THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS "Up and Down"

[meterman39]

Why have I not heard of these guys when I was a teen in the 80`s? Probably cause I was in So. California where most of the music around there blew chunks. I bought the Psychedelic Sunrise LP just from hearing " Elevator Ride " on The Underground Garage and was blown away the whole album is great to boot! Way cool video. Looking for more albums from this band.

[IvysPanicRoom]

great group of guys

[menneskeriolie]

I bought it, and i fucking love it man!

[menneskeriolie]

Is this record worth buying? Or should some of the old stuff? What do you think about this record?

[GlitterMike]

@menneskeriolie Yes, you should definitely buy it:) It's a great LP.

[JimNashFromDetroit]

Please come to Detroit. This is what a rock band is supposed to sound like. Thanks Kings!

[brokensoul70]

Awesome video, the Chesterfield Kings have to be one of the best live bands I have ever seen.

[filllip82]

Awsome song! :)

[greymomma]

Grew up with these guys in Rochester. Still top rockers out there!

[Razorback613]

James Hetfield, from Metallica, said this is one of his new favorite bands... or something like that.

[psychwarlord]

@Razorback613

We'll considering they've been going since the mid 70's, I wouldnt exactly call the "new".

[xGUNSxGUITARxGARYx]

dude! omg! this band is awesome and i know andy! i LOVE his music store!

[latawie]

This band gives me hope for the future of music. They rock with all the intensity and cool of the greatest sixties' bands. Thanx for upload. Any chance of getting the studio version of "Mystery Trip", featuring Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen?

[thechopspewi]

MY NEW FAVOURITE BAND!

[stephenspinato]

some one any one have the lyrics for this jam? i love it

[sdingeswho]

@stephenspinato did you find the lyrics to "Up and Down"? I hadn't been back to this page in a while, at least not to comment, and saw your note --- I transcribed the lyrics, myself (there's some stuff that remains unintelligible to me, and I'd welcome any corrections) for "BalzMahoney" awhile back, and they appear way-back-down in the comments, here. Also, if you play guitar, I just posted the chord-progressions for it in my reply to Mahoney --- even a beginner can strum along, at least! :-D

[stmapete]

I have not heard a band alive today that embodies rock 'n' roll more in one song than the Kings do with this song! Thanks to Little Steven to turnin gme on to my new favorite group!

[rickybxny]

Band Rocks !!!!!!

[LuzF]

Silvio, we want the chesterfield kings in Madrid!!!!!!1

[enigmadroid]

Please bring your show to any venue in the Phoenix-Tempe-Scottsdale-Mesa Arizona time zone....

[VegasLupo]

Burton DVD ;-))))

[uncopino]

@VegasLupo yeah friederich kalbermatten and jussi oskanen's part sooo sick! even if not as nicholas muller's :)

[iwannarock946]

Not as well known as it deserves but a great song

[mrblandone]

Have to add this gem to the list of best forgotten songs that the Rolling Stones never made ! ! !

C.K. vids usually have nice- looking go-go dancers too ! Nice Job Greg & Andy

[GlitterMike]

You can see that go go dancer on the live DVD that was recently released on Wicked Cool Records. This video is shown during the closing credits.

[GlitterMike]

It's on the "Psychedelic Sunrise" CD, and you can find it on Wicked Cool Records.

[sdingeswho]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again . . . this song is absolutely the SH*T, and might be the best "modern" song SVZ has ever played on all the years of The Underground Garage. By the way, happy birthday to Steve, who turned, oh, 19 or so (LOL!) yesterday (11/22).

[QuincyBird1]

The boyz are totally awesome!

[sk8rpunk46]

you know whats better, seeing them live!

[BookofIsaiah]

Great band, great song, cool video!!

[sdingeswho]

Oh, at least the main comments are working --- most likely, it's just that the "Reply" function is Bumbled-Up. Anyway, thanks, BalzM . . . it's in E, then, and that's probably a C#*min* you're referring to (very standard stuff --- a "I-IV-V-minVI" progression).

[sdingeswho]

Hey, is anybody else having trouble posting on here? May just be my local computer system --- was trying to reply to BalzMahoney about the chord-progression. ???

[BalzMahoney]

Are you kidding!?!? This is great. I really appreciate it. I kno wit had to be a pain in the ass to WRITE all of this. Thanks a million Steve!!!!

[sdingeswho]

Hi, Balz --- oh, no, it's no trouble at all, really, to transcribe it, 'cause I type very well, and even fairly rapidly (I wrote it up on Notepad and just copied it over here). My pleasure --- I have kind of a "history" of doing lyric transcriptions here on The YouChoob B-). That all started with the original music for the movie Vanishing Point (the 1971 theatrical release, not the TV remake), for which a lyric-sheet is essentially impossible to come-by.

[sdingeswho]

Ooops! Sorry about that --- I'm chatting with somebody on G-chat, and forgot to put the 3rd verse (which is only the one stanza) before the 3rd chorus. Yeah, I know it's a pain in the butt to have to read this all from the bottom-up, but that's the way it is, with the boards here on YT. Enjoy! --- Steve

[BalzMahoney]

Thanks so much Steve. That made all the difference in the world. Thanks again. Rock on Folks!!!

[sdingeswho]

Oh, yeah, hope you guys get it worked-up and post a vid of the cover here on YT. By the way, what's the chord-progression? I know it's not complicated, but I've never sat down and worked it out (I play several instruments, including guitar). Oh, and for anybody else out there, I am, again, inviting any help I/we can get on the "bumbled" lyrics that I couldn't fully make-out. Thanks for subscribing to me, by the way --- hope you find at least a few things there that interest you!

[BalzMahoney]

E, B, A. There's a C# in the chorus I believe. I haven't played it in a couple weeks so I forgot, but I'm pretty sure the verse is E,B,A.

[sdingeswho]

@BalzMahoney Long-time-no, dude! I've *finally* got my hands on a guitar again (nice brand-new Fender CD-60CE), so I'm returning to my "former glory". Did you ever get the chords right to "Up and Down"? If you didn't, here's the scoop --- verses are A, E, *D*, and back to A. Now, the *chorus* is A, E, *F#min*, D, and back to A, etc. The "I been up, I said up . . ." is A, E, D, and then it goes into the solo. If your guitar's tuned right, you can play right along with the record! :-D

[sdingeswho]

3rd Verse:

Listen to the radio, don't know where t'go

Ridin' on a cyclone, anywhere the wind blows

Downbeat / sidewalk, can't hear m'self talk

An' I can't take much mo' !

[sdingeswho]

3rd Chorus (both choruses in succession):

I been up, I been down

All my friends are undergound

I been up, I been down

I can see things clearly now

I been up, I been down,

All my friends have come and gone

I been up, I been down

I can see things clearly now

I been up . . .

[sdingeswho]

2nd Chorus (note that the second line is different):

I been up, I been down,

All my friends have come and gone

I been up, I been down

I can see things clearly now

I said "Up!", ohhh, I said "Up!" . . .

(Guitar Solo)

[sdingeswho]

Second Verse:

Sex, with hydrogen, running through my bloodstream

Underneath the stairway, I hear the gypsies scream

Brimstone hurricane, lost in the acid rain

An' I can't take much mo' !

Deadlines, on-time, hangin' on a clothesline

Down on the street, where they're lookin' for a mainline

Asphalt / concrete / is dangerous ["medicine"? "ain't my sin" ?]

An' I can't take much mo' !

[sdingeswho]

First Chorus (they're different):

I been up, I been down

All my friends are undergound

I been up, I been down

I can see things clearly now

I said "Up!" --- I said "Up"! . . .

[sdingeswho]

First Verse:

I went downtown walkin' on the pavement

Talked to the bum 'bout overthrowin' the government

[Eight-track?]no more / smokestack / sidewalk

An' I can't take much mo' !

A generation nowhere in our own country

Outside the mainstream, we all dissipate ["disappear"? "are disciplined"?]

[I'll back a van ?] but it brings me down

An' I can't take much mo' !

[cosmicthunderboy]

greg prevost es un grande!!!!!

[BalzMahoney]

Great band. Heard them on Little Stevens Underground Garage. SERIOUSLY, can anyone get all the lyrics up here. My band wants to do this song, but we're having a hard time finding or figuring out a lot fo the words. Please help. Someone did the second verse which was great. More please!!!!!!!

[sdingeswho]

Hi, Balz (God, that sounds weird, but you chose your "handle" LOL!) --- that "someone" who transcribed part of the second verse would be me :-). Here comes the rest of it, as best I can make it out, in a separate post (this'll take me a couple of minutes if you happen to be on-line, so be patient). I'll be in several pieces, and anything appearing in brackets [ ] is something I'm uncertain about. Help me out here, people --- maybe somebody else has a better idea of what he's singin' there!

[LetArtsLive]

i saw then on PBS real cool maaan

[cgola1234]

They play these guys all the time on Undergroung Garage on Sirius . They are Awesome , cant wait to see them live !

[fox0demon]

check out fox0demon

[sdingeswho]

And, "Alll-RIGHT!!!" :-D --- "Up and Down" continues to be in rotation on LSUG, and was in there last night, on the unusually-good kickoff-to-Summer / Brian Wilson's birthday show. You can keep this'n' in there *forever*, for all I care, Steve!

[sdingeswho]

1:10 "Sex, with hydrogen runnin' through my bloodstream, underneath the stairways I can hear the gypsy scream, 'Brimstone hurricane, lost in the acid rain, and I can't take much more !. . .' " Not just Stones, but Dylan, too --- that's what I call having a "distinguished family tree" :-D ! Got "jewels and binoculars hanging from the head of [their] mule", they do! :-))

[sdingeswho]

Seriously-great song, and seriously-great psychedelic video! But man, it *still* hurts to watch Evel Knievel's crash at Caesar's Palace :-)~ . . .

[daviz39]

back from the gig in Madird

one of the best gig in my life im telling u....

[Marsman1337]

This is a great song. Period.

[BreoganDoXallas]

Thank the lord for this song! Best song these past 2 years!

[borisbulldog]

great song from the kings!

Love the retro organ and mouth harp intro.

When will posers like Oasis and similar ass fucks realize this is music!!!

Miami Steve knows his garage!

[GlitterMike]

This song was just named "Coolest Song in the World" for this week on the Underground Garage.

[DreamingOfBaba]

"TURN IT UP!!!!"" =)

[yockybunny]

One of the best bands out there!! :)

[cosmicthunderboy]

aguante greg prevost!!!!

[w0tsup11]

hey i know these guys love the song

[phildirt3]

man i love all these obscure groups check out the barbarians

[croke66]

great song, the only band out there that knoes what rnr is !!! such a great vintage stones feel !!!

[dsimonen122]

Nice.

[GlitterMike]

testing, testing

[jontheid]

I HATED this song when I first heard it, but it has really grown on me and now I love it. Weird . . .

[GlitterMike]

Don't feel bad. Lester Bangs used to do that all the time.

[ClarkSavageJr]

Thanks guys! One, two, three...THUNDERBIRD 4! See you in the Underground Garage!

[KennyWrites]

Great Garage band with an authentic 60s sound. Still rockin' after all these years. I saw the CKs in the early 80s at NYU and also at Reds on Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown, LI, NY. Great shows! I remember when they used to play almost every song from Stop! on WNYU's Mod Monday show. Long Live Garage Rock!!!

[sliceofpiemusic]

What a great freekin' video!

[MoorelandSt]

Kudos! Well done, lads!

[GlitterMike]

Great video!  And thanks for including some footage of Whitney.