Not Fade Away
Buddy Holly攀楲 Lyrics


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I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
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You're gonna give your love to me
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I want to love you night and day
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You know my loving not fade away
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Well you know my loving not fade away
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My love bigger than a Cadillac
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I'll try to show it when you're driving me back
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Your love for me got to be real
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A-for you to know just how I feel
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A love for real not fade away
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I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
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You're gonna give your love to me
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Love to last more than one day
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Love is loving and not fade away
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Love is loving and not fade away
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Overall Meaning

The song "Not Fade Away" by Buddy Holly is a classic rock and roll love song that speaks of the singer's desire for a deep, lasting love that won't fade away with time. The repetitive, driving beat of the bop-bop-bop-bop backing vocals give the song an energetic, almost urgent feel that adds to the urgency of the singer's plea for his love interest to reciprocate his feelings. The lyrics themselves express the singer's confidence that he and his love interest are meant to be together, and that his feelings for her are bigger and more enduring than anything else in his life. The lines "Your love for me got to be real, a-for you to know just how I feel" suggest that the singer is looking for more than just a passing fancy or fling--he wants a real, deep connection with his love interest that will stand the test of time.


Overall, the song seems to be a testament to the power of feeling and the intensity of true love. Through its driving beat and simple, repetitive lyrics, it conveys a sense of urgency and passion that is characteristic of early rock and roll music. In many ways, the song is a classic example of the genre, and its influence can still be felt in countless contemporary rock songs today.


Line by Line Meaning

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Instrumental intro


I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
I will explain how our relationship is going to work


You're gonna give your love to me
You will express your love to me


I want to love you night and day
I desire to love you throughout every moment of the day


You know my loving not fade away
My love for you will never diminish


Well you know my loving not fade away
I want to emphasize that my love for you will never fade


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Instrumental interlude


My love bigger than a Cadillac
The intensity of my love is greater than a Cadillac


I'll try to show it when you're driving me back
I will try to express my love when you take me back home


Your love for me got to be real
Your love for me must be genuine


A-for you to know just how I feel
So that you understand my true emotions


A love for real not fade away
A genuine love does not diminish over time


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Instrumental interlude


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Love to last more than one day
A long-lasting love that extends beyond one day


Love is loving and not fade away
True love continues to grow and never fades away


Love is loving and not fade away
I want to reiterate that true love never fades away


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Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: CHARLES HARDIN, NORMAN PETTY

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@theteacher8528

@@donaldloehr4300 The Crickets went on to experience moderate success. Despite the band hiring a dead ringer for Holly's vocal prowess, David Box, and recording one of Holly's last demos, "Peggy Sue Got Married," nothing really stuck with the public from the band's post-Holly Coral and Liberty label releases. Box tragically died in a plane crash on tour in 1964 at age 21, much like Holly before him.

Gradually, though, original band member Jerry Allison, along with new member Sonny Curtis—the two mainstays of the new group—ventured into touring, session work and songwriting, backing the Everly Brothers on their British tour, recording an entire album with teen idol Bobby Vee and even scoring a U.K. hit with a Goffin-King song called "Don't Ever Change."

Curtis later wrote several songs including "Love Is All Around"—better known as the Mary Tyler Moore Show TV theme. The band's first post-Buddy album—1960's "In Style with the Crickets"—eventually produced two major hits for other artists: "I Fought the Law" would become the only U.S. chart-topper for the Bobby Fuller Four in 1966 and the Clash eleven years later, while "More Than I Can Say" topped at number two for Leo Sayer in a soft rock version from 1980.

The group continued to tour and record sporadically in the 1970s, often with outlaw country legend Waylon Jennings, who had been part of Buddy's road band that fateful night but never got on the doomed plane. In 1988, Paul McCartney produced a new single for the group, "T-Shirt," which got some airplay. They also reformed in 2004 for an all-star tribute album featuring such luminaries as Eric Clapton, Phil Everly, Graham Nash, Vince Neil, John Prine, Albert Lee, Johnny Rivers, Rodney Crowell, Bobby Vee and, in one of his last recordings, Waylon himself.

From ..... https://www.liveabout.com/the-crickets-after-buddy-hollys-death-2522175



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@dookieday1

Buddy Holly had the best rock and roll drummer of that era.

@pumpkinking5174

The great Jerry Allison

@jjclonewars

Who the hell would dislike Buddy Holly... nobody dislikes Buddy Holly

@kato64

6 musical morons apparently...

@kato64

I don't mind a little Bach now and then.

@robertisham5279

seriously why ?

@manhattan7055

Bo Diddley would, that's who, cuz this whole song is Buddy rippin' off that Bo Diddley Beat!! Word

@wrestlingfan771

To dislike Buddy Holly is to say you hate rock n' roll.

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@PizzaParker107

Buddy Holly was way ahead of his time. So much talent just imagine if he had lived longer than he did

@jasonteqja7262

Especially with this song

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