Comments on: Bo Diddley Passes Away a Bad Man:1928-2008

By: thebrotherreport

thebrotherreport — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:53:57 +0000

James Brown, Bo Diddley and B.B. King that’s a Mt. Rushmore of musical genius for anyone to look up to.

By: Signal to Noise

Signal to Noise — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:12:39 +0000

I learned the “Bo Diddley beat” as a guitar playing kid before I even knew who Bo Diddley was. My guitar teacher fixed that right quick.

He developed what was, in my mind, the fiercest and most danceable beat in rock and blues music, the most addictive. Chunk-a-chunk-a-chunk, a-chunk-chunk.

Popular music owes him so much that the debt can never be repaid.

By: Anthony Gilbert

Anthony Gilbert — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:46:14 +0000

Bo Diddley was a musical genius and I’m glad that he was able to put his personal touch on so many genres.

By: origin

origin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:45:55 +0000

Sorry I see you already posted the Bo and Bo didley comercial. My computer was slow to show it.

By: origin

origin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:44:57 +0000

RIP BO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPxkpjCvWI

By: HarveyDent

HarveyDent — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:25:05 +0000

Thanks for the excellent memorial/tribute to a true musical pioneer, Miz. From Buddy Holly to the Yardbirds to George Michael (Faith) to U2 (Desire) you can hear Bo Diddeley’s signature sound. The man was an innovator and sadly all he is known for nowadays is the Nike commercial with Bo and some cameos in Dan Ackroyd movies. I give much props to anyone who cares about the blues, jump R&B, and rock-n-roll but we as Black people need to remember that we’re not only capable of creating hip-hop and urban R&B that popular American music since the middle of the 19th century owes a monetary as well as a psychic debt to these descendants of African slaves who created the rhythms and beats we all shake our asses to up to this day.

RIP, Bo. You still and always will be a BAD MAN.