Chuck Berry: You Never Can Tell
01/29/2011
Weekend Music
One of the master's less well-known but most engaging songs. I don't know whether he invented the word "coolerator" or not, but it's a great word.
I find myself hoping that Pierre and the mademoiselle are still alive and still married somewhere in east Louisiana, and that they still get up and dance to a Chuck Berry song every now and then.
I've been singing that song all week, but hearing Emmylou's version.
AMDG
Posted by: Janet | 01/29/2011 at 09:21 AM
Funny, I started to mention Emmylou's version in the post. She always has picked good songs to cover.
Posted by: Mac | 01/29/2011 at 12:11 PM
Always think of this song when I hear the Beatles' "Ob la di, ob la da."
Posted by: Beth | 01/29/2011 at 09:22 PM
Yeah, never thought about it but there's definitely a connection.
Posted by: Mac | 01/30/2011 at 11:33 AM
I can't find it online, but there's a really touching item in today's paper about a couple who got married in the mid-1940s when she was 16 and he was 28. They had to elope, and her family was furious, and everybody said it wouldn't work. They've been married almost 70 years now. He's 98 and declining fast, and she's doing everything she can to make things good for him while she can. It goes to show you never can tell.
Posted by: Mac | 01/30/2011 at 01:56 PM
Well-known though for Tarantino fans...
Posted by: Ryan C | 02/02/2011 at 07:08 PM