Chuck Berry: 'The first great poet laureate of rock 'n' roll' (2006)

Chuck Berry: 'The first great poet laureate of rock 'n' roll' (2006) - Newsnight Archives

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7 жыл бұрын

Chuck Berry, the influential guitarist, singer and songwriter, died on Saturday. In 2006, BBC Newsnight's Stephen Smith travelled to his birthplace in St Louis, Missouri. More from Newsnight archives here: • Newsnight - From the a...
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@TboneI989 5 жыл бұрын

Chuck Berry’s music was included on the voyager probe that is currently in interstellar space. No other rock and roll artist made it. only Chuck.

@rudolphrmcallister 6 жыл бұрын

The true KING OF ROCK AND ROLL . He outlived, outplayed, and outwrote Elvis Presley. Just imagine if Elvis wrote his own songs, played his own music, and had to live in a society that that treated him derogatory because of his racial origin. Nuff said.

@ricoadventuravideos 5 жыл бұрын

your an idiot ....Elvis wrote his own songs.......and yes Chuck had an influence but white audiences preferred Elvis...he was bigger...in every way...blacks never cared about rock and roll...still dont.

@JohnDoe-hz9be 4 жыл бұрын

Nuff? Luckily Chuck was eloquent and sophisticated

@enclavehere6495 3 жыл бұрын

@@ricoadventuravideos bazinga, you are wrong on so many points Mr.Sheldon

@bigflanks294 3 жыл бұрын

@@ricoadventuravideos I’m black and love rock and roll and there’s plenty of blacks that do you don’t speak for us. And also Elvis remixed black songs learn your history. His biggest hits were songs he didn’t even write. That ukulele player Elvis was not the father of rock and roll

@danielvalstar9788 6 жыл бұрын

His daughter looks so much like him

@user-vf8ky1wm4w 3 ай бұрын

La voce di Ingrid e' meglio. Ma Chuck ha più....beat

@Jsimm100 7 жыл бұрын

Only God can judge Chuck, he lived the way he wanted and made a lot of little. So for everybody pointing out his faults/flaws and transgressions lay off of him stop acting so damn self righteous like y'all don't have skeletons in your closet.

@chatswithkayla7140 10 ай бұрын

❤ Chuck Barry his music 🎶 is awesome hail hail rock and roll

@j.r.765 6 жыл бұрын

Ingrid really looks like Chuck

@user-vf8ky1wm4w 3 ай бұрын

Per me e' stato il migliore. Un intrattenitore completo. E una dannata leggenda, fuori dal palco.

@frankfurfaro2165 5 жыл бұрын

Boy he could play that guitar

@kylereese2888 5 жыл бұрын

Everything amazing comes out of St. Louis

@Cristobels-Green-Boots 7 жыл бұрын

'Long-distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee Help me find the party tryin' to get in touch with me, Her home is on the Southside, High upon a ridge 'Bout a half a mile from the Mississipi Bridge ........😥

@44Mat 2 ай бұрын

1:15 The Godfather of :Rock n Roll....Thank You....#Digginit

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 9 ай бұрын

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (San Luis, Misuri, 18 de octubre de 1926-Wentzville, Misuri, 18 de marzo de 2017), más conocido como Chuck Berry, fue un cantante, compositor, intérprete y guitarrista estadounidense. Es considerado uno de los músicos más influyentes de la historia del rock and roll, siendo uno de los pioneros de dicho género musical. Gracias a canciones como "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) y "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Berry redefinió los elementos del rhythm and blues.

@donluchitti 7 жыл бұрын

One can sort of see the British snark response to Chuck not wanting to interview with them. They even went on the radio in St Louis to goad Chuck to an interview lol. I kinda don't blame them since he hasn't sat down for an interview for a long time. I wonder why Chuck Berry is so reclusive? The last few years recognizing unrecognized Black achievement in American history would've welcomed him with fanfare.

@donluchitti 7 жыл бұрын

Still, this minidoc has a sort of surface quality the textbook way it addressed the racism and discrimination Berry prevailed against, but was also damaged by. You could even see the sort of disunion between Berry's kids and the interviewer: "You think dad did it to drive you mad?" Her: "No, I thought it was beautiful". Showing that scene where berry pulls rank on the drug addict from the stones... (what's his name?)whilst Richards is still indignant perfectly incapsulates the sort of quality this report was missing if it weren't just USING the spirit of "I'm doing a documentary on Chuck Berry" nominally. it seemed an encyclopedic foray into Chuck berry (I know there's a lot more color he could've imparted to us about Berry's life in books and about the early age of Rock n Roll in general) and because of it it just comes across as clunky and hollow.

@genogeno1234 2 жыл бұрын

We sat next to this BBC guy, I am the one walking on sidewalk with shorts at 7:07. After concert in duckroom was over, I tried to explain to the BBC guy in this video that Mr. Berry always took a short 15 minute break at end, and then went to small "autograph session" to the right of stage. The BBC guy DID NOT listen to me, and in fact asked me to get out of his way. He instead, ran out of the building with his crew in tow thinking they would find Mr. Berry. Hahahahaha . Should have listened to me, huh? Maybe at least got a 30 sec. statement from Mr. Berry and an autograph like the rest of us peasants in attendance. Instead, they have "stock footage" from a separate movie hahahahaha. Never even got a single video or anything with Mr. Berry. But you did get ME on the sidewalk hahahahahahahahahaha

@ricoadventuravideos 5 жыл бұрын

BRITS love to school us all about how America oppressed him but England appreciates him....HE WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THAT RICH AND FAMOUS IN THE UK!WE MADE HIM RICH NOT YOU!...

@44Mat 2 ай бұрын

7:33 #Passion....It's not wrong to be Ignorant and Right....But let's let #Truth guide your Perseverance

@44Mat 2 ай бұрын

6:16 And #boogie we shall #Lingo

@44Mat 2 ай бұрын

4:12 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Kidz are mean

@frankfurfaro2165 5 жыл бұрын

Yes elvis came in 1954 berry in 55

@EyesFoward 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah and a lot more came before Elvis. Chuck berry was not following his style. It was the other way around.

@44Mat 2 ай бұрын

7:33 #Passion....It's not wrong to be Ignorant and Right....But let's let #Truth guide your Perseverance🥲🥲🥲🥲

@theoneandonlyownage 7 жыл бұрын

The greatest musician there ever was and ever will be. Ashame the likes of Presley and the Beatles leeched off of such talented black musicians like Berry and little richard in racist 50's and 60's America

@edmund184 7 жыл бұрын

SociallyDemocratic Oh come on!. No way was he the greatest musician. America was racist? Well I've observed many white musicians, critics, rock fans appreciating black music. More so it would seem than blacks appreciating white music. What you wont say is he was a child abuser and pervert who photographed women in toilets. And isn't My Ding a Ling a disgrace.

@theoneandonlyownage 7 жыл бұрын

Are you denying America's racism? Yeah let's just airbrush straight over those public lynchings eh, cos that's just left-wing propaganda! Yes musicians of all races shared an appreciation for eachother's music, but the American public was racist. The Beatles and Presley were very packagable and commercially viable to a white audience. You have to question why so many white artists literally claimed songs from the likes of Berry into their own discography's. However I will concede that he wasn't a good person. But unfortunately for you, I never said he was so that point remains redundant. Berry successfully turned what was an unevolved sound from blues into one of the most recognisable music genres today. His guitar work was unheard of. His vocals too. The vibe of his music was revolutionary. There's no denying that he was *at least* one of the greatest of all time, no matter how much you dislike his character.

@edmund184 7 жыл бұрын

Well didn't the American public buy Chuck Berry's music in large numbers? There hasn't been any prejudice in music against black people. I'm just worried about Berry's sexual criminality being ignored.

@thewotsit 7 жыл бұрын

The same way that black musicians borrowed from African rhythm and Irish folk. So what? Elvis and The Beatles were always quick to talk about their influences.

@thebrazilianatlantis165 6 жыл бұрын

Presley and the Beatles paid royalties in the normal way when they did Chuck Berry songs, in contrast to e.g. Chuck who simply stole "I Got To Find My Baby" from Peter Clayton. If you want to show everyone you despise the white racists of about the '50s, don't pick on Elvis and the Beatles, who treated their black friends well and routinely talked about the influence of black music on them, despise actual white racists of the time, such as Ross Barnett.

@rocknroll_jezus9233 5 жыл бұрын

Umm elvis was first but ok, should've expected this autism from BBC

@nikolayyanev9148 5 жыл бұрын

Elvis album is released in 1954, Chuck's is in 1955 but Chuck's career stars in 1953

@rocknroll_jezus9233 5 жыл бұрын

@@nikolayyanev9148 that doesn't necessarily mean he was the first, for example Little Richard's career goes back way longer than that. Tbh I dont even praise Elvis as the first anymore. Have a listen to Rock Awhile (1949) by Goree Carter and I think you'll see what I mean