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.
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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:
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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

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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).

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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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Olaf wrote:I think I'll dedicate the 5th week of ELVIS MONTH to the movies.
Fuck, I'm still trying to forget them. ;)

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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Heston wrote:
Olaf wrote:I think I'll dedicate the 5th week of ELVIS MONTH to the movies.
Fuck, I'm still trying to forget them. ;)

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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Heston wrote:
Olaf wrote:I think I'll dedicate the 5th week of ELVIS MONTH to the movies.
Fuck, I'm still trying to forget them. ;)

Every weekday morning in the summer holidays they used to have an Elvis film, straight after Flash Gordon. The Limeys must remember.
I liked the boxing one (Kid Galahad?) the rest were pretty dire
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Purple Hayes wrote:I liked the boxing one (Kid Galahad?) the rest were pretty dire
I like that one, too. Everything after that is pretty much unwatchable up to, say, Charro.
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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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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.
Could have kept him fit too.
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