19 Elvis Fans Can Be Polled: The ILM Elvis Presley poll roll out thread

Can't remember why the guitars got changed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsaFnfCISQg&list=PL5IvmzEBXO4DE3daD-3UpeCVEa5eLAI0J&index=15&frags=wn

Away all day so just catching up. One Night was way up there on my ballot, the version on the 68 comeback special is my single favorite Elvis live performance.

I know it's bad ILM poll form to guess the top songs, but what do we think will be the winner here? It seems wide open. Before the rollout, my money was on Mystery Train taking it, but based on the results I'm not so sure anymore.

No idea

"Poison Ivy League" or GTFO.

"Mystery Train"'s a good guess. From the hits, my guess would be..."Don't Be Cruel"? Or "Suspicious Minds" if it's Mature Elvis.

As someone who knows the results I’ll be honest to admit I had absolutely zero idea on what songs of his are the consensus picks. Before knowing them I thought songs like “Can’t Help Falling in Love” or “Devil in Disguise” were top 20 locks. There’s also like ten songs of his which I thought would be in the top 50 for sure and they didn’t make the cut (won’t tell which ones yet) goes to show how many great to good songs he had... he was always a top performer even at his most forgettable soundtrack work. Hell as someone who speaks Spanish I’ll admit even his traditional Mexican songs with bad accent are somewhat charming if only for the energy he puts into it, he very rarely half-assed a performance.

There’s many Elvis qualities to admire but I’m specially fond of how hard-working he always was. And he clearly didn’t do it for the money as he was always giving it away, he just really really loved his job.

Well, that and Parker keeping him on an exploitative schedule for almost a decade.

I took a nap instead of starting this. Let's see how far I can get today.

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21. Elvis Presley - “Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues” 290 points, 9 votes

Tough way to make a living, Euler.

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Had to look up whose hit that was: Danny O'Keefe, 1972.

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20. Elvis Presley - “Wearin’ That Loved On Look” 296 points, 10 votes

No more single digit votes from here on out. It's the top 20!

"Good Time Charlie's..." was my #17, and "Wearin'..." was my #12.

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19. Elvis Presley - “In The Ghetto” 303 points, 11 votes

My number #7, and subject of another oft-cited Wayne Jackson quote, about hearing the playback and feeling “slimy,” moved by the performance and knowing it was going to be a big hit.

I love the stripped down version on the last disk of the 60s box. I'm not finding a link to it online.

From Careless Love, although I remember originally seeing it in Sweet Soul Music as well:

“The first time I heard ‘In the Ghetto,’ I just really felt slimy all over. I thought, ‘Oh, my God, this is wonderful. This is it!’ ”

Hm, quote does not appear in Sweet Soul Music

I think of this as part of the poverty chic trend of '68-'70.. Love Child, I'm Living in Shame, etc... the original Polk Salad Annie too

Good observation.

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18. Elvis Presley - “Good Rockin' Tonight” 339 points, 11 votes

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17. Elvis Presley - “Little Sister” 349 points, 12 votes

Had those at #9 and #5

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15 (tie). Elvis Presley - “Don't Be Cruel” 390 points, 13 votes

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15 (tie). Elvis Presley - “Tomorrow Is A Long Time” 390 points, 12 votes, 1 number one

Had “Don’t Be Cruel” at #32, the other one didn’t quite make the cut, figured others would vote for it.

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14. Elvis Presley - “Baby Let's Play House” 411 points, 11 votes

Had it at #22. Sorry, can’t post more extensive comments right now due to constraints.

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13. Elvis Presley - “Jailhouse Rock” 418 points, 12 votes, 2 number ones

"Baby Let's Play House" was my #8; "Jailhouse" didn't make my ballot, though it should've, since I prefer it to all other non-Sun '50s Elvis apart from "Lawdy Miss Clawdy."

I'm rolling out quickly today, hope that's ok, because I'm thinking it'd be good to finish this today and I don't want to be on my laptop a whole lot longer today.

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12. Elvis Presley - “Blue Moon Of Kentucky” 429 points, 14 votes, 1 number one

My #1.

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11. Elvis Presley - “Burning Love” 432 points, 14 votes, 1 number one

I think in some ways blue moon of kentucky is more revolutionary than the a-side. Such a freedom and clarity in the vocals.

Mine:
10 Blue Moon of Kentucky
11 Jailhouse Rock
14 Burning Love

Kudos to anyone who can tell me without googling who first recorded “Burning Love.”

I think in some ways blue moon of kentucky is more revolutionary than the a-side.

It's definitely a more radical rearrangement/reimagining of the source material than "That's All Right."

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10. Elvis Presley - “All Shook Up” 436 points, 12 votes, 1 number one

#18 for me

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9. Elvis Presley - “Heartbreak Hotel” 437 points, 14 votes

Kudos to anyone who can tell me without googling who first recorded “Burning Love.”

Surprised heartbreak hotel is that high tbh.

Probably I should have voted for "Heartbreak Hotel" higher, but as Lennon said, it has a corny title.

I didn't vote for "All Shook Up", or "Don't Be Cruel", or another one that's coming up, because this guy had a lot of great songs and I don't really need to hear these ones very much anymore. They're in tv advertising land now.

may as well post that third one then

I'm guessing my baby left me isn't going to place. Shame because it's 10 times the performance of heartbreak hotel. When the rca engineers finally cracked how to replicate the sun studios sound. They tried on heartbreak hotel but it's just the wrong side of clunky and overdone.

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8. Elvis Presley - “Hound Dog” 438 points, 14 votes

"My Baby Left Me" was #52. I agree.