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R.I.P. Chuck Berry


StarMountainKid

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His influence on the rock and roll music revolution owes more to Chuck Berry than to anyone else. A great story teller, performer and musician.  His lyrics are simple and universal and included humor, which is rare in popular music.

 

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What a genius! Amazing guitar sound, amazing lyrics ...... wow! still gives me shivers after all these years :wub: I don't think he'll 'rest in peace' I think he'll keep on rockin' for ever :clap:. This is my favourite:

Oh my! What a mover! Thank you so much for all the wonderful music, Chuck.

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Okay, one more, just because the lyrics are brilliant:

 

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What a gift you have given us all!

Rock on Chuck :rolleyes:

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Shows how different we all are. I've always thought of 'My Ding-a-ling' as an aberration for him .... a bit of a sop for the masses. I hate it! :lol:

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19 minutes ago, ouija ouija said:

Shows how different we all are. I've always thought of 'My Ding-a-ling' as an aberration for him .... a bit of a sop for the masses. I hate it! :lol:

Not as much as an aberration as no. 1 on this link

http://www.clashmusic.com/features/10-things-you-never-knew-about-chuck-berry

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5 hours ago, sees said:

Not as much as an aberration as no. 1 on this link

http://www.clashmusic.com/features/10-things-you-never-knew-about-chuck-berry

I don't know about '10 things you never knew about Chuck Berry' ...... I've known them since I bought his autobiography some 25+ years ago! Whatever went on in his private life, you can't take anything away from the quality of his songwriting(IMHO). If I remember correctly, he and the 'hatcheck girl' were together for a number of years.

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34 minutes ago, ouija ouija said:

I don't know about '10 things you never knew about Chuck Berry' ...... I've known them since I bought his autobiography some 25+ years ago! Whatever went on in his private life, you can't take anything away from the quality of his songwriting(IMHO). If I remember correctly, he and the 'hatcheck girl' were together for a number of years.

Yes appraising his talent can be different (but not totally divorced from) appraising him as a man...

(I remember being shocked when it was on the news re. the discovery made in his restaurant. It caused me to appraise him differently, i.e. I thought less of him).

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12 hours ago, ouija ouija said:

Shows how different we all are. I've always thought of 'My Ding-a-ling' as an aberration for him .... a bit of a sop for the masses. I hate it! :lol:

It doesn't demonstrate his talent for me, I just have a dirty mind and enjoy tongue in cheek humor.;)

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Truly a blues legend.  Him and Hank Williams created modern rock as far as I'm concerned, with the help and influence of others, I suppose.

Weird think is, my wife and I made our 4 year old son watch all of the Back to the Future movies last weekend.

"...It's your cousin, Marvin"

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On 20.3.2017 at 6:39 AM, MamaMia1981 said:

This is my fave....

 

Since I've heard about the pedophilia allegations, it does seem a little weird, doesn't it?

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2 hours ago, FLOMBIE said:

Since I've heard about the pedophilia allegations, it does seem a little weird, doesn't it?

I haven't heard about pedophilla allegations.  

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1 minute ago, MamaMia1981 said:

I haven't heard about pedophilla allegations.  

Well, I have. A quick search on google will show you just that. I'm not claiming it's true; I don't know. But it did give me an uneasy feeling about this particular song. 

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21 minutes ago, MamaMia1981 said:

I haven't heard about pedophilla allegations.  

I think there was just the one case of a 15yr old girl. 

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15 minutes ago, ouija ouija said:

I think there was just the one case of a 15yr old girl. 

There are also allegations of him filming child porn. 

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I hadn't heard about that.

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11 hours ago, FLOMBIE said:

There are also allegations of him filming child porn. 

What?!?!  That's sick.

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