buddy or elvis ??
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I'm a bit (well, a lot) too young for either of them in their heyday but my Dad was a Buddy Holly fan so passed all his records on to me. I didn't really realise that Elvis had been such a huge star until much later because I was brought up on Sam Cooke and Sam & Dave and The Everly Brothers rather than Elvis.
So would have to be Buddy for me.
So would have to be Buddy for me.
Put me down as Buddy, can't say I was ever to keen on Elvis.
As I've already noted in the "Elvis" thread, I'm a big fan of Buddy Holly. Really hard to compare the two as Elvis had so many HUGE hits and was so incredibly popular. You never know if Buddy had lived if he wouldn't have Jim Morrisoned/Jimmi Hendrixed on us!
Can you imagine Buddy Holly looking like John Lennon in the 1970s?
Brian
Can you imagine Buddy Holly looking like John Lennon in the 1970s?
Brian
Well, though I love Elvis, I'm keen on Buddy Holly too. The point is they were very different, in style, presentation and their music but diversity is what makes life, and certainly music, interesting.
I was very into Rock'n'Roll in my teens and I still enjoy it, I mean the old 50s type. I have CDs and albums of all the old "greats", Elvis, Buddy, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and the rest. I go a bit more into the 60s too, Beatles, Beach Boys (love them), Four Seasons and, of course, I go back to the 30s and 40s music too. I just love music. Sorry, though, I'm not keen on much after about 1975. (Is this because I'm getting a bit long in the tooth?
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If it comes to a choice between Elvis and Buddy, it's got to be Elvis for me for his sheer magnetism. The Elvis I really go for is the Elvis of the 50s, before the silly jump suits and the personal problems. His very early songs, before all the showmanship, have something you don't often find in an artist. Mind you, that Come Back Special - with the black leather suit - well.....phwoooaaaah!
I was very into Rock'n'Roll in my teens and I still enjoy it, I mean the old 50s type. I have CDs and albums of all the old "greats", Elvis, Buddy, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and the rest. I go a bit more into the 60s too, Beatles, Beach Boys (love them), Four Seasons and, of course, I go back to the 30s and 40s music too. I just love music. Sorry, though, I'm not keen on much after about 1975. (Is this because I'm getting a bit long in the tooth?
) If it comes to a choice between Elvis and Buddy, it's got to be Elvis for me for his sheer magnetism. The Elvis I really go for is the Elvis of the 50s, before the silly jump suits and the personal problems. His very early songs, before all the showmanship, have something you don't often find in an artist. Mind you, that Come Back Special - with the black leather suit - well.....phwoooaaaah!
How many blockbuster hollywood movies did buddy make?
As daft as the Q may be, his manager(was it general/major or summat) was quite an astute business gezzer, Just look at it this way...
You buy the cd/cassette/record/8track(get my drift) and play it religiously until you finally put the nail in the coffin an retire it to the archives...
No look at it from the army-ranked-name-guy manager bloke.
They will most certainly like this film that they will come back and watch it TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME...
The worldwide royalities from these films were phenominal, far more at the time than what could have been accrewed by vinyl.
Makes sense dunnit??
GLOBAL BRANDING ANYONE
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As daft as the Q may be, his manager(was it general/major or summat) was quite an astute business gezzer, Just look at it this way...
You buy the cd/cassette/record/8track(get my drift) and play it religiously until you finally put the nail in the coffin an retire it to the archives...
No look at it from the army-ranked-name-guy manager bloke.
They will most certainly like this film that they will come back and watch it TIME AFTER TIME AFTER TIME...
The worldwide royalities from these films were phenominal, far more at the time than what could have been accrewed by vinyl.
Makes sense dunnit??
GLOBAL BRANDING ANYONE
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I think you mean Colonel Tom Parker, Spud, not really a colonel at all and not even really called Tom Parker. Oh he was an astute businessman all right. He knew how to make money and he made it - for himself. When Elvis died, his manager was far, far richer than he was. 
Personally, I would rate Chuck Berry and Little Richard as the two best performers of out-and-out rock 'n' roll but that's down to my own musical tastes.
As for "Colonel" Parker, he was a small time ex-carnival showman who couldn't see the bigger picture. In the 60's when Elvis was making a series of increasingly mediocre films and recording utter drivel like "Do The Clam", Parker should have been canvassing all the brightest young songwriters of the era to provide his star with exciting new material. Imagine the results if Lennon-McCartney or even Jagger-Richards had been asked to write songs for him. In the 70's when Elvis's Las Vegas shows were lapsing into self-parody, Parker should have had him out there on worldwide tours filling vast arenas. Elvis could have done so much more with a more visionary manager.
Incidentally, if you want to hear where Elvis copped his vocal style from, listen to an Amercian singer called Roy Brown (no, not "Chubby"!) if you get a chance. He sounds like he's copying Elvis...only thing is he was doing in the late 40's/early 50's!
As for "Colonel" Parker, he was a small time ex-carnival showman who couldn't see the bigger picture. In the 60's when Elvis was making a series of increasingly mediocre films and recording utter drivel like "Do The Clam", Parker should have been canvassing all the brightest young songwriters of the era to provide his star with exciting new material. Imagine the results if Lennon-McCartney or even Jagger-Richards had been asked to write songs for him. In the 70's when Elvis's Las Vegas shows were lapsing into self-parody, Parker should have had him out there on worldwide tours filling vast arenas. Elvis could have done so much more with a more visionary manager.
Incidentally, if you want to hear where Elvis copped his vocal style from, listen to an Amercian singer called Roy Brown (no, not "Chubby"!) if you get a chance. He sounds like he's copying Elvis...only thing is he was doing in the late 40's/early 50's!
love early Elvis, but Buddy Holly for me no question,more talented, could write n produce his own stuff n was still a kid when he died.as for the colonel, the reason Elvis never toured anywhere but the states, the guy was an illegal immigrant n would not have been allowed back in the states if he left, so as well as robbing 50% of presleys earnings he deprived the world of seeing him to suit his own ends-- A BUM.
Holly all the way.
Not a fan of Elvis at all I'm afraid.
Not a fan of Elvis at all I'm afraid.
give me some of what your on ossykid, a couple of bops n i'm knackered.
Elvis Was Lovely ,but So Was Buddy Holly,,,oooh What A Delemma ,,,they Were Both Fabulous,,,,i Think Buddy Holly Would Have Been A Lot More Popular Than He Was, If He Haddent Died So Young,,,21 I Think ,
Then There Was Billy Fury Too,,,wonderful
Then There Was Billy Fury Too,,,wonderful
I think so too. I reckon if he'd lived his songwriting would have developed into the 60's and beyond and he'd have been up there with the Beatles, Stones and Dylan as one of the giants of popular music. In fact, I think he would have altered the course of pop music.
Agree Mr C, Parker, was a BUM, Pity he lost his greatest fan, ( Glady's ) so early in his career.
You've got some great stories Mr C, love to hear about June 59. - have transfered it here alan lol, was down St Marys Bay (Kent) with school and went in a coffee bar in Folkstone one night. 11 yrs old with me woobines trying to look cool lol, and this record (Everyday) came on the jukebox, was fascinated so went to look who it was, Buddy Holly of coarse, that was it,was well hooked,n every penny then went on his records, 2 yrs later i turned up at school one morning, with a donkey jacket on,with Buddy Holly on the back in studs,needless to say was sent home - to come back in my uniform pmsl, but had acheived my nickname which has stuck to this day.