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BeestonBoy wrote:

> Hi Graham
>
> I have a huge love hate thing going on with Elvis. One day I
> cant get enough of him them i will read some thing that reminds
> me why he can really give me the hump.
>
> But then I listen to this and remember just why I love him so
> much
>
>
>
>
> Say what you like about him....I bet he was fun to be around.
> Sometimes!!
>
> Peace out
>
> BB

planeterotica wrote:


Hi BB

Yes i can remember seeing that performance on the telly years ago, i suppose Elvis was one of those performers you either loved or hated but the fact that he must be the most imitaded artist ever says it all !thumbsup!

BeestonBoy wrote:

> Hey Steve
>
> Your right it a fantastic record with incredible lyrics (all
> though translated from an earlier French song I believe) and a
> wonderfull arrangment by Mr Paul Anka (if memory serves) but to
> my mind it is by no means Franks best record. I personally have
> all ways thought "The summer wind" a far superior track.
>
> But hey....thats just me I guess
>
> BB

Sure I read somewhere that David Bowie was offered the song by
Paul Anka and turned it down. As they say the rest is history

Prefer Sid Vicious version myself

ATS wrote:

>Prefer Sid Vicious version myself

SNAP!

Elvis, Bowie, Franks calls the shots for all those guys.

Sid Vicious version is OK, what REALLY makes it isn't the croony shit start Sid sings, but when Steve Jones's Les Paul kicks in and Sid sings ala taking the piss, and giving it plenty of bollocks although I HATE the line; 'Today, I killed a cat'.

As for ol' Blue eyes, BB is right, you cannot beat 'Summer Wind' which was the intro music for the excellent film; 'Pope of Greenwich Village'

It's OK, no cats were harmed in the making of the record.

Theres an urban myth that this is the most requested 'final song' for inmates about to be executed.
Its bollocks!
However, it is probably the most requested song at a funeral outside religous hymns etc

Going Underground!