La Bamba - Crying Waiting Hopping

[ashleyscarsgard]

WTF? Ralph Cifaretto?

[matthewosmond1984]

if i was one of those musicians, I would've got on the bus instead of getting on the plane, i couldn't care less if i would be freezing cold, it would be better than getting on the plane in a fricken blizzard.

[laurierken]

That is not the real surf ballroom. The ceiling over the stage isn't that low, the phone is near the front lobby, and that door in the room off the stage that the Big Bopper ges into after talking to Ritchie goes directly outside. Holly did not perform "Crying Waiting Hoping" that night, his last song was "Not Fade Away". The coin toss took place in the green room off the stage, not the airfield.

[toasteroven427]

@laurierken

Dude, calm down. It's just a movie.

[laurierken]

@toasteroven427 Did you read something that wasn;t there? Or are you one of these people that get off on exerting some kind of ersatz superiority by telling others to calm down? I made statements of accuracy that Hollywood got incorrect that people reading might find interesting. I just got back from a 3000 km motorcycle ride from the Surf Ballroom, Right is right, and wrong is wrong. Dude, go play World of Warcraft.

[toasteroven427]

@laurierken

Haha I've never even played World Of Warcraft. You have to understand this is a movie about Ritchie Valens, not Buddy Holly. Even if they made the Surf Ballroom down to every exact detail, then we'd be complaining the actor playing Buddy wasn't accurate or his rhythm guitarist never used that type of hollow-body guitar. I don't "get off" putting people down, I'm not some type of troll. Crying Waiting Hoping is a much more exciting song then Not Fade Away, probably why they chose it.

[SlashManEXE]

@laurierken I agree to some extent. "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" wasn't even fully composed as a song (all that was left behind was Holly's acoustic demo). Then again, it is Marshall Crenshaw's signature song (would've been great if they did use "Not Fade Away," though).

Still, if you want to talk about inconsistancies, Ritchie was supposed to be the one playing drums for Buddy after his touring drummer got frostbite. The buy who plays the Big Bopper is really good, though.

[345Ronaldo2]

crying waiting wat a great song

[TheLennonlegends]

@345Ronaldo2 this version inla bamba is best with the drums rockin and it has the best solo

[Urankar3]

AWESOME song!!!100* Watch my guitar version:))))

[TheRaletalk]

Richie should be jamming to this awesome timeless classic song

[VirgoGal74]

So sad - it was such a poorly planned and miserable tour. Both the Big Bopper and Ritchie had bad colds/flu, the buses used were giant hunks of useless crap, Buddy was unhappy with not being able to get royalties from his producer and record company and being forced to go on a tour during one of the coldest winters in the last half century. The only fun part was the actual concert performances each evening.

[chattjedi]

Three Stars found a place in the sky and return to the heavens that night.

[ToniL0veeee]

*Hoping

[smichelle65]

Ritchie really did make a call that night, and the actual 1950's telephone is still hanging on the wall of the Surf Ballroom (the phone is not in use).

[SFV818Si]

"I'll call you tomorrow"

[MrDiebold123]

Brown Pride Forever 

[MrPrado210]

@MrDiebold123 THA FUCK U TALKING ABOUT BOY? FUK YOUR RASICT ASS and thats coming from a mexican FUK BROWN PRIDE I AM IN AMERICA GET WITH THE FUKING PROGRAM OR GET LEFT OUT HO.

[8skater2]

@MrPrado210 Come on man just calm down. Just ignore what that dude said. He got too carried away.

[CarlitosWayz12]

That bus fucked up everything...

[9075Moo]

3 people like having their bus broken down, and have little dicks or small tits!

[coyclown]

Sweet guitar solo!

[TheFreakShow21]

They are icons!



[iamwill935]

sometimes you just gotta look at this tragedy like it was fate, they were young, but had accomplished what they were put on earth to do, ahead of their time and went down as legends.

[ISTLGWNF]

Imagine all the songs they would bring out if they where still alive.

I think the music industry would look much different today, much more new Artist would have rise inspired by these legends. just like michael jackson was inspired by James brown. Every big artist in the music history was just a building stone that brought music where it is today. Unfortunatly somewhere it went wrong. many artist today are not worthy to be a building stone or a part of this building, they make it look bad.

[jasper1781]

this is the best song out there am 30 listened to many but this song always relates back

[promisedeyes]

Somewhere in heaven Buddy Holly is playing some badass guitar riffs while Jim Morrison sings.

[OkUrRight]

i love this version of this song. i was like THIS IS AMAZING the first time i heard it like way back in the early 90's

[jesseviv]

holly was great but ritchie was better!! rip like this song

[AK4TsEv3N]

Loved the movie, these artists are the real rock and roll pioneers.

[CHEKO872]

BUENA CANCION 

[xPinkCynx]

this is where it stops for me. i don't like watching the ending when there's ppl around me... i start to cry :'/ lol

[JhonnyDaemon]

This is my movie.

[xXemox93xkittyXx]

this guy in my 7th period has glasses that look just like buddy hollys. its so weird

[marmendes1970]

Oh Buddy, why have you take other side of coin?.... Actualy there are no one talent singer near yours.

RIP friend, in heaaven because who bring happy to others with your art deserves this.

[Dannyjuado]

maldita avioneta

[joriszsz]

Buddy looks like a guy from a swedish reclame on TV, Boxer Robert, which looks like the new swedish prince...

[Christorr88]

Esta version suena muy bien,tiene como ritmo tecno-pop de los 80´s

[hillhead420]

thank you for uploading this!!!!

[Oscar2010ful]

Best song ever in this movie and I'm getting these glasses next week

[galoon]

@Oscar2010ful All right! Everybody looks cool with the right pair of horn-rim glasses ---I wear them, too!

[The15gra]

esta con ganas la cancion

[theenforcer1977]

My next pair of glasses are going to look like his

[MOSKII58]

crying,waiting, & "HOPPING"  you mean hopping like a kangaroo!! i think you mean

hoping..

[pickledpigsfeet]

@MOSKII58

Kangaroos need love, too!

[lorne682004]

i member thinkin whoa...buddy holly lives! he does a great impression of buddy holly

[ioga300]

M ENCANTA ESTA ROLA Y EN ESTA VERSION

[Shadesofblue1988]

The sound of the 50's types Fenders are just incredible, in tandem with those old valve amplifiers, CAN YOU FEEL IT MAN!!!!!!!!

[TheSickoside]

this is the best version

[objuan6]

I knew Joey Pants was in on that whole thing, somehow!

[SpecOpsMission]

Love this song <3

[wizard1080nz]

love this scene to death....yyeeeahhh!!

[a1bassman]

hopping?



[5384roger]

we never missed you richil valince its all boddy oly fult for getting him in the air plan

[talory]

@5384roger What are you trying to say? Are you typing with your nose or something?

[5384roger]

@talory i mean we well never ever forget u thats what i mean sorry

[xodiachild]

the only coin toss he ever won and it took his life :(

[RudeDog203]

Marshall Crenshaw crying

[wisesatyr72]

Must see classic

[galley30]

dude..marshall crenshaw is the SHIT!

[xXheadshotXx789]

DONT TAKE THE PLANE RITCHIE

[leedogg6T9]

stupid son of a bitch bus

[xPURPLExKILLERx]

this buddy holly version sounds better, where can i find it here?

[Mysterwright]

I think its strange that whenever an act has talent together that could be seen as asian or latino, those acts go down. Buddy Holly wore glasses, Lynyrd Skynyrd came from the swamps like Cajuns. Both of them could be considered by elitists as asian lovers. Steve Gaines came from Oklahoma and Randy Rhoads from Southern California. Both of them could be seen as half-breeds. Heck, John Lennon was married to Yoko Ono and he was murdered. Ritchie dated Donna and you know her dad didn't like it 1 bit.

[Neal5189]

@Mysterwright You just might be the biggest pile of retard I've ever come across.

[Mysterwright]

@Neal5189 Yeaaaahhh and how old are you again? o.O Biggest pile of retard, eh? Pfft, haha! This coming from someone whose entire generation have done nothing but lick balls to emo/screamo wusses dressed like CM Punk from WWE before he went bald. All Manson family and shit.

[Neal5189]

@Mysterwright I hate emo and screamo music. I like music like Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Stray Cats, Elvis, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis... But you are certainly a bit mentally slow. Can you explain to me what Buddy Holly's wearing glasses has anything to do with?

[Mysterwright]

@Neal5189 You don't know much about stereotypes which is really cool. At that time, in the 1950's people saw geeks as foreigners. They could be Germans, they could be Asians but it was all red threat. Its like Biff in Back to the Future. They'd probably be like "what, you think you're smart or something? Like who, Werner Von Braun?" Look at how they treated rock and roll. Anything that was checkerboard was prohibited. Essentially anything that brought different people together of was bad.

[josemezatorrez]

What is a fact about this movie is that Ritchie was only 17 yrs old and had a couple of hits and he only enjoyed it for 8 months before he passed.And the airplane crash in the school yard while he was at his grandfathers funeral is actualy a known fact.RIP Valens,Bopper,Holly.

[JAZZSTARish]

@josemezatorrez yeah..premonition..and the talisman was left with Bob..I remember seeing this with my friend when I was 6 years old..and we would be in awe cause of the whole music..yeah his career only lasted short...but that was his destiny if not all those warning signs...the intro of the movie..is classic...color drained out.

[josemezatorrez]

@JAZZSTARish Many great singer have died very young like Jimmy Henrix in his 20's,Buddy Holly,Big Bopper,Janis Joplin but never has one died so young and just when he was geatting started,poor Ritchie was only 17 and he enjoyed it for only 8 months.I guess Destiny can be a cruel and unfair.

[SandraNicole99]

crying 4 u davy

[stmyriad]

Don't take the plane option. Quick fix.

[stmyriad]

Touring...

[shivandragon51]

Great and terrible film on Ritchie Valens....

Marshall Crenshaw does an awesome job...

[Startruth144]

Crenshaw did Holly! I have always thought this was the best part in the movie La Bamba! Long live these three rockers!

[easye1989]

Crying... Waiting... Hoping... you come back...Three simple words, put into one hell of a great song. Those three were the best, above Elvis, the Killer and the Man in Black! I have recordings of all three, and love them, but Buddy Ritchie and the Big Bopper will always be in my heart for the awesome recordings they made. Marshall Crenshaw did an outstanding performance right here portraying Buddy. I can't thank you enough for posting this.

[HueyRocks23]

This scene always sends chills down my back

[78720]

Its funny in the Buddy Holly Story Richie and the Big Booper did not look anything like them and In here they look like them!!

[DKetch1966]

Funny thing... It was the Big Bopper who was sick with the flu and NOT Richie Valens. Richardson (Bog Bop) asked future country legend Waylon Jennings for his seat on the plane because he was so sick. Richie actually went to Tommy Alsop (Holly backup guitar player) back stage and asked for the ride on the plane. Alsop took a half dollar out of his pocket, flipped it in the air, and asked Valens to "call it...". Richie won and the rest is history. Fate and death decided by 50-50 chance....

[Gunfighter1b]

@DKetch1966 And when Waylon found out that Buddy had chartered that plane he was joking around with Holly, digging on each other, as Holly left, Waylon said "Well, I hope your damn plane crashes." Waylon said that he lived with that for a long time

[largelester]

love the drumbeat and guitar, awesome cover.....ritchie's manager looks like kevin rooney and the bopper looks like john goodman

[locksmithite]

The truth is it was The Big Bopper who was sick with the flu that night. Not Ritchie Valens.

[laurierken]

I'm not sure that this was filmed "on location". I'm under the impression that teh telephone was out in teh hall or like a 'main concourse' and not in the office behind the stage. Also, the ceiling at the Surf ballroom is a really high one, they show Crenshaw with a much lower drop ceiling behind him. Regardless, an outstanding performance.

[Hooklineansinker]

BAAAAAAB!

[GoingYard7]

Yup marshall crenshaw u can buy the soundtrack for the movie la bamba he sings the song in there

[ChingaSuMadreToo]

WHO DOES THIS VERSION IN THE MOVIE?!?!!?....ANYONE KNOW???....Please help.....

[vigilanteghost]

Marshall Crenshaw

[horax3000]

crying waiting hoping is the song propperly performed ? I mean it sounds like a 90's 80's stuff even today I can hear such guitars on the indie rock !!!

[tacticalbacon]

That was the beauty of Buddy Holly , he was so far ahead of his time it was unreal

[emmanuelcorvera]

hopping?

[abc123abc97]

lol @ 0:28

[TheMisterHernandez]

No me podrian dar la notas para hacer el solo de guitarra de Crenshaw.

[CowboyMidnight]

At the moment i am listening this song/solo about 20-30 times...:)Great..

[84cruzazul]

gotta love that guitar solo at the end its so great!!!!

[RealPolyester]

Ok, I feel lame for saying something here that I said elsewhere, but I know most of you will appreciate it. I remember watching La Bamba in the theaters when I was 11. The movie made me love this generation of music (my mom's generation for that matter). I also learned some great Spanish reciting the Valens songs in a junior high chorus. It still makes me sad though to watch the end of the movie because it clearly marked the death of that generation and the birth of a more cynical one.

[calichickdiva]

i know exactly what you mean i watched this movie a million times as a child as a matter of fact the ending music where they showed the funeral i thought it was played by richie valens.

[RealPolyester]

Hey calichickdiva,

The instrumental "Sleepwalk" was beautiful and tragic. There are only a few songs that are as gripping.

--Best

[MrMcLain1]

When I was a kid I would always watch this movie but i would always miss the end of it. It was my favorite movie til i saw the end haha

[Dabuss98]

This is literally my favorite part of the movie. It's just something about the song makes watch over and over. Love it. RIP Big Bopper, Ritchie and Buddy

[MiamiIndianTribe]

Goddamned bus

[malandrakito]

@MiamiIndianTribe HI... I THINK..HE WAS AN ANGEL..HE TOLD ..THE SKY IS FOR THE STARS...HE SHOW US..ALL WE CAN DO WHIT HOPE..

[cris32sobalvarro]

I heard that the big bobber was the one that was sick and that is why waylon jennings gave him his seat on the plane

[sikokiller12]

this has to be a shock for Ritchie's family to actually here the horrible news on the radio

[kris8100]

no shit :( WTF was that about?

[marshallsimon]

Marshall Crenshaw is way better than Gary Busey.

[irvingklaw57]

I disagree. This is only a 20 second performance. It's good, but does not compare to Busy.

[MJ0428]

I like this one cause it's louder than the others, good job Joker Lol.

[jojago9]

This version (the one on the movie) is a really good.

[KillingJoke696]

hes the same guy that got his ass handed to himself by robocop in the 2nd one

[mykoolful]

i always cry in this movie

T_T

[lappack]

I know what you mean.

[NeilFraudstrong]

I think it was a decision by the writers. I am sure that they would not have let that one slip through the cracks. Earlier in the movie, it showed Ritchie's fear of flying and I guess by giving him the cold instead of the Big Bopper it presents a conflict. The conflict being, "Well, I have a cold... I'm not feeling well... I know I hate flying, but gosh I won't have to ride on that awful bus..."

It just fits with the plot better, but as I said, I am sure the writers did it on purpose.

[Arkady63]

Great point. But there was a ton of atistic license in this film.

Another bit that was not true as Valens first hearing La Mamba in a Mexican bordello. It was a folk song he'd known all his life.

[NeilFraudstrong]

Right. Also, Buddy did not toss the coin, but rather I believe some airport employee did it. I am usually really big about historical accuracy in films, but in some cases I can forgive it. Usually for historical/war based films, I am more anal about it than in a film like La Bamba.

[Arkady63]

LOL! Ok, fair enough...

[galoon]

Tommy Allsup, Buddy Holly's guitarist, is the one who tossed the coin; it happened at the Surf Ballroom right after the show. Buddy sent Tommy back to make sure they had all their stuff and Ritchie was in there signing autographs. He approached Tommy and asked if he could go instead. Tommy flipped a 50c piece and Ritchie called heads. He won Tommy's seat on the plane and Tommy won the rest of his life.

[NeilFraudstrong]

I must have read wrong, my mistake. I do know though that Tommy later started a bar called the Heads Up Saloon. How awful it must have been for him. Waylon Jennings also never got over it. He was just joking with Buddy Holly and he was like, "I hope your old bus freezes up!" to which Waylon replied, "Oh yeah? Well I hope your damn plane crashes!"

Both happened that night, but Waylon never recovered from the emotional trauma.

[XIIIFloor]

It was not an airport employee, it was a guitarist for Buddy H.

[cris32sobalvarro]

@NeilFraudstrong

actually the coin toss was done by tommy allsup in the surf ballroom when ritchie asked him if he could go on the plane while ritchie was signing an autograph

[steviebear59]

This is one heck of a great movie. There aren't many like this anymore. Ritchie was killed the year I was born. So tragic of a death. It's a real tear jerker in the end.

[kaliforniakings]

RITCHIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol love this movie!

[marshallsimon]

That was a harsh woerds of two bros. In A good way.

[bigfoxisx3]

this is a great song....VIVA MEXICO RICHI!!!!

[nebulae87]

That was the worst big bopper impression ever haha

[15steele15]

buddy holly and the crickets

[BreakingGlass77]

I never liked this part of the movie because I always knew what came after this part.

[thebich2man5421]

This movie was so underrated

[RSCII]

Does anyone know where I can get a complete version of the song Marshall Crenshaw does?

[StreetFighter2010]

It is on the La Bamba movie soundtrack (1987).

[pommedupin]

as was said....great movie...great part of the movie with an amazing song.

[squeakii89]

its cool how he changes the volume on the guitar

[nebulae87]

that is how you can tell between a musician on film...and an actor on film. Little things like that.

[gowylde]

love this movie, and this song

[50sTributeBand09]

this is one of my favorite buddy holly songs but marshell crenshaw does an awsome job of impersonating buddy holly and preforming the song

[galoon]

Right on--Marshall Crenshaw rocks on this one--I love his version of the guitar solo bridge here!

[jester99sch]

@50sTributeBand09 Marshall did a great job of impersonating Holly.