tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post5412281285819825951..comments2024-03-29T07:39:20.648-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: Chuck Berry, 1926-2017Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-59036855446807147412017-03-20T12:49:43.560-07:002017-03-20T12:49:43.560-07:00I always loved Memphis. I first heard it through t...I always loved Memphis. I first heard it through the Faces' version. But hearing the original added extra depth to the song. There's a wistfulness and longing to it that gets lost in more rocking takes. And "hurry home drops" is a wonderful turn of phrase.<br />Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890083462311598548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-61986208634796507622017-03-20T09:56:30.069-07:002017-03-20T09:56:30.069-07:00I've often thought, these past few years, as s...I've often thought, these past few years, as some favorites have passed, "Well, at least we still have Chuck Berry!" He lived far longer than most would have thought, and even played right up until near the end. <br /><br />In fact, he has an album coming out this year!!<br /><br />http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chuck-berrys-family-move-forward-with-planned-chuck-lp-w472845A walk in the woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-82834821092097750622017-03-20T09:26:00.642-07:002017-03-20T09:26:00.642-07:00Good choices. A lot of my earliest musical memorie...Good choices. A lot of my earliest musical memories are of Chuck Berry songs performed, more often than not back then, by other artistes & it was later when I got into the man's original versions that I learned the history behind the music. dogbreathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-36244802053945916262017-03-20T09:05:52.697-07:002017-03-20T09:05:52.697-07:00"The Great Twenty Eight" are all that. C..."The Great Twenty Eight" are all that. Chuck was the King as much as anyone.buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-38607785431204084702017-03-20T05:27:37.464-07:002017-03-20T05:27:37.464-07:00On my Ipod I've got eight different Bowie play...On my Ipod I've got eight different Bowie playlists, each with about 30+ songs so about 250 total. I was listening to one of them while cooking dinner Sunday evening. I pause the Ipod to listen to NBC news report on Chuck's passing. After it's over I hit the music again and the very next song up is Bowie's cover of Around and Around. RandyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-68912630458458626612017-03-19T16:27:50.176-07:002017-03-19T16:27:50.176-07:00I loved lots of Bowie's music, but Chuck was t...I loved lots of Bowie's music, but Chuck was truly from another planet <br />instead of merely acting like it. His stuff may seem trite if one was <br />brought up on his progeny -- the curse of all proto-revolutionaries toiling <br />in an ahistorical cultural milieu -- but if one explores because he wants <br />to know how something he loves (or is interested in) got to be what he <br />loves, then Chuck comes into focus for writing perfectly-detailed vignettes <br />in a perfectly-enunciated singing voice over wonderfully expressive and <br />powerful music. Sure, the sound and riffs were bedrock foundational -- he'd <br />be in the pantheon even if that's all he contributed -- but those <br />songwriting chops rival Dylan and Paul Simon and Smokey Robinson (an <br />underappreciated wordsmith in my opinion) and whoever else they can proffer <br />up for comparison. That he married that songcraft to that defining music <br />puts him beyond the reach of almost everyone. And that it was largely <br />calculated on his part is immaterial. Few of the greats were just winging <br />it, and when they did, it was their innate gifts that allowed their choices <br />to work out right.<br />C in CaliforniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-75038921452179062542017-03-19T15:47:49.032-07:002017-03-19T15:47:49.032-07:00Outstanding tribute, sir. Nearly as amazing as ...Outstanding tribute, sir. Nearly as amazing as 'The Great Twenty-Eight'! <br />Dr Wuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03086082326082517283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-64493437863116071462017-03-19T08:05:03.931-07:002017-03-19T08:05:03.931-07:00Wow! Great post Sal.
I was listening to Club Nit...Wow! Great post Sal.<br /><br />I was listening to Club Nitty Gritty as I started to read today's post. :-)<br /><br />Sounds like there might be a few Chuck Berry stories being told in the days to come. I started with Peter Guralnick's -- not bad!<br /><br />http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/peter-guralnick-on-why-chuck-berry-is-greater-than-you-think-w443396?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=031817_19<br />JAYESSEMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043689582943456784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-56608426690973395062017-03-19T07:25:40.626-07:002017-03-19T07:25:40.626-07:00Chuck Berry...A GIANT of a man and his music stand...Chuck Berry...A GIANT of a man and his music stands by itself....right through NOW and BEYOND....thanks for the posting, Sal.whattawinonoreply@blogger.com