BO HAS ALWAYS ASTONISHED ME WITH THAT ELECTRIFYING VOICE AND GUITAR. KING BO SOUNDS AS FRESH NOW IN 2011 AS HE DID WHEN HE FIRST RECORDED. VERY FEW DO I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT.
5 people only wish they could 47 miles of barbed wire, wear a cobra snake for a necktie and a brand new house on the roadside made from rattlesnake hide
Why do all these people come to the song page and go "John's is better" or "The Doors is better" bla bla blah. Just give it a rest and appreciate the ORIGINAL version. Jeeze everyones version is better...ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
is this the original? iv heard the doors version and the thorogood version and a bit confused. like all versions. sounds older than thorogood and doors in terms of recording.
@elo333333333 I met some teens the other day (in England) that had no idea who was Chuck Berry ,Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and thats with all the benefit of YT, Spotify etc etc and I think they are pretty typical of a generation who think drumnbass and c-rap is music
I'll put my 2 cents in. My fave version (after BO's original) is THE WOOLIES from Detroit MI. released in 1966. It absolutely ROCKS! Unfortunately it can not be posted on YT (in it's original form) because of Warner Records.
It's amazing! I've been playing mafia II for about 5h now! With a bunch of my friends! The graphics, the music....Damn it's good! :) Greetings from Poland!
@theblahman Thanks a lot for this recommendation. I've heard of this band before but I never decided to check them out but I'm glad I did. Most psychedelic version of this song I ever heard, wich is great.
@rocknrollforever10 I love The Doors, and it's because of them I came across the original, which is great. The Doors made it theit own though, I give them that. Many artist's stick to the original vibe and sound of the song.
@rocknrollforever10 yeah man, I heard the Doors version of this song first actually. I was really disappointed when I found out that they didn't write it. I don't know why. Still pretty good though.
I was looking for a Bo Diddley song to listen to, and I had no clue before listening to this song that George Thorogood's version was a cover. I guess I learn new things everyday, as the saying goes. This is totally cool.
im sorry. I have the utmost respect for Bo and what he did, but I have to say George Thorogood made this song what it is. He definitely made the best version. He gives life to the song.
After Bo's demise, my friend (journalist Elliot Cohen) interviewed George Thorogood about Bo. When my friend commented to George that many folks might not know who Diddley was without Thorogood then George replied:"Listen, NO ONE would know who I am had there been no Bo Diddley!"
@Babyhowdy233 yeah, but george would be the first to tell you that john hammond's influence was really the thing that got him interested in what george's style was to become
Hmm...my friend interviewed George for almost two hours and asked him point blank who his influences were, and John Hammond's name never came up once. :/
Half of rock is built on the Bo Diddley beat. And lets not confuse "Pop" with "Rock". This man, and his "Hey Bo Diddley" are the heart of rock and roll. And the simple sound of his earlier years is so pure.
@antoniodsl wtf has mafia 2 got to do with this legend??? its like saying oh Guitar hero made this song famous... god damn ignorant foool - this is true music, dont need no game to prove that
Summer cruising
wokeupthismorning100 2 days ago
for VİTO SCALETTA...R.I.P.
Arkatanos 1 week ago
for VİTO SCALETTA...RİP
Arkatanos 1 week ago
@Arkatanos Scaletta is alive...instead Joe......
walteruzz 5 days ago
" In Philadelphia, it's worth fifty bucks"
tobygrey22 1 week ago
Thumbs up if Wild Hogs brought you here!
lboygrace 2 weeks ago
Rock' N' Roll Forever
leodrummer100 2 weeks ago
Happy birthday to that Force of Nature that was known as Bo Diddley!
Bo would be 93 today.
Babyhowdy233 1 month ago
The Doors cover is great, but ultimately this is the best version IMO.
BlackSabbathory 1 month ago
Dance, dance, dance.
Great!!!
christiam0329 1 month ago
Mamma mia com'è forte...
89peline 1 month ago
yeaaaa i like it
beben12334 1 month ago
i kinda like The Doors cover more
iamobeliskquake 1 month ago
@iamobeliskquake of course you do
victornewman06 1 month ago
Damn, old Sumlin died when i was on the way home humming this solo.
Carthsting 1 month ago
Thumbs up if you ALREADY had good taste.
Seantendo 2 months ago 19
If you don't k now Bo Diddley, you don't know Bo Diddley squat.
klausy2 2 months ago 3
If you don't who Bo Diddley was you don't know Rock and Roll nuff said
Wehategod 2 months ago 4
BO HAS ALWAYS ASTONISHED ME WITH THAT ELECTRIFYING VOICE AND GUITAR. KING BO SOUNDS AS FRESH NOW IN 2011 AS HE DID WHEN HE FIRST RECORDED. VERY FEW DO I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT.
ELVIS4221 2 months ago
im here thanks to the game maffia 2. good music in the game but buddy holly music is fail its suposed to be 52 and they play buddy holly wtf
davedavito 2 months ago
5 people are pawns in the Chess set.
Zeppelinfaktor 2 months ago
lol rectangle guitar
comerbran 2 months ago
@comerbran The twang machine
nowayjoseph 2 months ago 3
I feel dumb for not realizing this was the original - he also did the updated version in 1987 for the "La Bamba" soundtrack
VirgoGal74 3 months ago 2
5 people only wish they could 47 miles of barbed wire, wear a cobra snake for a necktie and a brand new house on the roadside made from rattlesnake hide
mjsalzman 3 months ago 2
50 heavy metaL!
FATHER947 3 months ago
yeah boy keep rocking
jedocaixao21 3 months ago
Bo is the king of heavy blues.
bazzadonkey 3 months ago
The Clave played with a Gretsch.....this is rock and roll!
PortieBhoy 3 months ago
This song is so boss!
JRBugge 3 months ago
Goth lyrics before goth became a music style.
RockinFifiLaFume 3 months ago
mafia 2
BrunoTheNext 4 months ago 3
I cant stop shaking my ass. goddamn. I Cant click on the X button.
Emin3mSlimShadyD12 4 months ago
Hes awesome
360guitarfreak 4 months ago
BOWLIN LIKE A BO DIDLEY
djembodjembo1 4 months ago
thumbs up if you came here because of mafia II
MrShenron68 4 months ago
@MrShenron68 video gamers think alike haha
lscloud1 4 months ago
"Tombstone hand and a graveyard mind" - going in my obituary!!
purplestuff 4 months ago
Mafia 2
TheMadSalesman 4 months ago
Nope originals better!but thanks.lol.
JAMC are one of my Favorite bands.But they didnt invent the Wheel they just put alot of distortion on it!
77townes 4 months ago
Nope originals better!but thanks.lol.
77townes 4 months ago
great artist, greetz
imoteph26 4 months ago
That's right, jump them blues Bo!
RunawayTrane 4 months ago
Why do all these people come to the song page and go "John's is better" or "The Doors is better" bla bla blah. Just give it a rest and appreciate the ORIGINAL version. Jeeze everyones version is better...ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
overbrookXXX 5 months ago
As a Doors fan, I love their version but my favorite is George Thorogood's version.
Jeromus1970 5 months ago
this song is in the mafia 2
MrDzoniKljuc 5 months ago
Great song that led to the best cover of the version by The Doors
ItsTiedToAStick 5 months ago
@ItsTiedToAStick listen to the cover version of The Jesus And Mary Chain, so cool!!!!!
easytears 4 months ago
mafia 2!!!!!
MrSenneboy 5 months ago
50's Heavy Metal. :-)
Fpockets 5 months ago 60
@Fpockets no need to get heavier.
06MasterBlaster 2 months ago
@Fpockets A good 10 years before the song that named Heavy Metal (Born to Be Wild) was even made!
mewtwo711 1 month ago
@mewtwo711 and 14 before it was a proper genre
mashui99 3 weeks ago
5 people don't have have a chimmeny made from a human skull...
Zeppelinfaktor 5 months ago
Makes me happy
00Flair 5 months ago
i heard song on the radio in MAFIA II
rdshooligan 5 months ago
Juicy Luicy's version of this is fuckin Epic, but not as good as the original.
briplautz 5 months ago
i love the Doors cover
apolline 5 months ago
its vietnam
shazzaman1 6 months ago
The Doors and George Thorogood did this song so good.
werdna96 6 months ago
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Some of his 50´s chop-rhythm guitar patterns make him an early avatar of funk.
willpn100 6 months ago
The lyrics of the song
DestroyerAlexandros 6 months ago
Thumbs up for Mafia 2
TraGicJohnson49 7 months ago 29
@TraGicJohnson49 Good thing for these new fangled games so young folks can hear some REAL music once in a while. Turn off the radio junk, people!
OnlySinner 2 weeks ago
@OnlySinner Lol
TraGicJohnson49 2 weeks ago
@TraGicJohnson49 Yes, thats why im here, but wasnt Mafia 2 set in the 40's?
iJuStEriC 1 week ago
@iJuStEriC Yeah it was
TraGicJohnson49 1 week ago
now these people knew hardship.... fuck today its pillow land for kids and adults.... fuck your shitzu
trekkian88 7 months ago
kiss my rich black ass!
1billion1deaths1 7 months ago
is this the original? iv heard the doors version and the thorogood version and a bit confused. like all versions. sounds older than thorogood and doors in terms of recording.
cultation1 7 months ago
@cultation1 This was the original version from the 1950s
DestroyerAlexandros 6 months ago
@DestroyerAlexandros cheers, just wondered. still prefer the thorogood version because i heard it first
cultation1 6 months ago
omg i thought this was a doors song!
eagleeye2391 7 months ago
So this that music people have been talking about.
Sanity790501 8 months ago
prefiro juntin biber
mavic123ful 8 months ago
@mavic123ful you spelled his name wrong idiot
sslerette33 6 months ago
Did Bo played the lead guitar here as well?
guttorocha 8 months ago
ahhhhhh its afghanistan!!!!!!!!!!!!
shazzaman1 8 months ago
Three way tie for my favorite song ever - this, Open All Night (Springsteen) & Devil's Right Hand (Johnny Cash Cover of Steve Earle)
braunson5 8 months ago
All hail Bo Diddley!!!
:)
TheGypsyRocker 9 months ago
Alice Cooper didn't invent nothing.
Nostalgico80 9 months ago
@Nostalgico80 You do understand that you are saying Alice Cooper DID invent something, right?
youhavegeniusshins 8 months ago
@youhavegeniusshins Mine was a joke, don't worry ;-) .
Nostalgico80 8 months ago
Can you believe that there's people who say that they play rock n roll and DON'T know who Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and Howlin Wolf are?
elo333333333 9 months ago 14
@elo333333333 I met some teens the other day (in England) that had no idea who was Chuck Berry ,Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and thats with all the benefit of YT, Spotify etc etc and I think they are pretty typical of a generation who think drumnbass and c-rap is music
tim60s321 8 months ago
@elo333333333 Hell if they don't know the Blues, what is the point of cick up a guitar and play rockn'roll
MayChild8 2 months ago 3
Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry TRUE KINGS OF ROCK N ROLL!!!
ceeteebars 9 months ago 6
Check out the guitar at 13 seconds. That is a Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird designed by Bo and given to Billy Gibbons later.
SuperLestorpaul 9 months ago
I'll put my 2 cents in. My fave version (after BO's original) is THE WOOLIES from Detroit MI. released in 1966. It absolutely ROCKS! Unfortunately it can not be posted on YT (in it's original form) because of Warner Records.
geofbrit59 9 months ago
Ugh, George Thorogood compared to Bo?
evlgenius09 10 months ago 2
First picture is a Cushman road king!
5Toesss 10 months ago
"Just 22 and i don't mind dying."
bilethezombie 10 months ago 33
@bilethezombie
My favorite line :) Just heard it in another song by EMA, "California." Pretty good use of it IMO.
kmacmuzikmafia27 8 months ago
Check out Juicy Lucy doing this!! Explosive!!!
vicpur 10 months ago
george thoroughgoods version is better but this one is good 2
titan2010able1 10 months ago
The best cover of this song would have to be The Doors version. I just love this song.. awesome lyrics.
slipdrum80 10 months ago
Thank you Mafia 2 for this awesome rockabilly song. I would like to hear more rockabilly songs on radio, even on real world.
Zavren 10 months ago 2
i love this song when im in the car in mafia 2 and the cops are chasing me
MJfanNumber11 10 months ago
@theblahman this and the quicksilver version are my favorite
jlhyz2 10 months ago
thumbs up if mafia 2 brought you here :D
DaKattila 11 months ago 3
f@ck the doors
timeinyourshoes 11 months ago
Cool song go bo Diddley under-rated star but 1 of the best thanks.
wins151 11 months ago 2
bo diddley is the man... Hence(i'm a man) my mom grew me up on these kind of tunes
kick ass scooter!
1989berlinwall 11 months ago
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valkelly 11 months ago
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valkelly 11 months ago
damn man just by listening to this song and reading the lyrics if anything THIS is original psychobilly hahaha
NalgaBrain 11 months ago 2
Great song, original is always best. Check out Cross Canadian Ragweed's version, they did pretty good, though it's pretty rockish so yeah...
techie3484 11 months ago
you shoulda heard just what i seen
WINFIELD32750 11 months ago
my favorite song in mafia 2 :)
TheMert90 11 months ago 2
to answer your question...I LOVE YOU, BO DIDDLEY!
shiningstarra 1 year ago
this song is so fun to drive to!...in mafia 2
TJMBrothers 1 year ago 2
that box guitar was his concept too, as it is said, made his own axe
harmusman 1 year ago
One of Bo's main songs.
dakarlion1 1 year ago
This man even invented his own rhythm that soon was used by almost everyone playing Rock and Roll.Guy was an original.Love his "BOX" guitar...Enes
IxENESxI 1 year ago 2
It's amazing! I've been playing mafia II for about 5h now! With a bunch of my friends! The graphics, the music....Damn it's good! :) Greetings from Poland!
pem666rower100 1 year ago
check out Juicy Lucy- Who Do You Love
gosgoskate 1 year ago
i had a doctor the image of bo,man he was the best
ralphcraddock 1 year ago
Did you guys check out The Doors version of this song? I don't think it's well-known but it's just as good as the original in my opinion.
rocknrollforever10 1 year ago 21
@rocknrollforever10 Yea, doors version is excellent. I also like Rory Gallagher's cover.
Weedtoker590 1 year ago
@Weedtoker590 You're right, his version is very nice too.
rocknrollforever10 1 year ago
@rocknrollforever10 i know this is pretty ignorant, but i heard the doors version before this and actually thought it was by them for a while ;)
iamfatandsassy 1 year ago
@rocknrollforever10 strongly recommend you check out Quicksilver Messenger Service version, if your into ur west coast psychedelia its a must
theblahman 11 months ago 2
@theblahman Thanks a lot for this recommendation. I've heard of this band before but I never decided to check them out but I'm glad I did. Most psychedelic version of this song I ever heard, wich is great.
rocknrollforever10 11 months ago
@rocknrollforever10 Doors is best cover of this. handsman-down.
BuyBenco 11 months ago
@rocknrollforever10
you fucking idiot. couldn't be farther from the truth
xtoefield 10 months ago
@rocknrollforever10 definitely my favorite version of this song
dickpudding 8 months ago
@rocknrollforever10 quicksilver messenger service...that's where its at. the doors version...yes, beautiful
moccasin11 7 months ago
@rocknrollforever10 The Quicksilver Messenger Service version of this song is even better than The Doors by far.
OrpheusIsThe1 7 months ago
@rocknrollforever10 i disagree.:
Mulishamadness 6 months ago
@rocknrollforever10 I love The Doors, and it's because of them I came across the original, which is great. The Doors made it theit own though, I give them that. Many artist's stick to the original vibe and sound of the song.
Aic1944 6 months ago
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George Thorogood's is great, too!
@rocknrollforever10
Did you guys check out The Doors version of this song? I don't think it's well-known but it's just as good as the original in my opinion.
Desperada57 6 months ago
@rocknrollforever10
there's also a recommended Doors version played live in Vancouver with guest Albert King on guitar. Check it out!
ShredMaster79 6 months ago
@rocknrollforever10 Man , you should hear Jucy Lucy's version.
TheGumboVariator 5 months ago
@rocknrollforever10 yeah man, I heard the Doors version of this song first actually. I was really disappointed when I found out that they didn't write it. I don't know why. Still pretty good though.
cutieclark0788 5 months ago
thumbs up if you liked this song before mafia 2!
17souleater 1 year ago 6
This is spoofed on Pound Puppies The Legend of Big Paw
clashrogers 1 year ago
the jesus and mary chains version kicks major ass
wilson2810 1 year ago
I bet you didn't know JOdy Williams played the lead guitar work on this cut. He played with Bo Diddley for years
SaturnStarShip 1 year ago
music know no color fool
shazzaman1 1 year ago
bo knows vietnam
shazzaman1 1 year ago
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antoniodsl 1 year ago
yeah Bo Diddley!
ladynay83 1 year ago
lear influence on george thorgood, not only the song, but bo's voice!! fantastic.
PAULisDEADMANnumber9 1 year ago
tuff lyrics
outernational 1 year ago
Heard George Thorogood sing this first, that very good too.
RuthlessRich 1 year ago
i discoverd bo diddley after googling the name thinking theres gotta be a dude with his name out there.
bogartification 1 year ago
meh, i like the george thorogood version better.
EliteXOspartaOX 1 year ago
This music is some "Bad Ass Shit!" Bo Didley is "the Man" of the 50's as Jimi Hendrix was "the Man" of the 60's !
skypilot1234 1 year ago 2
Wow, this music kicks shit. Pheewwww...
jonno52 1 year ago
bo diddley---super bad ass
hippiefreak66 1 year ago 4
Im learning the drums to that :-) xx
SpudANDSausage 1 year ago
awesome o :)
kaliastro 1 year ago
I was looking for a Bo Diddley song to listen to, and I had no clue before listening to this song that George Thorogood's version was a cover. I guess I learn new things everyday, as the saying goes. This is totally cool.
TheSymmachus 1 year ago 2
I'm proud to be from McComb Mississippi because of this guy!!!
mysteryskater48 1 year ago 3
when I listen to (50's-80's) music I always tap my feet on the floor
LukaPoljak 1 year ago 4
fudgy
shazzaman1 1 year ago
♥ .
MrMLD72MLD 1 year ago
@MrMLD72MLD Nice one..... :)
TRB1946 1 year ago
its made out of human skull. what a badass
EvilDeadHateCrew 1 year ago
@EvilDeadHateCrew ye my mans raw...hes got a tombestone hand and a graveyard mind just 22 and he dont mind dying..brap
Casperb36 1 year ago 2
im sorry. I have the utmost respect for Bo and what he did, but I have to say George Thorogood made this song what it is. He definitely made the best version. He gives life to the song.
ledrocker555 1 year ago
@ledrocker555
Say WHAT?!
Babyhowdy233 1 year ago
@ledrocker555
After Bo's demise, my friend (journalist Elliot Cohen) interviewed George Thorogood about Bo. When my friend commented to George that many folks might not know who Diddley was without Thorogood then George replied:"Listen, NO ONE would know who I am had there been no Bo Diddley!"
Well said, George! :)
Babyhowdy233 1 year ago 39
@Babyhowdy233 yeah, but george would be the first to tell you that john hammond's influence was really the thing that got him interested in what george's style was to become
ultrakool 6 months ago
@ultrakool
Hmm...my friend interviewed George for almost two hours and asked him point blank who his influences were, and John Hammond's name never came up once. :/
Babyhowdy233 6 months ago
@Babyhowdy233 george talks about his influences here (including john hammond) watch?v=rfl76DsuLxQ
ultrakool 6 months ago
Half of rock is built on the Bo Diddley beat. And lets not confuse "Pop" with "Rock". This man, and his "Hey Bo Diddley" are the heart of rock and roll. And the simple sound of his earlier years is so pure.
lizarddance 1 year ago 2
@lizarddance
I couldn't have said it better! :)
Babyhowdy233 1 year ago
thanks
Peacefulminds911 1 year ago
Bo didd the best aerobics-class music ever..shake them pounds OFF
pallen1065 1 year ago
awesome Rock'n'Roll of the late 50's this is awesome
thx for posting!
obiwankenobi28 1 year ago
The song is about hoodoo folk magic so I'm guessing the title is a pun just so the song didn't get banned in the 50's. 'Hoodoo You Love'
shicrapt 1 year ago 2
one word: GREAT
kartaca11 1 year ago
Best Version by The Doors. Even better than the original
youtube.com/watch?v=FJST3jpw-yA
morrison444 1 year ago
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morrison444 1 year ago
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Mafia 2 brought me here!
antoniodsl 1 year ago 58
@antoniodsl likewise!! such a great music !!
ainooh 1 year ago
@antoniodsl well i know the doors cover and ive been interested to hear the original version
greatcomedian18 1 year ago
@antoniodsl is mafia two good?
edn172 1 year ago
@edn172 Well.. Mafia 1 is much better BUT Mafia 2 is worth playing. Good music, good cars and the story is also good :-)
antoniodsl 1 year ago
@antoniodsl wtf has mafia 2 got to do with this legend??? its like saying oh Guitar hero made this song famous... god damn ignorant foool - this is true music, dont need no game to prove that
DeltaBluesGuitar901 1 year ago