Thread: Hail, Hail, The King is Dead ....... R.I.P. Chuck Berry

I remember this, when Yoko thought she was being ignored, not the center of attention, and not being recognized as the brilliant artiste she is whilst riding large coattails...this is a classic.

edited to add: and Bill Burr as well, don't remember all that language though...forgot about Bill's vocab.

Jeez, I had never seen that video. But yeah, pretty much every Beatles fan hates Yoko. She did that god-awful caterwauling at one of those live benefit concerts they did at Madison Square Garden too, IIRC. At least Paul McCartney was able to teach Linda Eastman some basic musical skills, and she was able to contribute some nice keyboarding and harmonies to a lot of Wings songs after the Beatles breakup. (I saw them together in '89, and it was quite a show).

Back to Chuck, I've been reading some articles about him. As great a player and musician as he was, apparently he was quite a handful to deal with. When Kieth Richards tried to put together that 60th birthday party/concert/movie/whatever in the 80's, by all accounts it was a debacle, largely due to Berry's unpredictable behavior. Supposedly he called up hours late to the 1st day of shooting demanding thousands in cash just to show up. (Though to be fair, like many other artists (especially black artists in those days), he had been ripped off repeatedly by managers, promoters, record execs, etc., and thus started demanding cash up front before every performance). Add in sexual shenanigans and other questionable behavior, and, like many other great musicians, he led an, umm, colorful life. "Go, Johnny, Go" indeed.