Best track on Elvis Golden records vol.3" 1963

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Best track on "Elvis Golden records vol. 3" lp 1963

Poll ended at Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:45 pm

It's Now Or Never
1
5%
Fame And Fortune
1
5%
I Gotta Know
0
No votes
Surrender
2
10%
I Feel So Bad
0
No votes
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
3
15%
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
2
10%
Little Sister
7
35%
Anything That's Part Of You
3
15%
She's Not You
1
5%
 
Total votes: 20


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Best track on Elvis Golden records vol.3" 1963

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I really regret that I included those golden records serie in those polls, because all tracks are classics and I have to cut two songs away. This album aren´t better than volume 1, but it´s harder to remove two tracks because Elvis vocal delivery 60-62 was as solid as ever. A few tracks here are overplayed, and it´s easy to cut "It´s now or never", but the almost operatic ending makes that impossible (like Surrender). A few tracks aren´t big hits like "Anything that´s part of you" or "Fame and fortune", but the performances are remarkable. How do I decide which tracks that have to go. I always felt that "Stuck on you" was a solid track, but "too safe"....a kind of weaker version of "All shook up". "Good luck charm" is one of his biggest hits, but the lyrics is a bit childish. I prefer it´s cousin "She´s not you" instead. I know that the big hammer is gonna fall on me, because in this case I remove two good tracks. "I gotta know" is lightweight, but I can´t help sing-a-long to that song. The single His latest flame/Little sister must be one of the biggest mistakes done commercially together with Hound dog/Don´t be cruel and a few Beatles singles. My favourites are those two tracks together with "Anything...". Today it´s Little sister. What a rocker!!!

Vote on and don´t get too angry about the exclusions :wink:

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Yeah it's really hard to make choices on these albums. I voted Fame And Fortune.


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The first time I heard "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" back in '60 it gave me chills. Still does.

Never liked "Stuck On You." But do enjoy "Good Luck Charm."



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Love all of them but Little Sister is My Favourite on the list.


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I voted for "It’s Now or Never". Great performance and unusual choice for Elvis at the time. I don’t think anyone saw that coming.

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Impossible to choose!




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LITTLE SISTER .>>>>>>>> BABY...

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Post by jeanno »

Hard to chose between FEEL SO BAD, ANYTHING and SHE´S NOT YOU. I finally took the latest because of the great "doo-wop" feeling. Great to see that almost all the tracks got at least one vote!



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Can't choose !!!!!

Love anything that's part of you ( great song with feeling ).
Fame and fortune is a beauty with true words
It's now or never & Are you lonesome tonight are million sellers and i guess that almost everyone knows these songs.
I gotta know is a nice song with very good work by the backup singers
Surrender is a little bit short but shows the strenght of his voice
His latest flame got a nice rythm and makes me smile

I feel so bad, She's not you and Little sister are... well he has made better songs but also worse...


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His Latest Flame! Pop perfection ALL the way through, from Elvis's oh-so-sweet vocals to the irresistable rhythm!

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Hard to chose just one but I went for "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"



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Congratualtions to "Little sister". What a winner! And the the rest of the field wasn´t exactly bad songs.... :shock:

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Re: Best track on Elvis Golden records vol.3" 1963

Post by eric c »

it's now or never.

of the gold record album series...
the first...elvis' golden records and this lp...gold records vol 3 were the best.


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