Your opinion of this song
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Rob wrote:I have always liked the song for personal reasons. Especially that tag line, "Take away the night, sing away my hurt, Mr. Songman."
Not an Elvis classic by any means, but very pleasant to these ears.
But a person's like or dislike of a song is always based on 'personal reasons' isn't it ?Rob wrote:I have always liked the song for personal reasons.
In a career filled with peaks, Elvis was really peaking when he cut the master of "Mr. Songman."tcb4 wrote:Hello
Your opinion of this song
Or if anything, hunt down some more Shirl Milete gold.Pete Dube wrote:At best it's fair to middlin.' I think it's the weakest track from the December '73 Stax sessions. Somebody shoulda said "Elvis, forget about this one and do another Chuck Berry tune!"
Have you been experimenting in the medicine cabinet again?drjohncarpenter wrote:In a career filled with peaks, Elvis was really peaking when he cut the master of "Mr. Songman."
"Take away the knives, sing away my skirt, Mr. Sooongmaaaan."
Only if Shirl had another "It's Your Baby, You Rock It" lying around.midnightx wrote:Or if anything, hunt down some more Shirl Milete gold.Pete Dube wrote:At best it's fair to middlin.' I think it's the weakest track from the December '73 Stax sessions. Somebody shoulda said "Elvis, forget about this one and do another Chuck Berry tune!"
Sadly, this scenario played out way too often for an artist of Elvis' talents.likethebike wrote:I don't think it's terrible. It's kind of a mediocre country singalong type song. The verse lyric would benefit from being a little less pretentious. Elvis' performance is committed but careful. I see this song as kind of an exercise more than as an artistic statement.
There was a lot more, uh, woodshedding in the 1970s, with very little payback when compared to the 1950s.likethebike wrote:It's just that Elvis was musical woodshedder and sometimes you had to go through this stuff to reach the classics. We had to go through "I Love You Because" and "Harbor Lights" (sorry Cryo) to get to "That's All Right Mama." The same could be said of this song and "Promised Land."
GRRRRGGGH!!!!!likethebike wrote:It's just that Elvis was musical woodshedder and sometimes you had to go through this stuff to reach the classics. We had to go through "I Love You Because" and "Harbor Lights" (sorry Cryo) to get to "That's All Right Mama." The same could be said of this song and "Promised Land."
What're you gonna do? Sometimes you're more on your game than other times.drjohncarpenter wrote:There was a lot more, uh, woodshedding in the 1970s, with very little payback when compared to the 1950s.likethebike wrote:It's just that Elvis was musical woodshedder and sometimes you had to go through this stuff to reach the classics. We had to go through "I Love You Because" and "Harbor Lights" (sorry Cryo) to get to "That's All Right Mama." The same could be said of this song and "Promised Land."