Living Water-A Surfer's Mass
The Malibooz
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Benedicite | The Malibooz | 3:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Kyrie | The Malibooz | 1:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Gloria | The Malibooz | 2:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Bitter Water | The Malibooz | 4:50 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Alleluia | The Malibooz | 0:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Crest Then Broken | The Malibooz | 5:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Holy Holy | The Malibooz | 1:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Doxology/Amen | The Malibooz | 1:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Lamb of God | The Malibooz | 2:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Summer Wind | The Malibooz | 3:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Caught a Wave | The Malibooz | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Benedicite Reprise | The Malibooz | 1:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Album Review
One of the charms of surf music has always been its unpretentiousness: it is simple, stirring rock music devoted to the joys of surfing. In that sense, combining it with religious dogma seems a stretch, but that's what veteran musicians John Zambetti and Walter Egan have done on Living Water (The Surfer's Mass). The album is exactly what it says it is, a combination of the prayers said in Latin in a Catholic Mass with surf music, so that the Malibooz sing, "Kyrie Eleison" with Beach Boys-like harmonies over Dick Dale-style guitar, and follow with "Gloria" at a ballad tempo that suggests "Surfer Girl." Much of the time, the album is reminiscent not so much of early surf music as of later evolutions of it, especially the Beach Boys' 1971 album Surf's Up, that is, if you can imagine that album containing a song called "Lamb of God." No doubt seriously intended, Living Water (The Surfer's Mass) nevertheless has an "only in California" quirkiness to it that many listeners may find more humorous than inspiring. But maybe it will lead to the creation of a new musical genre: Christian Surf Music; at very least, it gives new meaning to the phrase, "Pray for surf."
Customer Reviews
A very special and unique CD
You needn't be a surfer or even a Catholic to appreciate the beauty and simplicity of The Malibooz "Living Waters: The Surfer's Mass." I really appreciate this musical expression of spirituality very much. It brings to mind my teenaged years in the 70s when I would play guitar at tent revivals and guitar masses...and we looked for the spiritual in a variety of musical styles. God bless this band for making such a wonderful CD. I hope more people will take notice of it soon and appreciate it as much as I do.
Biography
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '80s, '90s
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