A great number of music’s most esteemed lot — from Keith Richards to John Lennon — have claimed to owe a huge debt to Chuck Berry. After all, in addition to being the rock era’s original singer/songwriter, the man practically invented rock n’ roll guitar. Few of the 1960s flock he influenced were so blatant in imitating Berry’s style as Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, however, who initially held the sole songwriting credit on “Surfin’ USA”. Turns out, the song borrows substantially from the melody, meter and even the “it’s spreading ’round the land”, locale-dropping ethos of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”. Berry responded with legal action, and suffice it to say, “Surfin USA” is now credited to Berry/Wilson. Stay tuned for more — believe it or not, this isn’t the only instance where the Beach Boys appropriated Chuck Berry’s material.
See also:
Louis Jordan vs. Chuck Berry vs. The Beach Boys
Yep this one is CLASSIC.I’m surprised this one wasn’t on here sooner.
I’ve got a similarity you might want to use.
Television – Marquee Moon (1977)
and
Interpol – Obstacle 1 (2002) Starts at 0:08.
Thanks! I think somebody submitted this to me a while back but I never posted it. A lot of other Interpol songs have that similar guitar part as well.