Elvis - or any other good rock n roll

[eclipsechaser]

come on have we ever had an elvis thread?

Been playing this on youtube quite a bit :

A little less conversation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvlxRvhCB_A

(dont suppose anyone got a cheapie for me)

anything else you really like by the man or just post up some other good rock n roll stuff?

[Expiry2011]

come on have we ever had an elvis thread?

Been playing this on youtube quite a bit :

A little less conversation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvlxRvhCB_A

(dont suppose anyone got a cheapie for me)

anything else you really like by the man or just post up some other good rock n roll stuff?

Here's a link to an Elvis mix I did trying to focus on some of his more funky/danceable moments
There is more and I'm very slowly amassing stuff for a volume II - but movement is very slow!

http://www.verygoodplus.co.uk/showth...ght=funk+elvis

[eine]

Great mix that. Here's a fave on 7:

http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Presley...elease/3878845

[Shere Khan]

No thread on 'The King'!!!! Sacred blue!!

[Shere Khan]

Just noticed it says "Or any other rock 'n' roll"

[ginghamkitchen]

Great suggestions so far. Please be aware that this thread will shortly be hijacked by posts claiming that Elvis was a racist or that his epoch making career was totally pointless apart from some obscure b-side with a vaguely funky bass line. I think he's one of the most interesting people who ever lived for all sorts of reasons. Here's an Elvis track I really like.

[babycart]

Don´t eat this on the shitter, folks.

[Brainbomb]

I think we've had an Elvis thread, no?

Anyway - I reprise this electric sitar funk groove:

[Shere Khan]

I think we've had an Elvis thread, no?

Anyway - I reprise this electric sitar funk groove:

Yes, this track and anything else from the 'The Memphis Record' and anything else by Elvis.

[SirSlim]

Great mix that. Here's a fave on 7:

http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Presley...elease/3878845

One of my all time favourites by Elvis - shame they took the female vocal off the OST version.

[Mang]

Great mix that. Here's a fave on 7:

http://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Presley...elease/3878845

For some reason the inexplicably highly regarded Pilooski "edit" of this track gets me very riled whereas I didn't mind that JXL remix of "A Little Less Conversation". I think it's just that I suspect that if Fatboy Slim had been responsible for it then everyone would have slagged it.

[eclipsechaser]

I think we've had an Elvis thread, no?

Anyway - I reprise this electric sitar funk groove:

some great suggestions and yes its probably gonna get hijacked sooner or later. That bit aboot other rock n roll was tagged on at last minute. I though why not especially as I was thinking of this at the time :

Wanda Jackson - Riot in Cell Block Number 9

[Shere Khan]

At the risk of boring people I love this first, incredibly sparse, slow take of 'Pocketful of Rainbows' version 1. They evidently didn't like it because it breaks down at the chorus, unfortunately. Perhaps they thought it was simply too slow but it really shows off his voice to good effect and I keep going back to this elusive fragment.

[Brainbomb]

Does Hasil Adkins count or should he be in the insane outsider onemanband thread?

[Slim Jim]

Early Sun years:

The switch to RCA:

Hollywood Elvis:

'68 Comeback:

Big fat gorging-on-burgers-and-Quaaludes Elvis:

Like most stars of his era, pressure from management and record company led to a whole lot of schmaltz and utter crap but the good stuff's in there.