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Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 7:30 pm
by toomanyhelicopters_Archive
Buddy Holly was old-school. You can tell cause he's been gone a long, long time. Rate Buddy Holly focusing on his kickin' ass at being old-school and breaking ground and stuff, such as:
-Popularized the Dork Glasses aka Indie Glasses aka Empty Bottle Dresscode that probably 50% of us wear (mine are tortoise-shell, JEALOUS?)
-Popularized the whole rockstars-dying-young-before-they-have-a-chance-to-get-all-fat-and-old-and-totally-go-in-the-shitter movement (no Elvis pun intended)
-Universe's first known use of slapping one's legs as a percussion instrument (okay, that *way* predates him, but let's act like it was original)
-Named "Buddy"
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:03 pm
by kane_Archive
I'd be his Buddy
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:47 pm
by Lazybones_Archive
Gary Busey IS Buddy Holly.
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:33 pm
by mattw_Archive
Just don't mention...you know...
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:36 pm
by Angriest_Dragon_Archive
Weezer is ten times more old school than Buddy Holly
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:24 am
by Mark Lansing_Archive
Good singer, great songwriter, he could rock that Stratocaster but good, and created a template that thousands of geek rockers follow to this day. His music endures for a good reason -- it's simple and sublime. And he died so that Waylon Jennings could live (well, not on purpose, but that's how it worked out). Not Crap.
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:38 pm
by John W_Archive
Shit, I'm listening to his stuff right now and it's just killing me. He always makes me feel so good. And the recordings sound so clear. I can't imagine what rock music would've been like without Buddy.
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:10 pm
by rocker654_Archive
So good.
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:24 pm
by Brett Eugene Ralph_Archive
"Everyday" is a marvelous song.
The hiccupy delivery I so reviled as a teen is now one of the things I like best about Buddy Holly. That and his excellent songwriting.
Not crap.
Old-School : Buddy Holly
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:11 am
by steve_Archive
Buddy Holly makes me nostalgic, and I am not prone to nostalgia. I love the directness of his lyrics, and the plainness of the images in them.
"Goin' faster than a rollercoaster..." what a perfect phrase! It conjures a careening, giddy, somewhat frightening experience, under the guise of "going faster." Perfect!
And it isn't an experiential reference! The protagonist recognizes this quality and longs for it! He says it will "surely come my way." Buddy Holly has brought us into the mind of a young man pining after a woman, all the while expressing the mad sensations he hopes to experience when he finally gets her, as he is sure he will!
Buddy Holly, you were an ordinary guy who played cool songs with his buddies! I admire you!