FWIW, the Museum of the Moving image is screening Elvis on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 7pm and Baz Luhrmann will be there to do a post-screening discussion.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
And it's FREE!
https://movingimage.us/event/elvis/
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link
this cover is good and incorporates george harrison's wa wa :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-FC177E8zI
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link
Yes! Was thinking of posting that myself.
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 21:59 (one year ago) link
Oh, NEXT Tuesday is the screening
― Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 22:20 (one year ago) link
Starting to think this guy totally knew what he was doing every time he opened his mouth to sing.
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 November 2022 00:09 (one year ago) link
What was he thinking when he sang “The Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce” in the film Girl Happy” (1965)?
― Josefa, Monday, 28 November 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
Ha, I actually like that one too!
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 November 2022 00:21 (one year ago) link
I guess he was just a civic minded guy
― Josefa, Monday, 28 November 2022 00:23 (one year ago) link
Not saying he elevates that kind of material or everybody needs to listen to it, but his vocal performance of its own accord is fine.
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 November 2022 00:25 (one year ago) link
Tbh I like that song myself, I’ve spent a lot of time in Fort Lauderdale and I’m glad someone sang a song about it
― Josefa, Monday, 28 November 2022 00:29 (one year ago) link
A few days ago I listened to his cover of “What’d I Say,” which I think is also from a movie, don’t know which. Does it really need to exist? I dunno. But given that it exists, it sounds pretty damned good.
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 November 2022 00:31 (one year ago) link
Ah, it’s in Viva Las Vegas, which I never saw properly. Love the title track and some of the dancing though.
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 November 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link
Ugh, looking at some of this soundtrack stuff, kind of want to take it back.
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 November 2022 00:52 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWBG0lS4Is
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 28 November 2022 02:04 (one year ago) link
Ha, maybe you already knew about this thread: Elvis' Weirdest Songs
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 November 2022 02:22 (one year ago) link
― Josefa,
!!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 November 2022 02:57 (one year ago) link
Of course, Motley Crue gave a shout out to Fort Lauderdale in "Girls Girls Girls," and Jaco Pastorius died there.
― Josefa, Monday, 28 November 2022 03:19 (one year ago) link
Forgot all about that and was imagining he had died in that apartment on Jones Street.
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 November 2022 07:17 (one year ago) link
Oh hey. Just walked by MoMI and…
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
Popped in, thought about approaching Baz to show off my new Elvis karaoke chops, but security gave me the stink-eye so I thought better of it.
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 00:32 (one year ago) link
Listening to the new Elvis On Tour box: four complete concerts from April 1972, the movie on Blu-Ray, and two discs of outtakes and rehearsals and whatnot. These live discs are insane. He only plays for an hour, but does between 20 and 25 songs — it's a positively Ramones-esque pace. The set list is mostly the same from night to night, with a few changes. And the band absolutely destroys, of course.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 5 December 2022 19:06 (one year ago) link
finally watched the movie, was taken aback by how wall-to-wall insane it was, felt like a good 60% of it was just insane montages and transitions
Tom Hanks in a fat suit was really weird to watch. he reminds me of Malkovich as Teddy KGB in Rounders. that accent he uses is so over the top, I just can't believe an actual human being sounded like that. he talks like he's a big cartoon rat or something. that said I haven't actually heard Tom Parker talk, so...
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 May 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
he talks like he's a big cartoon rat or something.
ahahahaha that is totally it!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 18:58 (one year ago) link
lol otm
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
Yeah, that's a fantastic description, and dead on.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 19:34 (one year ago) link
Hahaha yes! The whole thing is so garish and episodic and hard to digest in one sitting I think of it as Elvis: The CD-ROM
― Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 20:41 (one year ago) link
I liked it in the theater but don't know if I could sit through it again.
― Because the Nighttoad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 May 2023 20:43 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJFojCn6m74
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 November 2023 18:50 (seven months ago) link
Forgot about thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCFNB1XNFRQ
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 November 2023 18:55 (seven months ago) link
So about PRISCILLA.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 00:19 (three months ago) link
How is it?
― Sony's Sports Walkman Universe (morrisp), Sunday, 25 February 2024 00:20 (three months ago) link
It’s basically a bummer.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 01:07 (three months ago) link
:(
― Sony's Sports Walkman Universe (morrisp), Sunday, 25 February 2024 01:38 (three months ago) link
i haven’t seen it yet, i think i’ll wait it out
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 February 2024 01:54 (three months ago) link
It’s all true I have no doubt but still
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:09 (three months ago) link
I learned a few things though
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:19 (three months ago) link
Maybe it’s a bummer in a good way, I still have to ponder.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:22 (three months ago) link
Lisa Marie didn’t like the script :(
Would love to see what someone else around here thinks
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:28 (three months ago) link
I saw lots of positive reviews out there. Think maybe around here Eric didn’t like it. Me, I’d much rather rewatch THE VIRGIN SUICIDES.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:30 (three months ago) link
I can use one of my expiring February hoopla credits for that
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:33 (three months ago) link
Hmm. Can't verify my library. Will have to wait until Monday I guess.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:56 (three months ago) link
Neither Elvis nor Priscilla had any real chariisma in this movie, as far as I could see.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:57 (three months ago) link
It's second-tier Coppola but good.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 25 February 2024 15:59 (three months ago) link
Hoping to watch it this afternoon or tonight.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Sunday, 25 February 2024 18:35 (three months ago) link
Heh, just came across a brief J.G. Ballard review of Albert Goldman’s book in the recent Selected Nonfiction collection.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 19:50 (three months ago) link
Some Priscilla discussion here: Sofia CopPOLLa
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 25 February 2024 19:58 (three months ago) link
Thanks!
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 February 2024 20:13 (three months ago) link