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Post by Billy Idle on Feb 12, 2022 10:52:47 GMT
No elvis discussion ?
This is good .
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Post by Billy Idle on Feb 12, 2022 10:52:58 GMT
Favourite elvis tunes ?
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Post by doug61 on Feb 12, 2022 12:31:08 GMT
Suspicious Minds for me. Honestly not much of a fan, though. Admire him more for what he did culturally than his actual performances.
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Post by jsm on Feb 14, 2022 0:10:01 GMT
I like most of the Sun rockabilly material
I always liked Viva Las Vegas as well
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Post by zeopold on Feb 14, 2022 8:20:39 GMT
There will only ever be one KING
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 14, 2022 16:22:12 GMT
Those early Sun sides are just great
I'm Left , You're Right , She's Gone - Elvis Presley with Scotty & Bill
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 18, 2022 20:21:56 GMT
Say what you like, the cat had some moves...
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Post by stu77 on Feb 19, 2022 4:19:07 GMT
In the Ghetto
His Latest Flame
Don't Cry Daddy (there is a video of his daughter singing this with Elvis as a duet a few years ago, quite touching)
Heartbreak Hotel
I remember his death very well. I was 9 at the time , we were on Blackpool prom.
It was like a member of the royal family had died. I remember thinking the Las Vegas era Elvis seemed a wrecked, tortured figure and projected an interesting take on masculinity.
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Post by doug61 on Feb 19, 2022 12:54:25 GMT
In the Ghetto His Latest Flame Don't Cry Daddy (there is a video of his daughter singing this with Elvis as a duet a few years ago, quite touching) Heartbreak Hotel I remember his death very well. I was 9 at the time , we were on Blackpool prom. It was like a member of the royal family had died. I remember thinking the Las Vegas era Elvis seemed a wrecked, tortured figure and projected an interesting take on masculinity. I always thought George Michael's "Faith" was a rather close copy of "His Latest Flame". |
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Post by andyloneshark on Feb 19, 2022 14:35:12 GMT
In the end, Las Vegas became a prison sentence for Elvis and 'The Colonel' ended up losing his fortune through sheer greed, gambling it all away.
The amount of money he squandered was staggering... Karma!
This is the first song i heard by Elvis as a small boy and it really affected me...
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 19, 2022 18:10:39 GMT
In The Ghetto is wonderful - a true classic
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Post by jsm on Jun 1, 2022 23:59:19 GMT
In The Ghetto is wonderful - a true classic It was obviously inspiring for Nick Cave as well. I remember being somewhat bemused when I first heard this back in 1984; a bit different to The Birthday Party! Still got the record
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Post by jsm on Jun 2, 2022 0:01:54 GMT
This is funny. Elvis weddings in Las Vegas under threat
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Post by jsm on Jun 2, 2022 0:12:22 GMT
Father Ted - The three ages of Elvis
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Post by zeopold on Jun 2, 2022 12:06:45 GMT
A shyster, a conman and a **** of the lowest order. He wasn't a colonel, enlisted in and discharged from the army after being certified as a psychopath, suspected of the murder of a woman in his native Holland, which is why he blocked the King from touring in Europe. |
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