This was a special show playing a band from each medaling nation from least to most Olympic medals, starting at 29th place. Using this fancy tool from NY Times I set the value of a gold medal to 2x that of a silver medal, which was 2x that of a Bronze. I had actually started working on this on Saturday night and found a bunch of cool surf bands from nations lesser known for surf, but by Monday morning the medal count had shifted and they didn't make the cut. So I actually had songs ready for over 40 nations!
I tried to choose bands there were representative of their nations, usually either by popularity or by recency.
Apologies for some technical issues on this one.
SERBIA: Moussaka - Jednoj ženi (1111)
INDONESIA: the mentawais - bonzer stomp (ombak bagus)
AUSTRIA: balu & die surfgrammeln - tungurahua (pepe - a tale of love and and passion)
ECUADOR: the struendos - surf twist (the struendos)
VENEZUELA: los javelin - luna de margarita (cocktail caracas)
SWEDEN: the barbwires - you son of a beach (searider)
ROMANIA: the groovy times - get on the board (ice cream season ep)
SLOVENIA: bitch boys - Twenty Thousand Leagues (ride the first wave)
DENMARK: tremolo beer gut - the reno bundle (you can't handle the)
GEORGIA: nothing!
SPAIN: Los Tiki Phantoms - kilahuea (regresan de la tumba)
HUNGARY: eskimo lunettes - tiny monsters (1.)
COBA: The Trashmen - malagueña (Surfin' Bird) -- originally by Cuban Composer Ernesto Lecuona
CROATIA: the bambi moletsers - panic party (as the dark wave swells)
BRAZIL: dead rocks - super ant monster (international brazillians surfs)
TAIWAN: los coronados - ready, steady, no! (surfin' taiwan)
CZECH REPUBLIC: The Miserable Ones - Astronaut (ziki records live session)
SWITZERLAND: stereophonic space sound unlimited - the nubian wasp (studio 37)
NEW ZEALAND:Planet of the Tapes - Fish (South Pacific Surf Trash)
CANADA: Mark Malibu and the Wasagas - Into the Soup (Dance Party a-go-go)
NETHERLANDS: chung kings - sombra (Chung Kings present Surf-o-Tica)
S. KOREA: say sue me - fight the shark (say sue me)
GERMANY: The Kilaueas - La Gondola Lactasia (Touch My Alien)
FRANCE: les agamemnonz - artemis (amateurs)
ITALY: surfer joe - hiroshi no subarashii ramen (swell of dwell)
AUSTRALIA: The Atlantics - Thunder Downunder (Flight of the Surf Guitar 21st Anniversary Edition)
GREAT BRITAIN: The Shadows - Wonderful Land (Shadows are go!)
JAPAN: takeshi Terauchi & His Blue Jeans - Matsu no Midori (Rashomon)
RUSSIA: Messer Chups - Horror Express (Don't Say Cheese)
RUSSIA: bamboogie injections - and stellar wind comes (orbit chaos)
USA: The Ventures - Action Plus (Where the Action is)
USA: Dick Dale - The Victor (King of the Surf Guitar)
USA: Daikaiju - cocklobster (Single)
CHINA: boss cuts - the beast (psycho nite a-go-go!)
out of time!
