(You're the) Devil in Disguise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyK_GbGuxyA
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 June 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
Aloha Oe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLXcHWxjkQ
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 18 June 2018 16:43 (five years ago) link
If I manage to put together what feels like a substantial ballot to me, “Burning Up” will definitely be on it. From my limited received knowledge about Elvis, I’ve always gotten the feeling that it was one of the songs that his more rockist fans loathed.
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Monday, 18 June 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jTbfvsqXZQ
I keep coming back to this one, a nice rocking make-over of a Bob Wills tune.
I've got my ballot down to about 133 tracks now and it's surprising how many of them are songs associated with other artists.
― Brad C., Monday, 18 June 2018 17:25 (five years ago) link
(xpost)
And by “Burning Up,” of course I mean “Burning Love”
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Monday, 18 June 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
Beyond The Reef
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OgyRSq5w4g
deep Hawaiian blues
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 18 June 2018 17:37 (five years ago) link
re "songs associated with other artists" I was trying to think of a covers side poll that would work here but while there are songs where Elvis' version is the "definitive" one (Viva Las Vegas, Burning Love, etc) there are plenty of others not so clearly "owned" (even An American Trilogy). so I scrapped the idea.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 18 June 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
As far as overlooked soundtrack tunes, I stan for “Ito Eats” from Blue Hawaii, in which Elvis closes the gap between rockabilly stutter and calypso syncopation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1jb7o8GlrQ
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 03:01 (five years ago) link
peak cornball Elvis but I learned to love this via the Julee Cruise cover so am saving a place for it on my ballot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpULoPP14wU
― sciatica, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
Collaborative Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/user/6fd7r3gr98kppsq3m9rs1yp3y/playlist/2Tk1UwI3gEa9RVrMkxLWP5?si=ieTkiFj9RzCXfavXrzN9vQ
I added the songs mentioned in the thread so far; feel free to add more
― sciatica, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 03:35 (five years ago) link
Cool, thanks!
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 04:02 (five years ago) link
very nice, thanks
― niels, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 06:57 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9f427lGdhU
Stranger In My Own Hometown, the legendary sweary one, but the youtube is full of gorgeous photos too. & once Elvis starts cussing then James Burton loosens up with very tasty licks
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
Never heard this before, still prefer the 'Elvis in Memphis' version but this is still smoking hot.
― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
everyone pls consider voting for good time charlie’s got the blueshttp://youtu.be/eN0hpyoSYsc🕸
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
Tomorrow Is A Long Time belongs to Rod Stewart
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
Tomorrow Is A Long Time belongs to Rod Stewart...Nope
Ha! I was trying to be polite by not commenting. Elvis has the definitive version and it's not close.
Anyway friends, please dig my favorite obscure soundtrack song, the glorious Change of Habit. Please add this to the spotify playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFya3NFN_NI
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
heh I just saw your post on the other thread and have already done so!
― sciatica, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:19 (five years ago) link
Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues, where have you been all my life? What a song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
I have never even heard of the elvis Presley motion picture Change Of Habit, just how far in the weeds is that one?
― sciatica, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:22 (five years ago) link
xp yessss
i love "mystery train" so muchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_eE0NPArEY
― cr.ht (crüt), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
anyone hesitant to check out the gospel stuff should start here imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_s23-_uK4w
― sciatica, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
It's one of the very last ones he did, with Mary Tyler Moore.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 June 2018 00:03 (five years ago) link
That "Where Could I Go But to the Lord" is balm to the nerves
Here's another hot one from Elvis Country:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euzKlNlc3ps
― Brad C., Thursday, 21 June 2018 00:50 (five years ago) link
Here is another lock for my Top 5. This isn't obscure, but it doesn't get the recognition it deserves. It's absolutely perfect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59pOE3OmUi8
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 June 2018 01:08 (five years ago) link
“Burning Love” is straight up bar rock. a Jerry Lee Lewis style rave up.
i love the apocalyptic lyrics.
It's coming closerThe flames are reaching my bodyPlease won't you help meI feel like I'm slipping awayIt's hard to breathAnd my chest is a-heavingLord have mercy,I'm burning a hole where I lay
its like a Cramps song
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 21 June 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
OMG for the last 30 years I thought he was saying I'm burning the whole world away.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 June 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
Burning Love is more like a Cars song than Cramps
― cr.ht (crüt), Thursday, 21 June 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
Too bad he never recorded Fire. Bruce wrote it for him, and it would be a perfect companion to Burning Love.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 21 June 2018 18:01 (five years ago) link
I need a ton of these so keep sharing. These are some tests:
https://i.imgur.com/ylXuuiU.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/vg1Pvw7.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/ZBCAXtE.jpg
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 21 June 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
Oh my!
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 21 June 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
wow Moka!
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 21 June 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
Not too obscure but tremendous all the same
https://youtu.be/NHj2uv1fy-g
― that's not my post, Friday, 22 June 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
^Lawdy Miss Clawdy from his ‘68 comeback special.
― that's not my post, Friday, 22 June 2018 00:42 (five years ago) link
I believe that was at Scotty’s request or something to that effect
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 June 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link
those are beautiful Moka!
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 June 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
BTW, it will be ILM Artist Poll #90. Beatles solo was #89.
― Bee OK, Friday, 22 June 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link
Nice, those are some King-worthy images.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 22 June 2018 01:11 (five years ago) link
Thanks! I was just taking a guess before doing the real work... had no idea we’re at 90 now!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 22 June 2018 04:51 (five years ago) link
Damn, Moka, you rule the roll of polls
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 22 June 2018 05:24 (five years ago) link
wow, Moka, looks amazing!
― niels, Friday, 22 June 2018 08:38 (five years ago) link
Nice, Moka!
Five days to go, we have two ballots so far, I'm hoping we can get to 20 at least, though I know that Elvis isn't really ILM hot property.
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 22 June 2018 10:47 (five years ago) link
Will definitely vote, but his catalogue is so vast with more hidden gems than most other artists.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 22 June 2018 11:02 (five years ago) link
Any chance you can extend the deadline a week or so? It’s been done many times before.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 22 June 2018 11:29 (five years ago) link
Definitely voting. My ballot currently sits at 55 songs; I just need to shed a few and determine the final order.
― grawlix (unperson), Friday, 22 June 2018 11:41 (five years ago) link
I can but my ability to do the rollout is dependent on this deadline, since I'll be traveling the first half of July. If Moka can handle the rollout, though, my steady availability during the rollout isn't so important. I can handle the compilation of ballots but if Moka can do the rollout, then an extension works for me.
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 22 June 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link
xp
An extension would be nice as I’ve been invited from work as a guest to the world cup also at beginnings of July so I’ll be missing for a week
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 22 June 2018 17:02 (five years ago) link
Also I suggest a name change tonthe thread or a new one I just realized this is the voting thread! Maybe change it to
ARTIST POLL 90: ELVIS - Discussion and Voting Thread. (Deadline: 30/06/18)
Or something like that.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 22 June 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
Oops
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 30 August 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
It’s good though
We’re goin’ up,We’re goin’ down
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 August 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
haha!
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 30 August 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
J. D., what you want me to do?
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 August 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
I'm sure this was said in a meeting somewhere: "If we can find a gay African-American man who has the Billy Ray Cyrus sound and the Billy Ray Cyrus feel, we can get a billion hits on YouTube."
― clemenza, Friday, 30 August 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
Rock and Roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but POLL it.
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 August 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link