The Friday Canon: ELVIS aka THE MONSTER TICK FEST

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

EVEN MORE TICKS THAN CLIFF. Jebus, Mr Presley was a busy bunny! In the first 3 years of his career he released 25 hit singles! And I'm sure he would have kept churning them out at a rate of knots if he hadn't joined the army/made a bunch of rubbish fillums/et less burgers.

I've left off the re-issues but there's still hella-ticky under the cut. You have THIRTY FOUR ticks to show your Elvis love. Uh-huh-huh!


[Poll #956916]

The Rolling Stones: (link)
1. Paint It Black
=2. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
=2. Jumping Jack Flash
4. Get Off My Cloud
5. Brown Sugar / Bitch / Let It Rock
6. Let's Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday
7. Street Fighting Man
8. Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown
9. Honky Tonk Women
10. Start Me Up

Comments

US Male & A Little Less Conversation

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Both have (a) a great tune and (b) a fantastic sound and backbeat. But can anyone defend the lyrics?

Re: US Male & A Little Less Conversation

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I don't know a), but I like the 'Cmon cmon' bits in b).

I am reading about Elvis on wikipedia. It's fascinating! I had to edit some poor spelling in the first section though. 'forth worst' instead of 'fourth worst' is just unacceptable.

Re: US Male & A Little Less Conversation

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Yes, you could read A Little Less Conversation (which I haven't ticked, I think it's annoying) as a pretty scummy misogynist rant, but there's nowt wrong with US Male (which I did tick), is there? It's just Elvis using the threat of violence to keep some guy from hanging around his fiancee - the stereotypical behaviour of the tituar big-headed, stomp-happy sh1tkicker, which the lyrics point out in a fairly funny way.

Re: US Male & A Little Less Conversation

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I guess you're right. It was the woman = "property" line I took umbrage at when Wogan played this the other day. Hence my deciding to link "US Male" in toto with the other song (from same year, originally?)