on a related note, can we name 10 songs where the singer busts out an Elvis imitation for a line or two? Doesn't have to be quoting Elvis lines, more like dipping into the standard Elvis voice for a few bars. The reason I ask is that Robert Plant's "hey baby"s at the end of "Fool In the Rain" sound a little Elvis-y. Thanks!
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
^^"Man on The Moon"
― A Made Man In The Mellow Mafia (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 29 October 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah, thanks C. Grisso! Stipe doing Kaufman doing Elvis, no less. I'm surprised that more singers haven't done this
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/245957988_65372207c0.jpg
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 00:04 (ten years ago) link
Chris Houston - "Baby Jesus Looks Like Elvis"Blue Mountain - "Epitaph"The Residents' "the baby king" interludes all over The King and Eye (in order, though!) would spice up any compilation
Need to second, and emphasize, Nick Cave's "Tupelo"
Ron Hynes' "Cryer's Paradise" is largely about Elvis; Hynes also breaks into a funny little Elvis impersonation toward the end of the song.
― Has talent, needs to figure out how to improve (staggerlee), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)
Not sure if it's actually about him, but at least he's referenced.
― Mule, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
Scott Walker - Jesse
― Admin is dead, e/t is permitted (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 30 October 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Slade: "Far Far Away" ("I've sang the glory that was Rome/And passed the hound-dog singer's home")
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 July 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
Dylan - "Went to See the Gypsy"
― Brad C., Saturday, 20 July 2019 01:55 (four years ago) link
Tom Jones version of Gillian Welch's "Elvis Presley Blues," the original version of which was mentioned upthreadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZnXlgKHCHk
― Ask Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 July 2019 01:59 (four years ago) link
Is it possible that this thread does not yet mention Belle & Sebastian’s “A Century of Elvis”?
― Ask Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 July 2019 02:27 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi79WixayY8Jimmy Webb, “Elvis and Me”
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 27 November 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link