{"id":127409,"date":"2017-03-18T20:50:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T00:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=127409"},"modified":"2024-08-13T21:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T01:23:56","slug":"if-you-had-to-give-rock-n-roll-another-name-you-might-call-it-chuck-berry-john-lennon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=127409","title":{"rendered":"“If you had to give Rock ‘n’ Roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.” – John Lennon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“Memphis, Tennessee:” This is how you write a song. DAMN. There are multiple characters. An uncle who writes stuff on the wall. A mother who caused problems. There’s a location mentioned so exact you could locate it with GPS. There’s urgency in the voice telling the story. In other words – like in a novel – the voice has a need and a want. You can FEEL it. And THEN. late in the song, comes the Big Reveal. I don’t know how old I was the first time I heard this song but I was young. 9 or 10 years old. And I still remember the sensation when he reveals who Marie is. It was mind-blowing. I had to re-adjust everything I knew based on the new information. It still gets to me, to be honest.<\/p>\n

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