Bo Diddley - Road Runner

[elPYROreal]

aaaaaahhhh bip bip!!!

[KyplayaZ4lyfe]

idk why people always try to give these stars titles like Elvis, Bo, and Chuck they were all great in their own right. I never compare them because i enjoy all there music.

[bazzadonkey]

It makes me realize that I have so much more to learn around the guitar. Bo's tone alone crushes most I've heard. And this charted in the 60's. Amazing! He's the real deal.

[karatecamel]

i like quality

[karatecamel]

i like quality

[EddieV666H]

Great song and nice video too man

[MrCombat1965]

Did Bo Diddley play his ACME guitar on this song? 

[willpn100]

Some of his 50´s chop-rhythm guitar patterns make him an early avatar of funk.

[johnbarry1965]

Beep-Beep!!

[RealRockandRoll]

I dare someone to find me a sweeter 16 bar blues pattern than this! =D

[thedarkglobe]

Thanks!!!

[scubasteve12192]

@no1dejfan I just saw Microwave Dave live last night in Huntsville and he played this song.. It was greay

[mtc1982mtc]

From Brazil

Very good... nice song.

[funkmike]

This song has made my day.

[no1dejfan]

17 years old now, heard it when i was like, 4 at a local car cruise, and i can guarantee you, i am the only one in my school with this song on their ipod. i even have the Microwave Dave version too!

[jeppenizer]

Im suspecting Playback. HaHa just kidding. Thanks for Uploading that Cool Track :-)

[Andrew60ish]

HAY Bo Diddley!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MotleyMechanix]

holy shit!! i thought that finnish band Hurriganes made this song in the 70s but shit Bo Diddley was first but the Hurriganes version was a modified cover :D

[bertrannnd]

meep meep

[TheArachnoid]

See this is why I love the internet and YouTube. Without these I would've never heard this.

[LesSmith45]

@TheArachnoid That is the truth there is so much stuff available that i have never hear or seen EVER. And i am no youngster (50), So much stuff i spend hours all the time searching and downloading both video and audio.

[TheBalio]

oh my god thi is awesome

[looloorex]

*beep beep*

[charliecharles5012]

IMMA PUT SOME DIRT IN YO EYE

[zoeruls]

what is it with you people and rap!? not all rap is bad. you are just listening to the popular, meaningless (c)rap. anyway, i love bo man.

[alonenjersey]

Oh yes! Great response! Wish I'd thought of that!

[138hyde]

gretsch makes a bo diddley signature guitar you can get at guitar center

for anyoune who cares

[saguaroboy]

Huge fan? No- but I love the swagger of this song. A stone-cold rock classic. RIP, Bo.

[MrJonathandcrow]

great job

[alonenjersey]

If Elvis Presley was the King of Rock-N-Roll, then Bo Diddley was the Pope.

[edn172]

@alonenjersey and chuck berry was emperor

[Charloelephant]

my song!!!! :)

[sweetchocable]

gosh i lov this song

[hangingfromahook]

uh yeah rick n roll!

[solidsnake670]

Loto Advert

[RachelAndOtherStuff]

whenever this comes on the advert, i have to sing along, am a roaddd runnaaarr hurrnaayy

[stebearleeds]

This the song they are playing on TV in ad here in the UK

[MrPointyarrow]

meep meep

[modemeyes]

CLASSIC!  Remember this from my teenage years

[Hannahx0xUnbound]

I thought this was The Zombie's original but I like this better. Very cool.

[NewYorkMinuteRock]

@Hannahx0xUnbound this is the original. covered by the zombies a couple of years later.

[InnerSmile72]

did ja eva go ta bed wit bo derek, n wake up wit bo diddley?

[Coldgin94]

True Hard-Rock Guitar Riffs !!!

[kikster93]

Where is the guitar .gif from?

[nemesisofthedevil]

@kikster93 Originally found it on photobucket. A few people had uploaded it. There was a fast version and one was much slower. Don't know if it's still there.

[kikster93]

@nemesisofthedevil ok cool thanks! Nice vid too.

[HenHouseSuprise]

@kikster93 its Haruhi Suzumiya.

[turnbacktime]

@kikster93 its most likely an anime film/series.

[Trigun914]

@kikster93 it from a anime show The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya it a alright one

[AsasireToyotomiGAMER]

@kikster93

It's from anime (japanese cartoons) named Suzumiya Haruhi no yuuutsu

[happymemaa]

Haven't heard this in ages! My Dad had this on 45 or LP not sure but loved it as a kid!

[mattybock]

i love that bass!

[TheKa89]

Heard this on KEXP this morning and fell in love immediately. Thanks for uploading, man. :-D

[Turre1]

This is classic!

You should also check Hurriganes - Roadrunner

[boru25]

Ooooohh I thought this was the music from the Road Runner cartoon.

[felixmovies]

beep beep

[VanAusing96]

this is pretty cool but i think aerosmith did a little better at it.... but thats probably only bcuz i love Steven Tylers voice and Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton on background vocals lol

[umangu]

I like what Aerosmith did with this song

[Tubyubber]

beep beep

[felixmovies]

@umangu true. Aerosmith has made awesome cover.

[raunchy1313]

i bet bo diddley could kick 50 cents ass

[AristotleCalhoun]

I can't let this one go by without

a comment! You have one of my

favorite Bo Diddley numbers right

here! Nobody could keep up with

that rockin' cat! He'd only take his

guitar, play it and leave everybody

else in the dust (KOFF! KOFF!!)

[RocknRollAllNiteLong]

move over hunny, lemme bye, oooooo

[putoncabron]

this has to be one of the coolest songs of all time. many groups have tried to be this cool but no way joe. BO rocks ese!

[GBZ10TROY]

BO!

BO LIVES meep meep

[geofbrit59]

This is a cool video + a GREAT song!

[smokiebird06]

If anyone ever finds me listening to rap I want you to shoot me. I'll leave a note for the police letting them know that I told you it was OK.

[Tubyubber]

beep beep

[PAULLONDEN]

@smokiebird06 I read that comment often ,I hate todays "flap"just as much as the next man ,still..there are some good things to be found in the mess, like early Cypress Hill,Grandmaster Flash,Stereo MC's.I'm open to every kind of music, as long as it's convincing, and done with soul.

[GrindStreetMusic]

@smokiebird06 Hey don't diss rap music please. Bo Diddley was a fine "rapper".

[58kony]

@smokiebird06 wery good

[58kony]

@smokiebird06 wery good

[Grizzly0679]

@smokiebird06 don't knock all rap. I can list tons of rap that carries a deep blues soul sound like this with meaningful lyrics. It's unfortunate but all the crappy rap has permeated the mainstream industry leaving good stuff to be discovered at another time.

[EuropeanAnimation]

@Grizzly0679 Please name me a few and I'll see whether I agree.

[Grizzly0679]

@EuropeanAnimation well for starters Tupac is great. Check out, "Changes", "Dear Mamma" and "Do for Love".

If you want more bluesy to the rap the you gotta go Souther Rap but that tends to be pretty hardcore. For that I reccommend Geto Boys, "The World is a Ghetto" or "Blind Leading The Blind"

there is a violent element to their songs, but that comes with the territory. It would be like asking a blues artist not to sing about lost love or being broke.

For other stuff:

Dead Prez - Hip Hop

[32251]

Played this version in my 60s garage band. Still sounds great!!!!

[schap711]

RIP Bo

[dragon5937]

Proper music

[Georgettek99]

Great song - thank you. I also love the concept of nemesisofthedevil called Reggie. Genuis

[clashboy1977]

carlsberg anybody?

great song. i always thought pete townsend invented the pickslide.

bo diddley way ahead of the times!

[porkified]

Bo Diddley was in first place before the race started.

A cool one.

[theo7491]

@clashboy1977 nah i invented the pickslide then i found out bo invented it 58 years before me

[clashboy1977]

@theo7491 haha i like it!

[drporkchop234]

anybody got a tab for bo diddleys bo diddley

[johntrlhkr]

One of my favorite tunes of all time!!!! Thank You for posting!

[Gwhitebeard]

Nice... Very Rare Recording... Thanx for the post.

[CuyahogaMustang]

That guitar riff is intoxicating !!!!!!!!!!

[carann5]

Never heard this one either, Reggie but I always liked Bo Diddley and it's a song you have to move to. I like the colorful effect you added at 1:40 and the cool effects toward the end.

[nemesisofthedevil]

Thanks Carol. Just trying to have fun with the song.

[hwaj5300]

good usef that guitar gif (lol)

Never heard this one

But I like it.

[pgh45rpms]

The Grandmaster at his best here; my favorite Diddley tune. Even the b-side, "My Story", is great - tells of Bo's tongue-in-cheek rise to fame. He could do so much with that guitar. "Road Runner" was redone later in the mid-60's by the Gants. RIP Bo.