Keith said in an interview he wanted to do a show with Chuck Berry and a crack band, unlike a lot of crappy bands that Chuck would play with. He felt a responsibility to have everything perfect. Chuck on the other hand wanted things to be loose, relaxed and a little more fun, a lot of his bitching about petty things was just his way of passively resisting Keith's overcontrol of everything. The friction between them did make the documentary more entertaining.
Not about white or black here for sure, but I don't think Berry was being an asshole at all! first of all one needs to respect their elders and on top of it Richards claims Berry is his idol, so even more of a reason to shut up and listen, 3rd Berry is a master! what I do see is Richards trying to hold back his anger and frustration and its pretty obvious to Berry! if he's his idol he should be listening with attention focused at 110%, but that might be asking too much of Richards!
Not only did Chuck Berry invent rock n roll.....he also likes to videotape women in the washroom at his restuarant. But that's ok because he invented rock n roll....right?
keith richards is the ultimate rockstar, and there are ways to play the guitar, if u want the acrobatics, go to jimi hendrix, but if u really want beautiful music that comes from the hear, keiths the man.
@salamonetalton If you can't understand why Chuck Berry is a good guitarist then you can't possibly begin to understand why Jimi Hendrix is a good guitarist, and for that I pity you.
@salamonetalton well, it's Chuck's song. So he must have a pretty strong idea of how it should sound. I think he would even correct Jimmi Hendrix if the latter played a 'better' version of his song.
0:25: Keith thought Chuck needed help with the rhythm and another could tackle the lead....Chuck looked at him like "what"..you don't think I can play lead and rhythm all my myself at the same time?
there's nothing worse when you jam an someone starts nit picking, ive had near enough the same thing happen to me ( but obviously on a much smaller level) & its so anoying especially when it comes down to bending one note up rather than down an then say "You wanna get it right lets get it right"
This Chuck is a great singer better than Jagger! I have to say both guitarrists are wrong cause the bending has to be an upstroke , T Bone Walker' teached it to Chuck but he never learned it well, it's a shame...
man you suck... Jumpin jack flash, satisfaction, midnight rambler and simpathy are all fucking amazing prooves that keith rochards is the best riif-maker on earth
this is really all about chuck's OCD. he was a perfectionist and yeah maybe kind of a dick but i dont have to tell you how good it sounds when these guys eventually get on the same page
chuck berry was very particular about his songs. Most of his guitar riffs are very similar but are also very different at the same time and he took a lot of pride in that. So looked like chuck was just fucking with keith "big shot" richards
NO PAYBACK! This is Just the Master teaching the Student! Chuck wont let his student of Music reproduce Bull Crap and slide by the Hard parts...every great teacher does the very same thing.
We spent an evening this week playing the old songs. Listened to the old Chuck Berry records, and listened to Johnnie Johnson's solo records tonight Johnnie B. Bad and Johnnie Be Eighty. And Still Bad! My friends played on that one. Johnnie's last. Man I love this vid. Says it all, but when they got it, man they got it.
I love Johnnie Johnsons face, he shows no emotion whatsoever, an expression of passive boredom. Very sad he and Chuck fell out after such a successful career, a wonderful piano player RIP
I saw this whole thing. In a previous scene, Chuck was like "Don't touch my amp. These settings are perfect how they are." He was like anal about it. So like right before the final take, Keith just fucks with his amp on purpose. Rock on Keith!
That was just Chuck being Chuck which is a horse's ass...They practiced this over and over then he Chuck screwed it up on stage...HE JUST LIKES TO BITCH...
Actually, from the look on Keith's face, I think it was Berry who was about to get his ass handed to him!! Berry throughout this who thing that Keith put together for him was an ungrateful ass......If it hadn't been for Keith no would have cared less about the old perverted fart!!!
Keith has retard strength, is on painkillers for a living and enjoys crackin' a dork in the chops every now and then......I'll take Keith, with a Strat to the joker's effin jaw, any day....
keith could jive anyone else but the man who wrote the book on rock and roll guitar. Then and there he has to shut up and take notes. Chuck Berry the great singer songwriter and player up there with Gershwin , Berlin and louis Jordan.
YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT !......that video of Keith bustin' that stage hopper in the chops with his Gibson is priceless.....I'll hand it to Keith, he's no bullshitter, he'll fuckin' crack ya'
It's Chuck's music. Much respect to Keith (and the Stones) but at the end of the day what they were doing was a white man's imitation of his and other black blues and rock pioneers' music. Chuck correctly called him out to play it correctly.
@SooperKewl It's not black music, it is American music. If you want to look at it in racial terms, Chuck Berry is playing an electric guitar, which is a white man's invention. Let's get off this racial stuff all of the time!
@SooperKewl Bringing up the race crap is what will always keep you idiots down. Its obvious who is black and who is white there. What is the bloody point of bringing that into the equation?
@marcword1 'm guessing by "you idiots" you weren't actually referring to the fact that I'm a caucasian professional in my thirties and by "down" you didn't mean that I earn high six figures annually. Wow, "The Man" is really keeping us "idiots down!" lol
As a guitarist who writes songs in my own band, I quiet literally meant this is Chuck's song---and he expected Keith to play it to his standard. To put it another way and as Bob Dylan has told you Pommies before, this is AMERICAN MUSIC, MAN!
@SooperKewl Why didnt you say what you meant in the first place instead of pointing out race? Did Kieth not play it perfectly initially because he isn't black? No? Then WTF is the point of bringing it up? "You Idiots" is whoever wants to make music about race. As the Kenny Wayne Shepherd song goes, "Aint no color to the blues." And WOW, salary has nothing to do with this kid. Yes...this is American music. Not white, not black. thats all man.
@SooperKewl And the black musicians just stole from old German composers music. The Stones for surehad their own sound, and wrote some of the greatest lyrics ever.
Everybody stole from somebody else. So you can just fuck right off with that comment.
@ChazISaCrueHead What music are you listening to, Chowderhead? I'm assuming it's not blues and rock and roll of this era, which owes almost zilch to "old German composers". Rock descended from Blues, which descended from slave music in the Mississippi, which descended from a variety of African musical traditions. Mick and Keith (a great songwriting pair, yes) were just a blues cover band when they first started. Pick up a book and educate yourself you ignorant Pommie.
@SooperKewl "which descended from a variety of African musical traditions" Could you expand on this? Also, I'm curious why being a different race makes an attempt at a genre an "imitation"
@Nauticus89 the songs of the griots of West Africa, or the bardic traditions of East Africa, or the music of Yoruba priests, or the calls to prayer of the Islamic muezzins. and so on....
African Americans have given the world a tremendous gift in the form of their traditional folk music, which ultimately led to the rock and roll the entire world embraced. not to mention jazz, soul, gospel and hip hop. To not acknowledge this fact is willfully ignorant and disrespectful.
@Nauticus89 Also, if you don't understand the concept of originality / creativity vs. imitation, then i'm sure you probably think Vanilla Ice was the most talented and innovative hip hop artists of a generation.
On the other hand, race doesn't necessarily imply pale imitation: SRV was one of the greatest bluesmen of all time.
"SRV was one of the greatest bluesmen of all time." and you complain about someone who think Vanilla Ice was no imitation :-)
SRV was very good but never (n e v e r) in the same league of innovative bluesmen (for originality) like BB KING,SONNY BOY I&II,CHUCK BERRY,LONNIE JOHNSON,CHARLEY PATTON,T-BONE WALKER,OTIS SPANN,ELMORE JAMES,LITTLE WALTER,HOWLING WOLF,JIMMY REED to mention only a few.
NO. Keiths not shy. He's so pissed that Berry's telling him how to play. But Keith learned everything from Berry, so he won't really say anything back. When he first met Berry, Berry punched Keith in the face for some reason, and Keith said it was the only person he didn't punch back. No lie.
I love how chuck is not taking shit from kieth and the battle is on . This is the shiiiiite. The Truth is Johnny Johnson the piano player wrote most if not all of the early Chuck Berry music. Thats why all the songs are in piano keys like C and Bb. Chuck was the wordsmith and mighty fine too.
It's routine and normal for members of rock bands to contribute intros or arrangements without claiming official songwriting credit. Johnnie Johnson said: "I helped put some of Chuck's songs together, music-wise, like the intro and the arrangement on 'Sweet Little Sixteen.' But Chuck did a lot of that, too."
No, Keith does it wrong! Listen very good to the tone where Keith goes wrong all the time. The tone used to be played on upper side of the 2 lowest (or call it highest) strings. Listen to what Chuck says: It starts on the upper one. Wanna get it right? Let's get it right!
"if you did all he did and didn't get any credit for it" He gets a lot of credit for it. Paul Bascomb recorded "Rock And Roll" eight years before Chuck began recording, Jimmy Preston recorded "Rock The Joint" six years before Chuck began recording, H-Bomb Ferguson recorded "Rock H-Bomb Rock" four years before Chuck began recording. Google hits for
Chuck Berry took from alot of jazz,blues,and jump blues like all of Rock n rollers.The didn't creat anything,just mixed it all up.Most people know nothing of jimmy preston,paul bascomb,and h-bomb ferguson.B.E.T. should be playing these guys...not this rap crap.
Yeah, but it seems like Chuck felt that Keith (as dedicated and honorable as he was) was dictating orders. "Hey man, I wrote this sh#t... why are you telling me how to play?!"
Yeah I agree I think that when he tells him it would be too much for him to play the feels and sing at the same time he kinda got mad; felt challenged. I think he felt like putting Keith in his place at that point to.
What gets overlooked in these kinds of discussions is that Chuck Berry... is Chuck Berry but *here* Keith is the Band Leader. It's very much like being captain of a ship. There can be only one, otherwise no Tribute Concert or worse... a very horribly Tribute Concert. It's like that line from Millers Crossing: "Running things...*shakes head*"
Watch the full movie and you'll have a different opinion! These men actually have a great respect for each other! It's called "Hail! Hail! Rock & Roll!"
might be true but i'm not dead sure about that.. you should read victor bockris' biography of keith! according to that keith shares my opinion.. :) of course they respect each other and each other's work but it's not that simple. a very enjoyable book by the way. if you're interested about keith or the stones or rock n roll you really should read it!
Hey Ironbuttermilk, you're right...he's giving Keith some jazz for sure, but for the record the lick DOES go like Chuck was saying. A small point, but what he hell...
Bullshit! Chuck was Not as concerned about the 'slur' being played correctly (a Very minor point) as he never gave enough of a shit to play in tune at most of his damn shows. He was just taking the opportunity to put Keith in his place, pulling rank on him to belittle him, after the guy repopularized his music and helped keep the whole damn Form alive. Chuck is a remarkable talent, but he's a fuckin' Asshole and is Being an asshole quite blatantly in this clip.
Keith did resurrect Chuck's declining career. Keith was also able to locate Johnnie Johnson just prior to his death. He was forced to drive a cab in St Louis to defray medical bills. Keith tried to help his old friend. Sadly Chuck appears to have abandoned Johnnie, possibly as a result of Johnnie's law suit. Chuck's talent within the early rock industry was unsurpassed, but he had an ego like a raging tooth. Incidently I think this jam session was the absolute best rendition of "Carol".
Piano player is Johnnie Johnson, who played on most of Berrys classics. Actually it was the Johnnie Johnson Trio that Berry joined up with. Berry soon became the front man, and leader,and the rest is history. Johnson sued Berry years later, some say at Richards urging saying that Johnson co-wrote many of the songs, based on his piano riffs. Case was thrown out. Johnson died a couple years back.
2 Huge talents, 2 Huge ego's = What you see here!! Love Chuck and Keith, have just about everything both of them ever put out, but everything started going wrong when Keith started to tell the guy who wrote the song...how to play it.
Also Keith wasn't playing it right, so Chuck was correct at throwing it back to him.
Thanks for posting this..my VHS copy wore out long ago!
to laurierken: after checking with a guitar player friend of mine, your are absolutely correct...it is "slur". It's hard to make out. Also reading lips, do you think that when Keith turned his back to Chuck he said "eat me?". I also love the look on the drummer's face when he breaks into that huge grin and the look on the piano player's face like he's scared to move a single muscle to draw attention to himself. All in all, it's just a great clip.
This is REAL Rock and Roll...from one of the earliest and best of the R & R's , Chuck Berry. The Beatles, The Stones and who knows how many other groups copied his guitar licks and styles.
Boogie-Woogie rock and roll is what modern rock was built on, but EVERYTHING, as you put it, was built on blues. There would be no rock and roll music today if we didn't have the blues.
Nirvana, forgot this...weren't the looks Keith gave to the rest of the band members, with his back turned to Chuck, just too funny? I also wish I could read lips, some of them I could....hehe.
to NirvanaRider186 I loved your response. If you don't already have it, the CD this video was from, "Hail Hail Rock and Roll" is just great. Of course, we all know the REAL king was Elvis.....thanks again for the answer. sj
Not realy, maybe a friendly competition period. Chuck is telling Keith to start the "flurrie" down lower when Keith is starting too high. I did hear that one time Chuck punched Keith and I also know that once Jerry Lee, AKA "the Killer" and Chuck had an argument about who was the King of Rock and Roll. the Killer said, "he proved he was" meaning Chuck punched him too....sooo funny and a long time ago.
Chuck is telling Keith to start the 'slur' down lower. A slur is produced by forcing the strings up and down while playing the same (sustained) note and dropping one or more frets.
Having recently lived in STL, I can tell you that Chuck shows up to shows in his own car, carrying his guitar. He uses a local band, tells the lead guitar man to sit down and takes over. The band man not be great, but Chuck ALWAYS delivers the goods. He also still plays once a month at Blueberry Hill in STL and the audience loves him. He's just GREAT...a living legend at at almost 80 years old.
Chuck wanted to assert himself. As someone has said his shows are often slapdash and horrible. He is seldom in tune and blames his pickup band for any problems.
He nicked it from T-Bone Walker anyway, him and the kid in 'Back to the Future'.
Im sry but i don't agree with that, have u heard his music... do some back ground he is one of the ppl who shaped rock n roll...thats contribution.....
1:55 DEM BE MURDERIN' EYES.
I was waiting for American Psycho music to start playing, and for the camera to zoom in.
azkanan 1 day ago in playlist Guitarist - Rockabilly: Chuck Berry
TWO LEGENDS!! Chuck and Keith the kings of ROCK N ROLL:))
Urankar3 3 weeks ago
Keith said in an interview he wanted to do a show with Chuck Berry and a crack band, unlike a lot of crappy bands that Chuck would play with. He felt a responsibility to have everything perfect. Chuck on the other hand wanted things to be loose, relaxed and a little more fun, a lot of his bitching about petty things was just his way of passively resisting Keith's overcontrol of everything. The friction between them did make the documentary more entertaining.
zettadom 1 month ago
very funny part of hail hail rock n roll
lordphase 6 months ago
they´re musicians they respect each other
loxab2 1 year ago
steve doesn't seem to be liking berry's attitude either.
matimaui 1 year ago
it seems like johnnie johnson was upset at berry bossing keith over and over.
matimaui 1 year ago
If Keith was stoned out of his mind, he'd probably have nailed it the first go-around.
EuchridEucrow1 1 year ago
Not about white or black here for sure, but I don't think Berry was being an asshole at all! first of all one needs to respect their elders and on top of it Richards claims Berry is his idol, so even more of a reason to shut up and listen, 3rd Berry is a master! what I do see is Richards trying to hold back his anger and frustration and its pretty obvious to Berry! if he's his idol he should be listening with attention focused at 110%, but that might be asking too much of Richards!
clattereffect 1 year ago
Not only did Chuck Berry invent rock n roll.....he also likes to videotape women in the washroom at his restuarant. But that's ok because he invented rock n roll....right?
Fooblestheclown 1 year ago
the drummer was/is so cute.
lorraineedmay 1 year ago
keith richards is the ultimate rockstar, and there are ways to play the guitar, if u want the acrobatics, go to jimi hendrix, but if u really want beautiful music that comes from the hear, keiths the man.
pradyumnjoshi 1 year ago
Isn't Steve Jordan great ?
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thelivingfire 1 year ago
well more an ego trouble than a musical one :-)))
nothing serious ...
subatan 1 year ago
I am high and this is quite possibly the single greatest thing I've ever witnessed.
azuredreams717 1 year ago
Uh.....Beck it is his song. Maybe he just wanted to correct the mistake they made when The Stones borrowed it years earlier?
Salamon-Chuck's not a good guitarist.....dude, wake me up when you get it.
Quake52 1 year ago
chuck is not even that good of a guitarist. what the fuck is he tryin to tell keith what to do?
salamonetalton 1 year ago
@salamonetalton If you can't understand why Chuck Berry is a good guitarist then you can't possibly begin to understand why Jimi Hendrix is a good guitarist, and for that I pity you.
azuredreams717 1 year ago
@salamonetalton well, it's Chuck's song. So he must have a pretty strong idea of how it should sound. I think he would even correct Jimmi Hendrix if the latter played a 'better' version of his song.
Snabbelkrab 1 year ago
I guess Chuck Berry is the only man on this planet, who is allowed to treat Keith Richards like that^^
Beckulazius 1 year ago
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keith should have punched him
TumblingDice1972 1 year ago
0:25: Keith thought Chuck needed help with the rhythm and another could tackle the lead....Chuck looked at him like "what"..you don't think I can play lead and rhythm all my myself at the same time?
Snotra 2 years ago 2
there's nothing worse when you jam an someone starts nit picking, ive had near enough the same thing happen to me ( but obviously on a much smaller level) & its so anoying especially when it comes down to bending one note up rather than down an then say "You wanna get it right lets get it right"
JamesJonesexperience 2 years ago
2:38 "you wanna get it right? Lets get it right."
ickabod66613 2 years ago
musical expression! if keith wanted to bend the strings up, that's his perogative
any normal rock musician knows that
as long as they stay with beat, who the f(u)ck cares anyway on a 3 chord wonder
pzolsky 2 years ago
@pzolsky Oh.....thank you for putting the u in parenthesis. That changes everything.
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pzolsky 1 year ago
@pzolsky Nice one! btw genius, it's prerogative. lol
vampyros1 1 year ago
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Drumsticklewis 2 years ago
a) hes fucking good looking, and B) im guessing your fucking butters
1976bennett 2 years ago
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keith richards is the UGLIEST person on earth!!!!!
g88mmhv 2 years ago
@g88mmhv havent you seen finnish rock guitarist Andy McCoy.. google him ;P
jonnytheoasisfan 2 years ago
This Chuck is a great singer better than Jagger! I have to say both guitarrists are wrong cause the bending has to be an upstroke , T Bone Walker' teached it to Chuck but he never learned it well, it's a shame...
johhnypissoff 2 years ago
like spinal tap
auntygomez 2 years ago
I'm gonna say it: Keith Richards is an overrated guitar player.
AugieDog6 2 years ago
man you suck... Jumpin jack flash, satisfaction, midnight rambler and simpathy are all fucking amazing prooves that keith rochards is the best riif-maker on earth
yewtreesinerewhon 2 years ago 3
@yewtreesinerewhon u r right, right , right. his music comes from the soul,
pradyumnjoshi 1 year ago
@yewtreesinerewhon Great guitarist yes but greatest riff maker, no
BL80488 2 weeks ago
Keef stole it....
irwhittaker 2 years ago
this is really all about chuck's OCD. he was a perfectionist and yeah maybe kind of a dick but i dont have to tell you how good it sounds when these guys eventually get on the same page
smartererer 2 years ago
chuck berry was very particular about his songs. Most of his guitar riffs are very similar but are also very different at the same time and he took a lot of pride in that. So looked like chuck was just fucking with keith "big shot" richards
MrBronxbomber81 2 years ago
Nothing more than a power play. Hilarious when rank amateurs on you tube slag on masters.
sunburstgibson 2 years ago 2
amen.
StarfireEKS 2 years ago
Haha!
DarkHypocrisy 2 years ago
Chuck saw Ron Wood in public once and punched him out because he mistook him for Keith !!
bassmangotdbluz 2 years ago
keith richards needs to get his head out of his ass
touches2much 2 years ago
Band practices can be stressful and annoying. I know from experience. Give him some slack.
BluesShredGuru 2 years ago
life in general is stressful and annoying and people think youre a dick when you take it out on them
touches2much 2 years ago
amazing to say the least.
does anybody know what year this is?
Flyin2hawain 2 years ago
It's from '87. You can buy the DVD. It's call Hail Hail Rock and Roll.
straysailor 2 years ago
Look at Chuck gettin back at whitey for all the bullshit he had to endure in the 50's
tmwnat 2 years ago
NO PAYBACK! This is Just the Master teaching the Student! Chuck wont let his student of Music reproduce Bull Crap and slide by the Hard parts...every great teacher does the very same thing.
erowe145 2 years ago
"If he lets me!" Priceless.
Iputrandomstuff 2 years ago
nice 57' mary kaye strat!!!
FRIJJMONSTA 2 years ago
och storebror kan allt haha
Hnkl7 2 years ago
så lite öl kan hjälpa haha
Hnkl7 2 years ago
We spent an evening this week playing the old songs. Listened to the old Chuck Berry records, and listened to Johnnie Johnson's solo records tonight Johnnie B. Bad and Johnnie Be Eighty. And Still Bad! My friends played on that one. Johnnie's last. Man I love this vid. Says it all, but when they got it, man they got it.
Nothing can be better than the final take here.
Watch Johnnie Johnson's face throughout the vid.
stlharpman 2 years ago
I love Johnnie Johnsons face, he shows no emotion whatsoever, an expression of passive boredom. Very sad he and Chuck fell out after such a successful career, a wonderful piano player RIP
STANLIZ4 2 years ago
it looks like everyone is pist at chuck
FazlokAaAaAaA 2 years ago
Two legends...fuck Elvis, Chuck Berry is the true king of Rock n Roll
raiderbri 2 years ago 19
Exactly!
meleethe13 2 years ago
Its very funny, its like the only time you see Keith when he knows that he isnt or cant be in charge, like if hes the little boy :) pretty rare
ippusor 2 years ago
I saw this whole thing. In a previous scene, Chuck was like "Don't touch my amp. These settings are perfect how they are." He was like anal about it. So like right before the final take, Keith just fucks with his amp on purpose. Rock on Keith!
jacktheripper 2 years ago
keep practicing keith.
punkrockefeller 2 years ago
Take 402...
obdami 2 years ago 2
That was just Chuck being Chuck which is a horse's ass...They practiced this over and over then he Chuck screwed it up on stage...HE JUST LIKES TO BITCH...
SteveGaines 2 years ago
the band are pissed off
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L1R192 2 years ago
I love this video, im suprised keith didn't use this oppurtunity to get revenge on chuck after chuck punched him previously.
FRIJJMONSTA 2 years ago
Didn't know that Chuckie cracked the crackhead previously....Keith shoulda rocked him!
Taintkleener 2 years ago
schuck is teching
okfireret 2 years ago
The piano player has the best expression ever.
RawRawkKills12 2 years ago 2
keith was about to get his ass busted
dreadtodred 2 years ago
Actually, from the look on Keith's face, I think it was Berry who was about to get his ass handed to him!! Berry throughout this who thing that Keith put together for him was an ungrateful ass......If it hadn't been for Keith no would have cared less about the old perverted fart!!!
Shawna1218 2 years ago 3
I truly doubt that.chuck being and old sothern/midwestern dude ,these cats knew how to scrap like hell.Keith likes to spite
dreadtodred 2 years ago
Keith has retard strength, is on painkillers for a living and enjoys crackin' a dork in the chops every now and then......I'll take Keith, with a Strat to the joker's effin jaw, any day....
Taintkleener 2 years ago
Lmfao,The both of them are some hard f-ckerS!
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SOUTHSIDEKILLA69 2 years ago
Is this whole thing on a CD?? Hall of fame?
This is one of the best I've heard!
1776vtgmb 2 years ago
you gotta love the look keith gives the camera at 1:54 when he plays the exact slur chuck gave him crap for and gets away with it...
rumpoose 2 years ago 10
The eyes say:
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OropherThranduil 2 years ago
keith could jive anyone else but the man who wrote the book on rock and roll guitar. Then and there he has to shut up and take notes. Chuck Berry the great singer songwriter and player up there with Gershwin , Berlin and louis Jordan.
swingincountrymutha 2 years ago
Every guitarist who works everyday in a band should whatch this. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice.
tomthumbtoo 2 years ago
Chuck's eyes at 2:57 ! In your face Keith...
jonizefox 2 years ago
Am I dreaming, or is Chuck simply annoyed with Keith? I believe Keith was lucky to be part of this huge thing called the RS...
fran627 2 years ago
Actually, Chuck's lucky that Keith didn't give him a crack.
AllBobsAllTheTime 2 years ago 2
YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT !......that video of Keith bustin' that stage hopper in the chops with his Gibson is priceless.....I'll hand it to Keith, he's no bullshitter, he'll fuckin' crack ya'
Taintkleener 2 years ago 2
Are you kidding...Keith Richards is the one who put this whole thing together for Chuck.
semitar6 2 years ago
I SAID GET YO SHIT TOGETHER YOU FUCKING JUNKIE MUTHA FUCKA.....
I mean, let's try it again in the key of G....
Taintkleener 2 years ago 2
Keith looks like a boy starting how to learn to play the guitar comparing with Chuck hahaha XD
Raaaauuulll2 2 years ago
What year was this?
hardrockerdave94 2 years ago
1987
Suprahampton 2 years ago
lol thank christ they got through the beginning without having a fight! its lovely to see them smiling by the end
insanelycheerful 2 years ago
I don't think I could let a man like Chuck Berry talk down to me like he did to Keith.
oramikleepunk 3 years ago
It's Chuck's music. Much respect to Keith (and the Stones) but at the end of the day what they were doing was a white man's imitation of his and other black blues and rock pioneers' music. Chuck correctly called him out to play it correctly.
SooperKewl 2 years ago 7
@SooperKewl It's not black music, it is American music. If you want to look at it in racial terms, Chuck Berry is playing an electric guitar, which is a white man's invention. Let's get off this racial stuff all of the time!
mitchflorida 1 year ago 2
@SooperKewl Bringing up the race crap is what will always keep you idiots down. Its obvious who is black and who is white there. What is the bloody point of bringing that into the equation?
marcword1 1 year ago
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SooperKewl 1 year ago
@marcword1 'm guessing by "you idiots" you weren't actually referring to the fact that I'm a caucasian professional in my thirties and by "down" you didn't mean that I earn high six figures annually. Wow, "The Man" is really keeping us "idiots down!" lol
As a guitarist who writes songs in my own band, I quiet literally meant this is Chuck's song---and he expected Keith to play it to his standard. To put it another way and as Bob Dylan has told you Pommies before, this is AMERICAN MUSIC, MAN!
SooperKewl 1 year ago
@SooperKewl Why didnt you say what you meant in the first place instead of pointing out race? Did Kieth not play it perfectly initially because he isn't black? No? Then WTF is the point of bringing it up? "You Idiots" is whoever wants to make music about race. As the Kenny Wayne Shepherd song goes, "Aint no color to the blues." And WOW, salary has nothing to do with this kid. Yes...this is American music. Not white, not black. thats all man.
marcword1 1 year ago
@SooperKewl And the black musicians just stole from old German composers music. The Stones for surehad their own sound, and wrote some of the greatest lyrics ever.
Everybody stole from somebody else. So you can just fuck right off with that comment.
ChazISaCrueHead 1 year ago
@ChazISaCrueHead What music are you listening to, Chowderhead? I'm assuming it's not blues and rock and roll of this era, which owes almost zilch to "old German composers". Rock descended from Blues, which descended from slave music in the Mississippi, which descended from a variety of African musical traditions. Mick and Keith (a great songwriting pair, yes) were just a blues cover band when they first started. Pick up a book and educate yourself you ignorant Pommie.
SooperKewl 1 year ago
@SooperKewl "which descended from a variety of African musical traditions" Could you expand on this? Also, I'm curious why being a different race makes an attempt at a genre an "imitation"
Nauticus89 1 year ago
@Nauticus89 the songs of the griots of West Africa, or the bardic traditions of East Africa, or the music of Yoruba priests, or the calls to prayer of the Islamic muezzins. and so on....
African Americans have given the world a tremendous gift in the form of their traditional folk music, which ultimately led to the rock and roll the entire world embraced. not to mention jazz, soul, gospel and hip hop. To not acknowledge this fact is willfully ignorant and disrespectful.
SooperKewl 1 year ago
@Nauticus89 Also, if you don't understand the concept of originality / creativity vs. imitation, then i'm sure you probably think Vanilla Ice was the most talented and innovative hip hop artists of a generation.
On the other hand, race doesn't necessarily imply pale imitation: SRV was one of the greatest bluesmen of all time.
SooperKewl 1 year ago
@SooperKewl First of all, I wasn't question the African roots, I was genuinely curious.
Secondly, I didn't understand your concept of original vs imitation; it was kind of vague.
Nauticus89 1 year ago
@SooperKewl
"SRV was one of the greatest bluesmen of all time." and you complain about someone who think Vanilla Ice was no imitation :-)
SRV was very good but never (n e v e r) in the same league of innovative bluesmen (for originality) like BB KING,SONNY BOY I&II,CHUCK BERRY,LONNIE JOHNSON,CHARLEY PATTON,T-BONE WALKER,OTIS SPANN,ELMORE JAMES,LITTLE WALTER,HOWLING WOLF,JIMMY REED to mention only a few.
2010framat 9 months ago
@SooperKewl -- Whereas one can surely find kinda "blue notes" in Beethoven's & Brahms' works, you're damn right man.
BrewskLitovsk 1 month ago
NO. Keiths not shy. He's so pissed that Berry's telling him how to play. But Keith learned everything from Berry, so he won't really say anything back. When he first met Berry, Berry punched Keith in the face for some reason, and Keith said it was the only person he didn't punch back. No lie.
jamezbond78 3 years ago 6
First time Í've seen Keith Richards a little shy! Priceless video!
ZeroWolf1985 3 years ago
rotflmao Chuck layin tha pimp hand on whitey BLACK POWER BABEY its how we roll yall
trukkaman 3 years ago
Chuck would smack you for talking like a retard
lickthoseboobs 2 years ago
Look at the little pout on Keith's face at 2:47, all because Chuck wants the song played correctly.
When you're playing with your idol, it's time to man-up and listen to what HE has to say. Stowe your ego, for fuck sakes.
EuchridEucrow1 3 years ago
Johnson looked like he was ready to jump up and give Chuck a smack himself.
AllBobsAllTheTime 3 years ago
I love how chuck is not taking shit from kieth and the battle is on . This is the shiiiiite. The Truth is Johnny Johnson the piano player wrote most if not all of the early Chuck Berry music. Thats why all the songs are in piano keys like C and Bb. Chuck was the wordsmith and mighty fine too.
cityboating 3 years ago
It's routine and normal for members of rock bands to contribute intros or arrangements without claiming official songwriting credit. Johnnie Johnson said: "I helped put some of Chuck's songs together, music-wise, like the intro and the arrangement on 'Sweet Little Sixteen.' But Chuck did a lot of that, too."
JosephNScott 3 years ago
lol check 0:49 the drummer has like half his finger in his ear
xXHuggensXx 3 years ago
oralle
ip0n3di 3 years ago
No, Keith does it wrong! Listen very good to the tone where Keith goes wrong all the time. The tone used to be played on upper side of the 2 lowest (or call it highest) strings. Listen to what Chuck says: It starts on the upper one. Wanna get it right? Let's get it right!
zelissen 3 years ago 4
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WOW her tits are reALLY nice! just like mine!
i love this video qC
nunie1234 3 years ago
"Excellence" does not take a day off!! :):)
daiku05353 3 years ago
Keith just wasn't doing it right. Listen to when Chuck does it, just sounds right.
DONDIVA1969 3 years ago
Everyone in the room had just enough...No joy at all.
silversilver1975 3 years ago
It's called "EGO"
thesnazz 3 years ago
u would be an asshole if you did all he did and didn't get any credit for it im surprised he hasn't killed people lol
toobeasty6 3 years ago
"if you did all he did and didn't get any credit for it" He gets a lot of credit for it. Paul Bascomb recorded "Rock And Roll" eight years before Chuck began recording, Jimmy Preston recorded "Rock The Joint" six years before Chuck began recording, H-Bomb Ferguson recorded "Rock H-Bomb Rock" four years before Chuck began recording. Google hits for
"paul bascomb" "rock and roll"
887
"jimmy preston" "rock and roll"
1030
"h-bomb ferguson" "rock and roll"
896
"chuck berry" "rock and roll"
806000
JosephNScott 3 years ago
Chuck Berry took from alot of jazz,blues,and jump blues like all of Rock n rollers.The didn't creat anything,just mixed it all up.Most people know nothing of jimmy preston,paul bascomb,and h-bomb ferguson.B.E.T. should be playing these guys...not this rap crap.
oramikleepunk 3 years ago
RAP CRAP is 50-cent
go flag those asshole that look up to thoses hip hopeing R&Bying fucktards that suck black cock and a white one every now and then
J0RDAN134 2 years ago
NEWS FLASH!
They do not like each other!
this is not musician's debating.
You can cut it with a knife the
tension.
Im no fool
thesnazz 3 years ago
Chuck Berry was one of Keith's biggest influences...he was the guy that set up the memorial concert for Berry.
KISSrules1978 3 years ago
Yeah, but it seems like Chuck felt that Keith (as dedicated and honorable as he was) was dictating orders. "Hey man, I wrote this sh#t... why are you telling me how to play?!"
mcgurkryans 3 years ago
Yeah I agree I think that when he tells him it would be too much for him to play the feels and sing at the same time he kinda got mad; felt challenged. I think he felt like putting Keith in his place at that point to.
eleanorgloria 3 years ago
The fills are what give the song its personality. Ths song is Chuck Berry and not
KR, so this was an insult to Chuck, in my opinion. The song is Chuck's, so he should
playing the fills, not playing rhythm. Not sure why Keith made this move, except to play to his ego.
thmoorer 3 years ago
What gets overlooked in these kinds of discussions is that Chuck Berry... is Chuck Berry but *here* Keith is the Band Leader. It's very much like being captain of a ship. There can be only one, otherwise no Tribute Concert or worse... a very horribly Tribute Concert. It's like that line from Millers Crossing: "Running things...*shakes head*"
strappy 3 years ago
2 très gros egos ^^
Fed42 3 years ago
I think the drummer is kinda cute
peddeler2 3 years ago 2
is there one attractive man in that whole room?
allaboutkreutzer 3 years ago
YEAH KEITH
terrylee1220 3 years ago 5
lol there both two awesome to be attractive
toobeasty6 3 years ago
THIS IS AWESOME....It's Little Rascals 2008
At 1:54, Keith looks at the rest of the band like an episode from LITTLE RASCALS, like.....DONT YOU WISE GUYS RAT ME OUT
At 2:06, it's obviously when BUCKWHEAT saw the ghost...
badboypoet 3 years ago
Ummmmm yeahh...lemme see if I got this straight, Limey dude
I'm playin' rhythm guitar and YOU are doing all the fills?...
You're loaded AND fired and I aint Donald Trump !
badboypoet 3 years ago
Is it Blimey?
I only speak Groove-bonics Keithy.....
.....sorry, Daddy-O
badboypoet 3 years ago
ironbutter's fuckin right!! considering all the benefit chuck had earned from the work of the stones and keith himself... fuck chuck
strahalov 3 years ago
Watch the full movie and you'll have a different opinion! These men actually have a great respect for each other! It's called "Hail! Hail! Rock & Roll!"
ToddCMorgan 3 years ago
might be true but i'm not dead sure about that.. you should read victor bockris' biography of keith! according to that keith shares my opinion.. :) of course they respect each other and each other's work but it's not that simple. a very enjoyable book by the way. if you're interested about keith or the stones or rock n roll you really should read it!
strahalov 3 years ago
Hey Ironbuttermilk, you're right...he's giving Keith some jazz for sure, but for the record the lick DOES go like Chuck was saying. A small point, but what he hell...
JohnLeeJohnLee 3 years ago 2
ya wanna get it right let's get it right! i luv that!
0920197234 3 years ago
Bullshit! Chuck was Not as concerned about the 'slur' being played correctly (a Very minor point) as he never gave enough of a shit to play in tune at most of his damn shows. He was just taking the opportunity to put Keith in his place, pulling rank on him to belittle him, after the guy repopularized his music and helped keep the whole damn Form alive. Chuck is a remarkable talent, but he's a fuckin' Asshole and is Being an asshole quite blatantly in this clip.
ironbuttermilk 3 years ago 3
Keith did resurrect Chuck's declining career. Keith was also able to locate Johnnie Johnson just prior to his death. He was forced to drive a cab in St Louis to defray medical bills. Keith tried to help his old friend. Sadly Chuck appears to have abandoned Johnnie, possibly as a result of Johnnie's law suit. Chuck's talent within the early rock industry was unsurpassed, but he had an ego like a raging tooth. Incidently I think this jam session was the absolute best rendition of "Carol".
Bligh1780 3 years ago
haha biggy on piano
syanarasucka 3 years ago
Piano player is Johnnie Johnson, who played on most of Berrys classics. Actually it was the Johnnie Johnson Trio that Berry joined up with. Berry soon became the front man, and leader,and the rest is history. Johnson sued Berry years later, some say at Richards urging saying that Johnson co-wrote many of the songs, based on his piano riffs. Case was thrown out. Johnson died a couple years back.
chuckfan1 3 years ago
2 Huge talents, 2 Huge ego's = What you see here!! Love Chuck and Keith, have just about everything both of them ever put out, but everything started going wrong when Keith started to tell the guy who wrote the song...how to play it.
Also Keith wasn't playing it right, so Chuck was correct at throwing it back to him.
Thanks for posting this..my VHS copy wore out long ago!
stillsmokin66 3 years ago
jajajjajaaj keith and chuck???? try try try keith
CHOPI9 3 years ago
haha its funny how keith gets all frustrated
elliottmi 3 years ago
fuckin beserwisher
martinmaserati 3 years ago
Love the looks the piano guy is shooting!
ConstableDownsprout 3 years ago 2
piano player not gettin paid
TenneyMead 3 years ago 2
thanks!
213993 3 years ago
to laurierken: after checking with a guitar player friend of mine, your are absolutely correct...it is "slur". It's hard to make out. Also reading lips, do you think that when Keith turned his back to Chuck he said "eat me?". I also love the look on the drummer's face when he breaks into that huge grin and the look on the piano player's face like he's scared to move a single muscle to draw attention to himself. All in all, it's just a great clip.
eclecticsteph 3 years ago
This is REAL Rock and Roll...from one of the earliest and best of the R & R's , Chuck Berry. The Beatles, The Stones and who knows how many other groups copied his guitar licks and styles.
eclecticsteph 3 years ago 2
what style of music is this called
213993 3 years ago
This is basic boogie-woogie rock and roll. This is the foundation on which EVERYTHING was built.
laurierken 3 years ago 2
Boogie-Woogie rock and roll is what modern rock was built on, but EVERYTHING, as you put it, was built on blues. There would be no rock and roll music today if we didn't have the blues.
sirchrissypoo 3 years ago 4
Amen.
laurierken 3 years ago 2
Nirvana, forgot this...weren't the looks Keith gave to the rest of the band members, with his back turned to Chuck, just too funny? I also wish I could read lips, some of them I could....hehe.
eclecticsteph 3 years ago
to NirvanaRider186 I loved your response. If you don't already have it, the CD this video was from, "Hail Hail Rock and Roll" is just great. Of course, we all know the REAL king was Elvis.....thanks again for the answer. sj
eclecticsteph 3 years ago
Not realy, maybe a friendly competition period. Chuck is telling Keith to start the "flurrie" down lower when Keith is starting too high. I did hear that one time Chuck punched Keith and I also know that once Jerry Lee, AKA "the Killer" and Chuck had an argument about who was the King of Rock and Roll. the Killer said, "he proved he was" meaning Chuck punched him too....sooo funny and a long time ago.
eclecticsteph 3 years ago
I SO AGREE...
NirvanaRider186 3 years ago
Chuck is telling Keith to start the 'slur' down lower. A slur is produced by forcing the strings up and down while playing the same (sustained) note and dropping one or more frets.
laurierken 3 years ago
Are they having a bum note competition here?
miisu 3 years ago
Having recently lived in STL, I can tell you that Chuck shows up to shows in his own car, carrying his guitar. He uses a local band, tells the lead guitar man to sit down and takes over. The band man not be great, but Chuck ALWAYS delivers the goods. He also still plays once a month at Blueberry Hill in STL and the audience loves him. He's just GREAT...a living legend at at almost 80 years old.
eclecticsteph 3 years ago
Was this really about how it should be played?
I think it was about egos.
Chuck wanted to assert himself. As someone has said his shows are often slapdash and horrible. He is seldom in tune and blames his pickup band for any problems.
He nicked it from T-Bone Walker anyway, him and the kid in 'Back to the Future'.
STILLAVRIL1 3 years ago 4
Richards derived inspiration from Chuck Berry throughout his career.... and thats how people practice.... no hard feelings there...
NirvanaRider186 3 years ago
its just that Keith is more of a free soul..and chuck is more of the perfectionist....
NirvanaRider186 3 years ago
Perfectionist?
He is so often out of tune.
STILLAVRIL1 3 years ago
Im sry but i don't agree with that, have u heard his music... do some back ground he is one of the ppl who shaped rock n roll...thats contribution.....
NirvanaRider186 3 years ago