Do you enjoy it like Elvis or do you hate it like Sam Phillips
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First of all, your poll lacks an option for "Excellent." The fact that your highest choice is "Very Good" makes this latest un-scientific poll kind of a waste.tcb4 wrote:Do you enjoy it like Elvis or do you hate it like Sam Phillips
drjohncarpenter wrote:The studio recording from June 1968 is stunning. It's got a near-perfect vocal from Elvis despite some lyrics that were pretty damn maudlin, and the arrangement is heart-breaking, with Tommy Tedesco's delicate guitar arpeggios and Larry Knechtal's single-note bass line.
And the 24th July, 1970 studio 'rehearsal' version, with its animal impressions, general goofing around and whatever, totally destroys any remaining credence the song may have had !drjohncarpenter wrote:...The 1969 live recording of "Memories" is inconsequential -- the arrangement places it in a higher key, puts too many instruments in the mix and, unlike the studio master, Elvis sings it with almost no personal attachment.
And that's the way it is.
I heard that people were walking out all over the place. One guy was even heard saying, "I can't stay here. The rhythm of the show is all messed up now."drjohncarpenter wrote:Sam Phillips did not "hate" the song. He told Elvis that where the singer had chosen to place "Memories" in his August 1969 set was a mistake, as it stopped the rhythm of the show. Phillips was correct.
May I have a word with you.Rob wrote:I heard that people were walking out all over the place. One guy was even heard saying, "I can't stay here. The rhythm of the show is all messed up now."drjohncarpenter wrote:Sam Phillips did not "hate" the song. He told Elvis that where the singer had chosen to place "Memories" in his August 1969 set was a mistake, as it stopped the rhythm of the show. Phillips was correct.
It had to have been very uncomfortable for our star attraction.
Do not think for a moment I am too old to notice when you are getting sarcastic.Rob wrote:I would never ridicule the Doc. I love him too damned much. Just bringing my point across in my own special kind of way.
Thanks, that made me laughRob wrote:I heard that people were walking out all over the place. One guy was even heard saying, "I can't stay here. The rhythm of the show is all messed up now."drjohncarpenter wrote:Sam Phillips did not "hate" the song. He told Elvis that where the singer had chosen to place "Memories" in his August 1969 set was a mistake, as it stopped the rhythm of the show. Phillips was correct.
It had to have been very uncomfortable for our star attraction.
What point? That you know more about music than Sam Phillips? That's news to us.Rob wrote:Just bringing my point across ...
Please direct us to the source of this quote from Phillips, thanks.tcb4 wrote:sam phillips said this song is "sh*t" ...
At the present time, yes.drjohncarpenter wrote:That you know more about music than Sam Phillips?
Sam also thougt that Elvis' sound was destroyed by adding a piano and The Jordanaires. I think, he had a very special way of looking at music. As much as I like the man: We should not care too much about it.Rob wrote:At the present time, yes.drjohncarpenter wrote:That you know more about music than Sam Phillips?
I seriously doubt that anyone in attendance, other than Sam, of course, felt that the rhythm of the show had been ruined.
Yes, a medley has to be a pre-planned, premeditated, deliberate act.BIGREDG wrote:It would make a perfect medley with This Is Our Dance.
(provided of course that Elvis intentionally sung the 2 songs together in this fashion and did not just do it on the spur of the moment)
It's simply a dose of his self-depreciating humour.©©® wrote:Why does Elvis introduce Memories as being "From my recent TV-show - which was pretty bad but: Can't win 'em all!"??
Err................. in the UK, we call that self-deprecating humour.....................drjohncarpenter wrote:It's simply a dose of his self-depreciating humour.©©® wrote:Why does Elvis introduce Memories as being "From my recent TV-show - which was pretty bad but: Can't win 'em all!"??
Too bad you didn't help out and answer his query, but of course, that's not what you do.ColinB wrote:Err................. in the UK, we call that self-deprecating humour.....................