Songs Elvis Should've Performed Live

[ehollier]

How the Web Was Woven

[TotallyInsane]

Statute of a Fool

Wish he would have recorded it and sang it live....there are a bunch I wish he would have done!!

[rickb]

Statue of a Fool???
Way Down, I Got A Thing About You, For the Heart and Moody Blue (regularly) should have been there in the final few years.

[TotallyInsane]

Statue of a Fool???
Way Down, I Got A Thing About You, For the Heart and Moody Blue (regularly) should have been there in the final few years.

Not his song but he could have done it so much better than anyone else that has recorded it.

[rams]

:hmm:I'm gonna go with :

(y)How The Web was Woven
(y)Heart of Rome
(y)When I'm over You
(y)My Wish Came True
(y)Follow that Dream
(y)I Got Lucky
(y)Change of Habit
(y)Let Us Pray
(y)It's Your Baby, You rock it.
(y)Sound of Your Cry

...........a few soundtracks here but would've been cool(y)

:Drams

[goodelvisgirl]

where did they go lord,sound of your cry,we can make the morning but the list could go on and on i guess he would have needed to change his set list more often to include all the songs

[TotallyInsane]

What about Queenie Wahini??? just kidding!!!

[kathy parkinson]

Would loved him to have sung ''Loving Arms''

[President Presley]

"Always on my mind", would have been nice in the Aloha from Hawaii(y)

[ehollier]

Long Black Limousine would have been awesome in concert!!!!!!!!!!!

[Unchained Melody]

Now I just knew someone would make a thread about this (y)(y)

How about

Loving Arms
The Sound Of Your Cry
Change Of Habit
It Hurts Me
Fool
Its Only Love
Always On My Mind
Seperate Ways
It's Easy For You
Way Down
Long Black Limousine
Moody Blue (I know he sang it ONE time 2-21-77 ;) )
Susan When She Tried
I Can Help

[SleepyJack]

Love to have heard a live version of "Amazing Grace"......would have been great with all the backup singers.....A complete version though,with all the lyrics,not like the seriously shortened version that was done in the studio.....Now that would have all my hair standing on my head!

[ehollier]

Love to have heard a live version of "Amazing Grace"......would have been great with all the backup singers.....A complete version though,with all the lyrics,not like the seriously shortened version that was done in the studio.....Now that would have all my hair standing on my head!


Oh Gosh!!!!!!!!!!! I bet he could have really moved the masses with a live version of Amazing Grace with his orchastra and all of the voices behind him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Unchained Melody]

Oh Gosh!!!!!!!!!!! I bet he could have really moved the masses with a live version of Amazing Grace with his orchastra and all of the voices behind him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Didn't he do that when rehearsing in las vegas in august 1970?or maybe thats another one i'm thinking of:hmm:

[Unchained Melody]

:hmm:I'm gonna go with :

(y)How The Web was Woven
(y)Heart of Rome
(y)When I'm over You
(y)My Wish Came True
(y)Follow that Dream
(y)I Got Lucky
(y)Change of Habit
(y)Let Us Pray
(y)It's Your Baby, You rock it.
(y)Sound of Your Cry

...........a few soundtracks here but would've been cool(y)

:Drams


Great choices Rams(y)(y)
Change of Habit is SUCH AN UNDERRATED song because its from the movie formula day's and always gets overlooked i think its a great song and really speaks of the times in the 60's and a great tune would've been awesome to have performed live(y)

[SeeSeeRider777]

If I Can Dream

It Hurts Me

[Unchained Melody]

If I Can Dream

It Hurts Me

Atleast we got to hear those both on the 68 special live..:lol:(y)

[utmom2008]

What about Queenie Wahini??? just kidding!!!

Let's not leave out He's Your Uncle Not Your Dad.:lmfao::lmfao::lmfao:

[rickb]

i still can't place Statue of a Fool - whose song is it?
Rick

[Unchained Melody]

How about song of the shrimp :lol::lol:;)

[SeeSeeRider777]

70's Elvis singing If I Can Dream and It Hurts Me would be killer.

[hounddog]

Wearing That Loved on Look, A Little Less Conversation (i've always loved that song) Bitter They Are, I'll Never Fall In Love Again.

and now for a couple of non Elvis songs, A Lovers Question, I Heard it Through the Grapvine.

[hounddog]

oh i forgot A Stanger in My Own Hometown

[cibetty]

I don't know if he ever sang these on concerts, it would be so great to see:

- Crying In The Chapel

- Love Letters

- You're The Devil In Disguise

- The Sound Of Your Cry

- Mama Liked The Roses

- Take Good Care Of Her

- Help Me Make It Through The Night

- Pledging My Love

- Moody Blue

- Somebody Bigger Than You And I

- Power Of My Love

- Kiss Me Quick

- Mine

- You're So Young And Beautiful

- (You're So Square), Baby I Don't Care

- Let Us Pray

[Unchained Melody]

- Love Letters

- Help Me Make It Through The Night

- Moody Blue

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All three of those were performed live.

Moody Blue once on 2-21-77 released on baxters moodyblue and other great performances. And Love Letters and HMMITTN on many different occasions ;)(y)

[agent]

This are already performed on stage in the seventies:

- Crying In The Chapel (Las Vegas,august 1975)

- Love Letters (May '76 ->to february 1977)

- Help Me Make It Through The Night (1972,1973,1975 and 1976)

- Moody Blue (21.2.1977 and ALMOST in 20.2.1977 and 21.6.1977)


- You're So Young And Beautiful (Lake Tahoe '76 and Las Vegas august 1975)

My list would be:

Way Down (I heard the rumours that Elvis want to perform this in august tour '77)

Loving Arms

It's Only Love

Sylvia

I Got A Feelin' In My Body

Bringing It Back

It's Your Baby,You Rock It

And many more :)

+ Are You Lonesome Tonight without fooling around,like in 1969 and 1972.

[Elvistcbkirch]

Did he do 'The Sound Of Your Cry'? If not, he should have. Amazing song

[ricky]

Why do we tend to ignore his 50's output, when lets face he reigned supreme and sang some phenomenal songs that only he could have sung,"Don't"comes to mind along with one of him at his "Bluesiest" the fantastic "I need you so"and the beautiful "Fountain of love" from Pot Luck.."It hurts me" is one of his finest recordings so much feeling.

Never ending
Ask Me
So glad your mine
Anyplace is paradise (Priceless)
One sided love affair
Treat me nice
I beg of you

I could go on, can you imagine what these songs would have sounded like with James & Co backing him on Stage in the 70's the mind boggles....Ricky

[cibetty]

- Love Letters

- Help Me Make It Through The Night

- Moody Blue

==============================

All three of those were performed live.

Moody Blue once on 2-21-77 released on baxters moodyblue and other great performances. And Love Letters and HMMITTN on many different occasions ;)(y)



This are already performed on stage in the seventies:

- Crying In The Chapel (Las Vegas,august 1975)

- Love Letters (May '76 ->to february 1977)

- Help Me Make It Through The Night (1972,1973,1975 and 1976)

- Moody Blue (21.2.1977 and ALMOST in 20.2.1977 and 21.6.1977)


- You're So Young And Beautiful (Lake Tahoe '76 and Las Vegas august 1975)

Thanks for the info guys!! (y) (y) :notworthy :notworthy Yes, maybe he sang them in concert, just footages weren't made about them, only sound recordings. I have just found "Love Letters" on YT!! Although the quality is not too good, but the sound is really great. Yes, he really sang it on stage, it was a concert from 1976. The date was December 29th and the place was Birmingham (it is the 2nd song):

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And yes, I have found some concert recordings from "Moody Blue" (there isn't moving footage I think), I really liked this one:

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[rmk101]

GOT MY MOJO WORKING/KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF IT!!!!!!!

[EnigmaticSun]

It may seem strange, but I have enjoyed some of these Latin-American tunes. A lot of this music testifies of a respectable culture, but are not too difficult to understand. A song like "Margarita" has this erotic tension to it, that suited him well. And I suppose it was all right for him to sing about ladies very often.

I would have recommended him to select songs for a larger audience and for a smaller but more intimate one. The larger audience just wouldn't know what to make out of his more intricate artistic possibilities.

[KPM]

i still can't place Statue of a Fool - whose song is it?
Rick
Jack Greene a country artist of the 50s and 60s had a country hit with it back then and Ricky Van Shelton had a hit fairly recently with it also.
Heres Van Sheltons version
http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--2168529

[Unchained Melody]

I believe One sided love affair was one Elvis was wanting to do in the upcoming tour that never was in august 77:hmm:

[Pelvis]

I believe One sided love affair was one Elvis was wanting to do in the upcoming tour that never was in august 77:hmm:

Sorry but most of the younger Elvis songs performed by the 1977 Elvis didnt sound so good..

I would have prefered is he performed songs like "it's easy for you" "Always on my mind" and stuff

[Unchained Melody]

Sorry but most of the younger Elvis songs performed by the 1977 Elvis didnt sound so good..

I would have prefered is he performed songs like "it's easy for you" "Always on my mind" and stuff

yes So would I..(y) Its easy for you and always on my mind is one of my favorite studio recordings of the 70s!!:notworthy

[Pelvis]

yes So would I..(y) Its easy for you and always on my mind is one of my favorite studio recordings of the 70s!!:notworthy

me too man...the 70's was a great period of elvis,despite what some critics say

[Lisarose]

So many! I do like Statue of a Fool, and I would have liked more 50's
Such a Night. . .Paralyzed. . .Ain't That Loving You Baby. . .
Mary in the Morning - again!. . .also, the Beatles - Paperback Writer. . .
This Boy. . .or `Fool On the Hill

[hounddog]

Elanor Rigby was one Beatles track i would have loved Elvis to do.
now for 50's tracks
Blue Moon, I Forgot to Remember to Forget, Tutti Frutti,
60's tracks
You Don't Know Me, Indescribably Blue, Like a Baby

[rmk101]

Also, lots of other songs from ELVIS COUNTRY.

[ricky]

Sorry but most of the younger Elvis songs performed by the 1977 Elvis didnt sound so good..

I would have prefered is he performed songs like "it's easy for you" "Always on my mind" and stuff

The reason for that was not that he didn't sound so good,most of them were performed in a medley format on stage and at a very fast tempo All Shook Up comes to mind hence losing quality..If you were not around in the 50's it is very hard to explain the phenomenom that was Elvis and after all he was known as the King of Rock & Roll and there certainly was not a lot of Rock & Roll around in the 60's & 70's in its original guise!!

[poormansgold]

there Good Songs To pick.

Separete Ways and It's Matter of Time( He did once 8-25-73), The Fool, It's Your Baby You Rock It, Gentle On my Mind, The last Farewelll and Blue eyes Crying In the Rain.
Tom

[Unchained Melody]

Blue eyes Crying In the Rain.
Tom

They say this was the last song elvis ever sang on this earth on the morning of august 16th 1977.

[hounddog]

Little Egypt, If You Don't Come Back, His Latest Flame, Surrender, I washed my hand in muddy Water, Tomorrow Never Comes, I've got a thing about you baby

[Unchained Melody]

I've got a thing about you baby

This is one of my favorites from those '73 Stax Studio Session's.

Should have been a bigger hit than it was imo!

[KPM]

This is one of my favorites from those '73 Stax Studio Session's.

Should have been a bigger hit than it was imo!
It was written by Tony Joe White who also wrote "Polk Salad Annie"
Has a great southern feel to it.

[Unchained Melody]

It was written by Tony Joe White who also wrote "Polk Salad Annie"
Has a great southern feel to it.

Thanks for that tad bit if information KPM..is it Ken ? :blush:

I agree it does have a southern feel to it, as obviosly does the Polk Salad Annie...Down In Louisiana.....(y)(y)

[Karma816]

There are way too many to list how about....
Faded Love
It's Only Love
Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain
Raised On Rock
Long Black Limousine
She Thinks I Still Care
and my favorite
We Can Make The Morning

The ONLY thing I can say I was truly disappointed with that has anything to do with Elvis is his choice of songs to do live from 73-77.

"Before Elvis There Was Nothing"

[Unchained Melody]

The ONLY thing I can say I was truly disappointed with that has anything to do with Elvis is his choice of songs to do live from 73-77.


So you don't like none of the material Elvis did live from 73-77 ?

[Karma816]

I guess I should rephrase, I love mostly everything Elvis did live I just think that he had a lot of great material that would have sounded great live. It seemed at times he would try something out in those years in Vegas and then go back to more comfortable and known material. I heard rumors of him not caring in those years what he did on stage because he was bored or high. I don't buy it, I think Elvis cared too much what he did and wanted to make sure people were happy with what they were hearing. Some of my favorite songs were done live in that era like It's Midnight, Trying to get to You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy (which I think was fantastic live, with the arrangement they did), T.R.O.U.B.L.E. Talk In Your Sleep, And I Love You So, and countless others. I just always wondered why he never did some of those great songs like We Can Make The Morning and Faded Love Live. He actually did Faded Love once in 73 I think but never did it again. :king:

[Unchained Melody]

I guess I should rephrase, I love mostly everything Elvis did live I just think that he had a lot of great material that would have sounded great live. It seemed at times he would try something out in those years in Vegas and then go back to more comfortable and known material. I heard rumors of him not caring in those years what he did on stage because he was bored or high. I don't buy it, I think Elvis cared too much what he did and wanted to make sure people were happy with what they were hearing. Some of my favorite songs were done live in that era like It's Midnight, Trying to get to You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy (which I think was fantastic live, with the arrangement they did), T.R.O.U.B.L.E. Talk In Your Sleep, And I Love You So, and countless others. I just always wondered why he never did some of those great songs like We Can Make The Morning and Faded Love Live. He actually did Faded Love once in 73 I think but never did it again. :king:

The reason for him not adding new material to his live repitore in the later years was imo lack of interest. He was longer interested in live performances, and had on his mind how much longer can I run around in a jumpsuite and a cape and do this show that i'm doing, whats the next step for Elvis Presley....jmo of course ;)

[snow scorpion]

Bat Out of Hell:clap:

If there's a rock&roll heaven
Elvis is there - and he's singing Jim Steinman songs

[Unchained Melody]

Bat Out of Hell:clap:

If there's a rock&roll heaven
Elvis is there - and he's singing Jim Steinman songs

Not really an appropriate song to be sung in Heaven I wouldn't think!!

[hounddog]

It's Only Love i think he sung that live

"The reason for him not adding new material to his live repitore in the later years was imo lack of interest."

I think another factor was he wanted to please the fans, it's been covered here before about his new set list in 1974 not being well received by fans so he went back to his old set list. Have a look at the It's Midnight Cd from FTD. That's a good set list.

[Yada]

A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION would have been great live

[hounddog]

he didn't sing It's Only Love Live, i've always thought i'd heard a live version of this song. Thanks for the info Jordan.

[MojoElvis]

Now I just knew someone would make a thread about this (y)(y)

How about

Loving Arms
The Sound Of Your Cry
Change Of Habit
It Hurts Me
Fool
Its Only Love
Always On My Mind
Seperate Ways
It's Easy For You
Way Down
Long Black Limousine
Moody Blue (I know he sang it ONE time 2-21-77 ;) )
Susan When She Tried
I Can Help



He did perform some of these songs live,(the ones in red, feel free to correct me if my memory fails me.lol), but they would always switch back to the set list with mostly hits cause they noticed the crowd wasn't responsive to the newer material. How sad is that? Then again, even though I enjoy songs like, "Fairytales and If You Love Me Let Me Know", I feel that songs like, "Susan When She Tried", and ,"Change Of Habit", would've been better. I spoke to someone who saw him live in 1975 and she said, we didn't go to see what songs he did, we went to see a legend, we knew it was a once in lifetime thing". She describe it as if he were a Comet that comes around only once in while.
But Elvis had a very out of the ordinary taste in music. He'd remake songs that most people forgotten ever were written.

[Unchained Melody]

He did perform some of these songs live,(the ones in red, feel free to correct me if my memory fails me.lol), but they would always switch back to the set list with mostly hits cause they noticed the crowd wasn't responsive to the newer material. How sad is that? Then again, even though I enjoy songs like, "Fairytales and If You Love Me Let Me Know", I feel that songs like, "Susan When She Tried", and ,"Change Of Habit", would've been better. I spoke to someone who saw him live in 1975 and she said, we didn't go to see what songs he did, we went to see a legend, we knew it was a once in lifetime thing". She describe it as if he were a Comet that comes around only once in while.
But Elvis had a very out of the ordinary taste in music. He'd remake songs that most people forgotten ever were written.

I'm almost certain that the songs you've highlighted in red

Seperate Ways
Loving Arms
Its Only Love
Change Of Habbit
Change Of Habbit

Were never performed live....if only......:mad:

[MojoElvis]

I'm almost certain that the songs you've highlighted in red

Seperate Ways
Loving Arms
Its Only Love
Change Of Habbit
Change Of Habbit

Were never performed live....if only......:mad:

I'll look into it deeper and let you know

[MojoElvis]

Song list performed on 3/25/1975

2001 Theme
See See Rider
I Got A Woman
- segued medley with -
Amen
I Can Help
(above song is just an excerpt )
Love Me
If You Love Me
And I Love You So
Big Boss Man
Its Midnight
Promised Land
Fairytale
Introductions
School Days
My Boy
Ill Remember You
Let Me Be There
Why Me Lord ?
My Heavenly Father
( featuring Kathy Westmoreland )
Hound Dog
Cant Help Falling In Love

-one down..lol

[KPM]

he didn't sing It's Only Love Live, i've always thought i'd heard a live version of this song. Thanks for the info Jordan.
Jordans Elvis World has a section called "live song rarities" and it has a pretty in depth list of songs which were done live-or one liners.

[waymore44]

Statue Of A Fool is Jack Greene's song. Ricky Van Shelton did it in the 80's and had a hit with it too. Elvis would have done the definitive version had he sang it. It's perfect for him. I also wish he had done the Waylon song "We Had It All". He started to do it at Stax but stopped because he was afraid it would make people think he was singing about Priscilla. Again perfect song for him.