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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Berry (was Re: quintessential power pop) |
| Date | Wed, 20 Aug 2003 07:03:30 -0500 |
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Actually, there are quite a few Chuck Berry songs that show a country
influence (though he'd never equal Phil and Don in that department).
"Maybelline" (original title "Ida Red") certainly has a country flavor.
I'm reading the book What Was The First Rock 'n' Roll Record? by Jim Dawson
and Steve Propes (published in 1992). They discuss 50 records that could
stake a claim to being the first. Rather than being an argument starter or
settler, it chronicles the evolution of what became rock and roll, starting
with 1944's "Blues, Part 2" by Jazz at the Philharmonic through "Heartbreak
Hotel". I'm still in the '40s, and it is so fascinating how things mutated,
bit by bit.
Maybe we could compile What Was The First Power Pop Record?
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: quintessential power pop
>Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:56:00 -0500
>
>
> > I don't disagree with the seminal importance of Buddy Holly and
>the
> >Everly Brothers, but as I've said on this list more than once, it all
>starts
> >with Chuck Berry.
>
>While Chuck invented Rock "N" Roll's basic songwriting form, I feel his
>songs
>were derived directly from R&B and not as much from (tin pan alley) pop or
>country like Buddy and Don & Phil's (or The Bryant's) classics were. Great
>wordplay, legendary riffs and solos, but not the right kind of "killer
>hooks"
>and vocal arrangements that can be directly related to Power Pop. Is
>"Johnny B.
>Goode" a Power Pop song? No, but you can take Buddy's "Heartbeat" and rev
>it up
>like the Knack in 1979 and turn it into Power Pop.
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