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  • bg241ihc
    XSive
    • Oct 2010
    • 58

    #1

    Today is the day the music died

    Buddy Holly September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959

    We hardly knew ya (well mostly that is because I was only 8 months old at the time)

    Even so one of the most influential rock and rollers of all time
    Kawasaki 74 XL400S, 83 550 GPz
    Honda 86 GL1200, 80 XL500S, 82 750 Nighthawk
    Yamaha 78 XS1100E, 80 XS1100G, 92 YZ80
    Suzuki 82 GS650L
  • Crusty Snippets
    XStremely XSive
    • Sep 2010
    • 428
    • Gabriola BC

    #2
    Buddy

    I was 13 then and listening to His music.
    Have seen the movie and the live show/s.
    Ditto above for Patsy Cline.
    Unkle Crusty

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    • bg241ihc
      XSive
      • Oct 2010
      • 58

      #3
      I listen to Patsy Cline all the time. The only "true" country artist on my ipod. One of the best voices if not THE best ever.
      Kawasaki 74 XL400S, 83 550 GPz
      Honda 86 GL1200, 80 XL500S, 82 750 Nighthawk
      Yamaha 78 XS1100E, 80 XS1100G, 92 YZ80
      Suzuki 82 GS650L

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      • DGXSER
        Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
        • Nov 2008
        • 12001
        • Cincinnati, Ohio

        #4
        Being born in 66, I never heard alot of his stuff. I have listened to plenty of Waylon Jennings stuff though, it always haunted him that he jokingly told Holly he hoped the plane crashed.
        Last edited by DGXSER; 02-03-2011, 06:29 PM.
        Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

        When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

        81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
        80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


        Previously owned
        93 GSX600F
        80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
        81 XS1100 Special
        81 CB750 C
        80 CB750 C
        78 XS750

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        • Iron Duke
          XSive
          • Jun 2010
          • 74
          • Manhattan,Ks

          #5
          Three stars

          Was 16 years old new their music well was a sorry day in our young lifes when the music died, thay were just starting who's a say how far their stars would rise. never forgotten,always remembered.

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          • XSive Okie
            XStremely XSive
            • Jun 2010
            • 281
            • Enid, OK

            #6
            Wasn't born yet ('73), but listen to Buddy quite often, and my kids are being raised on him and other classic rock from maltshop 50's through the 70's. RIP Buddy, Richie, and Big Bopper.
            Richard
            '79 XS1100SF "Phantom Stranger" full fairing w/radio and cd player, H-D Roadking trunk, everything else stock
            '02 Honda VTX1800C

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            • redbone
              XStremely XSive
              • Oct 2007
              • 244
              • Waynesboro pa

              #7
              there is an AWESOME video tribute to those guys [and a couple others] on the canopy over fremont street in las vegas to the tune of 'american pie' by don mclean. a must see if ever in lv.
              testing 1-2-3

              1980 1100 mns

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              • rover
                XSive Maximus
                • Jan 2004
                • 765
                • central WI (715)

                #8
                The day the music died

                I was 20, stationed in France, U S Army. A sad day indeed. We had a group at the Service Club and played a lot of his music. Same for Big Bopper
                put something smooooth betwen your legs, XS eleven
                79 F (Blueballs)
                79 SF (Redbutt)
                81 LH (organ donor)
                79 XS 650S (gone to MC heaven)
                76 CB 750 (gone to MC heaven)
                rover has spoken

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                • fredintoon
                  Master of XSology
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 6795
                  • Saskatoon SK

                  #9
                  The best thing about country is the way the singers names obey the truth in advertising laws, like Wail On Jennings and Tammy Whine It.
                  BTW, the music died with Sibelius.
                  Fred Hill, S'toon
                  XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
                  "The Flying Pumpkin"

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                  • rover
                    XSive Maximus
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 765
                    • central WI (715)

                    #10
                    music

                    You should be a musician, Fred In Toon LMAO
                    put something smooooth betwen your legs, XS eleven
                    79 F (Blueballs)
                    79 SF (Redbutt)
                    81 LH (organ donor)
                    79 XS 650S (gone to MC heaven)
                    76 CB 750 (gone to MC heaven)
                    rover has spoken

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                    • Special Ed
                      XStremely XSive "Mad Monk"
                      • May 2004
                      • 808
                      • Monterey CA

                      #11
                      Buddy Holly was my homeboy! I was in the 8th grade in Lubbock Texas at the time. I was in Orchestra learning violin. The youth of Lubbock were in morning. It was a very major event with the “youth culture” in Lubbock. You just can't get much more remote from the rest of the world (in the USA) than Lubbock Texas. To have someone like Buddy come along to put Lubbock on the map, and then die so tragically...ig deal, very big deal. Of course I didn't realize what a big deal it was until years later.
                      Buddy owned an Ariel 650 Twin that he bought from our “everythingbutHarley” bike shop. I yous to sit on it in their showroom back then.
                      Rudy Vallie's home turf is only an hour's ride away from me. What a tragedy. The first Hispanic Pop superstar . Such talent, so young.
                      But the music didn't die! No, we still have American Idol, and Justin Berber...
                      Special Ed
                      Old bikers never die, they're just out of sight!

                      My recently re-built, hopped up '79 Special caught fire and burned everything from the top of the engine up: gas tank, wiring, seat, & melted my windshield all over the front of the bike. Just bought a 1980 Special that has been non oped for 9 years. My Skoot will rise from the ashes and be re named "The Phoenix!"
                      I've been riding since 1959.

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                      • slow mo
                        XSive Maximus
                        • Jan 2009
                        • 858
                        • ontario canada

                        #12
                        [QUOTE=fredintoon;
                        BTW, the music died with Sibelius.[/QUOTE]

                        good one Fred i had to Google Sibelius,,ride safe ,,slow mo!
                        The Belfast Express {1980 xs11oo special/TC fuse box/mikes xs pods/bad boy horn!/mikes green coils/mac 4 into 2 exhaust/ standard bars/vetter fairing c/w ipod CD iphone am/fm radio/tkat fork brace ,,,tuned by tinman
                        moemcnally@hotmail.com
                        i AM THE KING OF NOTHING

                        the people here are great , doesn't matter about the bike really/hamjam ////

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                        • tom clisham
                          XSive Maximus
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 627
                          • Northern Illinois

                          #13
                          Justin Bieber???

                          Buddy was my generation...

                          At least the music didnt really die!
                          Tom Clisham

                          Age is relative YOU WON"T GET OLD TIL YOU SELL THE BIKE
                          _____________________________________________

                          '78xs1100E ,all stock & original GONE TO WISCONSIN

                          '80 SG Vetter fairing,hard bags,trunk,fork brace,
                          stock headers with fishtail mufflers,black & beautiful GONE TO ARIZONA

                          79SF lowered,jardine 4/2 exhaust,pod filters,drilled rotors,fork brace, bar hopper

                          79SF 1 owner,8000 miles, restoring to completely original ( I hope) GONE TO FRANCE

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                          • planedick
                            XS-XJ Guru
                            • Mar 2005
                            • 2068
                            • Yorba Linda, California

                            #14
                            ???

                            Originally posted by Special Ed
                            I was in Orchestra learning violin. :
                            I didn't know you were a fiddler, Ed.
                            You can't stay young forever, but you can be immature for the rest of your life...

                            '78E "Pathfinder" Show bike...
                            Lovingly restored by Dave Delzell
                            Drilled airbox
                            Tkat fork brace
                            Hardly mufflers
                            late model carbs
                            Newer style fuses
                            Oil pressure guage
                            Custom security system
                            Stainless braid brake lines

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                            • Special Ed
                              XStremely XSive "Mad Monk"
                              • May 2004
                              • 808
                              • Monterey CA

                              #15
                              Fiddler?!!

                              "I didn't know you were a fiddler, Ed."

                              No,no,no, a violinist, Planedick. My formal musical training. The "Maestro" would chastise us by calling us "fiddlers" if we didn't hold the violin properly.
                              To this day I think that orchestra spoiled me for "jamming." One simply doesn't go off on a improvisational riff in the middle of "The Russian Sailors Dance" a la whatshername Simpson on the sax.
                              Special Ed
                              Old bikers never die, they're just out of sight!

                              My recently re-built, hopped up '79 Special caught fire and burned everything from the top of the engine up: gas tank, wiring, seat, & melted my windshield all over the front of the bike. Just bought a 1980 Special that has been non oped for 9 years. My Skoot will rise from the ashes and be re named "The Phoenix!"
                              I've been riding since 1959.

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