Comments on: BUDDY HOLLY ‘ ‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’ http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/03/buddy-holly-it-doesnt-matter-anymore/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:44:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/03/buddy-holly-it-doesnt-matter-anymore/#comment-392150 Marcello Carlin Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:29:00 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/03/buddy-holly-it-doesnt-matter-anymore/#comment-392150 I remember the first time I heard Holly's "Love Is Strange" and thought what the hell is that synthesiser/mellotron doing in there in 1958? Then I learned that Norman Petty overdubbed them in '68 and that took away a bit of the magic. Still a remarkable record, though, his "Love Is Strange"; it sounds like Joy Division's "Atmosphere." If Anka had done this himself then no doubt there would have been references to "I'm the only important one in this relationship," "Where's Joe?" &c. I remember the first time I heard Holly’s “Love Is Strange” and thought what the hell is that synthesiser/mellotron doing in there in 1958? Then I learned that Norman Petty overdubbed them in ‘68 and that took away a bit of the magic. Still a remarkable record, though, his “Love Is Strange”; it sounds like Joy Division’s “Atmosphere.”

If Anka had done this himself then no doubt there would have been references to “I’m the only important one in this relationship,” “Where’s Joe?” &c.

]]> By: tim davidge http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/03/buddy-holly-it-doesnt-matter-anymore/#comment-391994 tim davidge Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:15:04 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2004/03/buddy-holly-it-doesnt-matter-anymore/#comment-391994 A Paul Anka composition, this, and not only rather better than a lot of Anka's own records-which crossed the boundary into mawkishness-but also rather better than a lot of the records it inspired. The pizzicato strings which sparked off a trend in popular music arrangements on both sides of the Atlantic also featured on a couple of other Holly tracks, Raining In My Heart and Moondreams, while another from the same session in late '58, True Love Ways, had a more conventional string arrangement. It Doesn't Matter Anymore is probably the best, well-recorded and in true stereo (unlike the others, and not the norm in 1958) and in spite of the full-blown orchestral arrangement thoroughly modern. It would be hard to imagine this record in '55 or '56, and it (among others) places Holly as a sort of prototype for the 1960s, with his openness to experimentation and new ideas, rather than just a fifties archetype. A Paul Anka composition, this, and not only rather better than a lot of Anka’s own records-which crossed the boundary into mawkishness-but also rather better than a lot of the records it inspired. The pizzicato strings which sparked off a trend in popular music arrangements on both sides of the Atlantic also featured on a couple of other Holly tracks, Raining In My Heart and Moondreams, while another from the same session in late ‘58, True Love Ways, had a more conventional string arrangement. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore is probably the best, well-recorded and in true stereo (unlike the others, and not the norm in 1958) and in spite of the full-blown orchestral arrangement thoroughly modern. It would be hard to imagine this record in ‘55 or ‘56, and it (among others) places Holly as a sort of prototype for the 1960s, with his openness to experimentation and new ideas, rather than just a fifties archetype.

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