Reply With QuoteTrue story, this was an awesome thread idea!P.S. Sadly Jet has since broken up
Following geordie's idea, here are The Strokes, paying tribute to Elvis not through doing an Elvis song but through video and borrowed iconography, pretty cool:
True story, this was an awesome thread idea!
"Music is the voice that tells the human race it is greater than it knows" -Napoleon Bonaparte
yes,that was the video i meant,eduardo.thank you
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Here goes another one:
Just found another - The Kooks doing an acoustic version on Radio 2 last year.
Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet Fame
I think its cool to see 'stars' of today thinking Elvis is relevant enough to sing his songs..
.......however, I don't particularly enjoy their versions.......nobody does them as well as him
"NO-ONE, BUT NO-ONE,IS HIS EQUAL, OR EVER WILL BE. HE WAS, AND IS SUPREME".Mick Jagger
I don't mind some versions, but you're right and in the words of Carly Simon nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the restOriginally Posted by debtdbruno
I think its cool to see 'stars' of today thinking Elvis is relevant enough to sing his songs..
.......however, I don't particularly enjoy their versions.......nobody does them as well as him
From a recent interview with Ian Gillan of group Deep Purple.
How do you define a rock singer? Who in your opinion is the greatest?
It’s all very different; I don’t think it’s a science but if you were ask me who had the greatest voice in rock music of all time I would have to say a young Elvis Presley, without a doubt. He was the Pavarotti of rock music. I remember listening to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa a few years ago on the BBC and the presenter asked her who she thought was the greatest voice she had ever heard. I was expecting her to say something like Caruso, Joan Sutherland or Pavarotti, but she said the young Elvis. He touched us all, he got through to us, his personality. Technically he was perfect, his pitch and tone were absolutely wonderful and his sense of rhythm, something came deep inside him that literally did touch us all. That’s a secret of greatness.
Brian
Couldn't have said it better.From a recent interview with Ian Gillan of group Deep Purple.
How do you define a rock singer? Who in your opinion is the greatest?
It’s all very different; I don’t think it’s a science but if you were ask me who had the greatest voice in rock music of all time I would have to say a young Elvis Presley, without a doubt. He was the Pavarotti of rock music. I remember listening to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa a few years ago on the BBC and the presenter asked her who she thought was the greatest voice she had ever heard. I was expecting her to say something like Caruso, Joan Sutherland or Pavarotti, but she said the young Elvis. He touched us all, he got through to us, his personality. Technically he was perfect, his pitch and tone were absolutely wonderful and his sense of rhythm, something came deep inside him that literally did touch us all. That’s a secret of greatness.
Brian
Thought this was worthy of a share, I quite enjoyed this little mashup, Elvis' voice sounds good over Muses song Madness. There are occassions, especially where Elvis sings "do we simply turn our heads and look the other way" that the beat skips past Elvis' vocal, but all in all I like it.
Who remembers the Blues Brothers?
How About This:
Another one here:
Barry White - In The Ghetto
This shows you don't have to think you're Elvis to pay tribute to him !!!
I really like Bryan Ferrys' voice and found this the other night.
Most of the songs in this thread are just cover versions of Elvis' songs. But I find some of the best tributes to Elvis are the songs written about him. We need more of these on this thread.
One of my favourite Elvis tribute songs has always been Alannah Myles' Black Velvet and Mojo Nixon's Elvis Is Everywhere.
Here is a great 2009 tribute song from Billy Ray Cyrus:
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Really nice 80s vibe on this one:
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This one is by The Passengers (aka U2) it is based on Bono's Elvis poem "American David"
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