This is the essence of me....

jazzguitarist · Post by **jazzguitarist** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:32 pm

After reading a post about Diana not knowing much of Elvis's music, I was wondering, if you were Elvis, what 3 albums would you have her listen to, to show her the essence of his body of work. One from the early years, one from the 80's and one from the 90's-new century. My choices would be

1)This Year's Model-I think this is the angriest of early Elvis
2)King of America-Unmatched skill as a songwriter. Leaving IB off is hard, but I think this is a better album, by a slight margin.
3)Brutal Youth-This is a tough choice, but this album seems more biographical into his thinking and life.

What do you think?

Andyguitar

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:53 am

TYM- Angry Young Elvis
GH - soulful Elvis
MLAR - beardy Elvis

one minute later...

AF - wordsmith Elvis
IB - wordsmith Elvis
BY - wordsmith Elvis

one more minute later...

...VG gets irritated because his mind keeps changing.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:39 am

King of America
This Year's Model
All This Useless Beauty

pip_52 · Post by **pip_52** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:25 am

I would definitely have to cheat on this question because she would just have to listen to every single one of them.

If youre going to date our Elvis you should really know what youre getting yourself into . . .

But if I had to choose:
This Year's Model
Blood and Chocolate
Brutal Youth

HungupStrungup · Post by **HungupStrungup** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:35 am

I might show her an earlier version of the tunesmith/craftsman/crooner/balladeer with Trust
Then vitriol and angst from a later period than TYM, Blood and Chocolate
and a truly mature and polished master of musicians, the song and the studio with All This Useless Beauty

HolyCoatAndHat · Post by **HolyCoatAndHat** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:30 pm

Based on the style of music she plays, I would say:

IB
TJL
PFM

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:36 pm

pip_52 wrote: But if I had to choose:
This Year's Model
Blood and Chocolate
Brutal Youth

I think the idea though is to show her the different aspects of Elvis' sound. When it comes down to it, TYM, B&C, and BY are all of that punk-ish Elvis sound.

I would have to go with:

This Year's Model
Imperial Bedroom
King Of America

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:05 pm

Armed Forces
Imperial Bedroom
When I Was Cruel

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SweetPear · Post by **SweetPear** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:12 am

Great question, Jazz.

It has always annoyed me to hear that Diana hadn't a clue to EC's music. I imagine that to be pretty impossible.

But I agree w/pip_52, that to know Elvis you'd have to listen to them all. And you figure she'd want to. I don't really see Elvis picking and choosing for her. I imagine him to be a bit humble about it.

I don't know what it is, but there's something about the two of them together that just looks so uncomfortable. Yeah, you see the whispering and the always hand holding.......I don't know, something about it is very uncomfortable looking.

Watching_Detectives · Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:48 pm

Trust
This Years Model
ATUB or North

Post by **BlueChair** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:24 pm

I'm guessing she's heard North

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:56 pm

Not to mention that All This Useless Beauty blows North out of the galaxy.

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