are we still submitting ballots by end of day tomorrow?
also, not much love for the 50s stuff in this thread, though that’s not too surprising. I love some of it, mostly the sun sides, like the rca stuff but never listen to it and don’t think about it much. I have no idea how to rank it, it feels set in stone while everything from his hand in mine/elvis is back! forward feels like it can be argued over, picked apart, discovered anew—the kind of stuff that’s fun to see roll out in one of these ballot polls
― sciatica, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 04:39 (five years ago) link
No, the new deadline is July 5. I asked on the moderator board for a change but it was ignored. I just asked again.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 08:08 (five years ago) link
I thought 70s stuff would dominate my ballot, because that's what I actually listen to most, but as I'm sequencing it the 50s stuff keeps bobbing up to the top.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 11:45 (five years ago) link
TCB y'all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzAUZVZOjaE
― Brad C., Sunday, 1 July 2018 14:17 (five years ago) link
Have an I've voted bump.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
Just got this email about an upcoming release. At first I thought, ok, cool, his gospel work is some of my favorite...hm, but only 14 songs...and...ugh, it’s like the Colonel never died:
Where No One Stands Alone, available August 10, celebrates the power and passion of Elvis Presley’s gospel music. The album features 14 of Elvis’ most treasured performances of inspirational music with newly-recorded instrumentation and a duet between Elvis and his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 July 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
Yeah, these new-backing-tracks compilations they've been doing the last couple of years are a fucking nightmare. It's crazy that they could do something as good and valuable as Elvis At Stax and then turn around, bend over, and squeeze this out.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 2 July 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Yeah, some of the recent releases are totally amazing — A Boy From Tupelo one of the best ever — and then they realize, hey wait, some Elvis fans still buy tacky shit, let’s put out something seriously distasteful.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 July 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
Here is a list of supposedly every song he recorded. I think there might be some duplicates in there as sometimes he recorded new versions for his movies and had slight variations in the title. The original list was extracted from this site ( www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/song-aze.htm ). If you see any omissions let me know.
A BIG HUNK O' LOVEA BOY LIKE ME, A GIRL LIKE YOUA DOG'S LIFE(NOW AND THEN THERE'S) A FOOL SUCH AS IA HOUSE THAT HAS EVERYTHINGA HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOWA LITTLE BIT OF GREENA LITTLE LESS CONVERSATIONA MESS OF BLUESA THING CALLED LOVEA WHISTLING TUNEA WORLD OF OUR OWNADAM AND EVILAFTER LOVING YOUAIN'T THAT LOVING YOU BABYALL I NEEDED WAS THE RAINALL SHOOK UPALL THAT I AMALLA' EN EL "RANCHO GRANDE"ALMOSTALMOST ALWAYS TRUEALMOST IN LOVEALOHA OEALWAYS ON MY MINDAM I READYAMAZING GRACEAMENAMERICA, THE BEAUTIFULAN AMERICAN TRILOGYAN EVENING PRAYERAND I LOVE YOU SOAND THE GRASS WON'T PAY NO MINDANGELANIMAL INSTINCTANY DAY NOWANYWAY YOU WANT ME(THAT'S HOW I WILL BE)ANYONE(COULD FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU)ANYPLACE IS PARADISEANYTHING THAT'S PART OF YOUAPRON STRINGSARE YOU LONESOME TO-NIGHT?ARE YOU SINCEREAS LONG AS I HAVE YOUAS WE TRAVEL ALONG ON THE JERICHO ROADASK ME(YOU'RE SO SQUARE) BABY I DON'T CAREBABY, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR LOVEBABY LET'S PLAY HOUSEBABY, WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DOBAREFOOT BALLADBEACH BOY BLUESBEACH SHACKBECAUSE OF LOVEBEGINNER'S LUCKBEYOND THE BENDBEYOND THE REEFBIG BOOTSBIG BOSS MANBIG LOVE,BIG HEARTACHEBITTER THEY ARE, HARDER THEY FALLBLACK STARBLESSED JESUS (HOLD MY HAND)BLOWIN' IN THE WINDBLUE CHRISTMASBLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAINBLUE HAWAIIBLUE MOONBLUE MOON OF KENTUCKYBLUE RIVERBLUE SUEDE SHOESBLUEBERRY HILLBOSOM OF ABRAHAMBOSSA NOVA BABYBRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERBRINGING IT BACKBRITCHESBROWN EYED HANDSOME MANBURNING LOVEBY AND BYCANE AND A HIGH STARCHED COLLARCAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVECARNY TOWNCATCHIN' ON FASTCATTLE CALLC.C.RIDERCHANGE OF HABITCHARROCHESAYCINDY,CINDYCITY BY NIGHTCLAMBAKECLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACKYARDC'MON EVERYBODYCOME ALONGCOME WHAT MAYCONFIDENCECOTTON CANDY LANDCOULD I FALL IN LOVECRAWFISHCRAZY ARMSCROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIECRYING IN THE CHAPELDAINTY LITTLE MOONBEAMSDANNYDANNY BOYDARK MOONDATIN'(YOU'RE THE) DEVIL IN DISGUISEDIDJA' EVERDIRTY, DIRTY FEELINGDIXIELAND ROCKDO NOT DISTURBDO THE CLAMDO THE VEGADO YOU KNOW WHO I AMDOIN' THE BEST I CANDOMINICDONCHA' THINK IT'S TIMEDON'TDON'T ASK ME WHYDON'T BE CRUELDON'T CRY DADDYDON'T FORBID MEDON'T LEAVE ME NOWDON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHTDOUBLE TROUBLEDOWN BY THE RIVERSIDEDOWN IN THE ALLEYDRUMS OF THE ISLANDEARLY MORNING RAINEARTH ANGELEARTH BOYEASY COME, EASY GO(SUCH AN) EASY QUESTIONECHOES OF LOVEEDGE OF REALITYEL TOROEVERYBODY COME ABOARD500 MILESFADED LOVEFAIRYTALEFAME AND FORTUNEFARTHER ALONGFEVERFIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENINGFINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERSFIRST IN LINEFIVE SLEEPY HEADSFLAMING STARFLIP, FLOP AND FLYFOLLOW THAT DREAMFOOLFOOL, FOOL, FOOLFOOLS FALL IN LOVEFOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD)(THAT'S WHAT YOU GET) FOR LOVIN' MEFOR OL' TIMES SAKEFOR THE GOOD TIMESFOR THE HEARTFOR THE MILLIONTH AND THE LAST TIMEFORGET ME NEVERFORT LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCEFOUNTAIN OF LOVEFRANKFORT SPECIALFRANKIE AND JOHNNYFROGGY WENT A COURTIN' FROM A JACK TO A KINGFUN IN ACAPULCOFUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAYG.I.BLUESGENTLE ON MY MINDGENTLYGET BACKGIRL HAPPYGIRL NEXT DOOR WENT A'WALKINGGIRL OF MINEGIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!GIVE ME THE RIGHTGO EAST, YOUNG MANGOIN' HOMEGOLDEN COINSGONNA GET BACK HOME SOMEHOWGOOD LUCK CHARMGOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHTGOOD TIME CHARLIE'S GOT THE BLUESGOT A LOT O' LIVIN' TO DOGOT MY MOJO WORKINGGREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOMEGUADALAJARAGUITAR MANHANDS OFFHAPPY ENDINGHARBOR LIGHTSHARD HEADED WOMANHARD KNOCKSHARD LUCKHAREM HOLIDAYHAVE A HAPPYHAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOUHAWAIIAN SUNSETHAWAIIAN WEDDING SONGHEHE IS MY EVERYTHINGHE KNOWS JUST WHAT I NEEDHE TOUCHED MEHEART OF ROMEHEARTS OF STONEHEARTBREAK HOTELHE'LL HAVE TO GOHELP MEHELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHTHERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (RIGHT DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE)HE'S ONLY A PRAYER AWAY (I ASK THE LORD)HE'S YOUR UNCLE, NOT YOUR DADHEY, HEY, HEYHEY JUDEHEY LITTLE GIRLHIDE THOU MEHIGH HEEL SNEAKERSHIS HAND IN MINE(MARIE'S THE NAME) HIS LATEST FLAMEHOLLY LEAVES AND CHRISTMAS TREESHOME IS WHERE THE HEART ISHOT DOGHOUND DOGHOUSE OF SANDHOW CAN YOU LOSE WHAT YOU NEVER HADHOW DO YOU THINK I FEELHOW GREAT THOU ARTHOW THE WEB WAS WOVENHOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEHOW'S THE WORLD TREATING YOUHURTI ASK THE LORD (HE'S ONLY A PRAYER AWAY)I BEG OF YOUI BELIEVEI BELIEVE IN THE MAN IN THE SKYI CAN HELPI CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOUI DIDN'T MAKE IT ON PLAYING GUITAR(instrumental)I DON'T CARE IF THE SUN DON'T SHINEI DON'T WANNA BE TIEDI DON'T WANT TOI FEEL SO BADI FEEL THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVERI FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGETI GOT A FEELIN' IN MY BODYI GOT A WOMANI GOT LUCKYI GOT STUNGI GOTTA KNOWI HEAR A SWEET VOICE CALLINGI,JOHNI JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVIN'I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT BY MYSELFI LOVE ONLY ONE GIRLI LOVE YOU BECAUSEI MET HER TODAYI MISS YOUI NEED SOMEBODY TO LEAN ONI NEED YOU SOI NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHTI REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOWI SHALL BE RELEASEDI SHALL NOT BE MOVEDI SLIPPED, I STUMBLED, I FELLI THINK I'M GONNA LIKE IT HEREI UNDERSTAND JUST HOW YOU FEELI WANT TO BE FREEI WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOUI WANT YOU WITH MEI WAS BORN ABOUT TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGOI WAS THE ONEI WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATERI WILL BE HOME AGAINI WILL BE TRUEI WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDERIF EVERYDAY WAS LIKE CHRISTMASIF I CAN DREAMIF I GET HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAYIF I LOVED YOUIF I WERE YOUIF I'M A FOOL (FOR LOVING YOU)IF THAT ISN'T LOVEIF THE LORD WASN'T WALKING BY MY SIDEIF WE NEVER MEET AGAINIF YOU DON'T COME BACKIF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW)IF YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEPIF YOU THINK I DON'T NEED YOUI'LL BE BACKI'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMASI'LL BE HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAYI'LL BE THERE (IF YOU EVER WANT ME)I'LL HOLD YOU IN MY HEARTI'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAINI'LL NEVER KNOWI'LL NEVER LET YOU GO (LITTLE DARLIN')I'LL NEVER STAND IN YOUR WAYI'LL REMEMBER YOUI'LL TAKE LOVEI'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEENI'M BEGINNING TO FORGET YOUI'M COMIN' HOMEI'M COUNTING ON YOUI'M FALLING IN LOVE TONIGHTI'M GONNA BID MY BLUES GOODBYEI'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND CRY (OVER YOU)I'M GONNA WALK DEM GOLDEN STAIRSI'M LEAVIN'I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONEI'M MOVIN' ONI'M NOT THE MARRYING KINDI'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRYI'M WITH A CROWD BUT SO ALONEI'M YOURSIN MY FATHER'S HOUSE (ARE MANY MANSIONS)IN MY WAYIN THE GARDENIN THE GHETTOIN YOUR ARMSINDESCRIBABLY BLUEINHERIT THE WINDIS IT SO STRANGEISLAND OF LOVE (KAUAI)IT AIN'T NO BIG THING (BUT IT'S GROWING)IT FEELS SO RIGHTIT HURTS MEIT IS NO SECRET (WHAT GOD CAN DO)IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN'IT WON'T BE LONGIT WON'T SEEM LIKE CHRISTMAS (WITHOUT YOU)IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOUITO EATSIT'S A MATTER OF TIMEIT'S A SINIT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIEIT'S A WONDERFUL WORLDIT'S BEEN SO LONG DARLINGIT'S CARNIVAL TIMEIT'S DIFF'RENT NOWIT'S EASY FOR YOUIT'S IMPOSSIBLEIT'S MIDNIGHTIT'S NO FUN BEING LONELYIT'S NOW OR NEVERIT'S ONLY LOVEIT'S OVERIT'S STILL HEREIT'S YOUR BABY, YOU ROCK ITI'VE BEEN BLUEI'VE GOT A THING ABOUT YOU BABYI'VE GOT CONFIDENCEI'VE GOT TO FIND MY BABYI'VE LOST YOUJAILHOUSE ROCKJESUS KNOWS WHAT I NEEDJESUS WALKED THAT LONESOME VALLEYJOHNNY B. GOODEJOSHUA FIT THE BATTLEJUDYJUST A LITTLE BITJUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUSJUST BECAUSEJUST CALL ME LONESOMEJUST FOR OLD TIMES SAKEJUST PRETENDJUST TELL HER JIM SAID HELLOKEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF ITKENTUCKY RAINKING CREOLEKING OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLDKISMETKISS ME QUICKKISSIN' COUSINSKNOWN ONLY TO HIMKU-U-I-PO (HAWAIIAN SWEETHEART)LADY MADONNALAWDY, MISS CLAWDYLEAD ME, GUIDE MELET IT BE ME (JE T'APPARTIENS)LET MELET ME BE THERELET US PRAYLET YOURSELF GOLET'S BE FRIENDSLET'S FORGET ABOUT THE STARSLIFELIKE A BABYLITTLE CABIN ON THE HILLLITTLE DARLIN'LITTLE EGYPTLITTLE SISTERLONELY MANLONESOME COWBOYLONG BLACK LIMOUSINELONG LEGGED GIRL (WITH THE SHORT DRESS ON)(IT'S A) LONG LONELY HIGHWAYLONG TALL SALLYLOOK OUT, BROADWAYLOVE COMING DOWNLOVE LETTERSLOVE MELOVE ME, LOVE THE LIFE I LEADLOVE ME TENDERLOVE ME TONIGHTLOVE SONG OF THE YEARLOVER DOLLLOVING ARMSLOVING YOUMAKE BELIEVEMAKE ME KNOW ITMAKE THE WORLD GO AWAYMAMAMAMA DON'T DANCEMAMA LIKED THE ROSESMANSION OVER THE HILLTOPMARGUERITAMARY IN THE MORNINGMARY LOU BROWNMAYBELLINEMEAN WOMAN BLUESMEMORIESMEMPHIS, TENNESSEEMEN WITH BROKEN HEART(short poem)MERRY CHRISTMAS BABYMEXICOMILKCOW BLUES BOOGIEMILKY WHITE WAYMINEMIRACLE OF THE ROSARYMIRAGEMONA LISAMONEY HONEYMOODY BLUEMOONLIGHT SONATAMOONLIGHT SWIMMR.SONGMANMY BABEMY BABY LEFT MEMY BABY'S GONEMY BOYMY DESERT SERENADEMY HAPPINESSMY HEART CRIES FOR YOUMY LITTLE FRIENDMY WAYMY WISH CAME TRUEMYSTERY TRAINNEARER MY GOD TO THEENEVER AGAINNEVER BEEN TO SPAINNEVER ENDINGNEVER SAY YESNEW ORLEANSNIGHT LIFENIGHT RIDERNO MORE(THERE'S) NO ROOM TO RHUMBA IN A SPORTS CARNOTHINGVILLENUMBER EIGHTO COME, ALL YE FAITHFULOH HOW I LOVE JESUSOH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEMOLD MacDONALDOLD SHEPON A SNOWY CHRISTMAS NIGHTONCE IS ENOUGHONE BOY, TWO LITTLE GIRLSONE BROKEN HEART FOR SALEONE NIGHTONE-SIDED LOVE AFFAIRONE TRACK HEARTONLY BELIEVEONLY THE STRONG SURVIVEOUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MINDPADREPARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLEPARALYZEDPARTYPATCH IT UP(THERE'LL BE) PEACE IN THE VALLEY (FOR ME)PETUNIA, THE GARDNER'S DAUGHTERPIECES OF MY LIFEPLANTATION ROCKPLAYING FOR KEEPSPLEASE DON'T DRAG THAT STRING AROUNDPLEASE DON'T STOP LOVING MEPLEDGING MY LOVEPOCKETFUL OF RAINBOWSPOISON IVY LEAGUEPOLK SALAD ANNIEPOOR BOYPOOR MAN'S GOLDPOWER OF MY LOVEPROMISED LANDPROUD MARYPUPPET ON A STRINGPUT THE BLAME ON MEPUT YOUR HAND IN THE HANDQUEENEE WAHINE'S PAPAYARAGS TO RICHESRAISED ON ROCKREACH OUT TO JESUSREADY TEDDYRECONSIDER BABYRELAXRELEASE ME (AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN)RETURN TO SENDERRIDING THE RAINBOWRIP IT UPROCK-A-HULA BABYROUSTABOUTRUBBERNECKIN'RUN ONRUNAWAYSAN ANTONIO ROSESAND CASTLESSANTA BRING MY BABY BACK (TO ME)SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWNSANTA LUCIASAVEDSCRATCH MY BACK (THEN I'LL SCRATCH YOURS)SEE SEE RIDERSEEING IS BELIEVINGSENTIMENTAL MESEPARATE WAYSSHAKE A HANDSHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLLSHAKE THAT TAMBOURINESHE THINKS I STILL CARESHE WEARS MY RINGSHE'S A MACHINESHE'S NOT YOUSHOPPIN' AROUNDSHOUT IT OUTSHOW ME THY WAYS, O LORDSIGNS OF THE ZODIACSILENT NIGHTSILVER BELLSSING YOU CHILDRENSINGING TREESLICIN' SANDSLOWLY BUT SURELYSMOKEY MOUNTAIN BOYSMORGASBORDSNOWBIRDSO CLOSE, YET SO FAR (FROM PARADISE)SO GLAD, YOU'RE MINESO HIGHSOFTLY AND TENDERLYSOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOUSOLDIER BOYSOLITAIRESOMEBODY BIGGER THAN YOU AND ISOMETHINGSOMETHING BLUESONG OF THE SHRIMPSOUND ADVICESPANISH EYESSPEEDWAYSPINOUTSPRING FEVERSTAND BY MESTARTIN' TONIGHTSTARTING TODAYSTAY AWAYSTAY AWAY, JOESTEADFAST, LOYAL AND TRUESTEAMROLLER BLUESSTEPPIN' OUT OF LINESTOP, LOOK AND LISTENSTOP WHERE YOU ARESTRANGER IN MY OWN HOME TOWNSTRANGER IN THE CROWDSTUCK ON YOUSUCH A NIGHTSUMMER KISSES, WINTER TEARSSUMMERTIME IS PAST AND GONESUPPOSESURRENDERSUSAN WHEN SHE TRIEDSUSPICIONSUSPICIOUS MINDSSWEET ANGELINESWEET CAROLINESWEET LEILANISWEETHEART YOU DONE ME WRONGSWING DOWN, SWEET CHARIOTSYLVIATAKE GOOD CARE OF HERTAKE ME TO THE FAIRTAKE MY HAND, PRECIOUS LORDTALK ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEARTELL ME WHYTENDER FEELINGTENNESSEE WALTZTHANKS TO THE ROLLING SEATHAT'S ALL RIGHTTHAT'S SOMEONE YOU NEVER FORGETTHAT'S WHEN YOUR HEARTACHES BEGINTHE BULLFIGHTER WAS A LADYTHE EYES OF TEXASTHE FAIR IS MOVING ONTHE FIRST NOELTHE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACETHE FOOLTHE GIRL I NEVER LOVEDTHE GIRL OF MY BEST FRIENDTHE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (THE QUEST)THE LADY LOVES METHE LAST FAREWELLTHE LOVE MACHINETHE LORD'S PRAYERTHE MEANEST GIRL IN TOWNTHE NEXT STEP IS LOVETHE SOUND OF YOUR CRYTHE TWELFTH OF NEVERTHE WALLS HAVE EARSTHE WHIFFENPOOF SONGTHE WONDER OF YOUTHE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHRISTMASTHERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE A SONGTHERE GOES MY EVERYTHINGTHERE IS NO GOD BUT GODTHERE IS SO MUCH WORLD TO SEETHERE'S A BRAND NEW DAY ON THE HORIZONTHERE'S A HONKY TONK ANGELTHERE'S ALWAYS METHERE'S GOLD IN THE MOUNTAINSTHERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOMETHERE'S NO TOMORROWTHEY REMIND ME TOO MUCH OF YOUTHINKING ABOUT YOUTHIS IS LIVINGTHIS IS MY HEAVENTHIS IS OUR DANCETHIS IS A STORYTHIS TIMETHREE CORN PATCHESTHRILL OF YOUR LOVETIGER MANTODAY, TOMORROW AND FOREVERTOMORROW IS A LONG TIMETOMORROW NEVER COMESTOMORROW NIGHTTONIGHT IS SO RIGHT FOR LOVETONIGHT'S ALL RIGHT FOR LOVETOO MUCHTOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESSTREAT ME NICETROUBLET-R-O-U-B-L-ETRUE LOVETRUE LOVE TRAVELS ON A GRAVEL ROADTRYIN' TO GET TO YOUTUMBLIN' TUMBLEWEEDSTURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUSTUTTI FRUTTITWEEDLE DEETWENTY DAYS AND TWENTY NIGHTSUNCHAINED MELODYUNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GOUP ABOVE MY HEADU. S. MALEVINO, DINERO Y AMORVIOLETVIVA LAS VEGASWALK A MILE IN MY SHOESWAY DOWNWE CALL ON HIMWE CAN MAKE THE MORNINGWEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECKWEARIN' THAT LOVED ON LOOKWELCOME TO MY WORLDWE'LL BE TOGETHERWE'RE COMING IN LOADEDWE'RE GONNA MOVEWESTERN UNIONWHAT A WONDERFUL LIFEWHAT EVERY WOMAN LIVES FORWHAT NOW MY LOVEWHAT NOW, WHAT NEXT, WHERE TOWHAT'D I SAYWHAT'S SHE REALLY LIKEWHEELS ON MY HEELSWHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEARTWHEN I'M OVER YOUWHEN IT RAINS, IT REALLY POURSWHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAINWHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING INWHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK TO CAPISTRANOWHERE COULD I GO BUT TO THE LORDWHERE DID THEY GO, LORDWHERE DO I GO FROM HEREWHERE DO YOU COME FROMWHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONEWHITE CHRISTMASWHO AM IWHO ARE YOU (WHO AM I)WHO NEEDS MONEYWHOLE LOT-TA SHAKIN' GOIN' ONWHY ME, LORDWILD IN THE COUNTRYWINTER WONDERLANDWISDOM OF THE AGESWITCHCRAFT (SINATRA SONG)WITCHCRAFTWITHOUT HIMWITHOUT LOVE (THERE IS NOTHING)WOLF CALLWOMAN WITHOUT LOVEWONDERFUL WORLDWOODEN HEARTWORDSWORKING ON THE BUILDINGWRITE TO ME FROM NAPLESYELLOW ROSE OF TEXASYESTERDAYYOGA IS AS YOGA DOESYOU ASKED ME TOYOU BELONG TO MY HEARTYOU BETTER RUNYOU CAN'T SAY NO IN ACAPULCOYOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE MEYOU DON'T KNOW MEYOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAINYOU GOTTA STOPYOU'LL BE GONEYOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONEYOU'LL THINK OF MEYOUNG AND BEAUTIFULYOUNG DREAMSYOUR CHEATIN' HEARTYOUR LOVE'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMINGYOUR TIME HASN'T COME YET BABYYOU'RE A HEARTBREAKERYOU'RE THE BOSSYOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 2 July 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
How many ballots have you got so far euler?
Come on ILM this is freaking Elvis we are talking about we need to get these ballots a movin.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 2 July 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
At least send a top 10 or top 20 if you're too busy.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 2 July 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
For cross reference if any of you voted years ago on these POX now you have half of your homework done!
POX: Elvis Presley Singles 1960-1968
Elvis Presley POX
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 2 July 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link
we have six ballots so far :(
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link
Was planning to try to do tomorrow, if that’s okay
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Hope some other folks vote for this, a rare Elvis co-write with Red West
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ob5ObFNB4
― Ρεμπετολογια, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
Wonder if mine will be the sole vote for “Steamroller Blues”
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
Or “Little Sister.”
Am probably voting for almost everything on A Date With Elvis
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:15 (five years ago) link
Oh man, Where Do I Go From Here is a doozy. People don't sleep on that one.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:16 (five years ago) link
Moka’s link reminded to vote for “Moody Blue.”Still debating “I Was The One,” which I learned about from Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:17 (five years ago) link
World Cup season may encourage me to vote for “A Little Less Conversation”
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
We should definitely wait for 20 ballots at least right?
― gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
I voted!
http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/images/FlagSalute.jpg
― Brad C., Wednesday, 4 July 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link
Holy tldr Moka
Found it weird that the movie the king is about whether Elvis is still relevant and asking various people of influence if he is. I mean cmon? Elvis will never not be dope
― Ross, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
i'll be submitting a ballot.
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
What time is this due btw?
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 17:50 (five years ago) link
I dunno before the 6th I guess? at 7 ballots now. it would be good to get somewhat higher so c'mon everybody let's take care of business
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
A little less conversation, a little more DRAFTING BALLOTS.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
Added “marie’s the name” and “moody blue” to the Spotify playlist
― calstars, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
Elvis got drafted, so why can’t your ballots?Xpost: thanks!
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
Re: Marie's the Name - all the songs Doc Pomus wrote for Elvis deserve to be on your ballot.
― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
Will investigate...what are the top contenders there
― calstars, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 19:55 (five years ago) link
https://www.graceland.com/!userfiles/withnixon.jpg
― Police, Academy (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
There’s a comp out there called Elvis 75- Good Rockin’ Tonight that is pretty much a superset of my ballot so far.
― Uncle Redd in the Zingtime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
I'll be sending mine tomorrow!
Euler I'll be gone from this Saturday until July 19... I think you should accept ballots a little longer (at least until we have 20) to make time so I can help you with the images and the rollout! If you're busy just send me what you have so far and I'll receive the ballots and sum them. I suppose I can start the rollout on July 22 or 23.
If you can't just forward ballots or ask a mod to change mail to motelmoka at gmail
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
xp Doc Pomus wrote A Mess of Blues, Surrender, Little Sister, Suspicion, Marie's The Name, Viva Las Vegas for starters
― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
He also wrote some dreck for the Elvis movies but man, that half dozen there
― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
ok I would be happy to delay until July 19! I too am on the road now and won't get home until about the same day.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
I definitely want to vote (I think I'm one of the biggest Elvis fans on ILX) but doubt I'll get my 50 songs in an order I can live with by tomorrow. It's a bad time right now.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
good, then let's wait until Moka's back after mid July
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 22:01 (five years ago) link
Poll shook up.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 5 July 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
Euler, Moka et alThanks for the welcome hiatus. I just put the second CD from 'The Searcher' soundtrack to try and prompt me to a ballot when I saw the latest posts. I was wondering how on earth i could rank 50 tracks and had settled on my favourite ranked no.1 (not telling yet) and then the rest unranked because, well, I've been listening to Elvis for over 40 years now and I can only think of one absolute stinker ('Confidence") that I would actively turn off. Living with the music for so long has meant going through ebbs and flows between the decades and genres. I was a fool for the early Sun and 50s RCA stuff as a kid and I still think there's not a harder '50s song than 'Hound Dog' hands down, but the post Army era brought out some beautiful studio work (musicians and technology). There are nuggets of gold all through the 60s prior to the American Studios 'return to form'. The NBC TV special black leather sets are still killer (The Searcher uses these as the fulcrum of the documentary). Then the 70s - long ago dismissed as trash, but as this thread has shown, there are some incredible performances. The 70s was where - I believe - Elvis took off the mask. Yes, some of the songs might have been easy, or less than rock 'n' roll, or songs that the Colonel wanted him to include on the album because of the publishing rights, but the songs prior to the 70s were never so personal (except for the 2 demos he did at Sun for his mother). The obvious autobiographical - Always on my mind / Separate ways - are well known but the two I linked to up thread - Pieces of my life / It's midnight - I don't think will get any love outside dedicated Elivis fandom, but in those two he opened his heart just a little bit wider. And the sad thing about 70s Elvis is that those gems and others such as 'there's a honky tonk angel'/ good time charlie's got the blues, 'elvis country', all the jungle room stuff, they are all overlooked in favour of the elvis-burger-vegas pantomime. And yet the two best Elvis films - that's the way it is and elvis on tour - are 70s and proud, and i'm rambling now, so i'll wind it up quickly and probably be the first person to have compared elvis to a stick of blackpool rock: wherever you break it along the linear line of his career you will always find something that (to me anyway) PROVES his gift of musicality (some born?, most learned, but all respected). I seriously don't know how to rank a top 3 of the sun recordings, let alone compare 'baby let's play house' with the effortless beauty of 'she's not you' or the hard tack of 'stranger in my own home town'. i thin i've just convinced myself that it's number 1 ranked and the other 49 unranked and let them sit where they sit with other people's ballots. so thanks euler for delaying this and thanks moka for being the catalyst. I can't wait for the roll out.
PS Euler, awesome photo pick for the start of thread. Can I suggest something like this once the rollout has left the building?
https://i.imgur.com/0MvYSmC.jpg
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Thursday, 5 July 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
Milky white wayTake my hand precious lordHow great thou art
A gospel parallel career to the day job: Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Thursday, 5 July 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
With Cooke, while his early career was as a gospel singer, I don't think he ever recorded gospel again after "Lovable."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 5 July 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
xp Doc Pomus wrote A Mess of Blues, Surrender, Little Sister, Suspicion, Marie's The Name, Viva Las Vegas for starters― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 10:35 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 10:35 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the arrangement on ' mess of blues' is so good. loose and tight in equal measure. and beautiful tonal balance to the recording.
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Thursday, 5 July 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
one absolute stinker ('Confidence)
Yes that is definitely the worst Elvis song I've heard. It makes Do The Clam sound like Mystery Train.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 5 July 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
just want to namedrop Orion in here. while thrift shopping i came upon this book
https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/222985478851_/Elvis-Presley-The-Most-Incredible-Elvis-Story.jpg
i believe it was self published by the author, or that she had some kind of regional deal, but author Gail (G.B. Giorgio, from Marietta GA i believe) had her first book pulled from distribution or something so the first third of the book is a conspiracy theory about publishers trying to silence her.
she puts forth the theory that Elvis faked his death and presents a lot of evidence in this book. the birth certificate and tombstone misspelling of Aaron (his twin brother's first name, he died young, but cast a mysterious shadow over the Presleys) and she talks about the Geraldo 20/20 episode and finally there is the public display, when they showed Elvis's corpse for a public memorial, his nose looks entirely different, his face is described as if he were a poorly made wax dummy.
not that i believe any of it, but it's all incredibly interesting lore. i think she wrote many books on the subject. the last chapter even features the transcription of a rare encounter with The King post-"death" in a Hawaii airport!
one of her theories included the singer Orion. i don't know much about Orion but this is very fascinating because she claimed he was Elvis in disguise, and if you look at Orion's first album, it has a coffin and is called "Reborn". he's actually pretty talented - he sounds like a really good Elvis impersonator.
https://e.snmc.io/lk/f/a/06ace0c3d05ce556f984ddaac015c1c3/2801068.jpg
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 July 2018 00:42 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxJP50Cm9X0
in truth, Orion was singer Jimmy Ellis. that doesn't stop people from jumping to conclusions. from another youtube video:
Barb Delawder6 years ago@Tiffany16ization jimmy was not Elvis...jimmy was shot and killed on dec. 12, 1998 along with his ex- wife whien a robber came into his pawn shop in Alabama. there r rumors that jimmy may have been EP's half brother but there is no real proof. but they were 2 different men. jimmy just happened to sound like EP. Jimmy was born in Mississipi but his real mother took him to Alabama to an adoption agengcy where he was adopted at a very young age by the Ellis's.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 July 2018 00:52 (five years ago) link
lol the audience in that video
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 6 July 2018 00:53 (five years ago) link