kind of wish chuck had a whole album that was like this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7XWfNVTEQ8mesmerizing
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
JOHHNY B. POLLED: chuck berry's great twenty-eight
^^^ best chuck thread IMO
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i had big breakthroughs on berry and buddy holly last year
not that i didn't like them, i just never really sat down and listened to them before, just knew em from oldies etc
Me too! I picked up "Chuck Rocks" and "The Definitive Buddy Holly" and, while I expected to like them, I was really surprised at how much I totally loved it all. Not played out at all.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 28 March 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
Perhaps it is time for Whiney to shine a fresh light on these forgotten acts lest they be forgotten by the new generation.
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
Short uptempo guitar-based songs were the worst thing to ever happen to music
this is the dumbest post to ever happen to ILX
― Heyman (crüt), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
little richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ELjAfhs2M
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 March 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
I think he might have been kidding, but it is impossible to tell. Like Andy Kaufman reading The Great Gatsby or something.
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 March 2013 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i never got his deal, he was funny sometimes, i think he was mostly gone by time i started posting a lot. he's like this weird ghost in the machine now.
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 March 2013 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
doc casino otm, that is one of my all-time fav ilm threads. ppl don't talk about chuck enough these days. (little richard too, for that matter.)
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 29 March 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone else read his book? i read it as a teen but remember almost nothing about it.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 29 March 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
BIg upping the Great Twenty-Eight Poll thirded.
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 March 2013 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
Don't bother me, leave me alone--celebrating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCT-xMbxb8w
― clemenza, Friday, 18 October 2013 12:44 (ten years ago) link
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
― timellison, Friday, 15 November 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
Playing guitar like a-ringing a bellAnd looking like he should
― Pazz & Jop 1280 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 November 2013 01:18 (ten years ago) link
A few Chuck Berry threads, so this might have been posted elsewhere.
http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t427/sayhey1/chuck_zps50a3e4e8.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 26 May 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link
I could start a ceremonial "Chuck Berry is still alive" thread, but then again the last one ended (ended?) badly...
― Mark G, Monday, 26 May 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/rftmusic/2014/06/chuck_berry_reviews_classic_punk_records_in_unearthed_jet_lag_zine_from_1980.php
The Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen":What's this guy so angry about anyway? Guitar work and progression is like mine. Good backbeat. Can't understand most of the vocals. If you're going to be mad at least let the people know what you're mad about.The Clash's "Complete Control":Sounds like the first one. The rhythm and chording work well together. Did this guy have a sore throat when he sang the vocals?The Ramones' "Sheena is a Punk Rocker":A good little jump number. These guys remind me of myself when I first started, I only knew three chords too.The Romantics' "What I Like About You":Finally something you can dance to. Sounds a lot like the sixties with some of my riffs thrown in for good measure. You say this is new? I've heard this stuff plenty of times. I can't understand the big fuss.Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer":A funky little number, that's for sure. I like the bass a lot. Good mixture and a real good flow. The singer sounds like he has a bad case of stage fright.Wire's "I Am the Fly" and Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures:So this is the so-called new stuff. It's nothing I ain't heard before. It sounds like an old blues jam that BB and Muddy would carry on backstage at the old amphitheatre in Chicago. The instruments may be different but the experiment's the same.
The Clash's "Complete Control":Sounds like the first one. The rhythm and chording work well together. Did this guy have a sore throat when he sang the vocals?
The Ramones' "Sheena is a Punk Rocker":A good little jump number. These guys remind me of myself when I first started, I only knew three chords too.
The Romantics' "What I Like About You":Finally something you can dance to. Sounds a lot like the sixties with some of my riffs thrown in for good measure. You say this is new? I've heard this stuff plenty of times. I can't understand the big fuss.
Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer":A funky little number, that's for sure. I like the bass a lot. Good mixture and a real good flow. The singer sounds like he has a bad case of stage fright.
Wire's "I Am the Fly" and Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures:So this is the so-called new stuff. It's nothing I ain't heard before. It sounds like an old blues jam that BB and Muddy would carry on backstage at the old amphitheatre in Chicago. The instruments may be different but the experiment's the same.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 20 June 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
The idea of BB and Muddy jamming on "I Am The Fly" is killing me right now.
― wild-eyed, high-volume bursts of pious indignation (Dan Peterson), Friday, 20 June 2014 21:26 (nine years ago) link
ST. LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 18, 2016 -- Chuck Berry, the artist who codified the sound, rhythm and language of rock and roll, celebrated his 90th birthday today with the surprise announcement that he will release a new album - titled simply 'CHUCK' - in 2017 on Dualtone Records (an Entertainment One Company). Comprised primarily of new, original songs written, recorded and produced by the founding rock and roll legend, 'CHUCK' is Berry's first new album in thirty-eight years. It was recorded in various studios around St. Louis and features Berry's longtime hometown backing group - including his children Charles Berry Jr. (guitar) and Ingrid Berry (harmonica), plus Jimmy Marsala (Berry's bassist of forty years), Robert Lohr (piano), and Keith Robinson (drums) - which has supported him for over two decades on over two hundred residency shows at the famed Blueberry Hill club. More details about 'CHUCK' and other Berry-related events will be revealed in the coming weeks."This record is dedicated to my beloved Toddy," said Berry, referring to his wife of 68 years, Themetta Berry. "My darlin' I'm growing old! I've worked on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my shoes!""What an honor to be part of this new music," says Charles Berry Jr. "The St. Louis band, or as dad called us 'The Blueberry Hill Band,' fell right into the groove and followed his lead. These songs cover the spectrum from hard driving rockers to soulful thought provoking time capsules of a life's work."Dualtone president Paul Roper adds: "It is a great honor to be a part of this record and the broader legacy of Chuck Berry. This body of work stands with the best of his career and will further cement Chuck as one of the greatest icons of rock and roll."
"This record is dedicated to my beloved Toddy," said Berry, referring to his wife of 68 years, Themetta Berry. "My darlin' I'm growing old! I've worked on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my shoes!"
"What an honor to be part of this new music," says Charles Berry Jr. "The St. Louis band, or as dad called us 'The Blueberry Hill Band,' fell right into the groove and followed his lead. These songs cover the spectrum from hard driving rockers to soulful thought provoking time capsules of a life's work."
Dualtone president Paul Roper adds: "It is a great honor to be a part of this record and the broader legacy of Chuck Berry. This body of work stands with the best of his career and will further cement Chuck as one of the greatest icons of rock and roll."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 October 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
http://www.trbimg.com/img-580560ff/turbine/la-1476747727-snap-photo/450/450x450
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 October 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link
I get why he's just calling the album Chuck, but calling it Almost Grown would have been hilarious.
Anyway, as I said on Facebook, there is no album I will not turn off in a second if somebody suggests listening to Chuck Berry instead. Happy 90th birthday to the man without whom probably about 2/3 of my record collection would not exist.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
want this to be good so much
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUb3QM39QeA
so God damned great
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
yeah! cool that he's just using his regular band (as opposed to getting Flea on bass or something).
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link
the way he changes up the pronunciation of "here" when it's his mother speaking...just so good
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link
(as opposed to getting Flea on bass or something).
I would actually be in favor of this for the reason that, during the sessions, Flea would undoubtedly play something moronic, for which Chuck would not hesitate to punch his lights out.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:33 (seven years ago) link
haha, yeah that is true.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:39 (seven years ago) link
Don't you guys remember what Iggy said to Mike Watt?
― Sketches by T-Boz (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:41 (seven years ago) link
Or what he said about Chuck Berry for that matter
― Sketches by T-Boz (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
i don't remember!this is good: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/peter-guralnick-on-why-chuck-berry-is-greater-than-you-think-w443396
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 October 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
It's in Paul Trynka's Open Up And Bleed right after Shakey's brother talking about Coachella.
There had, in fact, been a little last-minute argument behind the scenes. Pete Marshall had been expecting to play bass with the new Stooges ever since Ron had started sending Iggy tapes in the late ’90s; Iggy had pushed for him too, on the basis that he wanted someone familiar standing beside him, but he finally backed down and agreed to Watt taking the job, on condition that there was “no slapping, no triads … and no Flea-ing around on stage,” alluding to his friendship with the Chili Peppers’ funky bassist, Flea.
― Sketches by T-Boz (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 15:11 (seven years ago) link
Also “if someone told us we had to play Chuck Berry or die, we would have to die.”
― Sketches by T-Boz (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 15:21 (seven years ago) link
lol at "Almost Grown," that would pretty much be the all-time winner for the Old Sock award.
― DOCTOR CAISNO, BYCREATIVELABBUS (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 18 October 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
Whoa, I just found out my friend Rachel did the art for the new album's cover. She's understandably over the moon to reveal that fact.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
Canada 1987. Chuck Berry is playing some dismal outdoor show. Four songs in, Chuck fires his band in the middle of “School Days”and does most of the remaining set solo, but then reluctantly lets them back on at the end because the good folks paid to see four musicians on stage
https://ijwthstd.blogspot.com/2023/04/chuck-berry-bramalea-ontario-1987-08-08.html
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 22:31 (six months ago) link
My friend grew up in St Louis and Chuck Berry performed at his grade school not long after the show posted above. He only played “My Ding-a-Ling”for like 20 minutes, which is a perversely funny choice of a song to play in front of children.
― bbq, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 00:01 (six months ago) link
And I’m pretty sure that the concert at the grade school was to fulfill a community service order from a court, which makes his song choice even wilder. Chuck got weird in the 80’s.
― bbq, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 00:11 (six months ago) link
I saw a Chuck show in the 80s. The local backers warmed up the stage for a few minutes, he duckwalked in and played eight songs in fifteen minutes and left. Then another 20 minutes of ovations chanting "what the fuck, Chuck" but he'd left the building. Apparently this was not uncommon at the time. No one else on the bill!
― bendy, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 20:41 (six months ago) link
that seems to have been his pattern everywhere. I guess at this point he was more interested in other things than working with other musicians and developing his sound a bit
why on earth did anyone think having him go to schools was a good idea? I know it was a different time but that's still shocking to me
― Left, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 21:03 (six months ago) link
Believe he had a song or two with the word “school” in the lyric or even the title iirc.
― Blecch’s POLLero (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 22:59 (six months ago) link
1987? I believe at that point he represented that old time rock and roll. That kind of music just soothes the soul. I reminisce about the days of old, with that old time rock and roll.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 23:51 (six months ago) link
working with other musicians and developing his sound a bit
Massive lols at the thought of Chuck Berry being at all interested in "developing his sound"
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 7 December 2023 03:20 (six months ago) link
I know someone whose parents saw Bo Diddley fucking around with a synthesizer on stage sometime in the 80s
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 December 2023 03:40 (six months ago) link
lol ET
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 December 2023 03:41 (six months ago) link
Yeah, Bo made some primitive synth-and-drum machine tracks in the late 80s. They sucked, at least the stuff I heard did.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:01 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15kdzY-vAo
That’s the album. It’s bad.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:08 (six months ago) link
"Bo Diddley Isn't A Synth Wizard"
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:38 (six months ago) link
i saw chuck's 60th birthday show at the felt forum with a stellar backup band (john entwistle, dave edmunds, terry williams, chuck leavell) which, it soon became apparent, had never rehearsed with him.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/why-chuck-berry-snubbed-60th-birthday-tribute-rock-210458345.html
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 7 December 2023 12:06 (six months ago) link
That Bo Diddley album.... I'm not going to say it's good, but it could be a lot worse.
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 7 December 2023 18:11 (six months ago) link
I feel like I am an outlier, but I have never totally bought or wanted to dig into EW’s übercontrarian shtick which from where I sit looks like endless iterations of “actually, Robert Johnson wasn’t a blues singer at all, and if he was, he was terrible, he was really just a creation of John Hammond’s febrile mind” or “actually Beatlemania wasn’t really a thing” shockas.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:57 (three months ago) link
And then this Maxwell’s Demon of authenticity games goes and does a super-corny oldbro Chuck Berry cover without any Peter Stampfel Wollheim weirdness to skew it and add interest.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:58 (three months ago) link
lol. that's interesting. he has always seemed okay to me, even astute, but on reflection i think that might just come down to the recommendations of others i esteem who have read and enjoyed EW, because i've never read one of his books.
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 04:06 (three months ago) link
but have read little things here and there, like the blog post linked about "promised land." which i think is great. the video's another story.
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 21 February 2024 04:09 (three months ago) link