Chuck Berry has died,,

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:20 pm

This afternoon in his home state of Missouri.

- there's a bit of music history there..

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:23 pm

Minutes applause against Spurs?......

Maaah ding a ling a ling......

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:23 pm

sad, some will say iconic figure, but I cant think of one song of his I liked.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:25 pm

You left a lot of great music behind Chuck Berry...a good innings though..

'C'est La Vie'....Live. 1972.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1oyvAMtFsk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

morpheus2 · Post by **morpheus2** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:26 pm

Nah, surely he's been dead for years.

Yet more evidence of the Mandela effect..

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:34 pm

Nooooh!
Knew this was coming somehow. One of the all time greats for me and one of those legendary artists I wish I had seen live.
I'll be strumming a crap version of Johnny B Goode on my
acoustic for you tonight Chuck, RIP

Pearcey · Post by **Pearcey** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:36 pm

I have to confess that I also thought he'd been dead for years.

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:38 pm

Pearcey wrote:I have to confess that I also thought he'd been dead for years.

Haha my mrs just said exactly the same

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:38 pm

Huge influence in the music world.
Saw him yonks ago here at one of the early Buxton festivals.

R.I.P Chuck.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:46 pm

Maaah ding a ling a ling ohhh aaaah wanna play
wiv maaaaaah ding a linggggg....

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:49 pm

Was watching his performance with John Lennon yesterday. Checked his age on Wiki surprised he was 90 and still alive.

Surreal. But it happens. RIP.

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:51 pm

If you speak to or read about most of the Guitar greats of the 1960's through to the 2000's, an unfeasibly large number will tell you they learnt to play by practising " Johnny B Goode " on their first Guitar...

He was a product of his time, nobody wrote the book on being a " Rock and Roll " star, and they made mistakes and alot died young: he survived far longer than most. He was ripped off and exploited like most of his generation ( He was offered either Royalties or a one-off fee for the original recording of Johnny B Goode, fearful of being ripped off, he chose the " Up-front money "...$50 !!! )..

That probably just leaves Fats Domino, Little Richard & Jerry Lee Lewis left from the first wave of Rock and Roll ....

cricketfield73 · Post by **cricketfield73** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:54 pm

Sad to read this news. A superb and hugely influential musician. RIP Chuck Berry.

Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chubby Checker are all still alive though.

Johnny B. Goode at the link - https://youtu.be/cQGCWf6azHY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:54 pm

Clarets4me wrote:That probably just leaves Fats Domino, Little Richard & Jerry Lee Lewis left from the first wave of Rock and Roll ....

And Cliff Richard ...

ablueclaret · Post by **ablueclaret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:01 pm

A bit of a violent character if my memory serves me right.

cricketfield73 · Post by **cricketfield73** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:09 pm

ablueclaret wrote:A bit of a violent character if my memory serves me right.

Have you ever said anything positive? What a ****.

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:11 pm

Go andre go go go

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:13 pm

....Silver bells hangin' on a shtring, she tol' me it was maaaah ding a ling a ling
Oh maaah ding a ling, ev'rebody sing, aaaah wannnna plaaaay wiv maaaah
Ding oooo linnnnng.

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:22 pm

ablueclaret wrote:A bit of a violent character if my memory serves me right.

If thats true and it's all you can remember of him fair enough, I'll remember 'Johnny B Goode,' 'You never can tell' Sweet Little 16', Maybellene, 'No particular place to go' 'Rock n Roll Music' and all the other great songs that made the guy a legend in the history of music.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:32 pm

"Anarchy in the UK was just chuck Berry speeded up"

Johnny rotton.

Houseclaret · Post by **Houseclaret** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:34 pm

ablueclaret wrote:A bit of a violent character if my memory serves me right.

Who is?... Cliff Richard?

secessionman · Post by **secessionman** » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:37 pm

Many a true word spoken in jest

Juan Tanamera · Post by **Juan Tanamera** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:05 am

ablueclaret wrote:A bit of a violent character if my memory serves me right.

How sad are you that you found it necessary to say something like that of one rock and roll's original, and I mean original greats.
Do us all a favour and fade away.

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:14 am

dsr wrote:And Cliff Richard ...

Have a word with yourself.... Jesus H...

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:29 am

Marty McFly still ok though?

SmudgetheClaret · Post by **SmudgetheClaret** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 7:16 am

To those interested in musical history this guy was a true legend.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 9:46 am

- trust you a blueclaret to chuck in your single sentence of negativity, it wouldn't be a complete thread without your usual offering.

The bloke lived for 90 years.
Like all of us he made mistakes.

- have a look at post 26, and then look this morning at comments made this morning by the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, and Bruce Springsteen and try and get a bit of balance.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 9:59 am

Always thought Johnny B Goode would be a great chant for Joey

Back In The USA will always be one of my favourite ever songs

Im not sure what happened in all these years but the electric guitar hasn't ever sounded as good as it did way back then.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:31 am

dsr wrote:And Cliff Richard ...

Yeah never mind tho. He'll be gone soon enough... or not.

Wilsdenclaret · Post by **Wilsdenclaret** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:40 am

Who's gonna un-install all those cameras in the ladies toilets

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 10:54 am

Bruce Springsteen this morning...'Chuck Berry was rock's greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock 'n' roll writer who ever lived'..

The concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame..1995

Chuck Berry & Bruce Springsteen - Johnny B. Goode (Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2CdjOX8kas" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cirrus_Minor · Post by **Cirrus_Minor** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:20 am

Brilliantly musician, one of the all time greats. A lot of music, especially from 50s and 60s, based on his style.

RIP Chuck, long live Rock and Roll.

ngsobob · Post by **ngsobob** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:21 am

The real King of Rock and Roll. The songs, the style of play, ideal voice for r'n'r. Songs still being recorded. There are three on Cliff's latest album (Cliff was second wave).

My Chuck favourite - The Promised Land. Brilliant lyric, aspirational story in a song.

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:00 pm

Promised Land...best version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oKR9MYYdBM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:13 pm

Houseclaret wrote:Who is?... Cliff Richard?

He was a not so successful tennis player who was once married to Sue Barker.

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:58 pm

They were never married.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:16 pm

Are you sure?

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:23 pm

He has inspired so many to greatness over the years, whether you like him as an artist really becomes irrelevant. It is safe to say he had a major influence on popular music. RIP a true legend of music.

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:36 pm

I started listening to his stuff as teenager in the 70's when it wasn't really fashionable any more and I've listened to it ever since, along with the brilliant Jerry Lee and a host of others. I never saw him live either and I regret that. I'd like to see Jerry lee before he goes the same way, but don't think there's much chance tbh. A shame.

icu81b4 · Post by **icu81b4** » Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:17 pm

I'd love to see a film about Chuck Berry be made, I've read such a lot of interesting tales about him.
R.I.P.

As for Cliff Richard, I worked on one of his tours in the 70's (sound engineer) and whilst I wasn't a fan before I started I was by the time it ended, he was/is a consummate professional and every one of the session musicians on the tour (who were also at the top of their respective field at the time) all held him in high regard, Cliff sang a lot of RnR numbers during the sound checks, which we all thought should be in the shows.
UTC

Hipper · Post by **Hipper** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:13 pm

Dave Edmunds version of 'The Promised Land':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPJmukQYXGk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A fun version of 'Nadine' by Fairport Convention and friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbBB-dmAn68" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:13 pm

It was Harry Potts who said to play football with a chuckle in your feet. Chuck Berry played HIS OWN WRITTEN SONGS with a chuckle in his feet (or the equivalent of). When they sent Voyager on it's one-way mission, they included 4 songs, only one of which was rock and roll. Yep, it was Johnny B. Goode (playing guitar like he was ringin' a bell). Go, Johnny, go. And My Ding-a -Ling was definitely his worst song, but, ironically, his most commercially successful.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:14 pm

PBS filmed a tribute on his (I think) 65th birthday. It was just tremendous.