I love listening to Buddy Holly. I think he has a nice voice and the genre of music that he performed is one of my favorites. It's not a very long song, but it's very catchy. I don't know if I'd call it music that you could easily dance to because the tempo is kind of fast and kind of slow. It's a medium tempo, so it would be weird to slow dance, but fast dancing would be too fast. A similar song, like "Little Bitty Pretty One" by Thurston Harris would be more suited for dancing.
However, rockabilly still is influential to today's music. The song, "That'll Be the Day" is a classic and instantly recognizable. There aren't any racial themes, as this is more of a love song describing the singer's total dependence on his girl. "You say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie, cause that'll be the day, when I die." This song has a classic AABA form where the quoted line is the 'A' and the most repeated line in the song.
Buddy Holly nowadays is most famous for his death. "The Day the Music Died" is a day in history that three very important musicians died in a plane crash. The three people were Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper. That event was immortalized when the song "American Pie" by Don McLean came out talking about the day the music died. Which is also a very good song to listen to.
I like the comments on this song! I can tell you really put thought and effort into really finding out everything you can about this song.
ReplyDeleteAbsoultly that is the day the music died. Buddy holly is such a well appreciated artist. I am glad you incorporated the plane crash.
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