Doom & Gloom From the Tomb

Chuck Berry - BBC Theatre, 1972

And there’s the famous BBC TV show-concert, which gives you the idea, the notion, the dilemma, the situation, I’d say. Is he pleased? Is he angry? Forget about the meaning of his performance — what is the mood even? And by the way: what is the meaning of this music? Of his music, I mean. Hmm. I do know that when they erect a proper monument to Berry in St. Louis, next to the Arch and at least as high, it needs to be an obelisk. - Matthew Friedberger