Feb 3rd,1959 - The Day the Music Died

[AngliaGT]

Take a few minutes,& listen to Don McLeans "American Pie". - Doug

 

[TR3driver]

Why? Are we going to spend countless hours debating all the symbolism, like we did as kids? No verdict was returned ...

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Aw, Randall - that's just wrong!

'Sides, I'm still singin' dirges in the dark.

 

[aeronca65t]

........'Sides, I'm still singin' dirges in the dark.

That's different. It's your job :friendly_wink:

In any event, I agree that Holly was one of the greats, lost far too soon.

And symbolism not withstanding, McLean is a terrific singer and story teller.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

That's different. It's your job :friendly_wink:

:lol: Got me there!

 

[JPSmit]

:lol: Got me there!

Better you than me Mick! Trust me, any singing I do (dark or light, dirges or not) will definitely be the day the music dies!

 

[Lukens]

I got married December 18, 1971. We must have heard American Pie a zillion times on our honeymoon road trip. I still like the song.

 

[Wingtip]

I never really got the whole idolization of Buddy Holly. Sure he was a decent rock and roller for his time, but I never understood why so much adoration was ascribed to him. Please understand, I'm not saying he wasn't decent, but technically his music was nothing special. "Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue - pretty pretty pretty pretty Peggy Sue
oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue" With three chords strummed on the guitar. Deep. In my view he was an "ok" musical talent but certainly no Paul McCartney. I agree, however, that he died much too young and that's a shame, as who knows what great things he may have done in later years had he lived.

 

[AN5Sprite]

I never really got the whole idolization of Buddy Holly. Sure he was a decent rock and roller for his time, but I never understood why so much adoration was ascribed to him. Please understand, I'm not saying he wasn't decent, but technically his music was nothing special. "Peggy Sue, Peggy Sue - pretty pretty pretty pretty Peggy Sue
oh Peggy - my Peggy Sue" With three chords strummed on the guitar. Deep. In my view he was an "ok" musical talent but certainly no Paul McCartney. I agree, however, that he died much too young and that's a shame, as who knows what great things he may have done in later years had he lived.

Buddy Holly is just "OK", I call BS on that!
Probably not worth the time trying to explain it to you if you don't get it yet with 54 years of retrospect.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

And it's downright amazing what some can do with only three chords!

 

[TR3driver]

Ok, let's compare Paul & Buddy. Paul was 23 when he recorded his first hit, which only made it to #8 on the UK charts. Buddy was only 22 when he died, but had already recorded "That'll Be the Day", which hit #1 on US "Hot 100" and UK charts, while simultaneously hitting #2 on the US R&B chart. He had also recorded 9 other songs that made it into the top 100 on at least one of those charts. Paul was 40 before he managed to hit all 3 with the same song.

So sure, Paul has done better over a career of some 45 years, but he was a late bloomer compared to Buddy. There is no telling what Buddy might have done if he had survived.

Personally, I prefer Paul's music (and Don McLean's for that matter) but then I was not buying records in 1959. Tastes change.

 

[sail]

Last concert Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa. Visit the crash site just north of town, buy T-shirts, go to a concert and dance.
https://www.surfballroom.com/wdp-memorial.html

 

[Boink]

I was at a medical teaching conference at Texas Tech a few years back (there in Lubbock - middle of nowhere if you ask me), and had some extra time to kill. Visited 2 places:
1) THE Buddy Holly museum... small but very well done. Enjoyed it immensely.
2) THE International Museum of Windmills... large and equally impressive. Was the only guy there and was personally escorted through it. LOL
Worth going to Lubbock for? Not really, but if you're passing through I'd check them out.

And speaking of museums and McCartney, there are some really nice venues to see in Liverpool (including tours you can go on).

 

[DougF]

He was only 22 years old when he died. Rock n' Roll was still a relatively new genre and he was at the top of his field. Had he survived, who knows, he could have changed the course of history.

 

[DNK]

Maybe Rock would have 4 cords?

 

[Wingtip]

Ok, let's compare Paul & Buddy. Paul was 23 when he recorded his first hit, which only made it to #8 on the UK charts. Buddy was only 22 when he died, but had already recorded "That'll Be the Day", which hit #1 on US "Hot 100" and UK charts, while simultaneously hitting #2 on the US R&B chart. He had also recorded 9 other songs that made it into the top 100 on at least one of those charts. Paul was 40 before he managed to hit all 3 with the same song.

So sure, Paul has done better over a career of some 45 years, but he was a late bloomer compared to Buddy. There is no telling what Buddy might have done if he had survived.

Personally, I prefer Paul's music (and Don McLean's for that matter) but then I was not buying records in 1959. Tastes change.

I'm not knocking the guy. I'm simply stating my personal opinion that I think he's over-rated as a musical talent, that's all.