Elvis Presley: Classic Or Dud?

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lol i love these

is this the thread where we post great videos of Elvis live? cause I can only find stuff on Youtube where he seems pretty drugged out

heh that's the best stuff. Polk Salad Annie '72 to thread

love the photos! long live the king

Just yesterday I found a good one of an early performance of “Burning Love” in which he is still reading off the lyric sheet. Will re-search and post in a bit

One of the weirder connections of 70s rock is that drummer Ronnie Tutt was in the TCB! band backing up the King and then would also do gigs in the Jerry Garcia Band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7I4DfUGM4

i didn't realize how many shitty bootleg outfakes of "dark moon" there were

here's a good one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQAa4arQCIc

Tutt was Neil Diamond’s drummer forever. (Might still be.)

Isn't there some story of the Memphis Boys initially being mumped up when Elvis came to American to record because Neil Diamond had been bumped?

from Elvis On Tour: You Gave Me A Mountain

at this point he could sing anything & the way he goes SO big in the chorus with so little effort gives me chills

https://youtu.be/yg9B6ciuAzg

Majestic

from Elvis On Tour: You Gave Me A Mountain

at this point he could sing anything & the way he goes SO big in the chorus with so little effort gives me chills

https://youtu.be/yg9B6ciuAzg🕸

Thanks for that Burning Love clip James, hadn't seen that before.

The 1976 Birmingham concert is well worth checking out. He was so fired up and in good spirits.

https://youtu.be/B7HdFF5w408



Damn links!

good stuff guys, thanks!

interesting to see him in such a playful mood, laughing with that sly smile... I'm glad the musicians are also laughing and smiling, and it doesn't look like it's from anxiety

and then he's switching from playfulness to full on passion out of nowhere, really something special

sounds grrreat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GG9NBKur1Q

can't beat this kind of stuff

This HBO documentary tonight looks interesting.

And it turns out that it is interesting.

good to know!

Will watch asap

Yall see this on Deep Cuts?

Just yesterday I was talking about Elvis's amazing cover of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow is a Long Time," which was not only not a single, but was stuck on Side Two of the soundtrack to Spinout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=0VLpgttfEM0

---grawlix (unperson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=0VLpgttfEM0

That video's down. This one works until it doesn't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dRNZZuuR8I

Weird, it worked a few minutes ago--now it's "Can't Help Falling In Love With You." Also good.

From the doc I just learned that Elvis decided to cover “Tomorrow is a Long Time” after hearing the Odetta version.

Internet says it was played for Elvis by Charlie McCoy during How Great Thou Art sessions, which is when Elvis’s version was recorded, only to be released later in the context you mentioned.

Famous quote from the '69 Rolling Stone interview: "I liked Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley recorded a song of mine. That's the one recording I treasure the most...it was called 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time.'"

Yes. I believe I first read that quote in my long ago crumbled to dust copy of The Book of Rock and Roll Lists

I was listening the other day to Suspicious Minds and thinking to myself how it's actually pretty much a piece of shit as far as a song, and it's only Elvis's performance that makes it great, yet great it is

I started part 1 tonight. Loving it.

i love that it’s all edited footage without the usual cuts to talking heads.

I just finished reading the Guralnick book last week. I'd be interested in seeing this.

I haven't seen the whole thing yet but it is without question excellent, probably the best Elvis doc. It's structured like Last Train to Memphis/Careless Love.

They do a phenomenal job talking about the impact of Sun Records and Sam Phillips. That's the crux of Part 1.

Yes. I believe I first read that quote in my long ago crumbled to dust copy of The Book of Rock and Roll Lists

Best toilet book of all time.

It's well worth watching. It does a good job of showing the attachment Elvis actually had to the music and what a fan he was.

xpost kornrules, yeah pt 1 definitelyfelt like an “aerial view” of Last Train to Memphis book in a lot of ways.

And I enjoy the inclusion of an occasional Tom Petty chuckle here and there <3

But Guralnick’s not involved I don’t think? Watched pt 1 last night and didn’t notice him. Seems like an odd omission.

I thought Petty was great

Petty was great, I had no idea he was such a student of Elvis but given his age it makes sense.

He’s very perceptive about a lot of things but it made me especially happy for some reason to hear him talk about kinescopes.

Yeah, Petty and Springsteen are both excellent and add a lot. Robbie Robertson does too.

I hope they talk to Joe Esposito, he was a key guy. And Careless Love readers will also agree that you can't have a doc called Elvis Presley: The Searcher and not have plenty of interview time with Larry Geller.

Yeah Petty was huge Elvis nerd - he actually met him when he was a little kid, so he was fully geeked for life after that, understandably so

Yep, think I heard him tell the story on Fresh Air, also here:
http://www.gainesville.com/news/20070816/young-tom-pettys-life-changed-when-he-met-elvis

He also loved horses, and America too.

His big mistake, moving to Reseda.

lol u guys

Just finished pt 2. Beautiful imo.
I saw elsewhere online some slight murmurings about it being incomplete or too austere towards the end. I understand the remove, esp given the involvement of Priscilla & her being a big part of the project. But also the doc worked hard to show his passion & craft, and came from a place of such musical enthusiasm; there’s so much pain & sadness in those last years that I really don’t begrudge the choice, for me personally at least.

That being said, I could happily watch a 10 parter of this calibre.

the documentary is a legacy-saving enterprise but I dont begrudge it that. As far the end of this documentary goes, you really get the sense that Elvis was being increasingly torn away from his music through the sheer exhaustion of his touring schedule and those Elvis-ploitation movies. its v sad

There is an element of legacy rehab or reframing with this documentary--it pushes his artistry very hard. It shows a near intellectual approach to his perspective and clarifies the puppet masters in a way that is far less cynical than before. It humanizes Elvis without relying on heavy handed pity, which comes off as a fresh take on his music and life. The story told is so much more tragic as a result.