Surfing with the Alien...remember this anyone???

[Advanced Dark]

http://rants-raves-and-reviews.blogspot.com/2007/02/you-too-can-jam-with-silver-surfer-im.html

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Yup. A friend of mine loved Satriani and used to play this all the time at work.

 

[Iron Maiden]

Yes! I actually remember seeing this LP in the stores but I couldn't buy it. My allowance didn't allow for anything but 45's back then, which you could buy 3 for a dollar! t:

I think it is mentioned in an FF letters pages or maybe one of Stan's columns to the fans back then.

 

[Agent 194]

I made mention of this a few months ago. I commented that it would be cool to hear it in the film even if it happend to be someone's IPOD as he sailed by. Several posters said I was silly for bringing it up and that it had no business in the film. It did good things for Satriani's career and brought a new spot light on Silver Surfer to a new audience and generation. As I pointed out at the time, he's even re done his image with the Surfer in mind and had a silver guitar patterned after SS, so why not pay homage to him and the Surfer at the same time. Makes sense to me.

 

[Agent 194]

I never saw it on a 45 though. It's not that old and I've only seen it on CD.

 

[Malus]

I picked up the Cd back in 1988. Came out in '87 I think.

I'll be surprised if they don't sneak a bit of it into FF2 somewhere.
(Though I wouldn't want to see it as the Surfer's theme or anything.)

 

[Fantastic-Boy]

I think they won't Malus!

 

[Malus]

I think they won't Malus!

Okay, then!

 

[Agent 194]

I picked up the Cd back in 1988. Came out in '87 I think.

I'll be surprised if they don't sneak a bit of it into FF2 somewhere.
(Though I wouldn't want to see it as the Surfer's theme or anything.)

By the way,....is that John Byrne art for that cover? I've always wondered who is was.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

That is very John Byrne.
What I wondered was if they used an existing drawing or he if got payed to do it especially for the album, and if so, how much.

If I'd been in charge, you can bet it'd've been a Jack Kirby.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

So much more dynamic/iconic...it's not even funny.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

*sings Barbara Streisand's "Memories"*

 

[Agent 194]

Wilhelm that top one is cool.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I know, the contrast between the minute details on the buildings and the plainish white Surfer in the foreground is so cool.
I don't think you saw a lot of artists doing crazy-ass detailed cityscapes like that back then.

Plus the awesome asymmetry of the Nike Sw00sh-like trail behind his board.

Whew...Kirby is God.

 

[Agent 194]

I too wonder if Byrne was hired to do that or if it came from somewhere originally. Maybe it's kind of like when John Buscema would do things for Hasbro like Big Jim comics and not get any credit for it.

 

[Malus]

I too wonder if Byrne was hired to do that or if it came from somewhere originally. Maybe it's kind of like when John Buscema would do things for Hasbro like Big Jim comics and not get any credit for it.

It's from the 48-page Silver Surfer one-shot by Stan Lee, John Byrne & Tom Palmer, published in 1982.
I just read it a few weeks ago. If I can find it again, I'll can scan and post the original panel.

 

[Malus]

Here's the cover:

 

[Malus]

The Satriani album cover is taken from this sequence:

 

[Malus]

We learn that after the Surfer betrayed Galactus, his home planet was forfeit. Galactus returned to Zenn-La and consumed it:

Final page from the story:

 

[Ahura Mazda]

You know the funny thing about the Satriani album is I brought up the impending FF4 movie and when I mentionned the SS, the only link these people could think of was the album therefore it did serve some marketing purpose.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Whoa, cool to know after all these years.
Should've kept the hand. Trippier.

 

[Joe Kerr]

i've met satch, a few times, he's pretty cool

 

[Agent 194]

All very cool. I always knew that was Byrne. An interesting take on the Lee/Buscema origin.

I still say Satriani has a unique association to the character that would be interesting to include. If only for a small fan base. But after all, comic book fans are a unique fan base unto themselves.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

No, that would be mega-CHeeZ like having the Spin Doctors playing in the background at Lex Luthor's headquarters. *shudder*