Chuck Berry - I Want To Be Your Driver

Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers. Quite simply, without him there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, nor a myriad others. There would be no standard "Chuck Berry guitar intro," the instrument's clarion call to get the joint rockin' in any setting. The clippety-clop rhythms of rockabilly would not have been mainstreamed into the now standard 4/4 rock & roll beat. There would be no obsessive wordplay by modern-day tunesmiths; in fact, the whole history (and artistic level) of rock & roll songwriting would have been much poorer without him. Like Brian Wilson said, he wrote "all of the great songs and came up with all the rock & roll beats." Those who do not claim him as a seminal influence or profess a liking for his music and showmanship show their ignorance of rock's development as well as his place as the music's first great creator. Elvis may have fueled rock & roll's imagery, but Chuck Berry was its heartbeat and original mindset.
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I wanna be your driver, I wanna be your driver
I would love to ride you, I would love to ride you around
We'll be ready when you want me to drive you on downtown

Yeah I wanna drive your, your long and beautiful
Your rounded-body, wheel-to-roll limousine
I've never had the thrill of riding such a wonderful machine

(instrumental)

We'll roll 'round the mountain, drive down in the valley
I would drive it all over, I would ride you home with ease
You will enjoy every journey, it will be my aim to please

So let me be your driver, let me be your driver
I would love to ride you, I would love to ride you downtown
Drive you so slow and easy you won't wanna put me down

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[Rockhouse1964]

Go Chuck Go!!!

[stevebeagle]

the true KING !

[Blackeze]

I would love to ride you downtown, so slow and easy.....

[MODTRASH]

@historiadorderock And the Stones, Big time!

[MODTRASH]

Second place to the real King of Rock 'N' Roll , Bo Diddley!!!!

[mufc99ok]

this guy is a legend

[blueguitarz17]

Chuck Berry I Want To Be Your Driver...becomes..The Beatles I Wanna Be Your Man

[olekos123]

great rock n roll !

[1212simonsays]

one of the most disgustingly awesome songs ever.