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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 ("[
{{examples|Here's some other songs that use it, in original or modified form:}}
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== [[Music]] ==
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxB8bP4haTM Not Fade Away]", by [[Buddy Holly]] and [[Covered Up]] by [[The Rolling Stones]]
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MkL2GGvFE
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlAdt0dbmIM
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYDnQwi3OQ Mr. Brownstone]" by [[Guns N' Roses]].
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEeeGMpM_Nk Willie and the Hand Jive]" by Johnny Otis.
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* "[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
* "[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]]
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* "[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
* "[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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