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RIP little Richard
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RIP Chuck Berry (1 Viewer)
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Dedfin
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AAABatteries
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We love to do the Mount Rushmore thing - well, this guy is on it or you're doing it wrong.
Dedfin
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Mount Rushmore of pre-1492 Western Hemisphere Rulers:
Montezuma I
Pacal The Great
Chuck Berry
Pachacuti
The Z Machine
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Maybellene has to be in the top 50 rock n roll songs ever.
Uruk-Hai
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It's so hard to narrow down, but I agree. You don't have to draw squiggly lines or do contortions to get from Point A (Berry himself) to Point F (Metallica, Stones, Nirvana, Van Halen, Spoon, whoever) with Chuck. He's a direct pipeline into every white rock band that's come along since he sold the first rock and roll dream-songs. The entire Rock Myth (for better or worse) is built on "Roll Over Beethoven" (which may be the most subversive song rock has ever produced) & "Johnny B Goode".
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Elvis was a fan, but he didn't popularize any of these songs (the earliest song on your list was released in 1965, which was well after Berry's prime).
I took Tim's statement to mean that he believed that Chuck Berry was in the same category of other mid-50s blues/R&B artists whose music became popular thanks to Elvis. But I don't think Berry falls into that category. Elvis helped to spark rock & roll, but Chuck Berry popularized himself. "Maybellene" hit #5 on the chart 6 months before Elvis had his first hit record.
wikkidpissah
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Let's do Mount Debauchmore, too.
I never really connected with the Master. I'm about the same age as rock&roll but i got my musical education at the grocery store. My dad got paid every two weeks and mom would ride me around the IGA doing the shopping and, if i was good, i got a choice from displays of 29cent picture books or 29cent 45s at the checkout counter. Didnt have many picture books. Pop built me a record box and i zealously alphabetized my collection from before i was 2 (the same neighbor who put me on TV later as a prodigy couldnt believe it & used to mix them up for me to sort every time he came over). But it was Burlington Vt so there werent a lot Big Mama Thornton or Chuck Berry in the display. Little Richard eventually worked his way in but it was mostly Bill Haley, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis. By the time i was 10 and started to care about music the British Invasion was beginning and Berry was old hat. Plus, i'd see him on Shindig and Hullabaloo and always thought his oofta was real fake and candyass. Just never connected, Odd for such a big Stones fan and someone who believes a LOT more in the riff than the solo. No doubt the rhythmic architect of ROCK, just didnt ever really feel him. RIP -
I never really connected with the Master. I'm about the same age as rock&roll but i got my musical education at the grocery store. My dad got paid every two weeks and mom would ride me around the IGA doing the shopping and, if i was good, i got a choice from displays of 29cent picture books or 29cent 45s at the checkout counter. Didnt have many picture books. Pop built me a record box and i zealously alphabetized my collection from before i was 2 (the same neighbor who put me on TV later as a prodigy couldnt believe it & used to mix them up for me to sort every time he came over). But it was Burlington Vt so there werent a lot Big Mama Thornton or Chuck Berry in the display. Little Richard eventually worked his way in but it was mostly Bill Haley, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis. By the time i was 10 and started to care about music the British Invasion was beginning and Berry was old hat. Plus, i'd see him on Shindig and Hullabaloo and always thought his oofta was real fake and candyass. Just never connected, Odd for such a big Stones fan and someone who believes a LOT more in the riff than the solo. No doubt the rhythmic architect of ROCK, just didnt ever really feel him. RIP -
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ffldrew
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The Z Machine
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squistion
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Stevie Van ZandtVerified account @StevieVanZandt 10h10 hours ago
Chuck Berry was not only Rock's 1st guitar player and best storyteller
he was Rock's 1st advocate. 1st missionary for my religion-Rock&Roll.
Chuck Berry was not only Rock's 1st guitar player and best storyteller
he was Rock's 1st advocate. 1st missionary for my religion-Rock&Roll.
Binky The Doormat
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timschochet
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Another guy who deserves some of the credit for Berry's success was DJ Alan Freed. The "Moondog" played Berry and other R&B artists (as they were known then) late into the night over the Cleveland airwaves...
ffldrew
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Because he was getting payola when Chess records would make him a co-writer on songs he didn't write. Berry eventually sued to get the full rights
FishTacoTuesday
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Yeah this guy was a trailblazer, RIP.
rockaction
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Apple Jack
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Promised Land is one of the funnest songs ever written. As is You Never Can Tell. Dude was not all riffs and strutting...he could turn a phrase with the best.
wikkidpissah
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Called up You Never Can Tell on the utoobs and the next vid was this impromptu cover by Springsteen. Lotta fun.
Only reason i let it play was last nite i saw a bit of the 30th anniv remaster of the PBS Roy Orbison special, with maybe the greatest backing band ever assembled - the Boss, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, vocals by kdlang Jackson Browne & me ol pals Bonnie Raitt & John David. The miraculous tone & feel from that odd ol man is nothing short of heavenly. Check it y'all this begathon season if you havent already.
Leroy Hoard
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One of my favorites too. Already 37 or 38 when he made this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6OS_ItMGpc
AAABatteries
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All the way home I held a grudge
For the safety belt that wouldn't budge
One of my most favorite lyrics of all time. So good.
Full Lyrics:
Riding along in my automobile
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
My curiosity runnin' wild
Crusin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go
Riding along in my automobile
I was anxious to tell her the way I feel
So I told her softly and sincere
And she leaned and whispered in my ear
Cuddlin' more and drivin' slow
With no particular place to go
No particular place to go
So we parked way out on the Kokomo
The night was young and the moon was gold
So we both decided to take a stroll
Can you image the way I felt
I couldn't unfasten her safety belt
Ridin' along in my calaboose
Still trying to get her belt a-loose
All the way home I held a grudge
For the safety belt that wouldn't budge
Crusin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
My curiosity runnin' wild
Crusin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go
Riding along in my automobile
I was anxious to tell her the way I feel
So I told her softly and sincere
And she leaned and whispered in my ear
Cuddlin' more and drivin' slow
With no particular place to go
No particular place to go
So we parked way out on the Kokomo
The night was young and the moon was gold
So we both decided to take a stroll
Can you image the way I felt
I couldn't unfasten her safety belt
Ridin' along in my calaboose
Still trying to get her belt a-loose
All the way home I held a grudge
For the safety belt that wouldn't budge
Crusin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go
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