RussTCB Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 "New" album coming with the Royal Philharmonic:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-elvis-presleys-powerful-newly-orchestrated-if-i-can-dream-20150812I wasn't that interested until I heard this: After hearing that, I'm very excited for stuff like You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Bridge Over Troubled Water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickzark Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 I am not a fan but of course i appreciate him.He was the beging for many singers .Long Live the King.RIP where you are now.God with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncivil war Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 "New" album coming with the Royal Philharmonic:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-elvis-presleys-powerful-newly-orchestrated-if-i-can-dream-20150812I wasn't that interested until I heard this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_inFn4CBMkI get chills whenever I hear that song from the '68 special. One of the finest vocal performances of his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 "New" album coming with the Royal Philharmonic:http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-elvis-presleys-powerful-newly-orchestrated-if-i-can-dream-20150812I wasn't that interested until I heard this: I get chills whenever I hear that song from the '68 special. One of the finest vocal performances of all time.Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_carston Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 I know there are a gazzilion Elvis tribute acts out there but if you are on Facebook please give my mate a like, it'd make his day, a great guy https://www.facebook.com/Michael-Vegas-Rees-Elvis-Tribute-658744390814824/timeline/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teroz Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Fantastic singer, that had a horrible manager (and other bad people around him) that did not do good for him, for example did not allow him to take movie roles that did not include singing and especially his manager did not do what he could to help the man out with his demons. But of course at the end of the day, it's the persons own responsibility to sort it out.But great singer, love his 68-77 period live. Shaky moments after 74 yes, but still awesome moments here and there. Like his last show, sounded superb there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 He was singing songs while others wrote songs for him long before everyone else was doing it.He is a huge influence on so many artists. When it comes to 50's rock, I enjoy the songs, but I would listen to Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry or even Jerry Lee Lewis over Elvis.He also banged underage girls before Ted Nugent, Jimmy Page and fuck it, pretty much every rock star was doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Anyone listen to the "new" album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Anyone listen to the "new" album?Yeah, I grabbed it and I've listened to it a couple of times.I'd say about half of it is excellent. I love some of the vocal choices and despise others. The worst stuff on it by far is Fever (w/ Buble), American Trilogy and How Great Thou Art.They used the studio vocal for Fever and How Great Thou Art which was a mistake. Elvis has a lot more personality on any live version of Fever and Buble WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY overdoes it, so it's just unlistenable IMO. Every single live version of How Great Thou Art has far more feeling than the studio version, so I cannot imagine why they chose the studio vocal.Big highlights are Bridge Over Troubled Water and If I Can Dream. The latter sounds exactly like Elvis would have wanted it to IMO. The chose excellent vocals for Bridge, merging 2 live versions together. One is from 1970 while the outro chorus is from 1972. It's probably exactly the vocals I would have chose if I were in charge. The orchestrations lend themselves really well to the song too. For me, this version of Bridge is the version by which all others will be judged, it's that good.My other issue with it is the rest of the tracklisting being very lackluster. Songs like And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind, Steamroller Blues and There's Always Me make absolutely NO sense. Dude didn't even like those songs that much and of the 3, only sang Steamroller a couple times live as more of a joke then anything.So many other songs that he truly loved would have been much better choices. Always On My Mind, Make The World Go Away, Twenty Days And Twenty Nights, I've Lost You, Just Pretend.............. any or all of these would have been better choices and more in line with Elvis' song choice direction. I honestly cannot understand how at least Just Pretend didn't make it on here but bullshit like the studio vocal for Love Me Tender made the cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicrawker Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Never been a fan of the 70's Elvis as all I can think of is all the impersonators you see everywhere these days but I do love the young Elvis of the 50's when his music was dynamic and before he became jaded. ordered this set last week and really looking forward to it http://www.elvisnews.com/news.aspx/the-complete-50s-live-recordings/14807#.VkycwU3rvDB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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