3A. Demo and Written exploration of Cover Songs

~Chuck Berry

~Elvis Presley

   Both these videos or songs are from back in the late 1950's, early 1960's.  They songs are called Johnny B. Good.  The first video is done by Chuck Berry (the true King), while the second one is down by the "King" Elvis Presley.  The song was originally done by Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley just used the song.  The lyrics are exactly the same in both the videos above which is kinda of surprising.  There is one verse that only Chuck Berry sang:

"He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by they would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play "

    I feel like Chuck Berry would of wanted money from Elvis Presley because Elvis used Chuck's song while preforming.  Although I believe Elvis Presley used a lot of Chuck's songs and styles.  I read somewhere that Chuck Berry started rock 'n roll, unlike the popular belief that Elvis Presley started rock 'n roll.
   The musical quality is much better in Chuck Berry's version of the song, in my opinion, because the tempo or speed is much slower and it seems much more organized throughout.  The pitch of both songs sound about the same during the whole song.
  In my opinion, Chuck Berry's song is much better.  For me Elvis Presley's version is to fast and I just do not like how quickly he sings it.  With Chuck Berry's version I get a much better appreciation for the song because it is slower and song better.  I really like how I can understand Chuck Berry's lyrics more so than Elvis Presley's version of the song.  The instruments even sound better within Chuck Berry's type of Johny B. Good.  It is also better because Chuck Berry actually started rock 'n roll; therefore, this (rock 'n roll) song should be better.  Elvis Presley has a unique performance, I will give him that, but he does not put feeling behind his lyrical notes as Chuck Berry does.