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Buddy Holly — Heartbeat
Album: From The Original Master Tapes
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Released: 1958
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Heartbeat
Why do you miss when my baby kisses me?
Heartbeat
Why does a love kiss stay in my memory?

Piddly pat
I know that new love thrills me
I know that true love will be

Heartbeat
Why do you miss when my baby kisses me?

Heartbeat
Why do you skip when my baby's lips meet mine?
Heartbeat
Why do you flip and give me a skip each sign?

Piddly pat
And sing to me love's story
And bring to me love's glory

Heartbeat
Why do you miss when my baby kisses me?
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 boontonite wrote:

Great, great song and recording. The power-pop group The Knack did a version of this around 1980 that's worth checking out.



Yes. Thank you. YT video/audio
Posted 1 year ago by antonini.duje    [ Reply ]
So, I am an amateur proofreader...
  WIKIPEDIA
     Charles Hardin Holley
Born      September 7, 1969
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.                                                                                                   Died      February 3, 1959 (aged 22)
Clear Lake, Iowa, U.S.


Posted 2 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
I generally dislike 50s music, architecture, fashion, attitudes - but occasionally something shines through.
Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 gjr wrote:
Buddy Holly - The "Original" Beatle!!
 
Cricket! (~_^)
Posted 3 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Buddy Holly - The "Original" Beatle!!
Posted 4 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
 freddyfender wrote:
I contend that if he wouldn't have died young his music would be long forgotten.  Nothing ground breaking or original to his stuff.
 
That's a bad contention on so many levels.
Posted 5 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
 freddyfender wrote:
I contend that if he wouldn't have died young his music would be long forgotten.  Nothing ground breaking or original to his stuff.

 

What? Look at the boring stuff around before these guys. His influence was massive on so many acts.
Posted 6 years ago by hbs47    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

yep

 
crickets arent beatles
Posted 6 years ago by myersei    [ Reply ]
I contend that if he wouldn't have died young his music would be long forgotten.  Nothing ground breaking or original to his stuff.
Posted 7 years ago by freddyfender    [ Reply ]
 bseib wrote:
Buddy Holly

 
God  
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 mondlak wrote:
I play a lot of covers and originals for my kids so they get a flavor for music evolution, and I always ask their preference. Between this and the Knack cover, they chose the Knack!  They're 7 & 8, so I wasn't too hard on them, but I certainly felt that I was failing them as a parent at that moment.
 
Love this story! {#Roflol} and {#Doh} and {#Sad} all at the same time.
Posted 7 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
 Wizzuvvoz wrote:
Way to GO BILL!
Shimmering pop perfection if ever there was such a thing.
 
YASSS! {#Good-vibes}
Posted 7 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
Greengrass!
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
 gjr wrote:
Buddy Holly................the ORIGINAL Beatle...............{#Bananajam}

 
yep
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Great, great song and recording. The power-pop group The Knack did a version of this around 1980 that's worth checking out.
Posted 8 years ago by boontonite    [ Reply ]
I was 12 years old when this song was new, and remember it like it was yesterday.  For me, this is a 10.
Posted 9 years ago by GreatNorthWoods    [ Reply ]
the only thing 'missing' from this song are john, paul and george going 'ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh' in the background
{#Bananajam} 
Posted 10 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
 joelbb wrote:
Maybe the most-covered artist in the entire canon.  He really had it.  Have you noticed how many highly talented musicians died young?  An unbroken chain at least all the way back to Mozart.

 
I play a lot of covers and originals for my kids so they get a flavor for music evolution, and I always ask their preference. Between this and the Knack cover, they chose the Knack!  They're 7 & 8, so I wasn't too hard on them, but I certainly felt that I was failing them as a parent at that moment.
Posted 10 years ago by mondlak    [ Reply ]
Maybe the most-covered artist in the entire canon.  He really had it.  Have you noticed how many highly talented musicians died young?  An unbroken chain at least all the way back to Mozart.
Posted 11 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
 AndyJ wrote:
Buddy Holly is a perfect example of the word "Classic". His appeal holds, even after these 50+ years.  Simple music made easy sounding...yet, why does no one else come close to the music that holds appeal over time.  He even set the basic band instruments... All this from Lubbock, Texas. The gateway to Muleshoe, Texas...

 
Couldn't agree more.   Some of his stuff is ageless.  I can hear his fingerprints all over the Beatles stuff all the way up to and including Rubber Soul.  How can one hear "Well Alright" and not hear Lennon singing it on Help or RS?  

He was the first TRULY tragic loss in RnR history...
Posted 11 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
Buddy Holly is a perfect example of the word "Classic". His appeal holds, even after these 50+ years.  Simple music made easy sounding...yet, why does no one else come close to the music that holds appeal over time.  He even set the basic band instruments... All this from Lubbock, Texas. The gateway to Muleshoe, Texas...
Posted 12 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
Sweet!  {#Yes}
Posted 12 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:
Oy veh!  I was 13 when Buddy Holly died. Who could forget it?  But I can tell you that a pink sweatshirt and purple pants would have qualified any teenage boy for a lickin' from the football team. Did he really wear that, or was it a designer palette from the cover artist?  Buddy was a nerd. A marvelously creative one. An original.
 
McCartney's documentary, "The Real Buddy Holly Story" (https://www.amazon.com/Real-Buddy-Holly-Story/dp/B0002VGTBQ), debunks more than a couple of myths. One, Buddy was far from a nerd: hip guy, hugely talented, and—like a lot of geniuses; Lennon comes to mind—knew it. Second, the glasses were a gimmick; he knew no one would ever forget the image of a rock'n'roller in nerd glasses. He had little to worry about, right? The music spoke for itself.

To respond to another post below, IMHO Buddy would have continued to write, play, and produce novel, accessible music well into the '60s and beyond. My personal guess is that his career would have had an arc a lot like Stevie Wonder's—long bursts of creativity spanning decades.
Posted 13 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
{#Roflol}
Posted 13 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
 bseib wrote:
Hey Bill, get the album art up for the original recording!!

The Buddy Holly Story
 
 

Love that military-spec bulletproof birth control device he's wearing on his face. 
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard this one in a while.  It's my favorite Buddy Holly song.  Yay!!!
Posted 13 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
Tony Perkins introduced me to Buddy Holly's music (another Tony Perkins of course) and it stuck. Ironic that his class mate would have been Keith Richards, had he (TP) not been held back a year or two for failing to pass exams.

Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]

Good tune — never heard it before now. What a shame Buddy Holly died so young. I wonder what he would've done in the 60s.




Posted 13 years ago by olivertwist    [ Reply ]
 SlappyJunkwood wrote:
Look at him on the cover... All-American-looking and bringing the sweet music and lyrics. You know he was slayin' em back in the day.  All up in those poodle skirts every day.
 

Oy veh!  I was 13 when Buddy Holly died. Who could forget it?  But I can tell you that a pink sweatshirt and purple pants would have qualified any teenage boy for a lickin' from the football team. Did he really wear that, or was it a designer palette from the cover artist?  Buddy was a nerd. A marvelously creative one. An original.
Posted 14 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
Buddy Holly
Posted 14 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
Buddy Holly................the ORIGINAL Beatle...............{#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]

Buddy!  I love his music.  My favorite song is Words of Love.  This is a close second — along with almost every other song he sang.


Posted 14 years ago by twitterpated    [ Reply ]
SlappyJunkwood wrote:
Look at him on the cover... All-American-looking and bringing the sweet music and lyrics. You know he was slayin' em back in the day. All up in those poodle skirts every day.
Somebody's been reading too much Achewood. Except there's no such thing as too much Achewood.

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Yes this is great, but the cover with Humble Pie is also a floor filler.
Posted 14 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Hey Bill, get the album art up for the original recording!!

The Buddy Holly Story
 

Posted 14 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
Timeless, and an 11.
Posted 15 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Look at him on the cover... All-American-looking and bringing the sweet music and lyrics. You know he was slayin' em back in the day.  All up in those poodle skirts every day.
Posted 15 years ago by SlappyJunkwood    [ Reply ]
awesome...?
Posted 15 years ago by wildrudi    [ Reply ]
I think The Knack (of "My Sharona" fame) did a wicked cover of this song. Anybody remember that?
Posted 15 years ago by revsully    [ Reply ]
I loved the ITV show by the same name. Kinda cheesy but good.
Posted 15 years ago by HoneyBearKelly    [ Reply ]
Cool...
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
There are certain artists that for me rate virtually automatic 10s: The Beatles, Steely Dan, Joe Jackson—and Buddy Holly.
Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Yes!  So hard to believe the number of great songs Buddy Holly produced before his untimely death at 22.
Posted 15 years ago by jkolin    [ Reply ]
Dang... NO 3 on the comments.... agreed good tune, not that I need it all day but, definatly legiondary.

Posted 15 years ago by Captn_Pea    [ Reply ]
Way to GO BILL!
Shimmering pop perfection if ever there was such a thing.
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Good tune. I especially like the version recorded by Humble Pie with Peter Frampton performing the vocal. IMS, I also have a version sung by John Mellencamp I like very much.


Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]