But this defect is more than compensated for by the strong and creative vocals and high reverb guitar playing of Holly himself. On the minus side, the backing vocals of The Crickets are substandard, with strained range, poor blend, and continuous pitch problems, nearly all on the flat side. An iPhone would work fine, set on ‘mono’, and held close to one ear like a cheap pocket transistor radio (if you’re old enough to remember what that is). But because of the limitations of 1957 recording technology, I recommend putting away the headphones and listening through the smallest speakers you can find. The compositions are strongly rooted in gospel and country melodies and chord structures, with R&B stylings. But as an album it stands on its own, within the context of early rock’n roll, setting forth a collection of jukebox friendly dance tunes with lyrics expressing the simple, shallow (but intense), G-rated yearnings of the male teenage heart. This classic album is noteworthy for its influence on major artists and, in retrospect, reminiscent of the lamentably untimely demise of Buddy Holly (in a plane crash, along with The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens-February 3, 1959, “the day the music died”). The “Chirping” Crickets by Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1957) if u have it in u to enjoy old-ass rock music this is definitely worth a listen :P it's fun!!! everything here is pretty simple, short, and focused on being catchy, and the full album is under a half hour. it doesnt have to be in a bad way though!! this album is very lame and silly, but that's just part of the charm. obviously this isnt a blanket statement but like.doo-wop, 50s pop, most 50s rock, all that stuff is kinda lame by now. either quality-wise, or just sort of intangibly lame. I think one thing everyone can agree on, though, is that a lot of 50s music is kinda lame. even if someone like frank sinatra or buddy holly or miles davis or whatever is fairly far removed at this point from modern music, u can probably still recognize their names. if u are that person, please give me recommendations, i'd love to have my horizons expanded :D personally i think it makes since, the 50s are the first decade with many musicians that get referenced a lot. maybe someones gonna see this thats really really really into 40s music but i doubt it. The 50s are the first decade of music i really care about that much, and probably the first decade that's all that interesting outside of like a few notable albums or w/e. Cry (boom)-y (boom)." At that moment, you can literally hear early-Beatles John Lennon take the baton from him. The apotheosis is when everything but the drums and Holly's voice drop out in the fourth chorus of That'll Be the Day. Tiny paintbrush and glue gun in hand in hand, Holly crafted space for everything to breathe, creating the effect of songs more compulsive and propulsive than they really are. When he was great-which wasn't all the time, as the duller numbers here testify to-he crafted rockers where every strum, hum and warble was in service to a rhythm that never muscles through like Chuck Berry or skitters tilt-a-whirl like Little Richard but doesn't need to. He was a formalist, a model railway builder, a de rigger songsmith. In other words, Holly wasn't a purveyor of the type of excess the 60s myth tells us his brand of R'n'R turned into (but probably didn't). Perfectly controlled and never threatening to spread. The ones you know (Oh Boy!, Not Fade Away, Maybe Baby, It's Too Late, That'll Be The Day) are straight fire, though not a raging one.
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