Any Elvis songs you don't like?

John · Post by **John** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 4:40 pm

I'll begin with Luxembourg.

For 22 years I could hardly make out any of it. Only recently printed the Trust lyrics off the internet.
Could add Sour Milk-Cow Blues/The Great Unknown/The Deportees Club, consecutive tracks from side two of Goodbye Cruel World - not my favourite section of an Elvis LP.

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 4:50 pm

I find myself skipping "I'm Not Angry" a lot. I don't like Painted From Memory. And there are a few songs on When I Was Cruel that annoy me after a while.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 5:00 pm

Yeah I hate nearly all of his stuff apart from Alison.

Disclaimer : this is a joke.

taz · Post by **taz** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 5:04 pm

Damn...I didn't see the disclaimer LC...guess I'll have to unban you now...

Watching_Detectives · Post by **Watching_Detectives** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 5:51 pm

I despise Painted From Memory. So that's that. And I don't quite fancy 'Oh Well' It just iritates me...

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 7:24 pm

BlueChair wrote:I find myself skipping "I'm Not Angry" a lot. I don't like Painted From Memory. And there are a few songs on When I Was Cruel that annoy me after a while.

WIWC may be the only EC album I don't know all the way through, there really is a lot of fat on it.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 7:32 pm

WIWC suffers from the 'bring back vinyl' syndrome (that's the response, not the view of the creator), but I'd only remove Oh Well and Soul for Hire. The rest of it is corking. Broken is my obvious response, but he didn't write it, basically. Luxembourg is a laugh! there's some filler on PFM, but also some sheer genius. I love every second of North (though Impatience is very much a bonus track, doesn't fit the rest, and is nowhere near as interesting), and I love the song North. the thing about Elvis is that even almost all his weaker moments are still highly justifiable. Amazing consistency of quality.

PlaythingOrPet · Post by **PlaythingOrPet** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:09 pm

Along with the obvious Broken and Oh Well, throw in Sulky Girl and God Give Me Strength as well. I will not have a word said against Playboy or I Wanna Be Loved so don't go puttin' them on your lists!

Misha · Post by **Misha** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 9:48 pm

The temptation is so great here to put...Playboy or I Wanna Be Loved, but I can't do it....

On the other hand, Night Rally, while I like most of the song, when he starts going..."night rally, night rally, night rally, night rally, night rally, night rally, night rally, night rally, night rally" I end up yelling shut up already and skipping the song......ditto with Alibi....like the rest of the song, but "alibi, alibi, alibi, alibi" How many times can one listen to the same freakin word/s again and again without going bonkers?

I haven't listened to Painted from Memory much.....so not on my list...yet...

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:02 pm

I love Luxenbourg to pieces.

Don't like Painted From Memory at all. For The Stars even less so. Juliet Letters are growing on me, but I still don't much like them, and I'm not sure I have another decde of patience to let the grow on me to the point where I like them.

Of his rock work, I like least many songs on Goodbye Cruel World, Broken, and a handful of scattered tunes. MAIT has a couple of duds, I think (I'm Not Angry is one of them). And Goon Squad is silly. But I still like them a lot.

pip_52 · Post by **pip_52** » Mon Nov 17, 2003 10:44 pm

Am I the only one who loves "Im Not Angry"? That was one of my first favorite Elvis songs.

As far as songs I dont like, there are some but they change constantly (like my favorites), so I cant even name them. Ill say I dont like a song and then however many months later Ill listen to it again and wonder what I was thinking when I dismissed it in the first place. This happens so often Im beginning to doubt the validity of my own opinion to myself.

So far this hasnt happened with "Chemistry Class", "Broken", or "20% Amnesia."

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 4:49 am

pip - I love I'm Not Angry too. But I also love Chemistry Class, Broken, and 20% Amnesia, particularly The live version of CC.

Pop - You know I don't like IWBL.

I think WIWC is vastly underrated, I like all of it and there are plenty of standout tracks: Alibi; Tart; 45; Episode of Blonde; 15 Petals; when I was Cruel No.2; dust2.....dust ; Spooky Girlfriend.

I also like the much maligned Broken.

I'll take flak for this but I've never been over keen on I Want You.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:05 am

Misha wrote:How many times can one listen to the same freakin word/s again and again without going bonkers?

Misha - how can you say that? You look at the same joke and still crack up laughing weeks later

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:14 am

I've said it before on this site. I'm with Otis. I love WIWC but Oh Well and Soul for Hire don't sit comfortably on it.

I'm not a big fan of Veronica.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:36 am

To the people who said Sulky Girl and 20% Amnesia, I say: Brutal Youth can do no wrong.

I could do without Dissolve and Daddy, Can I Turn This?, as long as we're talking about WIWC.

Altruistic bum · Post by **Altruistic bum** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 9:37 am

There's only one song out of all the hundreds that I really don't like - The Stamping Ground, I'd always skip that track, just find it too dirgey and depressingly monotonous.
Still it was only a B-Side , and one out of 300 or so ( or is it more ?) aint bad.

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 10:57 am

I've had about enough of this heresy!

Skipping over Elvis tracks! Why, I never!

*sticks fingers in ears, yells loudly*

"Heyht! Aryeht!"

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 12:22 pm

i love i´m not angry, specially the live version.....
....as for broken........come on you guys.......have you payed attention to the MLAR bonus disc.....the broken demo?......it´s awesome! his vocal performance there is just so heartbreaking......give it try!

......oh, bythe way i can´t stand lipstick vogue

Misha · Post by **Misha** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:50 am

VG,

No sense posting all of my nasty secrets...(she says while sniggering yet again)

I may yet make a bumper sticker out of it.

Thought of you while driving today,,,,chuckled again.

Sad...but still true.

theimposter1979 · Post by **theimposter1979** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 4:40 pm

I think it has to be 'Little atoms'. I just dont get on with it! I find the 'All this useless beauty' album my least favourite. Though to its defence he played it in Birmingham the other week and it wasnt so bad....

I wont hear any dissing of Goodbye cruel world- a forgotten classic!

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Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 5:29 pm

Only if you tell us what it is here first!

Another person at Birmingham. Cool. I take it you weren't one of those who left early! I was so excited when he played Little Atoms, it was so unexpected. Boy that's a fantastic LP.

This is a bizarre thread, cos I can't get my head around anyone not worshipping Lipstick Vogue (even if you ain't into drums/Pete, it's still so exciting) or God Give Me Strength. And imagine actually wanting to listen to the Broken demo!

Well it's a fine testament to the bizarre diversity of life. And I love the noisy liveliness of Dissolve and Daddy Can I Turn This. For me the former just sits so well positioned where it is. The latter is just class.

There are several bonus CD songs on the reissues that I wouldn't be at all bothered about hearing again, but none I really dislike. They're still Elvis (which doesn't apply to Broken, that isn't Elvis, honest).

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Wed Nov 19, 2003 9:08 pm

touché, otis......

theimposter1979 · Post by **theimposter1979** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 3:31 pm

No I stayed in Birmingham to the end! Though I began to panic as it hit 11Pm as I had to get back to a car park by 11:30 otherwise I would have been stranded for the night!!! Highlights 'Inch by inch' and 'North'

Ive listened to 'ATUB' a lot this week and I find myself adding 'Distorted angel' to my list....

The Cats Pyjamas will be a web site/ limited release (hopefully) of every Elvis track covered by you! Its still in the early stages and the web site will be up soon.

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Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 4:35 pm

i like Broken.

we all know how i feel about Veronica (EWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!).

V. is the only thing i can't really listen too. i tried, i really did.

and i know what it's about, and i respect that. i respect the sentiment and that it's a pop classic. i still hate it. passionately.

well, you did ask.

sulkygirl · Post by **sulkygirl** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 5:44 pm

PlaythingOrPet wrote:Along with the obvious Broken and Oh Well, throw in Sulky Girl and God Give Me Strength as well. I will not have a word said against Playboy or I Wanna Be Loved so don't go puttin' them on your lists!

Sulky Girl???

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