Jerry Lee Lewis RIP

[ali benarbia's studs]

Rest In Peace Jerry!

 

[andyhinch]

Of course people will focus on him getting married to his 13 year old cousin and even back then it was shocking. It pretty much ended his career. Make no mistake, he was an unpleasant person.

However, that aside, he was a force of nature and a phenomenal piano player. He basically made rock n roll sound dangerous, a bit frightening. I think him and Little Richard started the mould for what rock stars should be like - wild, out of control and outrageous. That describes pretty much describes everyone who came after them from Mick Jagger to Liam Gallagher.

He was an outrageous performer, it's been said he played the piano in the 50s with the same energy and frenetic pace that we'd associate with thrash metal nowadays. I've listened to "Live at the Star Club" over the years and I can well understand how the sheer energy and it must've blown anyone away who saw him live. He was also a superb country musician too and he did some superb stuff over the years.

I think what his passing marks though is that we've lost the last of the old time rock'n'rollers - the ones who invented it. Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly and now 'The Killer' have all gone. It's the end of an era that marked the point when the austere post-war years were ending and we started to see the birth of 'modern music'. It's quite astonishing to think that Great Balls of Fire was released in 1957 and 10 years later The Beatles release Sgt Pepper.

I'm pretty sure he won't be enjoying a warm welcome in heaven, that's for sure, but what a musician he was.

Cliff’s still here so one left :-)

 

[Barcon]

Now't wrong with fucking your 13 year old cousin if you're from Louisiana.

R.I.P Killer

 

[Blue Mist]

He's with Elvis now.

And Phil.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Of course people will focus on him getting married to his 13 year old cousin and even back then it was shocking. It pretty much ended his career. Make no mistake, he was an unpleasant person.

However, that aside, he was a force of nature and a phenomenal piano player. He basically made rock n roll sound dangerous, a bit frightening. I think him and Little Richard started the mould for what rock stars should be like - wild, out of control and outrageous. That describes pretty much describes everyone who came after them from Mick Jagger to Liam Gallagher.

He was an outrageous performer, it's been said he played the piano in the 50s with the same energy and frenetic pace that we'd associate with thrash metal nowadays. I've listened to "Live at the Star Club" over the years and I can well understand how the sheer energy and it must've blown anyone away who saw him live. He was also a superb country musician too and he did some superb stuff over the years.

I think what his passing marks though is that we've lost the last of the old time rock'n'rollers - the ones who invented it. Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly and now 'The Killer' have all gone. It's the end of an era that marked the point when the austere post-war years were ending and we started to see the birth of 'modern music'. It's quite astonishing to think that Great Balls of Fire was released in 1957 and 10 years later The Beatles release Sgt Pepper.

I'm pretty sure he won't be enjoying a warm welcome in heaven, that's for sure, but what a musician he was.

Good post that

 

[Blue Mist]

If you come from a corporate estate and fuck your 13 year old cousin you are put in jail.
If you are from hamericuh you are put in the Hall of Fame.

Hmmmm. OK
Oh and I don't get this 'but he was a great musician', so was R Kelly and Michael Jackson.


And the one from the Bay City Rollers although you have to remove the words great musician.

 

[Georgian Maestro]

 

[Bill Walker]

It's quite astonishing to think that Great Balls of Fire was released in 1957 and 10 years later The Beatles release Sgt Pepper.

Or 9 years later they released "Tomorow never Knows" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"

I always thought Little Richard was better with Lucille etc. But JLL was magnetic to watch.

That 13 year old thing is hard to take though, didn't Bill Wyman do similar, I think he was dating Mandy Smith at 13 but didn't marry her till she was 18.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Nonce and inbreeder

two reasons why its a No from me

 

[mancity1]

Good post that

Fantastic post and right on the money , never got to see him live but seen the audience reaction and boy could he put on a show and like Little Richard he broke the mould and made that piano talk and talk loud and true.

RIP Jerry you scoundrel all us males even the virtuous ones would have been mighty jealous of you in your prime.