Forrest just won't shut up, dammit...Gump sings every song ever recorded

[ForrestGump]

Elvis songs, that is...

More linked MP3s, for anyone who's interested. Some have a bit of annoying distortion that I think is mostly the result of noise reduction (very necessary -- the real question is why the things record with so much electronic noise in the first place) but I hope they're listenable.

Thanks!


Studio material

Rubberneckin' (2003 remix version)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=04E6HCT21N9310558DVJCCEBEB

The Elvis Medley (ill-advised 1982 attempt at sacrilege a la "Stars on 45," but kinda cool and fun to do different voices and songs sequentially within a single take...my voice clashed with the backup singers on one small part of "Suspicious Minds," no matter what approach I took with my vocal -- I really don't know exactly what the problem is, just that it sounds off -- and I couldn't remove or change them or figure how to match my vocal (I tried ten times), but...what me worry...if you notice its jarring presence, just mentally mute that bit, please, and I'll see if I can finally get it right some other time :D )
http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3SQLSAENTDAZB3FCFX6V0EU5J4

Don't Be Cruel (1956)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=24OC2LGFXWDX62WL2THD1SD39U

Teddy Bear (1957)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FXG076TENWWL3J4K8YCSRESNW

Loving You (1957)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2SPGKJ4UWS8VI1X5UJ8CHFBFGU

Don't (1957)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1R5YZEP6YIR6625PCJJLFUXTXH

New Orleans (1958)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=04KNHV3N5U1Y6228CL0G7FOAS7

Dixieland Rock (1958)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HRU1XU24HQNQ07HSL04SDPJF7

Rubberneckin' (1969)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=18H8JYUXN550U0K9A6FB3ENFPS

Suspicious Minds (1969)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0SKYK1FLK5L7C0E80OWPCSZ6T7

True Love Travels On A Gravel Road (1969)
Can't get this one to upload properly...if I can, I'll post the link below, later.

Stranger In The Crowd (1970)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0NHMHV6YQG7XY19PBE4P5JH0K3

Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (1970)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0JHP9G69390R91CPPEFFJ434IV

Where Did They Go, Lord? (1970)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=276CU0X4F6DCG0KJNYQY3P7WCQ

Promised Land (1973)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2LWBKCTQJ8C4123107DOHAUUS2

Way Down (1976)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3HF2KL581HNYH1D15C0LVSC605




'70s concert material

Also Sprach Zarathustra/That's All Right (opener, 1971-1972)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1PR5K73NZC10232VVMXPQAE8KS

Polk Salad Annie (1972 version)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2D45I9496QXLW2IVZP2COC0A55

I Just Can't Help Believin' (1970)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=25AAH87CK5EXH3DD86DZYK0TRV

Walk A Mile In My Shoes (1970)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3B70W0B5IQU0K0GA49RGW4XE1L

I'll Remember You (1972-1975)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0O1CW5NES4VWB0KK2SMWIQX16I

Burning Love (1972-1976)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=36JZPE48J9RUW2Y4UY8HSFE8F9

Can't Help Falling In Love/closing riff (1971-1977)
http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3OKOOV4IHLST40JTP28PMMDVGZ

[jus_the_facts]

1. Thank YOU for postin' these...

....I've not been able to listen to any o'them yet as this 'puter is slooooooooow...but got Suspicious Minds downloadin' first as that's another o'my very favorites! Next up is Promised Land! :woohoo:

:hi: can't thank you enuff for these Forrest! :hug: :loveya:

[ForrestGump]

3. Darn..."Suspicious Minds" -- I did some clumsy editing on that,

and I think I'd better revisit the file at some point and do a little tidying. Maybe I have overdone the double-tracking, too. :-)

It's a great song, though, isn't it? Almost wasn't recorded because the Colonel insisted that all the songs at those stellar '69 Memphis sessions came through Elvis' own publishing companies...one of the few times Elvis basically told him to f*** off, a response that ensured not only "Suspicious Minds" (that Elvis knew was a hit as soon as he finished it) but songs like "In The Ghetto" and "Kentucky Rain."

I love "Promised Land," too...always one of my favorites. Those December 1973 sessions in Memphis' famed Stax studios produced uniformly excellent performances and may be one of the most underrated sessions of Elvis' career. Elvis' "Promised Land" is the song that inspired both Mojo Nixon and Travis Tritt -- an unlikely duo -- to become performers.


By the way, you remember those old ones I gave you links to? Done when I had a cold?

I had a stab at a few of the concert tracks again and I think they came out a bit better (not "A Big Hunk O' Love," though -- it was better when I had a cold, though that may have had something to do with overdoing the singing this night). Here's what I've got, so far, anyway:

2001/See See Rider
http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2Q5MHX1LM2E1X3JMFZG8227XKW

You Gave Me A Mountain
http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0775M27CY5L4N0R0M6CAGHJGA

Steamroller Blues
http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1V5IC79E2X5S53L3KJ4V2598NR

:hug:

:loveya:

[jus_the_facts]

17. They're all GREAT....I love 'em.....

....and your King knowledge is most impressive as well as your renditions o'his work...be still m'heart! :hug: :* :loveya:

[jus_the_facts]

18. Polk Salad Annie....

:headbang: :headbang:

:smoke:

[ForrestGump]

2. True Love Travels On A Gravel Road

Finally got it to upload. Here it is:

http://s62.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0K8Z64MVTSW6D0HRGIFKXO8PB3

I tried everything to get it to upload properly -- it certainly took the same length of time uploading but just was not available for download -- so, in the end, I renamed it "WhateverDude" and, whatcha know, it worked. Apparently, that server does not like True Love.

[Dangerously Amused]

4. Thanks!

I can't download these now bc I'm at another computer, but I will as soon as I can.

Good stuff, hot stuff!


:loveya:

[ForrestGump]

10. Thanks, baby!

:D

Hunka hunka... :loveya:

[auntAgonist]

5. Don't!

omg .. ForrestGump I didn't know that you performed. I'm listening to "Don't", one of my favourite Elvis pieces. YOU Sir, are good!

thanks for sharing!
I'll be listening to more.


awesome!!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

sincerely..
aA.
aka Kesha

[ForrestGump]

11. Thanks!

Baby, don't say "don't." :-)

I love that one, too. It's kind of a perfect ballad. It was probably his most vocally ambitious ballad of the '50s (all over his vocal range, too, within a single breath going from solid low notes to pretty airy high notes) and he cited it as his favorite of his after he recorded it, at least until he came back from the Army and recorded stuff like "It's Now Or Never" in March of 1960.

Thank you! :hug:

[flamingyouth]

6. Will you come play at our wedding?

:D

[ForrestGump]

12. Will there be bridesmaids?

:evilgrin:

Oh...that kind of playing! :p

When and where is the most bodaciously happy day? It'd be fun...shoot, I should do like lots of Elvises here and try to get into performing weddings (or, at least, sing at them or even meet-and-greet and take pictures...pays obscenely well and would be a ton of fun). Now, when couples ask me if I can marry them, I just tell them that I don't think it's legal in this state. :D

For that matter: congratulations! :headbang:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

7. What About His Version Of "My Way". One of my favs.

[ForrestGump]

13. Ooooo...that one IS a good one

Blows the original out of the water, in my opinion...well, it's very different, anyway. But it's one I've usually got to be in the right mood to really appreciate listening to.

I'll give it a try -- haven't done it in a while and never fully committed without distractions going on. There're some pretty heinous notes to hit at the end if I try to do it like Elvis did in the last year or so. :scared:

[salin]

8. Book of Love, Allison, I'm not Angry, Tamp the Dirt Down....

ah...wrong elvis ;-)

[ForrestGump]

14. No, not the evil anti-Elvis!

Wait a minute...that's Michael Bolton. Yeah, the Costello Elvis is cool enough. :D

Though I still think he should've called himself Buddy Costello. Sorta like Buddy Jesus.

[Taverner]

9. Wow. Forrest really IS Elvis

And Elvis is a Dem...awesome!

[ForrestGump]

16. Shhhhhhhh.....

I've been trying to hide from Priscilla. :scared:



And her Scientologists....

[southlandshari]

15. Thanks for sharing!

:thumbsup: