Members GAS Man Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 I was never a crazed fan, but I've now long been in awe of his voice. I once worked one of his concerts back around '76 or so with the coliseum's crowd control company. As I walked the aisles, helping people find their seats and the usual BS, I took in the sound and that's when it really hit me that he had truly an exceptional tone to his voice. Yeah, we'd all grown up with it, but vocal tone like that really doesn't come around as sweet as that, that often. Here singing some Willy- [video=youtube;Za8cpM6cGYk] Now I wouldn't go as far as Christian Slater - [video=youtube;TB73Ko12yiQ] but it can be said and still possibly slide by as cool. [video=youtube;SBmAPYkPeYU] Great vocals, and a cool guitar riff. Here referencing his roots [video=youtube;RKpoAvpFKV0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKpoAvpFKV0&feature=related Add your thoughts and posts, positive or negative, it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragoro Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Elvis sucks. All show no talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted June 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Elvis sucks. All show no talent. [video=youtube;TYctbbWWzzo] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 i'll play ... [video=youtube;2oKR9MYYdBM] now i'm off to dinner in the promised land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted June 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 i'll play ... So cool, we have a play-ah - and a cool vid to boot! I like the vid clips in that one as well. It helps showcase how much of a "game-un" Elvis was and how he could be to bring it to such varied venues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 [video=youtube;0rpn_7OMV0c] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted June 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 ^That rocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Elvis...all talent and all show too... All through time, he was one of the few. I think right there he is doing one of those Dimebag 'squealies'. Using a Floyd Rose back in the late '60s...friggin' pioneer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members vintage clubber Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Elvis was cool in my book. I still watch his cheesy movies when AMC/Turner Classics airs them... [video=youtube;rddbUZjKc-o] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 [video=youtube;fiwdhmf7JSw] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surrealistic Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Oh THAT Elvis I thought this thread was going to be about THE Elvis tpprOGsLWUo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ... Anyone notice that bassist Bruce Thomas is still in flares after everybody else switched to drainpipes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Anyone notice that bassist Bruce Thomas is still in flares after everybody else switched to drainpipes? ...um...no... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members foppy Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Elvis sucks. All show no talent. Who gives a {censored}. You sound like somebody's grandpa in 1956. I don't listen to rock and roll to listen to somebody's "talent," I listen to it for stuff like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARd5njw6l7w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted June 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 When you clink on the link, there's a comment there that reads: " I? rather see you dead little girl then wed another man" omg. Now thats intense. cookieinbk 1 year ago 37 And another that reads: The more interesting part about that line is that John Lennon stole it for the first line? in the Beatles' song "Run For Your Life"-- he admitted it, too! Pianoman5623 1 year ago 23 Not exactly PC in these days But then again, Rockabilly does have that hillbilly component and that reminds me of the stark lyrics to that lovely little song of unknown (Appalachian origins?) called (Down In The..) Willow Garden. Down in the willow garden where me and my love did meet There we sat a-courting my love fell off to sleep I had a bottle of burgundy wine which my true love did not know And there I poisoned that dear little girl down by the banks below I drew my saber through her which was a bloody knife I threw her in the river which was an awful sight My father often told me that money would set me free If I would murder that dear little miss whose name was Rose Connelly Now he sits by his old cabin door a wiping his tear-brimmed eyes Mourning for his only son out on the scaffold high My race is run beneath the sun the devil is waiting for me For I did murder that dear little girl whose name was Rose Connelly __________________________________________________ _________________________________________ But she sure do sound purdy don't she? [video=youtube;is6jRKQxU2g] Sweet enough to sang yer baby to sleep [video=youtube;eWYvDsyfqnI] In fact the major theme music to the movie "Raising Arizona" is a lovely derivation of this song, Down In The Willow Garden [video=youtube;uoQ9K0G_14M] Nice interpretation by Kristin Hersh: "- poisons her, stabs her, and then drowns her all in the same verse, yeah, a feel good song" [video=youtube;EU7GfDsFUJ0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted June 11, 2011 Members Share Posted June 11, 2011 Anyone notice that bassist Bruce Thomas is still in flares after everybody else switched to drainpipes? I didn't notice that but as an Elvis Costello superfan I have noticed that he always seems to recruit bass players who have the groove, and the fills and the feel...I am very impressed with his bass player(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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