You’ve gotta know the wheat from the chaff, and you’ve just announced to the whole world that you don’t. That’s all right. Buddy Holly was no Duran Duran, even if he’ll be eventually forgotten like Rudi Vallee. But 50 years of staying power unlike most of his contemporaries counts for something. Check him out, he’s better at his weakest than what’s on today’s radio and MTV, he really is.
Definitely.
and heck, we still have to hear about that wierdo who did the Moonwalk.
I was comparing the behaviour of two different generations, not the skill of two different artists. The music is not the man, and it is IMHO foolish to idolize anybody on the basis of how good a musician they are. Enjoy the music, yes, but to elevate the musician into some cult idol? That is silly.