Dearest Not Fade Away
These days, Holly reminds me of Short Trousers:Chilblains (whatever happened to them? when I Lived In A Cardboard Box In The Middle Of The Road, some nights,they were all I had to keep me warm......):Being in love with Anne Haw (what A name!)who sat in the desk in front of me at Saint Mary's Primary School (i had the "hots" for her in a very pre-puberty/Catholic way):Rugby League:National Health Service glasses (those wee ones like John Lennon wore): etc etc.
ah Nostalgia!
As I lost my religion, sat in Confession , I didn't hear Latin no more ,the voice from that old rugged cross was Buddy Holly & His Chirping Crickets !
Anyway, out at the end June is this album of Holly covers.Featuring Lou Reed;Nick Lowe;Paul McCartney:My Morning Jacket:The Black Keys (above);Pattie Smith;Fiona Apple ;Julia Casablanca: & many more.Here are Florence & The Machine singing "Not Fade Away".
My Best Wishes To The Teachers who are having the first of their one day strikes next Thursday I was an NUT rep in Bradford in the mid-1980s when that Evil old whore Maggie Thatcher (spit)was La Maîtresse Principale. Ah Nostalgie!
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i too am sending good vibes to the teachers, and, as a matter o fact all those planning to strike as well
I always liked Holly's [anti]Image.He looked like a nerd.While Elvis was shaking his hips & making all the white girls cum....I guess,the most you could hope of Holly was that his glasses might steam up during the raunchy bits.......
He was the first (i think) to use Black musicians (eg King Curtis) and nick black folks rhythms & share them with the rednecks.
(I'm reminded of a cartoon from the 80s. Smoke filled room. Men sitting round table. One says "Well, that's decided, brothers. We'll hold a 3 minute moment of action").
History repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce, as somebody once said.
oh dear, I am turning into a a cynical old git:)
Was in Hebden Bridge this afternoon. We sat for some time watching an artist from Ecuador balancing rocks on their ends in the stream that runs through the village centre.
I missed the fun in Hebden today.....I was painting gloss EVERYWHERE in my house + am currently high on the fumes!
I'll be looking out for that album, by the way.
Have a lovely summer dear friend;))))
xoxo
great post tony.
love this: "I was an NUT rep in Bradford in the mid-1980s when that Evil old whore Maggie Thatcher (spit)was La Maîtresse Principale. Ah Nostalgie!"