I love this song, I've listened to a few other versions of it but as is usually the case I much prefer Elvis' version
Elvis Presley
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The man was unique he could sing the blue's, country, rock and roll gospel what ever and be the best at it. Fantastic showman as well he had it all and lost it
Always liked this one - from one of his best films:
Think these are two great songs.
I don't know if there's a stronger performance by anyone of anything than that Elvis in If I can dream video starting this thread. Absolutely incredible. I can understand the argument about a 'musician' who doesn't write songs and Elvis being a performer rather. But if you could take other other people's songs and make them your own like he's done time and time again, it doesn't matter how you're defined. He was out of this world. And sadly, he really has been out of it for over 30 years...
Undoubtedly a performer and singer, but never rung any bells for me...apart from Suspicious Minds, quite like that one.
See I actually prefer this version. I think it's more powerful.
I'm reading 'Elvis: What Happened?' at the minute, it's a very good book, aside from the fact that one minute we're in 1973 and then we're back in the 50's - a constant and quite annoying theme.
But you do get an image into more of than man as opposed to the performer. He was a strange person in many ways. Deeply troubled. I guess that happens when you reach a certain level of stardom though. There's your world and then there's reality.
He was fiercely anti-drug Elvis. I don't know if you know the story behind that picture; you probably do.
Nixon made him some sort of offical in the fight against drugs if my memory is right. Elvis never accepted he took drugs because his drugs were prescription
As for Elvis not being a musician, thats not really true. The man could play guitar and piano. That's what musicians do, they play instruments.
A musician, however, does not have to be a song-writer also.
A musician, however, does not have to be a song-writer also.
My favourite.
This guy has so much underrated material it's untrue.
Also, this is a slightly different version to the one Mockney posted on the previous page, but it's superior IMO.
I was brought up on a diet of Elvis cos my dad loved him and had, I thought, all of his records but then when my dad remarried, it was to a woman who really DID have all his records and then I knew what being an Elvis fan was all about.
To this day, she goes to Gracelands every year like some kind of pilgrimage and with the advent of fast broadband, p2p sharing and DVD burners, she's able to fill in those missing gaps from her collection.
It's like a never-ending nightmare.
Having said that, it is easy to see what people saw in Elvis. Ridiculously good-looking, a voice that could send angels packing and was as cool as a guy with just one body could be back in his heyday.
Of course, he didn't write any of his own songs and the few on which he is given song-writing credits was probably because he contributed the odd word or chord here and there - he had a very canny manager who took a hefty slice of his profits for himself so I'm sure he did what was necessary to get the Presley name on whatever he could get away with.
The fact of the matter is though that many of the top song-writers of the day were persuaded to let Elvis sing their songs for far below what would have been the normal royalty rate because, quite simply, if Elvis sung your song, it was going to sell and you would make more from a cut-price-percentage from a song given to Elvis than the normal % offered by anyone else.
Anyways, you might think that I hate Elvis but I don't and there are plenty of songs which I can listen to.
Perhaps my favourites, off the top of my head, are:-
American Trilogy - possibly one of the greatest live performances ever
Snowbird
In The Ghetto
Dont Cry Daddy
Blue Moon (from the Sun era)
Mystery Train (ditto)
Kentucky Rain
And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind
I'm Leavin' (possibly one of the best intros to a song ever)
There are probably a few I've forgotten.
To this day, she goes to Gracelands every year like some kind of pilgrimage and with the advent of fast broadband, p2p sharing and DVD burners, she's able to fill in those missing gaps from her collection.
It's like a never-ending nightmare.
Having said that, it is easy to see what people saw in Elvis. Ridiculously good-looking, a voice that could send angels packing and was as cool as a guy with just one body could be back in his heyday.
Of course, he didn't write any of his own songs and the few on which he is given song-writing credits was probably because he contributed the odd word or chord here and there - he had a very canny manager who took a hefty slice of his profits for himself so I'm sure he did what was necessary to get the Presley name on whatever he could get away with.
The fact of the matter is though that many of the top song-writers of the day were persuaded to let Elvis sing their songs for far below what would have been the normal royalty rate because, quite simply, if Elvis sung your song, it was going to sell and you would make more from a cut-price-percentage from a song given to Elvis than the normal % offered by anyone else.
Anyways, you might think that I hate Elvis but I don't and there are plenty of songs which I can listen to.
Perhaps my favourites, off the top of my head, are:-
American Trilogy - possibly one of the greatest live performances ever
Snowbird
In The Ghetto
Dont Cry Daddy
Blue Moon (from the Sun era)
Mystery Train (ditto)
Kentucky Rain
And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind
I'm Leavin' (possibly one of the best intros to a song ever)
There are probably a few I've forgotten.
For those who like this kind of thing, do a little research on a guy called Jon Cotner.
Some people look like Elvis, some people sound like Elvis, very few people pull both off and very few people are around about the same age as Elvis would be if he was alive today.
There are some people who even believe Jon Cotner IS Elvis and I can see why, to be truthful, because the resemblance visually and aurally is uncanny.
The fact that he apparently comes from the same part of America and so speaks with the same accent just makes it... weird...
Some people look like Elvis, some people sound like Elvis, very few people pull both off and very few people are around about the same age as Elvis would be if he was alive today.
There are some people who even believe Jon Cotner IS Elvis and I can see why, to be truthful, because the resemblance visually and aurally is uncanny.
The fact that he apparently comes from the same part of America and so speaks with the same accent just makes it... weird...