Thing you like about an EC song

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:01 pm

A new Elvis song game designed to provoke possibly overdue close listening to unpredictably selected songs from among EC's catalogue. You say what you like particularly about the nominated EC song/recording, and you select the next one.
To start off:

Goon Squad

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:53 pm

Goon Squad:
The incredible pounding bass riff!

Six-Fingered Man

Miclewis · Post by **Miclewis** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:52 pm

Six-fingered Man:

Shows off Elvis' great, unique rhythm guitar playing.

Next Up:

Human Hands

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 4:33 pm

I like the fact that it is impossible to sing.

Rocking Horse Road

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:59 pm

The way it ends with Elvis roaring -

All the way down .......

Doubly clever in that the singer is going down in terms of mental decline and , er, actually going down a road . Functional and thought provoking.

Daddy Can I Turn This?

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:17 pm

Excellent, loud rock and roll guitar.

You Tripped at Every Step

RinghioStarr · Post by **RinghioStarr** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:15 am

All.

Particularly: the piano intro with the "ooooh", and when guitar and drums stop and a warm and heartfelt voice goes:

"Darkness would become me underneath the table
As the fury raged around the house
Your despairing tread was angry and unstable...".

Next:

Crimes Of Paris.

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:01 am

Everything

The Strum of the guitar as it starts with:
"I thought it was you with you optimist view of the clock"
And the way it makes me sing along to it everytime I hear it.

The Comedians

Mikeh · Post by **Mikeh** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:57 am

The Comedians - the use of the words Ferries Wheel, and the bit about the man with "the lever about to bring me down"

Glitter Gulch (a song I have never liked!)

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:49 pm

Glitter Gulch:

The TCB Band!

Harpies Bizzarre

Goody2Shoes · Post by **Goody2Shoes** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:27 pm

That wind instrument thingie in the middle.

And harpsichord. You can never have too much harpsichord.

And this line: "You've only got yourself to blame, shame or deceive"

King Horse

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:33 pm

The sense of foreboding and tension captured with the beginning sequence of "Beyond Belief", to this day, sends visible shivers down my spine. And in the same tune (my #1 fav bar none) when he belts: "You might make it California's Fault, be locked in Geneva's..."

That is the essential EC for me.

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:16 pm

MA...did you mean to end the game? name your tune!!!

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:28 pm

King Horse

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:52 pm

"King Horse" is all about the riff, piano and horns - majestic if you will yet "neon light" sleazy.

"So Like Candy" ...

bronxapostle · Post by **bronxapostle** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:46 pm

elvis playing the role of john to paul's paul...1969!!! TINY STEPS!

Miclewis · Post by **Miclewis** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:40 pm

Tiny Steps:

Great melody. great lyrics. great use/steal of "Gloria". Should have been a single.

White Knuckles

Neil. · Post by **Neil.** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:39 am

White Knuckles? Nieve's nursery rhyme-type melody (bit like Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) going on under the full-tilt, underrated belter about domestic violence and desperation ("Now it's a petty crime on the news at nine but it's all she's got") with some really scary imagery ("maybe they should be hung by their tongues")

End of the Rainbow

Emotional Toothpaste · Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:42 am

White Knuckles

The line . . . "you didn't mean to hit her but she kept laughing". Dark, twisted humor, gotta love it.

Next up:
Luxembourg

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:08 am

The Bar room feel to it,
Also that melodic break-"they're smiling sweetly while they're looking like daggers..."

Let Them All talk

RinghioStarr · Post by **RinghioStarr** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:49 am

The "spy movie" guitar riffs.
Excellent fast opener both for an album and a gig.

Imagination (is a powerful deceiver).

Mikeh · Post by **Mikeh** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:36 am

Imagination (is a powerful deceiver)

I like the Brinsley Schwartz influence, the guitar riff..and is this the one where El says: "At last" at the end of the song?

Clubland.

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:18 am

Clubland:
Steve's arcane piano passages in the middle of the tune.

Next Time 'Round

oldhamer · Post by **oldhamer** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:39 pm

The couplet of couplets:

You got something that I want now
I got something I can't hide
I've got too much love for you now
You've got too much pride

Also a nice rocking end to one of EC's most rocking albums.

This should be a tough one:

Eisenhower Blues[/i]

hes a fine figure of a ma · Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:33 pm

listen its in my head all the time priceless

And he says, "I know you"
"You gave me this tattoo back in '82"
"You were a spoilt child then with a record to plug"
"And I was a shaven headed seaside thug"
"Things haven't really changed that much"
"One of us is still getting paid too much"

Thats why elvis is king

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