tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post8372950369251917762..comments2024-03-19T06:59:24.269-04:00Comments on By Neddie Jingo!: A Reason to Go On Living: The Poor Boy's On the LineNeddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-24150899292185971342018-10-19T20:24:19.802-04:002018-10-19T20:24:19.802-04:00He doesn't say "swing low sweet chariot&q...He doesn't say "swing low sweet chariot", just "swing low chariot." Everyone knew where it came from, but the extra syllable blows the timing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-66987664077757854892009-02-06T14:57:00.000-05:002009-02-06T14:57:00.000-05:00The "poor boy" in the song "bypassed Rock Hill," w...The "poor boy" in the song "bypassed Rock Hill," which I bet was a sly reference by Chuck to the town where Civil Rights leader John Lewis was beaten unconscious when he dared to get off a Freedom Riders bus in 1961!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-91951315627819783232008-02-23T14:31:00.000-05:002008-02-23T14:31:00.000-05:00"borrowed"... remember that, now...."borrowed"... remember that, now....Dr Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10163590240706535188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-29825766137137332732008-01-29T06:15:00.000-05:002008-01-29T06:15:00.000-05:00zoomorphizing?zoomorphizing?Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060437136014976663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-56989316504735227412008-01-29T04:09:00.000-05:002008-01-29T04:09:00.000-05:00Great post Ned. And I always preferred Promised La...Great post Ned. And I always preferred Promised Land to Route 66. It has so much more sktdjjv.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04639265958695262241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-85104613935008025322008-01-28T14:31:00.000-05:002008-01-28T14:31:00.000-05:00Chuck Berry is one of the icons of my youth.The fi...Chuck Berry is one of the icons of my youth.<BR/><BR/>The first record album I ever bought was <I>One Dozen Berries</I> in 1958.<BR/><BR/>I was 14.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-90116637190858509322008-01-28T12:01:00.000-05:002008-01-28T12:01:00.000-05:00Great post Neddie. I always loved that song too. ...Great post Neddie. I always loved that song too. Chuck Berry never ceases to amaze me, his licks, his songs and his lyrics just plain soar, IMO. Big influence in my learning how to play many years ago now. Go Johnny GOGOGO...<BR/><BR/>PS. Played that red strat the other day. Loran loaned it to me for the weekend. Really nice neck on it, really different from my strat, a'57 remake...and great tone too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-41628728822756269052008-01-28T08:58:00.000-05:002008-01-28T08:58:00.000-05:00heh heh... he's *almost* pronouncing "Norfolk" cor...heh heh... he's *almost* pronouncing "Norfolk" correctly, too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com