Chuck Berry always seemed to be having issues with women and cars at the same time. There was the chick whose “safety belt wouldn’t budge” and in this song there is the famously lead-footed temptress Maybellene who has stolen the heart of the singer by cheating on him with another dude. The problem for him is that despite his best efforts, she’s also got a faster car to escape the scene with!
A big hit upon its release, more than one million copies of Maybellene were sold and it was ranked in the top five of that year’s song releases. It is also considered one of the first true rock and roll songs combining all the elements we know and love about rock. It wasn’t a bee-bob song with a little edge, this was pure, uncut rock and roll. The song combines the holy trinity of old school rock. Girls, cars, and speed! Undoubtedly you have heard this song before, probably 100 times. It never gets old…at least not to us.
Press play below to hear Chuck Berry play Maybellene!
Chuck Berry rules !
Listen to “You can’t catch me”, best car song ever;
Great lyrics.
“Cause if you get too close, you know I’m gone like a cool cool breeze”
“Fuel consumption way too fast
Let’s get on home before we run out of gas”
His Flight de Ville has hide away wings.
One of my heroes.
https://youtu.be/9jKrHzps0XM
Rainwater blowin under my hood, new that was doin my motor good. Seemed to write about Fords and Cadillacs a lot, except for the Cherry red 53 they drove down to Orleans for their anniversary !