songtexte über elvis

[Gilla]

seltsamer song, das. um wen gehts hier eigentlich? um elvis? um gram?...
von wann ist denn das lied, gilla?

Du hattest mich auch etwas verunsichert, Michael, ob es um Elvis oder Gram Parsons geht.
Ich habe mir ein paar Infos über ihn geholt: Was für ein schicksalhaftes Leben und mysteriöse Ereignisse um seinen frühen Tod und auch danach...

Vielleicht verwischen sich die Personen in dem Song ab und zu.

[Gilla]

The Who - Real Good Looking Boy

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9GAlMvKRXI&feature=related"]YouTube - The Who - Real Good Looking Boy[/ame]
When I think back to the
first time in my childhood
When I saw that face
I thought right then,
'That's a real good looking boy'

I saw myself in the mirror
in profile
for the first time
I thought,
'Hey! That's a real good looking boy'

And I felt then
that I moved
With all those lucky fucks and angels
High in the theatre
In the sky

So I ran to my mother
I said,
'Mom - take a look at me
Have you ever seen a teen
Fly so high?'

That's a real good looking boy
That's a real good looking boy

She said,
'Son, well, you know,
you're an ugly boy.
You don't really look like him

In this long line
There's been some
real strange genes
You've got 'em all
You've got 'em all
With some extras thrown in'

That's a real good looking boy
That's a real good looking boy
That's a real good looking boy
That's a real good looking boy

Wise men say
Only fools, only fools rush in
But I - I can't help
Falling in love, in love with you

Now I'm here with you little darling
And you say, 'You're beautiful as you are'
And I've managed somehow to survive

You arrived in my life like a fragrance and
you help me find a way to laugh
Now I Know how so-called beauty lies

God gave him a face
Then he gave me something above
God gave me a grace
Man, he gave me your sweet, sweet, sweet love

You make me feel like I'm a real good looking boy
I feel I'm a real good looking boy
That's a real good looking boy
That's a real good looking boy


2004 · Real Good Looking Boy / Old Red Wine

[gast-20110818]

Hier fehlt ja noch der Klassiker.


MY BOY ELVIS
(Fitting - Rockingham)
JANIS MARTIN (RCA 47-6652, 1956)

Everybody come on down, the man with the guitar just hit town
Sets off like a rocket, there he goes
Rockin' from his head down to his toes
My boy Elvis, real rock - My boy Elvis, real rock
Wish bam-a-ling, ooh Elvis sing to me
Heartbreak hotel, blue suede shoes
He walks away with all my blues
Take my troubles, take my pain
Load 'em on that Mystery train
My boy Elvis, real rock - My boy Elvis, real rock
Wish bam-a-ling, ooh Elvis sing to me

Can't wait for Freddy or for Joe
Got my blue jeans on and away I go
Feel like the queen of everything
Tonight I'll be close to my jukebox king
My boy Elvis, real rock - My boy Elvis, real rock
Wish bam-a-ling, ooh Elvis sing to me
All the teeners stop and shout
When they open the curtain and he walks out
There's no other one he's dreaming of
'Cause I got his photograph signed with love
My boy Elvis, real rock - My boy Elvis, real rock
Wish bam-a-ling, ooh Elvis sing to me
Jump, wiggle and shake, go-go-go
Jump, wiggle and shake, go-go-go
Jump, wiggle and shake, go-go-go
Jump, wiggle and shake, go-go-go
Wish bam-a-ling, ooh Elvis sing to me

[Gilla]

Hier fehlt ja noch der Klassiker.


MY BOY ELVIS
(Fitting - Rockingham)
JANIS MARTIN (RCA 47-6652, 1956)

Hier die Musik dazu:

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/janis-martin-my-boy-elvis/1799930032

[Gilla]

editiert

[monipenny]

siehe auch beitrag 20


lg

monika

[Gilla]

siehe auch beitrag 20


lg

monika

Thanks a lot.

[Vany]

[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=iLFNmiKvCW0"]YouTube - Elvis Presley Tribute Cry Like Memphis[/ame]

Cry like Memphis


Home of the blues is where I live
Trapped inside these lonely walls that don't forget
Surrounded by memories
Yes, goodbye haunts me like a Beale Street melody
I've done everything but get down on my knees
But if my tears will set this ghost inside me free

I'm gonna cry like Memphis
I'm going three times under
Gonna drown my sorrows
In tears that roll like thunder
Til I can find the strength
Til I can carry on
I'm gonna cry like Memphis
When they heard The King was gone

Love Me Tender cuts through the dark
Coming from an open window of a passing car
And in that moment ohhh I believe
I can almost feel your body next to me
But one heart beat slowly brings me back around
I know you're gone and I know I'm breaking down .....
And when I break down

Til I can find the strength
Til I can carry on
I'm gonna cry like Memphis
When they heard The King was gone

[michael grasberger]

grad entdeckt: auch der große TINY TIM hat elvis einen song gewidmet. der titel ist natürlich eine anspielung auf tims größten (und einzigen:traurig:) hit "tiptoe through the tulips"
viel vergügen!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-j44PHL3s"]YouTube - Tiny Tim - I Saw Mr Presley Tiptoeing Thru The Tulips[/ame]

[cos]

Nette Version.... Elvis hatte tiptoe doch auch mal angesungen, wenn ich mich recht erinnere, oder?

[Salvar]

Oh, grad gesehen, da war schon wer mit Gillian Welch

dann so:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_or_referencing_Elvis_Presley

[King77]

Nette Version.... Elvis hatte tiptoe doch auch mal angesungen, wenn ich mich recht erinnere, oder?

Ja,27.6.68 20 Uhr Show.

[jenny_861]

"Advertising Space"

There's no earthly way of knowing
What was in your heart
When it stopped going
The whole world shook
A storm was blowing through you

Waiting for God to stop this
And up to your neck in darkness
Everyone around you was corrupted
Saying somethin'

There's no dignity in death
To sell the world your last breath
They're still fighting over
Everything you left over

I saw you standing at the gates
When Marlon Brando passed away
You had that look upon your face
Advertising space

And
No one learned from your mistakes
We let our profit s go to waste
All that's left in any case
Is Advertising space

Through your eyes
The world was burning
Please be gentle
I'm still learning
You seemed to say
As you kept turning up

They poisoned you with compromise
At what point did you realise
Everybody loves your life
But you ahahh

Special agent for the man
Through watergate and vietnam
No one really gave a damn
Did you think the CIA did

I saw you standing at the gates
When Marlon Brando passed away
You had that look upon your face
Advertising space

And
No one learned from your mistake
We let our profits go to waste
All that's left in any case
Is Advertising space ooooohh

I saw you standing at the gates
When Marlon Brando passed away
You had that look upon your face
Advertising space

No one learned from your mistakes
We let our profits go to waste
All that's left in any case
Is Advertising space

I've seen your daughter
Man shes cute
I was scared but I wanted to
Boy she looks a lot like you

Robbie Williams, Advertising Space

[michael grasberger]

"hey mr. presley, where you gonna rock tonight?"
ein frühes rockabilly tribute aus dem jahr 1958:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHRZmDNz8Ss"]Pete De Bree Hey Mr Presley - YouTube[/ame]

[michael grasberger]

und gleich noch eins:
rockabilly-veteran hayden thompson hat elvis 1985 in einem song tribut gezollt. im ersten teil des liedes wird elvis werdegang nacherzählt, dann beschreibt der sänger, wie er mit 16 jahren zum ersten mal "that's all right" im radio gehört hat...
ein simples aber, wie ich finde, sehr charmantes und rührendes lied.
"i still miss, we still miss the boy from tupelo".

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md5YY0fgCis&feature=related"]hayden thompson - the boy from tupelo (tribute to Elvis) - YouTube[/ame]