chuck berry appreciation thread

[cerveza]

i want you to play with my dingaling

[abcdefz]

God help us that he thinks that's his best song, since it went to number one.


Chuck Berry.... yeah. The songs that matter are huge, but you really don't need more than a single CD of his stuff, I don't think. I had that Chess boxed set and wound up trading it back in; it was just too, too much.

[saz]

you traded in a Chess Chuck Berry box set? the fuck's wrong with you?

but yeah....without Chuck there wouldn't have been rock n' roll and Keith Richards

[yeahwho]

God help us that he thinks that's his best song, since it went to number one.


Chuck Berry.... yeah. The songs that matter are huge, but you really don't need more than a single CD of his stuff, I don't think. I had that Chess boxed set and wound up trading it back in; it was just too, too much.

Hey, I have that 3 disc box set. abcdefz, "Why Can't you Be True?"

[abcdefz]

I guess it's because I'm not a record collector anymore. I don't have a whole lot of CDs I don't listen to at least once every couple of months, no matter how much I like them.

[DroppinScience]

I've got Chuck Berry's "The Great Twenty-Eight." I think a-z is right, you don't need much more than the essentials.

[yeahwho]

The Stones, Springsteen, Lennon/McCartney, White Stripes and a Gajillion other great bands owe the man. I love these lyrics to "You Can't Catch Me."

I bought a brand new airmobile
It was custom made
It was a Flight DeVille
With an outboard motor
And some hideaway wings
Push in on the button and you can hear her sing
Now you can't catch me
No, baby, you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close
You know I'm gone like a cool breeze

New Jersey Turnpike in the wee wee hours
I was rolling slowly 'cause of drizzlin' showers
Up come a flattop he was movin' up with me
Then come sailin' goodbye
In a little old suped up mini
I put my foot in my tank and I begin to roll
Moanin' sirens, was the state patrol
So I get out my wings and then I blew my horn
Bye-bye New Jersey I become airborne

Now you can't catch me
No, baby you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close
You know I'm gone like a cool breeze

Flyin' with my baby last Saturday night
Wasn't no gray cloud floatin' in sight
Big full moon shinin' up above
Cuddle up honey be my love
Sweetest little thing that I ever seen
I'm gonna name you Mabelline
Flyin' with all the things set on flight control
Radio tuned to rock 'n' roll
Two, three hours passin' by
Altitude dropped to 505
Fuel consumption way too fast
Let's get on home before we run out of gas

Now you can't catch me
No baby, you can't catch me
'Cause if you get too close
You know I'm gone like a cool breeze

All his lyrics are basically cool as rock can get. (y)