St. Louis to Liverpool es un álbum de Chuck Berry, publicado en 1964 por Chess. El disco incluye 15 canciones, entre ellas «Little Marie», «Our Little Rendezvous», «No Particular Place to Go» y «You Two».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum St. Louis to Liverpool, de 1964, representa el triunfal regreso de Chuck Berry tras su salida de prisión. El disco está cargado de una energía y una vitalidad renovadas, y es considerado uno de los mejores trabajos de toda su carrera. El título es una declaración de su inmensa influencia: la música que nació en San Luis había cruzado el Atlántico para inspirar a una nueva generación de bandas en Liverpool, como The Beatles.
El álbum contiene una impresionante colección de clásicos de su segunda etapa. "No Particular Place to Go", por ejemplo, es una brillante actualización de su fórmula narrativa, con una letra ingeniosa sobre una cita en coche y un riff de guitarra que recuerda a su clásico "School Day". El disco incluye la inmortal "You Never Can Tell", una canción que alcanzaría una nueva fama décadas después gracias a la película Pulp Fiction de Quentin Tarantino.
Por otro lado, Chuck Berry demuestra que no había perdido ni un ápice de su talento para el rock and roll enérgico en temas como "Promised Land". 'St. Louis to Liverpool' no es solo un gran álbum de regreso, sino una pieza redonda por derecho propio. Es la prueba de que el arquitecto del rock and roll todavía tenía mucho que construir.
Listado de Canciones
- Little Marie2:37
Letra
Yes, oh yes, Long Distance, Iæ?£l accept the charge, Iæ?£l pay Which love one is calling me, I did not hear you say. Both are deep within my hearth, her Mom and my Marie Itæ?¯ so good to hear your voice from Memphis, Tennessee Oh, you mean so much to me, more than youæ?£l ever know, Surely, you have not forgot how much I love you so If you would remember, Dear, and sometimes talk to me Maybe that would reunite our home in Tennessee. Last time I saw you, just before I had to leave You did not want to see me off and promised not to grieve, My hearth was tore apart as I looked back at my Marie And there the peace is still remain with you in Tennessee. I guess I should stop talking; after all you placed the call But anyway that I can help, you know Iæ?£l help you all Then she spoke and asked me to come back and see Marie And live together in our home in Memphis, Tennessee. - Our Little Rendezvous2:03
Letra
Hello little Suzie, hello little Suzie Can I walk home with, can I walk home with you ? To see will your mother and your father Let us have a rendezvous 'Cause I want you to be my, be my little loved one I will be true to you, to you my love, in every way And in our little rendezvous we'll have A beautiful wedding day Then I'll build a spaceship with a heavy payload We'll go 'bip-bip-bip' way out in the wide open blue Where we can love one another In our little rendezvous We'll take a basket, a short wave radio A-tunin' on the record shows all over the whole wide world And in our little rendezvous there'll be A happy boy and girl We'll kiss the moon, my love, go around the world We'll send a signal back to mom and dad from me and you Tell them they'll soon have a grandson In our little rendezvous Bip-bip-bip, bip-bip-bip Bip-bip, bip-bip... - No Particular Place to Go2:44
Letra
Riding along in my automobile My baby beside me at the wheel I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile My curiosity runnin' wild Crusin' and playin' the radio With no particular place to go Riding along in my automobile I was anxious to tell her the way I feel So I told her softly and sincere And she leaned and whispered in my ear Cuddlin' more and drivin' slow With no particular place to go No particular place to go So we parked way out on the Kokomo The night was young and the moon was gold So we both decided to take a stroll Can you image the way I felt I couldn't unfasten her safety belt Ridin' along in my calaboose Still trying to get her belt a-loose All the way home I held a grudge For the safety belt that wouldn't budge Crusin' and playin' the radio With no particular place to go - You Two2:11
- Promised Land2:24
Letra
I left my home in Norfolk Virginia, California on my mind. Straddled that Greyhound, rode him past Raleigh, On across Caroline. Stopped in Charlotte and bypassed Rock Hill, And we never was a minute late. We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown, Rollin' 'cross the Georgia state. We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle, Half way 'cross Alabam, And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded In downtown Birmingham. Straight off, I bought me a through train ticket, Ridin' cross Mississippi clean And I was on that midnight flier out of Birmingham Smoking into New Orleans. Somebody help me get out of Louisiana Just help me get to Houston town. There's people there who care a little 'bout me And they won't let the poor boy down. Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit, Put luggage in my hands, And I woke up high over Albuquerque On a jet to the promised land. Workin' on a T-bone steak a la carte Flying over to the Golden State, The pilot told me in thirteen minutes We'd be headin' in the terminal gate. Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy Taxi to the terminal zone, Cut your engines, cool your wings, And let me make it to the telephone. Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia, Tidewater four ten O nine Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin' And the poor boy's on the line. - You Never Can Tell2:43
- Go Bobby Soxer2:59
Letra
Bobby band a-rockin' And the bobby soxer's doing the twist It's a bobby soxer beat And you can rock it any way you wish Work out, bobby soxer, you can Wiggle like a whimsical fish Go, go, bobby soxer Go, go, bobby soxer Go, go, bobby soxer Go, go, bobby soxer When the weekend comes You'll be right back rockin' some more Bobby soxer dancin' But she keeps peepin' on the stand Bobby soxer's got a crush On a beatle in the bobby band Love bug sure gonna bite her If the beatle even wave his hand Twist on, bobby soxer But don't forget the bobby rule It's getting late, bobby soxer And the teacher teachin' you in school And tomorrow morning, bobby soxer You'll be back in school - The Things I Used to Do2:42
Letra
Things that I used to do Some I won't do no more Things that I used to do Some I won't do no more Used to sit and hold your hand, baby Begging you, not today Used to search all night for you baby And I search always anything Used to search all night for you baby And I search always anything Yeah, and I'm new alone again, darlin' You was out somewhere with your other man I'm gonna send you back to your mother, baby Or I'm gonna back to my family too I'm gonna send you back to your mother, baby Or I'm gonna back to my family too Nothing I ever do pleases you, darlin' Or I just can't get along with you - Liverpool Drive2:56
- Night Beat2:46
- Merry Christmas, Baby3:14
- Brenda Lee2:15
- Fraulein2:53
Letra
Far across the deep blue water lives an old captain's daughter On the banks of the old river Rhine Where I loved her and I left her and now I can't forget her 'Cause she is my pretty Fraulein Fraulein, Fraulein walk down by the river Each night when the stars began to shine By these same stars above you I swear that I love you You are my pretty Fraulein When my memory start to wander Each day I grow fonder of the sweetheart that I left behind In a moment of my glory her face comes before me The face of my pretty Fraulein Fraulein, Fraulein look up toward the heaven Pretend that your hand is holdin' mine By the same stars above you I swear I still love you And I always will my Fraulein - The Little Girl from Central3:05
Letra
The little girl from Central The little girl from Central that all the boys acclaim, The way she sings and dances, she's gonna build a name. She turns down romances, but then who could blame, The little girl from Central, she's got her heart on fame. The little girl's a scholar and a beauty too, The sweet ways about her will take effect on you. She's got a world of talent, knows just what to do, The little girl from Central, a tweedle dee dee doo. The little girl's creative, a repertoire that rings, And Hollywood is waiting, to see the way she swings. She'll be graduating, goin' on to higher things, The little girl from Central is gonna take on wings. The little girl's a scholar and a beauty too, The sweet ways about her will take effect on you. She's got a world of talent, knows just what to do, The little girl from Central, a tweedle dee dee doo. - O'Rangutang2:38