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

otm. the Wertheimer photos in particular completely slay me

Larry Geller had a good gig putting the L’Oréal into Elvis’s hair every few weeks.

Yeah. For years had the poster on my wall for Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love with the Wertheimer “kiss” on it. http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/ten-days-with-elvis-presley

this photo from 76 haunts me, he looks so ...clammy. like you can see his chemical dependence completely catching up with him & overtaking him physically

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/a8/c5/fea8c5fe7adb083a637411d01ab1d6da.jpg

I guess we should wait until the American day to get this going? the King never made it here to Olde Europe so it's only right to wait

He didn’t get up early to see a moon launch, apparently, so I suppose you are right

Well, good eveningmorning
Don’t that sun look good going downcoming up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0x6U1aPuk

it's time to take care of business

TCB in a ⚡️

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nX6vC_GKlr4/VfFgiJW76bI/AAAAAAAByLA/NxfZOobP-U0/s1600/1970.%2BNail%2BSwirl.jpg

thanks to Moka for the images

https://i.imgur.com/BO1V4eI.jpg

50. Elvis Presley - “Love Me” 112 points, 5 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNMKIGD07F8

classy but the following one is definitive I think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxS0xRpsfgY

https://i.imgur.com/bn4Mgty.jpg

49. Elvis Presley - “Always On My Mind” 119 points, 7 votes

Treat me like a fool.....

Love the images. Always On My Mind too low!

https://i.imgur.com/GOtmGTh.jpg

48. Elvis Presley - “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” 127 points, 5 votes

(Have to admit I’ve never taken the time to understand how the points weighting works on these polls)

I gave 50 points for a number 1, 49 for number 2, and so on.

i have a soft spot for this song. and it has a good bouncy rhythm

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.”

https://i.imgur.com/e6INzqs.jpg

47. Elvis Presley - “It's Now Or Never” 128 points, 7 votes

this one feels very Bobby Darin to me. love it tho

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"

https://i.imgur.com/UJd8LTJ.jpg

46. Elvis Presley - “Crying In The Chapel” 130 points, 7 votes

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...

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.)

https://i.imgur.com/qedVhSs.jpg

45. Elvis Presley - “Crawfish” 132 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote

lol 1 #1 vote

Wow

I was surprised! But then I'm currently listening to the drugs dialogue from Vegas, 2 September 1974, so to each her own...

Crawfish RULES! but I didnt have as my 1, i had it a fair way down my list iirc

https://i.imgur.com/3t1Nl8h.jpg

44. Elvis Presley - “True Love Travels On A Gravel Road” 136 points, 5 votes

so good

i love this one

I see that I had that one at 35.

(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear: my #34
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road: my #37

I didn't vote for anything else that's popped up so far

https://i.imgur.com/kTM5yaA.jpg

43. Elvis Presley - “Polk Salad Annie” 142 points, 5 votes, 1 number one

I voted for this one too (#47). I don't even think he ever recorded this in the studio, did he? Only live versions.

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.

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.

Is there a Spotify playlist?

https://i.imgur.com/BpWrmun.jpg

42. Elvis Presley - “Any Day Now” 145 points, 4 votes, 1 number one

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).

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.

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.

https://i.imgur.com/L9uMnnz.jpg

41. Elvis Presley - “Baby What You Want Me To Do” 153 points, 5 votes

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.

I didn’t vote for Polk Salad Annie but it is one of his A+ live songs for sure

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.

Other than Elvis, I mean

https://i.imgur.com/hmYvNTA.jpg

40. Elvis Presley - “Trouble” 159 points, 8 votes