Comments on: ELVIS PRESLEY – “The Wonder Of You” http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Mon, 28 May 2012 20:48:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lena http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-1057441 Lena Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:44:40 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-1057441 And so to Manchester: http://musicsoundsbetterwithtwo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/think-primitive-act-local-hotlegs.html Ta for reading, everybody! And so to Manchester: http://musicsoundsbetterwithtwo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/think-primitive-act-local-hotlegs.html Ta for reading, everybody!

]]> By: Lena http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-1056272 Lena Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:19:07 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-1056272 The Wonder of the Female: http://musicsoundsbetterwithtwo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/grace-of-boy-kinks-lola.html Thanks for reading, everyone! The Wonder of the Female: http://musicsoundsbetterwithtwo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/grace-of-boy-kinks-lola.html Thanks for reading, everyone!

]]> By: Waldo http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-648647 Waldo Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:19:42 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-648647 This for me remains a belter despite (or more realisticaly because of) it long being recognised as a pissed-up old geezer song. I would argue that you simply have to be tired and emotional to go anywhere near this thing and the beauty is that the song is so short you can't really fuck it up to any great degree. It's the sort of thing that Frank Butcher would have sung to Pat. A karaoke great before its time. It's a wonderful record. This for me remains a belter despite (or more realisticaly because of) it long being recognised as a pissed-up old geezer song. I would argue that you simply have to be tired and emotional to go anywhere near this thing and the beauty is that the song is so short you can’t really fuck it up to any great degree. It’s the sort of thing that Frank Butcher would have sung to Pat. A karaoke great before its time. It’s a wonderful record.

]]> By: Mal http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-313126 Mal Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:46:15 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-313126 I think his concert performances are really a great achievment. There have been few universaly popular performers who have perfomed so many concerts in such a short space of time as Elvis did between 1968 and 1977, I believe it was over 1000, in venues large and small. When I listen to this particular track, it seems to sum up Elvis, effortlessly (almost casually) delivering a number that few can reproduce, even with the aid of modern sound manipulation systems. Almost celestial in nature, given the perfouness of the message being delivered. I was 12 in March 1977, when I first heard an Elvis track released when he was still alive (Moody Blue) and it lept out at me, from then on I was captivated by his voice. This number "The wonder of you" was played at a funeral of a friend, with great impact given the acustics in a small chapel, Elvis' voice and delivery so devine. I also lost my father recently, and have been listening to this song more than ever, gives me encouragement and inspiration to make a positive impact on my child and those around me in the same as my father had on me and those around him. A fitting memorial also to Elvis. I think his concert performances are really a great achievment. There have been few universaly popular performers who have perfomed so many concerts in such a short space of time as Elvis did between 1968 and 1977, I believe it was over 1000, in venues large and small. When I listen to this particular track, it seems to sum up Elvis, effortlessly (almost casually) delivering a number that few can reproduce, even with the aid of modern sound manipulation systems. Almost celestial in nature, given the perfouness of the message being delivered. I was 12 in March 1977, when I first heard an Elvis track released when he was still alive (Moody Blue) and it lept out at me, from then on I was captivated by his voice. This number “The wonder of you” was played at a funeral of a friend, with great impact given the acustics in a small chapel, Elvis’ voice and delivery so devine. I also lost my father recently, and have been listening to this song more than ever, gives me encouragement and inspiration to make a positive impact on my child and those around me in the same as my father had on me and those around him. A fitting memorial also to Elvis.

]]> By: DV http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-100273 DV Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:03:03 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-100273 The key thing about this awful recording is how long it takes the audience to realise what the song is. The key thing about this awful recording is how long it takes the audience to realise what the song is.

]]> By: Mike W. http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-100198 Mike W. Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:28:36 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-100198 Hey, Actually, being an American (United States Person as opposed to the rest of the Western Hemisphere...who are all Americans). Elivs and this song, The Wonder of You, fits nice. Some know of Elvis' decline. That's fine. But, Elvis, when he did this recording live knew what he was doin. In the Holiday show I'm doing with "challenged" kids, it fits. Not only fits, but is apropos. Elivs is easy to pick on, especially in his latter days. But, he still sang songs that were cool. I hope I never become as cynical as some here. What a shame, yes, some are talking more about outside the song. Hey, IT IS THE SONG! Not the magician who sings it. Or, maybe it is. I just hope all cynics and "there ya' go" types are just a little bit warmed. Merry Christmas (or Holiday...as the politically correct say) and may the New Year in 2007 be cool. Mike Hey,

Actually, being an American (United States Person as opposed to the rest of the Western Hemisphere…who are all Americans).

Elivs and this song, The Wonder of You, fits nice.

Some know of Elvis’ decline. That’s fine. But, Elvis, when he did this recording live knew what he was doin.

In the Holiday show I’m doing with “challenged” kids, it fits.

Not only fits, but is apropos.

Elivs is easy to pick on, especially in his latter days. But, he still sang songs that were cool.

I hope I never become as cynical as some here.

What a shame, yes, some are talking more about outside the song.

Hey, IT IS THE SONG! Not the magician who sings it. Or, maybe it is.

I just hope all cynics and “there ya’ go” types are just a little bit warmed.

Merry Christmas (or Holiday…as the politically correct say) and may the New Year in 2007 be cool.

Mike

]]> By: dog latin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-93999 dog latin Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:18:43 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-93999 For what it's worth, this is my favourite Elvis song. For what it’s worth, this is my favourite Elvis song.

]]> By: blount http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-43153 blount Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:52:54 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-43153 haha weirdly enough if you asked me 'what's crackerjack?' i couldn't've told you (or at least wouldn't've said 'brit children's tv show') AND YET I THINK I HAVE SEEN THAT EPISODE!!!! i remember shortly after arriving in iceland one morning hungover watching this old rerun of a british children's tv show WHEREIN A SCENARIO IDENTICAL TO AS DESCRIBED ABOVE TOOK PLACE and i remember thinking 'europe's fucking AWESOME'. haha weirdly enough if you asked me ‘what’s crackerjack?’ i couldn’t've told you (or at least wouldn’t've said ‘brit children’s tv show’) AND YET I THINK I HAVE SEEN THAT EPISODE!!!! i remember shortly after arriving in iceland one morning hungover watching this old rerun of a british children’s tv show WHEREIN A SCENARIO IDENTICAL TO AS DESCRIBED ABOVE TOOK PLACE and i remember thinking ‘europe’s fucking AWESOME’.

]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-43095 Marcello Carlin Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:38:43 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-43095 Another one I remember was "Year Of The Cat" where they changed the Peter Lorre reference to "Tom and Jerry contemplating a crime" and at the end Peter Glaze produced a furry kitten, metaphor, what metaphor? Another one I remember was “Year Of The Cat” where they changed the Peter Lorre reference to “Tom and Jerry contemplating a crime” and at the end Peter Glaze produced a furry kitten, metaphor, what metaphor?

]]> By: Erithian http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-43091 Erithian Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:11:31 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-43091 Great new tangent, Crackerjack cover versions, deserves a thread to itself. They did "Bohemian Rhapsody" one week... Great new tangent, Crackerjack cover versions, deserves a thread to itself. They did “Bohemian Rhapsody” one week…

]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-43074 Marcello Carlin Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:35:08 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-43074 Being American, you won't be aware of the long-running British kids' TV show <i>Crackerjack</i>, each episode of which closed with an extended sketch incorporating the big pop hits of that week, but one particularly legendary episode featured Peter Glaze's rendition of "Golden Years" - and even though in 1975 he was about the age Elvis would have been now had he lived, his rendition is probably not that far removed from how Presley would have tackled it, only British, and in a tweed jacket and deerstalker. Being American, you won’t be aware of the long-running British kids’ TV show Crackerjack, each episode of which closed with an extended sketch incorporating the big pop hits of that week, but one particularly legendary episode featured Peter Glaze’s rendition of “Golden Years” – and even though in 1975 he was about the age Elvis would have been now had he lived, his rendition is probably not that far removed from how Presley would have tackled it, only British, and in a tweed jacket and deerstalker.

]]> By: blount http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42714 blount Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:35:06 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42714 speaking of late potential elvis covers - does anyone else have as much difficulty figuring out what the hell elvis' "golden years" would've sounded like if he had actually followed thru and covered it? speaking of late potential elvis covers – does anyone else have as much difficulty figuring out what the hell elvis’ “golden years” would’ve sounded like if he had actually followed thru and covered it?

]]> By: Chris Brown http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42529 Chris Brown Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:11:28 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42529 Maybe what I like most about this is that it could have been so much worse. Maybe what I like most about this is that it could have been so much worse.

]]> By: Daniel_Rf http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42264 Daniel_Rf Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:22:18 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42264 "Elvis should have lived long enough to cover “The Drugs Don’t Work.”" - see also "Love Is A Battlefield", "How Soon Is Now?"*, "I'm On Fire"... * ok, I only really thought this one was a good idea when I was 15. “Elvis should have lived long enough to cover “The Drugs Don’t Work.”” – see also “Love Is A Battlefield”, “How Soon Is Now?”*, “I’m On Fire”…

* ok, I only really thought this one was a good idea when I was 15.

]]> By: wwolfe http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42258 wwolfe Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:20:39 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42258 If Elvis is still alive, a la "Bubba Ho Tep," I wonder what he thinks of Warren Zevon's "Jesus Mentioned," among many others. I think it's a bad sign when the discussion about a work is more interesting than the work itself. That's what we have here, for me: really interesting observations, pro and con and mixed, about a song that represents my least-loved of all of Elvis's styles. This sounds like Celine Dion cut and that's not a happy thing.To put in another way, when the down and dirty, loosey-goosey black-leather Elvis of the comeback TV special said, "Moby Dick!" while he lifted his mic stand like a harpoon, I wish he'd plunged it right through the heart of Mario Lanzo Elvis. The emotion I get from so much of Elvis's post-comeback comedown is that of a man who spent all of his energy in a tremendous act of will by which he broke free of the bland Hollywood trap he'd let himself be caught in, only to look around and find himself in a very similar trap in Las Vegas. He sounds demoralized and defeated, knowing he can't summon forth another effort. There are a few exceptions - for my money, "The Promised Land" would be the best from his dying fall period - but overall it's a melancholy body of work. If Elvis is still alive, a la “Bubba Ho Tep,” I wonder what he thinks of Warren Zevon’s “Jesus Mentioned,” among many others.

I think it’s a bad sign when the discussion about a work is more interesting than the work itself. That’s what we have here, for me: really interesting observations, pro and con and mixed, about a song that represents my least-loved of all of Elvis’s styles. This sounds like Celine Dion cut and that’s not a happy thing.To put in another way, when the down and dirty, loosey-goosey black-leather Elvis of the comeback TV special said, “Moby Dick!” while he lifted his mic stand like a harpoon, I wish he’d plunged it right through the heart of Mario Lanzo Elvis.

The emotion I get from so much of Elvis’s post-comeback comedown is that of a man who spent all of his energy in a tremendous act of will by which he broke free of the bland Hollywood trap he’d let himself be caught in, only to look around and find himself in a very similar trap in Las Vegas. He sounds demoralized and defeated, knowing he can’t summon forth another effort. There are a few exceptions – for my money, “The Promised Land” would be the best from his dying fall period – but overall it’s a melancholy body of work.

]]> By: intothefireuk http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42240 intothefireuk Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:53:27 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42240 You can hear Elvis begin to send himself up during the verses where he starts to sing the backing whoa-oh-ohs as well as the lead. His personality shines through the song and although no longer at his peak he still injects just enough passion to pull it off. I was fond of it at the time and I still am. Shortly after this he went into an artistic slide that he never recover from. You can hear Elvis begin to send himself up during the verses where he starts to sing the backing whoa-oh-ohs as well as the lead. His personality shines through the song and although no longer at his peak he still injects just enough passion to pull it off. I was fond of it at the time and I still am. Shortly after this he went into an artistic slide that he never recover from.

]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42170 Marcello Carlin Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:50:05 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42170 Elvis should have lived long enough to cover "The Drugs Don't Work." Elvis should have lived long enough to cover “The Drugs Don’t Work.”

]]> By: Erithian http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42159 Erithian Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:43:36 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42159 I have to disagree with a number of you on this one, I think it’s a cracking record. Not in the same class as the abovementioned number 2 hits, I grant you, but I’ve always thought songs like this and “Burning Love” demonstrate just why “Vegas Elvis” worked – the powerful voice and arrangement making a great statement out of a fairly slight song. And there’s no need to dismiss the original as an impersonator! When you’re a kid, anybody who was famous before you were born seems like ancient history. We’re just coming now to the period when I really got interested in music, and when my mum played Elvis it sounded like someone from long ago... but in 1970 Elvis was 35 – the same age as “Born in the USA”-era Springsteen, the age Richard Ashcroft is now and a year older than Liam Gallagher. I have to disagree with a number of you on this one, I think it’s a cracking record. Not in the same class as the abovementioned number 2 hits, I grant you, but I’ve always thought songs like this and “Burning Love” demonstrate just why “Vegas Elvis” worked – the powerful voice and arrangement making a great statement out of a fairly slight song. And there’s no need to dismiss the original as an impersonator!

When you’re a kid, anybody who was famous before you were born seems like ancient history. We’re just coming now to the period when I really got interested in music, and when my mum played Elvis it sounded like someone from long ago… but in 1970 Elvis was 35 – the same age as “Born in the USA”-era Springsteen, the age Richard Ashcroft is now and a year older than Liam Gallagher.

]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42145 Marcello Carlin Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:27:31 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42145 It should be noted that "In The Ghetto" and "Suspicious Minds" both peaked at #2 in the UK, behind Thunderclap Newman and Rolf Harris respectively. It should be noted that “In The Ghetto” and “Suspicious Minds” both peaked at #2 in the UK, behind Thunderclap Newman and Rolf Harris respectively.

]]> By: blount http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42124 blount Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:53:22 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42124 daniel there's lots of really great stuff in 70s elvis. mind you not "the wonder of you", which used to always blow my mind with how often it would somehow manage to squeeze onto greatest hits with other much better (and much better known to me at least) hits somehow getting left off. i don't think i ever ever heard it on oldies or country radio growing up and i definitely heard 'moody blue', 'kentucky rain', 'don't cry daddy', 'promised land', and obv. 'always on my mind', 'suspicious minds', 'in the ghetto', 'burning love', and god knows 'an american trilogy'. daniel there’s lots of really great stuff in 70s elvis. mind you not “the wonder of you”, which used to always blow my mind with how often it would somehow manage to squeeze onto greatest hits with other much better (and much better known to me at least) hits somehow getting left off. i don’t think i ever ever heard it on oldies or country radio growing up and i definitely heard ‘moody blue’, ‘kentucky rain’, ‘don’t cry daddy’, ‘promised land’, and obv. ‘always on my mind’, ‘suspicious minds’, ‘in the ghetto’, ‘burning love’, and god knows ‘an american trilogy’.

]]> By: Daniel_Rf http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42076 Daniel_Rf Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:10:13 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42076 Elvis possibly the most frustrating artist ever, as far as recorded material goes? There's just *so much good stuff*, and a lot of it wasn't singles, and a lot of the singles were rotten. I ended up buying the complete 50's and 60's boxed sets, and will someday get the 70's one as well (and probably the 60's movie one too, god help me); I don't think there's any other act where I've been as patient in sifting through disc after disc, trying to find the good stuff. I've never actually heard "The Wonder Of You", but I gotta say C&W influenced schmaltzy late 60's/early 70's Elvis might just be my favourite kind. "Suspicious Minds", "Gentle On My Mind", "You Gave Me A Mountain", "Only The Strong Survive", "Kentucky Rain", etc. etc. etc. Elvis possibly the most frustrating artist ever, as far as recorded material goes? There’s just *so much good stuff*, and a lot of it wasn’t singles, and a lot of the singles were rotten. I ended up buying the complete 50′s and 60′s boxed sets, and will someday get the 70′s one as well (and probably the 60′s movie one too, god help me); I don’t think there’s any other act where I’ve been as patient in sifting through disc after disc, trying to find the good stuff.

I’ve never actually heard “The Wonder Of You”, but I gotta say C&W influenced schmaltzy late 60′s/early 70′s Elvis might just be my favourite kind. “Suspicious Minds”, “Gentle On My Mind”, “You Gave Me A Mountain”, “Only The Strong Survive”, “Kentucky Rain”, etc. etc. etc.

]]> By: Chris Brown http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42042 Chris Brown Mon, 09 Oct 2006 21:04:41 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42042 If the Elvis discography thus far has taught us anything, it's that RCA always thought anything with the Elvis name on it would do - and indeed, Sony BMG still seem to think that. I don't even think this is the worst Elvis Number One, still less the worst Elvis single. But the more I think about it, the worse it sounds. If the Elvis discography thus far has taught us anything, it’s that RCA always thought anything with the Elvis name on it would do – and indeed, Sony BMG still seem to think that. I don’t even think this is the worst Elvis Number One, still less the worst Elvis single. But the more I think about it, the worse it sounds.

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42031 Tom Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:47:01 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-42031 Well it made a lot of money for RCA so they clearly made a good business decision! I think it's very possible that a lot of Elvis' original fans had gone on a similar aesthetic journey to the King, away from rock n roll and towards a softer, more Engelbert-ish type of music. So something like "Suspicious Minds" (which almost hit #1) was a more credible comeback, but this track showed those fans that their love of Elvis could still be relevant. Well it made a lot of money for RCA so they clearly made a good business decision!

I think it’s very possible that a lot of Elvis’ original fans had gone on a similar aesthetic journey to the King, away from rock n roll and towards a softer, more Engelbert-ish type of music. So something like “Suspicious Minds” (which almost hit #1) was a more credible comeback, but this track showed those fans that their love of Elvis could still be relevant.

]]> By: Doctor Mod http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-41953 Doctor Mod Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:08:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-41953 It's a half-hearted performance at it's best. Elvis is just going through the motions of being an Elvis impersonator. The voice is heavy and tired--rather like the man himself--and the performance seems rushed, as befits a throwaway piece. This is not to say that he'd lost it completely--"Suspicious Minds" shows he could still perform credibly, even if not with the panache he still had a decade earlier. So I wonder what RCA was thinking in releasing such an uninspired disc. Could it be they perceived the vacuum the Beatles left behind them was so huge--and that Elvis really was so miraculous in his "comeback"--that just about anything touched by the hand of The King would do? People have been known to believe crazier things..... It’s a half-hearted performance at it’s best. Elvis is just going through the motions of being an Elvis impersonator. The voice is heavy and tired–rather like the man himself–and the performance seems rushed, as befits a throwaway piece. This is not to say that he’d lost it completely–”Suspicious Minds” shows he could still perform credibly, even if not with the panache he still had a decade earlier.

So I wonder what RCA was thinking in releasing such an uninspired disc. Could it be they perceived the vacuum the Beatles left behind them was so huge–and that Elvis really was so miraculous in his “comeback”–that just about anything touched by the hand of The King would do?

People have been known to believe crazier things…..

]]> By: koganbot http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-41933 koganbot Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:57:52 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2006/10/elvis-presley-the-wonder-of-you/#comment-41933 You pretty much nail it. There's the detachment I often feel in the '70s material, good or bad, as if the voice itself is saying, "This is Elvis's voice singing this song." You pretty much nail it. There’s the detachment I often feel in the ’70s material, good or bad, as if the voice itself is saying, “This is Elvis’s voice singing this song.”

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