Back in the USSR from the source

Chuck Berry, Back In The U.S.A., single, 1959

[B-side = Memphis, Tennessee]

Oh well, oh well, I feel so good today,
We touched ground on an international runway
Jet propelled back home, from overseas to the U. S. A.

New York, Los Angeles, oh, how I yearned for you
Detroit, Chicago, Chattanooga, Baton Rouge
Let alone just to be at my home back in ol' St. Lou.

Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of the Delaware Bay
You can bet your life I did, till I got back to the U. S. A.

Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner café
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day
Yeah, and a juke-box jumping with records like in the U.S.A.

Well, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
Yes, I'm so glad I'm livin' in the U.S.A.
Anything you want, we got right here in the U.S.A.

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Un petit air de…

… West side story.

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The Beach Boys, California Girls / Brian Wilson / Mike Love, 1965, in album Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there

The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel all right
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night

I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a french bikini on Hawaii island
Dolls by a palm tree in the sand

I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the States
Back to the cutest girls in the world

I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)

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Quatre garçons dans le vent, je crois le vent les a ôtés

Léo Ferré, Pauvre Rutebeuf (1955), int. Circa 1990

Joan Baez, Pauvre Rutebeuf, in album Farewell, Angelina, 1965

Paul McCartney, Back In The USSR, live in Kiev's Independence Square, 14/06/2008, from NOVY TV Channel

un peu plus de yaourt ?

Paul McCartney, Back in the USSR, Moscou, Place Rouge, 2003

Ce n'est plus la même voix.

John Lennon n'est plus à la guitare.

Authentic live

Bon Jovi, Back In The USSR, live in Gl. Estrup Denmark 19/06/2008

Roulé à la main sous les aisselles.

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