Elvis is the true King of rock n' roll

[smackaholic]

great article, spray.

my pick for first rock and roll tune- sing, sing, sing - benny goodman (with first rock drum solo by gene krupa).

listen to that tune and tell me it ain't rock and roll.

can't believe a rock group has never covered it, to my knowledge.

[bradhusker]

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Here you go, ya dumb dick:

THANKS MAN! ive been tryin to port that over, How'd ya do it? anyhow, ANYONE who watches that clip of the KING, and STILL doesnt get it?
ya need to check out of this life.
that clip of elvis presley jamming on that blues guitar, bleeding soul, bleeding pure rock and fuckin roll!! that is pure magic.
anyone who doesnt understand, after watching that clip, is a bona fide loser.

[bradhusker]

http://www.nysun.com/arts/who-really-in ... roll/2037/

Great article. R&R was pretty much nothing more than souped-up blues. Sure - I liked Elvis a lot as well, but fact is - he didn't write any of his shit. and the media (which didn't like blacks at ALL back then) was determined to say he started it. I'd say Little Richard and/or Jerry Lewis, Chuck Berry & Bill Haley probably had more to do with getting it going. Elvis just gave it a kick in the ass.

actually, that article you posted was written by a sicko, a person who doesnt know history, NO ONE EVER SAID ELVIS INVENTED ANYTHING!! get that thru your thick skull.
elvis was a HUGE part of the progression of music though,
elvis took a blues song called "thats all right mama", and in the studio, it now sounds "ROCKABILLY", that is elvis ' unique ability with a piece of music, the song was an old rhythm n blues song, NOW, in the studio elvis presley is jamming rockabilly, you idiot.
BE CAREFUL, you sound like a racist when you try to dis-credit elvis presley, the blues isnt rock n roll, its the BLUES, elvis presley played a huge part in the "progression into rock n'roll, its called rockabilly, he didnt invent it, BUT, through his stellar and essential studio work, he played a HUGE part in the progression of blues into what we now call rock n roll.

a lot of left wing sick ass liberals, they try to paint elvis as a racist who stole from black artists, this is sick sick left wing crap, elvis didnt steal a damm thing, thats like saying ray charles stole from hank williams and white country artists, its a LIE.
music progresses all the time, and during this period, the late 40's thru the fifties, rockabilly was being formed, the blues, gospel and country were morphing together, it was an exciting experimental time, and it has NOTHING to do with racism,, only sick mo fo's would say crap like that.

yes folks, there are racist blacks who cant stand the fact that elvis gets so much credit. NO ONE, including myself EVER said that elvis invented anything/
BUT, elvis presley played a HUGE role in the progression of music, and his influences were clearly blues, gospel and country, and guess what? listen to those essential sun-sessions, its called ROCKABILLY, the pre-cursor to rock n roll.

[bradhusker]

http://www.nysun.com/arts/who-really-in ... roll/2037/

Great article. R&R was pretty much nothing more than souped-up blues. Sure - I liked Elvis a lot as well, but fact is - he didn't write any of his shit. and the media (which didn't like blacks at ALL back then) was determined to say he started it. I'd say Little Richard and/or Jerry Lewis, Chuck Berry & Bill Haley probably had more to do with getting it going. Elvis just gave it a kick in the ass.

papa willie, you need to understand that writing the freakin lyrics is only one part of the creative process!! otis blackwell wrote the lyrics to "dont be cruel", then, otis recorded it, and IT SUCKED! then, elvis presley, THE KING, got his hands onto those lyrics by otis, and MAGIC HAPPENED! elvis the artist, was able to go into the RCA studios and make pretty simpleton lyrics sound FUCKIN AWESOME!!! and time and time again, elvis took lyrics that would NOT have amounted to a pile of dog shit, and turned those dog shit lyrics into rock n roll MASTERWORKS!!!! are u followin me here? or should I type slower?

papa willie, you need to stop listenning to sick racist left wing wackos, ive beeen reading a lot of their sick left wing garbage, have you?
the racist hate is very thick on the left these days, ive heard them call elvis a thief, sayin he stole from blacks, YET, when you educate yourself, you realize that this is sick racist hate, plain and simple.

music is a progressive art, it changes all the time, and the late forties thru the fifties was an exciting progressive time for music. elvis presley LOVED the black blues, rhythm n blues, gospel, and white country. SO, when elvis entered the sun recording studios, he had with him an old black rhythm n blues tune, called, "thats all right mama", in elvis' hands, it became "rockabilly" which would later be called rock n roll.

no one is denying anything from little richard or chuck berry or jerry lee lewis, they are ALL GREAT! no one is saying elvis invented anything, that is just your scared reaction to elvis being called the KING.

the term "KING" comes to elvis for one simple reason, his "body of work" destroys jerry lee and little richard and chuck berry. he didnt invent anything, he simply recorded more essential music in the studio, more critical acclaim.

until you understand why society sometimes bestows title on certain people, you fail to see the big picture here.

for example, arnold palmer was called "the king", Lebron James gets called the "king", from time to time, society labels certain people "the king", it has nothing to do with race or skin color, as the sick left would have you believe.

in the case of elvis presley, he simply walked into a recording studio, and proceeded to make essential critically acclaimed music in 6 different genres of music. also, he sold more records than anyone, only elvis and the beatles have in excess of over 1 billion in sales world-wide.

BUT, the most important factor in giving elvis presley the title of the "KING" is his massive "body of work", essential critically acclaimed work in the studio,
because his studio recordings produced more critically acclaimed works than little richard, chuck berry, jerry lee lewis, etc.. etc.. THAT IS THE REASON! nothing else, not skin color, not race, not anything, just the simple fact that his body of critically acclaimed recordings trumps all those other legends.
that is not my opinion, but stone hard fact. NOW, does that make him better than the others? no, not at all, did he invent? no, not at all.
did he play a part in the progression of music? yes, most defineately.

I hope this clears things up for the sick left wing nuts in here, and the racists too.

[BSmack]

papa willie, you need to stop listenning to sick racist left wing wackos, ive beeen reading a lot of their sick left wing garbage, have you?

[bradhusker]

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Here you go, ya dumb dick:

THANKS MAN! ive been tryin to port that over, How'd ya do it? anyhow, ANYONE who watches that clip of the KING, and STILL doesnt get it?
ya need to check out of this life.
that clip of elvis presley jamming on that blues guitar, bleeding soul, bleeding pure rock and fuckin roll!! that is pure magic.
anyone who doesnt understand, after watching that clip, is a bona fide loser.

LET ME REPEAT, anyone, I repeat, ANYONE, who watches elvis jamming on that blues guitar, screamin' bleedin, full of soul, rockabilly, sweat, blood, emotion, timeless, freakin rock n fuckin roll!!! IF you STILL dont understand after that display of music that bleeds soul, you are a piece of dogshit.
:twisted:

[War Wagon]

I've never given a shit about Elvis and give even less of a shit now.

[bradhusker]

I've never given a shit about Elvis and give even less of a shit now.

there is a word for people like you, its called "stupid", oh and one more word, ignorant, oh, almost forgot, "low-life",

it appears to me, that after watching that clip of elvis, "the king" from 1968, amyone with half a brain, would come to the conclusion that this guy was a GOD.

anyone who remotely knows a thing about soul, a thing about rockabilly, a thing about rock n roll, a thing about real music, would come away with a sense of awe.

since you didnt come away with a sense of awe, that leads me to conclude that you are an imbecile, a true low life scum, a real loser, a sissy clown,
were I to meet up with a panty waste such as yourself, I would fart in your direction, and be on my way, feelin real good. :twisted:

[bradhusker]

I've never given a shit about Elvis and give even less of a shit now.

of course you dont give a shit about elvis, there is a word for people like you, its called ignorant, its called abnormal, its called loser.

see, the reason why paul mccartney and john lennon and robert plant hold elvis in such high esteem, is simple, its because they are brilliant, they are GODS of music, and in music, greatness knows fellow greatness.

war wagon is the opposite of great, you are dried up dogshit on a sidewalk, so , you wouldnt know greatness if it hit ya in the throat.
which is why your posts are good for a few laughs of mockery,
get it? I am laughing at your stupidity, and the reason is simple, I can list 50 GODS of music, the all time greats if you will, names such as johnny cash, roy orbison, elton john, john lennon, sir paul, bruce the boss springsteen, and the list goes on and on, AND THEY ALL talk of elvis' greatness. every one of these artists speaks in hushed whispers of the kings' greatness, and everytime I bring up another GOD of music's awe of the KING, it makes war wagon look more and more silly.
:twisted:

[The Seer]

rack any and all Chuck D resets.

Concur.

[bradhusker]

I've never given a shit about Elvis and give even less of a shit now.

of course you dont give a shit about elvis, there is a word for people like you, its called ignorant, its called abnormal, its called loser.

see, the reason why paul mccartney and john lennon and robert plant hold elvis in such high esteem, is simple, its because they are brilliant, they are GODS of music, and in music, greatness knows fellow greatness.

war wagon is the opposite of great, you are dried up dogshit on a sidewalk, so , you wouldnt know greatness if it hit ya in the throat.
which is why your posts are good for a few laughs of mockery,
get it? I am laughing at your stupidity, and the reason is simple, I can list 50 GODS of music, the all time greats if you will, names such as johnny cash, roy orbison, elton john, john lennon, sir paul, bruce the boss springsteen, and the list goes on and on, AND THEY ALL talk of elvis' greatness. every one of these artists speaks in hushed whispers of the kings' greatness, and everytime I bring up another GOD of music's awe of the KING, it makes war wagon look more and more silly.
:twisted:

seer, dont disgrace this thread with chuck d filth, he is a " never was", and not even a footnote to anything. :twisted:

[LTS TRN 2]

THANKS MAN! ive been tryin to port that over, How'd ya do it? anyhow, ANYONE who watches that clip of the KING, and STILL doesnt get it?
ya need to check out of this life.
that clip of elvis presley jamming on that blues guitar, bleeding soul, bleeding pure rock and fuckin roll!! that is pure magic.
anyone who doesnt understand, after watching that clip, is a bona fide loser.

Uh..."husker"..?......Who suggested that Elvis wasn't the King? With whom are you presuming to argue?　Well, as you probably know, "uneasy sleeps the head that wears the crown," eh? And in the case of Elvis, this meant very little sleep at all. Case in point, the famous "back to his roots" comeback gig from which you've provided a clip. If you recall the entire fiasco of that event, you'll take particular mirth from the sequence when having played the same song five times in a row--and the band obviously instructed to simply follow along--the King wants to stand up while playing his guitar, but has no strap. Remember? And he demands Scotty's guitar strap--and Scotty says NO. So Elvis has to stand and balance the guitar on his knee? Remember? Of course he's boxed on bennies and can barely see or think straight (in fact you'll recall he almost goes off the rails on the very first tune, Heartbreak Hotel--he's not warmed up at all). But the most amazing feature of the whole thing is how after this ludicrous meltdown, he performs a gooey ballad flawlessly. He was extremely talented indeed. But there's no need to get all bent about it.

[War Wagon]

ya' know LTS, when you post about something other than politics, conspiracy theories and black helicopters... I am grateful for Big Pharma.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

ya' know LTS, when you post about something other than politics, conspiracy theories and black helicopters... I am grateful for Big Pharma.

Maybe he's relying on the healing power of prayer.


Also, on a side note...

...why are you being such an ass tonight, Wags? Don't get all bent on us just because the 5-0 took your toys away...

[bradhusker]

THANKS MAN! ive been tryin to port that over, How'd ya do it? anyhow, ANYONE who watches that clip of the KING, and STILL doesnt get it?
ya need to check out of this life.
that clip of elvis presley jamming on that blues guitar, bleeding soul, bleeding pure rock and fuckin roll!! that is pure magic.
anyone who doesnt understand, after watching that clip, is a bona fide loser.

Uh..."husker"..?......Who suggested that Elvis wasn't the King? With whom are you presuming to argue?　Well, as you probably know, "uneasy sleeps the head that wears the crown," eh? And in the case of Elvis, this meant very little sleep at all. Case in point, the famous "back to his roots" comeback gig from which you've provided a clip. If you recall the entire fiasco of that event, you'll take particular mirth from the sequence when having played the same song five times in a row--and the band obviously instructed to simply follow along--the King wants to stand up while playing his guitar, but has no strap. Remember? And he demands Scotty's guitar strap--and Scotty says NO. So Elvis has to stand and balance the guitar on his knee? Remember? Of course he's boxed on bennies and can barely see or think straight (in fact you'll recall he almost goes off the rails on the very first tune, Heartbreak Hotel--he's not warmed up at all). But the most amazing feature of the whole thing is how after this ludicrous meltdown, he performs a gooey ballad flawlessly. He was extremely talented indeed. But there's no need to get all bent about it.

LTS, umm.. LTS? where have you been the past 30 years or so? there are many members of the rap community, the hip hop community, and the african american community who dis-respect the KING. FOR YEARS NOW, left wing sickos, and left wing african americans call elvis presley a thief, time and time again, they call elvis a racist. they constantly say that elvis stole from black artists.
NOW, to an educated person such as myself, I could care less, I know the reality, and the reality is that anyone who thinks like this is seriously disturbed, full of racism and bigotry and hate.

When chuck D called elvis a racist, I knew that it was actually chuck D. who is the racist, not elvis presley. I knew this because , again, I am educated, for example, I knew that elvis presley had contributed a great deal of money to Dr. King in the sixties. I also knew that elvis showered his singers, the sweet inspirations, with expensive gifts, including Cissy Houston, whitney's mom.
I knew the inside life of the KING, and so, armed with an education on the entire career and life of the KING, I can totally debunk this garbage.

BUT, I want to come out with guns blazing, and show the world that these sickos like chuck D and kenye west, are the real racists here, and, when anyone cares to actually look at the facts, they clearly see that elvis presley didnt steal a damm thing from anybody, in fact, elvis, with his rockabilly sound, actually played a huge part in the progression of music in the middle century.

he didnt create anything, he didnt invent anything, he was just one of several artists of that era, who played a big role in the progression of blues, gospel, and country, into rockabilly, which was his sound, into what we call today as rock n roll.

as for the title of the "KING", that is really quite simple, it has nothing to do with race, its basically given to him due to the fact of his amazing critically acclaimed "body of work" in the recording studio. bringing lyrics, which would normally amount to squat, bringing those lyrics to absolute musical gems in the studio. Essential works of rock n roll, country, gospel, and not only selling millions upon millions of records, BUT, more importantly, getting the critical acclaim, which, in the grand scheme of things, matters the most to any artist.

case closed. :twisted:

[bradhusker]

THANKS MAN! ive been tryin to port that over, How'd ya do it? anyhow, ANYONE who watches that clip of the KING, and STILL doesnt get it?
ya need to check out of this life.
that clip of elvis presley jamming on that blues guitar, bleeding soul, bleeding pure rock and fuckin roll!! that is pure magic.
anyone who doesnt understand, after watching that clip, is a bona fide loser.

Uh..."husker"..?......Who suggested that Elvis wasn't the King? With whom are you presuming to argue?　Well, as you probably know, "uneasy sleeps the head that wears the crown," eh? And in the case of Elvis, this meant very little sleep at all. Case in point, the famous "back to his roots" comeback gig from which you've provided a clip. If you recall the entire fiasco of that event, you'll take particular mirth from the sequence when having played the same song five times in a row--and the band obviously instructed to simply follow along--the King wants to stand up while playing his guitar, but has no strap. Remember? And he demands Scotty's guitar strap--and Scotty says NO. So Elvis has to stand and balance the guitar on his knee? Remember? Of course he's boxed on bennies and can barely see or think straight (in fact you'll recall he almost goes off the rails on the very first tune, Heartbreak Hotel--he's not warmed up at all). But the most amazing feature of the whole thing is how after this ludicrous meltdown, he performs a gooey ballad flawlessly. He was extremely talented indeed. But there's no need to get all bent about it.

LTS, umm.. LTS? where have you been the past 30 years or so? there are many members of the rap community, the hip hop community, and the african american community who dis-respect the KING. FOR YEARS NOW, left wing sickos, and left wing african americans call elvis presley a thief, time and time again, they call elvis a racist. they constantly say that elvis stole from black artists.
NOW, to an educated person such as myself, I could care less, I know the reality, and the reality is that anyone who thinks like this is seriously disturbed, full of racism and bigotry and hate.

When chuck D called elvis a racist, I knew that it was actually chuck D. who is the racist, not elvis presley. I knew this because , again, I am educated, for example, I knew that elvis presley had contributed a great deal of money to Dr. King in the sixties. I also knew that elvis showered his singers, the sweet inspirations, with expensive gifts, including Cissy Houston, whitney's mom.
I knew the inside life of the KING, and so, armed with an education on the entire career and life of the KING, I can totally debunk this garbage.

BUT, I want to come out with guns blazing, and show the world that these sickos like chuck D and kenye west, are the real racists here, and, when anyone cares to actually look at the facts, they clearly see that elvis presley didnt steal a damm thing from anybody, in fact, elvis, with his rockabilly sound, actually played a huge part in the progression of music in the middle century.

he didnt create anything, he didnt invent anything, he was just one of several artists of that era, who played a big role in the progression of blues, gospel, and country, into rockabilly, which was his sound, into what we call today as rock n roll.

as for the title of the "KING", that is really quite simple, it has nothing to do with race, its basically given to him due to the fact of his amazing critically acclaimed "body of work" in the recording studio. bringing lyrics, which would normally amount to squat, bringing those lyrics to absolute musical gems in the studio. Essential works of rock n roll, country, gospel, and not only selling millions upon millions of records, BUT, more importantly, getting the critical acclaim, which, in the grand scheme of things, matters the most to any artist.

case closed. :twisted:

LTS, please, dont try to read into that stuff about the strap for his guitar, pleese, I already know about elvis' drug habits and his taking speed and lots of pills, THATS ROCK N ROLL, hell man, they all took drugs, thats not the point, the point of that clip I posted is to show music that bleeds, do you think I or anyone gives a fuck if johnny cash took drugs? or jimi hendrix? or led zepp or the beatles or clapton? or jim morrison or the stones or the who? THEY ALL DID DRUGS!! everyone knows that drugs is a huge part of rock n roll, so why even bring it up? who the fuck cares?

its all about the music man, the clip of elvis jamming out was to show an example of real gritty down in the dirt rock n roll. elvis sitting there and jamming out with a blues guitar, screaming like a punk, blood sweat and tears, robert plant was said to be in AWE when he saw this , same thing with john lennon,
these guys grew up on this kind of rockabilly, and seeing elvis jammin up there was something otherworldly.

as for the drugs? ITS ROCK N ROLL what do you expect?

remember on jim rome's radio show, when the coach screams, "THIS IS DIVISION 1 FOOTBALL"!!!! well my reaction to you bringing up elvis popping beanies is this,

ITS ROCK N ROLL MAN!!!! THIS IS BIG TIME ROCK N FUCKIN ROLL!!! drugs and sex go hand in hand here man!! drugs are a badge of honor in this profession son!!! :twisted:

[Goober McTuber]

Hey bradhusker, here’s a link I believe you’ll enjoy:

http://www.myspace.com/paulewagemann/blog/311891499

[LTS TRN 2]

Okay, "husker," so you're a total fraud, and this thread is a complete fake. Just checking...

[Carson]

brad v LTS = CRIPPLE FIGHT!!!

[Goober McTuber]

bradhusker vs suckaholic = incomrehensible and unreadable

[indyfrisco]

ltr: brad, THE KING

[Moving Sale]

you know, its funny when people try to dis-agree with the notion of elvis being the true king of rock n roll.
why is it funny??? because everytime they try to do this, they get schooled by me, thats right, they get their collective rear ends taken out back behind the woodshed, BY ME, I have over 30 years research in the history of rock n roll, and I can make anyone look foolish who tries to say that elvis is not the true king of rock n roll.
not only will I make you look stupid, but, I will totally destroy you, and, I will do this with HARD FACTS. so, let the games begin, Bring it!

Word.

[Bizzarofelice]

duh. ray charles is a white guy who can see.

[Dinsdale]

My absolute most hated "artist" of all time, far and away.

Costello can't sing, can't write, tried to make a career from "two strums and a whine" and insulting people, all the while telling everyone how great he was (can't say I blame him for trying to spread the "word," since you'd never know he was any good by actually listening to him).

Any person with an "appreciation" of Costello's "music" is officially tone-deaf.

Just fucking awful.

[bradhusker]

ltr: brad, THE KING

HOLY SHIT!! why the fuck have I been doing all this typing, WHEN, this clip of the "KING", is "jaw dropping"!!!! ANYONE, I repeat, ANYONE who watches this clip of elvis presley, and STILL doesnt get it? you need to pack it in man!!

anyone remember Jim Rome's show where he played the audio of the coach screamin', "THIS IS DIVISION 1 FOOTBALL MAN"!!!! well, watch this clip of elvis just bleedin rock n roll, "THIS IS BIG TIME ROCK N ROLL MAN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bout a year ago, there was this guy who said "elvis sucks" THEN, he watched this ckip of the "KING", afterward, he just said, "Now I get it, NOW I FUCKIN UNDERSTAND", wow, "NOW I FUCKIN GET IT MAN", end quote.

Jaw Dropping :twisted:

[bradhusker]

papa willie, you need to stop listenning to sick racist left wing wackos, ive beeen reading a lot of their sick left wing garbage, have you?

I think brad is trolling. Pretty funny, too.

Brad - R&R is souped up blues, buddy. 'Sall. At least, that's what it evolved from.

papa willie, you are only partly right about that, rock n roll did evolve from the blues, true, BUT, the whole story is this, rock n roll is a combination of blues, gospel and country, NOW that is the whole story my friend.
OH, and that clip of elvis? thats music that bleeds man, in this life, it dont get any better than that papa willie.
:twisted:

[bradhusker]

ltr: brad, THE KING

HOLY SHIT!! why the fuck have I been doing all this typing, WHEN, this clip of the "KING", is "jaw dropping"!!!! ANYONE, I repeat, ANYONE who watches this clip of elvis presley, and STILL doesnt get it? you need to pack it in man!!

anyone remember Jim Rome's show where he played the audio of the coach screamin', "THIS IS DIVISION 1 FOOTBALL MAN"!!!! well, watch this clip of elvis just bleedin rock n roll, "THIS IS BIG TIME ROCK N ROLL MAN"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bout a year ago, there was this guy who said "elvis sucks" THEN, he watched this ckip of the "KING", afterward, he just said, "Now I get it, NOW I FUCKIN UNDERSTAND", wow, "NOW I FUCKIN GET IT MAN", end quote.

Jaw Dropping :twisted:

Indy, I know you FINALLY get it man, thanks for posting that clip, but, ya didnt have to jizz all over the clip man, come on dude, yes its jaw dropping, but you've gone too far with all that jizz man. :twisted:

[LTS TRN 2]

My absolute most hated "artist" of all time, far and away.

Costello can't sing, can't write, tried to make a career from "two strums and a whine" and insulting people, all the while telling everyone how great he was (can't say I blame him for trying to spread the "word," since you'd never know he was any good by actually listening to him).

Any person with an "appreciation" of Costello's "music" is officially tone-deaf.

Just fucking awful.

You know - fuck if you aren't right about that. I've really never said much on the guy, but now that you mention it - he's never had anything I really gave one fuck about. Always HIGHLY overrated as a song writer - and like you said, can't sing, can't play... Really just can't do shit.

Okay, just to illustrate how deaf, dumb, and fraudulent you are, here's Elvis Costello singing a tune that very few pop, rock, or blues singers could handle, including Elvis Aaron--and he does a very good job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrcNnIV6FV8

[LTS TRN 2]

okay, now you've just officially walked off a cliff. He's on pitch, and you can't possibly begin to attempt to prove otherwise. You're obviously a joke. And this thread is done.

[bradhusker]

okay, now you've just officially walked off a cliff. He's on pitch, and you can't possibly begin to attempt to prove otherwise. You're obviously a joke. And this thread is done.

You have no knowledge of music. I do. You've seated your ass into a vast sea of "I'm Fucked", and now you must try to keep from drowning.

my take on costello is that his "tone" isnt pleasing to my ear, you know, some singers are blessed with a beautiful tone, for instance, when elvis presley croons "cant help falling in love" he has a deep resonant baritone, a sweet delicious baritone voice, kinda like dean martin had.

and folks, THATS WHATS SO FUCKIN AMAZING ABOUT THE KING!! not only could he scream rockabilly like a punk, BUT, just a few short years later, he displayed a silky resonant baritone in crooning like a dean martin. listen to how smooth elvis' tone is in the opera like "its now or never", or "surrender",
listen to elvis' beautiful resonant baritone on "in the ghetto", or his silky sweet vocals on "always on my mind",

vocally, elvis presley is "OTHERWORLDLY!! how the fuck can the man go from screamin like a punk rocker in "jailhouse rock", and then have a deliciously sweet baritone like a dean martin? who the fuck in music can compare with that vocal ability? see, some singers are blessed with a beautiful tone to their voice, its not something you can learn, your voice is either pleasing, or its not.

just listen to elvis croon some sweet sweet gospel on "His hand in mine" from the 1960 gospel sessions for the same album. listen to his sweet falsetto, coupled with a beautiful baritone, WOW!!!!

then, if you dare, listen to the 1969 memphis sessions, elvis ' voice is now gritty with soul, he is bleeding pure soul during the 1969 memphis sessions, "only the strong survive", "it keeps right on a hurtin", "long black limousine", "wearin' that loved on look", "gentle on my mind", gritty, earthy, soulful, and elvis is the master in the studio, just making music.

[Goober McTuber]

My absolute most hated "artist" of all time, far and away.

Costello can't sing, can't write, tried to make a career from "two strums and a whine" and insulting people, all the while telling everyone how great he was (can't say I blame him for trying to spread the "word," since you'd never know he was any good by actually listening to him).

Any person with an "appreciation" of Costello's "music" is officially tone-deaf.

Just fucking awful.

You know - fuck if you aren't right about that. I've really never said much on the guy, but now that you mention it - he's never had anything I really gave one fuck about. Always HIGHLY overrated as a song writer - and like you said, can't sing, can't play... Really just can't do shit.

Okay, just to illustrate how deaf, dumb, and fraudulent you are, here's Elvis Costello singing a tune that very few pop, rock, or blues singers could handle, including Elvis Aaron--and he does a very good job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrcNnIV6FV8

I made it all the way the way to the one minute mark. That was horrible.

[LTS TRN 2]

Well that's because you have a tiny little attention span. It's a solid tune, which Costello handles very well, especially as it develops. Listen to the whole thing. Compare this to some tedious crap like "Kentucky Rain" or "In the Ghetto" and you'll realize that Presley's music was limited as much by his song catalogue as his third-rate grifter of a manager. I mean what kind of King is bossed around by a Colonel? And "the Colonel" of course was a total fraud. Fearing his own deportment because of a fake visa, Tom Parker (fake name) never allowed Presley to leave the continental U.S. The more you look, the more that everything about Presley appears drastically fake and hollow. Careful...sometimes wakey waking can be dangerous :wink:

[Goober McTuber]

So not only do you have shit for brains, you also have shit for taste. Or maybe just a taste for shit.

[LTS TRN 2]

Wrong. I certainly don't love Burt Bacharach, but that's not the point. It's a difficult tune--and not as bad as many in Bacharach's schmaltzy catalogue--and Costello is able to demonstrate his singing chops. Remember? That's the original fake accusation by the utterly fake "husker." It's barely worth discussing--except that Presley and his purple velvet wallpaper at Graceland, his deep-fried cheeseburgers, his four-hour middle-of-the-night bennie-fueled gospel sessions, his rhinestone consciousness and subsequent elevation to sainthood in trailerpark America has a certain peculiar resonance today as something like Michelle Bachmann claws her way to a possible GOP nomination. It all connects in a dreadful way.

[smackaholic]

So not only do you have shit for brains, you also have shit for taste. Or maybe just a taste for shit.

rack.

damn, i hate it when i have to do that.

[LTS TRN 2]

So, you're having a painful waking to the fact that Elvis was a talented but tragic hoax?

[LTS TRN 2]

No, I said he was a tragic hoax. He was a very talented singer, no question. And better than Costello--though that Elvis acquits himself well on the Bacharach tune as I pointed out. Are you drunk in the daytime? Neither you nor "husker" seem to really know anything about Elvis Presley. For example, do you know why Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison were absolutely consumed with Presley as youths? Hint: Native American blood.

[bradhusker]

No, I said he was a tragic hoax. He was a very talented singer, no question. And better than Costello--though that Elvis acquits himself well on the Bacharach tune as I pointed out. Are you drunk in the daytime? Neither you nor "husker" seem to really know anything about Elvis Presley. For example, do you know why Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison were absolutely consumed with Presley as youths? Hint: Native American blood.

LTS? you just said that I know nothing about elvis presley? sir, are you aware that I have put in some 35 years of research, painstaking research into elvis' life and career? huh buddy? were you aware of that before shit spewed forth from your lips? IN FACT, if there were a PhD, you know, a doctorate degree in all thing pertaining to the KING, I'd be known as Dr. Husker. in fact, from this point on, just address me as Dr. Husker. ok? :twisted:

[bradhusker]

Well that's because you have a tiny little attention span. It's a solid tune, which Costello handles very well, especially as it develops. Listen to the whole thing. Compare this to some tedious crap like "Kentucky Rain" or "In the Ghetto" and you'll realize that Presley's music was limited as much by his song catalogue as his third-rate grifter of a manager. I mean what kind of King is bossed around by a Colonel? And "the Colonel" of course was a total fraud. Fearing his own deportment because of a fake visa, Tom Parker (fake name) never allowed Presley to leave the continental U.S. The more you look, the more that everything about Presley appears drastically fake and hollow. Careful...sometimes wakey waking can be dangerous :wink:

LTS? few, if ANY vocalists in the history of recorded sound, can have a voice such as the KING. When listenning to "In the ghetto", one hears a deep, delicious resonant baritone voice, with perfect pitch, BUT GUESS WHAT? just 14 years earlier, elvis was screamin like a PUNK ROCKER in "shake rattle and roll", and then, "Jailhouse rock", ITS FUCKIN EARTH SHATTERRING!!!!!!!!!! Its like two totally different artists!!! I am not sure, that in the entire history of music, we have seen a person possess a voice that can be entirely different in such a short period of time, its unquestionably, OTHERWORLDLY!!

are you deaf? are you deaf dumb and blind? BUT WAIT, it gets better, in 1960, elvis THE KING, comes out of the army, where he served our country, with honor and dignity I might add, he then proceeds to immediately get back into the recording studio, and with a voice so supple and sublime, records "are you lonesome tonight" now displaying a sweet and silky falsetto, and proceeds to croon one of the great love songs of all time, THEN, he records his biggest selling song of all time, based on the old italian opera classic, "O solo mio", "its now or never"!! and once again, elvis presley shocks the music world, with an opera like voice, HOLY FUCK!

ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDIN ME???? I cant think of any vocalist in history, who has such a diverse and ever changing voice as elvis presley, with perfect pitch, and gritty soul, and opera like qualities, and a deep resonant baritone, a sweet falsetto, or the swcreamin punk rocker, HOW THE FUCK is this man's voice not required study on college campuses world-wide??? what are these left wing psycho college professors teaching our impressionable youth these days?
I'll tell you one thing, these sicko left wing professors had better stop hating the USA, and start teaching our youth about the greatness of elvis presley, or I will personally start a campaign to have their tenures revoked, damm left wing nut jobs. :twisted:

[LTS TRN 2]

Sure, doc, and don't forget Viva Las Vegas in that list of priceless American treasures. And of course the Dixie/Battle Hymn of The Republic medley that would leave them weeping through their Skoal. And Polk Salad Annie--he owned that tune!

Problem is, if you're really still into Elvis, you've got some serious issues with reality. Starting with those of major denial. Okay...take a deep breath...Elvis was the top pop star for about four years in the late 50's. After his brief never-left-the-base tour of military duty in Germany (his only departure from the continental U.S.) he returned to a second career of absolute schmaltz and unwatchable movies (where he prided himself on bedding every single female co-star). During these years he developed the serious drug problems that would eventually kill him. His music never recovered, despite big hits like Suspicious Minds. His lucrative career was beset by massive embezzlement by his hack grifter manager, the Colonel--in fact he was ripped off more than any other pop star, including Credence and the Beatles. His singing, while naturally maturing toward an operatic tone, suffered terribly in performance. His last few tours were a travesty of wheezing, whispering, and fogging out completely on stage. His weird unrelenting simplistic Christian fervor was perhaps a desperate handrail for a falling man. When on amphetamines--which was basically every day--he would demand that the band and singers stay up with him endlessly crooning old gospel songs. He was a voyeur who enjoyed watching others have sex, while he preferred dainty girlish types, and always a fetish for panties and so forth. He was possessed of neither intellect, wisdom, or wit. He had no discernible sense of humor, could not really play the guitar or perform martial arts and was really a perpetual teenager (look...at the comeback video when one of the band members is wearing a sharp looking outfit--and Elvis busts him--and not with any kind of mature affectionate humor, but as a rival teenager on the playground, making a catty remark instead). The deification of Elvis is all quite embarrassing, but so is Palin and Bachmann.

Don't worry, no one is taking you seriously. Your fake bluster is half amusing at best. From your grammatical markers I'd guess that you're just p-willie quacking off for shits and giggles. Go figure!