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Post by petercheck on May 9, 2020 14:59:36 GMT
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Post by tom rogers on May 9, 2020 15:23:12 GMT
"Legend" is an often over-used word, but not here. He is a true legend. His influence is almost incalculable.
Rest in peace, Wild Thing! Thank you for ... Rock 'n Roll. ðŸ˜
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Post by tombeveridge on May 9, 2020 16:05:20 GMT
It was the early 1980s, and summer in a small (white) mill town in the Bible Belt of the South. I'd recently moved to the US. I sat in a car, sweltering in the humidity, listening to an oldies station. Suddenly, out of the car radio, Richard exploded. (I forget which song it was, but it would've been Good Golly Miss Molly, Lucille, or Long Tall Sally.) As the crazed shrieks, honking saxes, clamorous piano and driving rhythm slashed through the air, I looked at the sedate quiet little town and suddenly understood, as I'd never understood before, just why rock'n'roll was so feared in the Fifties and why its performance was an act of outstanding courage and creativity.
Thank you, Little Richard, for all of it.
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Post by tom rogers on May 9, 2020 16:32:08 GMT
It was the early 1980s, and summer in a small (white) mill town in the Bible Belt of the South. I'd recently moved to the US. I sat in a car, sweltering in the humidity, listening to an oldies station. Suddenly, out of the car radio, Richard exploded. (I forget which song it was, but it would've been Good Golly Miss Molly, Lucille, or Long Tall Sally.) As the crazed shrieks, honking saxes, clamorous piano and driving rhythm slashed through the air, I looked at the sedate quiet little town and suddenly understood, as I'd never understood before, just why rock'n'roll was so feared in the Fifties and why its performance was an act of outstanding courage and creativity. Thank you, Little Richard, for all of it. Damn Tom. You just NAILED it! Amen! |
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Post by petercheck on Nov 29, 2020 10:10:48 GMT
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