Fav Elvis Songs

[Rebel]

I've noticed quite a few Elvis fans on here, just wandering what your fav Elvis songs are. Not gonna ask you to pick one, but keep it to a minimum lol. Here's some of mine:

American Trilogy
Big Hunk O Love
Trouble
Mystery Train/Tiger Man melody that he played alot
What Now My Love
Hound Dog

[Rikk]

Favorite ELVIS song: LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE (from the '69 Memphis sessions)

Other favorites: his brilliant mid-60s cover of Dylan's TOMORROW WAS A LONG TIME. THIS IS THE STORY (Memphis sessions). ALWAYS ON MY MIND. His mid-70s take on I CAN HELP. Great 50s song called ONE-SIDED LOVE AFFAIR.

[Golden AWe]

Definetely ALWAYS ON MY MIND and SUSPICIOUS MINDS...those two are above others...

As a matter of fact, I don't know enough Elvis songs...maybe 20 really good ones, and that is because I don't have that many albums.

The comeback gig is one of the best gigs ever.

LONG LIVE THE KING!!!

[Coyote]

The early stuff... From the Sun sessions to the early 60's

[JJMcClure]

Gotta be the early stuff. Mystery Train from the Sun sessions is my favorite from that time. You can hear him laughing at the end of that one. My Baby Left Me from 1956 is my all time favorite Elvis song I think. From DJ Fontana's drums at the start you know its gonna be a kick ass tune.

Although IMO Jerry Lee Lewis was the man. There was a fella who knew how to rock..

[DrMaddVibe]

Originally posted by Coyote
The early stuff... From the Sun sessions to the early 60's


yup!

[Mr Badguy]

"Old Shep"!

[Golden AWe]

"can't help falling in love with cato-san"

[DavidLeeNatra]

all the shit from his best performance ever, the 68comeback special...

http://oldies.about.com/library/graphics/comeback.jpg

the early stuff (they recorded it with one fucking microfone hanging from the ceiling!!!), suspicious minds, the LMFAO-version of "are you lonesome tonight, and tons of ohters...

just leave out the crap songs from the movies...

[Matt White]

Mystery Train...

Baby Lets PLay House...

Blue Moon of Kentucky...

Etc etc etc

[fe_lung]

That's All Right, Mama
One Night
Love Me
Crawfish
King Creole
Trouble
Loving You
Suspicious Minds
Clambake
Girl Happy
You're So Square

[Mr. Vengeance]

Hound Dog
Teddy Bear
Don't be Cruel
Return to Sender
Love Me
Burning Love
The Lady Loves Me (with Ann-Margret)
Jailhouse Rock
Heartbreak Hotel
Are You Lonesome Tonight- LOVE the spoken portion!
Moody Blue


And my guilty pleasure is In the Ghetto. I can't tell you why but if it comes on the radio, I leave it on.

[Loons The Great]

Baby What You Want Me To Do
Hi Heel Sneakers
Old MacDonald
Stranger In My Own Hometown
Merry Christmas, Baby
Three Corn Patches
Find Out What's Happenin'
Trouble
Surrender
Got My Mojo Workin'/Keep Your Hands Off Her
Tumblin' Tumbleweeds
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
U.S. Male
Clean Up Your Own Backyard
Too Much Monkey Business
If I Can Dream
Froggy Went A Courtin'
Never Been To Spain
Hard Luck
Down By The Riverside/When The Saints Go Marchin' In
Stay Away, Joe

every gospel tune

[jonnypop]

TOO MANY TO LIST! As painful as some of his movies are to watch, I can listen to ELVIS sing anything. I got well over a hundred concerts from 68-77 and never get tired of any of them.

That said, here a few favs:

Early Morning Rain
Hurt
Sweet Caroline
You've Lost that Lovin Feeling
Suspicious Minds
How Great Thou Art
Unchained Melody
What Now My Love
It's Over

[MAX]

Way too many Elvis songs to even mention. However, this wan has always been a fave of mine.

"Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can’t help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can’t help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you
For I can’t help falling in love with you"

[Anonymous]

Heh... Elvis could sing anything. Haven't heard one of his songs I haven't liked yet.

Five that popped into my mind just now:

In the Ghetto
Wooden Heart :rofl:
Suspicious Minds
Return to Sender
Stuck on You

Cheers! :bottle:

[Rebel]

Awesome choices there guys.

Loons, "Baby What You Want Me To Do"......song's just nasty, love that shit.

Rikk, "Long Black Limo".....one of my favs as well, bad ass tune.

One that hasn't been listed and one of my favs (written of course by the great Chuck Berry). Has one of the greatest lines ever written in rock, "Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling, and the poor boy is on the line":

Promised Land

I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my mind
I straddled that Greyhound
And rode into Raleigh
And on across Caroline

We had motor trouble that turn into a struggle
Halfway across Alabam'
And that hound broke down and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham

Right away I brought me a through train ticket
Ridin' across Mississippi clean
And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans

Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just to help me get to Houston Town
There are people there who care a little about me
And they won't let the poor boy down

Sure as you're born brought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my hand
And I woke up high over Alburquerque
On a jet to the promised land

Working on a T-bone steak a la carte
Flying over to the golden state
Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate

Swing low chariot come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone

Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater four ten o nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor boy is on the line

Working on a T-bone steak a la carte
Flying over to the golden state
Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate

Swing low chariot come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone

Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater four ten o nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor boy is on the line

[Jack68]

Been playing the alterative aloha lately,the warmup gig for the hawaii 73 show.It is much better and looser then the satelite show.
Always on my mind
blue suede shoes
burning love
the remix of too much conversation from oceans 11

[BrownSound1]

I can't even begin to list my favorites. However, the ones I love usually have Scotty Moore on guitar. :D There was a perid of time when people made fun of Elvis a lot, and I never understood that.

[franksters]

Like everyone said in here, Elvis as way too many songs to start writing a list but I particularly enjoy That's alright mamma! For some reason this song as a special vibe for me.

[Rebel]

Originally posted by Jack68
Been playing the alterative aloha lately,the warmup gig for the hawaii 73 show.It is much better and looser then the satelite show.
Always on my mind
blue suede shoes
burning love
the remix of too much conversation from oceans 11

I've got that disc. Check out the new Aloha DVD, it has the video from it on there.

[DavidLeeNatra]

btw...we play "jailhouse rock", "blue suede shoes" and "johnny b. good" (elvis' version) with our band...they are always fun-parts of the show...

[ULTRAMAN VH]

I always enjoyed the 68 come back version of That's Alright Mamma. Great guitar work on that tune.
1.Jailhouse Rock
2.Hound Dog

[Terry]

too hard to pinpoint a fave Elvis SONG, but my fave period was 1969 to about 1973.

Always dug the Are You Lonesome Tonight live version from late 1976/early 1977 in the This Is Elvis Movie, where the REALLY bloated Elvis is up there blathering in a demerol induced stream-of-consciousness rap during the interlude towards the end of the song...purty fucked up.

But his stints at the International in Vegas late 1960s/1970 were shit-hot. Gotta watch Elvis:That's the Way It Is. Fuckin' fantastic. His version of Pork Salad Annie fuckin' ROCKED!

[Jérôme Frenchise]

It's so hard to choose... But I think the legendary "laughing version" of "Are you lonesome tonight?" is my all-time fave. I bought both the CD single and the 7" reissues a few years ago. I can't get enough of it! :)

There are a few extra versions of "Trouble" (rehearsals) on the awesome 68 Comeback Special DVD where Elvis obviously has a good time, must be because of the numerous takes they had to do because of such or such details that wouldn't make it.
There are quite a few funny scenes, most of them being rehearsals.

Anyway, to sum it up, the "laughing version" of "Are you lonesome tonight?" and the rehearsals of "Trouble" on the 68 NBC TV Special DVD are my top faves.
I also dig his early day rockers - most of his career too, in fact.
I'll add "If I can dream", because of the lyrics, and the King's voice which takes them even higher... What a beautiful song. I had one of my classes study that one two years ago. :cool:

[diamondsgirl]

Love Me Tender is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written, IMO.

I also love:

CC Rider (I want Roth to cover this :cool: )
Heartbreak Hotel
Blues Suede Shoes
Jailhouse Rock
Return to Sender
Teddy Bear
Don't Be Cruel
Suspicious Minds
Fever
Thats Alright Mama
What now my love?

Elvis did a cool version of "Got My Mojo Workin'" :cool:

[Loons The Great]

Originally posted by diamondsgirl
Love Me Tender is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written, IMO.

I also love:

CC Rider (I want Roth to cover this :cool: )
Heartbreak Hotel
Blues Suede Shoes
Jailhouse Rock
Return to Sender
Teddy Bear
Don't Be Cruel
Suspicious Minds
Fever
Thats Alright Mama
What now my love?

Elvis did a cool version of "Got My Mojo Workin'" :cool:

She's long lean and lanky, sweet as she can be
Hands off of her, she belong to me
Mojo workin'...

[Rebel]

Originally posted by diamondsgirl
Love Me Tender is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written, IMO.

I also love:

CC Rider (I want Roth to cover this :cool: )
Heartbreak Hotel
Blues Suede Shoes
Jailhouse Rock
Return to Sender
Teddy Bear
Don't Be Cruel
Suspicious Minds
Fever
Thats Alright Mama
What now my love?

Elvis did a cool version of "Got My Mojo Workin'" :cool:

I've always thought I would love an entire album of Dave doing Elvis covers, never gonna happen. Some cool songs he could do:

CC Rider
Jailhouse Rock
Tiger Man (imagine DLR doing that one!!!!)
Fever
Trouble


Don't rip me, I know Dave's chops aren't on the same level as Elvis by any stretch, but with Dave's vocal style, he could pull off some cool version.

[Loons The Great]

Diamond David Lee Roth sang an AMAZIN' version of Heartbreak Hotel on the 1983 Tour-a nah yezz...an' I've heard him break into Elvis voice during Runnin' With The Devil, Ice Cream Man, and Pretty Woman, 'specilly on those incredible acoustic warm-up radio gigs he did for the Roth/Hagar Tour in '02 yez yez yez.

I've always thought that Elvis went into hiding in '77, Diamond Dave was crowned the King Of Rock N Roll in '78 with the release of VHI. That's the truth-a nah.

[SNIPER]

Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra
all the shit from his best performance ever, the 68comeback special...

http://oldies.about.com/library/graphics/comeback.jpg

the early stuff (they recorded it with one fucking microfone hanging from the ceiling!!!), suspicious minds, the LMFAO-version of "are you lonesome tonight, and tons of ohters...

just leave out the crap songs from the movies...

"68" Comeback Special was the fucking bomb!! Elvis sang like he had a pair. Its kinda close to the Fair Warning era Van Halen! Back when Edward at least acted like he had a pair.

[Rebel]

I forgot all about Heartbreak Hotel, I've got it on a couple 83 boots, SOuth American Assault has it I believe. Gonna have to break that one out.

[ben halen]

Pretty much like everything but the movie songs.

One of my favorite video clips is Elvis playing the piano and singing Unchained Melody.

It's right before he died, and he's all bloated and sweaty, but there's something about it that gives me chills.

That version of Are You Lonesome Tonight? on the "This is Elvis" soundtrack where he fucks up the spoken part is one of my favorites too.

[diamondsgirl]

I think that if I ever heard Roth sing "Love Me Tender", I would melt like MacArthur's Park in the dark. :cool:

I know he doesn't "do" ballads as rule..but this ain't no regular lame ass ballad.

Anybody with me?

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by ben halen
That version of Are You Lonesome Tonight? on the "This is Elvis" soundtrack where he fucks up the spoken part is one of my favorites too.

This is what I meant by the "laughing version".

Elvis made a habit of not sticking to the lyrics. Normally, Elvis should sing at a certain moment
"Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there". In this particular version he sings "Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair".
The song continues for a couple of seconds and then Elvis spotted a man that is completely bald.
Hence the laughter.
In the end of the song, Elvis mumbles something like : "Oh God, I have never met this before, ..."

http://www.eeggs.com/items/8011.html

"Elvis made a habit of not sticking to the lyrics." Damn, how I dig that! :)

http://hometown.aol.com/flyswitheagles3/laughing.jpg

[diamondsgirl]

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
"Elvis made a habit of not sticking to the lyrics." Damn, how I dig that! :)

http://hometown.aol.com/flyswitheagles3/laughing.jpg

sounds like someone else we all dig...:D

[DR CHIP]

I personally love the "I love Ford even though we disagree politically" tune...

;)

[Rebel]

How about the part where he says:

"And I'm standing there.........in my underwear."

On a couple of my boots, instead of saying "You've made my life complete" on LMT, he says "You've made my life a.....wreck" :D

Of course Suspicious Minds where he said alot "I hope this suit doesn't tear apart" when he'd be down on his knees.

[ben halen]

On the version I've heard, he starts out with the"all the world's a stage" bit, gets tongue tied, mumbles some gibberish, and ends it with "plus tax."
Then he says, "now I'm standing there, without any hair", and ends it with, "and if you won't come back to me.......oh the hell with it!"

Great stuff!

[Rebel]

Yea, I've heard that one too, it is good stuff. Guy was more "at home" on a stage than probably any other performer I know. Always in total control.

[DavidLeeNatra]

Originally posted by ben halen
On the version I've heard, he starts out with the"all the world's a stage" bit, gets tongue tied, mumbles some gibberish, and ends it with "plus tax."
Then he says, "now I'm standing there, without any hair", and ends it with, "and if you won't come back to me.......oh the hell with it!"

Great stuff!

that was from the last CBS-tv special that was aired closely after his death...elvis looked horrible in this one...but his voice was as strong as ever...the "unchained melody" is great, too...

get dave's heartbreak hotel from the club days...good one!

[Douglas T.]

Makes me wanna gather a few ELVIS videos! Is the "68" show on DVD?

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Originally posted by Douglas T.
Makes me wanna gather a few ELVIS videos! Is the "68" show on DVD?

Sure it is! It has been, for a little more than one year. An absolute must!! Go for the Deluxe edition. :cool:

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/video/Elvis68Comeback-DeluxeDVD-big.jpg

[Douglas T.]

I'll do it! Thanks!

[DavidLeeNatra]

Originally posted by Jérôme Frenchise
Sure it is! It has been, for a little more than one year. An absolute must!! Go for the Deluxe edition. :cool:

http://www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/video/Elvis68Comeback-DeluxeDVD-big.jpg

nothing but YES !!!

[Rebel]

If you like the 68 special, you gotta get this, it's awesome!!

http://www.shopelvis.com/nshop/product.php?navgroup=0&view=detail&productid=EP-130-1004CD&dept=keyword+search&category=&page=&groupName=

I know 30 bucks for a single CD is steep, but these Follow That Dream discs that they are doing are really well done.

[Jérôme Frenchise]

Here's a link to a site where you can find Elvis video stuff. There are about two dozen actual Elvis vids, together with more or less professional covers...

BTW, this site allows you to serch for and view videos of all kinds - check out the result for "Rolling Stones", for example.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=Elvis+Presley&search_type=search_videos&search=Search

[Loons The Great]

Originally posted by DavidLeeNatra


get dave's heartbreak hotel from the club days...good one!

When did dave sing Heartbreak Hotel in the club days? I thought Van Rothin' covered Heartbreak Hotel on the 1983 South American Tour.

[hain23x]

I'll tell ya what's bad-ass.. that 3DVD "68 Comeback Special":cool:

My wife and I are BIG TIME Elvis fans!

my faves--"That's alright Mamma',, "Mystery Train/Tiger Man", "Love me Tender", "Can't help falling in love.."<--which is the song I sang to my wife when I asked her to marry me:)

[Loons The Great]

"Clean Up Your Own Backyard" is fuckin' stellar. Fo' Sho'!!!!

[Loons The Great]

"Cindy, Cindy" is a great 'Vis tune...an' Fever...TCB!!!

[FORD]

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Elvis' last great song