Gary Busey as Buddy Holly - Rock Around With Ollie Vee / That 'll Be The Day

[frenzybee3]

So Raw and Magic....Brilliant ver of song...

[432F01]

Buddy Holly was placed on this planet to teach the humans how to groove.

[Mr1223able]

gary busey played the hell out of that role .thumbs up

[PenelopeFuckwarrior]

Buddy Holly stands for "Burrowinng Under Dangerous Dog Yards Having Original Light, Lasting Years"

[2011littlejohn1]

This movie is criticised as being inaccurate in some respects but I like the authentic touches like the drummer pulling his kit back together and guitar leads getting wrapped around legs, and mikes feeding back - all very realistic. So in "feel" and also how we felt about Buddy Holly the movie is right and Gary Busey's performance was excellent.

[QuiltedPine]

@2011littlejohn1

I agree. I think I even prefer some of the versions of the songs in the movie compared to the studio recordings! with all respect to the venerable Buddy Holly, Gary Busey did a fabulous job of playing these songs just a little bit raunchier than Buddy Holly would have. Acutally all of those actors played and did an EXCELLENT job!

[MrMrtiki]

Oh man I remember these tunes when they came out -Blew the minds of every oldtimer out there ,What is that shxt your going straight to the path of the devil OOOHHHH AAAHHHH ... Then Chuck Berry did a one legged bounce accross the stage with an electric guitar -and the competition has been growing ever since -Jerry`s flaming piano -Elvis`s Wobble -Ritchie Valens La bamba - Great Tunes what an Era glad to be part of it . 

[30inventionman]

0:57 Hey lets go get a hot dog and a coke 

[dahur]

LOL! Fast forward 40 years to the era of rap.  They would welcome "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" with open arms, (and ears), if they could have any idea what was going to come in the world of music. (if you can call it music-I don't)

[126lme]

Mockingbird Hill...what a terrible song...people used to listen to that crap? Ugh...Thank God for Rock N Roll...and Thank God for Buddy Holly...

[darksorcerermusic]

Gary Busey scares me........imagine waking up next to that head

[larzonya]

Playing a guitar that wasn't even invented yet. cool!

[CockneyRebel1979]

Rock 'n' Roll! :)

[connaught2008]

Busey deserved the oscar

[TheWheels777]

I LOVE the way this guy drums

[Gnillob802]

Yes, Don Stroud actually played the drums & sang. Born in Hawaii. At age 17 ranked 4th surfer in the world. Black belt in Karate. In the 60's he was bouncer then manager of Whiskey-A-Go-Go nightclub (Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison). After a plane crash into the ocean he saved the pilot by keeping him afloat for almost an hour. While attempting to rescue a mugging victim was stabbed in the right eye & went blind.

[AnywhereButHere09]

Why on earth didn't "Rock around with Ollie Vee" get any attention? Or was that a rocker written just for the movie? It's kick ass!

[dahur]

@AnywhereButHere09

"Or was that a rocker written just for the movie? It's kick ass!"

Nope, Buddy did that one back in the 50's. You're right about it, it is a great tune, I've always liked it.

[AnywhereButHere09]

@dahur I listened to the original, and I gotta say the movie remake is world's better, sorry Buddy! Think he would have approved though.... : )

[dahur]

@AnywhereButHere09

As much as I love Buddy, I agree! The original had that country twang to it, similar to the original "That'll be the day", which is almost nothing like the well known version. This version is much better, IMO.

[JeJoTV]

I just uploaded a video of Gary Busey on April 7, 2011 in his dressing room (with Jeff Beck!) at the Jay Leno Show singing "That'll Be the Day." Check it out!

[MisFire45]

I hate Gary Busey

[VladFerdinand1]

@MisFire45 Don't like it? Walk out. We still have all your fucking money.

[MisFire45]

@VladFerdinand1 Please just stfu. This "Gary Busey" guy, does not look a thing like Buddy Holly, and he also doses not sound! A thing like Buddy Holly.

[VladFerdinand1]

@MisFire45 Don't be a tightass douche man :D You can't always get what you want.

[MisFire45]

@VladFerdinand1 But if you try sometimes you might find....you get what you need

[VladFerdinand1]

@MisFire45 Touche' young padawan.

[lancesta01]

can someone tell me why the girl was jealous about the olliee vee song?? :| is it in the movie...???

[RR83y]

@lancesta01 -Her parents didn't approve of this Rock and Roll crap and she wanted him to give it up and take a "real" job in her dad's hardware store. Or somethin along those lines.

[Promoagent]

Good film great performance and after watching this film several times I couldnt get enough of Buddy Holly I was hooked and still am on Rock and Roll

[wisesatyr72]

thats a sweet Fender Mustang

[TREVOR1900]

@wisesatyr72 I hate to be THAT guy, but that's a Fender Bronco. Probably an early 70s model. Fender launched the Bronco for the first time in 1968, totally inaccurate for the movie. Still a sweet guitar though.

[TREVOR1900]

Actually, the Bronco came out in mid- 1967. Oops.

[wisesatyr72]

@TREVOR1900 Thanx for heads up..yeah its a bad ass guitar one pickup..gary nailed it as Buddy Holly ..totally nailed through the skull lol

[theachtungtree]

sooo sad that gary has put himself into such a joke nowadays, great actor he was

[gittahfiend]

Gary looks just like molly shannons character mary katherine gallagher in this clip.

[6615tom1]

Great movie and Gary did a good version of Buddy Holly

[LittleDragon2000]

This music - if you can CALL it music - is about as unChristian and un-American as anything out there today ;)

[FHSProduction]

the headstock of his guitar was not the kind around during his time!!!! those came in the 70's he lived during the 50's...... stupid hollywood.

[chrisis138]

@FHSProduction and only you care.

[FHSProduction]

@chrisis138 yeah maybe

[calster33]

I LOVE THIS SONG!BUT I THINK OF THE PARENTS OF THAT TIME AND THIS WAS EITHER BEFORE ELVIS OR when he was just starting out and I just don't get why the parents thought this was the devil's music or like this was vulgar music?there's nothing vulgar about it,it's just feel good happy music,it seems to me parents just didn't want their kids to be happy cause god forbid your kids be too happy!lol,what you go to hell for being too happy?lol,50's parents give me a break!lol

[ItalianAce]

I never liked this movie. It's historically inaccurate, and has been disputed by the original Crickets. However...the station KDAV is still around today. KDAV 1490 and they're streaming online for free. They play mostly only 1950s music with a lot of Buddy Holly songs.

[gcord21]

@controversyking Its the truth, its what happaned. Old white folks got offended, they reference it in the movie you jackball! By the way I am a republican and I love rockabilly music. Fuck liberals I'm just stating a historical fact.

[ClintReno90]

I love this movie!

[klem231]

FACT: Gary Busey actully sand in this movie it was not Buddy Holly Gary Busey did his own singing so give him credit

[CustomCrestline]

I still can't get passed the bronco...

[dancindougs]

totally brilliant buddy made rock and roll

[Duncan038]

I love this film and I love this version of the song , why is the 'released' version not on here , only the Decca one....

[SomeDumbTwat]

"for those of you who bop..."

*swoons*

Take me, Gary Busey.

[BCF125]

Buddy Holly Rocks!

[RaikutheThunderNinja]

I really hate to say it, but I much prefer this version over the Original

[BlisterOnTheMoon]

Whats the name of the tune they play before Ollie Vee. Goes someting like ''When you wake up in the morning,..''

[44ShakedownBenny]

@BlisterOnTheMoon: That must be "Mockin' Bird Hill", a song written by Vaughn Horton and published in 1951. It was popularized by Patti Page and by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1951, and for both of them following on to their big hit of "The Tennessee Waltz" the previous year;

To wake up in the morning to the mockingbird's trill

Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee

There's peace and goodwill

You're welcome as the flowers on Mockin' Bird Hill etc.

[Duncan038]

@BlisterOnTheMoon Mocking Bird Hill , and its better than any other version of the song Ive heard!

[Duncan038]

Love this song , cant fine the 'relesed' version anywhere on here 

[problem49]

Teddy Jack Eddy kicked ass in this movie! I saw it four times for this sequence alone.

[upwards11]

I think our parents thought we were on the road to ruin!

[gcord21]

I love how this type of music shook up conservative white America. They had no idea how to react to this music.

[VanHowle]

@gcord21 Well that's whitey for ya

[79barkingspider]

@gcord21 It really shook them up when they found out black guys weren't the only ones singing like this. According to movie (apparently true), his label hadn't seen him live when he was signed. They thought he was black!

[neilfunn]

Great version. Haven't heard this version since I was a kid. Still excellent :-)

[gcord21]

I hate to say but this sounds better than the original Buddy Holly song. This is geat live version.

[zhikorockericore]

FINE

[gcord21]

This is my favorite version and song.

[lancesta01]

true this is my favourite version to cause it sounds better ;D

[PineyBob]

For many years the Oscar won by Joe Renzettii for his work on the score on this flick sat on top of a 13 inche B & W TV set in a clubcalled "Gobblers". I've know Joe for years and the "roller rink scene" is rocorded live. When you see Don Martin Stroud counting off on his drum sticks was because no one could hear

[miketheshanmanmangan]

Gary Busey was always a good musician under his alter ego Teddy Jack eddy.His Buddy holly tribute really Rocks the house from an actor who has potrayed even the late Paul Bear Bryant to his classic roll as Mr Joshua in Lethal Weapon.Bravo Gary Busey!!!

[Hothero1980]

Great movie, although not historically accurate in many ways. The actors actually played live and are credited as so on the soundtrack. The bass player, Charles Martin Smith, was on an episode of the Brady Bunch early in his career. Greg tried to sell him a car. It's funny.

[cdlund1987]

Charles Martin Smith was also a main star in the movie American Graffiti... played the character of Terry "the toad" Fields... also in American Graffiti 2

[BerMacVids]

my uncles friend knows the drummer in this movie

[thejkr77]

busey and pheonix should have won oscars for their role as buddy holly & johnny cash (repectively)

[Garveergor]

Really. Phoenix did all the work, carried the show and who wins? BS.

[ronaldt491]

Gary Busey played and sang. Does anyone know if the other guys were playing or pretending to play?

[palehorseone]

Charles Martin Smith on bass, Don Stroud on drums. Both also actually played, as did Gary. Not too shabby, any of them.

[ronaldt491]

That's what I thought. Drums aren't too hard to pick up for someone with a basic rhythm. How many of us "Seniors" were playing "Wipeout" on our school desks and elsewhere those many years ago? The upright bass would take a little more practice than the drums. You're right. Not shabby at all. I would hire them to play if it were possible.

[luckylojsan]

well i dont know but the baseplayer is in american graffiti aswell, thats all i know =)

[christoffreid]

This movie was awful on so many levels.

[Classicguy66]

Gary Buseys version of this song is better than the Buddy Holly version.

[benitojauregi]

C'mon men don't say that!...Which one? the one of the fine solo by Sonny Curtis or the one with the wild sax part? Do you think it's even better than the one of Brian Setzer posted here by 44ShakedownBenny?

[davidnettleton]

I agree- and I bought the original Crickets version of That'll Be The Day in September 1957.

[VanHowle]

Ollie! Ollie Vee!

[LtGiant]

This A Great Movie.. Gary Busey Did A Great As Buddy Holly.. Buddy Holly Lives!!

[beatlebassmania]

awesomeness

[WWEPunkHardy]

double awesomeness