# Oldie rock instrumental, please help identify
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 22, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121 "2002-08-22T19:20:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121/1 "2002-08-22T19:20:07Z")
I’ve wondered for years what this tune is, and I’m hoping one of the musical Dopers can help. I don’t know what key it’s in, but for the purposes of describing the melody let’s say it’s in C.
The main melody is played by a horn of some kind, probably a sax, and goes something like this:
E,C, (down to)F,F,F,G (repeat)
C,C, (down to)A,C,C,E,D.
Under the horn there’s kind of an eigth-note rhythm guitar shuffle.
From the sound I’d say it’s early or mid 1960’s vintage, but I’m fairly sure it’s not from one of the better known acts of the time like The Ventures.
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### Author:  [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121/2 "2002-08-22T19:22:43Z")
Oh hell, I goofed: the first line of the melody should be
E,C, (down to)A,A,A,B (repeat)
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121/3 "2002-08-22T20:43:20Z")
Can you at least give a time signature (march? waltz? common time?) and how long each note is held?
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### Author:  [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121/4 "2002-08-22T21:49:15Z")
It’s 4/4, and I think the tempo would be called “medium rock” on a score.
Note duration is obviously hard to represent here, but I think the opening 2 notes would be halves, based on 4/4. The next four notes are eights, and the last one before the repeat is another half, making up a 2 bar phrase.
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2002, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121/5 "2002-08-23T01:29:57Z")
It is [Wild Weekend by The Rockin’ Rebels](http://www.offshoreechos.com/offshorethemes/Sounds%202/Wild%20weekend.mp3)
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### Author:  [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121/6 "2002-08-23T01:37:00Z")
Not that I’ve ever heard it but I think it might be “The Lonely Surfer” by Jack Nitzsche. You can preview it here: [http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,473692,00.html](http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,473692,00.html)
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### Author:  [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121/7 "2002-08-23T16:21:36Z")
Thanks everyone for responding. It sounds like I need to fix something on my computer here, because I can’t listen to the link.
But in any event I don’t think it sounds like a surf tune, so **K364** is possibly correct, as his title sounds appropriate.
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### Author:  [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldie-rock-instrumental-please-help-identify/125121/8 "2002-08-23T21:05:08Z")
**Javaman** - It IS your song! I’m sure!
Try right-clicking on the link and choose “Save target as…” You’ll end up with an MPEG audio on your hard drive. This can be played with any audio player.