POLLS! POLLS! POLLS! The Elvis Presley voting and discussion thread (deadline July 5 2018)

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.

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.

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And by “Burning Up,” of course I mean “Burning Love”

Beyond The Reef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OgyRSq5w4g

deep Hawaiian blues

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.

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

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

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

Cool, thanks!

very nice, thanks

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

Never heard this before, still prefer the 'Elvis in Memphis' version but this is still smoking hot.

everyone pls consider voting for good time charlie’s got the blues

http://youtu.be/eN0hpyoSYsc🕸

Tomorrow Is A Long Time belongs to Rod Stewart

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

heh I just saw your post on the other thread and have already done so!

Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues, where have you been all my life? What a song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never even heard of the elvis Presley motion picture Change Of Habit, just how far in the weeds is that one?

xp yessss

i love "mystery train" so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_eE0NPArEY

anyone hesitant to check out the gospel stuff should start here imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_s23-_uK4w

I have never even heard of the elvis Presley motion picture Change Of Habit, just how far in the weeds is that one?

It's one of the very last ones he did, with Mary Tyler Moore.

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

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

“Burning Love” is straight up bar rock. a Jerry Lee Lewis style rave up.

i love the apocalyptic lyrics.

It's coming closer
The flames are reaching my body
Please won't you help me
I feel like I'm slipping away
It's hard to breath
And my chest is a-heaving
Lord have mercy,
I'm burning a hole where I lay

its like a Cramps song

OMG for the last 30 years I thought he was saying I'm burning the whole world away.

Burning Love is more like a Cars song than Cramps

Too bad he never recorded Fire. Bruce wrote it for him, and it would be a perfect companion to Burning Love.

I need a ton of these so keep sharing. These are some tests:

https://i.imgur.com/ylXuuiU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vg1Pvw7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZBCAXtE.jpg

Oh my!

wow Moka!

Not too obscure but tremendous all the same

https://youtu.be/NHj2uv1fy-g

^Lawdy Miss Clawdy from his ‘68 comeback special.

I believe that was at Scotty’s request or something to that effect

those are beautiful Moka!

BTW, it will be ILM Artist Poll #90. Beatles solo was #89.

Nice, those are some King-worthy images.

Thanks! I was just taking a guess before doing the real work... had no idea we’re at 90 now!

Damn, Moka, you rule the roll of polls

wow, Moka, looks amazing!

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.

Will definitely vote, but his catalogue is so vast with more hidden gems than most other artists.

Any chance you can extend the deadline a week or so? It’s been done many times before.

Definitely voting. My ballot currently sits at 55 songs; I just need to shed a few and determine the final order.

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.

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

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.

Whenever the rollout can happen, the deadline should be just before that. Moka, if you can do it the second week of July, then we can advance the deadline to the end of the first week. I can do a rollout the third week of July or the second half of next week, otherwise not until the end of August for a week, then not again until 2019. This is why I don’t volunteer to do polls...

I’m usually free this came out of the blue. I can do the rollout second week of July. Just send me the results when you have them.

So can we change the thread title to a voting call to action?

We’re goin’ up,
We’re goin’ down

haha!

J. D., what you want me to do?

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."

Rock and Roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but POLL it.