Tonight I watched The Buddy Holly Story and it brought back memories of my Dad's vinyl records and listening to him as a child. I loved him and would dance around the living room to his songs. He and Pasty Kline were my favorites. As an adult, I am so saddened to what happened to him. He was just getting started in his career, only 22 years old, married 6 months, his wife was a few weeks pregnant (she miscarried after his death), an extremely talented songwriter and musician who had so much going for him. I have a really hard time with the concept, and reality, "Here today, gone tomorrow". It is surreal to me how he was on stage February 2nd, 1959, so young and healthy, performing in front of all these people who were going crazy for him, and no one there would have ever imagined that a few hours later, he, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson would be gone. I can almost guarantee that no one in that crowd thought, this will be their last show. I know we all have our purpose and God placed us on this earth on His time, not ours, and maybe Buddy Holly accomplished his purpose in 22 years, but I wouldn't be honest if I don't admit I ask myself, "WHY"? Why do some people live until they're 95 and some 5, or 15, or 22? I don't like that life is cut short for some. Maybe the ones of us who outlive the ones who pass feel guilty for still being here. Maybe it's harder for us to deal with than the ones who have passed. I know most of them are in a much better place than I am, a place that sometimes I long to be in, but I don't know if I will ever really be okay with a young person's death. My grandma's memorial was beautiful. It was a celebration of her life. But maybe if everyone's death and memorial was natural, then we wouldn't appreciate everyday and moments to love each other as much. If we all knew the day we were dying is when we reach 100, then how different would our lives be? Maybe I am starting to understand.
Wikipedia on Buddy Holly:
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll."[1] His works and innovations inspired and influenced both his contemporaries and later musicians, notably The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, and Bob Dylan, and exerted a profound influence on popular music.[2]
Holly was in the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.[3] In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly #13 among "The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time".[4]
To listen to his songs, click on the play button in the middle of the clips below (the first one takes a few seconds). Enjoy!
And Thank You Buddy Holly, you Still Rock!
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