Buddy Holly - Rave On

[mix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y9gb3NUGkk

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. love it.

love him.

gone too soon.

[cbdo2007]

2. Kick for Buddy

He's one of my favorites and that's my favorite of his songs.

How old are you all? I'm 32 and don't find many other people my age that are big BH fans. I've got as many songs and videos as I can find, I've visited the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake which was interesting, and visited the statue in Lubbock. Stupid me didn't do enough research though and missed his house and grave in Lubbock :(

Still trying to convince my wife to hike out in the field with me the next time we're going through Clear Lake to visit the crash site memorial.

[mix]

4. I need to get to Lubbock, maybe this December...this tune just haunts me.

[abq e streeter]

11. Hi cbdo...I'm 58 , and Buddy had just died a couple of years before I started listning to R&R

that's way cool that you're so knowledgeable and into Buddy and his music. I haven't been to Lubbock since before they put up the statue, in fact, was just passing through for the night anyway, in a hurry to get to Austin...I need to get back there and have also always wanted to make a pilgrimage (that's how I see it) to the Surf Ballroom and the crash site too. Wish I could have done it this year especially. As I said, I started listening to rocknroll (on WLS in Chicago) in'61. October actually; I've looked back at old Billboard charts and can pinpoint almost the exact week I started listening ( I remember Sandy Nelson, Chubby Checker,and Dion were among the very first artists I became aware of). One of the WLS jocks though, was a guy by the name of Bob Hale, and even at 10 years old, I was aware of how emotional he always sounded when introducing an "oldie" by Buddy ( or Ritchie or the Bopper) and 48 years later I can still hear him saying how much "we miss him". It was many years later that I discovered that Hale had been the MC at the show at the Surf Ballroom and was one of the 2 or 3 people that saw Buddy , Ritchie and The Bopper off at the airport (he was also a neighbor of pilot Roger Peterson, so knew him as well).Out here in New Mexico, where Buddy of course recorded, you can still every once in a while, run into old timers who knew him, or Norman and Vi Petty; or his backup singers, The Picks, and The Roses etc. And The Fireballs, who also recorded there , are still around too...........rock on....and rave on, cbdo

[Skittles]

3. *sniff*

a wonderful talent :cry:

[texanwitch]

5. I am 55 and I don't remember Buddy Holly.

He was a great talent.

He would have given Elvis a run for his money.

[rurallib]

10. I always thought Buddy Holly was much much better than Elvis

Elvis was mostly a singer. Holly wrote and performed his own stuff. He was an inspiration to the Beatles etc.
Some of the stuff he recorded was far ahead of its time. True Love Ways was always my favorite.

[abq e streeter]

12. absolutely valid points, but Elvis was the one who inspired Buddy, and Orbison

and all the other West Texas boys to do rock and roll in the first place.

[texanwitch]

18. I just turned 5 when the plane went down .

I wish he would have stayed on the bus.

I never was fan of Elvis, I was to young for Beatles.

That plane took a lot of talent with it.

Rock would have sounded different if Buddy Holly would have been around.

[abq e streeter]

6. From Norman Petty studio in beautiful, exotic Clovis New Mexico...to the world

[Gabi Hayes]

7. thanks for that. now this:

Buddy Holly at the Apollo, from the amazing movie with Gary Busey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkCZDB9r4V0

[WolverineDG]

17. They all look alike to me

best line in the movie. :rofl:

dg

[old mark]

8. I still remember hearing his music on the radio, staying up late

at night (11pm).
Great songwriter, guitar player and all round musician. Listen to Buddy and hear the Beatles, Stones, Beach Boys, Hollies, ets. He is like Les Paul - their work influences and affects people today who have never even heard their names.
I'm glad to see this post and that people still love his music.

mark

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. mix

I love this tune. I never thought anyone else could do it. With that said, give this a listen and tell me what you think of this version:

http://www.youtube.com/v/C4DK4_TMgnk&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b

[mix]

16. I love it...but I miss the piano.

[GCP]

13. This is my favorite Buddy Holly song - 'Well All Right'

Being covered here, but still great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Hms23DCXY

[cbdo2007]

14. Don't forget the excellent Blind Faith version -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDXu61ZXgWE

This is just the audio recording but is better than their live version where Steve Winwood's vocals are hit or miss. Great cover!

[GCP]

15. I'd completely forgotten that one!

And I saw them perform it at their Hyde Park concert in 1969.

[Twillig]

19. Buddy Holly couldn't make this photo shoot, and George Mikan had to fill in.

Obviously he's easily a foot taller than the rest of the band.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. You cannot fault a song that begins with "A wella hella hella little things you say and do...

...make me want to be with you-hoo-hoo..."

Although my primary memory of the song is Rick Nelson's cover version in the final years of his life. He'd finally moved past the "Garden Party" thing ("If memories are all I sing, I'd rather drive a truck") and went out with pride, performing the "Ricky" Nelson hits (often on a double bill with Fats Domino).

"Rave On" was one of his final studio recordings. The ultimate irony here is that the song was recorded by a rock & roll legend who died in a plane crash, and was written and made famous by a rock & roll legend who died in a plane crash.

BOTH died too young. W-A-Y too young.

:toast: