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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: AWMac on February 03, 2007, 06:12:00 PM
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Buddy Holly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly)
A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, theyd be happy for a while.
But february made me shiver
With every paper Id deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldnt take one more step.
I cant remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.
So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
Singin, thisll be the day that I die.
Thisll be the day that I die.
Did you write the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that youre in love with him
`cause I saw you dancin in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.
I was a lonely teenage broncin buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died.
I started singin,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
And singin, thisll be the day that I die.
Thisll be the day that I die.
Now for ten years weve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin stone,
But thats not how it used to be.
When the jester sang for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from james dean
And a voice that came from you and me,
Oh, and while the king was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.
And while lennon read a book of marx,
The quartet practiced in the park,
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died.
We were singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
And singin, thisll be the day that I die.
Thisll be the day that I die.
Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
And singin, thisll be the day that I die.
Thisll be the day that I die.
Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devils only friend.
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that satans spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
And singin, thisll be the day that I die.
Thisll be the day that I die.
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
Where Id heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldnt play.
And in the streets: the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.
And they were singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
Singin, thisll be the day that I die.
Thisll be the day that I die.
They were singing,
Bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye
Singin, thisll be the day that I die.
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Was so sad to see you go so young.
Mac
:cry
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:mad::mad::mad:RYE IS A KIND OF WHISKEY:mad::mad::mad::furious:furious:furious
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whats yer poison tonight mac?
Admiral Vernon's unpretentious Rum is what I'se knocking back.
ahh those old Naval officers and their rums
Great guys they is
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For some reason I have never really cared for that song. In fact, I think I hate it. Yes, upon reflection...... I am sure of it. That I hate it. I hate that song.
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Old Overshoes
(http://www.shoppersvineyard.com/img/productImages/01061.gif)
Teh Sux
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Admiral Vernon could beat the shiznet out of that old coot on the bottle anyday.
A tag team match with that geezer and Jim Beam, vs Admiral Vernon and Captain Morgan would rock hardcore
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The day music died for me was the day Greenday played "Time of your life". But then again, I like punk music. Nothing else quite means as much anymore.
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Mr. Holly you will be surly missed for years to come :(
truly the day a huge part of music died :(
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Any day that I run out of my "Johnnie Walker Black" is the day the music died.:(
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Originally posted by Pooh21
Admiral Vernon could beat the shiznet out of that old coot on the bottle anyday.
A tag team match with that geezer and Jim Beam, vs Admiral Vernon and Captain Morgan would rock hardcore
i dunno
that old dude has been thriving for centuries in one of the most inhospitable, caustic envronments on the planet, hes got to be tough by now
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The music died somewhere between Justice For All, and the main stream grunge.
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Originally posted by Mustaine
Mr. Holly you will be surly missed for years to come :(
truly the day a huge part of music died :(
Mustaine is the only one that read into what was said.
Following the February 2, 1959 performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy Holly chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza to take him and his new Crickets band (Tommy Allsup, Carl Bunch and Waylon Jennings) to Fargo, North Dakota. Carl Bunch did not take the flight as he was hospitalized for frostbite three days earlier. J.P. Richardson, "The Big Bopper" came down with the flu and didn't feel comfortable on the bus, so Jennings gave his plane seat to him. Ritchie Valens had never flown on a small plane and requested Allsup's seat. They flipped a coin, Valens called heads and won the toss. The four-passenger Beechcraft Bonanza took off in extremely cold but otherwise good flying weather at around 1:05 A.M. but crashed only a few minutes after takeoff. The wreckage was discovered several hours later by the plane's owner, Jerry Dwyer, some 8 miles distant from the airport, on the property of Albert Juhl. The crash killed Holly, Valens, Richardson, and the 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson, leaving Holly's pregnant bride, Maria Elena Holly, a widow (she miscarried soon after).
This was what Don McClean reffered to in his Song "American Pie". His song refers to this tragic incident that occurred 48 Years ago on Feb 2nd.
Mac
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51 mac, geez :D
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Buddy Holly's Strat from that night (http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/guitar.html)
The third from last picture is spine tingling. The Strat rode in the bus with Jennings and Co.
Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochrane, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were a tragic loss.
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Originally posted by storch
51 mac, geez :D
2007
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48
Storch I think yer missing some toes there Bud.
:D
Mac
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In an interview Shooter Jennings said that the last conversation his dad had had with Buddy Holly haunted him for the rest of his life. Apparently Holly had joked with Waylon about his six hour bus trip in a bus with no heater and how he would be thinking of him when he was in his warm hotel room and Jennings answered that he hoped that the plane would crash.
He never got over the fact that he was supposed to be on that plane.
"American Pie" is less about Buddy Holly dying than about what happened to rock and roll after he died. MacClean obviously didn't like the British invasion and the flower power vibe of the sixties. While I don't agree with the message of the song it's thinly vieled metaphors about the fall of Elvis and it's swipes at the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were brillianly written and it is one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) pop songs that actually says something ever written.
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The closest it came for me was when Layne Staley died, the best singer i've ever heard, what a voice. But music will never die and you are a fool to think it ever will...
R.I.P Layne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuBmGvSNz8k&mode=related&search=)
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wasn't the accident in 1955?
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it is one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) pop songs that actually says something ever written.
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Thats purely a matter of opinion. It is a well written song but very long in the tooth and its sentiment is not shared by everyone. Had Holly survived I doubt the Beatles or Stones would have failed to occur. And also, I don't find Holly's music to be such that, had he lived, it would have markedly improved beyond the basic three chord progression he stylized. His lyrical writing was so very very basic. I seriously doubt the guy would have amounted to much more than he already was. But who knows.....he died young.
RIP Buddy Holly
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oops brain fart james dean died in 1955.
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Buddy Holly's Strat from that night
I awlays thought he took his guitar along with him, inventing a signature Jimmy Hendrix move ...
(http://www.strungoutguitars.com/archiveimages/thumbs/thguitaronfire.jpg)
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I've played the Surf Ballroom twice. The first time I was there it was very ominous. But at the same time, very cheap. The only reason they are still open today is from the publicity and a few momentos. They still have the wooden phone booth roped off where Holly made his last call. Maybe his last bowel movement is in bronze somewhere too.
The coolest thing about that place are the sigs in the green room of all the artists that have played there. Almost everyone is on that wall from the last 45 years. We spent at least 90 minutes before a show just reading it.
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Enjoy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHkT2YfqHE4)
Pfffft Green Day? lasersailor you have alotta growing up to do.
:aok
Mac
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Originally posted by AWMac
Enjoy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHkT2YfqHE4)
Pfffft Green Day? lasersailor you have alotta growing up to do.
:aok
Mac
people like that and squealer scare me about the knowledge of the future some times :(
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"Not Fade Away"
One of the best pop songs. Ever.
Another great Texas musical great gone too early.
Ya hear that Mac? He was a Texan.
Thank god for the red river? Ya sure 'bout that?
:D
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Buddy Holly's Strat from that night (http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/guitar.html)
The third from last picture is spine tingling. The Strat rode in the bus with Jennings and Co.
Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochrane, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were a tragic loss.
The 2 most famous Strat's from Texas players were sunbursts. A '58....droooooooooooool!!!!!
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Stevie Ray comes a distant second--- I still thank him for leading us out of the 80's techno-crap and back to blues-based rock-n-roll, if only for a while. What passes for such today has no tie to blues, which is where rock-n-roll came from:cry
(I remember, in the 6th grade when that song came out, our music teacher spent like 2 weeks discussing it--the guy spent like YEARS writing it)
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Buddy Holly's Strat from that night (http://www.buddyhollyonline.com/guitar.html)
The third from last picture is spine tingling. The Strat rode in the bus with Jennings and Co.
Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochrane, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were a tragic loss.
Late to the thread. Thanks for that link. Talk about a piece of history. My late son's Tele is a sunburst. I kinda feel the same way when I hold it as the Fender guy does with Buddy's
Put me in the loves "American Pie" category. It's a great brief history of rock and roll in that song. All kinds of references to folks in it.
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Originally posted by Guppy35
Late to the thread. Thanks for that link. Talk about a piece of history. My late son's Tele is a sunburst. I kinda feel the same way when I hold it as the Fender guy does with Buddy's
Put me in the loves "American Pie" category. It's a great brief history of rock and roll in that song. All kinds of references to folks in it.
your welcome bro!
Karaya