Chuck Berry R.I.P.

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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

her name is LaToya iirc

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 Rockin
https://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

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.jpg
http://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.")

Seem to recall they didn't like other collections available at the time because they were either re-records or fake stereo.

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 phone
somethin' wrong
dime gone
will mail
I 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

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


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