Vikan - 17.05.1973, Blaðsíða 14

CHUCK
BERRY
Þa5 var I Toronto, 13.
september 1969. Þar voru saman
komnar allar rokkhetjur fyrri
tima, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddeley,
Bill Hayley og Jerry Lewis.
Halda átti hljómleika, sem John
Lennon, X bitill, haföi skipulagt.
Ahorfendur uröu 50.000 á þessum
rokkhljómleikum sem veröa
liklega einhverjir eftirminni-
legustu rokkhljómleikar i lengri
tlma. Þar slógu gömlu hetjurnar
aftur i gegn. Það var komin ný
kynslóð handa þeim til aö leika og
syngja fyrir. Siöan þá hefur
Chuck Berry verið á þeysingi, og
hefur nú i vetur átt nokkrar litlar
plötur ofarlega^i efstu sætum
vinsældalista i Bandarikjunum og
Evrópu. Þaö er stutt siöan piatan
,,My Ding-A-Ling”, var i efsta
sæti vinsældalistans bæöi vestan
hafs og austan. Svo var þaö
Reelin and Rockin, dæmigerður
texti I samræmi vdö tiöarandann
og lagið verður vinsælt. Hérna
birtist textinn við Reelin and
Rockin. Þegar jafn frumlegur
listamaður og Chuck Berry er
meö I spilinu, þarf engan að
undra, þótt lag öölist vinsældir.
Gamli Chuck blivur ....
edvard sverrísson
3m
músík með meiru
REELING' & ROCKING'
Recorded by CHUCK BERRY on Chess
Words & music: Chuck Berry.
Sometimes I will, then again I think I won’t
Sometimes I will, then again I think I won't.
Sometimes I do. then again I think I don't.
Looked at the clock and it was almost one,
I said,
"Come on baby let's have us some fun,” and
we reeled,
Reelin' and rockin’ and rollin’, child
Reelin’ and rockin’,
Rollin’ till the break of dawn.
•
Looked at my watch and it was quarter to
two,
You know she said she didn’t, but I know she
do, and we reeled,
Reelin' and rockin’ and rollin', we were
Reelin’ and rockin'
Rollin’ till the break of dawn.
Looked at my watch and it was quarter to
three, She said
"Wait a minute Chúck, l gotta go. Bring me
a Popcola, please"
Looked at the clock and it was almost
four. you know she
Turned me around and said to me, "Do it
some more", and I rocked,
Well, child we were reelin’, rockin’ and rollin’
down
Reelin’ and a-rockin'
Rollin’ till the break of dawn.
Looked at my watch and ti was quarter to five
A rollin’ like a mustang on a four-day drive,
and I reeled,
Looked at my watch and it was quarter to
six,
Finally got it fixed and I reeled,
Yeah I was rollin’, rockin’, we were
Reelin’ and rockin'
Rollin till'the break of dawn.
Looked at my watch and it was quarter
past seven
That’s when we rolled up and took off
for heaven
Watch out, we were reelin’, rockin’ and
rollin’ now
Reelin’ and rollin’
Rocking till the break of dawn.
Looked at my watch and it was quarter to
eight, you know she
Made a little move ar.d made me stretch
out straight. Yeah
We were rockin’, Wow!
Eh! oh! ooh!
Looked at my watch and it was quarter to
nine, she said
"Ooh Chuck baby this sure feel fine"
All the time we were reelin’ and rockin’ and
rollin’ child
Reelin’ and rockin’
Rollin’ till the break of dawn.
Looked at my watch and it was quarter to
ten, you know she
Got me right back and made me do it again.
Well we were reelin’ and rockin' and rollin’.
We were
Reelin’ and rockin’
Rollin till the break of dawn.
Looked at my watch and it was eleven thirty
She turned back and called me something
dirty. You know why?
You know why? You know why?
I ain't gonna tell you why!
Looked at my watch and it was straight
on twelve
Man we started diggin’ like an old steam
shovel. We were reelin’,
Rockin', we were rollin’, we were reelin’.
We were
Reelin’, rockin’
Rollin’ till the break of dawn.
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