Favourite Elvis Track?
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Why do people keep calling it 'Caught in a trap'?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
I can happily totally ignore whole swathes of Elvis's work, but I do have a fondness for "That's All Right" and "Heartbreak Hotel".
Poor sucker let himself be talked into recording some real gash, though.
Poor sucker let himself be talked into recording some real gash, though.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Because the opening line is:"We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out, because I love you too much, baby", which is a bit daft seeing as most song titles come from the chorus, which is "We can't go on together, with suspicious minds".
Pure laziness, getting the title wrong, even by those who weren't around when Elvis recorded it, seeing as the Fine Young Cannibals charted with it in the 80s.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Looby
Well-Known Member
I knew that would get on someone's nerves.
Well it can hardly be classed as a favourite if you don't even know what it's called can it?
I can't really pick a favourite, there are too many I love and that are very special to me for various reasons but I would probably go with Burning Love. We played that walking down the aisle after our wedding ceremony.
(We also had Pulp and Nina Simone during the service so it was a mixed bag really).
Apocryphal, I believe
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
suspicious minds, for sure
but also always on my mind,
and of course, first in line
"When they gave out eyes like diamonds
That would shame the stars that shine
My darlin my darlin
You were the first in line
When they gave out lips like honey
That hold a new thrill every time
My darlin my darlin
You were the first in line
There may be others
That know you longer
Who pledge their hearts to you
But theres no other
Could love you stronger
Any stronger than I do
Dont refuse me, say youll choose me
Im yours, oh please be mine
My darlin say Im your darlin
The first, and the last in line"
but also always on my mind,
and of course, first in line
"When they gave out eyes like diamonds
That would shame the stars that shine
My darlin my darlin
You were the first in line
When they gave out lips like honey
That hold a new thrill every time
My darlin my darlin
You were the first in line
There may be others
That know you longer
Who pledge their hearts to you
But theres no other
Could love you stronger
Any stronger than I do
Dont refuse me, say youll choose me
Im yours, oh please be mine
My darlin say Im your darlin
The first, and the last in line"
Do you have a song called Fame and Fortune? Thats a really nice one.
Everyone I ask has never heard of it though 
One of my favourites of his has to be 'Love Letters'
Cant say I have an absolute favourite though
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I've loads so I can't pick. Mystery Train is great and I love his Christmas album
danny la rouge
Ninja swords for all disabled people
I heard of a couple who asked for Suspicious Minds for their First Dance at their Wedding Reception. Great song, but I think the lyrics may have passed them by.
I have too many favourites, but I suppose if I was pressed I'd say Mystery Train or You're a Heartbreaker. Today.
I do love Scotty Moore's solo on Too Much, though; it makes me laugh every time.
I have too many favourites, but I suppose if I was pressed I'd say Mystery Train or You're a Heartbreaker. Today.
I do love Scotty Moore's solo on Too Much, though; it makes me laugh every time.
story
Gone for a Burton
Well of course apocryphal.
I was just surprised that you seemed not to know about it.
I'm sure you'll now correct me
Well of course apocryphal.
I was just surprised that you seemed not to know about it.
I'm sure you'll now correct me
I certainly don't have a definitive answer. It was always suggested Leiber & Stoller were entirely aware what they were up to, I've never seen much of an account of what Presley thought
story
Gone for a Burton
Well as I said, I suspect that Leiber and Stoller may have been taking the piss. At any rate, they were certainly worldly enough to know what their song implied, even if it started out unintentionally.
In those days risque or suggestible or outre things were slipped into the mainstream because punters were far more innocent than the artists/writers etc. and missed the meaning (The Shaman's Ebeneezer Goode is a good latter day example of this phenomenon, although plenty twigged soon enough).
As for whether Elvis knew what he was singing: well it's a moot point isn't it, since it's impossible to know. As I said, my own opinion is that Elvis was not so stupid that he would not have understood the inference in the song. He was pretty young at the time, and it was his first film. Perhaps he was just so caught up in his own sexual potency and power, so sure of his own position that he just went ahead and did it, took a risk, fancied playing around with stuff in public. Bit like Madge and Brit did on the telly that night.
I realise I'm teaching granny to suck eggs here, El Jefe.
In those days risque or suggestible or outre things were slipped into the mainstream because punters were far more innocent than the artists/writers etc. and missed the meaning (The Shaman's Ebeneezer Goode is a good latter day example of this phenomenon, although plenty twigged soon enough).
As for whether Elvis knew what he was singing: well it's a moot point isn't it, since it's impossible to know. As I said, my own opinion is that Elvis was not so stupid that he would not have understood the inference in the song. He was pretty young at the time, and it was his first film. Perhaps he was just so caught up in his own sexual potency and power, so sure of his own position that he just went ahead and did it, took a risk, fancied playing around with stuff in public. Bit like Madge and Brit did on the telly that night.
I realise I'm teaching granny to suck eggs here, El Jefe.
Yep, that one does it for me
Used to listen to it over and over on me mum's radiogram...haunting as fuck
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
No, hang on I've changed my mind.
If I can Dream.
What a fuckin great performance.
That is my favourite too.
Mr. QofG's bought a compilation of Elvis gospel songs last year and "Run On", "By and By", "If the Lord Wasn't Walking By my Side" are also pretty cool.
Got to admit that "Guitar Man" always gets me singing along too!
rikwakefield
Born to be Mild
Bonfirelight
Crocodile
'Olivers Army' for me
Miss Potter
hates mice
Can't decide between In the Ghetto and Devil in Disguise, one makes me cry and the other makes me happy
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
Can't Help Falling In Love
Wooden Heart
In The Ghetto
Wooden Heart
In The Ghetto
It's a funny thing, I don't own any of Elvis's music and wouldn't call myself a fan at all, but I do have a soft spot for tracks like Suspicious Minds*, In The Ghetto and Heartbreak Hotel.
Viva Las Vegas is also a good one - I got dragged along by my girlfriend and her sister to see a bloke called Trent Carlini (who is apparently the world's top Elvis impersonator) when we were in Vegas and really enjoyed the show.
*The Fine Young Cannibals' version is also excellent.
Viva Las Vegas is also a good one - I got dragged along by my girlfriend and her sister to see a bloke called Trent Carlini (who is apparently the world's top Elvis impersonator) when we were in Vegas and really enjoyed the show.
*The Fine Young Cannibals' version is also excellent.
slowth
same old
Love Me
My wife and i chose it as our song to have the opening dance to at our wedding.DJ assured me he'd got a copy weeks in advance so thought no more about it.Come the day,the twat played Love me Tender.We put on a brave face but i was seething at the time.Tosser.Never trust a DJ.
as an aside,compare the original studio version to the crass live performance at the end of his career when he'd turned into a mumbling, bloated pub singer.He even had a lackey following him round with a pile of fresh scarves for him to wear during the song as the audience fought tooth and nail to get hold of one.Desperately sad.
My wife and i chose it as our song to have the opening dance to at our wedding.DJ assured me he'd got a copy weeks in advance so thought no more about it.Come the day,the twat played Love me Tender.We put on a brave face but i was seething at the time.Tosser.Never trust a DJ.
as an aside,compare the original studio version to the crass live performance at the end of his career when he'd turned into a mumbling, bloated pub singer.He even had a lackey following him round with a pile of fresh scarves for him to wear during the song as the audience fought tooth and nail to get hold of one.Desperately sad.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Yea .. all right .. there has to be one !!
Elvis - means the king
Elvis Costello means Olivers Army ..
a) when he was doing rockabilly it was still other people's songs.
b) the list of fantastic singers who didn't write their own material is a fairly fantastic one.
c) Burning Love? Suspicious Minds? Way Down? Polk Salad Annie? Crooning?
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