greil m wrote a very nice piece a while back about "more chuck berry," an old hits collection that popped up a lot in 70s-era critics' all-time best lists. reminded me that i'd really like to reread his autobiography one of these days.
https://greilmarcus.net/2016/02/10/more-chuck-berry-041201/
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Sunday, 19 March 2017 01:23 (seven years ago) link
i'm guessing the "content strategist" who wrote that original tweet had not spent a lot of time thinking about chuck berry prior to this afternoon
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Sunday, 19 March 2017 01:26 (seven years ago) link
There's nothing wrong with the tweet as a conversation starter -- if that's the intention. To remain at the level of the tweet is the end of crit.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 March 2017 01:27 (seven years ago) link
I read something by Marcus or Christgau that the rationale for choosing More as the best available compilation was that it was all the best stuff from Golden Decade + "Come On." (But it still misses "Promised Land.")
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 March 2017 01:28 (seven years ago) link
The Berry chapter in the RS Encyclopedia of Rock is a superb piece of writing.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 March 2017 01:32 (seven years ago) link
Wow, this photo: apparently, Michael Jackson made the mistake of introducing one of his sisters to Berry at the American Music Awards.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7PaOvVVwAA71eb.jpg
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 19 March 2017 02:04 (seven years ago) link
her name is LaToya iirc
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 March 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
Ms. Jackson if you're--nah, just LaToya's enough.
Re covers: "Memphis" is far from my favourite Chuck Berry song (I remember my guitar teacher trying to teach it to me when I was 10 or something like that), but I think this is pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQR0K4JT-rA
("In 1956, when American was giving birth to rock and roll, one man was already trying to kill it.")
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 March 2017 02:32 (seven years ago) link
yeah Memphis is awesome
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 March 2017 02:34 (seven years ago) link
Sandy Bull's version of Memphis is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4_pXCTpjRg
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 19 March 2017 02:38 (seven years ago) link
Just remembered he shows up in Wim Wenders' "Alice in the Cities" singing "Memphis," and that the song parallels the film's plot somewhat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bea9rR4F-4
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 March 2017 02:41 (seven years ago) link
Only the good die young.
Chuck was great.
RIP Chuck Berry
― Mark G, Sunday, 19 March 2017 03:35 (seven years ago) link
Saw him once in '86, around the release of that concert doc. He was ornery at the end of it when the crowd started to clamber onstage. I was entirely satisfied.
hail hail indeed
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 March 2017 03:43 (seven years ago) link
https://goodmusicspeaks.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/send-more-chuck-berry.jpg?w=660&h=412
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 19 March 2017 05:36 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7P4yAQXkAArbWq.jpg
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 19 March 2017 06:07 (seven years ago) link
maybe i saw the same show as morbs in '86? he was playing with john entwistle, half of rockpile, chuck leavell, and treated them just like any other backup band with zero rehearsal. brilliant, regardless. miss u chuck.
― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 19 March 2017 10:23 (seven years ago) link
no, mine was the same ol' usual no-name locals he habitually used.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 March 2017 10:35 (seven years ago) link
think i saw him in berlin in '88 but can't find the ticket now. local band played desultory r 'n' r instrumentals to warm up the audience, he left it very late to get on stage, arrived with suitcase and guitar. strict hour set, all the classics and moves, band couldn't keep up with him, akin to a mid-90s fall gig for lack of togetherness and 100% rock n roll. a true great. going to dust off the vinyls now...
matt dc and vegemitegrrl entirely otm upthread.
― wtev, Sunday, 19 March 2017 10:58 (seven years ago) link
RIP genius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jKrHzps0XM
― Ongar Is An Energy (Tom D.), Sunday, 19 March 2017 11:51 (seven years ago) link
I couldn't tell which sister it was (LaToya or Rebbie, but definitely not Janet) and she wasn't ID-ed when I saw the photo on Twitter.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 19 March 2017 13:23 (seven years ago) link
What's not to love about his music? The way the guitar swings on this one, or the lyrical inventiveness, like the way he keeps checking his watch in Reelin and Rockinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5gx_b_XCvY
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 19 March 2017 13:31 (seven years ago) link
"Promised Land" is basically the ur-text for Southern Rock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6MElklfvM
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 19 March 2017 14:10 (seven years ago) link
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/chuck-berry/1986/the-ritz-new-york-ny-5bf64b3c.html
^98% sure this is the show i saw
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 March 2017 14:10 (seven years ago) link
ah, ok. this one was mine:
https://www.wolfgangs.com/chuck-berry/posters/poster/FEL861018.html
― Thus Sang Freud, Sunday, 19 March 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
I'd seen this before somewhere--the reviews are funny. (Can't read them if I reduce the size.)
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gxlkC63prUQ/UICCLhE2p7I/AAAAAAAAKto/EDdI6kVIu_Q/s1600/sept80-10-11.jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IErA3Ag4w-Q/UICCUYSPgnI/AAAAAAAAKtw/AM2NHuvcVPk/s1600/sept80-12-13.jpg
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 March 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
<3 the reviews, I can imagine that making the Ramones' day.
Thirty-six takes on Maybellene?! Is he for real? Jesus. I always figured they just came in, set up, played it once. It's such a fresh, barrelling performance, just crackling and young and vibrant and bold.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 19 March 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
That could've included false starts, breakdowns, and general workings-on of the song, though. And, as with "Like A Rolling Stone," which took 20 takes but the 4th was used as the master, it might not have been the 36th take that was released.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 19 March 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
Looks like the Joy Division track was mistitled. I wonder which one he was listening to.
― jmm, Sunday, 19 March 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
Those reviews are hard to read, I should have just posted a link:
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/chuck_berry_reviews_sex_pistols_talking_heads_clash_and_many_more_1980
The comparison of Wire to Muddy Waters is fascinating, the kind of intuitive musician's connection I'd never pick up on. At the other end of the spectrum, I'm not sure if his comment about Lydon's anger is genuine or him just slyly feigning befuddlement--I suspect the latter, with a healthy dose of "Did I tell you about 1955?" mixed in.
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 March 2017 21:31 (seven years ago) link
― Got Your Money Changes Everything (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 March 2017 00:42 (seven years ago) link
I was attending an open mic night tonight where one guy got up and sang a Berry song. After he finished and everyone clapped, the organiser guy shouted "yeah lets all applaud a paedophile."
To which mass confusion ensued where the bloke singing thought he was talking about him. lol
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Monday, 20 March 2017 00:43 (seven years ago) link
lmao fuck
― flappy bird, Monday, 20 March 2017 01:05 (seven years ago) link
yeah the fake stereo on Golden Decade is not good. a lot of songs definitely sound wimpier than i remember them being.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Monday, 20 March 2017 02:50 (seven years ago) link
I was a little worried his new album would be shelved or left unfinished, but Rolling Stone reports details about the release will be out later this week.
― DavidLeeRoth, Monday, 20 March 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
Johnny B. Goode/His Complete '50s Chess Recordings is so great and in mono
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 March 2017 17:16 (seven years ago) link
that version of Promised Land tipsy posted is awesome as hell
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 20 March 2017 18:27 (seven years ago) link
yes. i want so much more of that.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Monday, 20 March 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
looks like this is the full 1972 show that included that Promised Land:
https://youtu.be/YtrOr3WKmyY?list=PL61vsQuhgyGcv8Pbh3KBG5y5USNRTazDR
― Brad C., Monday, 20 March 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
remember this being solid ('73) -- also Bo, Little Richard, BB, Chubby et al
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4sgNIeS89I
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 March 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
American History, Practical Math
― timellison, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link
Don't want your botheration
― timellison, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 04:36 (seven years ago) link
You just started back doin the things you used to do
― timellison, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 04:37 (seven years ago) link
Seven hundred little records, all rock, rhythm and jazz
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 04:54 (seven years ago) link
tell tchaikovsky the news
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 04:59 (seven years ago) link
Arrested on charges of unemployment
― timellison, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 05:08 (seven years ago) link
Take it to the FBI as a personal grudge
― timellison, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 05:15 (seven years ago) link
Sincerely, your beloved son,Henry Junior Ford
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 07:11 (seven years ago) link
Noneedformecomplaininmyobjectionsoverruledahhhhhhhh
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 10:15 (seven years ago) link
don't know if this has been posted yet? but if there's a video of someone else enjoying themselves as much as chuck is here i'd love to see it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK5N2LavUZQ
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 10:20 (seven years ago) link
HI DERE
― And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 10:55 (seven years ago) link