Chuck Berry RIP
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Re: Chuck Berry RIP
yes, thanks, chuck.
yes, 90 is quite a run.
yes, rock and roll genius, with an influence that can never be measured.
r.i.p.
yes, 90 is quite a run.
yes, rock and roll genius, with an influence that can never be measured.
r.i.p.
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Pat O'Banton wrote:Belle Lettre wrote:Thanks, Chuck
"Ta, chuck," surely?
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sloopjohnc wrote:fange wrote::(
Another musical giant down.
RIP.
He was 90. I think that's considered a pretty good run in anyone's book.
Damn straight. It was obviously all that clean living he did.
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fange wrote:sloopjohnc wrote:fange wrote::(
Another musical giant down.
RIP.
He was 90. I think that's considered a pretty good run in anyone's book.
Damn straight. It was obviously all that clean living he did.
There was this crazy little venue in my hometown that had a rotating stage that must've had one of the best bookers in the world. They specialized in soul and R&B and Chuck Berry played there occasionally.
We went to see him in high school. I heard he could be ornery some nights, but he lived up to my imagination that time. My friends and I left saying, "We just saw fucking Chuck Berry."
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He managed to hang around longer than most of his peers. R.I.P. to one of the architects of rock and roll. Some of his songs were the earliest rock songs I ever heard through my uncle's record collection. Chuck had a long and strange life.
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True that he'd had a good innings, but because of the new album and the fact that he was still gigging (albeit sporadically), I thought he was doing OK - this comes as a bit of a shock.
Rockers don't come much greater nor more influential. Wonderful lyricist, too, of course.
RIP Chuck.
Rockers don't come much greater nor more influential. Wonderful lyricist, too, of course.
RIP Chuck.
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Dog Pickle 'BEAUT' wrote:Wonderful lyricist, too, of course.
yes!
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Dog Pickle 'BEAUT' wrote:Rockers don't come much greater nor more influential.
I've been sort of contemplating the ripples, and they really are a matter of record.
Wonderful lyricist, too, of course.
To wit - I think a lot of the sort of "cadence" of the prime rock era that followed might very well not exist without him.
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Dog Pickle 'BEAUT' wrote:True that he'd had a good innings, but because of the new album and the fact that he was still gigging (albeit sporadically), I thought he was doing OK - this comes as a bit of a shock.
Rockers don't come much greater nor more influential. Wonderful lyricist, too, of course.
RIP Chuck.
Yep, one of THE great lyricists. Cars, girls and playing rock and roll were the raw materials, but the way they sounded and could make you feel ... a lot of poets would kill to be able to use words the way Chuck Berry did.
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Re: Chuck Berry RIP
It wasn't me, baby, no it wasn't me, baby
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
He was cold, tired and hungry,
came a-begging for bread
The lady took him and fed him breakfast in bed
It wasn't me, Boss, no Boss, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Boss, it wasn't me
You say you saw my car parked in the drive-in one night
Came over to speak to me, I was out of sight
It wasn't me, baby, uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
Yes, a shrewd young whipper snapper love to run and play
But the draft got him, they inducted him today
It wasn't me, Sarge, uh uh, Sarge, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Sarge, it wasn't me
I met a German girl in England
who was going to school in France
Said we danced in Mississippi at a Alpha Kappa dance
It wasn't me, Officer, no, Officer, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Officer, it wasn't me
Wailing down the freeway,
testing out the cruising power
State trooper trailing,
clocked him ninety miles per hour
It wasn't me, Sheriff; Uh huh, Sheriff, it wasn't me
Ah! It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Sheriff, it wasn't me
Calling for brave young soldiers,
needed on the front row
Lieutenant said, "Which one of y'all volunteer to go?"
It wasn't me, Captain, uh uh, Captain, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Captain, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
He was cold, tired and hungry,
came a-begging for bread
The lady took him and fed him breakfast in bed
It wasn't me, Boss, no Boss, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Boss, it wasn't me
You say you saw my car parked in the drive-in one night
Came over to speak to me, I was out of sight
It wasn't me, baby, uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
Yes, a shrewd young whipper snapper love to run and play
But the draft got him, they inducted him today
It wasn't me, Sarge, uh uh, Sarge, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Sarge, it wasn't me
I met a German girl in England
who was going to school in France
Said we danced in Mississippi at a Alpha Kappa dance
It wasn't me, Officer, no, Officer, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Officer, it wasn't me
Wailing down the freeway,
testing out the cruising power
State trooper trailing,
clocked him ninety miles per hour
It wasn't me, Sheriff; Uh huh, Sheriff, it wasn't me
Ah! It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Sheriff, it wasn't me
Calling for brave young soldiers,
needed on the front row
Lieutenant said, "Which one of y'all volunteer to go?"
It wasn't me, Captain, uh uh, Captain, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Captain, it wasn't me
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Fabulous.
I really like 'Nadine' for the words and the rhythm, too. It's really a kind of masterclass. Brilliant.
I really like 'Nadine' for the words and the rhythm, too. It's really a kind of masterclass. Brilliant.
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RIP Chuck!
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Some people are such geniuses that you can't even call them that any more without it being a cliche.
Anyway, may he RIP. Glad he stuck around as long as he did.
So did he finish the album that's due out this year? Hope so. He sounded pretty excited about it.
Anyway, may he RIP. Glad he stuck around as long as he did.
So did he finish the album that's due out this year? Hope so. He sounded pretty excited about it.
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How he did what he did - and without a synthesizer - is a wonder. Thank you Chuck.
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RIP, Mr Berry. For once the term "one of the greats" really is justified.
While never got to see him live, I was in the queue waiting to see Pink Floyd do an early version of Dark Side at a late night show at Coventry Locarno while CB performed an earlier show at the same venue as part of the 1972(?) Lanchester Arts Festival. It was the night CB recorded most of the live songs for what eventually became the London Sessions. One of the tinny songs me and my mates heard coming through the walls high above us that night was the that totally uncharacteristic career albatross My Ding a Ling.
While never got to see him live, I was in the queue waiting to see Pink Floyd do an early version of Dark Side at a late night show at Coventry Locarno while CB performed an earlier show at the same venue as part of the 1972(?) Lanchester Arts Festival. It was the night CB recorded most of the live songs for what eventually became the London Sessions. One of the tinny songs me and my mates heard coming through the walls high above us that night was the that totally uncharacteristic career albatross My Ding a Ling.
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Re: Chuck Berry RIP
Fats Domino wins the dead pool !
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All time great.
One of my formative and most important musical experiences
Saw him in Toronto in 89'
The essence of rock n roll.
Great lyrics and a driving sound.
RIP Chuck
One of my formative and most important musical experiences
Saw him in Toronto in 89'
The essence of rock n roll.
Great lyrics and a driving sound.
RIP Chuck
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Re: Chuck Berry RIP
fange wrote:It wasn't me, baby, no it wasn't me, baby
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
He was cold, tired and hungry,
came a-begging for bread
The lady took him and fed him breakfast in bed
It wasn't me, Boss, no Boss, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Boss, it wasn't me
You say you saw my car parked in the drive-in one night
Came over to speak to me, I was out of sight
It wasn't me, baby, uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, baby, it wasn't me
Yes, a shrewd young whipper snapper love to run and play
But the draft got him, they inducted him today
It wasn't me, Sarge, uh uh, Sarge, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Sarge, it wasn't me
I met a German girl in England
who was going to school in France
Said we danced in Mississippi at a Alpha Kappa dance
It wasn't me, Officer, no, Officer, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Officer, it wasn't me
Wailing down the freeway,
testing out the cruising power
State trooper trailing,
clocked him ninety miles per hour
It wasn't me, Sheriff; Uh huh, Sheriff, it wasn't me
Ah! It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Sheriff, it wasn't me
Calling for brave young soldiers,
needed on the front row
Lieutenant said, "Which one of y'all volunteer to go?"
It wasn't me, Captain, uh uh, Captain, it wasn't me
It must have been some other body,
uh uh, Captain, it wasn't me
Poetic genius.
No one person invented rock 'n' roll, but Chuck was the distillery the final product came through. Chuck was the ORIGINAL badass guitar player and his words painted vivid pictures like no one else.
RIP to a true legend.
Pontificating incorrigibly since birth.
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Probably the greatest lyricist in modern music in many ways - I look back at things like "Too Much Monkey Business" and think that no one was writing in that style at the time. For that alone, he's a colossus.
The music is, quite possibly, the true kernel of all rock music that followed since. Others undoubtedly received greater fame but no one influenced more.
RIP Chuck - you're one of the few for which the term 'genius' really isn't hyperbole.
The music is, quite possibly, the true kernel of all rock music that followed since. Others undoubtedly received greater fame but no one influenced more.
RIP Chuck - you're one of the few for which the term 'genius' really isn't hyperbole.
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Dayodead wrote:Fats Domino wins the dead pool !
The fifties delegation are in pretty good stead despite Chucks death. Jerry Lee, Fats, Little Richard, Cliff all still going...although someone should probably check on them