“Buddy Holly” was the second single from Weezer's debut album
The Blue Album.
It reached #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and #17 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart.
Though a lot of people get a romantic vibe from the song, “I'm yours – you're mine,” singer/songwriter Rivers Cuomo says it's actually about standing up for a female friend.
The video got a significant amount of airplay on MTV and won four awards at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Alternative Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction and Best Editing. It was also nominated for Video of the Year, but lost to TLC “Waterfalls.”
In the video the announcer says “Kenosha's own Weezer.” The band was actually formed in Los Angeles.
Weezer “Buddy Holly” 1994
Weezer's new album
The Teal Album
features 10 cover songs including Toto's “Africa” and TLC's ”
No Scrubs
” and is the precursor to
The Black Album
set to release on March 1st.
Buddy Holly played the Rothschild Pavilion in 1958.
Mary Tyler Moore didn't become a household name until 2 years after Buddy Holly died.
