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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~bo_diddley_8813~~Bo Diddley beat.~~gif~~png\|~~frame~~thumb\|350px]] Basically, "bump~~...~~ -BA-ba-bump... bump~~... BA~~-~~dump~~bump." A rhythm used in blues and rock and roll music, [[Trope Maker\|made famous]] by [[Bo Diddley]] , the artist for [[Captain Obvious\|whom it is named]]. He derived it from earlier rhythmic traditions, in particular Caribbean folk songs and Cuban Rumba dance music (in reflection of this influence, a lot of the songs you'll hear with this beat use maracas, and a lot of tom-toms), and the similar rhythmic device they sometimes employed known as a "clave". Songs using the Bo Diddley Beat are notable in that they usually have no chord changes, or nearly none, instead creating musical tension by modulation of the rhythm. Ironically, while Bo Diddley used the beat in a number of his songs ("[~~http~~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=~~ewwe89dtEyE&feature=related~~lJj22Z006ec Bo Diddley]", "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17W7496230Y~~&feature=related~~ Hey Bo Diddley]", and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVRtQUTd7Gk Mona]", mainly) it's not especially prevalent in his original version of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAGoqMZRLB4~~&feature=related~~ Who Do You Love?]", the song [[Trope Codifier\|most associated with it]], since cover versions of the song invariably ''do'' use the beat; George Thorogood even name-drops it in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06qN66vEZVE~~&feature=related~~ his version], heard on all the "Sam Adams" beer commercials. ~~===~~ {{examples\|Here's some other songs that use it, in original or modified form: ~~===~~}}▼ ▲=== Here's some other songs that use it, in original or modified form: === == [[Music]] == * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxB8bP4haTM Not Fade Away]", by [[~~Buddy Holly (Music)\|~~Buddy Holly]] and [[Covered Up]] by [[The Rolling Stones]] * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MkL2GGvFE~~&feature=related~~ I Want Candy]", by the Strangeloves and [[Covered Up]] by Bow Wow Wow * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlAdt0dbmIM~~&playnext=1&list=PLF782A65F55D183AC~~ She's The One]" by [[Bruce Springsteen]] (It comes in grandly around 2:11, but you can hear it in the maracas before that. Be patient, it is, [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|after all]], [[Marathon Boss\|a Bruce Springsteen concert]]). * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYDnQwi3OQ Mr. Brownstone]" by [[~~Guns N' Roses (Music)\|~~Guns N' Roses]]. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEeeGMpM_Nk Willie and the Hand Jive]" by Johnny Otis. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkZyXl4-6nI Live It Up]" by [[Ted Nugent]]. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33WhIZLeu-Y Margarita]" by [[The Traveling Wilburys]]. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ISHYtccEs0 Faith]" by George Michael, starting around 0:33. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBbZKZWfk4I~~&feature=related~~ Desire]" by [[~~U 2~~U2]] * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpV2CnJUa0E Get Me to the World on Time]" by The Electric Prunes, at various points, mainly towards the end. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHd8Uo9j0oM Party at the Leper Colony]" by [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdJktUVlA4I Opening Band]" by Paul and Storm * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUYgiUqOVaQ Golden Thing]" by Throwing Muses Line 25 ⟶ 26: * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0mRfECsHrc 1969]" by [[The Stooges]] * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=071xj_Y0vy0 Hare Krishna]" by Husker Du (a faster version than most). * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXxmIcsmpnQ Panic In Detroit]" by David Bowie * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjY_uSSncQw Love Is A Battlefield]" by [[Pat Benatar]] * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bf3S6VpCZE Baby Don't You Do It]" by [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Covered Up]] by The Band * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9zMo-BPADU Bad Blood]" by Neil Sedaka * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl9bvuAV-Ao Magic Bus]" by [[The Who]] * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhQh0O2dZI8 Deathwish]" by The Police * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4vMQOOiUY New York Groove]" by [[~~Kiss~~KISS\|Ace Frehley]] * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svpeH3fC6Ik Hey Little Girl]" by Dee Clark * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gW6WcwNirk Call Me]" by Go West has a fairly modified version, but it comes through a little bit on the chorus. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5MRBzY1uM If It's Lovin' That You Want]" by [[Rihanna]] * "Mission Accomplished (Because You Gotta Have Faith)" by Todd Snider * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZZFqrvBflo Super Taranta]", by [[Gogol Bordello]], around 20 seconds in. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-EEGiABBU Aqualung]" by [[Jethro Tull]] (off and on starting around 2:25) * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xXEtO3bEe0~~&feature=fvwrel~~ Astronomy]" by [[Blue ~~Oyster~~Öyster Cult ~~(Music)~~\|Blue Oyster Cult]], during the intro and the choruses. * "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5XmXtykTgo Pilgrim]" by Arch Enemy, during the choruses. * "Bo Diddley Is Jesus" by [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]. 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