10-08-2016, 15:50
I was never a great Elvis Presley fan. However, in fairness, it needs to be said that Elvis was an entertainer, a performer, and basically an interpreter of other people's songs, in much the same mould as people like Tom Jones, Michael Jackson, Shirley Bassey, Engelbert Humperdinck etc. Hence one can't really compare him to the kind of artists who came later, the singers and bands who mostly wrote their own songs.
Whether I liked Elvis at any point in time really depended on what he happened to be singing at the time. I liked songs like It's Now or Never, Surrender, Edge of Reality, Memories, Kentucky Rain, and I will say that Elvis did those songs justice. On the other hand I'm not a fan of songs like Hound Dog and Heartbreak Hotel, no matter who is singing them. I'm also not much of a country guy, so I can take or leave songs like "Are you Lonesome Tonight" or "Love Me Tender."
Whether I liked Elvis at any point in time really depended on what he happened to be singing at the time. I liked songs like It's Now or Never, Surrender, Edge of Reality, Memories, Kentucky Rain, and I will say that Elvis did those songs justice. On the other hand I'm not a fan of songs like Hound Dog and Heartbreak Hotel, no matter who is singing them. I'm also not much of a country guy, so I can take or leave songs like "Are you Lonesome Tonight" or "Love Me Tender."