Reply With QuoteIf I Can Dream. The passion in his voice in this song still staggers me.
Hey everybody!
I've been thinking about Elvis' legacy for some time now. All in all, he still touches a sensitive string inside all of us.
Maybe some of you now notice things you didn't pay attention to before - sunsets, dew on a newly formed leaf, stoplights.. All because of Elvis' love for music.
I'm going to ask the people here to tell what their favorite meaningful songs are. It's not to bring 'Burning Love' in discredit, it's just that I like the philosophical depth of some songs.
Here are my favorites:
- Danny Boy; one of the most emotional ever - English you don't hear on the bloody streets nowadays, but it's still here in this song.. For some reason he was able to put spine-chilling emotion in this one. I remember an old Johnny Cash mentioning he loved Elvis' rendition.
- The Last Farewell; Roger Whittaker sang it and the song was taken from a poem, I think - moving story indeed.. If memory serves me correctly, the story is real.
- Life; the rhyme in this song is great and it's theologically correct - although I do know some don't like it..
These songs have some poetic meaning reminding me of literature/poetry. In some other cases I've had a fascination for Johnny Cash's 'Drive On' (great rhyme: "spit in a bamboo's viper's face and I'd be dead but by God's grace..") and 'Flesh and Blood' - too bad Elvis didn't get to co-operate with Johnny..
There was a guy who recorded a song years ago by the name of Glen Campbell. The song's title is 'Gentle On My Mind', which Elvis did record - this song is composed rather intricately, but beautifully. Hartford (the writer) said that he was inspired to write the lyrics after seeing the film Doctor Zhivago and that it took about fifteen minutes to write down.
I just wish Elvis would have taken the chance to work with some poetic artists.
But now I'm looking forward to your new posts, ladies and gentlemen. I know maintaining a forum is a great responsibility, like maintaining the toilets in a Haitian jail, but it's worth the effort. I know meaningful songs may not amount to a hill of beans in this world, but this is our hill and these are our beans.
Thank you.
all the goons I left behind,
memories still linger..
If I Can Dream. The passion in his voice in this song still staggers me.
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
"Its An Elvis Thing Man, You Just Wouldn't Understand"
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Surely you jest-and don't call me Shirley!!Originally Posted by EnigmaticSun
Solitaire had a lot of emotion in it.
"When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books, and I was a hero in the movie. So every dream that I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times. I learned very early in life that without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend; without a song. So I keep singing a song." - Elvis Presley
A very sad song indeed ...
I urge everyone to listen, or re-listen carefully, to the outtake of Solitaire featured on the excellent FTD The Jungle Room Sessions .
Simply haunting, yet, extremely beautiful ...
oh yes.. that is so beautiful. The first time I listened that version.. i really had to listen it repeart. There is something magical in his voice. I really recommend it ..
I began to listen to it now
[CENTER]"The only time I can be me is when I walk through the door and lock it from the inside" -Elvis
I agree. A sad song turning into a beautiful shape sung by Elvis.
Of course there are many others such as What Now My Love, It's Easy For You, Bitter They Are Harder They Fall...etc..
"You can knock me down, step in my face,
slander my name all over the place"
- But don't YOU step on my blue suede shoes -
desiree
*You walk past me- I can feel your pain-Time changes everything -One truth always stays the same - You're still you - After all - You're still you *
I just wanted to wish you good luck. We're all counting on you.Surely you jest-and don't call me Shirley!!
Thank you all for your posts! I'd like to point out one thing though. Songs such as 'What Now My Love' or 'It's Easy For You' are passionate and emotional, but more of a love/sadness song rather than a song with a poetic meaning to it.
'The Last Farewell', for instance, is a song telling a story about a person travelling with melancholy - themes concerning death and yearning for peace of the soul which Elvis must have known in his heart; you can imagine this person's view while closing your eyes. Elvis supposedly got emotional after hearing Roger Whittaker's version. Mr. Whittaker is a neat performer with a special talent for whistling - he loves to visit Germany and sings both in English and in German. The people here love him.
Thanks for the suggestion for 'Walk A Mile In My Shoes'. Strangely enough I missed this one, it is one of my favorites - Elvis really felt every word he sang. I also like this poem 'Men With Broken Hearts', which I once posted on BillyGilmanFans.com in order to discipline him and to reprimand him for phariseic behaviour.
I also like this song called 'Stay Away'.. "I must go, where the hills say don't stay away".. The lyrics and the song's structure add up to a magical whole. I can sense Elvis' Indian soul in it.
Thank you all! And keep 'em coming, if possible.
Last edited by EnigmaticSun; 09-17-2007 at 12:44 PM. Reason: minor error
all the goons I left behind,
memories still linger..
gotta be "if i can dream" (like what was said above, SO much passion in his voice) and "don't cry daddy" (again sung with passion ... and such a sad song ...)
I've got those hup, two, three, four, occupation G.I. Blues, From my G.I. hair to the heels of my G.I. shoes
I would say "Separate Ways"
Old Times they are not forgotten
Johan
My Way and American Trilogy
If I Can Dream, You Gave Me A Mountain And Pieces Of My Life.
Oh Yes, And You'll Never Walk Alone.
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