Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
"Buddy Holly" is a song by the American rock band Weezer. The song was written by Rivers Cuomo and released by DGC as the second single from the band's debut album, Weezer (The Blue Album) (1994). The lyrics reference the song's namesake, 1950s rock-and-roll singer Buddy Holly, and actress Mary Tyler Moore.
The costumes came in Jonze’s video for “Buddy Holly,” which depicted Weezer performing in a meticulous re-creation of Arnold’s Drive-In from the ’70s sitcom “Happy Days.”
Weezer's 'Blue Album' is turning 30, and Rivers Cuomo's songs of heartbreak, fun, and ripping guitar are still classics in almost everyone's books. ... In “Buddy Holly,” the gooey “oo-wee-oo ...
Instead, according to the Weezer collaborator Karl Koch, Cuomo was inspired by the cover of a cheap Beach Boys greatest-hits cassette, which featured the Beach Boys with striped shirts in front of a blue background. The cover has become a part of internet culture and used in memes, usually accompanied by the song "Buddy Holly", from the album. [24]
At the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, Weezer won four moonmen for the "Buddy Holly" video. Rolling Stone later ranked "The Blue Album" among the 500 greatest albums of all time, calling it "one of ...
Jonze also directed Weezer's second video, "Buddy Holly", [12] splicing the band into footage from the 1970s television sitcom Happy Days. [16] The video achieved heavy rotation on MTV [17] and won four MTV Video Music Awards, including Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Music Video, and two Billboard Music Video Awards. [18] "
A positive review came from Matt Collar of AllMusic, who wrote that "Musically, Raditude really sounds like vintage Weezer, but never in a pandering, played-out way", praising "I'm Your Daddy" and "The Girl Got Hot" for being "as sparkling with creative enthusiasm as anything the band has done since 'Buddy Holly'."
Weezer, "Buddy Holly" Weezer channels Happy Days, and it's adorable. Related: Happy Days Stars Then and Now. 99. Harry Styles, "Treat People With Kindness"