Buddy Holly (song)
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| Single by Weezer | ||
| from the album Weezer (The Blue Album) | ||
| Released | September 7, 1994 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | August-September, 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, New York City | |
| Genre | Alternative rock, Power Pop | |
| Length | 2 min 39 s | |
| Label | DGC Records | |
| Producer(s) | Ric Ocasek | |
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| Weezer singles chronology | ||
| "Undone (The Sweater Song)" (1994) |
"Buddy Holly" (1995) |
"Say It Ain't So" (1995) |
| Weezer (The Blue Album) track listing | ||
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"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.
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[edit] 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. It was also voted #497 in the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The "Buddy Holly" music video was included on the Microsoft Windows 95 CD-ROM.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 CD of covers given away with Kerrang! magazine in June 2006
- The video was distributed in AVI format on Windows 95 CDs as bonus content. 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.
[edit] Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar
- Matt Sharp – bass guitar
- Ric Ocasek – producer
[edit] External links
| Weezer |
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| Brian Bell • Rivers Cuomo • Scott Shriner • Patrick Wilson |
| Former members: Jason Cropper • Matt Sharp • Mikey Welsh |
| Discography |
| Albums: Weezer (The Blue Album) • Pinkerton • Weezer (The Green Album) • Maladroit • Make Believe |
| Extended plays and live albums: The Good Life • The Lion and the Witch • Winter Weezerland |
Catgeory:List of songs whose title is a full name of an actual famous person
