have been speaking Swahili. Anyway....yeah...R.I.P. King. Saw Dick live in 2000, got an autographed picture, which I'm glancing at now....

[@juanalonso3654]

VikiMarot i was wondering about that man.

[@fujifilm5127]

Didn't he play a right handed strat with the knobs removed at some point? Or am I thinking of someone else?

[@williamstamper442]

I have an interest but cannot play therefore i think my opinion means zero.zero. im actually trying to get a reaction from somebody who knows what they are talking about. I thought Leo Fender built him a proper left handed strat, but "D Dale" wanted bigger strings. Im sooo gonna mess this up... I thought someone strung his guitar "upside down" and silly people thought the small strings were sooo big. Told you i was gonna mess this up. I do believe his guitar he strung same as a righty but with #8 and wanted bigger even. Please please somebody correct my errors...!?

[@Geo-wc7jc]

@@williamstamper442 he picked up a normal guitar when he was young…but played it left handed. But yeah he used pretty heavy gauge strings and Leo Fender build him the first big stage amps because the smaller amps would catch on fire

[@faraja6807]

Swahili isn't that hard, ha ha ha..

[@vinceleone3952]

How is it possible that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame let this man die without inducting him???Shame on them.Rest in Peace Great One.

[@WHAC420]

Rock HOF is a scam organization

[@MattsMovieWorld]

Cos they're ignorant.

[@robertlehnert4148]

Because the R&RHoF is a politics and popularity, not knowledge and taste.

[@scott12xu]

They’re getting an amazing gig in heaven right now. R.I.P. and Godspeed Mr. Dale.

[@RememberVietnam]

No one is in heaven yet.

[@yucatansuckaman5726]

Getting so pitted man. Hitting those waves for sure

[@gogoyubari366]

There are no guitars in heaven.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

I don't think such a thing exists But I guess it's a nice thought I like the idea of reincarnation More

[@luizantoniodesousa1916]

RIP DICK DALE 1937 - 2019, Grande musico fantástico !!!!!!

[@1...MusicVideo]

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[@Th3RussBus]

I just noticed his string arrangement...this would be so hard to play like that. So much respect for this guy.

[@wishmaster8632]

Dick Dale was a phenomenal guitarist My father was friends with him back in the day 🍻🍻🍻

[@legendary6890]

I've seen him live in a small Bar in Zürich named El Lokal. He played Nitro an walked among the peoples between two floors while playing. One of my most beloved concerts till today.

[@williammorales8204]

Rest in peace, man what a guitarist we've lost.

[@brandothecatmeow]

Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. 💔. Legend doesn't begin to cover the immense influence this man had on not only surf music, but music in general. Virtuoso. Genius. Unmatched talent. His technique was so unique, guitarists still try to master it. RIP Dick Dale, you will be sorely missed.

[@harrisdupree3323]

That left hand is other-wordly shit! I get cramps just watching it.

[@shadyganley8877]

EEEEEEEEEEE

[@WHAC420]

so very cool to see Dick Dale late in his career in 1990s Los Angeles

[@guitartim2128]

So awesome. Huge n heavy sounding without distortion. This guy is shredding. 🎸👍

[@petemccarry2326]

Great live performer. Saw him at Sacramento in ‘97. R.I.P.

[@BiggFinalBoss]

This Man is said to have obtained the Pick of Destiny off a secluded California Beach. A massive wave crashed in front of him and as the wave receded it appeared.

[@enzocompanbadillo5365]

Is it true that it is actually a scale from Tritons fishtail?

[@iejcwejheiowcnlwekn]

Yeah… and he melted it while playing

[@garrettsheaffer9799]

It is said that his grave site is empty. For on the third day he ascended into godhood....

[@tripalovsky]

Thrash Metal without distortion...

[@pubicenemy92]

go fuck yourself

[@aquin3066]

Trash Metal is surf with distortion...

[@MrShnigglepuff]

I was going to post the exact same comment..... word for word man.

[@level8695]

Bathory's Reaper was before both Rattlehead and Nitro.

[@yootesa1515]

***** rattle your goddamn heads

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

The founder and king of the surf guitar, inspiration to many guitarists is NOT in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Wow...who gives a flying fuck about the 'Hall Of Fame'?

[@vvisions]

+Carl FromTheOC Maybe, that's mainly cus' those on the Hall of Fame can't do his stuff, then you get why he isn't there lol

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Absolutely ridiculous, he's massively influential & basically invented surf music singlehandedly (without him there'd be no James Bond theme, Shadows, Ventures, Dead Kennedys or Beach Boys). He totally deserves to be in the RRHOF

[@donrutter6765]

Fender and Dick increased the transformers/tubes to be double the power of the early amps. Basically creating the tools for louder rock and roll.

[@arlag7550]

Different realm.. flies beyond

[@Tindometari]

"Dick Dale ... looks like Grandpa Munster and rocks like no-one alive. Or dead." -- a review I read of one of his shows

[@RickImus]

Outstanding description!

[@MrOvipare]

I laughed so hard when I noticed his guitar setup! He actually plays a left-hand guitar with the strings installed like a rotated right-hand guitar. Gotta respect that!

[@gobsofgopherguts]

I couldn't help but notice that his strings were upside down!

[@MrsOliva]

Ему так привычно. А если привычно, значит удобно. Вот и всё...

[@DarkFlamage]

Props to him, best I could ever do was smoke a left-handed cigarette. (I'm not worthy!!!)

[@creaturefiend714]

Met him at Speedway in Costa Mesa as a kid, he signed and gave me one of his white Dick Dale guitar picks, I wish I still had it. Rest in Peace legend. This song has also been stuck in my head all day and I finally remembered where I knew it from. Van's No Other Way video also features the song Nitrus.

[@madisonstratford2671]

HELL YES! Feeling some motorhead vibes for sure. DICK DALE IS A DAMN LEGEND!

[@WinterBrew]

Saw him in concert a few months ago, fucking LEGENDARY.

[@placer7412]

he still touring? id fucking love to see this man

[@WinterBrew]

+yes no I believe so but idk where, he does music I think full time now cause he is retired

[@placer7412]

i just bought a ticket to see him in pitt in august

[@widziunas]

Saw him about seven years ago, ears still ringing but it was awesome!

[@celty7313]

Rest in peace Dick, I will always be grateful with you for your beautiful songs and for being one of my biggest inspirations to start playing the guitar. You may not be physically here anymore, but your soul is indeed with us through your music.

[@sidneybarrett8941]

Put on a great show in Atlanta on his last tour. Told a newspaper reporter one of the secrets to his sound was extra heavy duty strings - "You know that look on my face when I play - that's pain!"

[@1...MusicVideo]

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[@finddeniro]

I saw him at The Newport. .Open the show with a Trumpet. .Loud and Wild...Ah Memories. .Due Course . .Rest in Peace. .

[@rosebrains]

Heard this jam for the first time right now 8AM on a Sunday morning on 88.5 The Sound and HOT DAMN!

[@ericynot]

This might be the cheapest music video ever made ... and it's still cool as hell. I swing back by here every few months for another hit o' Dick-pickin'.

[@sunestorgaard1565]

+ericynot Cheap ? What do you mean ? It has zooming, timelapse, panorama, air planes and windmills. Not to mention a cool leather jacket, i cant ask for more in a musicvideo.

[@vvisions]

+Joseph Sheldahl Today or when the vídeo was shoot?

[@ericynot]

+Joseph Sheldahl Yeah, but surfing dogs don't come cheap :)

[@vvisions]

+Joseph Sheldahl Then rent a plane, shoot it doing a few laps and post a vídeo here. If you can do that you may prove your statement to me. But if you can't, then I'll keep saying that isnt cheap to shoot a vídeo like this, not because it look simple, but because there is needed a lot of things involved into the project. And most of them you have to pay for. Plus, if you can't rente a plane for vídeo shooting today, surely when it was done, it was way more expansive, and all other process a lot more expansive back in the day.

[@vvisions]

+Joseph Sheldahl blablablabla

[@StGlaciers]

Wow I was in this video, only ever caught a glimpse on Beavis and Butthead 😅

[@cassioamaral7096]

Surf Metal!

[@Toughguysdontdance12]

Fuck metal. This is surf rock son.

[@overlex]

fuck rock. this is surf metal son

[@gabrielceolato2]

fuck son this is surf metal rock

[@yellowbeanieboy2930]

They're minerals Marie

[@MaloMaloProductions]

This is way before poseur rock aka: Metal

[@opieangst]

29 years later, still a classic. RIP a LEGEND. coming from the younger generation(s), Ya did something right brother!

[@gonzalo0408]

¡Que grande Dick Dale! Mis respetos a uno de los MEJORES GUITARRISTAS de TODOS LOS TIEMPOS!!!!!

[@williejosher]

so glad to see you on the last tour, Dick. You are a legend.

[@TheMOSEPH]

One of my all time favorite guitarists.

[@jefflebowski6019]

That song would have blown up every amps of the world 50 years ago!! We miss you, man. Surf the cloudy waves of paradise

[@1...MusicVideo]

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[@rebeccabailey527]

If you know anything about amplifiers you would know that amps 50 years ago could easily handle it. The amp he used on this is the same amp he began using in the very very early 60s, or 70 years ago.

[@mustangjohhny]

All hail the king of the surf guitar

[@stanlygolashewski3934]

Awesome.. There is an old saying ( To be the man you must beat the man ).. As far as I can see Dick Dale will be the MAN forever.. No one can touch him !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mehran1384]

This is the song that makes my car jumps to 85 mph from 45 mph. Unbelievable speed.

[@brianlecloux6508]

Saw him play live several times. No one on the planet played the guitar better than Dale.

[@Mr60smusicman]

Absolutely unbelievable, I've seen him live and his playing was incredible, thanks for posting this gem!!

[@surfrocker2545]

The video with Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan....well need I say more. The best rendition of Pipeline, rock, surf music ever. I have been hooked ever since.

[@JuanAntoniof]

RIP, master and legend of Surf Rock!

[@GOFLuvr]

Awesome song! I saw Dick Dale on April 15'th.. He opened the show with this song, and I was already in a frenzy! Best of all, I filmed half the show!

[@shmackydoodRon]

I miss 90s music videos. All you had to do was have fun with a camera.

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

Damn… Hadn’t seen/heard this in a long while…🎸🤘☮️

[@Yamsaplenty]

RIP - long live the king of the surf guitar!

[@sammyday3341]

Incredible.

[@2011DanielHC]

FUCK! That is A M A Z I N G

[@rockinthe904]

Rest in Peace Dick Dale. Thank you for the amazing music and memories!

[@MartaAyoraBrazil]

Amo ouvir Dick Dale tocando S2

[@1...MusicVideo]

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[@berthoffman9273]

Why have I never heard of this genius until today? This video is brilliant. R. I. P.

[@1...MusicVideo]

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[@george77772moons]

that, ladies and gentlemen, is the man who literally melts guitar picks.

[@williamstamper442]

For real, the dedication cd from when i dont know because im so old i actually said CD... But showed a still frame time lapse of 1 guitar pic during Miserlou. It was shredded in no time. Just look it up dont take my old face comments for it

[@MojoMedicineMan]

Seen Dick once. Never seen anything like him before. Unique, confident and strong. 👍👍

[@Fellow_Traveller1985]

This gave Beavis a seziure.

[@jonnybgoode007]

OMFG!! I had the Privilege of seeing this Legend in concert right around 2006 or 2007 in Royal Oak, Michigan at a Venue known as "The Magic Bag Theater". He not only Rocked the lead, He rocked the Bass and the drums, as well. He was Very Nice. He Autographed a picture that I had bought during the show and shook My hand. May the Good Lord Rest Your Soul. Dick Dale is definitely in Rock and Roll Heaven.

[@jimmytgoose476]

These comments are riddled with scene/genre bores . Dick kicked ass , was creative, distinctive and influential . And nobody gives a shit if you think otherwise .

[@seetheforest]

Left handed, upside down, and still the fastest fingers the world has ever seen. I just watch in amazement. #seetheforest

[@dmsdrumcovers9506]

The man. RIP, loved Dick Dale.

[@kenthomas9051]

In early 1963 Dick used to play at the National Guard armory in Riverside most Saturday nights. I was in the Marine Corps at the time stationed at Pendleton and my dad had a house in Anaheim. A buddy and I would come up for the weekend and dad let me borrow his car to drive to Riverside. He would pack the place and most probably don't know that he could play just about any instrument which he used to do on "Surfin' Drums". There would be no heavy metal without Dick Dale.

[@nikobellic5638]

1:42 notice that he plays wth his left hand an inverted righ-handed guitar

[@JiinPolanco]

+Niko Bellic Notice that the girl at 1:38 dont have Bra :P

[@ronreno5702]

that is a lefty guitar,not a flipped righty

[@alonzogarbanzo]

Indeed it is, the body and electronics hardware at least, but notice that it's strung upside-down (with the bass E string closest to the floor, which ain't normal on either right-or left-handed guitars). Dick's customized lefty Strat had a nut and bridge set up for standard right-handed stringing, which he always used.

[@alonzogarbanzo]

Dick D and Libba Cotton. Hats off to both of 'em.

[@robjontay5052]

He had Leo Fender build him a special guitar. But Dick started out just turning a right handed guitar upside down. Even till his passing he played the guitar strung upside down!

[@striga314]

Man, reading Steel Ball Run while listening to this was a blast...

[@XM95K]

Surf rock is father of punk,goth,metal and psychedellic rock

[@meatbundle]

Wow this sounds so cool! I got to open 2 shows for him. Nice guy with a lot to say. WOW! Love this music. So long guru. Thanks for the great music and lessons.

[@aaaaaaaabre]

Wait, hold the fuck on! He is left handed yet he DID NOT change the order of the strings? BAD-ASS!

[@WASTON125]

YES,...WHY ?....CUZ, THIS....IS DICK DALE !!!!!!! ;)

[@aaaaaaaabre]

Dick Dale = Batman? o.O

[@kvhamondLH]

dick dale = spirit of jimi hendrix

[@MrShnigglepuff]

Beast of the Nor'east LOL

[@HunterMann]

Beast of the Nor'east True, but Elizabeth Cotton was born before Dick Dale... If you don't know her guitar style or name, just see how many people have recorded her legendary song "Freight Train", wow!

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

The budget for this video wouldn’t fill my tank in 2024.

[@bufonoise]

Surf/Metal/Punk

[@mikestrimbu1071]

Get this man in the R&R Hall of Fame. He should have been in long ago!

[@SWITCHBLADE6945]

This is the greatest music video ever made

[@movegroove8747]

Purely AMAZING! I love his style! This video rocks too. I am Blown Away by it!

[@garysnow1475]

Left handed guitar player who d kept the strings The Way they were.

[@r.wesleydukes2825]

I'll always miss you, buddy, thank you for your Music, kindness and friendship

[@joebryant680]

Damn this guy is one cool guitarist!

[@rsaums]

Rip mr.Dick dale, Killer guitar skills!, surf on!!!🏄🎸🎷

[@StonedReviewer]

Didnt know Steven Seagall was this good at guitar

[@elrincondelocutre9884]

He had to be good at something, i think

[@alicewilson1913]

The energy and power of this is what electric guitar is all about.

[@robertcubinelli4961]

The inventor of surf music !!!!!!🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶⚡⚡🤟👍👍👀😎😎😎😎

[@harveymushman2219]

My Bro played his guitar like that a right hand guitar to the left upside down Dale...Hendrix...My Bro...Dale came out of a bar he was playing at in San Luis Obispo and I was sitting in my 67 VW bus cross the street...he was playing his guitar and he stopped at my drivers door as he played...we had a moment I will never forget...

[@yucatansuckaman5726]

He's getting pitted with god on those sky waves now. Rest in peace Mr Dale!!!!!

[@tiltil9442]

So pitted!

[@yucatansuckaman5726]

@@tiltil9442 so pitted my dude....👍😌👍

[@shadyganley8877]

Duuuuuuuuuude

[@yucatansuckaman5726]

@@shadyganley8877 👍😵🚬

[@ChristChickAutistic]

RRHOF, you're on notice. FINALLY you inducted Link, now you HAVE to induct Dick!!!!

[@Housephonestimes4]

That's real music! I love zero distortion! Every guitarist should learn from Dick Dale!

[@richsackett3423]

If you love "zero distortion" then keep looking.

[@slagit]

Dang what kind of spuds downvote such great music!!! Dang!

[@danielmccool3592]

Dick Dale lives in the town over from me, so most of this is places here in so cal, the windmills are along SR62 off the 10 Freeway and the desert scenes are in an area called Wonder Valley, so i pretty much live in this music video

[@ruthlesslamb6986]

Still fucking dope after all these years

[@josefilipesampaio]

damn cool groove. this guys breaks the scale of the geniusnessss. 1:11 what a play

[@lakoncers13]

a superb left handed guitar player playing a right handed guitar upside down can create an unbelievable sound that you never hear. Hendrix and Dale

[@hmackie6823]

Dick's not just a picker,he is a founder in rock,particular beach music

[@martinmacary5946]

Rest In Peace Dick and thank you for all the music. It was a pleasure knowing you and having pizza with you in New Haven.

[@christopherbishop6172]

Dick Dale is so amazing, he surfs in deserts.

[@slacktide5675]

Dick was the man … saw him live twice back in the day and he put on a great show

[@placer7412]

I just wanna say that little lick he does at :56-:57 sounds really interesting in the context of the song? Like its really bright , I just thought it was a cool contrast

[@ericdebord]

awesome.......... keep on keepin on..... lifes a garden....... dig it.....

[@rajvnvlvmc8830]

Guitar God.

[@ronkirk5099]

The music I grew up with as a surfer kid in S Cali during the 60's.

[@lolley1000]

I tend to play Dick Dale's music while I am mud riding ...... these other Alabama boys get a kick out of it !!!!!

[@leftymcnally6913]

RIP to the greatest lefty of the all, one of the greatest of them all period, and one of my all time favs

[@vaibanez17]

This song sounds like if you programmed a computer to be able to play surf rock then made it listen to every surf rock ever made, and then it mashed up everything into one song.

[@darrenkrivit6854]

RIP legend groundbreaker rocker😎

[@crazygzag]

Dick Dale 's surfing on the waves of rock' n roll, great moment, thanks

[@2199SPUDMAN]

Isn't this like a freight train going through your face?? Wow!!!