Shelzi - Buddy Holly

Our family loves Weezer. We have all seen the band in concert and on long car rides it's one of the few bands that we play and everyone enjoys, which is why I wanted to look up the artist Buddy Holly for my rock artist of the 1950s. For those unfamiliar with Weezer, they have a hit song called Buddy Holly. I knew the reference in the song was to an early rock artist but had never bothered to listen to his music till thinking about it for this prompt. Upon listening to Holly’s music, I was taken back at how catchy and upbeat the music was. While it clearly wasn't modern rock, I wasn't surprised by the sound as much as I was by the songs in Rock! Rock! Rock. I would classify Holly as a rockabilly artist and a clear influence on later rock. I was curious why he only had seemingly one album on Spotify despite being well loved. After doing a little research, I found out Buddy Holly died in a plane crash in 1959 at 22 years old. While he accomplished a lot in his short time as a musician, it left me curious as to how big an impact he could have had on the industry. While Holly started out in country music, the songs I listened to clearly had a rock and roll sound to them and I can see why Holly would have been a very popular musician at the time. I will admit when I first started listening to his music, I had my doubts that I would enjoy it because it varied from my usual music tastes, but I found that I enjoyed a lot of the songs I listened to and would definitely play his album again. Below I've included a link to one of the songs I really enjoyed by Holly, You're So Square. While his album has a variety of sounds in each song, I thought this song reminded me of something Elvis would sing. I looked into that and sure enough Elvis did sing this song too!

My favorite song had to be Everyday because the opening was so unexpected with the chimes and clapping that it reminded me of what a modern indie artist like Billie Eilish or Dodie Clark might do.