Bio es un álbum de Chuck Berry, publicado en 1973 por Bellaphon. El disco incluye 7 canciones, entre ellas «Aimlessly Drifting», «Bio», «Got It and Gone» y «Hello Little Girl, Goodbye».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum Bio, de 1973, es uno de los trabajos más personales e introspectivos de la carrera de Chuck Berry. Como su título indica, el disco tiene un carácter autobiográfico, con letras que reflexionan sobre su propia vida, su carrera y sus experiencias. Se aleja de las narrativas sobre adolescentes para adentrarse en un territorio más maduro y, a veces, amargo.
La canción que da título al disco es una pieza hablada sobre un ritmo de blues en la que Chuck Berry cuenta su propia historia con una honestidad descarnada. El álbum también incluye temas instrumentales donde demuestra su maestría como guitarrista y pianista de blues.
El disco también presenta rock and roll enérgico, como en "Rain Eyes". 'Bio' es un álbum ecléctico y desigual, que no fue muy bien recibido en su momento. Pese a ello, con el tiempo ha sido revalorizado como una obra valiente y reveladora. Es una rara oportunidad de asomarse al mundo interior de una leyenda a menudo reservada.
Listado de Canciones
- Aimlessly Drifting5:31
Letra
I guess I'll go to California Seems like I'm always on the run Nobody ever needs a loser We just exist under the sun But someday, somehow, someone may need me When my drifting days are done Well, I'm aimlessly drifting Looks like I live from day to day Hard as I try to make a showing Something is always in my way Even the one I truly love now Deals in the games that people play Every time I love I always lose Seems like I'll never ever win Each I hear them lonesome blues I'm all alone at home again Seems like I'm just existing Aimlessly drifting to no end All that I ask of this old world Is just to have a happy home All that I ask of one little girl Is just to be my very own It seems just like I'm just existing Aimlessly drifting along Yes, I'll go to California Seems like I'm always on the run Nobody ever needs a loser I just exist under the sun But someday, somehow, someone may need me But my drifting days be done - Bio4:26
Letra
(Spoken:) Lord have mercy, got to tell it, tell it just like it is, evæ?®y word. Yeah! I was living in St. Louis In the year of nineteen fifty five Mama didnæ?° have no great mansion, Just a little old country dive. Papa worked all week long, Tryæ?§?to keep us six kids alive. So I hitch hiked to Chicago Just to hear Muddy Waters play I sat and listened to him sing Until the early hours of day I asked him what I could do to make it And it was he who showed me the way I went back home and wrote a song And made a record I could claim The little tune jumped on the charts And rode me right on up to fame It netted over ten thousand dollars And added glory to my name I was standing at the airport With my guitar in my hand And a first class ticket Destination movie land I will be in Hollywood, Mama Before the roosters crow again When I first started playing music Over sixteen years ago Every big town in the country From St. Francisco to Baltimore Trying to bring some happy hours Doing the only thing I know Canæ?° help it, but I love it Stand here, sing to you Brings back so many memories Many things we used to do Æ?£ill I see you here again Take care, good luck to you - Got It and Gone4:20
Letra
When he was a child, just a baby boy He wanted to play rock music and sing some songs of joy When he started school, he just could pat his feet The first song he ever learned had a strong boogie beat Come on now Rock it, rock it, rock it along Roll it, roll it, roll it on Git it, git it, git it on Got it, got it, got it and gone Then one day it happened, they hauled him off to war Way over there in no man's land, just him and his guitar Nobody near to love him, nobody ever sent him news What could a poor boy do at night, but to sit down and sing them blues Early one morning they called him, oh, what a beautiful day They packed him in an old army plane and flew him back home to stay He landed in Clark Air base, but didn't have no place to go So he sit down with his guitar in the middle of the street and gave everybody a free show. - Hello Little Girl, Goodbye3:57
- Rain Eyes3:48
Letra
Rain eyes that blur the rays of sunshine When all you see is seen through tears The whole world seems as though it's crying Rain eyes, that's how my world appears One sunny day in Lou'siana The clouds began to hover low And darkness came in early evening And brought a rain that would not go I's just a child when mother told me It seems your father's gone away It's not his fault, my child, forgive him I should have known he would not stay You're so much like him and he loves you But now his love's for only you Although he forced himself to leave you Forgiving me he could not do Rain eyes that cloud the hope of sunshine When everything is seen through tears The whole world seems as though it's crying Rain eyes, that's how my world appears It rains all evening into nighttime Then rains all night and through the day My mother's eyes are weak from crying Forgive her, she just lost her way Since you've been gone her eyes have clouded And darkness reigns her weary view She'd see again from your returning That God knows she's in love with you One rainy day in Louisiana The trade winds blew the clouds away A mother heard her boy shout, "Father" My God, 'tis him, he's come to stay - Talkin' About My Buddy6:53
- Woodpecker3:31