Page 1 of 1
Led In The Game?
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2000 6:28 pm
by RJHC
_THIS SONG ON "HEAR HERE" SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT
LIKE "LEARNING THE GAME" BY BUDDY HOLLY . DID THE
SEARCHERS MISSPELL IT OR WAS IT A TYPO AT MERCURY
RECORDS ?
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2000 11:13 pm
by jjr
I don't know who screwed up, but it's the same song, and they sing it as "Led in the Game". Rest of the lyrics are straight up from Holly's song. There was a tribute album two years ago to Buddy-called "Not Fade Away". Waylon Jennings did "Learnin the Game" on it. Nanci Griffith did "Well, Allright", and the Hollies did "Peggy Sue Got Married"-with Buddy Holly. Like the Beatles w/ Lennon-only much better.
I think Holly was a major influence ("Listen to Me"), along w/ Phil and Don. The only reason I can think of for changing the title might have been a problem over rights to the music (Norman Petty)
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2000 4:44 am
by tim
I think the problem started way back at the Star-Club, in Hamburg in 62/63. The German record label staff, responsible for putting together the live album, probably just simply transcribed the title wrongly.
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2000 4:00 pm
by jjr
Tim,
It's not just the title. If you listen to the song, they're singing "Led in the Game".
Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 6:31 am
by mdenger
Learning The Game - Led In The Game
The circumstances under which the Starclub songs were recorded were poor. The record company simply didn't know the title, seemed to hear "Led" and credited it to "unknown"
Michael
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2001 5:22 pm
by anon
Who's version was more popular? The Searchers or the Hullaballoos?
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 12:51 am
by jjr
Buddy Holly's. The correct title is "Learnin' the Game".Congrats! I'd forgotten the Hullabaloos, although I remembered the show- and Lada Edmonds, Jr.
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2001 4:24 pm
by admin
Now I will have to check out the Hullabaloos version.