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

do they still play "An American Trilogy" during the laser show at Stone Mountain? dang, that was a moment where I felt genuine "southern pride" despite being a carpetbagger & a latino who the yee-hawers would probably have loved to lynch. but Elvis bellows while Lee rides off at Appomattox and I'm in tears, yee-hawing too.

― droit au butt (Euler), Saturday, June 16, 2018 1:21 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i went tonight and yes they played the song. it was so nice to hear Elvis singing out in a big open lawn like that. for visuals they had a civil war section with lots of empty landscapes & explosions and zero rebel flags. during the song's triumphant ending they used animation to have the laser confederate generals on the mountain come to life and then break their swords. it was very surreal.

before this they had a bunch of Georgia songs: "Georgia on My Mind" by Ray Charles, "I Feel Good" by James Brown, "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard, etc. the displays included portraits of the artists so at some point there was a 50 foot laser Little Richard on the side of the mountain.

when they played "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis, they had fireballs cued up. "Devil Went Down to Georgia" was the highlight of the show & the one laser show/song combo you need to see. we left soon after (& before the ridiculously slow national anthem).

thanks Adam, it sounds like it's the same as it was back in the day

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/67/a8/3667a8424fe2142f44a4e4b81affefe3.jpg

http://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll00074lldnv9GFg7oeR3CiDfDrCWvaHBOcx8ZE/robert-lebeck-elvis-presley,-germany.jpg

some Elvis songs i'll be voting for. "Only the Strong Survive":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqh_s0kLZQ

Burning Love

Lord Almighty,
I feel my temperature rising
Higher higher
It's burning through to my soul
Girl, girl, girl
You gonna set me on fire
My brain is flaming
I don't know which way to go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sBJkL3SEDg

(You're the) Devil in Disguise

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

Aloha Oe

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

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.

I have never seen the Comeback Special video! I know the tracks and the pics well. I’ll try to watch it soon.

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Oops

It’s good though

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.