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Gene Vincent — Be Bop A Lula
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govna
(beantown)
Posted: Apr 24, 2013 - 07:13
 
 kingart wrote:

Gee, I know what you mean. The quintessential. The headwaters. Protoplasm. The origin of the species. 
Do you think, however, that since "ground zero" has taken on, or been given, an altogether different reference by the branding propagandist media types, you might opt for an alternate metaphor next time? 
 

 
OH SHIT, right...because nobody can use the term "ground zero" ever again after September 11, 2001.  Totally reasonable.  Carry on talking about music.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 09:35
 
 neuticle wrote:
ground zero for rock n roll. Rock it Gene..
 
Gee, I know what you mean. The quintessential. The headwaters. Protoplasm. The origin of the species. 
Do you think, however, that since "ground zero" has taken on, or been given, an altogether different reference by the branding propagandist media types, you might opt for an alternate metaphor next time? 
 

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Feb 20, 2013 - 09:32
 
Like the Louie Prima song "Jump, Jive, an' Wail!" that RP played last night from the same year, it is noteworthy indeed how this stuff opened up and illuminated some interesting territory for music to go into — and it did!  Long live ROCK!

Aud
(lost in lakecity)
Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 00:29
 
 neuticle wrote:
ground zero for rock n roll. Rock it Gene..
 

Always gets me singing & dancing!

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Dec 19, 2012 - 17:09
 
ground zero for rock n roll. Rock it Gene..

sbegf
(Manchester, Maryland)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 07:24
 
 lily34 wrote:
how can you not like this?
 
I don't know, but this, Elvis, anything similar always seems to get under my skin.   Just not my cup of tea, kinda like country music..ha.

I can appreciate those who enjoy this, I am just not one of them.  But, that is why I have a mute button.  :)

max_p
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 07:19
 
Back to the start! luv it

mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 07:18
 
Wow...some of us "younguns" thought it was "Be Bop A Looba"

 Some schoolin happened today...

Yeoleman
(Samsara)
Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 08:28
 
The real deal!!! Always thought Elvis was a poser...

joelbb
Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 22:45
 
Roots!  R&R wouldn't BE w/out this guy and a few others (esp. Mr. Berry).

Dahlia_Gumbo
(San Francisco)
Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 11:14
 
Yeah, do it Gene.
Yeah!

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 13:09
 
 boober wrote:
Lennon loved Gene Vincent....the early Beatles did this song with John on lead vocals.
 

In fact, Lennon's cover on his solo Rock and Roll album is possibly the most faithful cover song I have ever heard - John probably had been singing it Gene's way since the first time he heard the song way back when before he was famous.

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 13:04
 
So is Be Bop A Lula the girl's name or just filler?

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 13:03
 
Classic!

bachbeet
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 21:02
 
Great song from one of the first rockers.

impediguy
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 21:02
 
I must be a swanker, but when I break out in song, it's this one. Thanks Vince for giving us the vibe.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 21:01
 
how can you not like this?

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 13:14
 
Listening to this is ok, but I was waiting for the Beatles and not even knowing it.{#Neutral}

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 08:59
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:
Is her name Lula?  Or is it A Lula?  and what does he mean by Be Bopping?
 

Maybe it means the same thing as whang dang doodle (all night long).

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 08:56
 
 RipVanWinkle wrote:
Just realized who Brian Setzer is channeling ... {#Dancingbanana}
 



Roguewarer
(Southfield, MI)
Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 17:11
 
Ok, I *know* Music *had* to go through this stage...but I've never really appreciated it much — other than the aforementioned point that Music had to go through this. Ugh... Not really worth a PSD or mute.

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Feb 18, 2012 - 02:30
 
 Jelani wrote:
the very beginning sounded kind of like John Lennon..
 



neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Dec 16, 2011 - 15:34
 
I was born in the wrong year..ROCK -A -BILLY !

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 09:00
 
 Jelani wrote:
the very beginning sounded kind of like John Lennon..
  Lennon loved Gene Vincent....the early Beatles did this song with John on lead vocals.



WayUpNorth
Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 09:00
 
Just realized who Brian Setzer is channeling ... {#Dancingbanana}

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 11:09
 
 Proclivities wrote:


There weren't very many FM radio stations back then (at least not in the US); the ones which did broadcast primarily played classical music.  Gene Vincent was played on the radio in some parts of the US in the 1950's, but it was likely broadcast by AM stations.

 
Thanks for the INFO..

My first stereo radio/record player....1964..I had one wheel to wheel tape recorder some years before that.

First FM broadcasting in Sweden..1947.



chiguy
Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 10:51
 
Just saw Gene in "Hot Rod Gang' the other night . Great stuff!


HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 10:50
 
                     {#Arrowd}....{#Yes}

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 10:48
 
The opening, the trembling voice, the guitar work...........sublime.

bluecshells
(EARTH)
Posted: May 31, 2011 - 09:11
 
Great tune...Dad used to come into my room on Saturday mornings singing this one after his coffee....whew a long time ago that was!


maineeclectic
Posted: Mar 07, 2011 - 17:19
 
 Proclivities wrote:


There weren't very many FM radio stations back then (at least not in the US); the ones which did broadcast primarily played classical music.  Gene Vincent was played on the radio in some parts of the US in the 1950's, but it was likely broadcast by AM stations.

 

West Coast, So. Cal - you bet!  Great dance tune.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 09:40
 
 HazzeSwede wrote:
Was this ever played over AM or FM back then ? {#Smile}
 

There weren't very many FM radio stations back then (at least not in the US); the ones which did broadcast primarily played classical music.  Gene Vincent was played on the radio in some parts of the US in the 1950's, but it was likely broadcast by AM stations.


HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 09:34
 
Was this ever played over AM or FM back then ? {#Smile}

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 11:37
 
 caregiver wrote:
Born Vincent Eugene Craddock ... and that's Cliff Gallup on lead guitar {#Bananajam}.

 
Didn't know that. Cousin to Billy "Crash" Craddock.


More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 11:29
 
Is her name Lula?  Or is it A Lula?  and what does he mean by Be Bopping?

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 11:29
 
Huh.  I always thought this was Buddy Holly.  Good stuff.

camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 11:29
 
Another great classic, but just not RP

Vogelfrei
(Western Montana)
Posted: Jan 25, 2011 - 11:28
 
More Gene Vincent! More Eddie Cochrane!

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Dec 25, 2010 - 02:51
 
Another of those wonderful guitar-solos i so adore ! {#Guitarist}

caregiver
(near contentment now)
Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 11:41
 
Born Vincent Eugene Craddock ... and that's Cliff Gallup on lead guitar {#Bananajam}.
And what Jelani said {#Arrowd}.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 11:35
 
the very beginning sounded kind of like John Lennon..

Imkirok
(The Arctic Hinter Land)
Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 11:35
 
 jhorton wrote:
Grandpa's music. Blech!
 
Get off my lawn, ya little whippersnapper! (Not actually a grandpa...yet.)


LaurieinTucson
(Tucson,AZ)
Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 11:34
 
I always thought this was Jerry Lee Lewis

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Nov 23, 2010 - 09:57
 
 gratefulgator wrote:
If I hadn't looked I'd have gone on thinking this was Elvis...
 
Same here, though I just caught the very end.


MilSF1
(Arkadelphia, AR)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:25
 
 jhorton wrote:
Grandpa's music. Blech!
 
Eh sonny? Can't hear ya!

gratefulgator
(San Francisco CA)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:24
 
If I hadn't looked I'd have gone on thinking this was Elvis...

Dog_Ear
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 11:23
 
 jhorton wrote:
Grandpa's music. Blech!
 
wouldn't a been no rock at all if they hadn't come first

jhorton
Posted: Apr 24, 2010 - 18:13
 
Grandpa's music. Blech!

themotion
(somewhere between infinity)
Posted: Feb 20, 2010 - 13:14
 
 redtex wrote:

The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone or half step apart, a nondiatonic scale consisting entirely of half-step intervals having no tonic due to the symmetry of its equally spaced tones.

Are we clear?
 
We're clear that you're kind of a dick.

oldviolin
(Esse quam videri)
Posted: Feb 20, 2010 - 13:13
 
Cat was authentic...