Also what Led Zeppelin was pining for in "Rock and Roll" from 1971, as well as a number of other popular songs from the seventies. There was kind of a nostalgia for fifties rock and roll during the seventies. And of course in the latest seventies and early eighties, you got outright fifties revival with the rockabilly revival, best known from the Stray Cats.
I doubt if there has ever been a guitarist since Chuck came along who hasn't played that opening lick at some point. A major influence on everybody who came after even if they knew it or not. This is what R&B sounded like in the 50's and 60's, virtually no resemblance to what it is now.
We need to find one of his live performances because listening without watching him is only half the entertainment by Chuck Berry! You must see how he moves as he sings & plays! It's a must! Just is lol!
I was deeply questioning this because of the timelines, but no you’re probably 100% right! “Maybelline” came out in ‘55, when John Lennon would have been only 15 and 5 years away from forming The Beatles. Thanks for the bit of music lore!! ❤❤❤
@@PetyrinaJayeLittle Richard took the early unknown Beatles under his wing when in Hamburg Germany. They shared a dressing room and he would pay for their meals when they couldn’t afford to. It was during this time that Paul McCartney picked up his iconic style of scream from Little Richard
It was an awesome time for American artists were hearing the British artists and there was appreciation for each other’s music and well, here we are. I always say I was born when R&R was for I was born 1955 and my earliest memories were of rock.
Now you gotta do; Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire Little Richard - Tutti Fruiti Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock p.s. The Godmother of Rock and Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe 🤘❤️🇨🇦
Yes! I so want to see him reacting to Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, especially with a live performance. I'll add in Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly.
My 69 year old husband who is a fan and historian of rock music tells me I have to say: This song was and continues to be HUGE. The back up piano is Otis Spann, Willie Dixon on stand up bass (not electric!), Chuck Berry vocals and guitar, drums Fred Below. Chess Records of Chicago, 1955. Chuck's first hit, he influenced everybody you name it, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Bill Haley, etcetcetcetc. Chuck was himself influenced by T Bone Walker and Louis Jordan 1930s-1950s. Continue on down the rabbit hole. By the way, you should see an early video of Chuck, he invented all kinds of moves and was enormously entertaining.
Indeed! something with our bro stating recently that ppl look weirdly at him when he drives around in his car listening to his newly discovered music. Like they think he's crazy. But they are the ones that are crazy, they are missing out! Great music is timeless and doesn't stick to genre's. We are proud of you Molly Boy (:
This song has been covered by everyone. The Dead, Johnny Winter, Peter Tosh, etc etc. But the thousands of garage bands who covered it is what impresses me. It was a popular song even when done by HS garage bands. That proves that as a song, it is great. It is sturdy, even when done by less skilled musicians, it's a good song. Best rock song ever.
The original chess singles are by far the best. The paris gig wasn’t even a rock band or knew how to play it. Chuck always used a pick up band. The chess records had a great and perfect band for Chuck.
@Hartlor_Tayley but can you "SEE" Chuck play on the Chess recordings. I've saw one vid where Chuck has to repeatedly correct the drummer. Chuck wasn't out for note per note perfection, but instead entertain the crowd. Plus using a "pick-up" band was cheaper than having a touring band.
@ oh Chuck is fun to watch but the sound and backing musicians are often lacking, getting the right feel for his songs was not a common skill back then
I saw Chuck Berry live in West Germany sometime in 1976 or '77. During the show, the venue had electrical problems and the show stopped for half-hour or 45 minutes. So Chuck finally got going again until the venue said, "Time's up!" They didn't give him more time, so Chuck finally got them to let him play one more song. Chuck Berry was a great showmen and gave his audience all he could give. That one song turned into a 45 minute medley!! They kept trying to get him to stop playing, but he got audience members up on stage to dance and Chuck mingled with them and kept playing. He gave us the best concert ever!! Love that man!!
Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly , Richie Valens... even into the 70s with Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Stones, Zepplin, Beatles...Those of us lucky enough to be around were spoiled by the best music ever.
I'm only 40, but this is the stuff I was raised on, 50's through the 70s were all my mom listened to, and now I know more about her generation of music than she does. My son will literally flip from Green Day to Frank Sinatra and everything in between.
@@TheBarkinFrog Fair point... but the point everyone else is making is that Chuck Berry's "Johnny B Goode" had the greatest impact on the future. And that is correct.
Chuck Berry is the REAL king of rock! His gift to rock' n' roll was bringing the guitar to the centre of the genre instead of the piano, which it had been until then. Chuck Berry changed everything!
Declan young man, you go absolutely anywhere you want to go with this exploration!!!!! You probably have no idea how many of us oldsters Love you & your reactions. If you dive into rock origins during the 50's &/or 60's I guarantee most of us oldsters will be along for the ride! Keep being you & doing what you do!!!!!!
THE REAL KING OF ROCK AND ROLL. Set the template for all guitar rock that would follow. This was revolutionary, groundbreaking. The BEATLES and the STONES both covered numerous Chuck Berry songs. They didn't cover Elvis songs. Unlike Elvis, Chuck Berry was not only an iconic singer, but he also WROTE HIS OWN SONGS, and was an incredible influential lead guitarist. His guitar riffs can be heard in almost any rock guitar song of the 60s and 70s.
Nothing beats watching Mr Berry duck walk that electric guitar! He was for me as a now 70 year old the most exciting performer of his time and dammit he is Still exciting ❤
Easy. That's Marvin Berry's Cousin. Marvin was the one that discovered that new sound for Chuck. Some hotshot High School kid played this at the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance where Marvin and The Starlighters performed. I think the guys name was Calvin Klein or something...
Chuck Berry is basically the Genesis of guitar-based rock & roll. He was doing things way back in the 50s that musicians are still copying today. Check out a funny song of his called "My Ding-a-Ling" 😂
THIS is the song that NASA put on a gold record in the Voyager spacecraft to represent Rock 'n' Roll, in case some aliens came across it and wanted to learn something about our society. As great as this is musically, try to find some videos of Chuck Berry performing live. He was all over the stage, dancing, jumping up and coming down into the splits, bouncing right back up again... Berry was quite a performer -- the whole package. One of a kind. RIP, Chuck.
I'm 62 and I trained my 23-yo daughter to like the Good Music, from the early 1980s back into the 1950s. She doesn't listen to much else, unless you count Weird Al.
In my humble opinion this is the most important song ever. Without it there's no rock music. And it's traveling in the space right now, so maybe other life forms in the universe can enjoy it.
@@patron40silver Yes, she influenced many of the early rock 'n' rollers, but she was considered gospel first and foremost. I can't recall any song by her which is certainly on me, not her. But her style and talent notwithstanding, she is not considered rock 'n' roll.
I'm watching your reaction to this. Imagine those of us who were lucky enough to live through this era. I'm a 68 year old grandma and I was dancing to this as I did back then. I'm so happy you get to discover our music, cause, THIS was music!
Molly boy, I so badly want you to read this comment! Dude, you are the epitome of success! You had an 82 year old praise your choice! Shoot, I’m just a pup at 70!
The look on your face is exactly how we boomers felt from the birth of rock and roll throughout the 60s and 70s with our classic rock. We were so lucky. Peace out.
Chuck Berry's first hit record was Maybellene, in 1957. Chuck Berry was a storyteller, like a short-form Mark Twain. His lyrics were about the little adventures of modern life. Chuck Berry should have received a Nobel Prize in literature for his music.
Oh yeah! And the death of Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens was what Don McLean was referring to in “American Pie” as “the day the Music died”. True pioneers in Rock & Roll.
@@rlucas50 It wasn't Bill Haley, It was 'The Big Bopper', Richie Valens and Buddy Holly in that plane which crashed in a snow storm, with a young pilot who wasn't used to flying that particular type of plane, and didn't understand it's instrumentation...nor was he qualified to fly at night.😢
@@brigidsingleton1596 Eeeeeks! You are correct, was Jiles Richardson, AKA The Big Bopper who was in the plane. I just had Rock Around The Clock as an ear worm earlier and conflated the two. Thanks for the correction! 😊
This is the real d a al from the poet laureate of Rock and Roll. I've been listening to Chuck Berry since he first came out, and I ain't bored yet. This is the very essence of Rock and Roll. It rhymes. It tells a story. It's light hearted. It's fun. It grooves. It's Chuck Berry, and Rock and Roll don't get better than that.
And that ladies and gentlemen is what inspired Angus Young of AC/DC. Angus adopted Chuck's 'duck walk' and took the tempo to another level. Cheers from Sydney, AU. (Home of AC/DC.) P.S. I saw Chuck perform at the Horden Pavillion in Sydney, back in the day.
Very important historical music moment. Every time i see this, i get tearing up. It's just one major miracle that gets music to move in a great direction ❤.
This is as pure as it gets: true fast blues with a backbeat, which is THE definition of rock and roll. This is it -- everything after this has a big, fat taproot that goes all the way back to Chuck Berry.
Chuck Berry was one of, if not the first guitar player who played it as the star of the show,not just the rhythm. Most of the great lead guitarist of the 60s evolved from his style. Thank you Chuck!!!
Around 1968 I bought a Chuck Berry album and fell in love with his music. I played it daily despite my friends making fun of me. He was definitely the king of rock and roll. Hell, I think he invented it!
The music of Chuck Berry changed people - made people want to enjoy listening to music, dancing, being together. As a pre-teen, I was still struck with the wonderfulness of it, but understood that in the US (at the time,) Chuck Berry couldn't eat in the same restaurant, stay at the same hotel, or go to the same church with many people who truly enjoyed his music. It seemed unreal to me. When you are transporting back to the era of the beginning of rock and roll, you have to think about the whole enchilada to really appreciate what it took for Chuck Berry to perform his magic.
The true King! Chuck taught everybody else how it should be done. From writing to singing to playing guitar. The Rock and Roll mountain rests on his shoulders.
Chuck is considered one of the pioneers of rock n'roll. There are videos of Chuck in concert you should look up especially the video where he shares the stage with Bruce Springsteen and rockin this song in his late seventies!!!
73 year old herejust started crying at your reaction to the first rift on chuck berry . He is where it all started welcome to rock and roll and every type of music since.the only anthem
🇬🇧 Chuck Berry is a pioneer in Rock & Roll. The man who started it all. Another early R&R band is Bill Haley & The Comets. "Rock Around The Clock" And just look how many views this had in just 12 hours...23k! Well done Declan. 👍👌🎶🎼💃🕺
All of rock and roll are rooted in the blues going back to the early 1900's. in the 50's and 60's electric guitars took over and off they went. So MOST early rock icons have that blues sound, the stones, jimi hendrix, SRV etc. But Chuck, Elvis and the Beatles changed the world with the "new" sound! Its so important for all the reactors to understand the evolution of music as we have it today!
This is real rock n roll. He started it. I am 82 and this fella started playing in the early 50's. I know because that was my music.
Now we all know Chuck Berry stole this from Marty McFly😂
And he was still touring and recording up until his death in 2017 at the age of 90.
Definitely one of the pioneers. I would say Little Richard had a great deal to do with the birth of rock and roll as well.
@@magicbrownie1357 Don't forget Sister Rosetta Tharpe
John and Paul loved Chuck Berry - they took alot from his music ❤
And THIS is what Bob Seger is singing about when he pines for “Old Time Rock and Roll!”
Oh yeah!!
Yep! Old time rock and roll
"All of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks..." from "Rock and Roll Never Forgets". Another banger from Bob.
Also what Led Zeppelin was pining for in "Rock and Roll" from 1971, as well as a number of other popular songs from the seventies. There was kind of a nostalgia for fifties rock and roll during the seventies. And of course in the latest seventies and early eighties, you got outright fifties revival with the rockabilly revival, best known from the Stray Cats.
I just said that...then found this comment 😅
Chuck Berry was a major influence on almost ALL rock musicians.
It's good that young people get to hear him for the first time too.
I doubt if there has ever been a guitarist since Chuck came along who hasn't played that opening lick at some point. A major influence on everybody who came after even if they knew it or not. This is what R&B sounded like in the 50's and 60's, virtually no resemblance to what it is now.
Enjoy, your in the cradle of rock and roll 😊.
John lennon,your mate said that if rock and roll had another name,it would be called chuck berry 😂❤
Yep. This is Rock and Roll. Now, to complete your education, all you need is to watch folk dancing to it. Incredible ! 😊❤
CHUCK BERRY IS OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF ROCK AND ROLL.
We need to find one of his live performances because listening without watching him is only half the entertainment by Chuck Berry! You must see how he moves as he sings & plays! It's a must! Just is lol!
This is what John Lennon and Paul McCartney were listening to as kids.
I was deeply questioning this because of the timelines, but no you’re probably 100% right! “Maybelline” came out in ‘55, when John Lennon would have been only 15 and 5 years away from forming The Beatles. Thanks for the bit of music lore!! ❤❤❤
Keith Richard of Rolling Stones, etc. etc.
@@PetyrinaJayeLittle Richard took the early unknown Beatles under his wing when in Hamburg Germany. They shared a dressing room and he would pay for their meals when they couldn’t afford to. It was during this time that Paul McCartney picked up his iconic style of scream from Little Richard
It was an awesome time for American artists were hearing the British artists and there was appreciation for each other’s music and well, here we are. I always say I was born when R&R was for I was born 1955 and my earliest memories were of rock.
@PetyrinaJaye
They were, but all early American black music lead to RocknRoll.
Check Louis- Jordan who began in the 30's
"If you tried to give rock & roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'" - John Lennon
Never heard that before lol and so true
Never heard that before lol and so true
Never heard that before lol and so true
Never heard that before lol and so true
Never heard that before lol and so true
Now you gotta do;
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
Little Richard - Tutti Fruiti
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
p.s. The Godmother of Rock and Roll, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
🤘❤️🇨🇦
Yes all 3 of them! Awesome.
Yaaaaasssssss!
Definitely!!
Jerry Lee Lewis was a paedo, marrying his 13 year old cousin.
Yes! I so want to see him reacting to Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, especially with a live performance.
I'll add in Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly.
The actual birth of Rock n Roll.
Before Elvis Presley.
You also listen to Jerry Lee Lewis. A major odd character, but he could play the piano. There is film out there. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
My 69 year old husband who is a fan and historian of rock music tells me I have to say: This song was and continues to be HUGE. The back up piano is Otis Spann, Willie Dixon on stand up bass (not electric!), Chuck Berry vocals and guitar, drums Fred Below. Chess Records of Chicago, 1955. Chuck's first hit, he influenced everybody you name it, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Bill Haley, etcetcetcetc. Chuck was himself influenced by T Bone Walker and Louis Jordan 1930s-1950s. Continue on down the rabbit hole. By the way, you should see an early video of Chuck, he invented all kinds of moves and was enormously entertaining.
You can see where Angus Young got inspiration for his playing and duckwalk
You're a young old soul, that's why we love yah!
Absolutely!
Indeed!
something with our bro stating recently that ppl look weirdly at him when he drives around in his car listening to his newly discovered music.
Like they think he's crazy. But they are the ones that are crazy, they are missing out!
Great music is timeless and doesn't stick to genre's.
We are proud of you Molly Boy (:
Isn’t it wonderful that an 82 year old commented on this? 😆
An argument could be made that this is the most important song in all of rock and roll.
Well, Rocket 88 was the first. Unless you want to argue that it was "Didn't it Rain" by Sister Rosetta.
I hear that. Definitely.
This song has been covered by everyone. The Dead, Johnny Winter, Peter Tosh, etc etc. But the thousands of garage bands who covered it is what impresses me. It was a popular song even when done by HS garage bands. That proves that as a song, it is great. It is sturdy, even when done by less skilled musicians, it's a good song. Best rock song ever.
@@mikerickson01 And you should hear Judas Priest’s version. It’s wicked good and very respectful.
A very strong argument. Unequalled in influence.
There would be no Rolling Stones without this guy.
And no Beatles as well. They all started with Chuck Berry.
And The Stones would tell you that. Indeed, they have said it many times.
This is The Godfather of Rock!
One of the first!
Respect!
Actually, this is the Father of Rock.
His dancing with his guitar is legend.
The Duck walk!!!
Keith Richard’s, Pete Townshend and so many others imitated him!
He made the "duck walk" famous.
@@danapbAngus Young,,,
@@tomroome4118according to his biography was started due to a problem with his cheap suit
@@normanhull4792 that cheap suit brought him a lot of fame!
You need to SEE him perform.
The TV show /special from Paris from '58.
Even the show from London in '70.
This ...he performed and captivated, even on a silly song like "My ding a ling"...he brought an audience in and he owned them.
The original chess singles are by far the best. The paris gig wasn’t even a rock band or knew how to play it. Chuck always used a pick up band. The chess records had a great and perfect band for Chuck.
@Hartlor_Tayley but can you "SEE" Chuck play on the Chess recordings.
I've saw one vid where Chuck has to repeatedly correct the drummer.
Chuck wasn't out for note per note perfection, but instead entertain the crowd. Plus using a "pick-up" band was cheaper than having a touring band.
@ oh Chuck is fun to watch but the sound and backing musicians are often lacking, getting the right feel for his songs was not a common skill back then
Need to find a video of him performing, Then you’d really get chills!!!
And a whole hall of people in dresses and suits swinging with more energy than you could ever imagine.
I saw Chuck Berry live in West Germany sometime in 1976 or '77. During the show, the venue had electrical problems and the show stopped for half-hour or 45 minutes. So Chuck finally got going again until the venue said, "Time's up!" They didn't give him more time, so Chuck finally got them to let him play one more song. Chuck Berry was a great showmen and gave his audience all he could give. That one song turned into a 45 minute medley!! They kept trying to get him to stop playing, but he got audience members up on stage to dance and Chuck mingled with them and kept playing. He gave us the best concert ever!! Love that man!!
Even with all the problems of the show, how lucky you were to see and hear Chuck Berry, a little envious.
I saw him on waterfront park in Portland, OR. 😊
@@roberttreborableFor the first time.
I'm 80, saw Chuck Berry. This is it, the foundation of rock and roll electric guitar!
We are all SO jealous ❤
@@FrancisPerreux we jitterbugged to this music (practiced with our girlfriends), had a ball...
I saw Lil Richard! Wow!!
Oh you think so? Listen to this. THIS is the foundation of rock and roll.
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@@FrancisPerreux Don’t be jealous, live it all again for us!
One of the finest opening riffs in music history right here!
@@jefffrey4844 I love the heavy metal cover done by Judas Priest. The opening guitar riff just rips your face off and it never lets up from there
Chuck Berry is perhaps the most influential single individual in rock music history.
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and most widely beloved ✊🏽
@@James-lk2sg agreed!
Go, Knights, Go!
Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the fathers of Rock n Roll.
And don't forget Bill Halley, 1954.
Can't leave out Jerry Lee Lewis, IMHO.
@@richdiddens4059, and Elvis in 1954.
@@vicrodriguez8344 The Godmother of Rock and Roll Sister Rosetta Tharpe
@@punkydoodle4774 elvis was a hero to most. but he stole everything that became elvis
"We boogied in the kitchen and we boogied in the hall. I got some on my finger and I wiped it on the wall." - Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly , Richie Valens... even into the 70s with Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Stones, Zepplin, Beatles...Those of us lucky enough to be around were spoiled by the best music ever.
I'm only 40, but this is the stuff I was raised on, 50's through the 70s were all my mom listened to, and now I know more about her generation of music than she does. My son will literally flip from Green Day to Frank Sinatra and everything in between.
The evolution of rock from the 1950’s to 1970’s is earth changing.
You need to see him move with his guitar…phenomenal
You found the Big Bang of modern music, my friend
Sorry, but Rocket 88 and any guitar solo from Sister Rosetta came before that.
that's the best description i've ever heard. the big bang of rock and roll. well done.
@@TheBarkinFrog But none were bigger or more important.
@@Straydogger But Chuck admitted it was just an impression of Sister Rosetta.
@@TheBarkinFrog Fair point... but the point everyone else is making is that Chuck Berry's "Johnny B Goode" had the greatest impact on the future. And that is correct.
Chuck Berry is the REAL king of rock! His gift to rock' n' roll was bringing the guitar to the centre of the genre instead of the piano, which it had been until then. Chuck Berry changed everything!
HE was also a professional carpenter. When he could not get a gig in the early days, he would support himself building houses for people.
Every garage band in the world started by playing this tune !
You got it brother. You got the head bobs, the shoulder moves, the smile. ~65 years later, you have the same reaction.
This right here is why you have so many followers and are gaining more every day! We absolutely love watching you put the musical puzzle together!!!
Now if he gets back to Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf and Big Mama Thornton - then he’s hooked!
Well said
Declan young man, you go absolutely anywhere you want to go with this exploration!!!!! You probably have no idea how many of us oldsters Love you & your reactions. If you dive into rock origins during the 50's &/or 60's I guarantee most of us oldsters will be along for the ride! Keep being you & doing what you do!!!!!!
***BACK TO THE FUTURE*** Watch it! :)
Yes! Not too much of a spoiler but Mollyboy will learn it was actually Marty McFly who wrote the song. 😎
Yes! I'd love to see him react to Back to the Future!
@@rossmacintosh5652 - Marvin Berry discovered a Legend. Thankfully he was willing to give the song to Marvin's cousin Chuck... ;-)
Chuck Berry, this is Marvin Berry your cousin, that new sound you were looking for? Listen to this. LOL
Now you will get the references. There are videos out there, you would learn a lot by watching him.
THE REAL KING OF ROCK AND ROLL. Set the template for all guitar rock that would follow. This was revolutionary, groundbreaking. The BEATLES and the STONES both covered numerous Chuck Berry songs. They didn't cover Elvis songs.
Unlike Elvis, Chuck Berry was not only an iconic singer, but he also WROTE HIS OWN SONGS, and was an incredible influential lead guitarist. His guitar riffs can be heard in almost any rock guitar song of the 60s and 70s.
Chuck Berry played at a frat party UVA when I was in college. So many memories. Enjoy your journey through music. Love watching you react. 🎶🎶🎶💫
Nothing beats watching Mr Berry duck walk that electric guitar! He was for me as a now 70 year old the most exciting performer of his time and dammit he is Still exciting ❤
Easy. That's Marvin Berry's Cousin. Marvin was the one that discovered that new sound for Chuck. Some hotshot High School kid played this at the Enchantment Under The Sea Dance where Marvin and The Starlighters performed. I think the guys name was Calvin Klein or something...
Nicely done sir 😂
I also heard Calvin wears purple underwear
1.21 gigawatts????
@@alexhaas9653 standing applause, sir! Well done!
I'm interested to find out if he knows the reference to back to the future or not
Chuck Berry is basically the Genesis of guitar-based rock & roll. He was doing things way back in the 50s that musicians are still copying today.
Check out a funny song of his called "My Ding-a-Ling" 😂
Agree! It's hilarious, and even got banned by a lot of radio stations because the words were considered risque!
You have to give a BIG nod to Sister Rosetta Tharp as well.
Do yourself a treat and check out Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The original rock and roll guitarist ✨️🎶✨️
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MollyBoy you will
Lose. Your. Mind.
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@@stoneysopranoyukon9398 oh hell yeah! You take her iconic Gibson SG, add in Chuck Berry's leg kick and you get Angus Young!
THIS is the song that NASA put on a gold record in the Voyager spacecraft to represent Rock 'n' Roll, in case some aliens came across it and wanted to learn something about our society.
As great as this is musically, try to find some videos of Chuck Berry performing live. He was all over the stage, dancing, jumping up and coming down into the splits, bouncing right back up again... Berry was quite a performer -- the whole package. One of a kind. RIP, Chuck.
75 year old here, we had the best of it. So glad you are enjoying it again 😊
I'm 62 and I trained my 23-yo daughter to like the Good Music, from the early 1980s back into the 1950s. She doesn't listen to much else, unless you count Weird Al.
73. Right there with you!!!
Berry was one of the first people inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and deservingly so.
In my humble opinion this is the most important song ever. Without it there's no rock music. And it's traveling in the space right now, so maybe other life forms in the universe can enjoy it.
Oh yeah? Listen to "Rocket 88." And any guitar solo by Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
@@TheBarkinFrog I second sister Rosetta, but this song is still a big deal.
And those other life forms in space are saying; "Send more Chuck Berry!"
This is the 50s and this is our first real rock ‘n’ roll dancing
My friend, you've been born again! THIS is Rock and Roll. I'm so happy for you,
The father of Rock and Roll. Remember Michael J Fox playing this in Back to the Future?
Back to the future scene makes me laugh in joy so much every time I see it …so funny ….😂❤
That scene is what this song reminds me of. And you see the 50s style dancing.
@@ElcsieRetakov absolutely ❤️❤️❤️
Worth another look 🎉
Yes, this is rock 'n' roll. The beginning of it all.
Absolutely right. I was thinking the same thing.
@@patron40silver Yes, she influenced many of the early rock 'n' rollers, but she was considered gospel first and foremost. I can't recall any song by her which is certainly on me, not her. But her style and talent notwithstanding, she is not considered rock 'n' roll.
@@patron40silver Thank you for the information.
Chuck Berry’s song No Particular Place To Go is worth a listen. He has a lot of great ones.
Also, the Quintessential masterpiece My Dingaling
@@louismonnichii7619 😂 I forgot about that song.
@@kathleenmccrory9883I wish I could forget it
Listen to Schoo Days for a surprise!
I truly enjoyed watching you react to this one. Absolute joy, made me happily smile.
I'm watching your reaction to this. Imagine those of us who were lucky enough to live through this era. I'm a 68 year old grandma and I was dancing to this as I did back then. I'm so happy you get to discover our music, cause, THIS was music!
Little Richard is a must!
Absolutely. And Jerry Lee Lewis. The genesis of everything that came after
Molly boy, I so badly want you to read this comment! Dude, you are the epitome of success! You had an 82 year old praise your choice! Shoot, I’m just a pup at 70!
Another 70 year old here in 🇬🇧 & Ditto to the above
@@katiecollison6629 What she said too
The look on your face is exactly how we boomers felt from the birth of rock and roll throughout the 60s and 70s with our classic rock. We were so lucky. Peace out.
The Father of Rock and Roll! Great selection.
Chuck Berry's first hit record was Maybellene, in 1957. Chuck Berry was a storyteller, like a short-form Mark Twain. His lyrics were about the little adventures of modern life. Chuck Berry should have received a Nobel Prize in literature for his music.
Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Bill Haley were the fathers of Rock and Roll. You can add Buddy Holly and Little Richard to the list.
Oh yeah! And the death of Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens was what Don McLean was referring to in “American Pie” as “the day the Music died”. True pioneers in Rock & Roll.
Chubby Checker!
@@rlucas50
It wasn't Bill Haley,
It was 'The Big Bopper', Richie Valens and Buddy Holly in that plane which crashed in a snow storm, with a young pilot who wasn't used to flying that particular type of plane, and didn't understand it's instrumentation...nor was he qualified to fly at night.😢
Also Sister Rosetta Tharpe
@@brigidsingleton1596 Eeeeeks! You are correct, was Jiles Richardson, AKA The Big Bopper who was in the plane. I just had Rock Around The Clock as an ear worm earlier and conflated the two. Thanks for the correction! 😊
We're in the WAY BACK machine today, boy! ❤
The first singer, song writer, guitarist in Rock n Roll. As Keith Richards said, "He was the complete package. 🎸
This is the real d a al from the poet laureate of Rock and Roll. I've been listening to Chuck Berry since he first came out, and I ain't bored yet. This is the very essence of Rock and Roll. It rhymes. It tells a story. It's light hearted. It's fun. It grooves. It's Chuck Berry, and Rock and Roll don't get better than that.
And that ladies and gentlemen is what inspired Angus Young of AC/DC. Angus adopted Chuck's 'duck walk' and took the tempo to another level. Cheers from Sydney, AU. (Home of AC/DC.) P.S. I saw Chuck perform at the Horden Pavillion in Sydney, back in the day.
Just about every guitarist of the 60s names him as a major influence.
I just LOVE how you kids are always so AMAZED at just how damned GOOD our music was!!!!
They have hippetyhop, not music. Or worse, that computer stuff which reminds me of working in a noisy factory..
The Beatles loved him and they performed this song in their early concerts!!
Total inspiration for the early Beatles music
This is real rock and roll, you’re back to where it started. I’m 78 and this was the music that influenced everyone.
Great music is great music. Doesn't matter if it's 1955 or 2025! You actually get that, and we ALL love you for it❤❤
absolutely!!!!
The birth of Rock N Roll!!! 🎶🎵🎶
@heather9857: Bill Haley and Elvis Presley did it a few years earlier.
Early rock and roll. Wouldn't have all of that 60's, 70's, 80's, and further Rock if not for this stuff!
And the basis of 50's rock and roll goes back even further! :)
Johnnie Johnson just tearing up the piano! 🎹
50 years ago I got to dance on stage with Chuck! What a wonderful time to be alive! 🌻
Oh you really need to see him to appreciate his energy ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Chuck Berry was a phenomenal musician. They don't come around very often.❤
This is Pure Rock and Roll! Chuck was among the first and one of the best ever!
I guess, live it where a way harder sound, like Black Sabbath live is much harder as on the recorded Album.
It's been said that jazz and blues had a baby, and they named it rock and roll. 😊
Very important historical music moment. Every time i see this, i get tearing up. It's just one major miracle that gets music to move in a great direction ❤.
He was one of the fathers of Rock and Roll, and this song was probably the biggest classic ever!😊
This is as pure as it gets: true fast blues with a backbeat, which is THE definition of rock and roll. This is it -- everything after this has a big, fat taproot that goes all the way back to Chuck Berry.
Chuck Berry was one of, if not the first guitar player who played it as the star of the show,not just the rhythm. Most of the great lead guitarist of the 60s evolved from his style. Thank you Chuck!!!
This guy IS the father of rock n roll no doubt at all
This was in Back to the Future. You really need to see a video of this.
A pure masterpiece! And the joy of dancing to that!!!
This was the moment Rock 'n' Roll was born.
Voted No. 1 Greatest Guitar Song of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine
You have to see him perform!!! Unbelievable!!!
50's rock 'n roll is full of wonderful stuff
Around 1968 I bought a Chuck Berry album and fell in love with his music. I played it daily despite my friends making fun of me. He was definitely the king of rock and roll. Hell, I think he invented it!
Every Rock band has played this song at one time. For fun or live. It's a must.
I’m a 70 year old man, it’s a pleasure watching you reacting to the music I grew up with, continue to explore!
Keep old stuff mixed in! Well done w this one!
I'm 75 and I'm enjoying watching you discover the music I've been listening to all my life. Rock on, my friend.
The music of Chuck Berry changed people - made people want to enjoy listening to music, dancing, being together. As a pre-teen, I was still struck with the wonderfulness of it, but understood that in the US (at the time,) Chuck Berry couldn't eat in the same restaurant, stay at the same hotel, or go to the same church with many people who truly enjoyed his music. It seemed unreal to me. When you are transporting back to the era of the beginning of rock and roll, you have to think about the whole enchilada to really appreciate what it took for Chuck Berry to perform his magic.
The true King! Chuck taught everybody else how it should be done. From writing to singing to playing guitar. The Rock and Roll mountain rests on his shoulders.
Chuck Berry is the original Rock N Roll Guitar God. No one really did what he did, they only copied.
And he said he was just copying Sister Rosetta Tharpe. If you listen to her guitar solos, you can see where he got it from.
Chuck Berry was the greatest innovator of guitar playing.
Not according to him. Chuck said his entire career was just one long impersonation of Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
@@TheBarkinFrogCool, I've heard of her,but don't know much about her.
Back then the whole band was recorded at once. All Mono, yup one track! Berry was the genesis of rock and roll; Little Richard and Presley too.
One of the pioneering greats of rock and roll.
He brought the guitar out front, not just part of the band. We owe him!! And the 70s music RULES!
Watching you is a treat!
The people who danced to this early Rock n Roll were wild as well.
If you ever saw the movie "Footloose" or "Dirty Dancing" you saw the kind of dancing that went with this kind of rock.😂
His joy on figuring out what a guitar can do!❤
Chuck is considered one of the pioneers of rock n'roll. There are videos of Chuck in concert you should look up especially the video where he shares the stage with Bruce Springsteen and rockin this song in his late seventies!!!
73 year old herejust started crying at your reaction to the first rift on chuck berry . He is where it all started welcome to rock and roll and every type of music since.the only anthem
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Chuck Berry is a pioneer in Rock & Roll. The man who started it all.
Another early R&R band is Bill Haley & The Comets. "Rock Around The Clock"
And just look how many views this had in just 12 hours...23k! Well done Declan. 👍👌🎶🎼💃🕺
All of rock and roll are rooted in the blues going back to the early 1900's. in the 50's and 60's electric guitars took over and off they went. So MOST early rock icons have that blues sound, the stones, jimi hendrix, SRV etc. But Chuck, Elvis and the Beatles changed the world with the "new" sound! Its so important for all the reactors to understand the evolution of music as we have it today!
Oh I forgot to mention Jerry Lee Lewis!!
@@user-so3fr3ct2fand little Richard