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Chuck Berry — Nadine
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Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: May 23, 2013 - 11:39
 
 stkman wrote:
Love Chuck but not his best recording of Nadine, not his fault its the record companies, unfortunately there's a bunch of sub par recordings of great songs out there especially compilations, I have this on 78 and it sounds great, yes some of us ol farts still have turntables that play 78's I said before how great he was in person, opened for the Stones and blew them away{#Notworthy}{#Notworthy}{#Notworthy}

 
I was thinking the sound wasn't as deep as I'd remembered... seems someone else had the same thought.... but still a great song.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 21:37
 
 YLazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
 
Yes, not bad!

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 21:34
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 07:22
 
Elvis has always been popular with people who punctuate their categorical opinions with "Nuff said".
 sirdroseph wrote:
The King of Rock and Roll!{#Notworthy}
 
King = Elvis.  Nuff said.


Stingray
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 07:19
 
FANTASTICCCCC!

lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 01:51
 
OMG; I've never heard this song before.  It's amazing.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 14:56
 
 unclehud wrote:

King = Elvis.  Nuff said.
  Nothing against Elvis, but he stood on the shoulders of giants.



unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 06:12
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
The King of Rock and Roll!{#Notworthy}
 
King = Elvis.  Nuff said.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 11:42
 
okay here's a reasonable proposal...

just like the Auto-10 for all Beatles songs...

Auto-10 all Chuck Berry songs...



d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 13:01
 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Drummer}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}

jimmy41
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 12:59
 
10

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 10:58
 
The King of Rock and Roll!{#Notworthy}

akousa
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:53
 
 ihategrapejuice wrote:
The long wandering lyrics remind me of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues", in a nice way.
 

You know which came first, right? BTW, Dylan took the vocal pattern of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" from Chuck's "Too Much Monkey Business." He's admitted it openly.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 11:46
 
Classic! Yeah!

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 02, 2010 - 11:38
 
"campaign shoutin' like a southern diplomat...." love it

lmic
(Influential In All The Wrong Ways)
Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 18:58
 
Funny thing is, I totally get the rockingness of Chuck Berry, but I struggle to hear it in Buddy Holly. What is up with that?

calypsus_1
Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 20:56
 


Chuck Berry in Concert - "Nadine" Live London (1972)

"MR. ROCK & ROLL is 83 years old and has been rocking and rolling for the past sixty years, the greatest rockandroller of all time delighting fans for over half a century. Thank you Chuck!"   buscapleitosNo1

 



calypsus_1
Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 20:52
 


Chuck Berry with Keith Richards - "Nadine" Live




bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 08:20
 
i saw him about five yeasr ago here in Holland.
still brilliant, funny, great r'n'r!
god bless Chuck Berry

ihategrapejuice
(Bloomington, IN)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 19:01
 
The long wandering lyrics remind me of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues", in a nice way.

ramblinjack
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 19:00
 
Take a big legged woaman to satify my SOUL. 

toterola
(Further)
Posted: Jan 20, 2009 - 01:34
 
You can say all you want about ol' Chuck. But there aren't very many people in the world (especially guitar players) who Keith Richards takes his hat off to. Chuck is one.

Deceptively simple as it is, he was the first one to synthesize the sound. That's why we call him the Father of Rock and Roll.

stkman
(Texas)
Posted: Jan 20, 2009 - 01:34
 
Love Chuck but not his best recording of Nadine, not his fault its the record companies, unfortunately there's a bunch of sub par recordings of great songs out there especially compilations, I have this on 78 and it sounds great, yes some of us ol farts still have turntables that play 78's I said before how great he was in person, opened for the Stones and blew them away{#Notworthy}{#Notworthy}{#Notworthy}

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Dec 19, 2008 - 11:09
 
 1wolfy wrote:
Kick-Ass old school
 
Priceless!


oilydwarf
Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 09:02
 
can't keep my feet still!!!  worth an 8

Otomi
(La orilla de la civilización)
Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 17:42
 
 Ulises wrote:
Spoken like a pendejo who has never lived in the South.
 
North, South, East or West, whatever historical period you look at, there have always been people capable of thinking, relating, and listening across ethnic borders (which under close inspection are usually much blurrier than one would suspect). As for white folks listening to and enjoying black folks' music, that goes way back before Chuck Berry, although he undoubtedly did a lot to help blur the border.

Dwaynerox
(Martin, Georgia)
Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 13:48
 
Well, probably a first, but my daughter's middle name came from this song and my guitar is named Nadine as well... guess that sounds goofy but had to add the post
copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool)
Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 12:35
 
This song--as much as any-really illustrates what a clever and deceptively simple lyricist Chuck was. Plus it's got a fat-ol' groove that gets ya ta shakin'!
Ulises
(Fairbanks, Alaska)
Posted: Jul 14, 2008 - 12:33
 
Otomi wrote:


Anybody could listen to anything! It was just a matter of putting your ears (and the rest of your head) in the right place!


Spoken like a pendejo who has never lived in the South.


longplayderby
(Orangeville Ontario Canada)
Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 14:18
 
"This is that ideal mix, that golden ratio of blues, country, pop, and jazz, that unique and utterly irresistible blend of sounds and attitudes and feelings."
Amen brothers and sisters!!
Otomi
(Estoy en una hermosa barranca en el centro de México)
Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 15:52
 
old_shep wrote:
One of the first black artists that us white kids could listen to back then...


Anybody could listen to anything! It was just a matter of putting your ears (and the rest of your head) in the right place!
Deccapod
(Utrecht)
Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 06:28
 
What is rock `n' roll? This is. These songs are the blueprint- "Maybelline," "You Can't Catch Me," "Around And Around," "Johnny B. Goode-" this is the essence. This is that ideal mix, that golden ratio of blues, country, pop, and jazz, that unique and utterly irresistible blend of sounds and attitudes and feelings. This is the sound that created the last fifty years, that gave birth to the Rolling Stones and the Beatles and the Who and Black Sabbath and the Clash and the Sex Pistols and Nirvana and Sonic Youth and every other group of people in which a guitar or a drum set was involved. This single, brilliant disc is a distillation of Chuck Berry's unique genius, of the power and irresistible drive of his music. This is it. That's really all there is to it. Buy it, live it, love it. You won't be sorry.

Hmm, says it all really...
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 21:18
 
What a moron I am. I only gave it an 8. WTF.


10.
old_shep
(Moline)
Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 10:45
 
Yeah, Wolf-Man Jack and Del Rio, Texas.... this site has the best variety of music doesn't it.... ( as I listen to "Low Rider"...
cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 10:44
 
Misterfixit wrote:

...still sponsored in part by the FEMA of Katrina fame.


Yeah, that'll work out a LOT better!

j/k. Thanks for the FYI. I think that stuff is pretty interesting. But I'm an enginerd, so YMMV.

c.
1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 10:41
 
We had 93 KFJ and KRLABPenni wrote:


I had the same sort of experience in 1966 as a 21 year old Airman First Class driving across Texas on my way to California in the middle of the night...or, more accurately, in the wee small hours of the morning. It was ALL one could get out there, at that time. Thank GOD for those ol' high-power AM stations!

old_shep
(Moline)
Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 10:41
 
One of the first black artists that us white kids could listen to back then...
1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 10:39
 
Kick-Ass old school
nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Sep 03, 2007 - 23:59
 
Thanks for that interesting sidebar, Misterfixit.
meloman
(Warsaw, Poland)
Posted: Aug 27, 2007 - 13:44
 
BPenni wrote:


I had the same sort of experience in 1966 as a 21 year old Airman First Class driving across Texas on my way to California in the middle of the night...or, more accurately, in the wee small hours of the morning. It was ALL one could get out there, at that time. Thank GOD for those ol' high-power AM stations!

Thanks for the memories of how music sounded in cars back then. The crappy little radio with the chrome knobs and one piece-of-shit speaker in the middle of the dash. Ah, those were the days
Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 14:10
 
brighthue wrote:


It's not a reference to the corporate monster known as Clear Channel. Some AM radio stations were revolutionary, as everything was relatively new and there were no rigid formats. Hit radio included anything that was popular or new and exciting and, after dark, many low-power stations went off the air to make way for the big power-houses like WBZ, WLS, etc. hence the term "clear channel."


FYI:

The original Clear Channel radio stations were placed in the AM radio spectrum by fiat of the FCC. They were the "CONELRAD" stations which were to remain on the air during Atomic War. There were two CONELRAD "channels" to which you would be told to tune your radio (If you have an older model AM only radio you can see the tiny upward-pointing delta symbol on the dial). The other Clear Channel stations were on AM radio channels which had no "competition" from other stations. Thus, you could be in Nashville and tune in radio station KGB in San Diego. Which I did frequently. Or you could be in San Diego and tune in WSM in Nashville, again something I did frequently.

AM and FM radio stations are "channelized", meaning that they are given frequency allocation which allow them to have a certain pattern for transmission and power. Indeed, some stations have to share a channel, which is why you still occasionally will hear "daylight" and "nighttime" stations. Because of the changes in radio wave propagation, daytime stations have to sign off the air when the propagation conditions of daytime (short range) are replaced by the nighttime propagation (long range).

The old Clear Channel CONELRAD stations were all equipped with emergency bomb shelters, generators, food and water and a set of teletype machines which sent test messages every 24 hours. In one monumental SNAFU/FUBAR, the old Office of Civil Defense sent out the wrong tape loop (Tape loops were pre-punched teletype tape which contained a message that was repeated over and over again). Instead of "this is a test" or words to that effect, the master operator sent out a tape which began with the phrase "HATEFULNESS, HATEFULNESS, HATEFULNESS". Which signaled that the following message was an actual alert of incoming atomic bombers and ICBMs from the Evil Empire.

Significantly more than half of the stations which had the CONELRAD equipment failed to actually shut down or do anything about the message; but some stations did, causing a bit of panic in places like Chicago, where almost within seconds of each other, the big voices of radio went over to a pre-recorded transcription disk (old style, 16-2/3's rpm mono on a single side 12" disk). The government did a pretty good job of covering that up like a cat ina sand box, but there are existing taped station logs which have been preserved by the National Archives so you can hear the whole thing from start to finish.

After that, the government put someone else in change of the tapes.

The emergency network still exists and those "survivability" stations are still sponsored in part by the FEMA of Katrina fame.


BPenni
(Portales, New Mexico)
Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 13:58
 
meloman wrote:
As a 16 year old kid in 1964, this is the music I'd listen to on AM radio in a little town in western NY state at night, when I could pick up those stations from "far away," like WABC, WBZ, WLS...those were the days when a wider world existed in these wonderful sounds that came in the night.


I had the same sort of experience in 1966 as a 21 year old Airman First Class driving across Texas on my way to California in the middle of the night...or, more accurately, in the wee small hours of the morning. It was ALL one could get out there, at that time. Thank GOD for those ol' high-power AM stations!
cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 13:56
 
I saw Mr. Berry in the '80s at the Paramount here in Austin. He tore the roof off the place!
One of the original Rock 'n Rollers. Maybe THE original. He still sounds hot and fresh after all this time.

c.
cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 13:52
 
hippiechick wrote:
Get the hint buddy...she's just not that into you!


HA! Chuck's not known for giving up...

c.
Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 13:52
 
Ahhhhhhh yeaahhhhhhh!
bokey
(Wastin' away in Filialdutyville)
Posted: May 16, 2007 - 21:35
 
vandal wrote:
I'll never forget the Stephen King reference to this song in his book, "The Stand." Chilling.





So cold her hair turned white.
Bleyfusz
Posted: May 01, 2007 - 07:44
 
Art_Carnage wrote:
The real king of rock 'n' roll.
Yep!
brighthue
(MetroWest, MA)
Posted: Mar 15, 2007 - 03:35
 
Shesdifferent wrote:

Thank goodness you've been saved!

It's not a reference to the corporate monster known as Clear Channel. Some AM radio stations were revolutionary, as everything was relatively new and there were no rigid formats. Hit radio included anything that was popular or new and exciting and, after dark, many low-power stations went off the air to make way for the big power-houses like WBZ, WLS, etc. hence the term "clear channel."
Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Feb 11, 2007 - 21:36
 
n4ku wrote:

I remember those nights listening to clear channel stations from everywhere.

Thank goodness you've been saved!
dionysius
(The People's Republic of Austin)
Posted: Jan 13, 2007 - 15:58
 
I'm not worthy. Neither are you. Nobody is, just Chuck.