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
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.")
― 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
Pay phonesomethin' wrongdime gonewill mailI ought to sue the operator for tellin' me a tale
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
Ah
― And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 13:59 (seven years ago) link
2-3 count with nobody on, he hit a high fly into the stands
― timellison, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
i was walking down the street thinking about the "pay phone" stanza yesterday and it was just blowing my mind over and over how good it was.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 14:41 (seven years ago) link
Yup. So much imagery with so few words.
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 14:51 (seven years ago) link
Ann Powers on CB and women
http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/03/21/520146232/bittersweet-little-rock-and-roller
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
nice
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
damn, great clip Tracer thx
xxp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 15:59 (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.
This one is currently up on dimead0zen.
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
That Powers article is great.
How have I never heard "Tulane" before?
― Brad C., Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
can we talk about the 18 min + track "concerto in b goode" from 1969 album of same name? this thing just kills, almost kraut-y at times. it's like the track was designed to give chuck a platform to experiment with different fx pedals over one chord for an entire lp side. (it also somewhat redeems the mercury years.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAnKqdlPWDo
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
Wow, this is pretty interesting!
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
yeahhh, hadn't heard that before this week. pretty sweet -- definitely could pass for a VU outtake jam at points.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
and some of that echo-y guitar action isn't too far off from sandy bull's awesome cover of "memphis" too
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
haha yeah i can imagine chuck hearing "hallo gallo" by neu and being like 'oh yeah we used to do that in practice' haha
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
Dave Edmunds remembers that '87 NYC show on FB
Me & ChuckSometimes you have great gigs, and sometimes you don't. This gig was in St Louis, Missouri, and it was the best of the tour. Great audience, great monitor sound, great band (with the renowned Jamie Oldaker on drums). The kind of gig that whatever you do, whatever you sing, whatever you say, and whatever you play – is right! We did three encores, came off sweating and settled into after-gig drinks in the dressing room. We were towelling off and congratulating ourselves when Steve, my tour manager, burst breathlessly into the room spluttering something about Chuck Berry. “Calm down, Steve!...What's up?” “Chuck Berry is in the audience sitting with two girls – he's seen the whole show and he wants to get up and do a few songs with you!” Whoa! This is no time for practical jokes. “What did you say?” “Chuck Berry is in the audience sitting with two girls – he's seen the whole show and he wants to get up and do a few songs with you!” I explained to Steve that if he was pissing around and we went back out on stage (the audience was still chanting for more), we have no more songs to do and it could get embarrassing. He swore on everything dear to him that Chuck Berry was ready to climb onstage if we would just go back out. He grabbed my spare (black) Gibson 335 and pushed us back out onstage and, sure enough, Chuck clambered up, strapped on my spare, and went into Roll Over Beethoven, moving on through Memphis, Tennessee, and more.I wondered if he remembered me from his sixtieth birthday gig in the Felt Forum, Madison Square Gardens, NY, in 1987. I don't remember how this came about, but my then manager, John Scher, arranged for me to put a band together for the gig – an opportunity from heaven. I called in my dear friend and colleague, Chuck Leavell (keyboard player with The Rolling Stones), then John Entwistle, (The Who), and Terry Williams (Rockpile/Dire Straits). Came the night, with no rehearsal whatsoever or any prior discussions with Chuck, we gravitated from our hotel bar across the road to the Felt Forum. There was no one backstage to introduce us to Chuck, so we just sort of gathered side-stage and waited. A couple of minutes before showtime, Chuck ambled up to us and sat down with his guitar hanging around his neck. We nervously introduced ourselves to him, but I am convinced he had absolutely no idea who we were. I dared to ask if there would be a set-list. “Nooo, I always start my songs with this guitar riff” (he plays it – as if no one knows, already), “and then I stamp my foot when to end the song.” “Oh, and no drum fills.” And that was it!I was fifteen years of age when I first heard Johnnie B. Goode on Radio Luxembourg. I was also fifteen when I got my first guitar. I was determined to learn the opening guitar riff and the solo. I also learned the 'knack' of playing Chuck's “raka-rack' rhythm style on the lower strings while singing. Many accomplished guitar players find this uncomfortable or impossible to do without sounding 'stilted'. His songs, his lyrics, his guitar solos, the style and the keys – I've pondered, puzzled, practised and learnt over the years, eventually incorporating them into many of my records.That night, I don't know if Chuck recognised I was copping his licks, or whether he was just feeling lazy, but he had me play all the guitar solos – to every song. (except My Ding-a-Ling, when we left the stage). At the end of the final song he grabbed my arm and hauled me centre-stage; he held my hand aloft with his and shouted into the microphone to the screaming audience: “Who said the white man can't play the blues?” It was my proudest moment.- DE
Sometimes you have great gigs, and sometimes you don't. This gig was in St Louis, Missouri, and it was the best of the tour. Great audience, great monitor sound, great band (with the renowned Jamie Oldaker on drums). The kind of gig that whatever you do, whatever you sing, whatever you say, and whatever you play – is right! We did three encores, came off sweating and settled into after-gig drinks in the dressing room. We were towelling off and congratulating ourselves when Steve, my tour manager, burst breathlessly into the room spluttering something about Chuck Berry. “Calm down, Steve!...What's up?”
“Chuck Berry is in the audience sitting with two girls – he's seen the whole show and he wants to get up and do a few songs with you!” Whoa! This is no time for practical jokes. “What did you say?” “Chuck Berry is in the audience sitting with two girls – he's seen the whole show and he wants to get up and do a few songs with you!” I explained to Steve that if he was pissing around and we went back out on stage (the audience was still chanting for more), we have no more songs to do and it could get embarrassing. He swore on everything dear to him that Chuck Berry was ready to climb onstage if we would just go back out. He grabbed my spare (black) Gibson 335 and pushed us back out onstage and, sure enough, Chuck clambered up, strapped on my spare, and went into Roll Over Beethoven, moving on through Memphis, Tennessee, and more.
I wondered if he remembered me from his sixtieth birthday gig in the Felt Forum, Madison Square Gardens, NY, in 1987. I don't remember how this came about, but my then manager, John Scher, arranged for me to put a band together for the gig – an opportunity from heaven. I called in my dear friend and colleague, Chuck Leavell (keyboard player with The Rolling Stones), then John Entwistle, (The Who), and Terry Williams (Rockpile/Dire Straits). Came the night, with no rehearsal whatsoever or any prior discussions with Chuck, we gravitated from our hotel bar across the road to the Felt Forum. There was no one backstage to introduce us to Chuck, so we just sort of gathered side-stage and waited. A couple of minutes before showtime, Chuck ambled up to us and sat down with his guitar hanging around his neck. We nervously introduced ourselves to him, but I am convinced he had absolutely no idea who we were. I dared to ask if there would be a set-list. “Nooo, I always start my songs with this guitar riff” (he plays it – as if no one knows, already), “and then I stamp my foot when to end the song.” “Oh, and no drum fills.” And that was it!
I was fifteen years of age when I first heard Johnnie B. Goode on Radio Luxembourg. I was also fifteen when I got my first guitar. I was determined to learn the opening guitar riff and the solo. I also learned the 'knack' of playing Chuck's “raka-rack' rhythm style on the lower strings while singing. Many accomplished guitar players find this uncomfortable or impossible to do without sounding 'stilted'. His songs, his lyrics, his guitar solos, the style and the keys – I've pondered, puzzled, practised and learnt over the years, eventually incorporating them into many of my records.
That night, I don't know if Chuck recognised I was copping his licks, or whether he was just feeling lazy, but he had me play all the guitar solos – to every song. (except My Ding-a-Ling, when we left the stage). At the end of the final song he grabbed my arm and hauled me centre-stage; he held my hand aloft with his and shouted into the microphone to the screaming audience: “Who said the white man can't play the blues?” It was my proudest moment.
- DE
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-TVrR8wZc
― And Run Into It And Blecch It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
According to a public radio DJ friend of mine, the single from the new album was been sent out today.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 04:56 (seven years ago) link
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:21 PM (yesterday)
that was a fantastic piece, thank you
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 05:31 (seven years ago) link
Here's the single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Zoh-apWRE&feature=youtu.be
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 11:33 (seven years ago) link
Christgau:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7735698/chuck-berry-rock-n-roll-teenagers-inventor
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 23 March 2017 10:38 (seven years ago) link
might wanna listen to this at 9pm ET tonight
https://wfmu.org/2017/03/20/chuck-berry-tribute-thurs-night/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 23 March 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
omg
http://images2.onionstatic.com/onion/5657/1/original/700.jpg
― soref, Saturday, 25 March 2017 14:25 (seven years ago) link