RIP Bo Diddley

[pressmurphy]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iBZ-NbmeMiN8RESlwc0CQDP5ntcAD9121NUO0

 

[slappy4428]

damn..

 

[D-3 Fan]

Damn. Bo knew his music. RIP Bo.

 

[Oz]

That sucks. I was wondering how he was doing when I saw him in "Purple Rain" a couple weeks ago. RIP.

 

[terrier]

Moment of silence. A gunslinger to the end.
If anybody here's attending his wake, make sure you wear a cobra snake for a necktie.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

He also delivered one of the more memorable lines in "Trading Places," when a ruined, disheveled Louis Winthorp (Dan Aykroyd) was pawning his watch:

"In Philadelphia, it's worth 50 bucks."

RIP Bo.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

That sucks... One of the stars of one of the best shoe commercials of all-time.

Not that that's what he'll be remembered for...

RIP

 

[Huggy]

Really good Rolling Stone story on Bo from a couple of years back:

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bodiddley/articles/story/7539597/the_indestructible_beat_of_bo_diddley

"Who Do You Love" had one of my all-time fave lyrics:

"The night were dark and the sky were blue, down the alleyway an ice wagon flew
Hit a bump and somebody screamed, you should've heard just what I'd seen"

RIP to one of the real giants.

 

[lono]

RIP, Bo ... shave and a haircut, two bits.

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

Here is a good series of audio interviewers with Bo

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20030216_DIDDLEY/index.html

 

[spaceman]

Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley, have you heard?

 

[mpcincal]

Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley, have you heard?

Well, Trading Places and the Bo Knows commercial have been mentioned, but I have to refer to the George Thorogood "Bad to the Bone" video, which is where I was first introduced to him. See, MTV was good for something. RIP.

 

[Huggy]

Wasn't Bo in Hank Jr's "All My Rowdy Friends" video too?

 

[User 1019]

And Blues Brothers 2000.

My favorite was, "You Can't Judge A Book By Looking At The Cover."

Damn. Another legend I won't get to see.

I think I'll crank up the Diddley, right now.

RIP, another Mississippi legend.

 

[Huggy]

Best non-Bo use of the Bo Diddley riff: "Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly and Stones versions), "Desire" by U2.

 

[writing irish]

RIP

 

[westcoastvol]

I guess God needed an old bluesman who once appeared in a Nike commercial.

 

[dargan]

This sucks.

Just listened to "Gunslinger" on Sirius while ago. Guess that's why they were playing it.

Sad day.

 

[Armchair_QB]

 

[Highway 101]

[Bump]

Because I just heard. (don't ask)

And because he deserves more kind words from those enjoyed his music and more kind words who were inspired by his music.