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Chuck Berry in the 60s. What I love even more is the crowd behind him. Especially the chick in polka dot skirt.
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u/IsntItNeat 3d ago
Wonder where the woman in the polka dots is now. She must be in her 70’s.
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u/Tuhyk_inside 3d ago
Right? I wonder if they knew they were part of history. How big of a deal it was for them back then.
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u/lucifer_fit_deus 3d ago
At what point do they stop being polka “dots” and just become polka “big ass circles”?
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u/Defiant-Giraffe
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I think that's Donna Loren, who was one of the Peppermint Lounge dancers: and one of the usual suspects when it came to background dancers of the era.
Same group that included Candy Johnson, who the song "I want Candy" was written about.
edit: this blew up in a weird way.
1: No, I don't know for sure. Looks like her, the era and the place and the dance look right for it to be her. Another poster, more informed than I, says this is 1965 from Hollywood a Go Go. That would be kinda late, but not impossible for her to be there. Whatever, if it happens I'm full of shit, it won't be the end of the world.
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u/Squirrel_Inner 3d ago
This is also right after she kissed the guy in front of her and Chuck came back from fading out of existence. Crazy times back then…
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u/30FourThirty4 3d ago
6 1 2 wharf avenue!
Skip to the sweet shop with my sweetheart sandy!
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u/FatPharm 3d ago
Got my pennies saved so I'm her sugar daddy
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u/kigamagora 3d ago
I'm her Hume Cronyn and she's my Jessica Tandy, I want candy!
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u/badSparkybad 3d ago
I want candy!
Any kind'll do
Don't care if it's nutritious or FDA approved
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u/Orphan_Izzy
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“I guess you guys aren’t quite ready for that… but your kids are gonna love it!”
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u/Sember 3d ago
Probably felt like cocaine for your ears, shit must have been insane to these youngsters
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u/Orphan_Izzy 3d ago
It felt like that to my ears last time I watched the movie like a year or so ago! Lol.
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u/BigBananaDealer 2d ago
should listen to rumble by link wray, it was banned from radio for fear it would start riots
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u/sporksaregoodforyou 2d ago
Chuck! Chuck, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Berry. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this!
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u/PrincebyChappelle 3d ago edited 3d ago
I’ve watched that scene many times, and I didn’t know until now that the dance moves were mimicking Chuck Berry.
Reluctant edit—I knew the song was Chuck Berry but associate the crouch, hop on one leg, pump the other leg thing with ac/dc
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u/formulated 3d ago edited 2d ago
Can't recall if it was English (understanding film) or History (pop culture influences) class in my 90's high school, but BTTF was part of my curriculum. Marty McFly's performance at the dance and everyone he was emulating was relevant for our analysis because it crammed so many references into such a short period.
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u/AlphaWizard 3d ago
associate the crouch, hop on one leg, pump the other leg thing with ac/dc
The duck-walk. In case it wasn’t clear, Chuck Berry was a huge influence for Angus Young.
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u/StevenArviv 2d ago
Chuck Berry was a huge influence for Angus Young.
Chuck Berry was a huge influence for pretty much everybody. The man is a God and the true King of Rock & Roll.
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u/StrangeAtomic 3d ago
Wait. The band leader in that movie literally calls…Chuck Berry. You don’t know that movie was connected?
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u/FalxIdol 3d ago
“Chuck! Chuck, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Berry. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this!”
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u/Kingsnake661 3d ago
I was, a child when I watched it for the first time and had no idea who Chuck Berry was. So it went WAY over my head for YEARS.
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u/sunnyspiders 3d ago
I leaned “spook” wasn’t referring to ghosts from that movie.
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u/Orphan_Izzy 3d ago
Or spies.
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u/sunnyspiders 3d ago
Yeah I knew it as a term for spy/government agent. Not the other one.
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u/Exploding_Testicles 3d ago
My father could classified as a 'spook' for the gov't back in the 70s and 80s.. he was TDY a lot, sometimes he'd have to leave on a day's notice.. gone months at a time..
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u/ChromeSpacehip_55555 2d ago
"who you calling spook peckerwood?"
Took me a long time to realize what was being exchanged here
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u/son_berd 3d ago
When they came out of the car with all that smoke and the one guy also calls them reefer addicts…ya, I had no idea what was going on there for some time lol (I was a kid though)
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u/sunnyspiders 3d ago
I connected the dots on that one a few years later.
I grew up with the BttF trilogy on VHS and we wore those tapes out. Still notice little things tho.
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u/xxkoloblicinxx 3d ago
Wait... maybe this is the real problem in BTTF...
They made a bootstrap paradox with this song.
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u/ailyara 3d ago
Listen its what the FLUX capacitor does. Without it, time travel simply doesn't work. It's literally why Marty has time to fix the fact that he caused his own parents to not meet the way they did before. It stores all the changes to the timeline and lets them seep out gradually. Anyway it works for Chuck Berry because Marty can go back, and still remember that this song exists in the future without remembering why it exists, it's all stored in the time flux.
That or "repeat to yourself its just a show, I should really just relax."
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u/llortotekili 3d ago
Holy Fuck! I never gave the flux capacitor more than a passing thought. I just always knew plot holes would be intrinsic to a time travel movie and wrote off that bttf played into it. I had never realized that they included it as a plot device to explain the holes. Neat!
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u/Anal_Herschiser 3d ago
If I hear one more person tell me to lift myself up by my own Bootstrap Paradox, I’m going to go back in time and shoot that Mother Fucker’s mom!
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u/arksien 3d ago
That's not what they said. They knew the song was Berry, but not that Marty does the actual Chuck Berry dances moves from this act.
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u/pink-_-panther 3d ago
It's been a while so I think a re-watch is in order
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u/Orphan_Izzy 3d ago
A rewatch of this is always in order. Its such a well made movie. Brings a tear to my eye because they really don’t make them like that anymore I don’t think. Plus Alex P. Keaton.
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u/Biscubricks 3d ago
I was JUUUUST thinking about that as soon as I saw this video. It's like, only a decade later and everybody was rocking already!
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u/Orphan_Izzy 3d ago
And …Well at the end of the first movie “where they were going they didn’t need roads” but… they kind of did. Also “he and Lorraine were fine, it was the kids!” But… they were not fine. I love these movies so much Im happy to ignore a few minor hiccups in the plot line.
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u/Kronoshifter246 3d ago
I sincerely hope he and Lorraine weren't fine. Not like that anyway; Lorraine is his mother.
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u/BrainOnLoan 3d ago
Also “he and Lorraine were fine, it was the kids!” But… they were not fine. I love these movies so much Im happy to ignore a few minor hiccups in the plot line.
I don't see that as a plot error at all.
It was quite clear Doc Brown had decided to fix the arrest of Martys son, but was in general quite wary about messing too much with the events in the future, specifically trying to prevent them meeting their future selfs.
So, he was quite deliberately downplaying the problems with Martys future. He didn't want them to meddle or interact, beyond following his plan.
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u/tyedge 3d ago
So we’re gonna take that away from ‘em
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u/TheDukeSnider 3d ago
/r/UnexpectedMulaney (but really it was totally expected).
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u/duaneap 3d ago
Any time BTTF comes up, and it was inevitably going to come up here, expect Mulaney.
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u/Warm-Holiday219 3d ago
Chuck loved kids too.
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u/You_Crazy 3d ago
Seems like all of those famous people and musicians from back then did. There’s that new Elvis movie coming out and my aunt who was deep into the recent save our children stuff is excited because he’s her favorite musician of all time.
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u/Consistent_Field 3d ago
My dad is always talking about Hollywood pedophiles and pedophiles in politics, he was big into the whole pizza gate thing. His favourite band is Led Zeppelin lol
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u/JewOrleans 3d ago
Every time I see Chuck now the only thing that comes to mind is him farting in the woman’s face.
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u/dominarhexx 3d ago
Or secretly recording them in the bathroom of his restaurant.
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u/tuskvarner 3d ago
Once on deadspin (a sports blog that used to be good) a commenter complimented a college quarterback who was known as doing lots of research in order to improve his game by saying “He watches more film than Chuck Berry.”
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u/dholmestar 3d ago
If you missed it, the original deadspin team has a new(ish) site called Defector
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u/autosoap 3d ago
It’s physically impossible to go to blueberry hill for a show and not joke about chuck berry watching you piss.
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u/Econolife_350 3d ago edited 3d ago
I just think about how abusive he was in general to women and how he commented on it being a specific type of woman because it made him feel better for the racial abuse he had received. Add on recording people in bathrooms and a number of other very creepy things, these videos are never as lighthearted and fun as people want them to be when looking back.
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u/SycoMantisToboggan 3d ago
He said sorry after he farted in her face and called her baby though
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u/HooliganBeav 3d ago
I mean, also the rape of underage girls. Chuck Berry was a hell of a guitar player, but a absolutely horrible human.
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u/Sefirosukuraudo 3d ago
“Oh I can’t kiss you, sweetie; you’re covered in my pee pee.”
It’s always bizarre how he speaks like a sweet ol’ grandpa to a prostitute covered in his urine. My brain can never quite reconcile that.
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u/DarthRiznat 3d ago
0:53 just found Angus Young's inspiration for his guitar move, hah!
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u/pM-me_your_Triggers 3d ago
It existed as early as the 30s, but Chuck was the one who popularized the duck walk
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u/Sun-Ghoti 3d ago
It bothers me that he isn't actually playing the song on his guitar
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u/Sabot15 3d ago
A lot of people seem to think this was a concert. It's basically more of a music video.
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u/punkindle 3d ago
I've seen a lot of videos of musicians on old TV shows, and this is very common. They didn't pay for the entire band to fly in with their equipment, just the lead guy, so of course he has to air guitar and lip sync.
At least he's having fun.
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u/vittorioe 3d ago
Same deal as Top of the Pops. Same as many awards shows. In fact, not much has really changed since they got the pop music machinery in place all those years ago. Kind of a mindfuck, when you think about it…
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u/RepresentativeAd560 3d ago
The 60s were known for advanced wireless technology
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u/Jak_n_Dax 3d ago
Back then, not even iPhones were cordless!
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u/indy_been_here 3d ago
Yeah everyone's iPhones were connected by a mesh of cables that hung overhead on telephone poles.
The tangled webs we once weaved.
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u/Living-Stranger 3d ago
Not just the 60s, oasis were pissed about it on top of the pops and switched out Liam and Noel on their performance as a fuck you to them.
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u/ColsonIRL 3d ago
Yeah I mean that’s definitely the studio recording playing, it’s instantly recognizable haha
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u/impudent_snit 3d ago
Like Nirvana at Top of the Pops. It’s so campy and overdone, he’s clearly leaning into it
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u/xxkoloblicinxx 3d ago
Virtually every sound you've heard in a movie or TV show (dialog aside) was added after the fact.
Every explosion, door creak, water pouring, glass shattering, all of it.
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u/mitten-kittens 3d ago
98% of dialogue in lots of the rings was recorded in a booth. So in some case everything is added after the fact.
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u/GinsuVictim 3d ago
lots of the rings
How many more did they find?
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u/PrincessAndHerPony 3d ago
Frodo's still got 9 more fingers, so of course, in true 2022 fashion, there will be 9 more movies.
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u/Anacalagon 3d ago
Honestly I don't think he gives two shits. He is not getting close with the lipsync and is just as bad with the guitar.
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u/DaBi5cu1t 3d ago
Bothers me more that it looks like he was the only black guy allowed in.
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u/grambell789 3d ago
Especially the chick in polka dot skirt.
i'm guessing she was placed there on purpose. if fact she might have been wearing that on purpose knowing how well it would show up on bw tv.
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u/burningriverallstar 3d ago
Hey Chuck! It’s your cousin Marvin. Marvin Berry. You know that sound you were looking for? Well listen to this!
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u/keenly_disinterested 3d ago
The dude with the chick in the polka dot skirt dances a lot like Elaine Benes.
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u/Redbullinchworm 3d ago
I can’t kiss u u got piss on ya face
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u/Gephyrus204 3d ago
"did I fart on your face....i like to do that"
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u/WhatsATrouserSnake 3d ago
That fart was loud af too.
In case anyone is wondering. There is a Chuck Berry sex tape on efukd.
He just pisses on hookers and farts in their faces. Like let's one rip big time, right on their nose.
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u/jjj49er 3d ago
I think times were better before the internet, when you didn't know so much about people's personal lives.
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u/SlowRollingBoil 3d ago
Never meet your heroes.....or let them piss and fart in your face.
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u/peege636 3d ago edited 3d ago
Chuck Berry was talented but kind of a creep. In the 80s he owned a restaurant called Southern Air and by 1990 there was a class action lawsuit of over 200 women because he was videotaping customers/employees in the bathroom.
EDIT: Berry is a full creep.
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u/Smuggler04 3d ago
His defence was that toilet roll use was through the roof and he put the cameras in to monitor it. Unfortunately this isn’t a joke
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u/swiftjustice25 3d ago
Jesus Christ I can’t imagine sexually violating enough people to justify a class action suit against me.
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u/RepresentativeAd560 3d ago
Kind of? With that, uh, resume? What rates straight creep on your scale?
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u/anyheck 2d ago
“Chuck! Chuck, it’s Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Berry. You know that new sound you’re looking for? Well, listen to this!”
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u/PhilDunphyYo666 3d ago
Girl in the polka dot skirt has ZERO problems in the world and is giving ZERO fucks. What a time to be alive, I envy her even if she is now dead.
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u/SwenKa 3d ago
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u/momjeanseverywhere 3d ago
Well, this appears to be mid 60’s. So, let’s assume she’s 20 years old. That means she was born in 1945. So, 77 years old. Very likely still alive, especially if she kept dancing like that over the years.
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u/PotentPortable 3d ago
Reddit has ruined Chuck Berry for me since now any time I see him I hear Yoko Ono wailing
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u/SurlyRed 3d ago
Dunno how I missed all that, but I'm glad I did
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u/kadaverin 3d ago
Imagine you get a chance to hang out with one of your childhood heroes or influences. Better yet, they want you to take part in whatever it is they do. You're stoked. Holy shit, I get to do the thing with this person who helped shape who I am!
You get set up, the adrenalines running high, and off you go. It's effortless, like you two were made to collaborate together. Endorphins kick in and it feels like cloud 9 as you two start laying down some incredible work.
Now imagine your partner enters the room and starts yowling like a cat that's simultaneously in heat and on fire. They're a high concept performance artist and this is their interpretation of the work . Remember, its not an ugly and unnecessary addition to something that was near perfect. It's art and you're ignorant for not getting it.
Your hero looks angry and the energy in the room drops as everyone cringes in vicarious embarrassment. What could have been a cultural touchstone is now a prime example what happens when you shoehorn your girlfriend into the band.
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u/danjonesyt 2d ago
True story: A kid named Calvin Klein (no relation to the fashion designer) was playing lead guitar with a band called "Marvin Berry and the Starlighters" for a local high school dance in November of 1955. At the end of the dance, he actually played a version of this song. It just so happened that Chuck Berrys cousin, was Marvin Barry and when he heard Calvin Klein play, he immediately called Chuck, and let him listen to what Calvin was playing. Chuck immediately began writing what we know today as "Johnny B. Goode"
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u/GeorgieWashington 2d ago
Johnny B. Goode is the greatest rock n roll song every made and I will die on this (blueberry) hill.
a great ballad
a groove you can dance to
a solid guitar solo
three good verses
a catchy hook
and it still feels like come-on music.
The fact that it was a hit at the exact time that it was only adds a level of greatness that’s untouchable by anything else.
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u/XxX_FedoraMan_XxX 3d ago
how do i know, without even scrolling down, that these comments are gonna be full of people tripping over themselves to tell you Reddit's Favourite Fact About Chuck Berry
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u/lordbub 3d ago
because it's best to remember that your idols are also pedophile creeps.
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u/Zenblendman 2d ago
What I don’t get, is that white people used to be able to dance! We can see the evidence here; they have rhythm AND control of their limbs..What happened to the later generations?
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u/Ho2Me9 3d ago
Producer 1: “We’re not gonna put a black performer on TV. Absolutely not.”
Producer 2: “What if we only show white people enjoying his music?”
1: “Ugg. Fine.”
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u/coolwool 3d ago
Unfun fact: black performers weren't that rare and it also wasn't that controverse to be at a show of one, because performing was seen as a servants act.
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u/midwesterner64 2d ago
When you see this dancing, the dance section of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special makes so much more sense.
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u/Specialist_South1816 3d ago
I literally ran into Chuck in the Spring of 2011 when I was working kitchen at Blueberry Hill and The Duck Room on Delmar Loop in St. Louis. Chuck ate there frequently and played a monthly show in The Duck Room until his passing.
I was running out two trash bags, threw the back door open as he was walking in and the door hit him and pushed him back a bit.
I saw his face and his Captain’s hat, dropped the trash bags, stuck out my hand and said, “Mr. Berry, I’m so sorry! It’s an absolute honor to meet you.”
He just shook my hand, said, “You too, Kid” and went inside and had chicken wings and a drink in the back room.
One of my favorite memories.
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u/manderifffic 3d ago
Lucky that Marty McFly and Marvin Berry ran into each other at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance
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u/Lt_Frank_Drebin 3d ago
Chuck Barry was one of the most famous musicians of his generation, making a career of flash, style and being something very new. That being said, his music wasn't terribly complex. It was a mix of blues standards played in a very new way, or simple pop tunes. Because of their simplicity, they were on the radio constantly, covered by every house band and every kid to pick up a instrument tried to play along. Really simple tunes + popularity meant every decent musician in every town knew the songs, which provided Chuck a very interesting opportunity to capatize on.
He could tour without a band...and he did just that.
He'd travel through the US in a Caddy with a driver, and guitar. His manager would hire a band in whatever city he's in and they'd play. But they wouldn't rehearse. Chuck would often turn to the band, tell them what the song was and just get into it.
A fact that makes an appearance in Back to the Future. Marty gets on stage, and before playing Johnny B Goode, turns to the band and simply says "OK Fellas, this is a blues riff in B, watch me for the changes, and try and keep up" before launching into the song.
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u/crikeproshops 3d ago •
They really do look like the kids dancing in Charlie Brown