Elvis Presley

GA361

Do any members here listen to Elvis Presley.
And if so,what is your fav song?

kerash

I do! Just recently i've been listening to him more. I think Suspicious minds is my favourite, but that can change depending on my mood. Actually his version of 'my way'.. i think i prefer his to old blue eyes :eek: Of course he was a fantastic singer and I love looking at his old performances, you can really appreciate how innovative he was in his whole performance style, i would love to have seen him live. Even the old tv shows where he's doing the dance routines and lip syncing are great to watch:D

Anyway here's a fab performance from the 70's, jumpsuits ftw!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTYg2Q-vDJ0

GA361

Recently I have been listening to songs such as And the grass wont pay no mind and Amazing Grace.
All of his work is brilliant though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4wEUxvxO5A

Bubs101

Big Elvis fan. Personally prefer the ballads myself and I think Can't stop fallin in love is his best song.

Maglight

OK, 'Love me Tender' has to be number one, but 'True love travels on a gravel road' is class

curly.bert

There's a live track I heard on a knock-off "Elvis Country" CD a few years back that was absolutely amazing. 'I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water'. 'Polk Salad Annie' is another brilliant tune.

He's a bit of a figure of fun at the moment, but if you listen back to his early recordings (up till he went into the Army) he made some great records. I wholeheartedly agree that 'Love Me Tender' is one of the most beautiful bittersweet songs ever recorded.

If you haven't read them, Peter Guralnick's two books on Presley 'Last Train to Memphis' and 'Careless Love' are probably the best music biographies I've ever read.

rowlandbrowner

"The only thing Negro people can do for me is to buy my records and shine my shoes." - Elvis.

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'Burning Love' would probably be one of my favourite Elvis tracks

Woddle

Pretty much every song from Aloha from Hawaii, especially welcome to my world, fever, suspicious minds(stick it up your nose).
He also has a version of are you lonesome tonight where he laughs throughout the whole tune, truly a great song for putting you in great form.
Fool, Bridge over troubled water ( which is the best version ever of the song), so many I could be here all day, only the strong survive, seperate ways, you've lost that lovin feeling

GA361

rowlandbrowner wrote: »

"The only thing Negro people can do for me is to buy my records and shine my shoes." - Elvis.

:rolleyes:

Nah I heard that one before on youtube. . . That was just made up in an attempt to bring him down.;)

KnifeWRENCH

I always thought Elvis was overrated - his voice grates after a little while imo.

I do love "Suspicious Minds" though.

GA361

square_igloo wrote: »

I always thought Elvis was overrated - his voice grates after a little while imo.

Well they dont call him The King for nothing.

square_igloo wrote: »

I do love "Suspicious Minds" though.

You are right there.A great song indeed

rebeldiamond

I always loved 'Supicious Minds' for some reason. I guess it always reminds me of when I was small as my Dad listened to Elvis lots! And the thing is, I'm not a fan at all but I really, really like that one! I guess it just shows that sometimes music is more about the memories attached than the song itself.... Does anyone else get that with older songs- especially Elvis tunes??

GA361

rebeldiamond wrote: »

I always loved 'Supicious Minds' for some reason. I guess it always reminds me of when I was small as my Dad listened to Elvis lots! And the thing is, I'm not a fan at all but I really, really like that one! I guess it just shows that sometimes music is more about the memories attached than the song itself.... Does anyone else get that with older songs- especially Elvis tunes??

It's like you read my mind.

Steve_o

Burning Love and Suspicious Minds are my 2 favs..

DerekD Goldfish

This is quite possibly going of on a tangent but as elvis is a good example of this I thought id include my ramblings.
If you did a survey of 1,000 people and asked them for Musical Legends, Greatest Artists of all time etc, An awful lot of people would list Elvis the majority of these people would not own any Elvis albums except for maybe a best of collection or two.
Now while the same thing happens in sport people who have never seen them arguing over who was better Pele or Maradona is not uncommon at least sport being live in nature people have a good reason why they wouldnt have seen more than clips/highlights as watching a game where you know the result is usual boring.
Music is different its art and should be eternal(well if its good) so why do
A) These so called fans not invest in albums by somone they consider a "Legend"?
Name him as an all time great when they haven't been interested enough to look into the art he created

Im not slagging of Elvis over this(although im not a big fan TBH) it happens with many many other artists and it bugs me.

GA361

It's as simple as this-Elvis is the main person who was responsible for the birth of Rock and Roll.In doing so,he achieved the title of 'The King'.Therefore,it is not surprising that he is the most famous singer of all time.

Rigsby

No doubt Elvis was a great singer and entertainer, but does anyone know (I dont) how much of his material (if any) did he actually write and how much did he "borrow"

Shryke

GA361 wrote: »

It's as simple as this-Elvis is the main person who was responsible for the birth of Rock and Roll.In doing so,he achieved the title of 'The King'.Therefore,it is not surprising that he is the most famous singer of all time.

Now that is a load of sh!te. I don't love or hate Elvis, I'm just browsing, but please...

Heisenberg.

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GA361

Rigsby wrote: »

No doubt Elvis was a great singer and entertainer, but does anyone know (I dont) how much of his material (if any) did he actually write and how much did he "borrow"

He wrote a few of his own songs and he co-wrote some other s
ongs.He aquired the song writing skills of some other people to write other songs for him to sing.

Dancor

Suspicious minds, the wonder of you and his version of my way are my fav, Elvis is class.

JP Liz

Burning Love is my fav by far

D.S.

In the ghetto - great song...

Doctor J

You can't beat a bit of Elvis every now and then. The early Vegas stuff is what I listen to the most, he assembled such an incredible band, even today there is still such amazing energy off those recordings.

Favourite tune... hard to say... today it's Guitarman off the 69 Comeback Special

fish-head

I'm a man for Elvis' early stuff when he was still with Scotty Moore and Bill Black. The rockabilly stuff is what does it for me. I'd say my favourite track is 'Mystery Train'.

Adyx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXT2D5qcFgo

RIP Mic.

ZakAttak

Did Phil Coulter write a song for Elvis or is my mate winding me up. I wouldn't think its totally implausible- if this is true, does anyone know the name of the song? I'd like to hear it just out of curiosity.

Howard the Duck

return to sender and marie's the name ( of his latest flame) would be my two favourite Elvis songs

Howard the Duck

ZakAttak wrote: »

Did Phil Coulter write a song for Elvis or is my mate winding me up. I wouldn't think its totally implausible- if this is true, does anyone know the name of the song? I'd like to hear it just out of curiosity.

Yea he did can't remember the name of the song but i think i heard it and i'm pretty sure it's rubbish. I believe he is the only non American to write a song for Elvis

ZakAttak

Howard the Duck wrote: »

Yea he did can't remember the name of the song but i think i heard it and i'm pretty sure it's rubbish. I believe he is the only non American to write a song for Elvis

==>I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was sh1te, not a mad coulter fan at all. Still though, nice to see a paddy getting in there.

charlie88

curly.bert wrote: »

There's a live track I heard on a knock-off "Elvis Country" CD a few years back that was absolutely amazing. 'I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water'. 'Polk Salad Annie' is another brilliant tune.

He's a bit of a figure of fun at the moment, but if you listen back to his early recordings (up till he went into the Army) he made some great records. I wholeheartedly agree that 'Love Me Tender' is one of the most beautiful bittersweet songs ever recorded.

If you haven't read them, Peter Guralnick's two books on Presley 'Last Train to Memphis' and 'Careless Love' are probably the best music biographies I've ever read.

Yeah 'I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water' is a fantastic song my friend.. from the album "Elvis Country".. another great song on that album is "little cabin home"

Copy and paste this link for muddy water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNHrXcNNz2M

charlie88

charlie88 wrote: »

Yeah 'I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water' is a fantastic song my friend.. from the album "Elvis Country".. another great song on that album is "little cabin home"

Copy and paste this link for muddy water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNHrXcNNz2M

Sorry.. just click on the link

redradio

I dont have a favorite, the song Hurt from the late 70s on the jungle room album is very powerful and kind of sad, because you will get the felling Elvis knows time is running out

Oakboy

(Marie's The Name) His latest flame

Class. Long live the king

irlirishkev

'Stranger In My Own Home Town'
Man he was great..

Notable Elvis albums for those interested -

1956 - Elvis
1960 - Elvis Is Back
1960 - His Hand In Mine
1966 - How Great Thou Art
1969 - From Elvis In Memphis
1969 - Back In Memphis
1970 - Elvis' Country

All of the above showcase an artist truly in love with his art.

RIP.

henryporter

"Long Black Limousine" - absolute classic from 'Elvis in Memphis'. And then there's "Tomorrow is such a long time" written by a very young Robert Zimmerman (apparently his favourite cover of his songs).

nlgbbbblth

irlirishkev wrote: »

'Stranger In My Own Home Town'
Man he was great..

Notable Elvis albums for those interested -

1956 - Elvis
1960 - Elvis Is Back
1960 - His Hand In Mine
1966 - How Great Thou Art
1969 - From Elvis In Memphis
1969 - Back In Memphis
1970 - Elvis' Country

All of the above showcase an artist truly in love with his art.

RIP.

I'd also recommend

1956 - Elvis Presley
1962 - Pot Luck
1972 - Elvis Now
1973 - Raised On Rock
1974 - Good Times
1975 - Promised Land

In 2010 I made an Elvis compilation called Dig Right In which covers off my favourite deep cuts.

01 It Feels So Right (Elvis Is Back LP, 1960)
02 Do The Clam (Girl Happy OST LP, 1965)
03 Little Sister (Single, 1961)
04 Fever (Elvis Is Back LP, 1960)
05 Let Yourself Go (Speedway OST LP, 1968)
06 Any Day Now (From Elvis In Memphis LP, 1969)
07 Only The Strong Survive (From Elvis In Memphis LP, 1969)
08 If You Talk In Your Sleep (Single, 1974)
09 A Little Less Conversation (Single, 1968)
10 Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (Single, 1969)
11 Early Mornin' Rain (Elvis Now LP, 1972)
12 If You Don't Come Back (Raised On Rock LP, 1973)
13 Rubberneckin' (B-Side, 1969)
14 Just A Little Bit (Raised On Rock LP, 1973)
15 We Can Make The Morning (Single, 1971)
16 Change Of Habit (Let's Be Friends LP, 1970)
17 Animal Instinct (Harum Scarum OST LP, 1965)
18 Bossa Nova Baby (Fun In Acapulco OST LP, 1963)
19 Crawfish (King Creole OST LP, 1958)
20 Blue Moon (Elvis Presley LP, 1956)
21 Wisdom Of The Ages (Harum Scarum OST LP, 1965)
22 Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Spinout OST LP, 1966)
23 Gonna Get Back Home Somehow (Pot Luck LP, 1962)
24 Patch It Up (Single, 1970)
25 I Got A Feelin' In My Body (Good Times LP, 1974)
26 Stranger In My Own Home Town (Back In Memphis LP, 1970)
27 Edge Of Reality (Single, 1969)

new_maniac

Jailhouse Rock

Godge

ZakAttak wrote: »

Did Phil Coulter write a song for Elvis or is my mate winding me up. I wouldn't think its totally implausible- if this is true, does anyone know the name of the song? I'd like to hear it just out of curiosity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Boy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOLH63c7SG0

Call Me Jimmy

I can't help falling in love with you is my favourite.

Remember one valentines as a kid, we'd ring random numbers in the phone book and if a woman answered I just started singing that with a elvis voice! Loads of women thinking their husband had sent them a love song by telephone!

NIMAN

Elvis singing Burning Love is one of the greatest songs ever. Ever.

Edit: that 'Stranger..." song above is a belter too, never heard that one before.

stop animal cruelty

old Shep, blue moon, kentucky rain & If l can dream...but l love so many of them!!

The Gibzilla

Anyone who can't sit down and appreciate the '68 Comeback Special needs to reassess their life!

irlirishkev

The Gibzilla wrote: »

Anyone who can't sit down and appreciate the '68 Comeback Special needs to reassess their life!

He really was on fire those nights.
It was originally supposed to be a Christmas TV Special, but Elvis, backed by director, Steve Binder put his foot down. Thank feck for that!

Pantanifan84

Been to graceless and memphis twice. Burning love is my favourite elvis song. Just wondering could anyone recommend a good album from Elvis later years. Post 68 cbs. Been listening to "just can't help believing" "my boy" etc and love the tone in his voice from this period

irlirishkev

Pantanifan84 wrote: »

Been to graceless and memphis twice. Burning love is my favourite elvis song. Just wondering could anyone recommend a good album from Elvis later years. Post 68 cbs. Been listening to "just can't help believing" "my boy" etc and love the tone in his voice from this period

Graceless??

I Just Can't Help Believing is from 'That's The Way it Is'
Best available version here
My Boy is from 'Good Times', but if you buy this version of 'Promised Land', you get the best of both albums.
Promised Land

Olishi4

irlirishkev wrote: »

Graceless??

I Just Can't Help Believing is from 'That's The Way it Is'
Best available version here
My Boy is from 'Good Times', but if you buy this version of 'Promised Land', you get the best of both albums.
Promised Land

I Just Can't Help Believing is my absolute favourite.

I also like Always on my Mind. I like the Pet Shop Boys version too.

Kentucky Rain is another one.

Summer wind

My favourite Elvis songs are
1: His Latest Flame
2: Burning Love
3: Devil In Disguise
4: One Night With You
5: Dixieland