ELVIS WEEK
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Jesus Christ, the drums on those 69-70 live Suspicious Minds are fangoriously awesome.
Also, my phone apparently autocorrects to "fangoriously" on its own.
Also, my phone apparently autocorrects to "fangoriously" on its own.
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"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
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I'm gonna modify my previous statement: No offense to D.J. Fontana (the non-Olaf one), but RONNIE MOTHERFUCKING TUTT. JESUS.
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Wolter wrote:I'm gonna modify my previous statement: No offense to D.J. Fontana (the non-Olaf one), but RONNIE MOTHERFUCKING TUTT. JESUS.
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I've been listening to this today:
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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I would say there are only a handful of non-live Elvis LPs that are consistent throughout (he was at his best in the early years as a singles artist), but this is definitely one of the best.
Oh, and the Legacy version adds a bunch of great singles from the era, and another, lesser-but-still-decent album (Something for Everybody).
Did I mention I was making this Elvis Month? I'm making this Elvis Month.
”INDER LOCK THE THE KISS THREAD IVE REALISED IM A PRZE IDOOT” - Thomas Jefferson
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
"But the gorilla thinks otherwise!"
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Also, this is right AFTER he got back from the army, and works as a seriously triumphant return.
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There are certainly some overlooked gems on that record. Thrill Of Your Love or Like A Baby come to mind.
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I think I'll dedicate the 5th week of ELVIS MONTH to the movies.
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- Heston
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Fuck, I'm still trying to forget them.Olaf wrote:I think I'll dedicate the 5th week of ELVIS MONTH to the movies.
Every weekday morning in the summer holidays they used to have an Elvis film, straight after Flash Gordon. The Limeys must remember.
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Jailhouse Rock is a lot of fun.Heston wrote:Fuck, I'm still trying to forget them.Olaf wrote:I think I'll dedicate the 5th week of ELVIS MONTH to the movies.
Every weekday morning in the summer holidays they used to have an Elvis film, straight after Flash Gordon. The Limeys must remember.
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I liked the boxing one (Kid Galahad?) the rest were pretty direHeston wrote:Fuck, I'm still trying to forget them.Olaf wrote:I think I'll dedicate the 5th week of ELVIS MONTH to the movies.
Every weekday morning in the summer holidays they used to have an Elvis film, straight after Flash Gordon. The Limeys must remember.
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I like that one, too. Everything after that is pretty much unwatchable up to, say, Charro.Purple Hayes wrote:I liked the boxing one (Kid Galahad?) the rest were pretty dire
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The one that always sticks in my mind is "Fun in Acapulco."
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Around '72, Presley was trying to get a serious Bruce Lee style action film produced, to prove his acting chops and give himself a vehicle to show off his karate. That could have been wretched good fun.
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Could have kept him fit too.Silent Majority wrote:Around '72, Presley was trying to get a serious Bruce Lee style action film produced, to prove his acting chops and give himself a vehicle to show off his karate. That could have been wretched good fun.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board