JERRY LEE LEWIS The Killer Performance (Passport Music Video)

If I knew nothing of this guy�s personal life, I�d still think he reeked of bad vibes after watching this 1983 performance. There�s no comparing the early �60s, black & white �Whole Lotta Shakin� Goin� On� introduction with the rest of the stuff Lewis wheels out here; early on he looks possessed by demons, in �83 he looks like a demon personified. The camera barely moves—we see Lewis mumbling, bumbling, making oafish comments to the obviously uneasy audience. He whips out �Trouble In Mind,� �Move It On Down The Line,� and a messy version of �Me And Bobby McGee� wherein he improvises near chorus time �me and Janis Joplin and Bobby McGee.� Tell you the truth: if this was the Killer�s last performance in that movie they�re supposed to be making, I�d say they made the whole thing too melodramatic. I was in Memphis the week that this guy drove into the gates of Graceland and it would�ve made a better film. Somebody out there unleash the real Jerry Lee archives. D.D.