THIS WAS HYSTERICAL! Elvis Presley - Let Me Be The One | REACTION
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
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This is my reaction to Elvis Presley Let Me Be The One. This is also my first time hearing Let Me Be The One reaction 1974
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Hey Seph 🙋
Long time I know!
Family drama (personal not gonna elaborate) & work kerfuffles so just needed to recharge my batteries.
I have not abandoned the Elvis train 🚂 I just needed to unplug for a few.
Anyhoodlians!
I'm back!
So moving on with it: This home recording is from April of 1974 at Elvis's "Graceland Of The West" home in California.
The video shows Elvis's honeymoon home which he only lived there for a short time (around a year I think) from 1967- 1968. So the "music video" does not match the EP timeline.
To answer your question: The woman you heard in the background was Linda Thompson, Elvis's girlfriend at the time.
This home recording is often lumped in with the home recordings a year prior in 1973 at Sam Thompson's home in Memphis, TN (Sam Thompson was Linda Thompson's brother as well as one of Elvis's bodyguards; Sam Thompson was a former law enforcement officer; just a quick FYI).
More detailed info will be in separate comments. (I may have to break up the article in 2 parts on this one. Again just FYI.)
HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL SEPH 🙏
MUCH LOVE TO YOU & YOURS 🎶💖🎶💕
A big HEY HOW ARE YA to your Dad 🙌💃
GOLD STARS SEPH 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
And I thank you in advance for your patience 🙏
TCB ⚡ & TLC ❤ & peace ✌& blessings 🙏 to you & yours & to one & all here as well 💕
So nice to have you back, Sammy. Big hugs!
@@balovett Awww thank you so much Brad 🙏
BIG HUGS BACK 😊💞💗💞💕
So wonderful to see you sister Sammy....sending love always 💕🌻
@@susyq810 Awww thank you so much Sister Susy Q 🙏 So wonderful to hear from you as well 😍
Love 💖 & Hugs 💞💗💞 back to you & yours 💕
Missed you Sammy, but since Seph has been having so many copywrite problems, he hasn't been around much either for Elvis. Missed both of you.❤
Thanks!
Thank you Soooo much Jennifer ❤️❤️❤️
He was quite a character when he was loose and relaxed, love him and miss him. He's the light we need in difficult times. ❤
They say when he was with the guys, he was really one of the guys, roughhousing and joking, but when he was with the ladies, he was sweet and vulnerable. I think the only guy he opened up to was Geller and I'm thinking it was because of who Geller was.
Haven't heard this before. Elvis is naughty cool! 😂 Never a dull moment when he is around. I enjoyed this. I think it's Linda Thompson, if it's 1974. Yes, a banger! Thanks Seph. 👍
OMG! I've never heard this before, Yes when Elvis was in a silly mood he had quite the potty mouth. ❤😂
Damn! That's the first time I've heard this. He is hysterical. He was naughty for sure. Love this one. I think the newer home recordings are better because the equipment was WAY better than in the 1950's and 60's and way better than fan recordings as most of them were done on little hand-held recorders. Probably Elvis on the piano, but not sure.
One thing is for sure Elvis could sing harmony with a great ear, not all singers can. And he always had fun doing it. As Lisa said when she was a child, even around the house he was singing or humming all the time. Thanks , good one.
Elvis and his " wicked " humor....he was shockingly funny...😅
(3:07) "I'll be here shitting gold blinds." Is that what Elvis says here?
"Standing at the end of your... with a hard-on and a welcome home..."
(4:04) "And let me be the one you call on when you need some hard-on..."
Elvis delivers!
This one is important because it shows Elvis wanting to take a new direction. This is like a Motown/gospel and new country VIBE. Elvis clearly wanted to get back to merging genres again like he did in the 50s.
Could you imagine if Elvis lives through Motown and Rap and Punk and Heavy Metal. How does Elvis merge all of this? Does he stick to the genres he merged in the 50s? I don't think so. I think he keeps adding new genres to the old genres and the results would have been FAR BETTER than the crapolla that we have today that passes as music.
2nd comment: Home Recording Info Below:
When not working, Elvis Presley loved the company of friends in the sanctuary of his home, and enjoyed nothing more than addressing selections at the piano, strumming a guitar, or simply singing songs old and new, borrowed or blue. Fortunately, some of these 'private sessions' were captured on tape.
Now, after years of piecemeal releases from the official label, three complete recordings have been issued on Let Me Be The One by Audionics. Having fulfilled a successful tour in March 1974, Elvis spent some of his ensuing time off on 1350 Ladera Circle, in sunny Palm Springs. On one such occasion, girlfriend Linda Thompson had a cassette tape recording while Elvis amused himself with his on-call vocal group Voice. 'We were around the piano in Palm Springs ... just having a good time', said tenor Sherrill Nielsen.
Besides capturing sweet duets with Sherrill and Linda, the tape also finds Donnie Sumner banging out the simple chords to a Roger Nichols and Paul Williams tune, 'Let Me Be The One'.
First heard by the Carpenters, and in a version on RCA by singer Jack Jones, Elvis hangs back on their rendition, letting Voice croon while he chimes in with a salty chorus or two. Then the spirit of the occasion moves Elvis to seize all of the song for himself, leading a full-blooded finale. It's a song that undoubtedly would have been taped at his late 1974 RCA sessions, had they not been unexpectedly cancelled.
At least this previously-unreleased rarity is here, now, for all fans to savor, and ponder.
Coming out of the hospital in early November 1973, Elvis was holding close to girlfriend Linda Thompson, trying to find himself again. That first weekend, while out and about in Memphis, they stopped at her brother Sam's home on 1317 Favell Drive. There, with Sam, his wife, Linda and Sam's parents, and Dusty, the family dog, Elvis picked up Sam's old Gibson and began to make some noise. Elvis' mood mirrors this quiet period in his life.
Elvis' voice is miles way from the sometimes-overpowering style heard on tour.
There are light versions of 'That's All Right' and 'See See Rider', and he returns to 'Baby, What You Want Me To Do', the Jimmy Reed blues that dominated his 1968 TV Special; inside Sam's abode he plays it loose, the riffs cascading down like melted butter. Elvis sings a different verse of the Hank Williams classic 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' than what was done on his April 'Aloha From Hawaii' TV Special, and one imagines this is exactly how he and James Burton rehearsed it the previous January in Honolulu. A more revealing number in his life at this time cannot be imagined. There's an informal version of 'Spanish Eyes', which he reprises in a beautiful falsetto, perhaps recalling Slim Whitman. 'He goes into that falsetto', Elvis recounts. 'Ladies and gentleman, this is being recorded tonight live, for a new album', jokes brother-in-law Ricky Stanley.
There is a good feeling in the room, more intimate than nearly anything Elvis would lay on professional tape in the 1970s. Elvis asks everyone to listen to a poem. He recites the prose in a dead-serious voice, until he delivers the last line. The room explodes in laughter; it was all a set-up for a little joke, Elvis-style.
Looking further back, to the fall of 1960, at his Beverly Hills home on 144 Monovale Drive, we find Presley at the piano with friends Red West and Nancy Sharp. First up is a snatch of 'You'll Never Walk Alone', followed by 'If I Loved You', each from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's 'Carousel' and each achingly beautiful.
Elvis nails the finale of 'If I Loved You', again and again.
Only the greatest vocalists approach a melody in such fashion without fear of failure. Had Elvis taped an official recording of this, it would undoubtedly be known today as one of his finest-ever studio masters.
Elvis and Nancy try out a bouncy little pop number, 'I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder', a hit for Martha Tilton on Capitol back in 1947. With the time machine on full, they duet on the 1937 Bing Crosby hit, 'Sweet Leilani'. They caress this gentle, haunting ballad with sugar cane sweetness. Perhaps 'Waikiki Wedding', which features Bing doing the charming ballad, had just been on TV, or screened at a local theater.
'Make Believe' is another thrilling presentation, from 'Show Boat', written by another legendary Broadway teaming, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. Elvis probably knows it best from the 1951 MGM film version.
These are not easy songs for anyone to sing, let alone a couple of friends fooling around a piano;
... yet they pull it off.
'She Wears My Ring' is a brand-new single on Hickory by R&B singer Jimmy Bell, a small label release that will never dent the charts. The full-throated Bell ballad is turned into a tender duet by Sharp and Presley -- ironically, Elvis drew quite a bit from Bell's original recording of 'She Wears My Ring' at his Stax sessions over a dozen years later! Revisiting 'Sweet Leilani', they are a delight, right down to Elvis' lovely glissando across the keys at the end, and Nancy saying 'Good night' to someone.
After the Ink Spots standard 'When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano', and blind R&B singer Al Hibbler's religious platter for Decca, 'He', Elvis turns up the heat with 'Hands Off', a 1959 Jay McShann single.
As tape runs out, Elvis is leading the assembled through a rollicking 'Lawdy, Miss Clawdy', one of his all-time favorite R&B songs. What a ride. Although these tapes are relatively modest examples of Elvis Presley, behind closed doors, their insights into the 20th century's greatest singer should be treasured today, tomorrow and forever. This is yet another essential release for the serious fan from the mysterious Audionics label.
[Johnny Savage, USA]
Home Demos, 1960 - 1974
Tracks 1-3: Apr. 1974 / 1350 Ladera Circle, Palm Springs, CA
Elvis Presley
Linda Thompson
Tim Baty
Sherrill Nielsen
Donnie Sumner (piano)
Tracks 4-12: Nov. 3-4, 1973 / 1317 Favell Drive, Memphis, TN (Sam Thompson home)
Elvis Presley (guitar)
Linda Thompson
Ricky Stanley
Sam Thompson
Louise Thompson (Sam's wife)
Margie Thompson (mother)
Sanford Thompson (father)
Dusty (Louise and Sam's dog)
Tracks 13-27: Nov. 1960 / 144 Monovale Drive, Beverly Hills CA
Elvis Presley (piano)
Nancy Sharp
Red West
Tracks:
01. Dialogue / Spanish Eyes #1 / Dialogue ; 02. Young At Heart (partial) / Dialogue ; 03. Let Me Be The One ; 04. Baby, What You Want Me To Do ; 05. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ; 06. Rocky Top (instrumental); 07. Spanish Eyes #2 (with reprise) ; 08. C. C. Rider ; 09. That's All Right, Mama; 10. Your Life Has Just Begun; 11. Tear Drops / 'sorority songs'; 12. Elvis recites a poem / Dialogue ; 13. You'll Never Walk Alone (partial) * ; 14. If I Loved You * ; 15. The Lord's Prayer / If I Loved You (reprise) * ; 16. I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder * ; 17. An Evening Prayer (partial) * ; 18. Make Believe * ; 19. She Wears My Ring *; 20. Sweet Leilani #1 * ; 21. Sweet Leilani # 2 * ; 22. Sweet Leilani (reprise) ; 23. Beyond The Reef ; 24. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano ; 25. He ; 26. Hands Off ; 27. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (partial)
Tracks 1-3 recorded in Elvis Presley's Home, Palm Springs, CA,- April 1974.
Tracks 4-11 recorded at Sam Thompson home, Memphis, TN - November 1973.
Tracks 12-25 recorded at EP's Residence at Monovale Dr., Hollywood, CA. - November 1960.
* denotes stereo recording
Total running time: 52:15
*Fingers crossed this goes through*
Hi Sammy, thanks, as always, for all the info. I hope you don't mind me pointing out a couple of things - the Ladera Circle house was the rented "honeymoon house". By 1974 Elvis owned a house in Chino Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. Also Elvis didn't buy the Monovale house until '70 or '71.
@@janetd6686 Thank you! No I don't mind at all. I remember now that the "Graceland Of The West" home was/ is on Chino. Not Ladera Circle.
Elvis had a lot of homes at different periods in his life and admittedly I get them mixed up at times.
Thanks again for the correction/ reminder Miss Janet D 🙏
Hope you & yours are doing well 💖
@sammy_the_uncool2702 Thanks, Sammy. Hope all is good with you too.
Fascinating Sammy. THANK YOU! I've heard some of those on Elvis Radio, but you've really made me want to get those recordings. So nice to have you back.
I love Elvis being dirty, suited his beautiful face and voice ❤
Haven’t heard this! Very catchy song! The group sounds really good together! Elvis…😳😂
That’s a crazy good voice for a simple recording machine in the 1970s. This is not his professional studio in Graceland. This is a portable recorder toy. And they sound ridiculously good.
Towards the end, Elvis breaks out his voice in a way reminiscent of gospel singers or hard rock singers.
His X-rated humor would fit in perfectly in the social media world we live in today. The man was just decades before his time--- half of a century before his time. What a creative genius.
It would’ve been amazing to see him duet with the likes of Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Simon & Garfunkel, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, and even some of the rap artists like Eminem….
Brilliant reaction. It lifts me up, I cannot help but laugh with you!
Haha 😂😂😂 never heard that before 😂
They just carry on because their used to elvis mucking about during rehearsals
Haven’t heard this one 😂
Love his naughty side 😂
Wow another one I have not heard before - for a home recording this was quite good quality for a change - his home in Palm Springs was known as Graceland West.
Seph u gotta listen to the “X rated” version of Stranger in my own hometown “ you will love it
I love that one 😂
I've never heard this before.
*CONGRATS TO SAMMY FOR HER NEW JOB* THAT IS LINDA THOMPSON HIS GF AT THE TIME FROM 72 TO 76
😂😂😂 never heard before, but i love him fooling around with lyrics, he did it a lot, so funny 😂
I never heard this either. 😅
That was a b0-ner.😮 Even in live concerts he tried to crack up his band members in laughter while they were singing or playing.
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This is the first video on your channel that I have never heard before. Interesting.
Yes like other long term Elvis fans, this has bypassed me but was worth a listen although I thought I would be listening to American Trilogy etc around this time. The girl in the background as you now probably know was Linda Thompson, his gf from 1972 - 76 who later married the controversial Bruce /Caitlyn Jenner, and like Ginger Alden was not mentioned at all in the Baz Luhrmann Elvis movie.
They would've been irrelevant in the recent Elvis film. The point of view was from Tom Parker and they were nothing to do with the partnership he had with Elvis
@@theapavlou3030 That's somewhat contentious IMHO.A woman who purportedly saved him from suicide, and obviously had an opinion on Parker and vice versa. How did Elvis talking to Priscilla in the car privately after their split have anything to do with Parker using your logic etc. Ginger was in the audience for Unchained Melody - sorry I don't buy your statement.
@gorse9030 doesn't matter if you buy my statement. Priscilla gave him a child, Linda stopped him choking on a piece of apple and Ginger preferred to call her mum and sisters to sell a story to the national enquirer. Pretty irrelevant, he didn't marry them although Priscilla wasn't exactly an ideal partner but they shared a child and were together for a few years more than the others. Nothing to argue about
@@theapavlou3030 Ok we are in opposite corners, no probs.
This is actually pretty good. I likey. So fresh! As he's being fresh everyone continues to sing like nothing to see here folks.
haahah where did you find this? Never heard it before.
Never heard that before 🔥🔥🔥
Historical or hysterical?