ivan Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I might be wrong, but my gut feeling is that Satisfaction is more Bo Diddley than Chuck Berry. Bo Diddley was much more than just the Bo Diddley beat. Attitude is a big part. Chuck Berry is not dangerous; Bo Diddley is fucking scary. I don't like that Chuck Berry sound that he is known for, the relentlessly cheery major chord progressions, the tone of his guitar. I don't like his voice when it is paired up with that guitar sound. When his followers cover his songs, they sound better to me. Some brilliant song writers can't do justice to their own songs. I bet I'd like a Chuck Berry blues set much better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghostrider Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Chuck Berry is not dangerous; Bo Diddley is fucking scary. Yeah, but Chuck was the one who was seducing underage girls. Or maybe he was just the one who got caught. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollywood Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Chuck Berry is not dangerous; Bo Diddley is fucking scary. Yeah, but Chuck was the one who was seducing underage girls. Or maybe he was just the one who got caught. So, no Chuck, no R. Kelly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ivan Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Chuck Berry is not dangerous; Bo Diddley is fucking scary. Yeah, but Chuck was the one who was seducing underage girls. Bo Diddley didn't need no underage girls. M8PIbrMh6vo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monkeymay Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 And maybe it's just me, but the riff from makes all immediately known. Plus, there's a bonus guitar solo right up front there as well, for some reason. I would add "Lust for Life" opening if only well recognized as the Carnival Cruises theme song...Iggy I hope the drugs you scored for that sellout were really really good. Priscilla and Ivan - Greetings! Lovely to see you around again. MM, hearing "Lust for Life" on that commercial puts a smile on my face. I like to mull whether it's an attempt at superdoublepsycheout... not that it works, and it is equally possible that it is just more-of-the-same clueless song placement, but what if there was a little element of trying to subconsciously make that cruise appealing to those who might actually recognize a song by the Ig? WHAT IF??? Ig, his peanut butter, his shards of glass... maybe it's all in there!!! YES! Princess Cruises' announces a bold marketing initiative: Listen to Iggy Pop, as "Lust For Life" is piped into your own private 9ft by 9 ft. sleeping chamber! And experience the rockstar lifestyle with our patented Crunchy Bed , crushed glass and peanut butter surcharge according to the level of realness desired! Don't forget the throbbing wall of speakers to dive off whilst wearing your complimentary "Now I Wanna" pleather dog collar free with every Target purchase. Accompanying leash and goodnite nurse not included. Hypodermics purchased separately. And I danced and fooled around with Chuck Berry once. Like when I was 19 or something. Just because it was Chuck fucking Berry. He's wicked enough in person. Did ya"ll do Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida yet? I can't be bothered to look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stone Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Did I ever mention that I look like Chuck Berry? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monkeymay Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Did I ever mention that I look like Chuck Berry? A brown-eyed handsome man? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ivan Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Did ya"ll do Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida yet? I can't be bothered to look. We have now. So why does In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida make me think of this: mguzKze1sYo ? And is that an opening riff or an intro? And is Classical Gas rock, or not? From now on I'm just going to ask questions, ok? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SRD Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Did ya"ll do Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida yet? I can't be bothered to look. We have now. So why does In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida make me think of this: mguzKze1sYo ? And is that an opening riff or an intro? And is Classical Gas rock, or not? From now on I'm just going to ask questions, ok? Dunno about the riff/intro, but that has to qualify for the cheesiest outfit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ivan Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 So why does In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida make me think of this: [Mason Williams' Classical Gas]? I'll answer than one myself, in the immortal words of Tom Brokaw: "1968". Everything that was being played that year on San Francisco radio stations is set in amber for me, because that was the year I left these fruited plains and plunged through the Iron Curtain, where for a decade music reached me only through strange and convoluted paths. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I might be wrong, but my gut feeling is that Satisfaction is more Bo Diddley than Chuck Berry. Bo Diddley was much more than just the Bo Diddley beat. Attitude is a big part. Chuck Berry is not dangerous; Bo Diddley is fucking scary. That's why Bo Diddley didn't influence popular music worldwide. The price you pay. As for "Satisfaction", I do think you are wrong. The primary musical source - unusually for the early Stones - is southern soul, and the fuzzy guitar was intended to substitute for a horn section. Nothing was more appropriate than Otis Redding covering the song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Richie Blackmore, for all his faults, did have a gift for heavy riffs. An authentic contender, whose career was cut short: Paul Kossoff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ivan Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 As for "Satisfaction", I do think you are wrong. The primary musical source - unusually for the early Stones - is southern soul, and the fuzzy guitar was intended to substitute for a horn section. Nothing was more appropriate than Otis Redding covering the song. So Stax/Volt. Booker T. I can hear it now. See, if not for this thread, I would've gone to my grave without hearing that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid1 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I am here to serve. I have no idea when or where I learnt it myself, but once you know you do hear it, don't you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stone Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Top Ten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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