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{{Single infobox |
Name = Buddy Holly |
Cover = BuddyHolly(USA).jpg |
Artist = Weezer |
from Album = Weezer (The Blue Album) |
Released = September 7, 1994 |
Format = CD|, Cassette, Vinyl |
Recorded = August-September, 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, New York City |
Genre = Power Pop |
Length = 2:39 |
Label = DGC |
Producer = Ric Ocasek|
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single = "Undone (The Sweater Song)"
(1994) |
This single = "'Buddy Holly'"
(1995) |
Next single = "Say It Ain't So"
(1995) |
Misc =
"'Buddy Holly'" is a popular single by Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. It was released as a single in 1995 and appeared on the self-titled debut album in 1994. The lyrics reference '50s singer, Buddy Holly, and actress, Mary Tyler Moore. It reached #2 and #34 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, respectively. It also reached #12 in the UK.
The music video for "Buddy Holly" was directed by Spike Jonze. It portrayed Weezer performing at the original Arnold's Drive-In diner from the popular '70s television show, ''Happy Days''. The video combined contemporary footage of the band with clips from the show. ''Happy Days'' cast member Al Molinaro made a cameo appearance in the video. Al makes in a plug for his home town, Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the introduction. The video also features brief cameos by some members of the band That Dog as dancers at Arnold's.
The innovative video scored four awards at the 1995 ''MTV Video Music Awards'', including prizes for Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Video. The "Buddy Holly" music video was included on the Microsoft Windows 95 CD-ROM.
Rivers Cuomo is known for wearing thick-rimmed glasses, as did Buddy Holly. Weezer are often considered to be pioneers of fashion in the geek world, as one of its standards is the wearing of square glasses like Cuomo's. Ironically, Cuomo was not wearing his signature glasses in the video for the song. Weezer also inspired a small flourish of 'geek chic' fashion, making it popular to wear articles of clothing usually associated with geekdom, such as sweater vests. Oddly enough, as popular as this song was when it was released, the fashion trend that the song, and Weezer, inspired did not take effect until several years later.
Rivers Cuomo has stated in one of his MySpace blogs from 2006 that he remembers questioning whether or not to include this song on The Blue Album. He almost kept it off the final track list, but encouragement from producer Ric Ocasek soon changed his mind. In the book ''River's Edge'', Ocasek is quoted as saying, "I remember at one point he was hesitant to do 'Buddy Holly' and I was like, 'Rives, we can talk about it. Do it anyway, and if you don't like it when it's done, we won't use it. But I think you should try. You did write it and it is a great song.'" Cuomo said that he felt the song was "too cheesy" and didn't know if the song represented the sound he was going for with the band's music. He has since concluded that he is glad that he didn't change his mind about the song because it is one of his favorite songs to play and sing live.
An early demo of "Buddy Holly" recorded by Cuomo in 1993 has a much different feel, as the song is played at a much slower tempo than the version that appears on the album.
The brazilian rock band Bidê ou Balde recorded a cover of the song with portuguese lyrics, it's available on their first album, ''Se Sexo É O Que Importa, Só O Rock É Sobre Amor!''.
# Buddy Holly (2:40) (album version)
# My Name Is Jonas (live) (3:40)
# Surf Wax America (live) (4:09)
# Jamie (4:18) (non-album, previously released on ''DGC Rarities Vol. 1'')
Live tracks recorded at Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY on November 27, 1994.
# Buddy Holly
# Jamie
# Buddy Holly
# Holiday (album version)
# Buddy Holly
# Surf Wax America (live)
Information from AcclaimedMusic.com
★ #497 in the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
★ #364 Blender's ''Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s''
★ #52 Kerrang!'s ''100 Greatest Singles of All-Time''
★ #101 The Movement's ''The 100 (+300) Greatest Songs of All Time''
★ #50 The Movement's ''The 77 Best Singles of the 90s''
★ The two people on the cover are Rivers Cuomo and a childhood friend he wished to contact, to no avail, after using this photograph for the single.
★ The song describes a platonic relationship that Rivers had in high school with a young-looking Asian girl (thus, "your tongue is twisted/your eyes are slit"). The duo were frequently made fun of, yet the song describes how he "doesn't care what they say about us anyway."
★ Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this as a Lounge style on his 2002 album "Tuxicity".
★ The single was released on what would have been Buddy Holly's 58th birthday, had he not been killed in a plane crash along with fellow rock pioneers Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959.
★ Scottish band Biffy Clyro covered this song for a ''Kerrang!'' magazine cover CD, '', given away with Issue #1110.
★ The video was distributed in AVI format on Windows 95 CDs as bonus content, to demonstrate the ability of the new Windows Media Player. The Windows 95 OSR/2 CD included a MPEG version of the video in addition to the AVI version.
★ This single appears on the British ''Now 31''.
★ Mary Tyler Moore is perhaps referenced because Sonny Curtis (of Buddy Holly's band The Crickets) wrote and performed the theme song for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show.''
★ Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
★ Patrick Wilson – percussion
★ Brian Bell – rhythm guitar
★ Matt Sharp – bass guitar
★ Ric Ocasek – producer
★ Buddy Holly Lyrics
★ Buddy Holly video
Name = Buddy Holly |
Cover = BuddyHolly(USA).jpg |
Artist = Weezer |
from Album = Weezer (The Blue Album) |
Released = September 7, 1994 |
Format = CD|, Cassette, Vinyl |
Recorded = August-September, 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, New York City |
Genre = Power Pop |
Length = 2:39 |
Label = DGC |
Producer = Ric Ocasek|
Chart position =
- #17 US Billboard Hot 100
- #2 US Modern Rock Tracks
- #34 US Mainstream Rock Tracks
- #12 UK Singles Chart
Reviews =
Last single = "Undone (The Sweater Song)"
(1994) |
This single = "'Buddy Holly'"
(1995) |
Next single = "Say It Ain't So"
(1995) |
Misc =
"'Buddy Holly'" is a popular single by Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. It was released as a single in 1995 and appeared on the self-titled debut album in 1994. The lyrics reference '50s singer, Buddy Holly, and actress, Mary Tyler Moore. It reached #2 and #34 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, respectively. It also reached #12 in the UK.
| Contents |
| Music video |
| Looking "just like Buddy Holly" |
| Song Development |
| Tracklist |
| UK CD |
| UK CASS/7" |
| AUS CD |
| NL CD |
| Accolades |
| Trivia |
| Personnel |
| External links |
Music video
"Buddy Holly" music video
The music video for "Buddy Holly" was directed by Spike Jonze. It portrayed Weezer performing at the original Arnold's Drive-In diner from the popular '70s television show, ''Happy Days''. The video combined contemporary footage of the band with clips from the show. ''Happy Days'' cast member Al Molinaro made a cameo appearance in the video. Al makes in a plug for his home town, Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the introduction. The video also features brief cameos by some members of the band That Dog as dancers at Arnold's.
The innovative video scored four awards at the 1995 ''MTV Video Music Awards'', including prizes for Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Video. The "Buddy Holly" music video was included on the Microsoft Windows 95 CD-ROM.
Looking "just like Buddy Holly"
Rivers Cuomo is known for wearing thick-rimmed glasses, as did Buddy Holly. Weezer are often considered to be pioneers of fashion in the geek world, as one of its standards is the wearing of square glasses like Cuomo's. Ironically, Cuomo was not wearing his signature glasses in the video for the song. Weezer also inspired a small flourish of 'geek chic' fashion, making it popular to wear articles of clothing usually associated with geekdom, such as sweater vests. Oddly enough, as popular as this song was when it was released, the fashion trend that the song, and Weezer, inspired did not take effect until several years later.
Song Development
Rivers Cuomo has stated in one of his MySpace blogs from 2006 that he remembers questioning whether or not to include this song on The Blue Album. He almost kept it off the final track list, but encouragement from producer Ric Ocasek soon changed his mind. In the book ''River's Edge'', Ocasek is quoted as saying, "I remember at one point he was hesitant to do 'Buddy Holly' and I was like, 'Rives, we can talk about it. Do it anyway, and if you don't like it when it's done, we won't use it. But I think you should try. You did write it and it is a great song.'" Cuomo said that he felt the song was "too cheesy" and didn't know if the song represented the sound he was going for with the band's music. He has since concluded that he is glad that he didn't change his mind about the song because it is one of his favorite songs to play and sing live.
An early demo of "Buddy Holly" recorded by Cuomo in 1993 has a much different feel, as the song is played at a much slower tempo than the version that appears on the album.
The brazilian rock band Bidê ou Balde recorded a cover of the song with portuguese lyrics, it's available on their first album, ''Se Sexo É O Que Importa, Só O Rock É Sobre Amor!''.
Tracklist
UK CD
# Buddy Holly (2:40) (album version)
# My Name Is Jonas (live) (3:40)
# Surf Wax America (live) (4:09)
# Jamie (4:18) (non-album, previously released on ''DGC Rarities Vol. 1'')
Live tracks recorded at Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY on November 27, 1994.
UK CASS/7"
# Buddy Holly
# Jamie
AUS CD
# Buddy Holly
# Holiday (album version)
NL CD
# Buddy Holly
# Surf Wax America (live)
Accolades
Information from AcclaimedMusic.com
★ #497 in the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
★ #364 Blender's ''Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s''
★ #52 Kerrang!'s ''100 Greatest Singles of All-Time''
★ #101 The Movement's ''The 100 (+300) Greatest Songs of All Time''
★ #50 The Movement's ''The 77 Best Singles of the 90s''
Trivia
★ The two people on the cover are Rivers Cuomo and a childhood friend he wished to contact, to no avail, after using this photograph for the single.
★ The song describes a platonic relationship that Rivers had in high school with a young-looking Asian girl (thus, "your tongue is twisted/your eyes are slit"). The duo were frequently made fun of, yet the song describes how he "doesn't care what they say about us anyway."
★ Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered this as a Lounge style on his 2002 album "Tuxicity".
★ The single was released on what would have been Buddy Holly's 58th birthday, had he not been killed in a plane crash along with fellow rock pioneers Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper on February 3, 1959.
★ Scottish band Biffy Clyro covered this song for a ''Kerrang!'' magazine cover CD, '', given away with Issue #1110.
★ The video was distributed in AVI format on Windows 95 CDs as bonus content, to demonstrate the ability of the new Windows Media Player. The Windows 95 OSR/2 CD included a MPEG version of the video in addition to the AVI version.
★ This single appears on the British ''Now 31''.
★ Mary Tyler Moore is perhaps referenced because Sonny Curtis (of Buddy Holly's band The Crickets) wrote and performed the theme song for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show.''
Personnel
★ Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
★ Patrick Wilson – percussion
★ Brian Bell – rhythm guitar
★ Matt Sharp – bass guitar
★ Ric Ocasek – producer
External links
★ Buddy Holly Lyrics
★ Buddy Holly video
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