Ooo eee ooo, looking just like Buddy Holly...

This afternoon was movie day. I had the day off again- what magic- and since it was pretty cloudy outside and I couldn't read in my hammock, I just left the screen door open and had a movie marathon as I worked on files. As I think I have mentioned on here before, I have been going back in time and checking out some of the classics I have always heard referenced as far as movies and books. So I recently added Sweet Dreams, The Buddy Holly Story, and La Bamba (as referenced in Look Who's Talking!) to my netflix queue. Anyone who knows me knows I love the music of the 50s and 60s, thanks to the guidance of my father. So, today watching The Buddy Holly Story was great. So many amazing songs came out of that man's head in such a short amount of time. He had such a unique sound in his vocals and his melodies.

But, unlike love, his success didn't come easily for him. Although the scene depicted in the movie of Buddy's pastor defaming his music as being of the Devil never actually happened, it is true that he lived in a time when rock 'n roll music was new territory. Though fictional, I am sure the scene was based on some truth. There is also a scene where his own girlfriend tells him that being a musician is just a childish hobby and not a real profession, that he needed to find steady work so that they could marry. (You know I had a good chuckle at that.)

But, Buddy was true to his instincts. He listened to his Source and let the music flow through pure, simply disregarding the labels and producers who tried to change it. And, because of this, he is recognized as one of music's greatest influential leaders. And, he couldn't even read or write music.

What if he had been afraid to release his creativity? What if he had told himself he wasn't good enough because he couldn't read music? What if he had worried what other people would think of him? Look at all we would have lost. Not only his music, but that of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and The Beach Boys- all artists who claim Buddy as a significant influence. Music itself would not be the same.


Still don't know what aperture and focal length really mean, but still taking pictures...