Buddy Holly
That'll Be The Day
From The Original Masters
(1958)

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bachbeet
Apr 20, 2013 - 22:42
I appreciate Buddy more and more as the years pass. Really wish talents like his and too many others' weren't taken so young.


gatorade
Apr 20, 2013 - 22:41
How is this not Godlike? {#Notworthy}


freddyfender
Apr 04, 2013 - 23:02
That_SOB wrote:


Your comment is akin to saying " I don't like Henry Ford nor his inventions...... "
I guess there will always be those who "Rave On."

No it's not.


Pedro1874
Dec 16, 2012 - 10:02
This was the first single to hit UK in '57 and was one of the records that turned me on to rock n roll. RIP Buddy.



Kanuffen
Nov 15, 2012 - 00:53
gjr wrote:
the ORIGINAL Beatle!!!

Absolutely! The Beatles modelled themselves (initially) after The Crickets! Buddy Holly, the founder of the 'nerd rocker' look. ;)


gjr
May 09, 2012 - 19:44
the ORIGINAL Beatle!!! {#Bananajam}


treatment_bound
Jan 08, 2012 - 19:43
terrapin52 wrote:
I love Buddy Holly's cover of this Linda Ronstadt song. Just kidding!





It's on this Linda record, which came out in '76. The album cover made everybody's Bicentennial bashes just a little bit better...




maxmox
Nov 01, 2011 - 11:59
kingart wrote:
In this our time, this song is trite and banal. In it's 1958 time, it was groundbreaking. Buddy Holly is one of the original masters of rock and roll. If you underestimate his influence on any number of paradigm-shifting music acts of the 60s or 70s—like, you know, minor bands like The Beatles, or The Who, or Elvis (both Presley and Costello, OK?)—then you don't know music and you need aural surgery. As a matter of fact, some of your comments expose that you don't know very much. A 2? Have you got a friggin' pulse?
And the title, btw, you geniuses who disparage, is a wry allusion to a line repeated by Ethan Edwards (that would be the character of John Wayne) in the classic 1956 western, The Searchers: that'll be the day.

so just wash your mouth out, junior!



terrapin52
Sep 30, 2011 - 18:25
I love Buddy Holly's cover of this Linda Ronstadt song. Just kidding! {#Tongue}


kingart
Aug 30, 2011 - 08:57
In this our time, this song is trite and banal. In it's 1958 time, it was groundbreaking. Buddy Holly is one of the original masters of rock and roll. If you underestimate his influence on any number of paradigm-shifting music acts of the 60s or 70s—like, you know, minor bands like The Beatles, or The Who, or Elvis (both Presley and Costello, OK?)—then you don't know music and you need aural surgery. As a matter of fact, some of your comments expose that you don't know very much. A 2? Have you got a friggin' pulse?
And the title, btw, you geniuses who disparage, is a wry allusion to a line repeated by Ethan Edwards (that would be the character of John Wayne) in the classic 1956 western, The Searchers: that'll be the day.


That_SOB
Jun 28, 2011 - 13:52
freddyfender wrote:


I had rated this a 2; but after reading your comment, I switched it to a 1.


Your comment is akin to saying " I don't like Henry Ford nor his inventions...... "
I guess there will always be those who "Rave On."


sbegf
Jun 28, 2011 - 13:38
milehighYinzer wrote:
What 6 people would rate Buddy Holy a 1? Seriously, you deserve to be punished to be deaf for rating Buddy Holy a 1.

I had rated this a 2; but after reading your comment, I switched it to a 1.

I am with you.....this is a very annoying song....excellent rating. :)




freddyfender
Apr 26, 2011 - 08:58
milehighYinzer wrote:
What 6 people would rate Buddy Holy a 1? Seriously, you deserve to be punished to be deaf for rating Buddy Holy a 1.


I had rated this a 2; but after reading your comment, I switched it to a 1.


WayUpNorth
Feb 22, 2011 - 07:41
Absolutely brilliant!!! {#Sunny}


WonderLizard
Aug 16, 2010 - 12:50
I made a comment on one of the other Holly song pages re Paul McCartney's Buddy Holly documentary "The Real Buddy Holly Story"—mostly compiled to correct the factual errors in "The Buddy Holly Story" movie (Gary Busey, 1978). The documentary concentrates on the Lubbock, Clovis, and Nashville bands and interviews all of the surviving Crickets, some of whom were ignored in the movies, as was Norman Petty, their Clovis-based manager. If you're a Holly aficionado, the documentary is essential.


mandolin
Feb 03, 2009 - 12:35

...nice...




CamLwalk
Feb 03, 2009 - 12:34
10 for a sad anniversary. Still sounds fresh.


WonderLizard
Feb 03, 2009 - 12:33
50 years ago today—the saddest day.


BillG
Feb 03, 2009 - 12:00
brighthue wrote:
Excellent remastering.

Indeed. And it helps that they had such great masters to begin with. Many of the recordings from the 50s blow away the 60s/70s multitrack stuff in terms of sound quality. Not until very late in the days of analog multitrack could the per-track specs on those recorders begin to match what the old 30 ips Ampexes could do.


treatment_bound
Oct 28, 2008 - 07:37
cool song I first discovered on the "American Graffiti" soundtrack when I was a kid. I used to love to air guitar on the bridge.

I can still hear Wolfman Jack on the intro..."Who's this on the Wolfman Telephone"?



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