This is my favourite, just the sounds he gets from his guitar. "What you say, quit mumblin and talk out loud"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEfz9VfFOKQ
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 25 March 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
I have super super vague memories of hearing a late 80s or early 90s Bo album on Triple X Records that was basically guitar and drum machine, and I think the lyrics were pretty Jesus-y. No more detailed memories of it, though. Anybody else heard the record I'm thinking of?
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 25 March 2013 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
Here it is; it's called Breakin' Through the B.S..
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 25 March 2013 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
my little bo project:https://twitter.com/BoDiddleyBeat― fact checking cuz, Monday, March 25, 2013 4:59 PM (2 hours ago)
I went downstairs and checked an old file folder of all the songlists for mix-tapes I once made for friends; was hoping to find one from the mid-'80s that had Bo-Diddley-beat songs on one side ("Not Fade Away" the most obvious example) and "Louie, Louie"-riff songs on the other. I thought I'd saved them all, but I guess a few got away.
― clemenza, Monday, 25 March 2013 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
his guitar tone in that youtube clip is soooo raw. love it. what is that from? feel like I've seen it before...
It's from a 1973 concert movie called Let the Good Times Roll
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 01:26 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I love that clip. I like the way the band does a kind of early 70s boogie take on the diddley beat too
― space phwoar (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
an RS profile with Bo from a couple of years before his death briefly mentioned the music he was making in his home studio. It was described as mostly synth- and drum machine-based and Bo said something like, "And nobody's ever gonna hear it."
https://soundcloud.com/comeme/bo-jack-vocal-version
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
at what point does bo diddley get bad?
― the late great, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:09 (eight years ago) link
or to rephrase the question, so far i've made my way through the 1957-1962 recordings and it has been like 100% great ... where next?
― the late great, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
Imo he's great up through the 70s funk stuff
― Οὖτις, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link
so far my favorite has been "have guitar will travel" (the one where he's on the scooter on the cover)
― the late great, Monday, 29 June 2015 00:12 (eight years ago) link
"I'm High Again" is great, and that's 1967
― Josefa, Monday, 29 June 2015 04:18 (eight years ago) link
bo diddley is the best music
― the late great, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
I picked up "The Definitive Collection" this year and it's so much fun! So primal, it just cuts so deeply.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link
One of my three or four favourite live clips ever. The women are incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeZHB3ozglQ
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 01:16 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, wow, that rules!
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 14 July 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
yup
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 15:41 (eight years ago) link
The great grand-pappy was a busy manCooked his grub in a fryin' panPicked his teeth with a huntin' knifeHe wore the same suit all-a his lifeOh-oh, ooo-oh-ooo, ooo-oooA-ay-oh
― Heez, Tuesday, 14 July 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
http://sheshredsmag.com/lady-bo-mother-of-rock-n-roll-dead-at-76-years-old/Peggy Jones aka Lady Bo, played guitar with Bo from 1957 to 1962
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 20 September 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Never made it down to Ponderosa Stomp the year (or years?) she performed
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 September 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
Is that her in the clip just above?
― clemenza, Monday, 21 September 2015 23:17 (eight years ago) link
no
― Οὖτις, Monday, 21 September 2015 23:18 (eight years ago) link
I believe that's the Duchess
― Οὖτις, Monday, 21 September 2015 23:20 (eight years ago) link
THIS is lady bo
http://www.ladybo.com/gallery/Lady_Bo_-_white_afro.GIF
RIP
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Monday, 21 September 2015 23:23 (eight years ago) link
I haven't watched this yet, but I'm sure it's great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGa7Qs291VM&pbjreload=10
― clemenza, Monday, 25 May 2020 12:06 (four years ago) link
Give me a second, I'll figure this out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGa7Qs291VM
― clemenza, Monday, 25 May 2020 12:08 (four years ago) link
Nicehttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l_hdhuAseKuf518cr4z3Wc7pDP9Xiv-50
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Saturday, 21 May 2022 04:01 (two years ago) link
"Look at Grandma what you tryin to do"
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 May 2022 16:21 (two years ago) link
is this the best thing he did after his 50s-60s heyday? I like this one a whole lot all the way through, but some of the other stuff I’ve heard from the 70s didn’t quite match up.
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Monday, 23 May 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
THe turn of the 70s funk stuff is quite good in places. The Raven set of that stuff was pretty solid not 100% sure about all of the individual lps.
― Stevolende, Monday, 23 May 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link
that weird guitar break in "hey jerome" is one of the funkiest things ever
― Heez, Monday, 23 May 2022 17:15 (two years ago) link
yeah I love that sort of metallic percussive thing he’s doing throughout.
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Monday, 23 May 2022 17:38 (two years ago) link