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I Fought the Law
Buddy Holly & The Crickets ^ | 1958 | Buddy Holly

Posted on 04/01/2023 2:08:46 PM PDT by DallasBiff

I Fought the Law · Buddy Holly & The Crickets

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: buddyholly
Call me dumb, but I never knew this was a Buddy Holly song.

Always thought it was a Bobby Fuller song from 66.

Watched both videos, Bobby Fuller did have the go-go dancers in 66.

1 posted on 04/01/2023 2:08:46 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

You are dumb.


2 posted on 04/01/2023 2:13:26 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: DallasBiff
Well, kind of. Financial Times says: “I Fought The Law” was first recorded by The Crickets, on the album they completed after Holly's 1959 death in a plane crash at the age of just 22.

Wikipedia notes: The song was written in 1958 by Sonny Curtis, and recorded in 1959 when he joined the Crickets, taking the place of Buddy Holly on guitar. The song was included on their 1960 album, In Style with the Crickets, and the following year appeared as the B-side of their single, "A Sweet Love". The song received very little airplay.

It's a good version of the song, for sure!

3 posted on 04/01/2023 2:27:19 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: DallasBiff

It’s not a Buddy Holly song.

He’d died before it was released.


4 posted on 04/01/2023 2:32:08 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: DallasBiff

I know Buddy songs and you lack understanding.

Simon Peter cut off a Roman slaves ear when they came to arrest Jesus. Talk about 2A...damn sword fights....


5 posted on 04/01/2023 2:36:42 PM PDT by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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To: DallasBiff

Not JUST go-go dancers, but go-go dancers WITH SIX GUNS! One in each hand! Think of the triggering, so to speak, this would cause today.


6 posted on 04/01/2023 2:38:33 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: DallasBiff

Ouch. The EQ on those vocals is dreadful and unlistenable. Not necessarily the Crickets fault. Poor production.


7 posted on 04/01/2023 2:41:36 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: bigbob

I remember the Braniff gals in miniskirts and gogo boots.

Hotness


8 posted on 04/01/2023 2:49:10 PM PDT by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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To: plain talk

If I recall, Buddy was producing before the end. They probably lost more than a stave presence. Those early records sound great with just a three piece.


9 posted on 04/01/2023 2:51:23 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: DallasBiff
Call me dumb, but I never knew this was a Buddy Holly song.

No, you're smart, because Buddy Holly wasn't on this recording.

10 posted on 04/01/2023 2:59:44 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: bigbob

My parents used to smoke on planes. I gawked at the attendants and tried to look up their skirts. I have been fascinated by the female body since I was 7.

“As soon as we are out, we are kicking our way back in....” ht to uncle tupelo


11 posted on 04/01/2023 3:01:13 PM PDT by waterhill (All you need is a Catahoula and an 870)
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To: DallasBiff

Note that the Crickets were robbing people with a zip gun (homemade firearm), while Bobby Fuller was robbing people with a six-gun.


12 posted on 04/01/2023 3:03:24 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: DallasBiff

This crickets b side. I knew the Bobby Fuller 4 song around the time I graduated HS in 66. Didn’t know the crickets did it. I don’t think Holly was alive when they recorded it


13 posted on 04/01/2023 3:15:09 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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I prefer fighting with Dorothy.


14 posted on 04/01/2023 3:19:15 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Not my fault, yer Honor. I went to the Alec Baldwin School of Firearms Handling. )
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To: BipolarBob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsEwK69LXjQ


15 posted on 04/01/2023 3:19:33 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Not my fault, yer Honor. I went to the Alec Baldwin School of Firearms Handling. )
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To: DallasBiff

This song is very close to I Fought the Law. Written by Buddy and Sonny Curtis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMG3HpHqDmM


16 posted on 04/01/2023 4:52:06 PM PDT by o-n-money (Not my president: WRONG Not the president: RIGHT)
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