Corp000085 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Elvis was king but Chuck was a living God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 (edited) One of my favs and maybe the most important figure in early rock-n-roll. RIP Chuck http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7728700/chuck-berry-dead Edited March 18, 2017 by ChevyVanMiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 A true original....may he RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 An icon, to say the least. RIP, Chuck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Sad day. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needle Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 He was an icon and pioneer for rock n roll. He was also a dirt bag. RIP Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I didn't know he was still alive. And not only was he...turns out he was recording an album for release this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 RIP Chuck Berry, The Founding Father of Rockby Dan McLaughlin FTA: Berry’s influence is almost impossible to overstate. He was rock’s first ‘guitar god,’ a complete package who wrote and sang his own songs, supported them with guitar theatrics, and had his own manic, mesmerizing stage presence complete with his signature duck walk. He wrote many great songs, and while a number of them shamelessly ripped off his earlier work, that just made him the first of an almost endless list of people who stole from Chuck Berry. Among his many timeless contributions, I have long argued that Johnny B. Goode remains rock’s greatest single song. It’s one of the first rock songs to do two things, let alone combine them – tell a story and feature a guitar solo – and in unorthodox fashion then as now, it opens with a guitar solo. It’s one of the very few songs recorded in the 1950s that sounds as crisp and clear and vibrant today as it did in 1957, when Berry was already 30 years old. It’s also a song about rock, and the possibilities it offers, even to a barely-literate African-American teen in the age of Jim Crow, modeled rather obviously on Berry himself; its lyrics contain the timeless promise of rock immortality: His mama told him someday you will be a man And you will be the leader of a big old band Many people comin’ from miles around To hear you play your music when the sun go down Maybe someday your name will be in lights, Saying “Johnny B. Goode tonight” Is there a more American promise than that? Proof of the power of Johnny B. Goode can be found in the fact that just about anyone who has ever picked up a guitar has felt compelled to take a crack at it. Even a partial sample shows the pervasive influence of the song.Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner Elvis: John Lennon: https://youtu.be/dYTqzcc-WNk?t=2 Springsteen: https://youtu.be/-2CdjOX8kas Stones: https://youtu.be/facz5L35D-I Hendrix: https://youtu.be/G6OedBFkxWU AC/DC: https://youtu.be/hV11HRcbCJU Dead: https://youtu.be/rbYTyEnbWZg Prince: https://youtu.be/B24ou49OOSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) RIP. his music is just fun. RIP Chuck Berry, The Founding Father of Rockby Dan McLaughlin FTA: Berry’s influence is almost impossible to overstate. He was rock’s first ‘guitar god,’ a complete package who wrote and sang his own songs, supported them with guitar theatrics, and had his own manic, mesmerizing stage presence complete with his signature duck walk. He wrote many great songs, and while a number of them shamelessly ripped off his earlier work, that just made him the first of an almost endless list of people who stole from Chuck Berry. Among his many timeless contributions, I have long argued that Johnny B. Goode remains rock’s greatest single song. It’s one of the first rock songs to do two things, let alone combine them – tell a story and feature a guitar solo – and in unorthodox fashion then as now, it opens with a guitar solo. It’s one of the very few songs recorded in the 1950s that sounds as crisp and clear and vibrant today as it did in 1957, when Berry was already 30 years old. It’s also a song about rock, and the possibilities it offers, even to a barely-literate African-American teen in the age of Jim Crow, modeled rather obviously on Berry himself; its lyrics contain the timeless promise of rock immortality: His mama told him someday you will be a man And you will be the leader of a big old band Many people comin’ from miles around To hear you play your music when the sun go down Maybe someday your name will be in lights, Saying “Johnny B. Goode tonight” Is there a more American promise than that? Proof of the power of Johnny B. Goode can be found in the fact that just about anyone who has ever picked up a guitar has felt compelled to take a crack at it. Even a partial sample shows the pervasive influence of the song.Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner missed one Edited March 19, 2017 by Boyst62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 RIP, wonder if he concluded it was better to die young as a rock star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 RIP. his music is just fun. missed one I missed.............hundreds....................here's a few more. Judas Priest: https://youtu.be/2zxoGFjFJlk Buck Owens: https://youtu.be/TPfj-wHMm0M Sex Pistols: https://youtu.be/O_D3KD3CyqY Thorogood: https://youtu.be/Dr12EBWDN2Q Green Day: https://youtu.be/O9XUc5O_54w The Killers: https://youtu.be/Q0VN5jz9-sM AND finally, the man himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 (edited) green day is underrated. but now i want to see billy corrigan sing it. Edited March 19, 2017 by Boyst62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Already have that bookmarked, he had amazing range. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 I was reading from an interview, 1987, that his music is "Big Band." That was his generation and love. That... He just put big band music to guitar in order to "pay the bills"... And as we all know, it took off as Rock-n-Roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KermitMcDermott Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 RIP. The name will always remind me of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Here is a great article... https://news.google.com/news/amp?caurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2Fla-et-ms-chuck-berry-lyrics-poetry-20170319-story%2Camp.html#pt0-48187 The Poet Laureate of Rock-n-Roll... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 RIP Chuck. Thanks for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Of all his songs, this was my favorite. I also like that since this is from the last segment of a television special about him, it ends with Chuck playing blues on a pedal steel while the end credits roll. RIP - his legacy is still being handed down among generations of guitarists, and will be for many years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 He left us with signature new music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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