Álbum Chuck Berry in London de Chuck Berry - Canciones
Chuck Berry in London
1965 | 
Estilo(s) | Rock & Roll
Sello | Chess
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Con Chuck Berry in London, de 1965, el artista y su discográfica buscan capitalizar la inmensa popularidad que Chuck Berry tenía en el Reino Unido, el epicentro de la "Invasión Británica". Por consiguiente, el álbum fue grabado en Londres con la participación de músicos de sesión británicos, incluyendo a la banda The Five Dimensions. De hecho, el concepto era similar al que otros artistas de blues y rock and roll estaban haciendo en la época.
Sin embargo, el resultado es un tanto desigual. Por un lado, la energía de Chuck Berry sigue siendo palpable, y su habilidad para escribir canciones de rock and roll directas y efectivas es evidente. Por otro lado, la sección rítmica británica no siempre logra capturar el "swing" y el ritmo característicos de los músicos de Chess Records.
A pesar de ello, el álbum contiene temas disfrutables y muestra a un Chuck Berry en plena forma como guitarrista y cantante. Como resultado, aunque no está a la altura de sus grandes obras maestras, 'Chuck Berry in London' es un documento interesante de su conexión con la escena que él mismo había inspirado. Es, en definitiva, el sonido del maestro visitando la casa que sus alumnos construyeron.
Listado de canciones del álbum Chuck Berry in London
- My Little Love Light
- She Once Was Mine
Composición: Chuck Berry - After It's Over
Composición: Chuck Berry - I Got a BookingVer letra
[X]letra de I Got a Booking
I got a booking with the airlines
Pack up and going to go
I'm gonna leave here by plane, darling
Because railway is much too slow
I'm goin' back to my hometown
Where I'm better known
'Cause you haven't done nothing, darling
But ruin a happy home
Now, when the sun sinks in the hillside
The one you love will be gone
And I know I will be blue darling
But somehow I'll just travel on
Now, would you rather care to kiss me
Or would you prefer to just say goodbye
'Cause I will turn and leave you darling
I don't want to see you cry
Composición: Chuck Berry - Night Beat
Composición: Chuck Berry - His Daughter CarolineVer letra
[X]letra de His Daughter Caroline
So few years ago her daddy held her in his arms
Snugged the blanket around her feet to help and keep 'em warm
When he kissed her tender cheek, oh, how her eyes would shine
His ev'ry dream was built around his daughter Caroline
He remembered ev'ry time she'd turn another year
And, at the birthday parties, when he'd shed a happy tear
Thinking of the wedding dress that she would wear someday
When he'd have to give his daughter Caroline away
He thought of what he saw the night they called her from the roll
A silver graduation ring and engagement ring of gold
It seems as tho' twas yesterday he met her valentine
And now she's grown and here to wed his daughter Caroline
Maarching on his arm she whispered, "Pa, I still love you"
Those words remained within his ears when she vowed, "I do"
Cheer was sparkling from his eyes, but tears were in behind
When he gave his heart away, his daughter Caroline
Composición: Chuck Berry - You Came a Long Way from St.Louis
Composición: Bob Russell, John Benson Brooks - St. Louis BluesVer letra
[X]letra de St. Louis Blues
I hate to see that evening sun go down
I hate to see that evening sun go down
'Cause the woman I'm loving, she has left this town
If I'm feeling tomorrow just like I feel today
If I'm feeling tomorrow just like I feel today
I'm gonna pack my bags and make a getaway
St. Louis woman without your diamond ring
If you didn't have good looks, you wouldn't mean a thing
If it was not for powder and your super hair
Without the man who loves you, you wouldn't get nowhere nowhere
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
You know I love you, but you don't care for me
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
You know I love you, but you don't care for me
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can beComposición: W. C. Handy - Jamaica Farewell SongVer letra
[X]letra de Jamaica Farewell Song
Down the way where the nights are gay,
And the sun shines brightly on the mountaintop,
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way,
Won't be back for many a day,
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I miss all my friends in Kingston town.
Down at the market you can hear,
All the ladies cry out while on their heads they bear,
Akie rice, salt fish are nice,
And the sun is fine any time of the year.
[CHORUS
But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way,
Won't be back for many a day,
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I miss all my friends in Kingston town.]
Sounds of laughter everywhere,
And the children sway to and fro,
I must declare that my heart is there,
Though I've been from Maine to Mexico.
[CHORUS (twice)
But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way,
Won't be back for many a day,
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I miss all my friends in Kingston town.]
Composición: Irving Burgie - Dear DadVer letra
[X]letra de Dear Dad
Dear Dad, don't get mad,
What I'm asking for
Is by the next semester
Can I get another car ?
This one here is sick'ning
On a wide dual road.
I might as well be walking
As to drive this old Ford.
Almost everytime I try
To go and pass a truck,
If I ain't goin' down hill,
Dad, I'm, out of luck.
And even if I get by,
It's still a rugged risk,
The way this old Ford
Keep a hitting and a miss.
Last week when I was driving
On my way to school,
I almost got a ticket
'Bout a freeway traffic rule.
It's now a violation
Driving under forty-five,
And if I push to fifty,
This here Ford will nosedive.
Dad, I'm in great danger
Out here trying to drive.
The way this Ford wiggles
When I'm approaching forty-five/
I have to nurse it along
Like a little stubborn pup,
And cars whizzing by me,
Dad, look like I'm backing up.
She just don't have the appetite
For gas somehow,
And Dad, I got four carburetors
Hooked up on it now.
I tried to hook another
To see if I'd do a little good,
But ain't no place to put it
'Less I perforate the hood.
Well Dad, send the money,
See what I can see,
Try to find a Cadillac,
A Sixty-two or three.
Just something that won't worry us
To keep it on the road.
Sincerely, your beloved son,
Henry Junior Ford
Composición: Chuck Berry - Butterscotch
Composición: Chuck Berry - The Song of My Love
Composición: Chuck Berry - Why Should We End This Way
Composición: Chuck Berry - I Want to Be Your DriverVer letra
[X]letra de I Want to Be Your Driver
I want to be your driver, I want to 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 want to 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
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 want to put me downComposición: Chuck Berry
Con Chuck Berry in London, de 1965, el artista y su discográfica buscan capitalizar la inmensa popularidad que Chuck Berry tenía en el Reino Unido, el epicentro de la "Invasión Británica". Por consiguiente, el álbum fue grabado en Londres con la participación de músicos de sesión británicos, incluyendo a la banda The Five Dimensions. De hecho, el concepto era similar al que otros artistas de blues y rock and roll estaban haciendo en la época.
Sin embargo, el resultado es un tanto desigual. Por un lado, la energía de Chuck Berry sigue siendo palpable, y su habilidad para escribir canciones de rock and roll directas y efectivas es evidente. Por otro lado, la sección rítmica británica no siempre logra capturar el "swing" y el ritmo característicos de los músicos de Chess Records.
A pesar de ello, el álbum contiene temas disfrutables y muestra a un Chuck Berry en plena forma como guitarrista y cantante. Como resultado, aunque no está a la altura de sus grandes obras maestras, 'Chuck Berry in London' es un documento interesante de su conexión con la escena que él mismo había inspirado. Es, en definitiva, el sonido del maestro visitando la casa que sus alumnos construyeron.
Composición: Chuck Berry
Composición: Chuck Berry
[X]
I got a booking with the airlinesletra de I Got a Booking
Pack up and going to go
I'm gonna leave here by plane, darling
Because railway is much too slow
I'm goin' back to my hometown
Where I'm better known
'Cause you haven't done nothing, darling
But ruin a happy home
Now, when the sun sinks in the hillside
The one you love will be gone
And I know I will be blue darling
But somehow I'll just travel on
Now, would you rather care to kiss me
Or would you prefer to just say goodbye
'Cause I will turn and leave you darling
I don't want to see you cry
Composición: Chuck Berry
[X]
So few years ago her daddy held her in his armsletra de His Daughter Caroline
Snugged the blanket around her feet to help and keep 'em warm
When he kissed her tender cheek, oh, how her eyes would shine
His ev'ry dream was built around his daughter Caroline
He remembered ev'ry time she'd turn another year
And, at the birthday parties, when he'd shed a happy tear
Thinking of the wedding dress that she would wear someday
When he'd have to give his daughter Caroline away
He thought of what he saw the night they called her from the roll
A silver graduation ring and engagement ring of gold
It seems as tho' twas yesterday he met her valentine
And now she's grown and here to wed his daughter Caroline
Maarching on his arm she whispered, "Pa, I still love you"
Those words remained within his ears when she vowed, "I do"
Cheer was sparkling from his eyes, but tears were in behind
When he gave his heart away, his daughter Caroline
Composición: Bob Russell, John Benson Brooks
[X]
I hate to see that evening sun go downletra de St. Louis Blues
I hate to see that evening sun go down
'Cause the woman I'm loving, she has left this town
If I'm feeling tomorrow just like I feel today
If I'm feeling tomorrow just like I feel today
I'm gonna pack my bags and make a getaway
St. Louis woman without your diamond ring
If you didn't have good looks, you wouldn't mean a thing
If it was not for powder and your super hair
Without the man who loves you, you wouldn't get nowhere nowhere
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
You know I love you, but you don't care for me
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
You know I love you, but you don't care for me
I got the St. Louis blues, blue as I can be
[X]
Down the way where the nights are gay,letra de Jamaica Farewell Song
And the sun shines brightly on the mountaintop,
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way,
Won't be back for many a day,
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I miss all my friends in Kingston town.
Down at the market you can hear,
All the ladies cry out while on their heads they bear,
Akie rice, salt fish are nice,
And the sun is fine any time of the year.
[CHORUS
But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way,
Won't be back for many a day,
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I miss all my friends in Kingston town.]
Sounds of laughter everywhere,
And the children sway to and fro,
I must declare that my heart is there,
Though I've been from Maine to Mexico.
[CHORUS (twice)
But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way,
Won't be back for many a day,
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I miss all my friends in Kingston town.]
[X]
Dear Dad, don't get mad,letra de Dear Dad
What I'm asking for
Is by the next semester
Can I get another car ?
This one here is sick'ning
On a wide dual road.
I might as well be walking
As to drive this old Ford.
Almost everytime I try
To go and pass a truck,
If I ain't goin' down hill,
Dad, I'm, out of luck.
And even if I get by,
It's still a rugged risk,
The way this old Ford
Keep a hitting and a miss.
Last week when I was driving
On my way to school,
I almost got a ticket
'Bout a freeway traffic rule.
It's now a violation
Driving under forty-five,
And if I push to fifty,
This here Ford will nosedive.
Dad, I'm in great danger
Out here trying to drive.
The way this Ford wiggles
When I'm approaching forty-five/
I have to nurse it along
Like a little stubborn pup,
And cars whizzing by me,
Dad, look like I'm backing up.
She just don't have the appetite
For gas somehow,
And Dad, I got four carburetors
Hooked up on it now.
I tried to hook another
To see if I'd do a little good,
But ain't no place to put it
'Less I perforate the hood.
Well Dad, send the money,
See what I can see,
Try to find a Cadillac,
A Sixty-two or three.
Just something that won't worry us
To keep it on the road.
Sincerely, your beloved son,
Henry Junior Ford
Composición: Chuck Berry
Composición: Chuck Berry
Composición: Chuck Berry
[X]
I want to be your driver, I want to be your driverletra de I Want to 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 want to 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
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 want to put me down
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