Buddy Holly - Learning the game

[theoxley]

He definately was a genius. Sometimes even young people have been around the barn a few times.

[EVODIKA]

I agree the greatest song writer / entertainer the world has ever had



[1blastman]

Did Buddy ever write a bad song? Everything I'm hearing on this playlist is wonderful!

[wtilburg5]

He wrote his own lyrics in a time when no artists did, including our favorites (i.e. elvis). Absolute tragedy. What could have been...

[roseandstem]

2 people were screwed by the game

[TheKingCameron]

2 people didnt learning the game

[seanki98]

this song is great but I just wish they take that horrible part out after 2:02

[buddynme]

This is my favorite Buddy Holly song, ever; but, PLEASE, there are so many lovely photographs of Buddy on-line, YOU DON'T NEED TO USE THIS ONE OF IMPERSONATOR, JOHN MUELLER.

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

I love that guitar at 00:55! That whole instrumental part is great.

[petercriss52]

There NEED's to be a worldwide holiday named after Buddy Holly. Seriously. He's changed my entire outlook on love with this song.

[xEdddie]

I'm naming my child Buddy.

[stevewhu]

My baby to be born soon is going to be called Holly after buddy.

btw i am 25 and Buddy Holly is my all time favourite artist.

Legend.

:)

[SlashManEXE]

Did the Crickets overdub this?

[frenchfriedfrenchmen]

@SlashManEXE yes

[RickyNelson1959]

@SlashManEXE no

[bluugrass]

surely the 2 dislikes are from hitting the wrong button

[EZR09]

He was so young when he died in a plane crash in Clear Lake Iowa with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. The pilot was also killed in the crash.

[ccm35071]

in my humble opinion it started  here ,rock n roll ,x

[tickyreal]

WOW...

[4l4ddin77]

WHATRE YOU GUYS TALKING ABOUT

[sosijiz1971]

Two people are proper weird.

[gasstationinnovi]

very nice song, great video



[grtas1]

This song was voted the ninth greatest record of all time on the media observer. Bout time it got some credit.

[john9944]

@84292431A That has been done a bit. Another I can think of is "Bohemian Rapsody" by Queen.

[Weatherbyrd]

It is incredible that there use to be such a singer/songwriter out there and that we had to lose him. Awesome music!!!!!!

[ocduff]

Waylon states in his autobiography that he was in the apt. in late '58 when Buddy recorded this demo of LTG in one take. Then they went out for a pastrami sandwich afterwards - Waylon had never had pastrami and he hated it! Waylon genuinely loved Buddy - they were brothers in a way. I think most of us only know friendship like that once in our lives - and those guys had it. To me, this is a song of a brother warning a brother - hey, you've got a lot to learn, but it's okay. You'll get there...

[grtas1]

Two people are still learning the game.

[utubescooby1]

Tune ... Excellent and Fantasic original version. Brilliant A+++

[oscargnash]

buddy is a god and thats that and am only 37 but what beautiful lyrics

[john9944]

Too bad he didn't record the other verse on this demo. A friend of mine Larry Welborn was Buddy's original bass player and played bass on "That'll be the Day" and "Lookin' for Someone to Love." Larry played me a later version of the song that Buddy really loved. The words were changed around and the line "Learning the Game" was only sung once...as the last line. Buddy felt that it could be the only song in history in which the title was sung only once...and then as the last line.

[ocduff]

@john9944 - could you expound on this a bit. Was the recording you're referring to, the recording of an artist other than Buddy? Or are you saying that there is another recording demo of this song somewhere?? Thanks - that's great you know Mr. Welborn - he is an important figure in rock history.

[john9944]

@ocduff The version was never recorded on wax. I actually recorded it once on tape and entered it in a contest by "Buddy Magazine" for the cover of a Buddy Holly song. The prize was a replica '57 Strat when they first came out and it had a special serial number. The listeners to the tape probably didn't realize what I had done. I even used Buddy Intro and played a Gibson accoustic. I will put the revised words on your web site, although it may not be today.

[mikemikeyf]

He could sing along perfectly and play challenging chords at the same time.

Not too many ever since could do both together,,,,if anyone.

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[slicknicknirvana]

when she says she loves you and then says we're just friends,thats learning the game.

[mrbobevans]

Buddy could say so much with so few words. I cannot think of another songwriter who could this like Buddy.

[joy2559]

pre beatles, without a doubt, r.i.p buddy, god bless

[LoseTheGameDotCom]

I lost The Game...

[aortizterrero]

This is one of Buddy's gems. Thank you for posting this-it's been a long time since I've heard it. :)

[crackinacoldy]

This is from the heart

he was so sad.

all for some

girl called Peggy sue..........

what a shame such good music

comes from so much pain...........

[williamnye1]

peggy sue was actually his drummer's wife, maybe bass player's, but I think it was his drummer's.

[crackinacoldy]

oh, ok thank you. its still so sad regardless.

[darilc1966]

@williamnye1 your were right she was jerry allison 's wife who was the crickets drummer

[grtas1]

This recently replaced Peggy Sue as my new favourite Buddy Holly song - kind believe I had never heard it before. I was so amazed I had to keep replaying it over and over. What a genius!

[ndhudecz]

All of Buddy's songs are great

[MerseySky]

@ndhudecz: I've never heard bad Buddy.

[mikeystrafford]

This TEENAGER wrote THIS song in1958! We're all trying to keep our kids on the straight and narrow and not rob people or be violent etc, and this guy was writing stuff like this. Never mind that he's way ahead of his time, he's amazingly focused for a teenaager of ANY era.

I love you Buddy! Mikey xx

[waeguk]

@mikeystrafford Hear,hear!!!

[davelove]

@mikeystrafford

(Buddy Holly was 22 in 1958, not a teenager). Still a great song!

[mikeystrafford]

@davelove

Um... oh yeah! I knew that! I thin i'd had a single malt or two when I made that comment. However, it's still a major achievement. AND - at 22 I was still a kid and i'm sure most people (of may age) agree with that! The world grows up so quickly these days. At 12 they've got facebook accounts, mobile phones and laptops. At 12, i was playing with action man and asking my dad who Elvis was - lol. Mikey xx

[Rimimi55]

@mikeystrafford if he wrote the song, as you said, in 1958 than he was no teenager as he was born in 1936...

[TheKingCameron]

@mikeystrafford buddy holly was 22 when he died so he wasnt a teenager LOL but i bet he singed when he was a teenager too. :)

[Ceesvandijk]

My video with this song is not allowed anymore. I received this message:

Een auteursrechthouder claimt eigenaar te zijn van de volledige audio-inhoud of een deel hiervan voor de video BUDDY HOLLY - LEARNING THE GAME (solo). De audio-inhoud die in je video is gevonden, is Learning The Game van Buddy Holly. We moeten je helaas meedelen dat je video niet meer kan worden afgespeeld vanwege een probleem met de muziekrechten.

[Tadhg64]

Where did Buddy come up with this stuff?!?! If you had listened to all the must that has been recorded in the post WWII era, but you never heard of Buddy Holly, you would have no idea where his music fit in either chronologicly or style or anything. It's just it's own genre of brilliance.

[jmen4ever]

One of my very favorite Holly songs.You can tell that he payed his dues,in learning the game.

[fenster111]

Much, much better version posted by draadnagels. Its the picture of him with the blue in the bottom right.

[colrid1]

5 star sound

never get tired of listening to buddy

[cheerydavie]

Pity that BUDDYs song had so many dreadful backings the FIREBALLS were they best overdubs thanks for another great sog

[karlprince]

classic 1950's rock

[bluffpark]

Beautiful melody, great lyrics and wonderful voice and emotion. How rare is that?

Thanks Buddy and thanks for posting this!

[dedebelle]

Beautiful. One of those perfect rock songs that he was so good at.

[D0nPietr0]

Good song