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Best song ever picks me up when I'm feelin' blue
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| March 30, 2005
| RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
Posted on 03/30/2005 4:35:33 AM PST by Chi-townChief
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For the greatest of all time, I'd have to go with "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry with Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" and, of course, Elvis' "Hound Dog" right up there near the top as well. IMHO, I think Skynyrd's best tune is "Gimme Three Steps."
And, as disussed some time ago, my choices for the greatest obscure rock numbers are "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves and, for the ballad, "Smokey Places" by the Corsairs.
To: Chi-townChief
"The opening guitar lick is one of the most recognizable and electrifying intros in the history of popular music, right up there with the first notes of "Ohio," "Layla," "Baba O'Reilly" and "Revolution."Sorry, gotta go with "Satisfaction" on the opening guitar lick.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:40:16 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: Chi-townChief
"Sweet Home Alabama" is the greatest rock and roll song of all time"
Oh Brother! It doesn't belong in the top 1,000
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:41:04 AM PST
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
To: Chi-townChief
Dixie Chicken by Little Feet for she-done-me-wrong...
Thunder Road by Springsteen for a general pick--me-up...
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:41:40 AM PST
by
gridlock
(ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
To: Chi-townChief
Everybody knows the first line
Turn it up
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:41:44 AM PST
by
Bear_Slayer
(If you're gonna be a Knight act like a Knight.)
To: Chi-townChief
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Jerry Lee Lewis.(Just my two cents.)
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:45:56 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(Something wicked this way comes)
To: Chi-townChief
What was the Chuck Berry tune (and a lot of artists did it, too) 'Back Here in the USA)? All time favorite. Is that the exact title? LOOOOVVVE Chuck Berry!
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:46:51 AM PST
by
SMARTY
To: Chi-townChief
I remember October 20, 1977. It was a dark and hard night.
A friend of mine told me that if you live long enough you'll regret being alive. For me that happened the day I heard Simple Man made into a beer commercial. Skynyrd was about whiskey, not cheap St Louis beer.
To: SMARTY
No song picks me up like Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Blues by Johnny Rivers...
Gotta Dance.....
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:50:11 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Liberals want good things to happen - - - to the right people)
To: SMARTY
Back In The USA
Chuck Berry
Oh well, oh well, I feel so good today,
We touched ground on an international runway
Jet propelled back home, from over the seas to the U. S. A.
New York, Los Angeles, oh, how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in ol' St. Lou.
Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of Delaware Bay
You can bet your life I did, till I got back to the U. S. A.
Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner cafe
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day
Yeah, and a juke-box jumping with records like in the U.S.A.
Well, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
Yes. I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A.
To: Chi-townChief
"I Wonder Why" by Dion and the Belmonts, "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry, "Just Like Romeo and Juliet" by the Reflections (All guaranteed to cheer me up)
Opening Guitar riffs: "Needles and Pins" by the Searchers, "When You Walk in the Room" by the Searchers, "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones, "That'll Be the Day" by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" by the Byrds. "Little Sister" and Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley.
I think your choices are largely determined by when you grew up - or got older in my case.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:50:58 AM PST
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: Chi-townChief
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:52:26 AM PST
by
Huck
(:-)
To: Chi-townChief
Can't argue with you there. Not to detract from Elvis, but Chuck Berry, IMHO, is the real King of Rock 'n Roll...
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:52:40 AM PST
by
Paisan
To: Chi-townChief
Best opening guitar lick for me: Barracuda by Heart.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:52:42 AM PST
by
ncdrumr
To: PzLdr
"I Wonder Why" by Dion and the Belmonts
The number that put the "wop" in DooWop.
To: Chi-townChief
Sorry, but the all-time champ is "Louie, Louie"!
BTW, "I Want Candy" is a great song.
To: Chi-townChief
One of my favorite and obscure rock songs is "No Milk Today" by Hermans Hermits.
Go figure.
I still have my 45.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:55:45 AM PST
by
cyncooper
(I see pod people)
To: PzLdr
A guy I know said that there is nothing like the song "In heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here" to cheer him up.
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:57:42 AM PST
by
Dante3
To: Chi-townChief
Absolutely! Carlo did the opening base run based on sax playing done by Big Al Sears (I believe).
By the bye, since REAL Rock 'n Roll is about: Getting a girl, getting a car, and getting the girl in the car (my age again), I think the greatest rock 'n roll song is "Get Out of My Dream, Get into My Car" by Billy Ocean ("Get in the back seat, baby!")
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posted on
03/30/2005 4:58:59 AM PST
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: cyncooper
I liked "I'm Henry the Eigth, I am," by Herman Hermits.
Please don't tell my husband.
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posted on
03/30/2005 5:00:40 AM PST
by
Slip18
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