<< 18 Original song: Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry)
Dylan song: Subterranean Homesick Blues (January 1965) >>
This was very cool, Paul...thanks for sharing it! And really a weird
coincidence, because yesterday I was running and thinking about Chuck's
lyrics...certainly nothing as DEEP as Dylan but yet the immediacy of what he
speaks of, the way he instantly taps into a familiar conciousness...how can
you listen to "School Days" and not remember that glorious feeling when the
bell rings and you get to go where you wanna go?
"Soon as 3 O'clock rolls around,
you finally lay your burden down"
Or how he captures the restlessness of youth in "Almost Grown", or offers the
ultimate negotiation in "No Money Down", and the list goes on & on...
Plus, his technique of introducing a song with a guitar lick has become such
a standard - it's what Joni was aiming for with BYT!
Bob
NP: Donald Fagen, "IGY"
