“The big attraction as well with Buddy was that he wrote his own stuff,” he said. In the 2015 book Conversations with McCartney, Paul discussed his feelings regarding Holly. Paul McCartney contrasted Buddy Holly with Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis Notably, Paul’s favorite Holly song became a massive hit in the United States and the United Kingdom. In addition, he discussed playing Holly’s songs with John Lennon and George Harrison when they were young. Paul McCartney revealed his favorite among Buddy Holly’s songs. 1 single in the United States and the United Kingdom.īuddy Holly | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer Paul McCartney explained the appeal of Buddy Holly’s songs compared to Elvis Presley’s songs.This blog is a workshop for developing my analyses of The Beatles' music. The first professional recording the Beatles (then the Quarrymen) ever made was their rendition of "That'll Be The Day", recorded 12(?) July 1958, but not commercially released until The Beatles Anthology 1. Recordings of the Beatles' performances of these Buddy Holly songs exist for only 6 of the 13 listed above. "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues", 1961-62."Baby I Don't Care (You're So Square)", 1960-61.And throughout the Quarrymen/Beatles' existence, they played a total of at least 13 Buddy Holly songs in live shows (as dictated in Lewisohn, page 362-65). It was like, 'Wow! He writes and is a musician'" ( Anthology, page 22).Įventually, of course, the Beatles would write, perform, and record almost exclusively only original material. But in the early years, the band's repertoire leaned heavily on cover songs for the majority of their stage repertoire. John I started to write because of Buddy Holly. People these days take it for granted that you do, but nobody used to then. One of the main things about The Beatles is that we started out writing our own material. More importantly, Holly wrote original material, further inspiring the Beatles to do likewise. Quoting Paul once more: "I still like Buddy's vocal style. (I've heard Presley occasionally described that "he wore the guitar better than he played it".) Holly, by contrast, could do both simultaneously. It is a safe bet to assume that Lennon is referring to Elvis Presley, who was a major influence, but was more of a singer than a guitar player. Quoting John Lennon: "Buddy Holly was the first one that we were really aware of in England who could play and sing at the same time - not just strum, but actually play the licks" ( Anthology, page 11). Second, it was Buddy Holly who inspired John Lennon and Paul McCartney to play, sing, and write their own songs. When you said it, people thought of crawly things and when you read it, it was beat music" ( Anthology, page 41). And I changed the BEA, because 'beetles' didn't mean two things on its own. Beetles were little insects, so that took care of that, but with an 'A' it became something to do with beat" (Miles, page 52). Lennon confirms this: "I was looking for a name like The Crickets that meant two things, and from crickets I got to beetles. But we were turned on like nobody's business by the idea of a double meaning, so with our wit and wisdom and whatever, we wanted something that would have a double meaning. What a fantastic idea, it's a little grasshopper, and it's a game.' Well, they came over, they had no fucking idea cricket was a game, to them it was just a little chirping grasshopper from Texas, so it was actually quite a boring name. Quoting Paul McCartney: "I remember talking to John about this. As influential as Little Richard was on the young Beatles, Buddy Holly was even more so.įirst of all, Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets, inspired the Beatles own insectoid name.
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