ELVIS PRESLEY – “She’s Not You”
Elvis’ singles at this point have turned their back on the odder excesses of “Wooden Heart” et al. and the King has become a sort of one-man Status Quo, offering competent wodges of boogie like this, which do nothing to stir the pulse or raise the bile. The singing is always velvet but the records lack conviction – the whole Presley project seems moribund (not, of course, commercially moribund).
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This is actually one of my favourite Elvis records. Not sure why, as if you take any time at all to analyse it, it’s rubbish. But there’s something about it that I like. Maybe I just like the words.
Agree with the above completely, this seems like a superior Elvis offering and all because the lyric is a lovely, tragic sentiment that rings true in personal experience. Why shouldn’t that sell?