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

Trying to get this done, listening to Radio Free Shake Rag whilst doing so.

Euler, did you get my ballot?

Okay, finalizing, about to send via U.S. Male email.

Sent. Please let me know if you did not receive.

band perfect on this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSGGmOf_zdU

Voted!

A lot of my stuff ended up being later-period and like, half of From Elvis In Memphis, and a lot of known singles.
I should have dug in to his catalog more but I feel like I just needed to vote with my heart.

THIS way to fun times:
🖼

:D

Although tbh I skewed more 50s than 70s although I did include some of the more obvious 70s cuts

How many of you are voting for songs written by Ed Wood’s ex?

Sent!

time to push this poll across the line

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"We gotta win this race"

ok 17 ballots now, should we call it sufficient?

"We gotta win this race"

https://www.hampshire.edu/news/2015/09/29/slow-down-and-enjoy-the-17mph-ride-a-hampshire-style-tribute-for-professor-kelly

My alma mater!

Wow! What did you major in?

ok 17 ballots now, should we call it sufficient?

voted

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I will try to find the spreadsheet and tabulate these results in the next couple of days, then send them to Moka for the rollout. in the meantime I'll keep taking ballots.

https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/img/elvis/60s/elvis-1969.jpg

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Awesome! I’ll send mine today Euler.

Once you have the results send em my way and I’ll dot he images and rollout.

Already came across something I had thought about voting for and forgot about when writing up my ballot. Guy’s catalog is just too deep.

Sent my ballot!

Hope I'm not the only one voting for Crawfish, Pocketful of Rainbows and Animal Instinct as they're pretty high on my ballot and deserve a place in his best songs.

Btw, how many songs should the rollout feature? 50? 75? 100?

i voted for Crawfish!!

imo i think 50 is a good rollout?

Animal Instinct is so underrated. Almost noone namedrops it when talking Elvis. It doesn't help that it was cut from one of his worst rated movies, Harum Scarum.
Hope it makes it because it's awesome and sounds like it should've been a James Bond theme, but in case it doesn't here's for your enjoyment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpR-mzG7NT0

i voted for Crawfish!!

imo i think 50 is a good rollout?

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl)

Yay! Yeah I'll probably do 50. It depends if Crawfish is in the top 50 hehe, otherwise I'll start further down the list so it makes it.

lol stay tuned for a 200 rollout

I also voted for Crawfish.

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I guess I must be the only one who DIDN’T vote for “Crawfish.”
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No me neither. Second tier song at best imo.

You take that back

I didn't vote for it either, but I didn't get a chance to do any serious relistening, so there's a ton of deserving songs missing from my ballot.

Yeah, in the end I had um, fish or cut bait and cast a ballot, so my choices are pretty obvious, not a lot of deep cuts.

I feel like I need to say it. Anyone who didn't vote for Change of Habit ain't never caught a rabbit.

Looking forward to the rollout. Just was reminded of some good Elvis trivia I may hit you with at the appropriate moment.

I only sort of recently got into Elvis, so I still have a lot of blind spots in his discography and I'm sure that skewed my ballot a bit. I know I left off a number of deserving songs and have been second guessing it ever since I hit send.

(But I'm not second guessing my vote for Crawfish!)

CRAAAAWWWWWFIIIIIIISH

TBH getting a little impatient for the rollout to start. Posting in the thread is like spending an hour or two talking myself out to my roommate before I leave for the party

meanwhile in weird Elvis archive news

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http://www.elvisblog.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Elvis-on-Cover-April-26-1977-National-Enquirer.jpg

and last, for posterity

https://pics.me.me/omg-so-incredible-when-elvis-presley-arrived-on-his-plane-27642853.png

sorry wait one more GREAT NEWS

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zAt0hnO6l_A/UqiRK7bOqzI/AAAAAAAAYMA/67L45X6onC4/s1600/Weekly+World+News+Elvis+Cloned+1993.jpg

Saw the Eugene Jarecki film today (which I had been mixing up with the other Elvis documentary until literally after it was over, when I got some clarification from a friend)--fascinating. The very pointed Trump element is definitely heavy-handed now and again, but not to the extent (for me, at least) that it ruins the film. Chuck D is excellent. Actually, I liked all three viewpoints on the cultural-appropriation question: Chuck D, Van Jones, and David Simon. Still have to see the other film.

ok I'm finally tabulating now, so maybe we can roll out start of next week? dunno if it's standard to stick to Monday through Friday, was thinking it was but I dunno

btw listened to the 68 comeback special today, some days that's my favorite music in the world. those versions of "One Night", it's usually corny to say music sounds elemental, of the earth, but dang if those performances aren't like that, like the earth groaning

68 Comeback Special is playing in selected theaters in the US in August I am v excited

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/elvis-68-comeback-special

Thought about putting “One Night” but couldn’t quite get there.
Really my ballot is just a snapshot of how I felt that day, that hour, except for my Number One.

The '68 show gets 5-10 minutes in the Jarecki film. The Colonel wanted 25 Christmas songs!

The Colonel should have run an empire of toy factories and left human beings ie Elvis alone
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