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Elvis' Worst Songs

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Fifth Name

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Sep 5, 1994, 10:23:09 AM9/5/94
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1."Song of the Shrimp"
2."No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car"
3."Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce"
4."Do the Clam"
5."Poison Ivy League"
6."Queenie Wahine's Papaya"
7."He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad"
8."Petunia, the Gardener's Daughter"
9."Who Needs Money?"
10."Confidence"

Brandon Acker

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Sep 6, 1994, 3:05:12 AM9/6/94
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Fifth Name (fift...@aol.com) wrote:
: 1."Song of the Shrimp"
g: 10."Confidence"

I think you forgot a few!! Datin', old macdoinald hey hey hey, a Dogs life
& a few others i can't remmber! ( i sorta still like them though even
though they are bad!!)

Rene Andersen

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Sep 12, 1994, 7:35:56 AM9/12/94
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cjw...@nella30.cc.monash.edu.au (Brandon Acker) writes:


Half of these songs I (luckily?) don't even know. But what about "Old
Shep". That must be the worst Elvis-song EVER done!! I can't stand to
hear The King singing that sob-story. Yuck.

Ren'e

Clayface

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Sep 12, 1994, 7:40:03 PM9/12/94
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In article <flanhart....@tyr.diku.dk>, flan...@diku.dk (Rene
Andersen) writes:

<< what about "Old
Shep". That must be the worst Elvis-song EVER done!! >>

No, not by a long shot.


Paul Verhoeven

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Sep 12, 1994, 8:54:00 PM9/12/94
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In Article <352osj$8...@search01.news.aol.com> "clay...@aol.com (Clayface)" says:
> In article <flanhart....@tyr.diku.dk>, flan...@diku.dk (Rene
> Andersen) writes:
>
> << what about "Old
> Shep". That must be the worst Elvis-song EVER done!! >>
>
> No, not by a long shot.
>
>
>

All Songs sung by the King are fantastic. Some are more fantastic than others
but they still are great. So don't say the King has a `worst song'. But
I admit that `Confidence' isn't that great.
Paul.




Bruce Maltz

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Sep 13, 1994, 1:00:49 PM9/13/94
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In article <19940913125431....@sp0112.kub.nl> T.P.H.V...@kub.nl (Paul Verhoeven) writes:
>From: T.P.H.V...@kub.nl (Paul Verhoeven)
>Subject: Re: Elvis' Worst Songs
>Date: Tue, 13 Sep 1994 12:54 MET

>In Article <352osj$8...@search01.news.aol.com> "clay...@aol.com (Clayface)"
>says:
>> In article <flanhart....@tyr.diku.dk>, flan...@diku.dk (Rene
>> Andersen) writes:
>>
>> << what about "Old
>> Shep". That must be the worst Elvis-song EVER done!! >>
>>
>> No, not by a long shot.
>>
>>

Have you heard the LP: "Elvis Greatest Shit!"
Sounds like you are posting all the titles.
Bruce

Rene Andersen

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Sep 21, 1994, 7:01:31 AM9/21/94
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spa...@zookeeper.zoo.uga.edu (Shane Paterson) writes:

>when they released it. Great songs like "Tomorrow Is A Long Time", "Down
>In The Alley", the entire "How Great Thou Art" album, and the 9/67
>sessions ("Big Boss Man", "Guitar Man", and "High Heel Sneakers" stand
>out) prove that Elvis didn't temporarily lose his touch in the
>mid-sixties.

Isn't "Big boss man" from one of Elvis' movies from the 50'ies? The
tittle has slipped my mind, but I think it's the one where he plays a
role originally written for James Dean. Am I right or wrong? And by
the way, what is the name of the film?

Best wishes

Ren'e Andersen

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Brandon Acker

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Sep 23, 1994, 4:58:55 AM9/23/94
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I agree with all of what you say except for Harum Scarm, err the recording
quality for the title track is terrible! How did a Big recording company
record such a well known artist so poorley! alot of Elvis's Soundtracks
were badly produced and if they were done by any other artist they would
of failed!!!! I like 99% of the crappy songs but the songs i always SKIP
unless i want a laugh are
HEY HEY HEY
CONFEIDENSE
Old MACDONALD
Hes your uncle not your dad
(with Hey Hey Hey it's so badly mixed you can tell where they spliced
elvis vocal track over the pre recorded musical session! and he is turned
up too loud!!

Shane Paterson

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Sep 27, 1994, 1:06:28 PM9/27/94
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On Wed, 21 Sep 1994, Rene Andersen wrote:

> Isn't "Big boss man" from one of Elvis' movies from the 50'ies? The
> tittle has slipped my mind, but I think it's the one where he plays a
> role originally written for James Dean. Am I right or wrong? And by
> the way, what is the name of the film?

No, "Big Boss Man" was recorded in September 1967 and released as a
single ( I think "How Would You Like To Be" was the flipside, of all
things, but I can't recall off-hand) and buried on the "Clambake" LP. It
later showed up on 1985's "Reconsider, Baby", among others. You're
probably thinking of the 1958 classic "Trouble" (not to be confused with
the 1975 classic, "T.R.O.U.B.L.E.", recently covered by Travis Tritt),
which came from the soundtrack for "King Creole", a movie originally
supposed to star James Dean as the boxer anti-hero in the screen
adasptation of Harold Robbins' "A Stone For Danny Fisher" (Danny Fisher
was the name of the character Elvis played in the movie, too). Phew.
Anyway, the two songs came together for the 1968 TV Special and again in
a 1975 concert in Huntsville, AL. They're both cool songs. Hope this helps.

Shane

carvergr...@gmail.com

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Dec 17, 2018, 4:44:46 PM12/17/18
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My worst 10 are

10. Old shep
9. I got stung
8. G.i blues
7 love me
6. Do the clam
5.hawaiian wedding song
4. No more in blue Hawaii
3. Queenie wahines papaya
2. Ito eats
1. Aloha oe
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