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ChainLTTP posted...

now I understand your undying love for LCD Soundsystem

Like I said in the Sound of Silver thread, my love for LCD Soundsystem has existed since high school! I only got divorced a couple years back.

195. Buddy Holly Peggy Sue (1957)
from the album Buddy Holly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUesbTObC9A

Of all the rock acts of the 1950s, none have aged better to me than Buddy Holly. There is an energy to his music that feels several years ahead of its time to think how the music industry might have looked if we didnt lose him at age 22. Peggy Sue suggests a young man completely lost for words only a couple lines in this song neglect to mention the name, while several repeat it again and again. This is an obsessive, single-minded track typically seen in certain electronic genres, but Holly makes it work with his iconic delivery. His vocal hiccups suggest a verbal tic; in this heightened state, can his mind process anything beyond her name?

The opening gets me every time, the drum rolling like a stampede, one element fading in and out. This song has a pulsing quality rarely seen in music of its time, and the accelerated tempo adds to the sense of lovelorn panic. Every element seems to be warring for attention and then the guitar solo comes in, twice as loud as anything else. Despite Hollys gentle voice, this is a surprisingly aggressive song. Few songs emphasize the roll in rock and roll like Peggy Sue.

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