RIP Chuck Berry: Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock

Listener comments!

12:02pm Frank Above:

A victory lap for Joe after another triumphant marathon!

12:03pm Matt F:

Yeah!

12:04pm Amanda Nazario:

HAIL HAIL ROCK AND ROLL

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12:05pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Greetings, Joe. Nice MC work last night. Is it true that Monica broke her wrist after Hoof 'n' Mouth last night?

12:05pm chris:

Joe B! all! woot!

12:06pm Cooh John:

Great to meet you this weekend, JoeB. Giving my Midwest some love. Good to meet you, JakeGould. Thanks for the hug. I needed that.

12:06pm bobdoesthings:

hi ya

12:06pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

This is one of my favorite Chuck covers ever--blistering

12:07pm MattBelow:

Congratulations Joe B! You and Monica were fantastic last night in between sets!

12:07pm SmokinJ:

OMG... What a loss... :( (HI JOE!)

12:08pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

Now is a good time for me to thank Joe Belock for all the help he has given to Todd-O-Phonic Todd over the years.

12:11pm Claw!:

salutations, good people

12:11pm JakeGould:

@CoohJohn: No problem!

12:13pm melinda:

Hi Joe! Great work closing the marathon!

12:13pm Fuzzy:

Wow -- speed it up, boys!

12:13pm JakeGould:

And thanks Joe B. and Todd for all the hard work these past two weeks. Nailed the marathon the same day Chuck Berry checked out during lunch. What a weekend!

12:14pm Guido from Cologne:

Hello Joe!

12:14pm Gaylord Fields:

Joe, as those extraterrestrials who discovered the Voyager space record once said, send more Chuck Berry!

12:15pm Cooh John:

Glad I got to run away for the weekend and join the WFMU circus.

12:15pm Gaylord Fields:

@Cooh John: Well said! And good to meet you!

12:16pm Carmichael:

Heya Joe. Lovin' the Chuck!

12:17pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

@JakeGould: Thanks buddy!

12:18pm Gaylord Fields:

Sorry to get sentimental here, but I'd like to think Billy is telling Chuck about his faithful pooch Little Queenie right now.

12:18pm Gaylord Fields:

And right on cue, Joe!

12:19pm MattBelow:

@Gaylord: They don't call 'im the People's Champ for nuthin'!

12:20pm Cooh John:

Great to meet you, Gaylord. I was wondering if my limerence for WFMU was unhealthy. But after being there the relationship is no longer virtual.

12:20pm Bootsie:

The Killer!! I think the the Reaper is a-scared of him.

12:20pm Stevel:

Never heard that Kinks cut. Almost as fast as The Dickies.

Talk about an eternal artist. You hear Chuck Berry everywhere. He made a whole bunch of building blocks that you can't work without if you claim to play rock and roll.

12:21pm Gaylord Fields:

Yes, Joe is, Matt. He certainly is.

12:21pm Cecile:

Hey, Joe!

12:21pm bex:

Anyone near 3rd floor? I locked myself out whoops. Not urgent tho

12:21pm Allen Hill:

Bio!

12:22pm Joe B:

Greetings all! thanks for tuning in/checking in! and thanks everyone who contributed to the marathon! and for the kind words here today on the playlist. and todd for a comment i won't have to edit ...

12:23pm Cecile:

What a fundraiser! I bet it's great to not have to wait until Monday or Tuesday to make the goal! Wonderful!

12:26pm Gaylord Fields:

Wow, Allen Hill — one of Chuck's many rock & roll children — just checked in!

12:27pm nickybones:

Congrats to you and the whole station, Joe! Kicked ass.

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12:28pm Hoboken Jack:

I TOLD YOU I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY oh wait it's over

12:37pm Joe B:

terrible song to play not having had lunch yet - onion soup, hot dog grill ...

12:37pm Miss Georgia Peach:

Sounding great today, Joe! Keep the Chuck comin

12:41pm Planet Tyler:

Made the mistake last month of saying "We still have Chuck Berry"

12:42pm Eric Hat:

FLG

12:43pm SmokinJ:

@Planet Tyler: We still do! :)

12:44pm Cooh John:

Got to see ELO play 'Roll Over, Beethoven' where the double bass was played like a guitar and a single green laser squiggled on the ceiling. Cutting edge rock theatrics in the 70's.

12:45pm Joe B:

ELO great version. thanks for coming down this weekend John!

12:50pm Mark in Toronto:

Shout out to Johnny Moped's version of Little Queenie, sung in hilarious falsetto.

12:52pm Cecile:

I know Dave Edmunds has done some smoking Berry covers.

12:53pm Greg from ZONE 5:

Congrats on another great Marathon, Joe B!

12:53pm Angela:

Four times today the player online has just stopped playing. I don't think it's the sound cutting out, it's like the player pauses after a time. When I push play the set starts over from the beginning, and I instead have to closer the player and reopen it from the website.

12:54pm Cooh John:

Thanks Joe. It was a great experience. On par with the time I got to sing Johnny B. Goode with Eddie Angel backing me.

12:57pm Mark in Toronto:

Mr. Edmunds has covered at least 4 or 5 Chuck Berry songs. Also good is Shadows of Knight doing Let It Rock

12:57pm blee:

Rock In Peace

1:01pm Todd-o-phonic Todd:

I've only heard Ronnie Hawkins sing "Forty Days" I think. I just assumed the penal code in Canada called for an extra 10 days.

1:02pm Joe B:

get ready to hear it again!

1:03pm Mark in Toronto:

Don't forget a semi-obscure B-side called Drifting Heart, beautifully covered by Tav Falco's Panther Burns

1:03pm Mark in Toronto:

Todd, it has to do with the exchange rate.

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1:04pm Hoboken Jack:

I have 40, do I hear 50 days? Going once, going twice....

1:05pm Hackensack Slim:

I'll see your 30 Days and raise you 10.

Great job these past two weeks Joe and All of WFMU.

1:05pm Amanda Nazario:

By my count it will be 70 days before he gets home

1:05pm Gaylord Fields:

@Mark in Toronto: I'm no Canadian lawyer, but I believe there's a hate-crimes statute that adds 10 days to any maple-syrup-related infraction.

1:06pm Clïff in Prägůe:

Canada even has a Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve (look it up, it's true)

1:07pm Gaylord Fields:

@Amanda: The rock & roll recidivism rate is rather high, alas.

1:07pm Andal:

@Gaylord, great to see you at the finale last night. It made me so happy that fmu made the goal ahead of time!!

1:09pm Gaylord Fields:

@Andal: Thanks! It's a great feeling!

1:09pm Parq:

I'm late joining the conversation, but I just had to say how much I enjoyed Chuck's "My Dream" at the end of the first set.

1:10pm fred:

@Cliff: Does NJ have a strategic reserve of pork roll/Taylor ham?

1:11pm Clïff in Prägůe:

fred, if they don't, they should!

1:13pm Mark in Toronto:

Thanks Joe. It's such an atypical song.

1:15pm Matt F:

The In Living Stereo Version with Lead Handclaps!

1:16pm Joe B:

one of the songs the capitol versions improved on. she's a woman was another

1:16pm Frank Above:

What? No Decca audition of Memphis?

1:18pm KP:

Best punchline ever: Send more Chuck Berry!

1:18pm MattBelow:

@Matt F: Being allowed to use the EMI 4-track machine sure made them do some wacky overdubs!

1:18pm Gaylord Fields:

@Joe B: The Capitol version of "She's a Women" is so echo-drenched, it's practically a different song!

1:19pm KP:

Congratulations to Joe and the station. These times deserve WFMU!

1:20pm Gaylord Fields:

@KP: SNL's funniest/greatest moment. I do not exaggerate.

1:23pm Woo:

The version Reelin' on the London Sessions is great musically, a bit much with the extra raunchy lyrics.

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1:25pm Curious:

Question: Do you DJs keep notebooks or something to list songs that you don't want to forget to play when an artist dies? Or when the time comes, you just wing it? Signed, Curious

1:26pm Cecile:

off to a meeting, back soon I hope.

1:26pm Scott C. from New Hartford:

A tippo the space helmet to you Joe, and to Todd and Gaylord and the whole proud crowd at WFMU for another miracle marathon! I'm loving the selections this afternoon. Hail hail Chuck Berry!

1:26pm Joe B:

winging it today. i do have a list for one artist that shall remain nameless as to not jinx it

1:26pm Gaylord Fields:

@Woo: Yep, there's a lot more mucus play in that version.

1:27pm tadpoles:

Hey Joe. Possible to play "No Particular Place To Go"? One of the first singles I ever bought as a teen.

1:28pm Gaylord Fields:

Howdy, @Scott! Glad you're enjoying Joe's Berry pickings as much as I am!

1:28pm Mark in Toronto:

Is it Little Richard? Bob Dylan? Paul McCartney? Ringo Starr?

1:29pm SmokinJ:

Chuck just fucking Rocks!

1:31pm Michael 98145:

^ yup

1:32pm Tim 07030:

Hi Joe, hi everybody. Last night was a blast, glad I could be there!

1:32pm Tom from Greenbelt MD:

A little Brown Eyed Handsome Man perhaps?

1:33pm JoshJoshJosh:

Great show! Can you play the Animals version of Around and Around?

1:35pm Frank Above:

Cheers Joe!

1:39pm Dominick:

These kids ain't half bad

1:40pm Tim 07030:

Listening to my older sisters' records growing up, I think I played The Beatles 'Rock and Roll Music' (not this version) and The Faces 'Memphis' more than anything else. I am also pretty sure that it was a long time before I knew they were a) covers and b) written by the same person!

1:40pm Scott C. from New Hartford:

I always love hearing "All Aboard", in which Chuck hops a train that first winds its way through my neck of the woods "...Albany and on we go/Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo"

1:41pm MattBelow:

And they say the Beatles were only showtune thumpers...HA!

1:43pm Dominick:

Yessssssssssssssssss!

1:43pm Gaylord Fields:

Macca knows baseball rules about as well as Chuck does! (I think the Grateful Dead's version gets the count right, so I give them credit for that.)

1:44pm Parq:

"Promised Land" always makes me think of the Midtown Tunnel scene in the first Men in Black movie.

1:44pm Miss Georgia Peach:

ZYDECO? Hell yeah!

1:45pm Mark in Toronto:

Can't we get Johnnie Allan to say "...terminal zone" instead of "...terminal gate" so that it rhymes?

1:47pm Tim 07030:

I wonder how many people have dialed Tidewater 4 10 0 9 in the last 48 hours?

1:49pm Parq:

"He's not dead. He just went home."

1:51pm blee:

no particular place to go!

1:51pm tadpoles:

Genius! thanks Joe!

1:51pm Dominick:

don't call it a comeback

1:54pm axlotl:

Aw, I was waiting for The Germs' cover of this :-)

1:56pm axlotl:

YAY!

1:56pm Matt ww:

Belock 'n' Roll baby!

2:03pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Hello Joe et al. WE Done did it!... Then the bittersweet..."Hail Hail Rock n Roll".

2:08pm Dominick:

At'sa nice a boss

2:10pm KevinfromBayRidge:

Nobody outside the FMU world could possibly do the tributes that you are doing now and other FMUers will continue to do this week. Thanks Joe.

2:13pm Cecile:

back!

2:14pm Cecile:

I'll have to listen to Promised Land when the archives are up.

2:14pm Slaboch:

Congrats on a great marathon!!!

2:15pm Cubicle Carl:

Crazy Arms was a different Chuck Berry vibe than the usual. Nice.

2:17pm Michael 98145:

whoa, thank you, Joe

2:18pm Gaylord Fields:

Part of the genius of "Nadine" is revealed in the last verse, when Chuck explains why she's worth all the tsuris.

2:19pm Cecile:

Skyhooks did a great version of Let It Rock. Australian bands loved their Chuck Berry. I swear in 1975-76 every band had to release a cover of his.

2:20pm Cooh John:

Talk about freeform, my dad heard Maybellene played over and over continuously on a radio station when the song came out.

2:20pm SmokinJ:

Fuck the cover bands. This is CHUCK!

2:22pm Gaylord Fields:

@Cecile: AC/DC, as just one example, owes a huge debt to Chuck.

2:23pm Cooh John:

Cecile, I saw Skyhooks! Can't remember what they played.

2:23pm Cecile:

Cool, CJ!

Here it is if you're interested:
www.youtube.com...

2:25pm Cecile:

Gaylord, exactly. I'd watch Countdown (the AB of that era down under) and just about everyone would do a Chuck Berry cover if they didn't have a record out. It was a great way to learn the back catalog!

2:26pm Clïff in Prägůe:

You used to live in Australia Cecile?

2:26pm Cecile:

Yeah, I lived there from 75-76 while my dad was teaching down there. I lived through Abba-mania.

2:28pm bill:

Hendrix' Johnny B. Goode has the happiest guitar I ever heard

2:28pm Michael 98145:

well awright

2:29pm Gaylord Fields:

@Cecile: What an exciting time to be in Australia!

2:30pm Clïff in Prägůe:

Abbastralia, you could call it

2:32pm Michael 98145:

chuck woof moo

2:32pm Clïff in Prägůe:

Still can't get over Australia almost ruining Eurovision last year by, like, trying to win it and stuff.

2:32pm Richard:

or Australiabba

2:34pm Gaylord Fields:

I'm always amazed by the things that Aussies go absolutely bug-eyed pee-pants gaga over, like Abba or Seinfeld.

2:34pm Sissophonic Cheryl:

Thanks for this one, Joe!!

2:34pm Clïff in Prägůe:

But do they like Lady Gaga?

2:36pm MD:

Hail Hail WFMU!!! HAIL HAIL ROCK AND ROLL!!!

2:40pm Cecile:

they LOVE Eurovision, too. Now they are officially part of the song contest!

I got turned on to Monty Python and Roger Glover's the Butterfly Ball when I was down there, too.

Billy Joel, Blondie, and Little Feat all came to Australia and people adored them. After that, they all went back to the States and started doing very well.

About Gaga, I don't know. Probably doing quite well down there.

2:41pm Gaylord Fields:

@Cecile: Have you been back in recent years?

2:42pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

Man I wish this whole show would go on another 3 hrs.

2:42pm Cecile:

No, sadly. I'd love to go back. My old high school classmates checked in with me a few years back...

2:43pm Clïff in Prägůe:

I'd love to go to Australia or New Zealand someday. It's on my bucket list.

2:44pm Michael 98145:

- that sez it all

2:44pm Cecile:

I would bet dollars to donuts that were there members of the Stooges and MC5 in that audience.

2:47pm Cecile:

it's like hotels without a 13th floor. Bad luck

2:49pm Joe B:

ah great point!

2:49pm Cecile:

that's just a guess. but maybe?

2:51pm Uncle Michael:

I'm back in Kansas and I'm missing the station.

2:51pm JakeGould:

Australians love Maria Bamford, a comedian that most people in the U.S. don’t know about.

2:52pm Cecile:

ah, you got to Havana Moon!

2:52pm JakeGould:

Get this guy off the stage! I paid to see Pink Floyd!

2:52pm Cecile:

They love Scharpling down there, too, I'm told.

Maria Bamford is brilliant.

2:54pm Power Papi:

I think Havana Moon was the inspiration for Richard Berry's Louie Louie

2:54pm Mike:

Club Nitty Gritty?

2:57pm Michael 98145:

what a sweet set

2:58pm Cecile:

thanks, joe!

3:01pm Dungaroos Kipawah:

Saw Chuck in '88 at the Poughkeepsie civic center--he was backed by local dweebs improbably named Fat Max and the Bluescasters. It made no difference to us, it was like going to Mt. Olympus or getting an audience with the Pope. At the concert's end, Chuck invited the audience onstage to dance during "Johnny B. Goode". Pure shit show. As Chuck was duckwalking, a 13 year old kid touched Chuck's arm--Chuck took three fingers and poked the kid in the sternum--hard!--and pushed the acolyte about 3 feet back. I turned to my buddy and said, "rule #1: you don't touch Chuck." In all ways, nobody does, even now.

Artist	Title	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
MC5	Back In The USA	The Big Bang	Rhino	1970/2000		0:00:00 Pop-up)
Flamin' Groovies	Sweet Little Rock & Roller	Slow Death: Amazin' High Energy Rock n' Roll 1971-73!	Norton	2002		0:02:21 Pop-up)
David Bowie	Round and Round	Sound + Vision	Rykodisc	1973/1989	originally b-side of drive-in saturday	0:05:41 Pop-up)
Creatures of the Golden Dawn	Almost Grown	various - American Graffiti Revisited		2003		0:08:23 Pop-up)
The Kinks	Too Much Monkey Business (alternate take)	s/t	Castle	1964/1998		0:10:38 Pop-up)
Thee Headcoats	Jaguar and Thunderbird	Earls Of Suavedom	Crypt	1989		0:13:10 Pop-up)
The A-Bones	Tulane	Ears Wide Shut	Norton	2014		0:15:33 Pop-up)
Jerry Lee Lewis	Little Queenie	Original Golden Hits Vol. 1	Sun	1959		0:17:50 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	My Dream	San Francisco Dues	Chess	1971		0:20:21 Pop-up)

Chuck Berry	Ramona Say Yes	7"	Chess	1966		0:31:22 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Trick or Treat	You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966	Hip-O Select	1963/2009	seasonal classic	0:33:59 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	It's My Own Business	Fresh Berry's	Chess	1965		0:35:20 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Jo Jo Gunne	The Chess Box	MCA	1958/1988		0:37:33 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Route 66 (take 10)	You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966	Hip-O Select	1961/2009		0:40:12 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Bio	Bio	Chess	1973	for allen hill	0:43:04 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Down The Road Apiece	The Chess Box	MCA	1960/1988		0:47:37 Pop-up)
Jim & Jesse	Johnny B. Goode			1965?	from Berry Pickin' in the Country - live version found on the internets	0:50:18 Pop-up)
David Marks	on Chuck Berry					0:52:45 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Sweet Little Sixteen	The Great Twenty-Eight	MCA	1982		0:54:18 Pop-up)
Beach Boys	School Day	Keepin' the Summer Alive	Caribou	1980		0:57:13 Pop-up)
Ronnie Hawkins	Thirty Days	The Best Of Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Rhino	1958/1990		1:00:14 Pop-up)
Ronnie Hawkins	Forty Days	The Best Of Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Rhino	1958/1990		1:02:29 Pop-up)

Chuck Berry	Drifting Heart	The Chess Box	MCA	1956/1988		1:11:10 Pop-up)
Beatles	Roll Over Beethoven	The Beatles' Second Album	Capitol	1964	for Erik Paparozzi and Dennis Diken	1:13:41 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Liverpool Drive	The Chess Box	MCA	1964/1988		1:16:37 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Betty Jean	The Chess Box	MCA	1960/1988		1:19:34 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Reelin' and Rockin'	The Great Twenty-Eight	MCA	1982		1:21:41 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Maybellene	The Chess Box	MCA	1955/1988		1:24:56 Pop-up)

Beatles	Memphis	Live at the BBC	Apple	1963/1994		1:33:41 Pop-up)
Beatles	I'm Talking About You	On Air: Live at the BBC Vol. 2	Apple	1963/2013		1:36:03 Pop-up)
Beatles	Rock and Roll Music	Live at the BBC	Apple	1964/1994		1:38:16 Pop-up)
Paul McCartney	Brown-Eyed Handsome Man	Run Devil Run	Capitol	1999		1:40:01 Pop-up)
Johnnie Allan	Promised Land	various - Another Saturday Night: Classic Recordings From the Louisiana Bayous	Ace	1972/1990	for matt f and dr ike! Belton Richard on accordian	1:42:12 Pop-up)
Dave Edmunds	Promised Land	The Dave Edmunds Anthology 1968-1990	Rhino	1972/1993	for cecile. originally on the Rockpile LP	1:44:33 Pop-up)
Elvis Presley	Promised Land	Elvis At Stax	Legacy	1973/2013	for rob santos	1:47:37 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	No Particular Place To Go	The Chess Box	MCA	1964/1988	by request from tadpoles on the comments board	1:49:39 Pop-up)
The Animals	Around and Around	The Complete Animals	EMI	1964/1990	another comments board request!	1:54:10 Pop-up)
The Germs	Around and Around					1:55:48 Pop-up)
David Bowie	Almost Grown	Bowie at the Beeb	Virgin	1971/2000		1:57:24 Pop-up)

Chuck Berry	Anthony Boy	The Chess Box	MCA	1959/1988		2:06:27 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Thirteen Question Method	New Juke Box Hits	Chess	1960		2:08:17 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Crazy Arms	The Chess Box	MCA			2:10:30 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Nadine (Is That You?)	7"	Chess	1964		2:12:45 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Beautiful Delilah	The Great Twenty-Eight	MCA	1982		2:15:10 Pop-up)
Shadows Of Knight	Let It Rock	Gloria	Sundazed	1966/1998		2:17:34 Pop-up)
Rolling Stones	Bye Bye Johnny	More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)	ABKCO	1964/2002		2:19:17 Pop-up)
Rolling Stones	Come On	More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)	ABKCO	1963/2002		2:21:13 Pop-up)
Rolling Stones	Little Queenie	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!	ABKCO	1970/2002		2:23:15 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Guitar Boogie	You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966	Hip-O Select	1963/2009	live in Detroit 1963. sorry operator error cut this track off!	2:28:10 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Let It Rock	You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966	Hip-O Select	1963/2009	live in detroit 1963	2:29:41 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Almost Grown	You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966	Hip-O Select	1963/2009	live in detroit 1963	2:31:56 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	You Never Can Tell: His Complete Chess Recordings 1960-1966	Hip-O Select	1963/2009	live in detroit 1963 - going out to Tomophobic Tom	2:36:43 Pop-up)

Chuck Berry	Downbound Train	The Chess Box	MCA	1955/1988		2:48:27 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Havana Moon	The Great Twenty-Eight	MCA	1956/1988		2:51:07 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Oh Baby Doll	The Chess Box	MCA	1957/1988		2:54:12 Pop-up)
Chuck Berry	Chuck's Beat	Two Great Guitars	Checker	1964		2:57:08 Pop-up)

March 20, 2017

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