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sharpie Jun 02 2008 10:10 AM

Bo Diddley - 79.

Gwreck Jun 02 2008 10:22 AM

sharpie wrote: Bo Diddley - 79. Crap. Went to see him several years ago for his "75th Birthday Celebration." Sure, he sat all night to play, but he still had the voice and could still play. Top 5 (non-Bo) uses of the Bo Diddley beat: 1. Not Fade Away, Buddy Holly 2. She's the One, Bruce Springsteen 3. Desire, U2 4. I Want Candy, The Strangeloves 5. Panic in Detroit, David Bowie

sharpie Jun 02 2008 10:26 AM

]Top 5 (non-Bo) uses of the Bo Diddley beat Gotta include "Magic Bus" by the Who.

Gwreck Jun 02 2008 10:28 AM

Indeed, knew I was forgetting something. Obviously that can knock I Want Candy off the list...

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 02 2008 10:28 AM

The version of "Mrs. Robinson" in The Graduate.

metirish Jun 02 2008 12:06 PM

Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger

Frayed Knot Jun 02 2008 12:10 PM

And for his classic line in the Bo Jackson/Nike commercial: "Bo! ... You don't know Diddley!"

AG/DC Jun 02 2008 06:05 PM

Other Bo Diddley variations in post-Bo popular music: U2's "Hawkmoon 269" Petty's "American Girl" (It's pretty sublimated, but it's there. Petty says he started it out as a Diddley knockoff, but the tone and the chord progression made everyone think it was a Byrds knockoff.) Seemingly half the Thorogood songs that weren't Diddly songs to begin with. Iggy and the Stooges' "1969" George Michael's "Faith" Allman Brothers' "No One to Run With" (kinda) "I Want Candy" can be heard as a baldfaced co-opting of "Hey, Bo Diddley."

AG/DC Jun 03 2008 07:44 AM

Cool things about Diddley: He initially tended to perform without a bass player, or with a washtub bassist to keep things raw When he did hire an electric bass player, he got a white guy, plus a chick on second guitar. How can you have the early Rolling Stones shuffle without him?

TheOldMole Jun 03 2008 12:02 PM

And the Animals -- "The Story of Bo Diddley."