I have always adored Billie's theme song.....such a sweet, simple love song that stayed in my head long after seeing this tragic movie...thanks so much for posting this beautiful song from Buster and Billie.
The 70's produced some of the best h wood and indy flix of all time. Why? Like the 50's actors studio the era was the start of many of the best talent the industry had to offer in music, acting, writing and directing so the pool, if you will was deep. The best part of 70's indies were the theme tunes at opening that set the tone of the rest of the flick i.e. rolling thunder, thunderbolt and lightfoot, Joe, scarecrow, sugarland express and my fave of course buster & billie theme!
My sweet husband tells me that this beautiful song reminds him of me. "The girl I was, the girl I used to be.." We spent those sweet country days running the backroads in his old car, waiting for the night. We've been together over 50 years, married for 44 of them. We've lived, loved, laughed, fought, screamed, argued, and shared great joy and deep sorrow. If I died tomorrow, I could not ever have asked for a more wonderful life.
Be sure to watch "Red Sky at Morning," the movie taken from the novel by Richard Bradford. Great theme and a super coming-of-age romance set in New Mexico during World War II.
One of my favorite songs and a great movie. Jan Michael Vincent was in his prime!
I was a Georgia teenager (the movie was made in Statesboro) and remember all the excitement at the Atlanta premiere. The DVD is impossible to find, but finally downloaded it via torrent. White Line Fever is next. Great songs.
I'm 64, and if I get cancer before Medicare, then I could loose my house. I've worked hard all my life and had a small business. The health-insurance criminals want to take that away.
To TuskAmerica, do you have health insurance? If you think your covered, think again. The health-insurance criminals have people working 24/7 thinking of ways to deny coverage.
All I want to do is buy into Medicare. What's so bad about that?
It isn't right to use your name (TuskAmerica) to send us to a wacko right-wing site. I lost my health insurance on Monday, and the Republicans have nothing to say to me. Keep your politics out of these comments on a great song.
"It isn't right to use your name (TuskAmerica) to send us to a wacko right-wing site".
No one asked you to click on my Youtube name. Sounds like you have some issues you need to deal with other than posting assanine crap. I never directed "anyone" to my so called "right wing" page. Get a life or get off. Typical whiny ass Liberal.
This must have been what inspired the opening to SCTV's movie of the week, "Power Play." Complete with soft, warbling folk rock intro and long traveling shots.
If you liked Buster and Billie, you must see "Red Sky at Morning," staring Richard Thomas and Catherine Burns. I uploaded some pictures and a bio for Catherine Burns fanclub. Check it out.
The movie (available on dvd) is super, and so is the book, by Richard Bradford.
Another great movie, of course, is "Summer of 42." These movies capture our youth and allow us to relive it again. Joseph Conrad had some great lines on the subject. The man is on a ship:
"O youth! The strength of it, the faith of it, the imagination of it! To me she was not an old rattle-trap...she was the endeavor, the test, the trail of life. I think of her with pleasures, with affection, with regret—as you would think of someone dead you have loved. I shall never forget her.
Do you have the movie Buster & Billie? Can you load the whole thing? I have'nt seen it since wow 1974 I remember the night it came on. I was studing for a test, I was a hugh JMV fan. Please Please Please upload.
hmmm really how was the quality?? I would totally love to get that movie On dvd I actually went to ebay and bought a vhs copy for my dad lol but I on the other hand would love to have it on dvd so if u still have any of the info about him please let me know! thanks!
I really wish someone would load the whole movie.. I remember My dad watching this movie over and over!!! It was filmed some on Jekel Island or St. Simons one of them!! but Like I said my dad loves this movie!!! I would like to see it again!! Memories!!
I should have added that I've been humming that song for thirty years and never heard it again after the TV movie until about two years ago. Now that is proof of it's power.
There was full-frontal nudity for Buster and a butt shot of Billie. I don't know if it has a lot of nudity by today's standards, but I know all that was cut for TV (I saw it when it first came out on TV). I was just surprised that's all.
By 1974 even Columbia Pictures had got in on the Exploitation / Drive-In market, seeing the revenue this genre was bringing in. Another example from the same year (and company) was a studio film called Rape Squad. Around this time, if a low budget drive-in movie didn't feature nudity or sexual violence it would most likely have been pulled from the screens. With the exploitation element not critical (or excessive in Buster and Billie) a small re-edit would make this film fit for television.
This may be hard to believe, but after I saw the movie's premier on TV, I never forgot the song. I've been humming it most days at least once for 30 years. It just touched something in me.
As for the movie, the opening scenes of the horse and cows running and the bus across the field also struck a chord. It's like seeing into the heart of America.
I really love this movie and the song that opens it. A love story that touched my heart in so many ways. Amazing how we can treat some people as throw aways to be used as we see fit, but how we can touch the lives of others and change everything for the better. The ending left a mark on me to this day...I have the DVD of this movie and cherish it as part of my buried treasure collection.....
This movie really made you think of how some people have no self worth and seek for it in misguiding ways. Sad but many females have no nurturing father figure and fall into this path.
Turner Classic Movies website has Buster & Billie on their data base. If you search for the movie you can suggest it.. and they will remind you by email when it is on tcm. So suggest it too..
I have a vhs copy but would like a better one.. It was my first R rated movie lol
I wish this was released on DVD, this movie had such an impact in the respect that it is unforgettable and so beautifully made, brings a tear to my ear still. Please realease it on DVD.
I have always adored Billie's theme song.....such a sweet, simple love song that stayed in my head long after seeing this tragic movie...thanks so much for posting this beautiful song from Buster and Billie.
MsJune54 1 month ago
looks like Freddy Krueger at 2:18.
shaithis80 4 months ago
Billie's Theme is hauntingly beautiful. Thanks for posting. Hoyt Axton captures the essence of the movie.
SilverWingsOfMorning 7 months ago 7
The 70's produced some of the best h wood and indy flix of all time. Why? Like the 50's actors studio the era was the start of many of the best talent the industry had to offer in music, acting, writing and directing so the pool, if you will was deep. The best part of 70's indies were the theme tunes at opening that set the tone of the rest of the flick i.e. rolling thunder, thunderbolt and lightfoot, Joe, scarecrow, sugarland express and my fave of course buster & billie theme!
ChristopherLaro 10 months ago 4
Freddy Kruger!!
BCK 1 year ago
My sweet husband tells me that this beautiful song reminds him of me. "The girl I was, the girl I used to be.." We spent those sweet country days running the backroads in his old car, waiting for the night. We've been together over 50 years, married for 44 of them. We've lived, loved, laughed, fought, screamed, argued, and shared great joy and deep sorrow. If I died tomorrow, I could not ever have asked for a more wonderful life.
browneyedgirl1967 1 year ago 2
Be sure to watch "Red Sky at Morning," the movie taken from the novel by Richard Bradford. Great theme and a super coming-of-age romance set in New Mexico during World War II.
soldierssong 1 year ago
One of my favorite songs and a great movie. Jan Michael Vincent was in his prime!
I was a Georgia teenager (the movie was made in Statesboro) and remember all the excitement at the Atlanta premiere. The DVD is impossible to find, but finally downloaded it via torrent. White Line Fever is next. Great songs.
RogueBeauty 1 year ago
great movie
saw it in the 90's ...it is so sad
jannforever13 1 year ago
TuskAmerica thinks that the wonderful and inspiring woman Michelle Obama is an "American hating wife." What a shameful thing
to say. This is sick.
soldierssong 2 years ago
This is great. I've watched it time and again. Be sure to watch the movie "Stand By Me," another coming-of-age classic.
soldierssong 2 years ago
I'm 64, and if I get cancer before Medicare, then I could loose my house. I've worked hard all my life and had a small business. The health-insurance criminals want to take that away.
soldierssong 2 years ago
To TuskAmerica, do you have health insurance? If you think your covered, think again. The health-insurance criminals have people working 24/7 thinking of ways to deny coverage.
All I want to do is buy into Medicare. What's so bad about that?
soldierssong 2 years ago
Thanks! Damn...I miss the 70's.
TuskAmerica 2 years ago
It isn't right to use your name (TuskAmerica) to send us to a wacko right-wing site. I lost my health insurance on Monday, and the Republicans have nothing to say to me. Keep your politics out of these comments on a great song.
soldierssong 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
"It isn't right to use your name (TuskAmerica) to send us to a wacko right-wing site".
No one asked you to click on my Youtube name. Sounds like you have some issues you need to deal with other than posting assanine crap. I never directed "anyone" to my so called "right wing" page. Get a life or get off. Typical whiny ass Liberal.
TuskAmerica 2 years ago
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TuskAmerica 2 years ago
Buster and Billie is now on Youtube, the whole movie!!!!!!!!!!!!
msjosephine2 2 years ago
i HAVE NOTICED CERTAIN MOVIES HAVE NEVER BEEN AVAILIBLE ON TAPE OR DVD....THIS IS ONE OF THEM AS FAR AS I KNOW......why?
boilersfan51 2 years ago
Just wanted you to know that the full movie is now on Youtube, enjoy!
msjosephine2 2 years ago
@msjosephine2 .....can't find the buster and billie movie...can you help me out?
meljaken 1 year ago
@meljaken I spent a great deal of time trying to find this for you as I had looked so long for it, sadly it looks as if it has been removed:(
msjosephine2 1 year ago
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terranicole1971 6 months ago
This must have been what inspired the opening to SCTV's movie of the week, "Power Play." Complete with soft, warbling folk rock intro and long traveling shots.
tenmenstrong 3 years ago
Make sure you watch "Red Sky at Morning." I fell in love with the girl--Catherine Burns.
soldierssong 3 years ago
Thanks. I do don't know how to edit it. It should be "I think of her with pleasure" not "pleasures." It's from Conrad's short story "Youth."
soldierssong 3 years ago
If you liked Buster and Billie, you must see "Red Sky at Morning," staring Richard Thomas and Catherine Burns. I uploaded some pictures and a bio for Catherine Burns fanclub. Check it out.
The movie (available on dvd) is super, and so is the book, by Richard Bradford.
soldierssong 3 years ago
Another great movie, of course, is "Summer of 42." These movies capture our youth and allow us to relive it again. Joseph Conrad had some great lines on the subject. The man is on a ship:
"O youth! The strength of it, the faith of it, the imagination of it! To me she was not an old rattle-trap...she was the endeavor, the test, the trail of life. I think of her with pleasures, with affection, with regret—as you would think of someone dead you have loved. I shall never forget her.
soldierssong 3 years ago 8
what a beautiful quote, thank you for sharing it!
kitsch2spacea 3 years ago
Do you have the movie Buster & Billie? Can you load the whole thing? I have'nt seen it since wow 1974 I remember the night it came on. I was studing for a test, I was a hugh JMV fan. Please Please Please upload.
msjosephine2 3 years ago
I was surprised at the full-frontal nudity. That sure wasn't in the TV version. Not so wild by today's standards, but racy. I love the song.
soldierssong 3 years ago
I have not seen this film since I was a kid at the drive-In with my parents. I did not know Hoyt sang the theme song. Cool..!
Primevals33 3 years ago
I have white line fever on video tape somewhere
nathan6466 3 years ago
I remember see this at the drive in. Will someone wake up and release it on dvd!!! Amazing song. Great post!!
msinthrop 3 years ago 3
hmmm really how was the quality?? I would totally love to get that movie On dvd I actually went to ebay and bought a vhs copy for my dad lol but I on the other hand would love to have it on dvd so if u still have any of the info about him please let me know! thanks!
abbyfrog 3 years ago
I really wish someone would load the whole movie.. I remember My dad watching this movie over and over!!! It was filmed some on Jekel Island or St. Simons one of them!! but Like I said my dad loves this movie!!! I would like to see it again!! Memories!!
abbyfrog 3 years ago
Hi, I bought a copy on DVD from a man in
England--about $15.
soldierssong 3 years ago
It's really awful. They rape poor Billie to death in the movie.
unclealand 3 years ago
thank you soooooooooooooo much coop, this is tinsel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<3
mwelch4900 3 years ago
i love this movie
coop53 3 years ago
you're the BOMB coop 53. thanx from bottom of mineheart
mwelch4900 3 years ago
It's an incredible song. So simple, and yet incredibly meaningful. I could listen to it all day.
flydude1063 3 years ago
I should have added that I've been humming that song for thirty years and never heard it again after the TV movie until about two years ago. Now that is proof of it's power.
soldierssong 3 years ago
There was full-frontal nudity for Buster and a butt shot of Billie. I don't know if it has a lot of nudity by today's standards, but I know all that was cut for TV (I saw it when it first came out on TV). I was just surprised that's all.
soldierssong 3 years ago
By 1974 even Columbia Pictures had got in on the Exploitation / Drive-In market, seeing the revenue this genre was bringing in. Another example from the same year (and company) was a studio film called Rape Squad. Around this time, if a low budget drive-in movie didn't feature nudity or sexual violence it would most likely have been pulled from the screens. With the exploitation element not critical (or excessive in Buster and Billie) a small re-edit would make this film fit for television.
kitsch2spacea 3 years ago
Yeah, thats true. Pretty tame now. Wouldn't probably even get a PG-13 rating lol. Good movie though.
flydude1063 3 years ago
This may be hard to believe, but after I saw the movie's premier on TV, I never forgot the song. I've been humming it most days at least once for 30 years. It just touched something in me.
As for the movie, the opening scenes of the horse and cows running and the bus across the field also struck a chord. It's like seeing into the heart of America.
soldierssong 3 years ago
i have been looking for so long to find that great song by valerie carter. your a life saver dude. thx
nal2us2 3 years ago
I bought a DVD of the movie. It was from a guy in England. Man, did they ever cut out a lot for the TV version! A lot of nudity!
soldierssong 3 years ago
Alot of nudity??? We must not be talking about the same movie. There was one very fast boob shot, and one VERY short bush shot. That was it
flydude1063 3 years ago
I really love this movie and the song that opens it. A love story that touched my heart in so many ways. Amazing how we can treat some people as throw aways to be used as we see fit, but how we can touch the lives of others and change everything for the better. The ending left a mark on me to this day...I have the DVD of this movie and cherish it as part of my buried treasure collection.....
knightriderez 3 years ago
This movie really made you think of how some people have no self worth and seek for it in misguiding ways. Sad but many females have no nurturing father figure and fall into this path.
acdeucee 3 years ago
Turner Classic Movies website has Buster & Billie on their data base. If you search for the movie you can suggest it.. and they will remind you by email when it is on tcm. So suggest it too..
I have a vhs copy but would like a better one.. It was my first R rated movie lol
cheriberrycheri 3 years ago
I wish this was released on DVD, this movie had such an impact in the respect that it is unforgettable and so beautifully made, brings a tear to my ear still. Please realease it on DVD.
novalee66 3 years ago
LOL silly me not my ear a tear to my eye, that will teach me to touchtype lol, sorry People. Now I feel silly.
novalee66 3 years ago
Thank you! The White Line Fever opening title song is a beautiful song.
DMaustrap 3 years ago
Drifting and Dreaming is my favorite. Wish i could find it on a cd.
winbig1 3 years ago
Freddie Kruegar at 2:03! (Whitey)
schmelzg 3 years ago
I wonder why Buster and Billie never was transfered to DVD it was a good movie
Rareed63 3 years ago
Hey Rareed,
I managed to purchase the DVD from a seller at Amazon. It may have been a pirate but was in vgc. You might want to try there.
Louiseaus 3 years ago
Can you upload the movie?
Please!!!!
bobanenb 3 years ago
God i love the way valerie carter sings drifting and dreaming of you.
70snova 3 years ago