POLLS! POLLS! POLLS! The Elvis Presley voting and discussion thread (deadline July 5 2018)

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Some guidelines:
- song poll : 50 songs per ballot
- movie poll : 5 movies
- ballots due 27 June by end of day Hawaii time

Probably I am missing things, if there are other fun subpolls go ahead and suggest them. I will try to do the rollout promptly on 28-30 June as I will be following the King to Germany the next day and won't be able to be online much for a few weeks thereafter.

I don't know how accurate this is, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Elvis_Presley

where do we send the ballots?

or this isn't the voting thread yet?

haha right! no this is the thread. send them to : ilmelvisp✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧

i l m e l v i s p o l l @ g m a i l . c o m

everyone pls consider voting for good time charlie’s got the blues

http://youtu.be/eN0hpyoSYsc

Will do, thanks for reminding.

This is going to be more fun than a clambake. Thanks for running this.

i have no business voting in this, but i'm really looking forward to the rollout. would love to learn some more about the king

I don't really have any business running this! I starting listening to Elvis in the early 90s because I thought """"he was the original punk"""" and then a bit later I was like "Viva Las Vegas" is the best song ever & it was all that 90s irony where your tongue starts in cheek and then by the end you actually love it.

do they still play "An American Trilogy" during the laser show at Stone Mountain? dang, that was a moment where I felt genuine "southern pride" despite being a carpetbagger & a latino who the yee-hawers would probably have loved to lynch. but Elvis bellows while Lee rides off at Appomattox and I'm in tears, yee-hawing too.

ILM Artist Poll #90 has started. Looking forward to the results

Oh man, this is going to be a blast. Hope there's lots of love for tracks like Spinout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpPP75GVE8k

yay!

I got the Amazing Grace compilation in college (same day I first heard Aretha’s, coincidentally), and the ‘70s tracks in particular floored me. In addition to fronting one of the best bands of the ‘70s, his voice was at it’s absolute peak.

Lobbying hard for the songs on He Touched Me, especially this take on Andraé Crouch’s “I’ve Got Confidence”:

https://youtu.be/gE36usoGCF4

Can Tomorrow Is A Long Time still be considered a Sway? It's kind of famous now. (for those unfamiliar, that's a relatively obscure track that places unusually high, named after the Rolling Stones poll where Sway finished 4.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-VSn-NHK2Q

See you all at the end of day June 27, Blue Hawaii Time

Tomorrow Is A Long Time belongs to Rod Stewart

Is a ballot with less than 50 tracks ok?

Alternately: Is there a *minimum* requirement for submitting a ballot?

No minimum

Awesome!

Keep posting those lesser-knowns, folks. My knowledge is limited to the hits.

His cover of You Gave Me A Mountain is some all-time peak 70’s elvis imo. It’s a crushingly beautiful song as it is from Marty Robbins, but Elvis takes it to the summit

This one from Vegas Jan 26 1972 is my fave (the whole show is great)

https://youtu.be/wp8bsrEbBJI

Never quite knew what he was singing on that one including the title, thanks!

seriously? lol

I probably figured out the lyric at one point, tbh, but I never bothered to learn that it was the title and who wrote the song.

the original marty robbins version is quite lovely, worth a listen imo

Keep posting those lesser-knowns, folks.

One of the very best lesser-known Elvis songs, from the late 60s Memphis sessions. This could be my single favorite Elvis vocal perormance and is a lock for my top 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw16NrqR_jk

oh god YES
top 5 for me also <3 for life

This will be high on my ballot, I love every version of this song I’ve heard but Elvis’ is prob my favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjH06bEZDZs

His cover of You Gave Me A Mountain is some all-time peak 70’s elvis imo. It’s a crushingly beautiful song as it is from Marty Robbins, but Elvis takes it to the summit

This one from Vegas Jan 26 1972 is my fave (the whole show is great)

https://youtu.be/wp8bsrEbBJI🕸

Never Been To Spain is so bomb.

His gospel music is my other new love as an adult. Mum used to clean the house to it when I was a kid & I thought it was so uncool but now it just sounds like true devotion to me.

All his gospel stuff is great but when he grew into his voice it was a whole new level

I’ve never listened to any of Elvis’s gospel stuff. Maybe I shoul, but I’ll wait till after I’ve turned in my ballot.

i recommend everyone give it a shot before voting in the poll

to me gospel is where he is at his most authentic, vocally

Step in these arms is my fav Elvis

do they still play "An American Trilogy" during the laser show at Stone Mountain? dang, that was a moment where I felt genuine "southern pride" despite being a carpetbagger & a latino who the yee-hawers would probably have loved to lynch. but Elvis bellows while Lee rides off at Appomattox and I'm in tears, yee-hawing too.

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i went tonight and yes they played the song. it was so nice to hear Elvis singing out in a big open lawn like that. for visuals they had a civil war section with lots of empty landscapes & explosions and zero rebel flags. during the song's triumphant ending they used animation to have the laser confederate generals on the mountain come to life and then break their swords. it was very surreal.

before this they had a bunch of Georgia songs: "Georgia on My Mind" by Ray Charles, "I Feel Good" by James Brown, "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard, etc. the displays included portraits of the artists so at some point there was a 50 foot laser Little Richard on the side of the mountain.

when they played "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis, they had fireballs cued up. "Devil Went Down to Georgia" was the highlight of the show & the one laser show/song combo you need to see. we left soon after (& before the ridiculously slow national anthem).

thanks Adam, it sounds like it's the same as it was back in the day

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/36/67/a8/3667a8424fe2142f44a4e4b81affefe3.jpg

http://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll00074lldnv9GFg7oeR3CiDfDrCWvaHBOcx8ZE/robert-lebeck-elvis-presley,-germany.jpg

some Elvis songs i'll be voting for. "Only the Strong Survive":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpqh_s0kLZQ

Burning Love

Lord Almighty,
I feel my temperature rising
Higher higher
It's burning through to my soul
Girl, girl, girl
You gonna set me on fire
My brain is flaming
I don't know which way to go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sBJkL3SEDg

(You're the) Devil in Disguise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyK_GbGuxyA

Aloha Oe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLXcHWxjkQ

If I manage to put together what feels like a substantial ballot to me, “Burning Up” will definitely be on it. From my limited received knowledge about Elvis, I’ve always gotten the feeling that it was one of the songs that his more rockist fans loathed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jTbfvsqXZQ

I keep coming back to this one, a nice rocking make-over of a Bob Wills tune.

I've got my ballot down to about 133 tracks now and it's surprising how many of them are songs associated with other artists.

(xpost)

And by “Burning Up,” of course I mean “Burning Love”

Beyond The Reef

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OgyRSq5w4g

deep Hawaiian blues

re "songs associated with other artists" I was trying to think of a covers side poll that would work here but while there are songs where Elvis' version is the "definitive" one (Viva Las Vegas, Burning Love, etc) there are plenty of others not so clearly "owned" (even An American Trilogy). so I scrapped the idea.

As far as overlooked soundtrack tunes, I stan for “Ito Eats” from Blue Hawaii, in which Elvis closes the gap between rockabilly stutter and calypso syncopation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1jb7o8GlrQ

peak cornball Elvis but I learned to love this via the Julee Cruise cover so am saving a place for it on my ballot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpULoPP14wU

Collaborative Spotify playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/user/6fd7r3gr98kppsq3m9rs1yp3y/playlist/2Tk1UwI3gEa9RVrMkxLWP5?si=ieTkiFj9RzCXfavXrzN9vQ

I added the songs mentioned in the thread so far; feel free to add more

Cool, thanks!

very nice, thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9f427lGdhU

Stranger In My Own Hometown, the legendary sweary one, but the youtube is full of gorgeous photos too. & once Elvis starts cussing then James Burton loosens up with very tasty licks

Never heard this before, still prefer the 'Elvis in Memphis' version but this is still smoking hot.

everyone pls consider voting for good time charlie’s got the blues

http://youtu.be/eN0hpyoSYsc🕸

Tomorrow Is A Long Time belongs to Rod Stewart

Tomorrow Is A Long Time belongs to Rod Stewart...Nope

Ha! I was trying to be polite by not commenting. Elvis has the definitive version and it's not close.

Anyway friends, please dig my favorite obscure soundtrack song, the glorious Change of Habit. Please add this to the spotify playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFya3NFN_NI

heh I just saw your post on the other thread and have already done so!

Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues, where have you been all my life? What a song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never even heard of the elvis Presley motion picture Change Of Habit, just how far in the weeds is that one?

xp yessss

i love "mystery train" so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_eE0NPArEY

anyone hesitant to check out the gospel stuff should start here imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_s23-_uK4w

I have never even heard of the elvis Presley motion picture Change Of Habit, just how far in the weeds is that one?

It's one of the very last ones he did, with Mary Tyler Moore.

That "Where Could I Go But to the Lord" is balm to the nerves

Here's another hot one from Elvis Country:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euzKlNlc3ps

Here is another lock for my Top 5. This isn't obscure, but it doesn't get the recognition it deserves. It's absolutely perfect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59pOE3OmUi8

“Burning Love” is straight up bar rock. a Jerry Lee Lewis style rave up.

i love the apocalyptic lyrics.

It's coming closer
The flames are reaching my body
Please won't you help me
I feel like I'm slipping away
It's hard to breath
And my chest is a-heaving
Lord have mercy,
I'm burning a hole where I lay

its like a Cramps song

OMG for the last 30 years I thought he was saying I'm burning the whole world away.

Burning Love is more like a Cars song than Cramps

Too bad he never recorded Fire. Bruce wrote it for him, and it would be a perfect companion to Burning Love.

I need a ton of these so keep sharing. These are some tests:

https://i.imgur.com/ylXuuiU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vg1Pvw7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZBCAXtE.jpg

Oh my!

wow Moka!

Not too obscure but tremendous all the same

https://youtu.be/NHj2uv1fy-g

^Lawdy Miss Clawdy from his ‘68 comeback special.

I believe that was at Scotty’s request or something to that effect

those are beautiful Moka!

BTW, it will be ILM Artist Poll #90. Beatles solo was #89.

Nice, those are some King-worthy images.

Thanks! I was just taking a guess before doing the real work... had no idea we’re at 90 now!

Damn, Moka, you rule the roll of polls

wow, Moka, looks amazing!

Nice, Moka!

Five days to go, we have two ballots so far, I'm hoping we can get to 20 at least, though I know that Elvis isn't really ILM hot property.

Will definitely vote, but his catalogue is so vast with more hidden gems than most other artists.

Any chance you can extend the deadline a week or so? It’s been done many times before.

Definitely voting. My ballot currently sits at 55 songs; I just need to shed a few and determine the final order.

I can but my ability to do the rollout is dependent on this deadline, since I'll be traveling the first half of July. If Moka can handle the rollout, though, my steady availability during the rollout isn't so important. I can handle the compilation of ballots but if Moka can do the rollout, then an extension works for me.

xp

An extension would be nice as I’ve been invited from work as a guest to the world cup also at beginnings of July so I’ll be missing for a week

Also I suggest a name change tonthe thread or a new one I just realized this is the voting thread! Maybe change it to

ARTIST POLL 90: ELVIS - Discussion and Voting Thread. (Deadline: 30/06/18)

Or something like that.

Whenever the rollout can happen, the deadline should be just before that. Moka, if you can do it the second week of July, then we can advance the deadline to the end of the first week. I can do a rollout the third week of July or the second half of next week, otherwise not until the end of August for a week, then not again until 2019. This is why I don’t volunteer to do polls...

I’m usually free this came out of the blue. I can do the rollout second week of July. Just send me the results when you have them.

So can we change the thread title to a voting call to action?

Is this the definitive rendition of this song? Yeah...yeah, I think it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9CfnBBsE0E

Speaking about unofficial versions which I like better than the original, this mashup is one of my favorites:

Elvis & the Wailers - crying in the chapel

https://youtu.be/ozn_-NB_dwY

Is this the definitive rendition of this song?

yes because no other version of this song I know contains the lines, baby baby I’d get down on my knees, if only this suit wasn’t too tight

dang that is a hot version

yes, can we get the thread title changed to something like

POLLS! POLLS! POLLS! The Elvis Presley voting and discussion thread (deadline July 5 2018)

? how do we get this changed? is there a mod watching?

Post it on Moderator Request Forum.

ok thanks did that

I am listening to The Essential 60's Masters II, the soundtrack 2 disk comp. for the most part these are corny songs, but its style tourism (oh this is a "mexican" song, this is "middle eastern", etc.) is fun.

Part 1 of a compilation I made for for the Spotify compilation thread

https://open.spotify.com/user/kwimper/playlist/425zoJTN0Cs6cv9aMOkHrB?si=5OHNVeOvQBuONAqyL4cTMA

Part 2

https://open.spotify.com/user/kwimper/playlist/0g32rk60x8xf0oc3v0IpAh?si=9QmJzxtVT9idt91hGQu-6Q

Some reflective grandiosity from the '70s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td-x10pAkco

Can't wait to see this film:

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/6/25/the_king_director_eugene_jarecki_elvis

looking forward to this poll roll out. i always think of elvis catalogue as a goldmine at the bottom of a swamp.

hope this places high:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ48AdAY0hA

No thread name change :/

yes because no other version of this song I know contains the lines, baby baby I’d get down on my knees, if only this suit wasn’t too tight

ahh That's the Way It Is... could be argued every song he does in that is the "definitive version"

are we still submitting ballots by end of day tomorrow?

also, not much love for the 50s stuff in this thread, though that’s not too surprising. I love some of it, mostly the sun sides, like the rca stuff but never listen to it and don’t think about it much. I have no idea how to rank it, it feels set in stone while everything from his hand in mine/elvis is back! forward feels like it can be argued over, picked apart, discovered anew—the kind of stuff that’s fun to see roll out in one of these ballot polls

No, the new deadline is July 5. I asked on the moderator board for a change but it was ignored. I just asked again.

I thought 70s stuff would dominate my ballot, because that's what I actually listen to most, but as I'm sequencing it the 50s stuff keeps bobbing up to the top.

TCB y'all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzAUZVZOjaE

Have an I've voted bump.

Just got this email about an upcoming release. At first I thought, ok, cool, his gospel work is some of my favorite...hm, but only 14 songs...and...ugh, it’s like the Colonel never died:

Where No One Stands Alone, available August 10, celebrates the power and passion of Elvis Presley’s gospel music. The album features 14 of Elvis’ most treasured performances of inspirational music with newly-recorded instrumentation and a duet between Elvis and his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley.

Yeah, these new-backing-tracks compilations they've been doing the last couple of years are a fucking nightmare. It's crazy that they could do something as good and valuable as Elvis At Stax and then turn around, bend over, and squeeze this out.

Yeah, some of the recent releases are totally amazing — A Boy From Tupelo one of the best ever — and then they realize, hey wait, some Elvis fans still buy tacky shit, let’s put out something seriously distasteful.

Here is a list of supposedly every song he recorded. I think there might be some duplicates in there as sometimes he recorded new versions for his movies and had slight variations in the title. The original list was extracted from this site ( www.biwa.ne.jp/~presley/song-aze.htm ). If you see any omissions let me know.

A BIG HUNK O' LOVE
A BOY LIKE ME, A GIRL LIKE YOU
A DOG'S LIFE
(NOW AND THEN THERE'S) A FOOL SUCH AS I
A HOUSE THAT HAS EVERYTHING
A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW
A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN
A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION
A MESS OF BLUES
A THING CALLED LOVE
A WHISTLING TUNE
A WORLD OF OUR OWN
ADAM AND EVIL
AFTER LOVING YOU
AIN'T THAT LOVING YOU BABY
ALL I NEEDED WAS THE RAIN
ALL SHOOK UP
ALL THAT I AM
ALLA' EN EL "RANCHO GRANDE"
ALMOST
ALMOST ALWAYS TRUE
ALMOST IN LOVE
ALOHA OE
ALWAYS ON MY MIND
AM I READY
AMAZING GRACE
AMEN
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL
AN AMERICAN TRILOGY
AN EVENING PRAYER
AND I LOVE YOU SO
AND THE GRASS WON'T PAY NO MIND
ANGEL
ANIMAL INSTINCT
ANY DAY NOW
ANYWAY YOU WANT ME(THAT'S HOW I WILL BE)
ANYONE(COULD FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU)
ANYPLACE IS PARADISE
ANYTHING THAT'S PART OF YOU
APRON STRINGS
ARE YOU LONESOME TO-NIGHT?
ARE YOU SINCERE
AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU
AS WE TRAVEL ALONG ON THE JERICHO ROAD
ASK ME
(YOU'RE SO SQUARE) BABY I DON'T CARE
BABY, IF YOU'LL GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR LOVE
BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE
BABY, WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO
BAREFOOT BALLAD
BEACH BOY BLUES
BEACH SHACK
BECAUSE OF LOVE
BEGINNER'S LUCK
BEYOND THE BEND
BEYOND THE REEF
BIG BOOTS
BIG BOSS MAN
BIG LOVE,BIG HEARTACHE
BITTER THEY ARE, HARDER THEY FALL
BLACK STAR
BLESSED JESUS (HOLD MY HAND)
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
BLUE CHRISTMAS
BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN
BLUE HAWAII
BLUE MOON
BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
BLUE RIVER
BLUE SUEDE SHOES
BLUEBERRY HILL
BOSOM OF ABRAHAM
BOSSA NOVA BABY
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
BRINGING IT BACK
BRITCHES
BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN
BURNING LOVE
BY AND BY
CANE AND A HIGH STARCHED COLLAR
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
CARNY TOWN
CATCHIN' ON FAST
CATTLE CALL
C.C.RIDER
CHANGE OF HABIT
CHARRO
CHESAY
CINDY,CINDY
CITY BY NIGHT
CLAMBAKE
CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACKYARD
C'MON EVERYBODY
COME ALONG
COME WHAT MAY
CONFIDENCE
COTTON CANDY LAND
COULD I FALL IN LOVE
CRAWFISH
CRAZY ARMS
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE
CRYING IN THE CHAPEL
DAINTY LITTLE MOONBEAMS
DANNY
DANNY BOY
DARK MOON
DATIN'
(YOU'RE THE) DEVIL IN DISGUISE
DIDJA' EVER
DIRTY, DIRTY FEELING
DIXIELAND ROCK
DO NOT DISTURB
DO THE CLAM
DO THE VEGA
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM
DOIN' THE BEST I CAN
DOMINIC
DONCHA' THINK IT'S TIME
DON'T
DON'T ASK ME WHY
DON'T BE CRUEL
DON'T CRY DADDY
DON'T FORBID ME
DON'T LEAVE ME NOW
DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT
DOUBLE TROUBLE
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
DOWN IN THE ALLEY
DRUMS OF THE ISLAND
EARLY MORNING RAIN
EARTH ANGEL
EARTH BOY
EASY COME, EASY GO
(SUCH AN) EASY QUESTION
ECHOES OF LOVE
EDGE OF REALITY
EL TORO
EVERYBODY COME ABOARD
500 MILES
FADED LOVE
FAIRYTALE
FAME AND FORTUNE
FARTHER ALONG
FEVER
FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
FINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERS
FIRST IN LINE
FIVE SLEEPY HEADS
FLAMING STAR
FLIP, FLOP AND FLY
FOLLOW THAT DREAM
FOOL
FOOL, FOOL, FOOL
FOOLS FALL IN LOVE
FOOLS RUSH IN (WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD)
(THAT'S WHAT YOU GET) FOR LOVIN' ME
FOR OL' TIMES SAKE
FOR THE GOOD TIMES
FOR THE HEART
FOR THE MILLIONTH AND THE LAST TIME
FORGET ME NEVER
FORT LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOUNTAIN OF LOVE
FRANKFORT SPECIAL
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
FROGGY WENT A COURTIN'
FROM A JACK TO A KING
FUN IN ACAPULCO
FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY
G.I.BLUES
GENTLE ON MY MIND
GENTLY
GET BACK
GIRL HAPPY
GIRL NEXT DOOR WENT A'WALKING
GIRL OF MINE
GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!
GIVE ME THE RIGHT
GO EAST, YOUNG MAN
GOIN' HOME
GOLDEN COINS
GONNA GET BACK HOME SOMEHOW
GOOD LUCK CHARM
GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT
GOOD TIME CHARLIE'S GOT THE BLUES
GOT A LOT O' LIVIN' TO DO
GOT MY MOJO WORKING
GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME
GUADALAJARA
GUITAR MAN
HANDS OFF
HAPPY ENDING
HARBOR LIGHTS
HARD HEADED WOMAN
HARD KNOCKS
HARD LUCK
HAREM HOLIDAY
HAVE A HAPPY
HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU
HAWAIIAN SUNSET
HAWAIIAN WEDDING SONG
HE
HE IS MY EVERYTHING
HE KNOWS JUST WHAT I NEED
HE TOUCHED ME
HEART OF ROME
HEARTS OF STONE
HEARTBREAK HOTEL
HE'LL HAVE TO GO
HELP ME
HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS (RIGHT DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE)
HE'S ONLY A PRAYER AWAY (I ASK THE LORD)
HE'S YOUR UNCLE, NOT YOUR DAD
HEY, HEY, HEY
HEY JUDE
HEY LITTLE GIRL
HIDE THOU ME
HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS
HIS HAND IN MINE
(MARIE'S THE NAME) HIS LATEST FLAME
HOLLY LEAVES AND CHRISTMAS TREES
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS
HOT DOG
HOUND DOG
HOUSE OF SAND
HOW CAN YOU LOSE WHAT YOU NEVER HAD
HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL
HOW GREAT THOU ART
HOW THE WEB WAS WOVEN
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
HOW'S THE WORLD TREATING YOU
HURT
I ASK THE LORD (HE'S ONLY A PRAYER AWAY)
I BEG OF YOU
I BELIEVE
I BELIEVE IN THE MAN IN THE SKY
I CAN HELP
I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)
I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU
I DIDN'T MAKE IT ON PLAYING GUITAR(instrumental)
I DON'T CARE IF THE SUN DON'T SHINE
I DON'T WANNA BE TIED
I DON'T WANT TO
I FEEL SO BAD
I FEEL THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU FOREVER
I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET
I GOT A FEELIN' IN MY BODY
I GOT A WOMAN
I GOT LUCKY
I GOT STUNG
I GOTTA KNOW
I HEAR A SWEET VOICE CALLING
I,JOHN
I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVIN'
I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT BY MYSELF
I LOVE ONLY ONE GIRL
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
I MET HER TODAY
I MISS YOU
I NEED SOMEBODY TO LEAN ON
I NEED YOU SO
I NEED YOUR LOVE TONIGHT
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW
I SHALL BE RELEASED
I SHALL NOT BE MOVED
I SLIPPED, I STUMBLED, I FELL
I THINK I'M GONNA LIKE IT HERE
I UNDERSTAND JUST HOW YOU FEEL
I WANT TO BE FREE
I WANT YOU, I NEED YOU, I LOVE YOU
I WANT YOU WITH ME
I WAS BORN ABOUT TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO
I WAS THE ONE
I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER
I WILL BE HOME AGAIN
I WILL BE TRUE
I WONDER, I WONDER, I WONDER
IF EVERYDAY WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS
IF I CAN DREAM
IF I GET HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAY
IF I LOVED YOU
IF I WERE YOU
IF I'M A FOOL (FOR LOVING YOU)
IF THAT ISN'T LOVE
IF THE LORD WASN'T WALKING BY MY SIDE
IF WE NEVER MEET AGAIN
IF YOU DON'T COME BACK
IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW)
IF YOU TALK IN YOUR SLEEP
IF YOU THINK I DON'T NEED YOU
I'LL BE BACK
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
I'LL BE HOME ON CHRISTMAS DAY
I'LL BE THERE (IF YOU EVER WANT ME)
I'LL HOLD YOU IN MY HEART
I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN
I'LL NEVER KNOW
I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO (LITTLE DARLIN')
I'LL NEVER STAND IN YOUR WAY
I'LL REMEMBER YOU
I'LL TAKE LOVE
I'LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN
I'M BEGINNING TO FORGET YOU
I'M COMIN' HOME
I'M COUNTING ON YOU
I'M FALLING IN LOVE TONIGHT
I'M GONNA BID MY BLUES GOODBYE
I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND CRY (OVER YOU)
I'M GONNA WALK DEM GOLDEN STAIRS
I'M LEAVIN'
I'M LEFT, YOU'RE RIGHT, SHE'S GONE
I'M MOVIN' ON
I'M NOT THE MARRYING KIND
I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
I'M WITH A CROWD BUT SO ALONE
I'M YOURS
IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE (ARE MANY MANSIONS)
IN MY WAY
IN THE GARDEN
IN THE GHETTO
IN YOUR ARMS
INDESCRIBABLY BLUE
INHERIT THE WIND
IS IT SO STRANGE
ISLAND OF LOVE (KAUAI)
IT AIN'T NO BIG THING (BUT IT'S GROWING)
IT FEELS SO RIGHT
IT HURTS ME
IT IS NO SECRET (WHAT GOD CAN DO)
IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN'
IT WON'T BE LONG
IT WON'T SEEM LIKE CHRISTMAS (WITHOUT YOU)
IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU
ITO EATS
IT'S A MATTER OF TIME
IT'S A SIN
IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE
IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD
IT'S BEEN SO LONG DARLING
IT'S CARNIVAL TIME
IT'S DIFF'RENT NOW
IT'S EASY FOR YOU
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
IT'S MIDNIGHT
IT'S NO FUN BEING LONELY
IT'S NOW OR NEVER
IT'S ONLY LOVE
IT'S OVER
IT'S STILL HERE
IT'S YOUR BABY, YOU ROCK IT
I'VE BEEN BLUE
I'VE GOT A THING ABOUT YOU BABY
I'VE GOT CONFIDENCE
I'VE GOT TO FIND MY BABY
I'VE LOST YOU
JAILHOUSE ROCK
JESUS KNOWS WHAT I NEED
JESUS WALKED THAT LONESOME VALLEY
JOHNNY B. GOODE
JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE
JUDY
JUST A LITTLE BIT
JUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS
JUST BECAUSE
JUST CALL ME LONESOME
JUST FOR OLD TIMES SAKE
JUST PRETEND
JUST TELL HER JIM SAID HELLO
KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF IT
KENTUCKY RAIN
KING CREOLE
KING OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
KISMET
KISS ME QUICK
KISSIN' COUSINS
KNOWN ONLY TO HIM
KU-U-I-PO (HAWAIIAN SWEETHEART)
LADY MADONNA
LAWDY, MISS CLAWDY
LEAD ME, GUIDE ME
LET IT BE ME (JE T'APPARTIENS)
LET ME
LET ME BE THERE
LET US PRAY
LET YOURSELF GO
LET'S BE FRIENDS
LET'S FORGET ABOUT THE STARS
LIFE
LIKE A BABY
LITTLE CABIN ON THE HILL
LITTLE DARLIN'
LITTLE EGYPT
LITTLE SISTER
LONELY MAN
LONESOME COWBOY
LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE
LONG LEGGED GIRL (WITH THE SHORT DRESS ON)
(IT'S A) LONG LONELY HIGHWAY
LONG TALL SALLY
LOOK OUT, BROADWAY
LOVE COMING DOWN
LOVE LETTERS
LOVE ME
LOVE ME, LOVE THE LIFE I LEAD
LOVE ME TENDER
LOVE ME TONIGHT
LOVE SONG OF THE YEAR
LOVER DOLL
LOVING ARMS
LOVING YOU
MAKE BELIEVE
MAKE ME KNOW IT
MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY
MAMA
MAMA DON'T DANCE
MAMA LIKED THE ROSES
MANSION OVER THE HILLTOP
MARGUERITA
MARY IN THE MORNING
MARY LOU BROWN
MAYBELLINE
MEAN WOMAN BLUES
MEMORIES
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
MEN WITH BROKEN HEART(short poem)
MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY
MEXICO
MILKCOW BLUES BOOGIE
MILKY WHITE WAY
MINE
MIRACLE OF THE ROSARY
MIRAGE
MONA LISA
MONEY HONEY
MOODY BLUE
MOONLIGHT SONATA
MOONLIGHT SWIM
MR.SONGMAN
MY BABE
MY BABY LEFT ME
MY BABY'S GONE
MY BOY
MY DESERT SERENADE
MY HAPPINESS
MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU
MY LITTLE FRIEND
MY WAY
MY WISH CAME TRUE
MYSTERY TRAIN
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
NEVER AGAIN
NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN
NEVER ENDING
NEVER SAY YES
NEW ORLEANS
NIGHT LIFE
NIGHT RIDER
NO MORE
(THERE'S) NO ROOM TO RHUMBA IN A SPORTS CAR
NOTHINGVILLE
NUMBER EIGHT
O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
OH HOW I LOVE JESUS
OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
OLD MacDONALD
OLD SHEP
ON A SNOWY CHRISTMAS NIGHT
ONCE IS ENOUGH
ONE BOY, TWO LITTLE GIRLS
ONE BROKEN HEART FOR SALE
ONE NIGHT
ONE-SIDED LOVE AFFAIR
ONE TRACK HEART
ONLY BELIEVE
ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND
PADRE
PARADISE, HAWAIIAN STYLE
PARALYZED
PARTY
PATCH IT UP
(THERE'LL BE) PEACE IN THE VALLEY (FOR ME)
PETUNIA, THE GARDNER'S DAUGHTER
PIECES OF MY LIFE
PLANTATION ROCK
PLAYING FOR KEEPS
PLEASE DON'T DRAG THAT STRING AROUND
PLEASE DON'T STOP LOVING ME
PLEDGING MY LOVE
POCKETFUL OF RAINBOWS
POISON IVY LEAGUE
POLK SALAD ANNIE
POOR BOY
POOR MAN'S GOLD
POWER OF MY LOVE
PROMISED LAND
PROUD MARY
PUPPET ON A STRING
PUT THE BLAME ON ME
PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND
QUEENEE WAHINE'S PAPAYA
RAGS TO RICHES
RAISED ON ROCK
REACH OUT TO JESUS
READY TEDDY
RECONSIDER BABY
RELAX
RELEASE ME (AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN)
RETURN TO SENDER
RIDING THE RAINBOW
RIP IT UP
ROCK-A-HULA BABY
ROUSTABOUT
RUBBERNECKIN'
RUN ON
RUNAWAY
SAN ANTONIO ROSE
SAND CASTLES
SANTA BRING MY BABY BACK (TO ME)
SANTA CLAUS IS BACK IN TOWN
SANTA LUCIA
SAVED
SCRATCH MY BACK (THEN I'LL SCRATCH YOURS)
SEE SEE RIDER
SEEING IS BELIEVING
SENTIMENTAL ME
SEPARATE WAYS
SHAKE A HAND
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL
SHAKE THAT TAMBOURINE
SHE THINKS I STILL CARE
SHE WEARS MY RING
SHE'S A MACHINE
SHE'S NOT YOU
SHOPPIN' AROUND
SHOUT IT OUT
SHOW ME THY WAYS, O LORD
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC
SILENT NIGHT
SILVER BELLS
SING YOU CHILDREN
SINGING TREE
SLICIN' SAND
SLOWLY BUT SURELY
SMOKEY MOUNTAIN BOY
SMORGASBORD
SNOWBIRD
SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR (FROM PARADISE)
SO GLAD, YOU'RE MINE
SO HIGH
SOFTLY AND TENDERLY
SOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOU
SOLDIER BOY
SOLITAIRE
SOMEBODY BIGGER THAN YOU AND I
SOMETHING
SOMETHING BLUE
SONG OF THE SHRIMP
SOUND ADVICE
SPANISH EYES
SPEEDWAY
SPINOUT
SPRING FEVER
STAND BY ME
STARTIN' TONIGHT
STARTING TODAY
STAY AWAY
STAY AWAY, JOE
STEADFAST, LOYAL AND TRUE
STEAMROLLER BLUES
STEPPIN' OUT OF LINE
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN
STOP WHERE YOU ARE
STRANGER IN MY OWN HOME TOWN
STRANGER IN THE CROWD
STUCK ON YOU
SUCH A NIGHT
SUMMER KISSES, WINTER TEARS
SUMMERTIME IS PAST AND GONE
SUPPOSE
SURRENDER
SUSAN WHEN SHE TRIED
SUSPICION
SUSPICIOUS MINDS
SWEET ANGELINE
SWEET CAROLINE
SWEET LEILANI
SWEETHEART YOU DONE ME WRONG
SWING DOWN, SWEET CHARIOT
SYLVIA
TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER
TAKE ME TO THE FAIR
TAKE MY HAND, PRECIOUS LORD
TALK ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES
(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR
TELL ME WHY
TENDER FEELING
TENNESSEE WALTZ
THANKS TO THE ROLLING SEA
THAT'S ALL RIGHT
THAT'S SOMEONE YOU NEVER FORGET
THAT'S WHEN YOUR HEARTACHES BEGIN
THE BULLFIGHTER WAS A LADY
THE EYES OF TEXAS
THE FAIR IS MOVING ON
THE FIRST NOEL
THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE
THE FOOL
THE GIRL I NEVER LOVED
THE GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND
THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (THE QUEST)
THE LADY LOVES ME
THE LAST FAREWELL
THE LOVE MACHINE
THE LORD'S PRAYER
THE MEANEST GIRL IN TOWN
THE NEXT STEP IS LOVE
THE SOUND OF YOUR CRY
THE TWELFTH OF NEVER
THE WALLS HAVE EARS
THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG
THE WONDER OF YOU
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHRISTMAS
THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE A SONG
THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING
THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD
THERE IS SO MUCH WORLD TO SEE
THERE'S A BRAND NEW DAY ON THE HORIZON
THERE'S A HONKY TONK ANGEL
THERE'S ALWAYS ME
THERE'S GOLD IN THE MOUNTAINS
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
THERE'S NO TOMORROW
THEY REMIND ME TOO MUCH OF YOU
THINKING ABOUT YOU
THIS IS LIVING
THIS IS MY HEAVEN
THIS IS OUR DANCE
THIS IS A STORY
THIS TIME
THREE CORN PATCHES
THRILL OF YOUR LOVE
TIGER MAN
TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOREVER
TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME
TOMORROW NEVER COMES
TOMORROW NIGHT
TONIGHT IS SO RIGHT FOR LOVE
TONIGHT'S ALL RIGHT FOR LOVE
TOO MUCH
TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS
TREAT ME NICE
TROUBLE
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
TRUE LOVE
TRUE LOVE TRAVELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD
TRYIN' TO GET TO YOU
TUMBLIN' TUMBLEWEEDS
TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS
TUTTI FRUTTI
TWEEDLE DEE
TWENTY DAYS AND TWENTY NIGHTS
UNCHAINED MELODY
UNTIL IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO
UP ABOVE MY HEAD
U. S. MALE
VINO, DINERO Y AMOR
VIOLET
VIVA LAS VEGAS
WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES
WAY DOWN
WE CALL ON HIM
WE CAN MAKE THE MORNING
WEAR MY RING AROUND YOUR NECK
WEARIN' THAT LOVED ON LOOK
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
WE'LL BE TOGETHER
WE'RE COMING IN LOADED
WE'RE GONNA MOVE
WESTERN UNION
WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE
WHAT EVERY WOMAN LIVES FOR
WHAT NOW MY LOVE
WHAT NOW, WHAT NEXT, WHERE TO
WHAT'D I SAY
WHAT'S SHE REALLY LIKE
WHEELS ON MY HEELS
WHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEART
WHEN I'M OVER YOU
WHEN IT RAINS, IT REALLY POURS
WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK TO CAPISTRANO
WHERE COULD I GO BUT TO THE LORD
WHERE DID THEY GO, LORD
WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE
WHERE DO YOU COME FROM
WHERE NO ONE STANDS ALONE
WHITE CHRISTMAS
WHO AM I
WHO ARE YOU (WHO AM I)
WHO NEEDS MONEY
WHOLE LOT-TA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON
WHY ME, LORD
WILD IN THE COUNTRY
WINTER WONDERLAND
WISDOM OF THE AGES
WITCHCRAFT (SINATRA SONG)
WITCHCRAFT
WITHOUT HIM
WITHOUT LOVE (THERE IS NOTHING)
WOLF CALL
WOMAN WITHOUT LOVE
WONDERFUL WORLD
WOODEN HEART
WORDS
WORKING ON THE BUILDING
WRITE TO ME FROM NAPLES
YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS
YESTERDAY
YOGA IS AS YOGA DOES
YOU ASKED ME TO
YOU BELONG TO MY HEART
YOU BETTER RUN
YOU CAN'T SAY NO IN ACAPULCO
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
YOU DON'T KNOW ME
YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN
YOU GOTTA STOP
YOU'LL BE GONE
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
YOU'LL THINK OF ME
YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL
YOUNG DREAMS
YOUR CHEATIN' HEART
YOUR LOVE'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING
YOUR TIME HASN'T COME YET BABY
YOU'RE A HEARTBREAKER
YOU'RE THE BOSS
YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'

How many ballots have you got so far euler?

Come on ILM this is freaking Elvis we are talking about we need to get these ballots a movin.

At least send a top 10 or top 20 if you're too busy.

For cross reference if any of you voted years ago on these POX now you have half of your homework done!

POX: Elvis Presley Singles 1960-1968

Elvis Presley POX

we have six ballots so far :(

Was planning to try to do tomorrow, if that’s okay

Hope some other folks vote for this, a rare Elvis co-write with Red West

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ob5ObFNB4

Wonder if mine will be the sole vote for “Steamroller Blues”

Or “Little Sister.”

Am probably voting for almost everything on A Date With Elvis

Oh man, Where Do I Go From Here is a doozy. People don't sleep on that one.

Moka’s link reminded to vote for “Moody Blue.”
Still debating “I Was The One,” which I learned about from Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

World Cup season may encourage me to vote for “A Little Less Conversation”

We should definitely wait for 20 ballots at least right?

I voted!

http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/images/FlagSalute.jpg

Holy tldr Moka

Found it weird that the movie the king is about whether Elvis is still relevant and asking various people of influence if he is. I mean cmon? Elvis will never not be dope

i'll be submitting a ballot.

What time is this due btw?

I dunno before the 6th I guess? at 7 ballots now. it would be good to get somewhat higher so c'mon everybody let's take care of business

A little less conversation, a little more DRAFTING BALLOTS.

Lol

Added “marie’s the name” and “moody blue” to the Spotify playlist

Elvis got drafted, so why can’t your ballots?

Xpost: thanks!

Re: Marie's the Name - all the songs Doc Pomus wrote for Elvis deserve to be on your ballot.

Will investigate...what are the top contenders there

https://www.graceland.com/!userfiles/withnixon.jpg

I voted!

There’s a comp out there called Elvis 75- Good Rockin’ Tonight that is pretty much a superset of my ballot so far.

I'll be sending mine tomorrow!

Euler I'll be gone from this Saturday until July 19... I think you should accept ballots a little longer (at least until we have 20) to make time so I can help you with the images and the rollout! If you're busy just send me what you have so far and I'll receive the ballots and sum them. I suppose I can start the rollout on July 22 or 23.

If you can't just forward ballots or ask a mod to change mail to motelmoka at gmail

xp Doc Pomus wrote A Mess of Blues, Surrender, Little Sister, Suspicion, Marie's The Name, Viva Las Vegas for starters

He also wrote some dreck for the Elvis movies but man, that half dozen there

ok I would be happy to delay until July 19! I too am on the road now and won't get home until about the same day.

I definitely want to vote (I think I'm one of the biggest Elvis fans on ILX) but doubt I'll get my 50 songs in an order I can live with by tomorrow. It's a bad time right now.

good, then let's wait until Moka's back after mid July

Poll shook up.

Euler, Moka et al
Thanks for the welcome hiatus. I just put the second CD from 'The Searcher' soundtrack to try and prompt me to a ballot when I saw the latest posts. I was wondering how on earth i could rank 50 tracks and had settled on my favourite ranked no.1 (not telling yet) and then the rest unranked because, well, I've been listening to Elvis for over 40 years now and I can only think of one absolute stinker ('Confidence") that I would actively turn off. Living with the music for so long has meant going through ebbs and flows between the decades and genres. I was a fool for the early Sun and 50s RCA stuff as a kid and I still think there's not a harder '50s song than 'Hound Dog' hands down, but the post Army era brought out some beautiful studio work (musicians and technology). There are nuggets of gold all through the 60s prior to the American Studios 'return to form'. The NBC TV special black leather sets are still killer (The Searcher uses these as the fulcrum of the documentary). Then the 70s - long ago dismissed as trash, but as this thread has shown, there are some incredible performances. The 70s was where - I believe - Elvis took off the mask. Yes, some of the songs might have been easy, or less than rock 'n' roll, or songs that the Colonel wanted him to include on the album because of the publishing rights, but the songs prior to the 70s were never so personal (except for the 2 demos he did at Sun for his mother). The obvious autobiographical - Always on my mind / Separate ways - are well known but the two I linked to up thread - Pieces of my life / It's midnight - I don't think will get any love outside dedicated Elivis fandom, but in those two he opened his heart just a little bit wider. And the sad thing about 70s Elvis is that those gems and others such as 'there's a honky tonk angel'/ good time charlie's got the blues, 'elvis country', all the jungle room stuff, they are all overlooked in favour of the elvis-burger-vegas pantomime. And yet the two best Elvis films - that's the way it is and elvis on tour - are 70s and proud, and i'm rambling now, so i'll wind it up quickly and probably be the first person to have compared elvis to a stick of blackpool rock: wherever you break it along the linear line of his career you will always find something that (to me anyway) PROVES his gift of musicality (some born?, most learned, but all respected). I seriously don't know how to rank a top 3 of the sun recordings, let alone compare 'baby let's play house' with the effortless beauty of 'she's not you' or the hard tack of 'stranger in my own home town'. i thin i've just convinced myself that it's number 1 ranked and the other 49 unranked and let them sit where they sit with other people's ballots. so thanks euler for delaying this and thanks moka for being the catalyst. I can't wait for the roll out.

PS Euler, awesome photo pick for the start of thread. Can I suggest something like this once the rollout has left the building?

https://i.imgur.com/0MvYSmC.jpg

Milky white way
Take my hand precious lord
How great thou art

A gospel parallel career to the day job: Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard

With Cooke, while his early career was as a gospel singer, I don't think he ever recorded gospel again after "Lovable."

xp Doc Pomus wrote A Mess of Blues, Surrender, Little Sister, Suspicion, Marie's The Name, Viva Las Vegas for starters

― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, July 4, 2018 10:35 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the arrangement on ' mess of blues' is so good. loose and tight in equal measure. and beautiful tonal balance to the recording.

one absolute stinker ('Confidence)

Yes that is definitely the worst Elvis song I've heard. It makes Do The Clam sound like Mystery Train.

just want to namedrop Orion in here. while thrift shopping i came upon this book

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/222985478851_/Elvis-Presley-The-Most-Incredible-Elvis-Story.jpg

i believe it was self published by the author, or that she had some kind of regional deal, but author Gail (G.B. Giorgio, from Marietta GA i believe) had her first book pulled from distribution or something so the first third of the book is a conspiracy theory about publishers trying to silence her.

she puts forth the theory that Elvis faked his death and presents a lot of evidence in this book. the birth certificate and tombstone misspelling of Aaron (his twin brother's first name, he died young, but cast a mysterious shadow over the Presleys) and she talks about the Geraldo 20/20 episode and finally there is the public display, when they showed Elvis's corpse for a public memorial, his nose looks entirely different, his face is described as if he were a poorly made wax dummy.

not that i believe any of it, but it's all incredibly interesting lore. i think she wrote many books on the subject. the last chapter even features the transcription of a rare encounter with The King post-"death" in a Hawaii airport!

one of her theories included the singer Orion. i don't know much about Orion but this is very fascinating because she claimed he was Elvis in disguise, and if you look at Orion's first album, it has a coffin and is called "Reborn". he's actually pretty talented - he sounds like a really good Elvis impersonator.

https://e.snmc.io/lk/f/a/06ace0c3d05ce556f984ddaac015c1c3/2801068.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxJP50Cm9X0

in truth, Orion was singer Jimmy Ellis. that doesn't stop people from jumping to conclusions. from another youtube video:

Barb Delawder
6 years ago
@Tiffany16ization jimmy was not Elvis...jimmy was shot and killed on dec. 12, 1998 along with his ex- wife whien a robber came into his pawn shop in Alabama. there r rumors that jimmy may have been EP's half brother but there is no real proof. but they were 2 different men. jimmy just happened to sound like EP. Jimmy was born in Mississipi but his real mother took him to Alabama to an adoption agengcy where he was adopted at a very young age by the Ellis's.

lol the audience in that video

dont know how y'all have time for this

i wd probly try to sneak in "Clambake" (the song)

I don't have time for this! But it'll happen anyway. We're up to 9 ballots. I'll close voting next Monday or Tuesday.

http://rollingstoneindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/elvis-comeback-special-1968-cropped.jpg

I forgot to remember to forget hervote and was under the weather this weekend, so thanks for the extension.

9 ballots? Come on folks, don’t let the King down.

i’ll throw something together this weekend

Almost home euler! Have you counted results if not forward them to my mail I’ll do it next week.

Keep voting people! I refuse to start this poll if we don’t get at least 15 votes for it.

Ballots not votes

i'll send a ballot later today

Can’t remember the recording history of “Suspicion,” wondering if such knowledge will affect my ballot

I will also send a ballot in the next few days!

Will be sending ballot

If I manage to get it together to send in a ballot, it might just consist of the last fifty Elvis songs I have listened to at that point in time.

http://www.elvisblog.net/Voting%20For%20The%20Elvis%20Stamp/Poster%20.jpg

https://www.sweetmagnoliatours.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Elvis-blanket-throw-Jan-2018.jpeg

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6a1af9_2e46c3471584444eb5aaf1fbfbc2a6e6.jpg/v1/fill/w_300,h_332,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/6a1af9_2e46c3471584444eb5aaf1fbfbc2a6e6.webp

Probably drafting a ballot tonight.

Drafting ballot right now, just found via Wiki that all of these songs were recorded on 7 June 1970, released on Elvis Country. There were some really fertile sessions once he was reinvigorated after the 1968 special and before the Colonel's live touring treadmill kicked in:

Tomorrow never comes
Funny how time slips away
I really don't want to know
Faded love
I washed my hands in muddy waters
Make the world go away

Voted!

A lot of my stuff ended up being later-period and like, half of From Elvis In Memphis, and a lot of known singles.
I should have dug in to his catalog more but I feel like I just needed to vote with my heart.

THIS way to fun times:
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f0/b3/b5/f0b3b58acb1d6ec0e6efbfa437b356be--youre-hot-in-august.jpg

Voted

Is this due today? *twiddles thumbs*

Voted.

Lots of 70s stuff on my ballot. (I went the full 50.)

let's say due end of day tomorrow? I am so bad at this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVyOm-D94J4&frags=pl%2Cwn

Just kidding. Ballot sent.

let's say due end of day tomorrow? I am so bad at this.

― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, July 22, 2018 8:24 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

let's try that again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG5nqWBI7Ok&frags=pl%2Cwn

How many ballots so far?

Trying to get this done, listening to Radio Free Shake Rag whilst doing so.

Euler, did you get my ballot?

Okay, finalizing, about to send via U.S. Male email.

Sent. Please let me know if you did not receive.

band perfect on this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSGGmOf_zdU

Voted!

A lot of my stuff ended up being later-period and like, half of From Elvis In Memphis, and a lot of known singles.
I should have dug in to his catalog more but I feel like I just needed to vote with my heart.

THIS way to fun times:
🖼

:D

Although tbh I skewed more 50s than 70s although I did include some of the more obvious 70s cuts

How many of you are voting for songs written by Ed Wood’s ex?

Sent!

time to push this poll across the line

https://www.graceland.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1football.jpg

"We gotta win this race"

ok 17 ballots now, should we call it sufficient?

"We gotta win this race"

https://www.hampshire.edu/news/2015/09/29/slow-down-and-enjoy-the-17mph-ride-a-hampshire-style-tribute-for-professor-kelly

My alma mater!

Wow! What did you major in?

ok 17 ballots now, should we call it sufficient?

voted

https://img.etsystatic.com/il/c1cbc2/1083741831/il_570xN.1083741831_nifj.jpg

I will try to find the spreadsheet and tabulate these results in the next couple of days, then send them to Moka for the rollout. in the meantime I'll keep taking ballots.

https://www.elvispresleymusic.com.au/pictures/img/elvis/60s/elvis-1969.jpg

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9367f77822dc44076ef8d4c063db2cdd8f8de3ad/0_0_2001_2795/master/2001.jpg?w=300&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=04e5dfb73021d50023673289168f4d38

Awesome! I’ll send mine today Euler.

Once you have the results send em my way and I’ll dot he images and rollout.

Already came across something I had thought about voting for and forgot about when writing up my ballot. Guy’s catalog is just too deep.

Sent my ballot!

Hope I'm not the only one voting for Crawfish, Pocketful of Rainbows and Animal Instinct as they're pretty high on my ballot and deserve a place in his best songs.

Btw, how many songs should the rollout feature? 50? 75? 100?

i voted for Crawfish!!

imo i think 50 is a good rollout?

Animal Instinct is so underrated. Almost noone namedrops it when talking Elvis. It doesn't help that it was cut from one of his worst rated movies, Harum Scarum.
Hope it makes it because it's awesome and sounds like it should've been a James Bond theme, but in case it doesn't here's for your enjoyment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpR-mzG7NT0

i voted for Crawfish!!

imo i think 50 is a good rollout?

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl)

Yay! Yeah I'll probably do 50. It depends if Crawfish is in the top 50 hehe, otherwise I'll start further down the list so it makes it.

lol stay tuned for a 200 rollout

I also voted for Crawfish.

http://media-cdn.timesfreepress.com/img/photos/2015/01/08/113012apeopleelvis4inbw2502363636_t1070_h3b46ad261efe25b06561c0258435f3ea563b5856.jpg

I guess I must be the only one who DIDN’T vote for “Crawfish.”
KingCreole.jpg

No me neither. Second tier song at best imo.

You take that back

I didn't vote for it either, but I didn't get a chance to do any serious relistening, so there's a ton of deserving songs missing from my ballot.

Yeah, in the end I had um, fish or cut bait and cast a ballot, so my choices are pretty obvious, not a lot of deep cuts.

I feel like I need to say it. Anyone who didn't vote for Change of Habit ain't never caught a rabbit.

Looking forward to the rollout. Just was reminded of some good Elvis trivia I may hit you with at the appropriate moment.

I only sort of recently got into Elvis, so I still have a lot of blind spots in his discography and I'm sure that skewed my ballot a bit. I know I left off a number of deserving songs and have been second guessing it ever since I hit send.

(But I'm not second guessing my vote for Crawfish!)

CRAAAAWWWWWFIIIIIIISH

TBH getting a little impatient for the rollout to start. Posting in the thread is like spending an hour or two talking myself out to my roommate before I leave for the party

meanwhile in weird Elvis archive news

http://elvispresleyblvd.com/blogpost/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/543590215_o.jpg

http://www.elvisblog.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Elvis-on-Cover-April-26-1977-National-Enquirer.jpg

and last, for posterity

https://pics.me.me/omg-so-incredible-when-elvis-presley-arrived-on-his-plane-27642853.png

sorry wait one more GREAT NEWS

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zAt0hnO6l_A/UqiRK7bOqzI/AAAAAAAAYMA/67L45X6onC4/s1600/Weekly+World+News+Elvis+Cloned+1993.jpg

Saw the Eugene Jarecki film today (which I had been mixing up with the other Elvis documentary until literally after it was over, when I got some clarification from a friend)--fascinating. The very pointed Trump element is definitely heavy-handed now and again, but not to the extent (for me, at least) that it ruins the film. Chuck D is excellent. Actually, I liked all three viewpoints on the cultural-appropriation question: Chuck D, Van Jones, and David Simon. Still have to see the other film.

ok I'm finally tabulating now, so maybe we can roll out start of next week? dunno if it's standard to stick to Monday through Friday, was thinking it was but I dunno

btw listened to the 68 comeback special today, some days that's my favorite music in the world. those versions of "One Night", it's usually corny to say music sounds elemental, of the earth, but dang if those performances aren't like that, like the earth groaning

68 Comeback Special is playing in selected theaters in the US in August I am v excited

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/elvis-68-comeback-special

Thought about putting “One Night” but couldn’t quite get there.
Really my ballot is just a snapshot of how I felt that day, that hour, except for my Number One.

The '68 show gets 5-10 minutes in the Jarecki film. The Colonel wanted 25 Christmas songs!

The Colonel should have run an empire of toy factories and left human beings ie Elvis alone
MORE HATS
MAKE THOSE ONES POOP THEMSELVES
ALL OF THESE RIDE BIKES NOW
TEN THOUSAND MORE ON THE SHELVES BY FRIDAY

Euler do you have the results so I can help with the images? I’ll have several free hours tomorrow to help out. Will you do the rollout? If i’m doing it I’ll also need the results on Sunday so I can do both the images and the rollout simultaneously on Monday.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WuYtjznWN0M/TS0UMzd_W0I/AAAAAAAABfo/auRT4WWnXxw/s1600/Come+Back+Elvis+3.JPG

19 Elvis Fans Can Be Polled: The ILM Elvis Presley poll roll out thread

Thought about putting “One Night” but couldn’t quite get there.
Really my ballot is just a snapshot of how I felt that day, that hour, except for my Number One.

Holy shit at that leather photo Euler

I have never seen the Comeback Special video! I know the tracks and the pics well. I’ll try to watch it soon.

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Never heard or seen this one before but what a (faints)

https://youtu.be/MEU0tpYsY8M

Oops

It’s good though

We’re goin’ up,
We’re goin’ down

haha!

J. D., what you want me to do?

I'm sure this was said in a meeting somewhere: "If we can find a gay African-American man who has the Billy Ray Cyrus sound and the Billy Ray Cyrus feel, we can get a billion hits on YouTube."

Rock and Roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can’t help but POLL it.