Truly awful movie...virtually every single scene is bullshit. There was no orchestra at the gigs as depicted here and Buddy played with Waylon Jennings, Carl Brunch and Tommy Allsup
The other thing about this scene is that the movie just seemed to want to insult almost every aspect of the true life events. Why did this have to be the Clear Lake Auditorium rather than the Surf Ballroom? Did the movie makers just not want to do any research at all? Also, this tour was absolutely nothing like it is portrayed. It was a low budget affair. There was no orchestra. Buddy Holly‘s band was good, but under rehearsed. Buddy even occasionally filled in on drums for some of the acts because of the frequent illness of the people on tour due to the excruciating cold and the bus’s heater continuously breaking down. Yes, some of these things would have been a downer. But, by all accounts, the people on the tour still had fun. So, portraying the events the way they happened would not have been impossible in a feature film.
I love it, but I hate it. This is a completely false Buddy Holly. But, this is also an incredibly enjoyable Buddy Holly. However, I do not understand why every movie makes like the Big Bopper was nothing beyond his “Hello, baby” persona. For gosh, sakes, he was also a human being. Yet, in almost every portrayal, he is a cartoon character. This movie could have been so much greater had they desire to tell the stories of Norman, Petty, Waylon Jennings, and the real crickets.
Busey did great although guitar was eventually overdubbed. And it was a very competitive Oscar year - you can’t deny Jon Voight was incredible and deserved the win
@bigulf6712 Didn't Gary Busey play guitar over the song (overdubbed)? He knows how to play. The ending scene wasn't overdubbed. I never saw the movie Coming Home. I watched the Oscar acceptance speeches by Jon Voight and Jane Fonda. She was signing (sign language), so the movie was about the hearing impaired? I must put that movie on my watchlist.
You were just listening to the great music of a good friend of mine and yours who last 18 months has gave us all so much. The late great Buddy Holly, who died today on Febuary 3rd 1959 in a tragic plane crash just outside of Clear Lake. Also killed in the crash the pilot Rodger Peterson and two of Buddy's friends, Mr JP the Big Bopper Richardson and Mr Ritchie Valens. And the rest is just rock n roll.
Gary does a decent job as holly, only thing that lets it down is he plays just one cord throughout.. 🤣😂 shame someone didn’t teach him some cords, so the guitar playing looked realistic!
May have been said already but the guitar in the picture wasn't built until well after Buddy passed away. You can tell by the headstock. Unless your a Fender person you probably don't care.
That’s a very astute observation. And if that movie was made more recently I’d say that the prop department really dropped the ball. But considering that this movie was made in 1978 I think we can cut them some slack. Since Stratocasters had only existed for 24 yes’s at that point, the concept of vintage guitars and vintage guitar experts almost didn’t exist at that time. Even Norms Rare Guitars had only been around for three years when this movie was made. So there wouldn’t have been many ‘experts’ the prop department could have approached. But yeah, now that you’ve pointed it out it’s going to annoy me from now on.
Incredible performance; total respect for Busey! Buddy Holly is my favorite. I've been to Lubbock to see his grave site and museum, and 6 months later to the crash site. But I don't understand how Busey kept reversing the words in "Maybe Baby"
Why is Not Fade Away such a punk rock song? The energy is unreal in this movie scene. I actually prefer this version over the studio version by Buddy Holly. It's wayy too clean.
There was no other actor at the time that fit the bill of what Busey accomplished. Not to mention that Busey was heavily dedicated to the role. The film was more of a dramedy, if you will.
