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Roll over, Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
"Chuck Berry?"
Yup. A number of pieces are out since his death. One gave out those lyrics as a demonstration of how he led the way to the revolution that overcame big band music and all that oldster stuff.
"I don't think of it as a coup. Mozart and that other stuff is still rocking, in their way. Chuck Berry and Elvis and those guys just brought something new and great into the world."
Yeah, but most of the kids won't listen to anything else.
"I don't know, especially when they get older - you cannot dance the Twist forever - I think they open up to that deeper stuff."
Some, maybe.
[Los Angeles Times]
"Chuck Berry?"
Yup. A number of pieces are out since his death. One gave out those lyrics as a demonstration of how he led the way to the revolution that overcame big band music and all that oldster stuff.
"I don't think of it as a coup. Mozart and that other stuff is still rocking, in their way. Chuck Berry and Elvis and those guys just brought something new and great into the world."
Yeah, but most of the kids won't listen to anything else.
"I don't know, especially when they get older - you cannot dance the Twist forever - I think they open up to that deeper stuff."
Some, maybe.
[Los Angeles Times]
