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Tue Feb-03-04 01:00 PM
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The Day the Music Died, February3, 1959. |
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Edited on Tue Feb-03-04 01:23 PM by 2dumb2beprez
Rest in Peace Ricardo Valenzuela, J. P. Richardson, and Buddy Holly. (I was only 8, but to this day I can remember my Mom crying in the kitchen.)
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Tue Feb-03-04 01:02 PM
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My momma played his music all the time when I was little. She was only 17 when he and Richie and the Big Bopper died and she was devestated. It was the music of her high school dances.
I went to Texas Tech for 4 years out in Lubbock and got to make repeated pilgramages to the statue of him they have there.
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Tue Feb-03-04 01:07 PM
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2. bad news on the doorstep |
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I couldn't take one more step I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride but something touched me deep inside the day the music died
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Tue Feb-03-04 01:25 PM
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4. Did you know that the "widowed bride" reference was to |
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Jackie Kennedy? McLean was trying to explain how two of the seminal events of his lifetime affected him differently.
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Tue Feb-03-04 04:11 PM
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But that song is so packed with such references, I'm not a bit surprised.
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Tue Feb-03-04 01:18 PM
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3. For the obligatory song we all know and love... |
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A long long time ago I can still remember How that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance And maybe they'd be happy for a while But February made me shiver @@with every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride But something touched me deep inside The day the music died So...
*Bye, bye Miss American Pie Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye Singing this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day that I die
Did you write the book of love And do you have faith in God above If the Bible tells you so? Now do you believe in rock and roll? Can music save your mortal soul? And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you're in love with him 'cause I saw you dancing in the gym You both kicked off your shoes Man, I dig those rhythm and blues I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck With a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of luck The day the music died I started singing(*)
Now, for ten years we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a rolling stone But that's not how it used to be When the jester sang for the king and queen In a coat he borrowed from James Dean And a voice that came from you and me Oh and while the king was looking down The jester stole his thorny crown The courtroom was adjourned No verdict was returned And while Lenin read a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the park And we sang dirges in the dark The day the music died We were singing(*)
Helter skelter in a summer swelter The birds flew off with a fallout shelter Eight miles high and falling fast Landed foul on the grass The players tried for a forward pass With the jester on the sidelines in a cast Now the half-time air was sweet perfume While sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to dance Oh, but we never got the chance 'Cause the players tried to take the field The marching band refused to yield Do you recall what was revealed The day the music died? We started singing(*)
Oh, and there we were all in one place A generation lost in space With no time left to start again So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Jack Flash sat on a candlestick 'Cause fire is the devil's only friend And as I watched him on the stage My hands were clenched in fists of rage No angel born in hell Could break that Satan's spell And as the flames climbed high into the night To light the sacrificial rite I saw Satan laughing with delight The day the music died He was singing(*)
I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news But she just smiled and turned away I went down to the sacred store Where I'd heard the music years before But the man there said the music wouldn't play And in the streets the children screamed The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed But not a word was spoken The church bells all were broken And the three men I admire most @the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died And they were singing(*)
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NightTrain
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Tue Feb-03-04 05:46 PM
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11. Don't presume that we all love it |
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Personally, I can't stand the damned thing!
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Tue Feb-03-04 05:56 PM
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the version an australian radio station used to play years ago
drove the holden to the goulburn but the goulburn was dry and good ol boys are drinkin' stubbies of Vic singing this'll eb the day that I'm sick
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Tue Feb-03-04 01:29 PM
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5. The CAA report of the crash.... |
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http://yes.co.th/buddyholly/aircraft-investigation-report.htmlOne thing strange is that they mention the prop as being at the cruise setting. The aircraft took off in crap,windy,gusty weather and probably overweight although its not mentioned. The last thing you want to do in that situation is start pitching the prop into a cruise postion when you need max RPM for climbing.They were no where near a cruise altitude. David
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Tue Feb-03-04 04:05 PM
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6. I've wondered for years |
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just where Buddy would have gone musically had he lived. The influence from those few short years of his life is immeasurable - what if he had lived, and continued to innovate? How different would music be today?
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Tue Feb-03-04 04:08 PM
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7. Is Justin Timberlake the musical heir to Holly? Hmmm.... |
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Who knows what Buddy Holly would've done had he lived.
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Tue Feb-03-04 04:55 PM
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9. It gets pretty depressing hearing that phrase every year on |
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your birthday. The one notable event on my birthday: "the day the music died." Bummer.
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Tue Feb-03-04 05:37 PM
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10. Someday, I'll have to get back to my novel, "The Day The Music Lived." |
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I started writing it in 1997, got about 100 pages into the manuscript, and set it aside. Haven't looked at the bloody thing since.
The premise is that the plane stays in the air on 2/03/59 and makes a bumpy but safe landing. From that point, the novel followed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper through their respective lives. By the time I put the book aside, I was up to the summer of 1962.
I really oughta get back to work on it!
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