 Chuck Berry Is on Top (1955) [ larger cover art ] |
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Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a ringing a bell
Go go
Go Johnny go!
Go
Go Johnny go!
Go
Go Johnny go!
Go
Go Johnny go!
Go
Johnny B. Goode!
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineer would see him sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passing by, they would stop and say
Oh my, but that little country boy could play
Go go
Go Johnny go!
Go
Go Johnny go!
Go
Go Johnny go!
Go
Go Johnny go!
Go
Johnny B. Goode!
His mother told him "Someday you will be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big ol' band
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight"
Go go
Go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go go go Johnny go
Go
Johnny B. Goode
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 09:04 Cynaera wrote: I just love this song. I think of Michael J. Fox in one of the "Back to the Future" movies, playing this song and watching as the generation of that time goggled, gasped, and looked totally flummoxed - and his line, (paraphrased), "Trust me - your kids are gonna LOVE this!" And even now, when I hear a Chuck Berry song, I think, "Yeah, my kids are gonna LOVE this!" And I don't even have kids. Miss you so much, Cynaera... love this song... |
| hayduke2 (Southampton, NY) | Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 16:42 10 x 10 Super boopin' til the end of time |
| Isabeau (sou' tex) | Posted: Mar 12, 2013 - 15:53 The SOUL of ROCK N ROLL.  |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 21:08 It is Saturday Night. Very late in Europe. Very early in Hawaii. It's midnight somewhere !!! |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 14:15 Can I rate it again ? If so, a 12 again  |
| richlister | Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 05:35 Pedro1874 wrote: Go Johnny GO! Never forget seeing him booed and whole audience chanting "F***k Chuck" when he left the stage never to return after being upset by a young girl dancing naked on the grass at an outdoor concert in Darwin northern Australia in the 70's. Hilarious Aussie humour! Yeah, hilarious... |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 09:32 A staple in Rock 'N Roll for sure. Grown tired of it, but an important staple nonetheless. |
| Pedro1874 (Newton-le-Willows, England) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 07:06 Go Johnny GO! Never forget seeing him booed and whole audience chanting "F***k Chuck" when he left the stage never to return after being upset by a young girl dancing
naked on the grass at an outdoor concert in Darwin northern Australia in the 70's. Hilarious Aussie humour! |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 06:52 dwlangham wrote: Makes me want to watch American Graffiti.  |
| tonypf (Honolulu) | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 20:31 neuticle wrote: if you don't at least like this, you don't love music. FACT I love Chuck Berry and I remember 1955, but 'nuff w/ the litmus tests. |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 09:02 1955 wow |
| erdenese (Istanbul, Turkey) | Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 23:51 |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 12:45 if you don't at least like this, you don't love music. FACT |
| planet_lizard (Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy) | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 12:42 Always makes me smile listening to the drummer. That cymbal is still swinging - he don't get this new four square rock thing yet.... |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: May 27, 2012 - 03:02 Art_Carnage wrote: I just don't see this type of thing catching on. Except maybe with the younger set. |
| philbertr (Roch New York) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 18:55 At the moment, 37 votes at 5 or less. Just what ARE they thinking???? |
| Andy_B (aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 09:26 Definately a 12! Popular during my mispent youth. |
| dwlangham (Nowhere to be found) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 09:26 Makes me want to watch American Graffiti. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 09:25  |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 09:24 wow two SOLID tens in a row!! |
| seadog68 | Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 16:11 the best ever.....solid 12 |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 13:15 Never seen the bar chart show so many 10's. I'll have to go with a 12 !! |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 14:41 I dig   |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 22:37 realsleep wrote: And it never gets tired, like other rock n' roll songs (even other great ones). I wonder — why is that? It's the same reason that foundation stones under massive buildings never crumble under the weight of the structure. This is one of those songs that everything springs off of. Love a good guitar, this song has it. Love lyrics with a story, here ya go. Love a catchy yet complex rhythm, now you have it. Like many Beatles tunes, this one song is deep in the DNA of modern rock. |
| jmsmy (Music Town, Klein, Texas) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 14:40 Hey Bill, One day you should play all the songs about Johnny B Goode. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 14:37 JamesB wrote: Those 13 people who gave this song a "1" are listening to the wrong radio.  They tried to give an "11" like I have tried to do so many times ... |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 14:37 Netto wrote: bump for the awesome pic  What did he say? "A little too early for this...?" |
| JamesB (Coastal Carolina) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 13:35 Those 13 people who gave this song a "1" are listening to the wrong radio. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 13:32 Art_Carnage wrote: I just don't see this type of thing catching on. Yeah, it won't last. I give it a month, tops. |
| Netto (Khimki, Russia) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 13:32 bump for the awesome pic |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 13:31 goosebumps! |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 13:31 I just don't see this type of thing catching on. |
| WayUpNorth | Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 04:48 Have to set my coffee down to get up and DANCE!!! |
| jaz013 (Canberra, Australia) | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 21:04 Without a doubt the best Rock 'n Roll song ever. Always reminds me of my childhood and watching Back to the Future. ;) |
| coyote620 (Near the river, USA) | Posted: Jun 20, 2011 - 12:52 This is just an unbelievably great song! |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 04:40 An excellent segue from The Ramones' Rock N Roll Radio. It's difficult to explain why a number as simple as this has lasted so long, and has been covered so often. Maybe it is the simplicity that allows for so many variations. 8 from the Nottingham jury. |
| NigelTufnel (SF Bay Area) | Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 08:22 bump for the awesome pic timc wrote: IceNine wrote: Can't help but think of Marty McFly when I hear this song. I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 23:16 mandolin wrote: ...i miss marty mcfly's scorching guitar solo!.. and his duck walk. . . |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 20:57 mandolin wrote: ...i miss marty mcfly's scorching guitar solo!.. Laughing... Yeah - and his rather sheepish recovery.... "You don't get it now, but your kids are gonna LOVE it!" And truer words were never spoken... Long live rock and roll according to Chuck Berry.  |
| bachbeet | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 20:55 Just like a ringin' bell. |
| DanFHiggins (Mid Maryland) | Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 10:57 Just some danm good rock and roll! It never dies. that's why they make a ten.... to show others how it's done |
| realsleep | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:25 kcar wrote: This song is pretty much at the epicenter of rock n' roll. And it never gets tired, like other rock n' roll songs (even other great ones). I wonder — why is that? |
| kcar | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:23 This song is pretty much at the epicenter of rock n' roll. |
| akousa (North Coast, USA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:19 This is the stuff that makes life worth living. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:19 ...i miss marty mcfly's scorching guitar solo!.. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:18 The King of Rock and Roll!  |
| Lrobby99 (Wisconsin, USA) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:17 Thank you, Chuck Berry. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 21:18 Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode, Live (2007) |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 00:11 Bleyfusz wrote:      Keith Richards new biography illustrated! |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 12:00 The 12 people who rated this a "1" need to have someone explain to them how numbers work. |