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Date of issue: 08.03.2016
Song language: English
Story of Bo Diddley |
Now let’s hear the story of Bo Diddley |
And the rock 'n' roll scene in general |
Bo Diddley was born Ellis McDaniels |
In a place called McCoom |
Mississipi about 1926 |
He moved to Chicago about 1938 |
Where his name was eventually changed |
To Bo Diddley |
He practiced the guitar everyday and sometimes into the night |
Till his papa’s hair began to turn white |
His pa said, «Son, listen hear, I know |
You can stay but that guitar has just gotta go» |
«So he pulled his hat down over his eyes |
Headed out for them western skies» |
I think Bob Dylan said that |
He hit New York City |
He began to play at the Apollo in Harlem |
Good scene there, everybody raving |
One day, one night, came a Cadillac with four head lights |
Came a man with a big, long, fat, cigar |
Said, «C'mere son, I’m gonna make you a star» |
Bo Diddley said, «Uh, what’s in it for me?» |
Man said, «Shut your mouth son |
Play the guitar and you just wait and see» |
Well, that boy made it, he made it real big |
And so did the rest of the rock 'n' roll scene along with him |
And a white guy called Johnny Otis took Bo Diddleys rhythm |
He changed it into handjive and it went like this |
In a little old country town one day |
A little old country band began to play |
Add two guitars and a beat up saxophone |
When the drummer said, «Boy, those cats begin to roam» |
Oh, baby oh we oh oh |
Ooh, la la that rock 'n' roll |
Ya, hear me oh we oh oh |
Ooh, la la that rock 'n' roll |
Then in the U.S. music scene there was big changes made |
Due to circumstances beyond our control, such as payola |
The rock 'n' roll scene died after two years of solid rock |
And you got discs like ah |
«Take good care of my baby |
Please don’t ever make her blue», and so forth |
About, ah, one year later in a place called Liverpool in England |
Four young guys with mop haircuts began to sing stuff like, ah |
«It's been a hard days night and I’ve been workin' like a dog», and so on |
In a place called Richmond in Surrey, way down in the deep south |
They got guys with long hair down their back singin' |
«I wanna be your lover baby, I wanna be your man yeah», and all that jazz |
Now we’ve doin' this number, Bo Diddley, for quite some time now |
Bo Diddley visited this country last year |
We were playin' at the club a Gogo in Newcastle, our home town |
And the doors opened one night and to our surprise |
Walked in the man himself, Bo Diddley |
Along with him was Jerome Green, his Maraca man |
And the Duchess, his gorgeous sister |
And a we were doin', doin' this number |
Along with them came the Rolling Stones, the Mersey Beats |
They’re all standin' around diggin' it |
And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin' |
He turned around to Jermone Green |
And he said, «Hey, Jerome |
What do you think these guys doin' our, our material?» |
Jerome said, «Uh, where’s the bar man, please show me to the bar» |
He turned around the Duchess |
And he said, «Hey Duch |
What do you think of these young guys doin' our material?» |
She said, «I don’t know |
I only came across here to see |
The changin' of the guards and all that jazz» |
Well, Bo Diddley looked up at me and he said |
With half closed eyes and a smile |
He said, «Man…,» an' took off his glasses |
He said, «Man, that sure is the biggest load of rubbish… |
I ever heard in my life» |
Hey, Bo Diddley |
Oh, Bo Diddley |
Yeah, Bo Diddley |
Oh, Bo Diddley |
Yeah, Bo Diddley |
Oh, Bo Diddley |
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Baby Let Me Take You Home | 1996 |
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