What planet are you folks from?
Skynard and all those others who
sound just like this learned
their licks from this man -
he was first!

DoctorHooey wrote:
Seriously! There must be a thousand bands that sound like this.

pffft! This is so derivative. Listen to Skynyrd much, Chuck?

Still the bestest!

Just GO!

How many rockers did Chuck B spawn????????
Just pure FUN!

Chuck Berry still plays once a month at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis, MO.

Doesn't anyone else remember this:

In 1977, NASA sent the Voyager space probe out into the great beyond and included cultural items representing all of humankind. The technology of the time (a copper phonograph record) limited their capacity, so they had to choose just one song to represent modern music. They chose well.

SNL sketch later: Transmission received from aliens says "Send more Chuck Berry."

Got to go with the flow,# 10

The_Enemy wrote:

Yeah, 10 isn't high enough for this. This is proto-rock, one of the rocks upon which the whole castle is built. Not only does it totally ROCK OUT 50 years later, it tells his life story. This and his 'Memphis Tennessee' are high-water marks all later musicians still aspire to.

SING IT CHUCK!! WOOHOO!

abso-freakin-lutely!

junebaby65 wrote:

GO GO GO CHUCKY GO!!! Ahh, yeah!

wowie wow wow wow...

first song i danced to (in public)

Bill, I can't find the "11" rating ... it has to be here someplace ..

This is The Paradigm ... der ur-Quelle

I'd give it a 10, but it needs that Michael J. Fox guitar solo from Back To The Future.

The_Enemy wrote:

Avg rating is a 9 ???

This may be the highest rated song on RP.

I gave it a 10. Rock doesn't get better than this.

radioparadisehead wrote:

I saw Andres Segovia, the legendary classical guitarist, at the Auditorium in Chicago. It was the mid '70's, he was in his 80's and had, I believe, a four year old son.

He pretty much stumbled through his performance, much to my disappointment. Age will do that I guess.

The guitars on this track are legendary and sublime. Still great now as it was 50 years ago.

Just to be a killjoy, Berry still performs, and he's terrible at the guitar now.

Awesome song in my opinion, and I was born in 1975. Still sounds good today. The piano work is often overloooked in this song.

The greatest rock intro ever and the greatest guitar lick ever...Instantly recognizable....

If this isn't a 10, it's hard to imagine what it would take.

Smoove_D wrote:
Great reference. They just don't seem to make 'em like this anymore.

Smoove_D wrote:

Can't help but think of Marty McFly when I hear this song.

I love Michael J. Fox!

who the hell would give this a one?

A classic!

Smoove_D wrote:niiiice!! Good memory