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

xp yes I love the JAMC cover, it's what I think of when I think of "Guitar Man". I wish ZZ Top had covered it too.

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39. Elvis Presley - “(You're the) Devil in Disguise” 171 points, 7 votes

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38. Elvis Presley - “(You're so Square) Baby I Don't Care” 180 points, 8 votes

Trouble is great - one of my favorite performances from the movies

oh actually that's the last for today

I'll continue the roll out tomorrow!

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Looking up "You're So Square..." I had no idea Buddy Holly had done it before Elvis. (It's a Lieber/Stoller song.) I've never liked Holly, so have only ever heard his four or five biggest hits.

In the early days of MTV that was the one Elvis "video" they would always show (the clip from Jailhouse Rock Probably the introductory Elvis tune for a lot of '80s kids.

Looking up "You're So Square..." I had no idea Buddy Holly had done it before Elvis. (It's a Lieber/Stoller song.) I've never liked Holly, so have only ever heard his four or five biggest hits.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/cryptosicko/playlist/15K0ZzVnHRRa3a95ZqLNZz?si=NQL5hJJqQRWp2JGNFvKMzg

I've tried my best to get original studio versions of everything, but the Elvis discography is often confusing (including a few things that only appear to be available on compilations). Please let me know if I've grabbed the wrong version of something if you catch it.

Jackie DeShannon did a great version of Trouble. Embarrassingly I didn't even know it was an Elvis song (well it's Leiber/Stoller, but Elvis did it before Jackie)

And it's very similar to Leiber/Stoller's later hit, "I'm a Woman" by Peggy Lee. Those guys loved Muddy Waters riffs.

I voted for "You're So Square," and always thought it was a Buddy song first, but James Redd is correct.

Did not know Holly recorded it, will have to check it out. Such a funny, silly song can't listen without raising a smile.

You’re So Square was actually played a lot on early MTV, there was a black and white video for it. Great song.

With regard to Spotify playlist, I’m sure all the votes for Baby What You Want Me To Do are from comeback special, released as the Tiger Man album.

I know mine was. Was it released in some other configuration?

Where did you get this information, Phil? Pretty sure it was written for the film Jailhouse Rock.

I must have just misread the dates. That, plus thinking Holly died pretty early on led me to assume he must have gotten to it first. Either way, Elvis's version is the one.

Any Day Now was my #1. For me it's the pinnacle of the American Studios sessions. The band came up with an unbeatable arrangement (I love Reggie Young's descending intro lick), and Elvis's vocal is impeccable. BTW, Ronnie Milsap was working out of Memphis at the time, appearing nightly at a club called TJs, and Elvis went to see him several times. Milsap recorded over a dozen sides at American and was also a background singer on the Elvis sessions. He did a fine version of the song but doesn't communicate anguish like Elvis does.

I’ve always preferred the first version by Chuck Jackson, never even listened to Ronnie Milsap, will listen again to Elvis’s version.

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

― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, July 30, 2018 3:22 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

couldn't fit this on my ballot, i love his wannabe mario lanza phase. there are a couple of other tunes that edge it for me in that regard.

actually am posting after seeing a lot of the rollout so far and worried/perplexed that my choices aren't making it, particularly my no.1.

was looking forward to seeing your no.1 james redd. great rationale for it. he never (or very rarely) failed to use it in live concerts, like it was a kind of 'tuning up' exercise to get into a groove.

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

― grawlix (unperson), Monday, July 30, 2018 4:43 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i thought he did, but i could be wrong, going to go check.

Any Day Now was my #1. For me it's the pinnacle of the American Studios sessions. The band came up with an unbeatable arrangement (I love Reggie Young's descending intro lick), and Elvis's vocal is impeccable. BTW, Ronnie Milsap was working out of Memphis at the time, appearing nightly at a club called TJs, and Elvis went to see him several times. Milsap recorded over a dozen sides at American and was also a background singer on the Elvis sessions. He did a fine version of the song but doesn't communicate anguish like Elvis does.

― Ρεμπετολογια, Monday, July 30, 2018 7:10 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nice description. it's also quite a challenging melody line in the verses, which he nails with aplomb.

I voted for "You're So Square," and always thought it was a Buddy song first, but James Redd is correct.

― clemenza, Monday, July 30, 2018 6:38 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Did not know Holly recorded it, will have to check it out. Such a funny, silly song can't listen without raising a smile.

― Dan Worsley, Monday, July 30, 2018 6:45 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Interesting fact about 'Baby I don't care' is that Elvis played the electric bass introduction because Bill Black (his sidekick from the beginning at Sun Studio and a master on the slap double bass) couldn't nail it on an electric bass guitar. I think from memory that if you listen closely Elvis is slightly ahead of the beat to start with before the rest of the band comes in.

Understand Dan's point about the lyrics, but I've always thought the song was quite threatening, partly because of the bass line and partly because of the spare punkish arrangement. What my dad would describe as a 'tough sound'.

Up to date now with my comments :-) and none of my picks have appeared so far. Thanks Euler and Moka, this has been one of my favourite ILM days in all my years on here.

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Always thought it was quite welcoming in that the protagonist is clearly a rocker/beatnik/hipster but overlooks the girls faults in not fitting into his clique and is happy to accommodate her warts and all. May be due to my first exposure being through the Bryan Ferry version where he's plays it rather more needily.

Also love that "You're So Square" is 1:50! That's the length of, like, a Minor Threat song.

That one was my #8

“You’re So Cubed (Baby, I’m No Rube)”

xxxxp Polk salad Annie never recorded in studio

Apparently Bill Black threw or slid that electric bass across the floor, he was that frustrated by his inability to play it.

Polk salad Annie never recorded in studio

There's a lot of contemporary '70s material that he only did live, presumably because the Colonel's publishing reigns weren't as tight. That's one of the interesting facets of the Elvis On Tour film from '73 is that the setlist is almost all those kinds of songs.

Also, speaking of movies, I guess there weren't enough votes for the side poll?

There's a lot of contemporary '70s material that he only did live, presumably because the Colonel's publishing reigns weren't as tight. That's one of the interesting facets of the Elvis On Tour film from '73 is that the setlist is almost all those kinds of songs.

― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, July 30, 2018 8:34 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I didn't know that, I'm going to go back and check the soundtrack! Had On Tour as my no.2 film, as even thought it's more hectic and unexpected in parts, that's the way it is is so magisterial.

I've never seen On Tour. I own That's The Way It Is on DVD, though. The alternate cut with more performance and rehearsal footage is fantastic.

On Tour is awesome -highly recommend if you havent seen it

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it's basically 'that's the way it is' but with added prescription meds and karate yoga

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oops

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added bonus: the band and his backing singers are UHmazing

OMG euler I've made a terrible mistake that I just realized as I was finishing the rest of the songs. I was counting the opening line in the excel file as numero 1 so all the songs so far are actually one slot up from current position. We started in number 49 not 50 =_=

I can correct it for the following songs for tomorrow but for the ones so far well I fucked up... I'm terribly sorry everyone!

Anyhoo we'll start tomorrow at 36 as 37 is in fact "you're so square".

The actual number 50 was "Power of my Love" with 111 points and 4 votes.

I didn't know that, I'm going to go back and check the soundtrack!

I checked IMDB, and the it's not quite as packed with newer songs as I remembered, but still the film was an attempt to present Elvis as being "With It" to the point that there were objections(thankfully unheeded) made to the filmmakers and editing crew (headed by Martin Scorsese!) that were including too much vintage footage montages between the new bits. But it all works beautifully, particularly when juxtaposed with the verite passages of a visibly fucked up and bored Presley faking his way through umpteen meeting with local dignitaries before shows.

I own That's The Way It Is on DVD, though. The alternate cut with more performance and rehearsal footage is fantastic.

I can see why people prefer the alternate--it's tighter and more rockin'--but I looked at both again with my dad right before I submitted my ballot, and the theatrical cut is one of my favorite films period. I love all the Christopher Guest-esque interview bits with fans and employees, the behind the scenes stuff in the offices (including that amazing Elvis office decorated from floor to ceiling--including the whole ceiling--in Elvis memorabilia) and at the hotel. It's kind of like the anti-Woodstock or Gimme Shelter: Grownups in action putting on the "Elvis Summer Festival" (as that run of shows was promoted).

Moka that's fine, I'll just continue with the correct numbering today. Thanks again for the images!

I'll start today a bit earlier than yesterday. We'll continue with 36, taking account of the off-by-one error discussed earlier (wherein "Power of My Love" is the real #50, and yesterday's #50, "Love Me", actually #49.

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36. Elvis Presley - “Reconsider Baby” 184 points, 6 votes

Just found this book today

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Sax solo is soooo brilliant in reconsider baby.

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35. Elvis Presley - “Only The Strong Survive” 191 points, 7 votes

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34. Elvis Presley - “Are You Lonesome Tonight?" 193 points, 8 votes, 1 number one