Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Not Fade Away

[samcashmooney]

This is good. I like the harp to.

[shisha86]

Boring version, sounds very artificial, no soul behind it

[sjcurtis]

Great version of a great song

[nikki54jo]

he and his band do a brillant job of a brillant old song... i love it ....lynnie

[flingalbunt]

excellent rendition of this old favorite of mine... great harp playing!

[rosemaryjane9]

Lots of performers do this song: Grateful Dead, The Byrds, Patti Smith, Bruce Springstein etc. etc.

[carlox1]

Lucky very good song

[animascat]

such a fucking cool song.

[SublimeJunkie24]

Buddy Holly is amazing, The Grateful dead made it famous, The Rolling Stones did a decent cover, but yo this sucks!

[gittahfiend]

@SublimeJunkie24 I see how this would suck to you.being only 26 and a "sublime junkie" and all.you wouldn't know a good cover if it jumped up and bit you in the ass.

[masonj2202]

your shitting your pants everyone, just the fuck up we all now know its buddy holly..

holy shit kids these days

[theodorus45]

I know it`s a Buddy Holly cover,so what?

[joriszsz]

True, this is a Buddy Holly song...

But, this version sounds more like the Stones version...

[mcrd2001]

Best version since Buddy Holly.

[katew420]

My favorite version of this will always be the dead's. but this is pretty sweet...

[historicbloke]

buddy meets bo didley great cover Tom

[Hamelin2112]

More of a boss than Bruce springsteen ;)

[oldhippypeace]

What a load of bollocks some people talk..good music is good music so why not just lie back and enjoy.xx

[swingclub007]

Hmmm. Is Tom trying out his 'pretty pretty Peggy Sue' tribute voice? Steve really rocks the harmonica these days, nice add to the heartbreaker arsenal....

[pediewheatstraw]

bo diddley gets all the credit.

[captross07]

@pediewheatstraw Buddy Holly wrote this song.

[gokartjoe]

Leave it to Buddy ......

This SUCKS !!!!

[andyburnscornford]

The riff comes from Bo Diddley origionaly, no?

[thecarters28]

@andyburnscornford yes, buddy holly loved bo diddley , and took that rhythm for not fade away.... though on buddy's verison , Jerry Allison ( the drummer) played on the cardboard box.

[mrbobevans]

Buddy Holly is the godfather of heavy metal.

[Stolehome66]

@mrbobevans Oh bullshit.

[mrbobevans]

Rics have the coolest look of all guitars.

[MrDeppness]

Why did everyone classic rock band from 1960-1980 play this damn song???

[amyahaha]

@MrDeppness um, because in 1960-80 they weren't "classic" rock bands, they were "modern" rock & roll bands and this is a kickass song to cover. Same reason that modern rock bands today cover the Beatles and the Stones. Just plain good music!

[largelester]

best cover i've heard yet

[Rollinbus]

The greatful dead did it before all, you suckas. They have the best version of them all!!

[thecarters28]

@Rollinbus holly first.

[Breatherable]

@Rollinbus Not Fade Away written by Norman Petty and Charles Hardin (Buddy Holly) in 1957, a long time before The Grateful Dead came to be.

[heyzog]

The most original re-interpretation other than the Stones' was Rush's.

[heyzog]

You can't copyrite a drum beat - period! A shave and a hair cut rythym has been around for eternity. This is a copy of a copy yes, the Stones tried to make it "blacker", the original was very stripped down and backwoodsy, almost a folk song.

[basicaa]

Ever hear them play in a bar... the ultimate bar band when they played in G'ville!

[Building529]

sounds like a bar band.

[liamrdavidson]

who is the harp player

[johnnykool]

This is a Buddy Holly song. Period. Pure rock n roll/rockabilly. This is not a f*cking Rolling Stones song.

*head desk*

[MattAlbie]

@johnnykool

It's going to be okay. Every body who's opinion matters knows that this is Holly all the way. Relax.

[johnnykool]

@MattAlbie NO I CAN'TTTTTTTTT! AAAAAIIIIGHHHHH!

[mickj]

@johnnykool He didn't say it was a Stones song, he said they were doing it more in their style, which i agree with.

[michmich1962]

@johnnykool

Yes you´re right - it is a Buddy Holly song but he made it in a Bo Diddley-style and later the Stones did a cover of it.

[theodorus45]

@johnnykool F*cking Rolling Stones song??You did`nt grow up in the sixties obviously.It`s a great Rolling Stones songs from their best era.

[johnnykool]

@theodorus45 Nope, I'm not that damn old. And the Stones COVERED this. It's a Buddy Holly song.

[holirobi]

@johnnykool You're really a f*cking person...

[johnnykool]

@holirobi Hey thanks! I really appreciate it. :)

[1975PAVLOS]

@johnnykool bo diddley requires the credit here

[omgfmlwtfsmb]

i dont think tom wanted it to be the rolling stones version, listen to his voice he is obviously trying to sound like buddy

[SavantSvant]

proberbly a mix, listen to that harp, clearly rolling stones going on.

[nhlron]

Great cover of the Rolling Stones version of Buddy Holly's classic, which was based on the great Bo Diddley's famous rhythm.

[28if]

So it's a cover of a cover of a cover? That doesn't make any sense> Maybe Petty is covering the Buddy Holly version?

[dublinboyo]

Steve needs to hit those tom toms harder . . .

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

NO MATTER HOW YOU "SLICE IT' IT'S

"BO DIDDLEY'S" BEAT. After Buddy Holly saw BO,,he dumped the NERD GLASSES "GOT HIM THOSE BLACK HORNRIMMED" and wrote this. PERFECT COPY OF BO'S BEAT

[coolmamac]

Bo beat, but Buddy's great rockabilly style.

[Building529]

That's not why he dropped the glasses and got the black ones at all. The Everly Brothers suggested he change glasses.

[vieta1972]

rose is right......

This is a buddy holly tune. Covered by the stones ( as well as ) just about everyone else.... GREAT tunes NEVER fade away

[init4mojo]

I like the twang he put on this Stones.

[roseandstem]

you mean buddy, this is a buddy holly song.

[JerryBen]

Maybe the microphone was muted too much.  ;-)

[jaecht83]

at 0:13 and 0:19 he's blowing into the harmonica but no sound is coming out...but at 0:41 you hear it clearly. not sure what happened there.

[Muddyw67]

Saw Bob Dylan open with the Buddy Holly version at a small venue in Vancouver in 2000. Magical!

[MJLatora]

@Muddyw67

I saw Dylan at Teco Arena in Ft. Myers, Fla, Jan 1999. His was the inaugural concert at that venue. One of his encores was " Not Fade Away. " Tore the newly installed roof off the place. Wish I had a recording of it.

[Nickdude6]

harmonica looks like lou reed

[elliotqgd]

i thought the grateful deads version was the best

[littledrummer432]

tom petty does a good version of this song but his singing is bad

[TurtleRocker12]

To be honest i love Toms singing but i feel like he's trying to do something hear and it doesn't really get there ... that's just my oppinion ... i mean in all seriousness he seems to be singing through his nose too much

[littledrummer432fun]

I know. some of his songs are okay. like you wreck me.

[TurtleRocker12]

breakdown, don't come around here no more, american girl - all great songs

[deadhead1130]

nice

[ucaradios]

Preziosua mirea bezela.

[vaginyabelle]

this is so LOCAL. love it, love you.

[westpoint64]

Sounds like they're following the Stones' version more than Buddy's but that's cool, both are great. I'm glad Tom and the band did this...it's a real surprise to see!

[cooltooth112]

@westpoint64 Both versions are not different than Buddy Holly's.

[shestalou]

That is so cool!

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

Yep,,this WHITE TEX-MEX NERD NAMED "BUDDY HOLLY" SAW AND HEARD "BO DIDDLEY" THREW AWAY HIS GEEK GLASSES GOT HIM SOME BLACK HORNRIMMED ONES WROTE "NOT FADE AWAY" AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

[baldyholly79]

Yeah, thats true. Buddy seemed to have a habit of taking other peoples music and obliterating their versions with his own amazing sound. A bit like Elvis, the two greatest artists.

[maxhaddrall]

BO DIDDLEY