a. Goodness gracious
b. My heart says Go Go
c. "Hell, that's different"
d. Feelin' the music from head to toe
e. Rave On
f. Go Cat Go
g. Let's All Get Dixie Fried
h. Keeps me grinin' from ear to ear
i. Ooh, My Soul
And for good measure....
Peter Guralnick, from the liner notes on Sunrise:
"If Elvis Presley had never made another record after his last Sun
session
in the fall of 1955, there seems to be little question that his music
would
have achieved much the same mythic status as Robert Johnson's blues. The
body of his work at Sun is so transcendent, so fresh, and so original
that
even today you can scarcely listen to it in relation to anything but itself. Like all great art its sources may be obvious, but it's overall impact defies explanation."
On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 14:48:57 +0000, Steve Mc wrote:
a. Goodness gracious
b. My heart says Go Go
c. "Hell, that's different"
d. Feelin' the music from head to toe
e. Rave On
f. Go Cat Go
g. Let's All Get Dixie Fried
h. Keeps me grinin' from ear to ear
i. Ooh, My Soul
And for good measure....
Peter Guralnick, from the liner notes on Sunrise:
"If Elvis Presley had never made another record after his last Sun
session
in the fall of 1955, there seems to be little question that his music
would
have achieved much the same mythic status as Robert Johnson's blues. The
body of his work at Sun is so transcendent, so fresh, and so original
that
even today you can scarcely listen to it in relation to anything but
itself. Like all great art its sources may be obvious, but it's overall
impact defies explanation."
Original? Most of the songs are remakes.
On 7/5/2025 11:44 AM, Bruce wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 14:48:57 +0000, Steve Mc wrote:------------
a. Goodness gracious
b. My heart says Go Go
c. "Hell, that's different"
d. Feelin' the music from head to toe
e. Rave On
f. Go Cat Go
g. Let's All Get Dixie Fried
h. Keeps me grinin' from ear to ear
i. Ooh, My Soul
And for good measure....
Peter Guralnick, from the liner notes on Sunrise:
"If Elvis Presley had never made another record after his last Sun
session
in the fall of 1955, there seems to be little question that his music
would
have achieved much the same mythic status as Robert Johnson's blues. The >>> body of his work at Sun is so transcendent, so fresh, and so original
that
even today you can scarcely listen to it in relation to anything but
itself. Like all great art its sources may be obvious, but it's overall
impact defies explanation."
Original? Most of the songs are remakes.
But what he did with them ("Blue Moon Of Kentucky" is a perfect example)
was original. If you read the sentence carefully, it says his *work*
was original. Elvis's *work* never included songwriting, so clearly Guralnick is talking about what he did with the material, not the
material itself. At least, that's what I thought I read. --
On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 18:19:23 +0000, DianeE wrote:
On 7/5/2025 11:44 AM, Bruce wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 14:48:57 +0000, Steve Mc wrote:------------
a. Goodness gracious
b. My heart says Go Go
c. "Hell, that's different"
d. Feelin' the music from head to toe
e. Rave On
f. Go Cat Go
g. Let's All Get Dixie Fried
h. Keeps me grinin' from ear to ear
i. Ooh, My Soul
And for good measure....
Peter Guralnick, from the liner notes on Sunrise:
"If Elvis Presley had never made another record after his last Sun
session
in the fall of 1955, there seems to be little question that his music
would
have achieved much the same mythic status as Robert Johnson's blues.
The
body of his work at Sun is so transcendent, so fresh, and so original
that
even today you can scarcely listen to it in relation to anything but >>>> itself. Like all great art its sources may be obvious, but it's overall >>>> impact defies explanation."
Original? Most of the songs are remakes.
But what he did with them ("Blue Moon Of Kentucky" is a perfect example)
was original. If you read the sentence carefully, it says his *work*
was original. Elvis's *work* never included songwriting, so clearly
Guralnick is talking about what he did with the material, not the
material itself. At least, that's what I thought I read. --
But several of the other remakes did not sound a lot different than the original versions. "That's All Right" is not much different than the
Crudup. Not on Sun, but "My Baby Left Me" is a straight copy of the
Crudup, and Arthur's version is better IMO. I agree that Elvis on Sun
stands alone as a fabulous group of recordings that have a certain
unique sound, including unissued things like "Just Because" and "Blue
Moon." But I don't see them as being all that original. The earlier Bill Haley things on Essex already had that bass sound that Bill Black was playing. Elvis was just a much better vocalist that Haley.
I also don't agree so much with the "mythic status" theory, given that 2
of the 5 singles made the National Country charts, one of them at #1 in
a very long time on the charts. They were a lot better known in their
time than the RJ things were in their time. One of the biggest thing in making the RJ things mythic was all the time that passed before they
were rediscovered, over 20 years. If Elvis had died before he recorded
for RCA those records would have been well known before the 50s were
out. Like the way that the unissued and lesser known Hank Williams and
Johnny Ace things became well known.
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