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"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.
In the fifth book of madrigals, using the term seconda pratica (second practice) Monteverdi said that the lyrics must be "the mistress of the harmony" of a madrigal, which was his progressive response to Giovanni Artusi (1540–1613) who negatively defended the limitations of dissonance and equal voice parts of the old-style polyphonic madrigal ...
It contains words and full music for some 60 of the madrigals and songs of the English Madrigal School. When selecting works for this book, Ledger decided to represent the major composers of 16th-century English music such as William Byrd and Thomas Morley with several madrigals, alongside individual works by lesser-known composers.
Among the songs Cuomo wrote after Ocasek agreed to produce Weezer’s debut were “In the Garage” and “Buddy Holly,” the latter of which Cuomo intended to save for the band’s second LP ...
There may be as many as 250 more madrigals by Arcadelt which survive anonymously in manuscript sources. [11] [1] Influences on his music ranged from the chanson and polyphonic style of his northern homeland, to the native secular music of Italy such as the frottola, to the music he heard while he served in the Sistine Chapel choir. Of all the ...
The power pop band Shoes covered the song for the 1989 Buddy Holly tribute album Everyday Is a Holly Day. [12] Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs released a recording of the song in 1964 on the album Buddy's Buddy. [13] Mike Berry recorded the song in 1999 for the tribute album Buddy—A Life in Music, released on the Hallmark label. [14]
Weezer performing in 2015. From left to right: Brian Bell, Scott Shriner, Patrick Wilson, and Rivers Cuomo. This is a list of every song ever released by American rock band Weezer. It gives information about songwriter(s), original release, and year of release.
Weezer has been described as a fusion of "chart-angled hook-craft" with "roaring" guitar distortion, confessional lyrics and "unashamedly vibrant" melodies.Andy Price of Guitar.com observed that the album's sound and aesthetic were "distinctly non-alternative", stating that the band instead "took their style cues from the DIY slackers of the lo-fi indie scene, albeit with a broader audience in ...