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Buddy Holly — Not Fade Away
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Dunkelstar
(Hershey, PA)
Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 12:30
 
Oh the original . . . good deal!

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 20:36
 

amazing to this day...  love it...
 

nightmann
(kennewick, wa)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 11:40
 
or the bo deans kool

nightmann
(kennewick, wa)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 11:39
 
Buddy's Song by Fleetwood Mac would go good w this bill

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 11:39
 
Still great!  {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bounce}

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 18:49
 
Last weekend we went to a celebration and award presentation for the remaining members of the Crickets.  J.I., Joe B and Sonny were in Very Fine Form .. we rocked away for a couple of hours with all kinds of surprise guests jumping up to the stage to join in.  It was a catered affair hosted by their management and by supporters of the fan club.  What a great evening. 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 18:43
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

all_ears
(midcoast US)
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 00:13
 
 yodasan_magoo wrote:

I believe it was out of Clear Lake IA if I remember correctly.

 
Right, that's where the crash ultimately was. They were playing there, but took off in nearby Mason City and didn't make it far. The bassist had chosen not to go on the plane. Some guy named Waylon Jennings. The crash also took Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. The day the music died...{#Cry}

citizenkeith
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 07:23
 
An amazing recording from Norman Petty. Even when compressed for "radio" and played over a 128kbps stream, you can hear the sound of the room, the perfect balance of the instruments... hard to believe that was done in 1957.

Great song too, of course! 

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 07:22
 
no one ever sings "bop bop bop bop" anymore.

govna
(beantown)
Posted: Jan 23, 2012 - 14:32
 
amazing how current this still seems.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 20:44
 

This song is still good for the ears...  love it...
 

yodasan_magoo
(Close to the far side)
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 13:05
 
 That_SOB wrote:
A fatefull plane ride out of Fargo in a storm and the rest is history.
I hope Buddy knew he was loved and a hero to so many of us .
Rave on to you Buddy !
 
I believe it was out of Clear Lake IA if I remember correctly.


Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 13:02
 
So great. Isn't this the classic and much-copied Bo Diddley riff/beat, whatever you call it? If so, then Bo Diddley must have come first, right?

bseib
(40 24' N 86 53' W)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 12:18
 
Buddy, you still Rock!

parttime
(Kona Hawaii)
Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 11:19
 
 iTuner wrote:


Have to agree.

Sometimes people have to admit that the cover can be better than the original.

This song wouldn't exist without BH, but it sure doesn't have the timeless quality the Dead's version has.

 

I 3rd that..  

Almost anytime I went to a dead show, Not fade away, would be the oncore song...

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 10:53
 
I know Bill doesn't roll like this, but since I am reading LIFE, I would love to hear the Stones version following this.

That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 14:04
 
A fatefull plane ride out of Fargo in a storm and the rest is history.
I hope Buddy knew he was loved and a hero to so many of us .
Rave on to you Buddy !

Jerrydread
(New Jersey)
Posted: Dec 09, 2010 - 13:56
 
Where else but RP would you hear a mix of Morphine, Jeff Beck, and Buddy Holly? Great rockin' selections

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 08:59
 
 jlind wrote:
This sounds like a great song, but the production quality of this is very poor.... gets a 7
 

(cough) and imagine if Buddy had all the equipment given to performers nowadays in the studio.  Oh wait, that's right...I would guess you are under 30, and that you think 45's are a gun, that vinyl is something you cover your auto seats with, and that Mick Jagger wrote this song.  sigh.  So you think production makes the song?  Maybe...but not for Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry or Little Richard or .... If I could rate this a 10 squared, I would.  {#Bananajam}{#Drummer}{#Bananasplit}{#Clap}


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 06:41
 
 jlind wrote:
This sounds like a great song, but the production quality of this is very poor.... gets a 7
 
I suppose that is not a surprising comment coming from someone who was apparently born in 1984.  Holly's recordings were state-of-the-art in the 1950's.



DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2)
Posted: Jul 03, 2010 - 09:29
 
Ah, Buddy.  You were taken from us too, too soon.  {#Notworthy}

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 13:31
 
Put a {#Smile} on my face,been some time hope it won't fade away.


jimbaca
(Albuquerque)
Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 15:02
 
 denmom wrote:


I must respectfully disagree.  I love the Dead in general, and their version of this as well, but for me Buddy's original has a kind of crystalline simplicity that nothing can supercede.
 
Let's not forget the Stones' cover of this song.  It was on one of their very early albums.


lysisphere
(largest contiguous ponderosa forest)
Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 14:59
 
Sweet.  In yea olde fashioned sense.{#Smile}
Reminds me of before I was a kid.

calypsus_1
Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 00:10
 

Graham Nash on Buddy Holly - Interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz-oiSZAZuA

"British musician Graham Nash, co-founder of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, talks on Feb. 1, 2009, about his idol Buddy Holly and his participation in the "50 Winters Later" Concert"



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 07:20
 


fantastic...



cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 21:47
 
 kaybee wrote:
Damn!  I missed this and the segue into BoDeans! {#Frustrated}
 
Don't bang your head.  Here it is again!


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 23, 2009 - 21:44
 


It's amazing how good a song this really is...  love it...



sharkartist
Posted: Sep 22, 2009 - 08:00
 
Man, I love hearing Buddy Holly music! period

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio Paradise)
Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 05:24
 
buddy holly

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 18, 2009 - 16:00
 


This song is good for the ears...



kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 16:53
 
Damn!  I missed this and the segue into BoDeans! {#Frustrated}

LastChance
Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 12:10
 
I would love to hear  the "Trout Fishing In America" version of this song. One of the grooviest remakes I've ever heard.

alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Dec 11, 2008 - 15:42
 
I've no doubt that had I been a teenager in the 50s, this song would have blown my world wide open.  

All the head-spinning creative chaos of the 60s and 70s, its all right there, in the leading edge of Holly's guitar notes and vocals.

History in a song. 

denmom
(Connecticut)
Posted: Aug 07, 2008 - 06:49
 
 iTuner wrote:


Have to agree.

Sometimes people have to admit that the cover can be better than the original.

This song wouldn't exist without BH, but it sure doesn't have the timeless quality the Dead's version has.


 

I must respectfully disagree.  I love the Dead in general, and their version of this as well, but for me Buddy's original has a kind of crystalline simplicity that nothing can supercede.

macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh? ;-))
Posted: Mar 02, 2008 - 17:45
 
Classic!
Buddy Holly will
'Not Fade Away'!

photockcom
Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 07:39
 
its the Buddy Holly Richy Valenz Bopper weekend her in Clear Lake.....this is where Rock n Roll was born....and Holly was the one who did it.....
DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 07:24
 
trekhead wrote:


Are The Crickets actually singing,

'Mmm-Bop...'


WHOA! Somebody call Hanson's lawyers!
rbigelo
(Spanish Town)
Posted: Dec 30, 2007 - 20:47
 
Hannio wrote:


...deserves to be chained to a rock listening to Celine Dion for all eternity.

... or Michael Bolton.


splooge
(Indiana)
Posted: Dec 30, 2007 - 20:47
 
yuck :puke:
iTuner
Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 11:56
 
Mugro wrote:
Go ahead and flame me, but this song isn't Buddy's anymore. It is owned, lock stock & barrel by the Grateful Dead.


Have to agree.

Sometimes people have to admit that the cover can be better than the original.

This song wouldn't exist without BH, but it sure doesn't have the timeless quality the Dead's version has.



birdland
(Right about....here.)
Posted: Sep 27, 2007 - 16:45
 
Truly classic.
crushedvelvet
(InMyKitchen)
Posted: Sep 27, 2007 - 16:42
 
When I was about 9, my parents had the occasional spontaneous party, putting on Buddy Holly records, & they & their friends would do 50's dancing in the lounge room. We had wooden floorboards, & no kidding, they jumped. As a little girl, it was just fantastic to watch. I love hearing Buddy Holly songs.


tomis
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 19:30
 
I definitely wouldn't miss this one if it didn't come on again for a while. But hey, that's why I listen to RP, they play all sorts of stuff I'd never listen to otherwise, and most of it is a hit. This one is a miss for me though.
tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Jul 26, 2007 - 19:28
 
meloman wrote:

No flames. For a person of my generation, this is the real thing. The rest are covers, some better, some worse.


Yup.
Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 08:43
 
BKardon wrote:
Anyone who rates this a 1 deserves....I don't even know what.


...deserves to be chained to a rock listening to Celine Dion for all eternity.
RobRyan
(Canyon Country, CA)
Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 08:41
 
TJOpootertoot wrote:


I don't listen to the Dead and had no idea they even covered the song (I have heard the pretty solid Stones version).

There aren't too many covers that best the originals in the public consciousness (All Along the Watchtower and A Little Help From My Friends come to mind). But at the risk of dissing the Dead I think far more people think of Buddy Holly than the Dead when they hear this. The Dead are HUGE amongst people who listen the Dead but pretty much invisible to most people, I think....


Wow. Off topic for this song topic, but do you really think this is true? Cockerization has never helped any song.
eastcoast
Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 08:40
 
Nice to hear the original but I love the Dead's version better
trekhead
(Oooh, I could just give you SUCH a Pinch!)
Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 08:39
 


Are The Crickets actually singing,

'Mmm-Bop...'