Portrait Of The Rocker As a Young Man...
70. Chuck Berry "Too Much Monkey Business"
The Poet Laureate of Teen America, over his signature propulsive rhythms and sped up blues licks offers a glimpse of a post-adolescent taking a long look at the goings on in the world he's entering and perceptively labeling it all 'monkey business.' In a vocal that's a great blizzard of verbiage, Chuck allows us to take a good look at the birth of a cynic, neatly portrayed in the disgusted "Ahhh.." he uses to punctuate the verses. Sounds sort of like a hep Holden Caulfield, only if Holden had a soundtrack this rockin' he might not have cracked up so easy.
The Poet Laureate of Teen America, over his signature propulsive rhythms and sped up blues licks offers a glimpse of a post-adolescent taking a long look at the goings on in the world he's entering and perceptively labeling it all 'monkey business.' In a vocal that's a great blizzard of verbiage, Chuck allows us to take a good look at the birth of a cynic, neatly portrayed in the disgusted "Ahhh.." he uses to punctuate the verses. Sounds sort of like a hep Holden Caulfield, only if Holden had a soundtrack this rockin' he might not have cracked up so easy.
