Well, good eveningmorningDon’t that sun look good going downcoming up
― 3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 July 2018 11:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0x6U1aPuk
it's time to take care of business
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
TCB in a ⚡️
― 3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nX6vC_GKlr4/VfFgiJW76bI/AAAAAAAByLA/NxfZOobP-U0/s1600/1970.%2BNail%2BSwirl.jpg
thanks to Moka for the images
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BO1V4eI.jpg
50. Elvis Presley - “Love Me” 112 points, 5 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNMKIGD07F8
classy but the following one is definitive I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxS0xRpsfgY
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:10 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/bn4Mgty.jpg
49. Elvis Presley - “Always On My Mind” 119 points, 7 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
Treat me like a fool.....
Love the images. Always On My Mind too low!
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 30 July 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GOtmGTh.jpg
48. Elvis Presley - “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” 127 points, 5 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
(Have to admit I’ve never taken the time to understand how the points weighting works on these polls)
― 3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:56 (five years ago) link
I gave 50 points for a number 1, 49 for number 2, and so on.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
i have a soft spot for this song. and it has a good bouncy rhythm
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 July 2018 14:01 (five years ago) link
That’s the first one I voted for here, but don’t mind the other two, just maybe voted for similar stuff in their “slots.”
― 3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 July 2018 14:06 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/e6INzqs.jpg
47. Elvis Presley - “It's Now Or Never” 128 points, 7 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
this one feels very Bobby Darin to me. love it tho
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 July 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
It must have been his first post-Army single that sounded different to people, like here's a new Elvis. I think of it as part of his Italian restaurant music trilogy, along with "Surrender" and "Kiss Me Quick"
― Josefa, Monday, 30 July 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UJd8LTJ.jpg
46. Elvis Presley - “Crying In The Chapel” 130 points, 7 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
oops forgot the bold
One of the things I was wondering about during the Jarecki film was whether or not Elvis was in Germany at the same time as the Beatles. They missed each other by a few months: Elvis left in March 1960, the Beatles arrived in August 1960. Not sure how close Elvis was to Hamburg...take some Llewyn Davis-like liberties there and you've got a great movie scene: Elvis gets bored and leaves his post one night, wanders into a club...
― clemenza, Monday, 30 July 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
The Beatles were pretty green at the beginning of their Hamburg residency, though; Elvis would've wondered why those skinny kids weren't getting booed off the stage.
(In 1962 they played Hamburg with Little Richard, who was sufficiently impressed that he said he'd go back to the States and tell Elvis that the Beatles were the best band in the UK.)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qedVhSs.jpg
45. Elvis Presley - “Crawfish” 132 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
lol 1 #1 vote
― Brad C., Monday, 30 July 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
Wow
― 3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
I was surprised! But then I'm currently listening to the drugs dialogue from Vegas, 2 September 1974, so to each her own...
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
Crawfish RULES! but I didnt have as my 1, i had it a fair way down my list iirc
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3t1Nl8h.jpg
44. Elvis Presley - “True Love Travels On A Gravel Road” 136 points, 5 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
so goodi love this one
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
I see that I had that one at 35.
― 3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear: my #34True Love Travels On A Gravel Road: my #37
I didn't vote for anything else that's popped up so far
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/kTM5yaA.jpg
43. Elvis Presley - “Polk Salad Annie” 142 points, 5 votes, 1 number one
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
I voted for this one too (#47). I don't even think he ever recorded this in the studio, did he? Only live versions.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:43 (five years ago) link
Two of mine placed so far 'True Love Travels...' (#3) and 'Always on my Mind' (#13) which I expected to be much higher. Didn't vote for 'Teddy Bear', but pleased to see it, light as candyfloss and almost as sweet.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 30 July 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
I was the #1 for “Polk Salad Annie.” To me it’s his quintessential live number- suspenseful intro, spoken not sung most of the time, all kinds of rhythmic and lyrical adlibs or interludes, lyric not heartbreak-related so can be listened to in any mood.
― 3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 July 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
Is there a Spotify playlist?
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BpWrmun.jpg
42. Elvis Presley - “Any Day Now” 145 points, 4 votes, 1 number one
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:12 (five years ago) link
I'm not a Spotify user, so I won't be making a playlist, but it would be cool if someone did. We'll have had our own take on Elvis' top songs and there's a certain vibe I think you'll recognize as we continue (though that may just be me).
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
I was surprised by how high "Any Day Now" placed, but a #1 will do that. I think of it more as a Ronnie Milsap song.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
One of my least favorite tracks on From Elvis In Memphis. But I voted for some pretty gooey early '70s stuff, so we'll see what happens as we go on.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:24 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/L9uMnnz.jpg
41. Elvis Presley - “Baby What You Want Me To Do” 153 points, 5 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
Another one where I figure the votes are for the '68 comeback special versions, which are admittedly incredible. As we talked about yesterday, though, it's hard to decide which songs are "enough" Elvis' to vote for them, and like "Any Day Now", this isn't enough his for me to vote for it. But those '68 versions are spectacular, so I understand voting for it.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
I didn’t vote for Polk Salad Annie but it is one of his A+ live songs for sure
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
Was thinking there's not many people who could cover "Polk Salad Annie" and do any kind of justice to Tony Joe White's original. Bobbie Gentry would be one of the few.
― Josefa, Monday, 30 July 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
Other than Elvis, I mean
― Josefa, Monday, 30 July 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/hmYvNTA.jpg
40. Elvis Presley - “Trouble” 159 points, 8 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
some votes for "Trouble" included "Guitar Man", from the '68 comeback special version. I put those votes all into "Trouble, since it's the first song of that melody. "Guitar Man" is #56 as it is.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
"Trouble" was in my top ten (#9, to be exact). Didn't vote for "Baby..."
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
Oh, and "Guitar Man" was my #23, at least half because of the Jesus & Mary Chain's cover version. They've rarely sounded this alive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wr-ufpIhmo
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
I'm gonna hurry up the last three for the day so that I can get off my computer for the day & move onto phone as needed
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
xp yes I love the JAMC cover, it's what I think of when I think of "Guitar Man". I wish ZZ Top had covered it too.
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/8ufuyl3.jpg
39. Elvis Presley - “(You're the) Devil in Disguise” 171 points, 7 votes
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:57 (five years ago) link