Poor Chuck Berry
You have to wonder what John and the band is thinking?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-F5hv8hgLCE&pp=ygUbdGhlIGJhbGxhZCBvZiBqb2huIGFuZCB5b2tv
His facial expressions are priceless! No one else flinched. How is that possible?? Maybe John bribed (or threatened) them 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yoko has a history of screaming in songs. Remember Walking On Thin Ice? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7-xEiwvJw&ab_channel=thecatkeaton
On YT, one poster mentioned her singing was the inspiration for the horrible dial up modem screeching sounds of yesteryear. I am a 90's young person, I remember that. I have to wonder what an elderly Yoko thinks when she sees the clips?
Oh, man, Chuck's eyes when she starts up the first time...! I love that he maintains his performance while his eyes try to pop out of his head like a cartoon character. He held the performance together, though. Mostly.
shareYeah, he was very professional throughout but his expressions were hysterical. You could really feel for him. I wonder how John didn't see it?
shareIf I recall correctly, John's kinda rockin' out all over the place. He was having such fun being with Chuck Berry that he probably barely noticed anything about what was going on. In an interview, he said that, upon meeting Chuck for the first time, he couldn't help it and just blurted out, "Chuck Berry! My hero!"
He also dug Yoko in ways that basically everybody else just didn't. So, the possibilities are, a) he didn't notice because he was too transported with the fun of the moment, b) he noticed but thought Yoko was awesome and his brain "translated" reactions to her "art" as positive responses, or c) he noticed and couldn't react on-camera because he was playing the song.