# Need help identifying a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277 "2011-05-18T02:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/1 "2011-05-18T02:33:32Z")
Need help identifying a song from this riff (starting at 1:53 to 2:03). I’ve tried the soundtrack from Pulp Fiction and the Top 100 surf songs but nothing’s jumping out at me. BTW, I’m finding out surf tunes are cool! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/2 "2011-05-18T02:35:00Z")
No link in that post, **PlainJain**. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/3 "2011-05-18T02:38:12Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No link in that post, **PlainJain**. [Sorry.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cxNeonrw6c&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/4 "2011-05-18T02:43:32Z")
[Misirlou](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8) [The version your familiar with](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fRRnrevc8M) with the Ha Ha Haaa at the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/5 "2011-05-18T02:49:15Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > [Misirlou](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8) > [The version your familiar with](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fRRnrevc8M) with the Ha Ha Haaa at the beginning. That’s it! Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/6 "2011-05-18T02:50:02Z")
It’s the second track on the _Pulp Fiction_ soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/7 "2011-05-18T02:51:40Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > That’s it! Thank you. No problem, as soon as I heard the riff, my brain said “Ha ha haaaa…hey where’s the…oh he’s just showing us how to play it” but I knew it was the opening song from Pulp Fiction so I looked up the name on IMDB. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/8 "2011-05-18T03:05:31Z")
Interesting to note that[Dick Dale played a right-handed guitar left handed.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqnlRxg9tU&feature=related) Weird looking! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-song/582277/9 "2011-05-18T03:15:46Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Interesting to note that[Dick Dale played a right-handed guitar left handed.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqnlRxg9tU&feature=related) Weird looking! But the real question is…is it restrung? That is, could he pick up any guitar and play it or would he have to restring it first? ETA, no, he didn’t, you can see it in my first link. Low E is as the bottom.