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hutch wrote:

travelinbeat wrote:
Same night as Chuck Berry at The Howard, so I'm out.  Sorry but I'll have to bow to a rock and roll legend over some halfway decent contemporary acts.

Commence hater-isms

Chuck Berry is a must see; the most important person in the history of rock and roll. I love Cub Koda's essay at the All Music Guide so I'll repost the first paragraph here…

Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers. Quite simply, without him there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, nor a myriad others. There would be no standard "Chuck Berry guitar intro," the instrument's clarion call to get the joint rockin' in any setting. The clippety-clop rhythms of rockabilly would not have been mainstreamed into the now standard 4/4 rock & roll beat. There would be no obsessive wordplay by modern-day tunesmiths; in fact, the whole history (and artistic level) of rock & roll songwriting would have been much poorer without him. Like Brian Wilson said, he wrote "all of the great songs and came up with all the rock & roll beats." Those who do not claim him as a seminal influence or profess a liking for his music and showmanship show their ignorance of rock's development as well as his place as the music's first great creator. Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset.

Plus, he gives a mean golden shower.

chaz wrote:

hutch wrote:

travelinbeat wrote:
Same night as Chuck Berry at The Howard, so I'm out.  Sorry but I'll have to bow to a rock and roll legend over some halfway decent contemporary acts.

Commence hater-isms

Chuck Berry is a must see; the most important person in the history of rock and roll. I love Cub Koda's essay at the All Music Guide so I'll repost the first paragraph here…

Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers. Quite simply, without him there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, nor a myriad others. There would be no standard "Chuck Berry guitar intro," the instrument's clarion call to get the joint rockin' in any setting. The clippety-clop rhythms of rockabilly would not have been mainstreamed into the now standard 4/4 rock & roll beat. There would be no obsessive wordplay by modern-day tunesmiths; in fact, the whole history (and artistic level) of rock & roll songwriting would have been much poorer without him. Like Brian Wilson said, he wrote "all of the great songs and came up with all the rock & roll beats." Those who do not claim him as a seminal influence or profess a liking for his music and showmanship show their ignorance of rock's development as well as his place as the music's first great creator. Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset.

Plus, he gives a mean golden shower.

what a juvenile, disrespectul and above all unnecessary comment.

You are an ass, Chaz.

well he did pee on some chick on video . . . like that is so horrible compared to what other musicians have done throughout the ages.  one night on a led zeppelin tour bus makes peeing on a chick . . . an xtube video. 

there is a fine line between hysterical and uncalledfor.  i voted for the first. 

While not my cup of tea, I don't think golden showers are horrible at all. 

Was my comment juvenile?  Absolutely.

Relevant, perhaps.

Uncalled for and disrespectful?  Maybe for a pollyanna.

For the record, I agree that Chuck Berry is arguably the most important figure in the evolution of rock n' roll, but I have not interest in seeing him live.

Not for $98!  ;D

chaz wrote:

+1

Vas wrote:
Not for $98!  ;D

well I won't either.. cause I saw him already


He is too old to be performing BUT if I hadn't see him I'd gladly pony up $98..


it IS Chuck Berry after all.


the fact he is around and performing is amazing….


although I have to admit I'm tempted to go hang out around the Howard and try and get my After School Session or The Great 28 LP signed…

as far as the infantile joke by Chaz who is normally one of the sane voices here: hey BOZO its Chuck Berry; the single biggest influence on the music you love….the guy who punched out Keith Richards. RESPECT.

hutch wrote:
it IS Chuck Berry after all.

Pretty sure that's the same thing folks say when they pony up for Bob Dylan tickets.  It's Bob, fer chrissakes! (and I know he gives a great performance every once in a while, but he is not the artist he once was)

I've seen chuck Berry but even if I hadn't I wouldn't be interested.  Ship has sailed on that one.

I can't believe you brought up that Keith Richards punch up incident.

So disrespectful.

so Chuck Berry peed on a blonde right?

Vas wrote:
so Chuck Berry peed on a blonde right?

A blonde with big hair that he made keep her hands on her thighs while he did his thing.

One website said she later shit on him. So he apparently gets as well as he gives.

I'm also hoping THATGUY is not personal friends with Chuck Berry.

Vas wrote:
so Chuck Berry peed on a blonde right?

James wrote:
One website said she later shit on him. So he apparently gets as well as he gives.

I'm also hoping THATGUY is not personal friends with Chuck Berry.

Vas wrote:
so Chuck Berry peed on a blonde right?

hahah, lots of lolz flyin' around this place today.

I like the song tuti fruti by him
;D

whatEVAH! I'm taking names!  ;D


Babasonicos
May 24
The Howard


maybe my top must see band and date could hardly be worse.. :(

wml7 wrote:
I like the song tuti fruti by him
;D

So does walky.

If pee jokes are infantile, I do not want to be an adult.

hutch wrote:
whatEVAH! I'm taking names!   ;D


Babasonicos
May 24
The Howard

nice