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Elvis Presley — Love Me Tender
Album: Single
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Released: 1956
Length: 2:41
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Love me tender,
Love me sweet,
Never let me go.
You have made my life complete,
And I love you so.

Love me tender,
Love me true,
All my dreams fulfilled.
For my darlin I love you,
And I always will.

Love me tender,
Love me long,
Take me to your heart.
For it's there that I belong,
And well never part.

Love me tender,
Love me dear,
Tell me you are mine.
Ill be yours through all the years,
Till the end of time.

(when at last my dreams come true
Darling this I know
Happiness will follow you
Everywhere you go).
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 GeorgeMWoods wrote:

Schlock. 


Your nic-name?   ...eh?
 Andy_B wrote:

Still as good as when I first heard it some 62 years ago and regardless of the naysayers comments, for a song to sound as pure and fresh even now it has to have redeeming qualities.  Sing on Elvis, you set the pop music world on it's ear,... and that was a good thing!




I Agree!   
Still as good as when I first heard it some 62 years ago and regardless of the naysayers comments, for a song to sound as pure and fresh even now it has to have redeeming qualities.  Sing on Elvis, you set the pop music world on it's ear,... and that was a good thing!
Wish the Jordanaires could sing at my funeral.
My older sister's heartthrob.  
Schlock. 
It becomes a better song if you hear the Civil War song "Ara Lee" from which Love me Tender is adapted.
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Sound if belated advice for Jian Ghomeshi.
(It's a Canadian thing.)

 
Hopefully Jian will learn 'tender' in his therapy sessions.  
Can't hear this now without thinking of the episode of HBO Vinyl with Elvis; just brilliant depiction of his drug use, frustrations, and containment by the Col.
well Thank you DJ, Thank you very much
 oldfart48 wrote:
shoulda quit while he was ahead, fat , dopey and squeezed  ina sequined jump suit didn't work at all.

 
Elvis was somewhat underused, misused and abused. Col. Parker made him a lot of $$, but kind of did him no favors. Some of Elvis's better musical and artistic impulses may have been quashed by Parker's control. On the other hand, we may never have had Elvis at all without Parker. It's almost a toss up. Personally, I think by the '70s Elvis was acting out his frustration at the trapped freedom bullshit of being a megastar but unable to explore the music or be the musician he may have wanted to be.  Also, he was a product of racist America. A white dude grinds his crotch and sings uptempo black gospel blues to audiences of panty-tossing white women. Huge splash.  Black dude, same music in 1958 Nashville, instead gets smashed and trashed. Elvis: great star but never reached his potential and got huge because he was a safe white boy singing black music to white women. 
sounds like Lennon and Bowie have Bill's private request line number
Not sure if this makes a difference or not to the haters.  But listen to this song as if it were a brand new artist with a brand new song.  He crushes it.  Can you imagine the girls swooning, their guys getting jealous.  If he were doing this in a smokey nightclub, I can't even think of how many girls would visit him backstage.

If I had only learned to play guitar and sing....

So many more opportunities. 
every song has its context.  8
I'm sure I saw this guy down the local chip shop the other day... ;-)
 KevinM wrote:
Every time these gawd awful elvis songs come on I have to log on to rate them a zero, most of the time I already have.

 
And I'd have to rate it a 10 to balance the score {#Cool}
Sound if belated advice for Jian Ghomeshi.
(It's a Canadian thing.)
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of homeless camps loves this song...  miss you, dad...
 KevinM wrote:
Every time these gawd awful elvis songs come on I have to log on to rate them a zero, most of the time I already have.

 
Kevin, kevin, k.... Elvis is a manifestation of our culture, and we're not. You can't hate or resent him for that; please give it up for Elvis.  Respect him as some sort of twisted, drug induced hallucination of Stardom. Like the ancients, the God of Pop Culture used his body for certain rituals. I hate most of his music but I love his Phenomenon, see the difference?
Cheez Whiz?
Very strange, I was just in Vegas for a friend's renewal of their vows.  In a Hangover-like wedding chapel.  The the "minister" was Elvis, and the bride walked down the aisle to Elvis singing this song.  Good times!
Every time these gawd awful elvis songs come on I have to log on to rate them a zero, most of the time I already have.

might have to check the movie out...
Elvis movies are the best, hero always wins!


You have to think, for once, about the concept "show", "performance", "stage", "entertainment", "mise en scene", "charisma", "artistic-personality".  It's around all that constitutes the work of artists. Of all the artists. Think about it.

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oldfart48 wrote:
shoulda quit while he was ahead, fat , dopey and squeezed  ina sequined jump suit didn't work at all.
 


shoulda quit while he was ahead, fat , dopey and squeezed  ina sequined jump suit didn't work at all.
You SUCK

calypsus_1 wrote:

Elvis Presley by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

Elvis Presley
Airbrush, water colours, plaka, coloured pencils, 1997


 


Ugh -- make this stop!!!!

Today is the day we lost you, father, all those years ago—  August 16, 1977...  I miss you so much, dad...  as you used to say in Graceland, it's a long way to Tupelo...

I always love to hear your voice in paradise...  this song is marvelous...
Beauty is its own reward.
January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977
Ok...that's enough.


It's Friday afteroon on a summer day in August (of the few remaining) and we need RnR!!!


If ya gotta play EP, how about playing Jail House Rock?      

I miss you so much, dad...  love this song...
 

Elvis Presley by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

Elvis Presley
Airbrush, water colours, plaka, coloured pencils, 1997


Elvis Presley - "CC Rider" Live (1977) 

" Live Concert, CBS Special, two months before his death. His last performance "

" This is one of the Elvis last concerts. It is rare footage from a doc called "This is Elvis". This footage made me an Elvis fan. View it yourself and see what an truly human being Elvis was "



Elvis Presley - "Love me tender" Live (1968)

Edited Performance from both renditions of the song, in the '68 Comeback Special. Elvis at his best. Never This song sounded so good With a Brutal final!       


splooge wrote:
Elvis sucks!
Now THAT is a detailed critique! Sadly, though, I've never heard of this "Elvis" character. Perhaps he'll make it big someday, what with his retro look and all....
Elvis sucks!
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Always reminds me of Wild at Heart... sigh, Nic Cage
Gee, not much respect or reverence expressed here. Not one of my personal favorites, but, c'mon, the man earned a place in rock history.
hippiechick wrote:
A little too retro for me. Are you feeling depressed today, Bill?
Someone wants to know if you're lonesome tonight....
If ever you're forced to do a karaoke (hey, it happens...) this is the song to choose.
the musical equivalent of a popping several valium
I dig it
Uncharacteristically understated. Very nice.
Long live The King.
A little too retro for me. Are you feeling depressed today, Bill?
Oh come on already! You're putting me to sleep, Bill.... (He sure had a nice voice once, though)