elvis laughing woman singing along... what song?
Lex Thoonen
Does anybody have more information about a song elvis sang with a woman
happily singing along, and he starts laughing because of her singing...
details as song title, date, tour, where, etc...
Anything would help!
Thanks a lot,
Scryni
laughing while Millie Kirkham continues singing. It's on the sivler box
set.....Elvis Aaron Presley.
Lex Thoonen
s_b...@my-deja.com
I don't know what he was thinking with having her do back up vocals.
I'm sure she was a fine singer, but on those 1969-70 live recordings it
sounds like someone's strangling a cat. Good job on getting Kathy
Westmoreland (who's quite the hotty besides ;-) who was able to sound
pleasant and in control even at that the high notes.
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CatGOD29
>I'm sure she was a fine singer, but on those 1969-70 live recordings it
>sounds like someone's strangling a cat. Good job on getting Kathy
>Westmoreland (who's quite the hotty besides ;-) who was able to sound
>pleasant and in control even at that the high notes.
>
years prior to the first Vegas shows. That's her voice you hear on "My Wish
Came True" and "Indescribably Blue," among others.
Listening to Elvis crack up over Kirkham staying focused during the song
after Elvis substituted "do you gaze at your body and wish you had hair" for
"do you gaze at your door and picture me there" is hysterical. Since Elvis was
trying to continue the song himself instead of stopping, I assumed that's why
the band and backing vocalists carried on as well.
Kirkham left in 1971 because of illness, I believe and was replaced by Kathy.
As far as Kirkham's vocals sounding as if someone was strangling a cat, the
blame can probably be placed on RCA for that one.
What I found harder to believe was that with the exception of John Wilkinson,
who was signed to RCA as a vocalist, the rest of Elvis's band were supposed to
have been all those California pros who played on almost every recording that
came out of southern California.
They sounded very amateurish to me, like a garage rock band. I was wondering
if the reason for this may have been that Colonel Parker might have warned them
not to outshine Elvis, since he was the star.
If that was the case, I believe it was the wrong thing to do.
Alan
Scryni
Hans Roemen
Wild In The Country ( 1961 )
ElvisOnAir
It wasn't Kirkham on this recording, it was Cissy Houston. Millie came in
shortly after when Cissy left due to money disagreements.
Stephen Christopher
Elvis On The Air
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CatGOD29
That has been mentioned but whenever I listen to that particular version, I'm
hearing 'body' not 'bald head.' Regardless, it works either way one hears it.
On a similar note, there has been disagreements in the past over the other
goofed-up version of "Are You Lonesome Tonight," from 1977.
During the intro of the song, some say Elvis is saying: "I didn't actually
play guitar; I faked'em for a long time. They may catch me tonight and...if you
think I'm nervous, you're right!" Still, others say the first few lines of the
intro are: "I'm gonna actually play guitar," not "I didn't actually play
guitar."
Curiously, the inflection from the soundtrack "This Is Elvis" comes across
much different than in the film. On the record, it sounds as if Elvis had
somehow come across some of those negative reviews which assailed him as an
artist and as a musician and the hurt is showing but it doesn't come across
that way in the film.
CatGOD29
>shortly after when Cissy left due to money disagreements
Thanks for the correction although I remembered reading elsewhere that it was
Kirkham. I've always wondered why Houston left the Sweet Inspirations but as to
the money disagreements: was this due to the money offered and paid by Elvis or
an inner dispute between the Sweet Inspirations, as they were recording artists
in their own right at the time but hardly commanding the big bucks.
I thought there was a disagreement between Elvis and Cissy but about a year
ago, I saw an interview with Cissy in which she said enjoyed working with Elvis
and that he was the sexiest man she ever met and that sometimes caused a
conflict with her husband.
praytome
me????
"ElvisOnAir" <elvis...@aol.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> > Listening to Elvis crack up over Kirkham staying focused during the song
for
>
> It wasn't Kirkham on this recording, it was Cissy Houston. Millie came in
Jason Leacock
>
> I think it was "do you gaze at your bald head, and wish you had hair".
thats what it was.....bald head!
Jason Leacock
>
> >I think it was "do you gaze at your bald head, and wish you had hair".
>
it definately is bald head....no doubt about it....do u look at your
body?????doesnt even make sense....and its "im going to actually play
the guitar...now i only know 3 cords believe it or not.....but i faked
em all for a long time"
IISergioII
> During the intro of the song, some say Elvis is saying: "I didn't actually
play guitar; I faked'em for a long time. They may catch me tonight and...if you
think I'm nervous, you're right!" Still, others say the first few lines of the
intro are: "I'm gonna actually play guitar," not "I didn't actually play
guitar."<
I don't know about anyone else but, from the very first time I saw and heard
that while watching "This is Elvis" in a Manhattan movie theater shortly after
its release I have had to wince every time I hear it. It's really quite
pathetic. Elvis was going to great pains -- literally and figuratively -- to
publically expose his vulnerability and hurt, something he'd not done before.
Dixie
lonesome tonight" has been cut off.. Why? Is it because it was too real?
Every fan should have the privilege to see this performance because it's
Elvis exposing his heart and soul to us...yes, it is hard and painful to see
him hurting like that but it's necessary if you want to know him better...on
the other hand, like his song "You Don't Know Me", we'll never be able to
know and understand him completely.
Dixie
in article 20001110015436...@ng-mj1.aol.com, IISergioII at
Bill
GConway853 wrote:
>
> >It wasn't Kirkham on this recording, it was Cissy Houston. Millie came in
> >shortly after when Cissy left due to money disagreements.
> >Stephen Christopher
>
> Cissy's autobiography indicates that she left because she wanted to spend more
> time at home with her family and daughter Whitney. She said it was a difficult
> decision because she enjoyed working with Elvis so much. She wrote that Elvis
> was the most beautiful man she had ever seen, and that when he walked in to
> their first rehearsals, all of the Sweet Inspirations were speechless at how
> incredible he looked in person and how much fun he was to work with.
>
> She said also that her time with Elvis was invaluable to her husband, who
> learned from how to manage her from his discussions with Elvis' business people
> in the coffee shop at the Vegas hotel where they were playing.
>
> Cissy seems like a class act. I wonder what happened to Whitney?
>
> Garry
It appears that Whitney learned from Elvis' dark side.
Bill
GConway853
GConway853
>who was signed to RCA as a vocalist, the rest of Elvis's band were supposed
>to
>have been all those California pros who played on almost every recording that
>came out of southern California.
> They sounded very amateurish to me, like a garage rock band.
This is a joke, right?
Garry
CatGOD29
>body?????doesnt even make sense....
Doesn't? There have always been a few people who have been quite narcissistic
about their body.
I've listened to the laughing version a lot and can't make out Elvis singing
"bald head" at all. Maybe baldy if not body, but there is a definite "dy"
enunciation in that particular part of the song.
>and its "im going to actually play
>the guitar...now i only know 3 cords believe it or not.....but i faked
>em all for a long time"
You're right, bad editing on my part. I'm frequently pressed for time when
writing and sometimes the editing (erasing) is on overdrive.
CatGOD29
>
>This is a joke, right?
Maybe it's something that was lost in the RCA translation but somehow I
couldn't quite believe the majority of these musicians (James Burton, Jerry
Scheff, Ronnie Tutt, Larry Muheberac - I know I'm spelling his name wrong - and
Glenn D. Hardin) were the same guys who had played on Rick Nelson's songs,
Sinatra's songs, the Beach Boys and even on some of Elvis's stuff before the
Memphis sessions.
These guys were on virtually every record that came out of southern
California - I admire them one and all but on Elvis's live recordings....maybe
it was RCA, maybe it was the Colonel, but they just didn't sound right.
For example, listen to James's warm-up and subsequent guitar work on "It's
Only Love" or his high power guitar driving "Promised Land" and then listen to
his solos during Elvis's live shows.
Sounds like two different guitarists altogether. Maybe it was in the mixing,
since I never had the chance to see Elvis live - I know that concert albums
when played on home stereo systems, never quite capture the intensity or the
fury of the sound
of the concert itself.
I don't think Elvis would have asked these guys to restrain their playing but
I could see the Colonel telling them, "Now, remember fellas, Elvis is the star
but don't none of you get any ideas about trying to claim the spotlight for
yourselves."
Conjecture, of course but it just seems to me like these guys weren't playing
to their fullest potential as musicians when playing live. Playing to their
fullest potential in the studio, yes, but I think when playing live, they
sounded somewhat muted.
Steve Braun
"KEEP ON ROCKIN WITH THE KING"
http://community.webtv.net/Steve19/KEEPONROCKINWITHTHE
Colin Bryant
On the "long" version of the "This Is Elvis" video there are about
a dozen musical numbers included which are not on the "short" version.
However, Are You Lonesome Tonight is the only song that is missing.
It is replaced by a rather inferior version of "Love Me"
Don't know why!!
Colin
Dixie <ys...@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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> I purchased "This is Elvis" about 5 years ago and the part with "Are you
> lonesome tonight" has been cut off.. Why? Is it because it was too real?
> Every fan should have the privilege to see this performance because it's
> Elvis exposing his heart and soul to us...yes, it is hard and painful to
see
> him hurting like that but it's necessary if you want to know him
better...on
> the other hand, like his song "You Don't Know Me", we'll never be able to
> know and understand him completely.
>
> Dixie
>
> in article 20001110015436...@ng-mj1.aol.com, IISergioII at
> iiser...@aol.comnospam wrote on 10/11/2000 01:54:
>
Jason Leacock
Ive got a couple of boots with other versions of lonesome tonight where
E says the same line{bald head}but much more clearly..
§tutz Blackhawk
>colbr...@virgin.net (Colin Bryant)
>
>On the "long" version of the "This Is Elvis"
>video there are about a dozen musical
>numbers included which are not on the
>"short" version.
Other than "Love Me", which songs are you referring to?
Stutz
Colin Bryant
released in 1994 with the version broadcast by ITV.
The songs missing from the broadcast version were:
I Was The One - 18/02/56
Ready Teddy - 09/09/56
King Creole - from the film
Frankfort Special - from G.I. Blues
Stuck On You - 18/05/60
Rock A Hula Baby - from Blue Hawaii
Trouble - from '68 Special
Let Yourself Go - From '68 Special
If I Can Dream - from '68 Special
Big Hunk O' Love - Aloha
Can't Help Falling In Love - Aloha
Colin
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Lex Thoonen <nospa...@peng.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Does anybody have more information about a song elvis sang with a woman
> happily singing along, and he starts laughing because of her singing...
>
> details as song title, date, tour, where, etc...
>
> Anything would help!
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Lex
> http://www.peng.nl
>
>