Mike I am loving watching you learning about Elvis … I can imagine we diehards are all watching you and thinking “ooh Duh!” 😂😂. His voice melts my heart! Keep recording your reactions, I’d love to hear/see your reaction to Bossa Nova baby from the movie Fun in Acapulco, the way he dances with his upper body almost remaining still while there is a party going on with his legs 🎉🎉. Thanks for making me smile!
Thank you Mike absolutely excellent how you dissect and put into words what you see and hear. Thought I had it all nailed as to the love and respect I’ve had for Elvis’s music and him as a human and entertainer. However I always feel a little more enlightened to what I’ve just heard and seen listening to what you have to say in the way you say it. Thanks Mike👍
Elvis Presley COMMUNICATES THE MESSAGE OF THE SONGS, period. He is not just belting out notes. Elvis's singing is full of all necessary subtleties, pleading, etc. etc. that is rewuired to move the listener to UNDERSTAND the message of the song. Thanks for your analysis.
I know what you mean about the pleading sound in his voice. He can break your heart with the way he cries and pleads some of his songs. This was a great reaction!
Hi Mike, this is just how I feel about the world today and only Elvis can touch the heart and soul the way he does and I am listening to your voice about hearing it before, never get enough of Elvis , The Total Package, The voice, charisma, charm and humor as well as the fact that he is a Priceless Gift from God and The most Beautiful MAN who ever was , he made you feel like he was singing Just to you and I saw him 2 yrs later in April 8 72 in Knoxville Tennessee and I was only 8 years old, had been in love with him since I was a tiny little girl, the movie's meant so much to me and the three concerts were unforgettable and believe me when I say that when you hear him sing on video , you've heard nothing, this was a man who was not only the greatest entertainer ever, but he was the conductor and Director and he treated his TCB band members like family, members and you will never hear anything from them about the way he was, just a simple Man who actually did have the world on his shoulders, he electrified the world in a way that will never happen again, Thanks Mike for another great reaction to Elvis, I like the sentiment you share with All of the Elvis family and we appreciate it so much , just like our Beautiful MAN Among Men Elvis forever and Always TCB 1935
I was six in 1970. My parents took me to see Elvis that year when he head lined at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show held in the Astrodome. I’ve loved him ever since and have just never found another singer/entertainer who can match the whole package that is Elvis ❤
I cry thru half his songs. No one can hit my heart strings like Elvis. I think a lot came from his feeling alone even in a crowd of people. They said Elvis was very alone all his life. This was from a lot if his girlfriends and even Priscilla said he complained a lot of that feeling. Thank you so much for your comments. Love to hear them.
Just like a lot of decades-long Elvis fans on your channel, I find that your insightful reviews make me appreciate him even more. I used to think it was just me who often felt that Elvis was wringing my heart out when I listened but I now realise there are thousands of people who feel the same - if you know you know ❤
Thank you for this. Elvis' phrasing was, to say the least, unique. So too, every era was unique, & within each era from year to year there were changes such as his voice, his deliverance. I always say he never did the same thing 2ce, never repeated himself -- his performances weren't "cookie cutter" performances & you would never know what you would get from him.
Elvis never forgot his roots. Others may not have understood and I think few really understood his commitment to his early musical influences. He was who he was.
Thank you Mike for your amazing reaction to this performance. Anyone who does not take the time to listen to your thoughts regarding Elvis music and performances is missing out on so much ..in my humble opinion. Please know most of us look forward to you sharing everything you experience while seeing him and /or just listening to him feel his way through his songs. Thank you again for taking us with you on your Elvis journey...we are loving it all...please continue taking reaction breaks as often as you want...it is after all your channel and we all get to observe and share the experience together...It's a wonderful time for the fans. I hope your wife recovers quickly from her ear surgery...I am so sorry she is going through such pain. 🌻
I love your commentary on Elvis reactions! He looks gorgeous and sounds FANTASTIC. Lord Have Mercy 😍👑 He bends down and just feels the lyrics! It's like a cry that comes out. Just beautiful!! Love it! Check out any song from the album FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS please!! ❤ TCB ⚡🌹
Oh Mike, you have become an expert on Elvis so very fast. You "get it". There are still so many more songs!! I can hardly wait for each new reaction. Your joy is contagious. Thank you!
When Elvis goes into his highest range, I've never seen it done more naturally. Most singers when they sing in falsetto you can feel the strain in their voices. Elvis is effortless when he does it. Just one more thing that made him so great.
Buscar explicar razonablemente a Elvis es algo que ya no hago sin embargo doy gracias por éste regalo que es él para éste planeta viva el 👑😏 viva su música que es nuestra thanks thanks very much
indeed, if you know you know and I often feel extremely grateful to be an Elvis fan. It just put me in a happy place where his magic influences my surroundings whenever I listen to his music or even better when I watch his performances. As you say on your commentary there are so many layers to this man on stage. Once again, a treat to be here on this fantastic channel!
You're a smart, gifted and thoughtful communicator. Elvis lived to share his gifts with the world. It is a lesson to all of us. You're a smart, gifted and thoughtful communicator. Thanks for this and for sharing your own gifts.
Elvis “is” gifted with a special ability to create an in depth emotion we all have felt somewhere in our lifetime feeling the reality he expresses so eloquently. Thank you for recognizing his talent. You are on target with my heart felt thoughts for many years. Beautiful!!!! ❤️🇺🇸✝️
Elvis worked with the best musicians and backing singers. They all watched him like hawks to be ready for any spontaneous addition to the performance. He orchestrated the whole show with movements and flourishes. Love your deep appreciation of the depth of Elvis’s talent. James Burton is his guitarist who still tours today in his own right. You often hear Elvis say “ take it away James” in many of his songs. You have a portfolio of over 700 songs recorded by Elvis to listen to!! Listen to his personal favourites, his Gospel songs , to really. Hear him perform with his heart and soul👌💕🕺🙏
Awww!! This is one of my very very favorites!! Elvis Presley with his stunning angelic beauty - his Heavenly powerful yet tender voice is so endearing and emotionally thrilling that it makes you melt and it pierces right through your heart and makes you feel his pain and love him even more if that is even possible!! I love it !!This song sung by Elvis Presley always thrills me but hurts my heart because I know he went through so much in his short life and literally carried the world on his young shoulders!! Thank for your great reaction!!
Elvis had the ability to translate lyrics into emotion. Almost as if he is acting it out but It comes deep from his soul. It's the only way that I can explain it.
An interesting thing to consider when discussing Elvis is that he was as popular with men as with women: quite extraordinary, if you think about it. Someone so incredibly handsome and charismatic would normally have boyfriends / husbands, and men in general, hate him on principle. The answer, I believe, was his humility and self-deprecation. Unlike most “Rock Stars”, when Elvis pulls a rock star strut, he clearly laughs at himself and shares the joke with his audience and his band. Undeniably genuine too. That aside, it was, as alluded, that no one has ever conveyed the emotion within a song like Mr P. A lovely day to all.
Hi Mike! Again your spot on reaction to a Spectacular song from Elvis!! He is The Very Best! And give his ALL to his performance, Elvis feels the music through out his entire body, as I’ve said before: Elvis IS Music!! He loved to sing, and he wanted a reaction from his audience, our approval so to speak, it would validate exactly what he hoped to get from his audiences. What a perfectionist in his craft! Please react to “ I’ll Be There “, “ Tell Me Why “, ( from early in his career, but not released until 60 or 61’ I call this one: Raw Elvis, so Bluesy!! Not heard often, and I don’t know why! You’ll again be surprised at Elvis’s genre of music, his arrangement of a song, Elvis making it HIS song!! Thanks again Mike, I love how you explain just what an Elvis fan is thinking! As I’ve been listening to him for 69 years! 🕺🎶💗
Love, love, love Elvis' performance here. I grew up loving Elvis' movies and recordings, but there's nothing, absolutely nothing, that compares with a live Elvis performance. I think it was B. B. King who said something like Elvis sang like he meant it. And that's so true. For a young probably preteen, I could readily imagine Elvis singing right to me. And I agree with you about the caricaturizing of Elvis. And through the years, that made me very, very sad. Even though Austin Butler was robbed of an Oscar, the movie did bring Elvis to the forefront of media attention and subsequently through UA-cam to people too young to remember him in real time. Elvis was a tremendously talented person in music and movies. Although never credited, he produced the songs he sang. We see tantalizingly little of the rehearsals leading to the Vegas shows where he knows exactly the sound he wants from the instruments and the backup singers. I want to see so much more of that. While he said in an interview many of the movies made him physically sick because Hollywood packaged him "as they saw him instead of how he saw himself." But he did carry those movies. He was a good dramatic actor and had a natural sense of comedy that seemed so effortless. I don't think he got enough credit throughout his career. Unfortunately for Elvis, he was one of the good guys. Fulfilling contracts he really didn't want to do because the Colonel told him so. If he just would have taken control and insisted on the things he wanted, he may have been happier and lived a whole lot longer.
Excellent tune. This was the night after (8/13/70), one of Elvis' greatest performances of his career. So even though Elvis said during this show he wasn't feeling well and he was a bit drained, he delivered a gem here. Your takes are so unique, fresh and insightful. I am one of those folks who have seen this performance several hundred times. Somewhere in my Top 100.
Hi, so glad you enjoyed this one….I’m sure many more suggested it besides myself. The ‘cry’ in Elvis’ voice is pure magic. Look forward to seeing more of your reactions of Elvis’ performances.
Another great reaction to Elvis, what you have to say is important as I have been an Elvis fan since I was 8 years old, that was when he did the Aloha From Hawaii special, all the entertainers of the day performed in tuxedo's, when Elvis came out in that suit with the Eagle on his chest and the scarf's I was a fan from the start, a superhero for an 8 year old kid!! I enjoy what you have to say. 🎉🎉
The KING.FOR EVER! I have been a fan since I was 11yrs old I AM NOW 79. Please play YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN 73 Aloha from HAWAII , and SWEET CAROLINE 70"S LAS VEGAS. I thank you for help keeping ELVIS's music and THE KING ALIVE. A.K.A ELVIS JUNKIE
When Elvis feels the emotion of a song it just goes right to our own feelings. A special gift also really apparent when he sings gospel. Also really comes through when telling a story in a song. He does that so well in a song like "Kentucky Rain" It's audio only but that voice still comes through, Thanks so much for these wonderful reactions.
Thank you for another beautiful synopsis of Elvis’ musical talent. By recognizing the importance of his contributions to music 🎼is a blessing to his legacy. I have loved his music since I was a child. 🙏❤
Hearing your reactions is healing after all the years I thought his singing was the most wonderful sound in the world but critics, authorities, "experts" viciously criticized and ridiculed Elvis as a bad influence on my generation.
I truly needed your kind and humble demeanor this early morning. America is a meaner, uglier place today. Didn’t think that was possible, but we are in the find out phase. Thank you for providing an escape.
Love this song - Elvis just seems to take a song and make it his own - love his singing so much - can you do Got my Mojo working from Love Letters LP by Elvis
5:11 Ronnie Tutt missed the 1st drum part, as you can see Elvis turns to Ronnie and gestures he missed it... 2nd time, he got it ! Which made Elvis smile 😊 5:54
Your reactions bring me utter joy! Try Dixieland Rock from king Creole or my way 1977 rapid city. Elvis was a gift to me in my life. Remains so loved and cherished 🙏❤️
I was leaving England with .y wife and daughter and this song came into my mind as I went through security . Got me pulled out of line for a full body scan !
You believe him when he sings. Talent is being able to sell your feelings. To make you feel. Such an artist who has long been underated as a great singer. He had so much going on as a "entertainer" Great note about about Guitarist James Burton, used last two strings on his guitar banjo strings. You are the best thanks.
Check out at 5:15, Elvis motions to Ronnie Tutt that he wants to kick it in at that opening to the verse. You noticed at 5:58 that Ronnie came through and Elvis enjoyed it. Elvis orchestrated it.
Your commentary on your Elvis reactions are so inspiring. You are such an eloquent gentleman. I do not know if anyone has told you that. But you are definitely in your wheelhouse here. One of the finest reactions I have ever watched! Bravo! Moving on: The ruralness I think how you put it is what caught my attention during your reaction particularly. Instead of giving a hum- drum explanation I'll just give you the song info below: "Make the World Go Away'" is a country pop song composed by Hank Cochran. It has become a Top 40 popular success three times: for Timi Yuro (1963), Eddy Arnold (1965), and the brother-sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond (1975). The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Price in 1963. In 1999, the 1965 Eddy Arnold version of the song on RCA Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. History Hank Cochran wrote the song while he was on a date at a movie theater in 1960 when the film inspired him. He left the theater quickly, and by the time he got home fifteen minutes later had composed "Make the World Go Away". Ray Price recorded the song, and it scored No.2 on the Billboard country charts in 1963. The next year Eddy Arnold would make the song his signature hit, scoring No. 1 on the country music charts and then in 1965 No. 6 on the overall Billboard Hot 100 chart (his highest rated song ever). Cochran was already a successful songwriter, having written two successes for Patsy Cline: "I Fall to Pieces" (with Harlan Howard) and "She's Got You". "Make the World Go Away" was recorded first by Ray Price and was one of Price's first songs to feature an orchestra and female chorus, a trend that continued with other songs like "Burning Memories" and "For the Good Times". Price's album peaked at No. 2 on the country chart and No. 100 on the album chart. Thank you so very much for just sharing your honest thoughts. Please keep doing what you are doing. You have a talent you know. I'm so glad your channel was recommended to me. Peace & blessings to you & yours!
Your reactions and responses to Elvis performances are remarkable!!! Best ones! Can you do the two songs Elviks Co-wrote, the first one is "Thats someone you never forget" (he wrote it to his mom), and "You'll be gone". Also "impossible dream" - 1972 live.
You should listen to Elvis' early 60's recordings when he reached his vocal peak. His cadence, vibrato and annunciation was in top form from studying opera during his Army stint and also being in the best shape of his life. Still the greatest vocalist in the world here.
A vocal coach I hold dear said to me about Elvis: I don't know what to say about him really, he does nothing by the book. He follows no rules. He just seems to sing as he sees fit. The weird thing is that by him doing that it sounds better than anything you'd ever think of. I put it down to that incredible voice...but stil.. In his youth he got the question who he sounded like. Elvis answered: "I don't sound like anybody else". How right he was.
I became an Elvis fan in early 1961. To this day I cannot stand listening to songs where I cannot understand the lyrics. Is that because Elvis was my first, and to be honest, my only rock star crush? Did his beautifully articulated lyric delivery spoil me for most other singer, particularly so in the rock genre? In the 80s before song lyrics were readily available, I hand wrote the lyrics to about 80% of Elvis songs. In fact, I only threw the folder out 2 years ago!
Hi Mike could you please react to the songs by Elvis on his Album Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis Tennessee. I think you reacted to one of the songs on the album already, Hurt. love watching and look forward to your Elvis reactions
Hi Mike, once again you synthesise the essence of this Elvis performance so brilliantly, picking up things that I perhaps no longer see/hear due to familiarity, or dare I say, I never previously noted. I particularly like your reference to the emotional plea in Elvis voice. There is a famous story of Elvis shooting out a television set while Robert Goulet was on it. One thing Elvis really, really hated is crooner type singers with all the technique in the world but without so much as a grain of emotional connection to the song. Elvis regarded these singers as lazy, selling their audience short.
The shame of Elvis is that so many people hear his name and only think of his rock & roll songs from the 50s. There is so much more to him. His live performances are so incredible with so much emotion, that people often think his ballads, such as this, are about priscilla. "Pleading" is the word I always use. Elvis emphasizes the emotion by his body movements, such as bending over. You can feel the pain. Great review.
Another great reaction Mike, I would love you to react to TWENTY DAYS AND TWENTY NIGHTS live in Vegas 1970 there is also a rehearsal footage of this song, and also TOMORROW NEVER COMES this one is audio, Elvis never performed this live on stage but both songs are unbelievable but then it's Elvis, please keep your reactions coming on this amazing man.❤❤❤❤
Would love for you to do - Unchained Melody 1977 - it's so amazing - ua-cam.com/video/gfnZbjFPSrU/v-deo.htmlsi=qXtJcBQQLGoXJ5qw. Also Danny Boy is amazing - sung with such emotion - ua-cam.com/video/J_CcmOcBuzI/v-deo.htmlsi=UnEuGSZipK4mJYOO - not live. Thank you .
Hej Mike 🤩 Tak for endnu en fantastisk reaktion, jeg håber du vil reagere på denne: The sound of your cry - Take 3 - Her synger han virkelig igennem, du vil mærke denne sang helt ind i maven og jeg tror jeg kan love du får gåsehud😉 Link til video ua-cam.com/video/JozAJSrG_k8/v-deo.html Du siger der er mange sange du ikke kender - for mig var mange af de bedste ikke dem der var så kendte, men nemlig dem ikke alle kender ❤
When I know he will be reacting to an Elvis song, I go and listen to it in full song and then appreciate Mikes reaction after. It somehow helps me to understand what he says about Elvis
Hi Mike! Again your spot on reaction to a Spectacular song from Elvis!! He is The Very Best! And give his ALL to his performance, Elvis feels the music through out his entire body, as I’ve said before: Elvis IS Music!! He loved to sing, and he wanted a reaction from his audience, our approval so to speak, it would validate exactly what he hoped to get from his audiences. What a perfectionist in his craft! Please react to “ I’ll Be There “, “ Tell Me Why “, ( from early in his career, but not released until 60 or 61’ I call this one: Raw Elvis, so Bluesy!! Not heard often, and I don’t know why! You’ll again be surprised at Elvis’s genre of music, his arrangement of a song, Elvis making it HIS song!! Thanks again Mike, I love how you explain just what an Elvis fan is thinking! As I’ve been listening to him for 69 years! 🕺🎶💗
Mike I am loving watching you learning about Elvis … I can imagine we diehards are all watching you and thinking “ooh Duh!” 😂😂. His voice melts my heart! Keep recording your reactions, I’d love to hear/see your reaction to Bossa Nova baby from the movie Fun in Acapulco, the way he dances with his upper body almost remaining still while there is a party going on with his legs 🎉🎉. Thanks for making me smile!
His first love was Gospel. I believe that gave him the ability to get such emotion in to his songs. It is as though he was singing just to you.
Thank you Mike absolutely excellent how you dissect and put into words what you see and hear. Thought I had it all nailed as to the love and respect I’ve had for Elvis’s music and him as a human and entertainer. However I always feel a little more enlightened to what I’ve just heard and seen listening to what you have to say in the way you say it. Thanks Mike👍
The GREATEST LIVE VOCALIST, UNMATCHED TO THIS DAY, HE OWNED THE STAGE LIKE KNOW OTHER, HIS VIBRATO WAS SO UNIQUE, THE GOAT.
Elvis Presley COMMUNICATES THE MESSAGE OF THE SONGS, period. He is not just belting out notes. Elvis's singing is full of all necessary subtleties, pleading, etc. etc. that is rewuired to move the listener to UNDERSTAND the message of the song. Thanks for your analysis.
Thank YOU!
I know what you mean about the pleading sound in his voice. He can break your heart with the way he cries and pleads some of his songs. This was a great reaction!
You are the first reactor I have seen who gets Elvis' artistry and goes in detail about it with unusual insight. Bravo!!
Wow, that's so kind. Thank you!
There's EP and there's the rest. I can't talk about him like he's passed away. His presence through the songs are force of nature
Hi Mike, this is just how I feel about the world today and only Elvis can touch the heart and soul the way he does and I am listening to your voice about hearing it before, never get enough of Elvis , The Total Package, The voice, charisma, charm and humor as well as the fact that he is a Priceless Gift from God and The most Beautiful MAN who ever was , he made you feel like he was singing Just to you and I saw him 2 yrs later in April 8 72 in Knoxville Tennessee and I was only 8 years old, had been in love with him since I was a tiny little girl, the movie's meant so much to me and the three concerts were unforgettable and believe me when I say that when you hear him sing on video , you've heard nothing, this was a man who was not only the greatest entertainer ever, but he was the conductor and Director and he treated his TCB band members like family, members and you will never hear anything from them about the way he was, just a simple Man who actually did have the world on his shoulders, he electrified the world in a way that will never happen again, Thanks Mike for another great reaction to Elvis, I like the sentiment you share with All of the Elvis family and we appreciate it so much , just like our Beautiful MAN Among Men Elvis forever and Always TCB 1935
Elvis’s articulation is phenomenal! Simply put he had it all…
I was six in 1970. My parents took me to see Elvis that year when he head lined at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Show held in the Astrodome.
I’ve loved him ever since and have just never found another singer/entertainer who can match the whole package that is Elvis ❤
What a wonderful memory between the pages of your mind👌💕🕺
WELL SAID😊
I cry thru half his songs. No one can hit my heart strings like Elvis. I think a lot came from his feeling alone even in a crowd of people. They said Elvis was very alone all his life. This was from a lot if his girlfriends and even Priscilla said he complained a lot of that feeling. Thank you so much for your comments. Love to hear them.
Elvis es una montaña rusa de emociones
I know the feeling - God Bless You!!
Just like a lot of decades-long Elvis fans on your channel, I find that your insightful reviews make me appreciate him even more. I used to think it was just me who often felt that Elvis was wringing my heart out when I listened but I now realise there are thousands of people who feel the same - if you know you know ❤
Wow, thanks! Appreciate you Belinda!
Thank you for this. Elvis' phrasing was, to say the least, unique. So too, every era was unique, & within each era from year to year there were changes such as his voice, his deliverance. I always say he never did the same thing 2ce, never repeated himself -- his performances weren't "cookie cutter" performances & you would never know what you would get from him.
Elvis never forgot his roots. Others may not have understood and I think few really understood his commitment to his early musical influences. He was who he was.
And ohhhh… that red ladder suit. My personal fav.
Mine too ❤
There is Elvis and then everyone else. Greatest ever.. period!!!!! Most influential singer/ entertainer in history. The greatest voice!
He puts his entire body into it
This song is always on my top 10 of Elvis. Songs change every day but this one never goes away!
Thank you Mike for your amazing reaction to this performance. Anyone who does not take the time to listen to your thoughts regarding Elvis music and performances is missing out on so much ..in my humble opinion. Please know most of us look forward to you sharing everything you experience while seeing him and /or just listening to him feel his way through his songs.
Thank you again for taking us with you on your Elvis journey...we are loving it all...please continue taking reaction breaks as often as you want...it is after all your channel and we all get to observe and share the experience together...It's a wonderful time for the fans.
I hope your wife recovers quickly from her ear surgery...I am so sorry she is going through such pain. 🌻
Thank you Susy, always really appreciate your comments :-)
HE IS STILL BEST SINGER IN THE WORLD 🌎❤ 💙♥ 💕 💙 🌎 ❤ 🌎❤ 💙♥ 💕 💙 🌎 ❤
I love your commentary on Elvis reactions! He looks gorgeous and sounds FANTASTIC. Lord Have Mercy 😍👑 He bends down and just feels the lyrics! It's like a cry that comes out. Just beautiful!! Love it! Check out any song from the album FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS please!! ❤ TCB ⚡🌹
Oh Mike, you have become an expert on Elvis so very fast. You "get it". There are still so many more songs!! I can hardly wait for each new reaction. Your joy is contagious. Thank you!
Thank you so much, really appreciate that :-)
When Elvis goes into his highest range, I've never seen it done more naturally. Most singers when they sing in falsetto you can feel the strain in their voices. Elvis is effortless when he does it. Just one more thing that made him so great.
Buscar explicar razonablemente a Elvis es algo que ya no hago sin embargo doy gracias por éste regalo que es él para éste planeta viva el 👑😏 viva su música que es nuestra thanks thanks very much
Es irrepetible, único e inmortal. Dios le ama . Elvis forever and ever.
indeed, if you know you know and I often feel extremely grateful to be an Elvis fan.
It just put me in a happy place where his magic influences my surroundings whenever I listen to his music or even better when I watch his performances.
As you say on your commentary there are so many layers to this man on stage.
Once again, a treat to be here on this fantastic channel!
Thank you, really appreciate that!
You're a smart, gifted and thoughtful communicator. Elvis lived to share his gifts with the world. It is a lesson to all of us. You're a smart, gifted and thoughtful communicator. Thanks for this and for sharing your own gifts.
Wow, thank you I really appreciate that!
Amazing performance again so much emotion. React to It's Over
I've said it many times before " Elvis had it all"❤ Thank you!
Elvis “is” gifted with a special ability to create an in depth emotion we all have felt somewhere in our lifetime feeling the reality he expresses so eloquently. Thank you for recognizing his talent. You are on target with my heart felt thoughts for many years. Beautiful!!!! ❤️🇺🇸✝️
Elvis worked with the best musicians and backing singers. They all watched him like hawks to be ready for any spontaneous addition to the performance. He orchestrated the whole show with movements and flourishes. Love your deep appreciation of the depth of Elvis’s talent. James Burton is his guitarist who still tours today in his own right. You often hear Elvis say “ take it away James” in many of his songs.
You have a portfolio of over 700 songs recorded by Elvis to listen to!! Listen to his personal favourites, his Gospel songs , to really. Hear him perform with his heart and soul👌💕🕺🙏
Great job you do on the Great one. All your observations on point. He also incorporates the bending over when he sings “get it off my shoulders “
Awww!! This is one of my very very favorites!! Elvis Presley with his stunning angelic beauty - his Heavenly powerful yet tender voice is so endearing and emotionally thrilling that it makes you melt and it pierces right through your heart and makes you feel his pain and love him even more if that is even possible!! I love it !!This song sung by Elvis Presley always thrills me but hurts my heart because I know he went through so much in his short life and literally carried the world on his young shoulders!! Thank for your great reaction!!
Thank you Christine!
Elvis was, is and always will be "The King". There is only one Elvis! RIP!
I suggest you react to Tomorrow Never Comes. The emotional sincerity and raw power in the performance is mind blowing
Elvis had the ability to translate lyrics into emotion. Almost as if he is acting it out but It comes deep from his soul. It's the only way that I can explain it.
An interesting thing to consider when discussing Elvis is that he was as popular with men as with women: quite extraordinary, if you think about it.
Someone so incredibly handsome and charismatic would normally have boyfriends / husbands, and men in general, hate him on principle. The answer, I believe, was his humility and self-deprecation. Unlike most “Rock Stars”, when Elvis pulls a rock star strut, he clearly laughs at himself and shares the joke with his audience and his band. Undeniably genuine too.
That aside, it was, as alluded, that no one has ever conveyed the emotion within a song like Mr P. A lovely day to all.
Absolutely beautiful words and spot on insight ❤
Hi Mike! Again your spot on reaction to a Spectacular song from Elvis!! He is The Very Best! And give his ALL to his performance, Elvis feels the music through out his entire body, as I’ve said before: Elvis IS Music!! He loved to sing, and he wanted a reaction from his audience, our approval so to speak, it would validate exactly what he hoped to get from his audiences. What a perfectionist in his craft! Please react to “ I’ll Be There “, “ Tell Me Why “, ( from early in his career, but not released until 60 or 61’ I call this one: Raw Elvis, so Bluesy!! Not heard often, and I don’t know why! You’ll again be surprised at Elvis’s genre of music, his arrangement of a song, Elvis making it HIS song!! Thanks again Mike, I love how you explain just what an Elvis fan is thinking! As I’ve been listening to him for 69 years! 🕺🎶💗
Love, love, love Elvis' performance here. I grew up loving Elvis' movies and recordings, but there's nothing, absolutely nothing, that compares with a live Elvis performance. I think it was B. B. King who said something like Elvis sang like he meant it. And that's so true. For a young probably preteen, I could readily imagine Elvis singing right to me. And I agree with you about the caricaturizing of Elvis. And through the years, that made me very, very sad. Even though Austin Butler was robbed of an Oscar, the movie did bring Elvis to the forefront of media attention and subsequently through UA-cam to people too young to remember him in real time. Elvis was a tremendously talented person in music and movies. Although never credited, he produced the songs he sang. We see tantalizingly little of the rehearsals leading to the Vegas shows where he knows exactly the sound he wants from the instruments and the backup singers. I want to see so much more of that. While he said in an interview many of the movies made him physically sick because Hollywood packaged him "as they saw him instead of how he saw himself." But he did carry those movies. He was a good dramatic actor and had a natural sense of comedy that seemed so effortless. I don't think he got enough credit throughout his career. Unfortunately for Elvis, he was one of the good guys. Fulfilling contracts he really didn't want to do because the Colonel told him so. If he just would have taken control and insisted on the things he wanted, he may have been happier and lived a whole lot longer.
Excellent tune. This was the night after (8/13/70), one of Elvis' greatest performances of his career. So even though Elvis said during this show he wasn't feeling well and he was a bit drained, he delivered a gem here. Your takes are so unique, fresh and insightful. I am one of those folks who have seen this performance several hundred times. Somewhere in my Top 100.
That’s Elvis for you! He had it all and could interpret a song like no other. Thank you for another great analysis.
Thanks Carol!
Hi, so glad you enjoyed this one….I’m sure many more suggested it besides myself. The ‘cry’ in Elvis’ voice is pure magic. Look forward to seeing more of your reactions of Elvis’ performances.
FINALLY SUBSCRIBED!!! Ive seen Elvis 3x in concert in Texas in 70s . No one Greater! TYSM for reacting to his music. I enjoy it!
Thank you so much Alicia!
@therewatchproject You're very welcome 😊
I love watching your reactions of Elvis 🥰 Your admiration and beautiful words addressed to him are a balm for the soul of a devoted admirer 🫠🫠🫠
Thank you!
Another great reaction to Elvis, what you have to say is important as I have been an Elvis fan since I was 8 years old, that was when he did the Aloha From Hawaii special, all the entertainers of the day performed in tuxedo's, when Elvis came out in that suit with the Eagle on his chest and the scarf's I was a fan from the start, a superhero for an 8 year old kid!! I enjoy what you have to say. 🎉🎉
The KING.FOR EVER! I have been a fan since I was 11yrs old I AM NOW 79. Please play YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN 73 Aloha from HAWAII , and SWEET CAROLINE 70"S LAS VEGAS. I thank you for help keeping ELVIS's music and THE KING ALIVE.
A.K.A ELVIS JUNKIE
When Elvis feels the emotion of a song it just goes right to our own feelings. A special gift also really apparent when he sings gospel. Also really comes through when telling a story in a song. He does that so well in a song like "Kentucky Rain" It's audio only but that voice still comes through, Thanks so much for these wonderful reactions.
Thanks Ellen!
The greatest of All
So look forward to your reactions they are spot on thank you 😊, you are right so so much more to Elvis than the caricature
Thank you!
By far the most interesting Elvis reviewer...thanks
Another outstanding performance & comments ...
Thank you for another beautiful synopsis of Elvis’ musical talent. By recognizing the importance of his contributions to music 🎼is a blessing to his legacy. I have loved his music since I was a child. 🙏❤
Amazing reaction. Thank you sooo much. More please ❤
Hearing your reactions is healing after all the years I thought his singing was the most wonderful sound in the world but critics, authorities, "experts" viciously criticized and ridiculed Elvis as a bad influence on my generation.
Love your analysis
Thank you Linda!
I truly needed your kind and humble demeanor this early morning. America is a meaner, uglier place today. Didn’t think that was possible, but we are in the find out phase.
Thank you for providing an escape.
Absolute fire 🔥🔥🔥
Elvis always the best and always will be
Definitely worth a listen( most definitely) from Aloha from Hawaii Special:
You gave me a Mountain
I'm so lonesome I could cry
It's Over
And" I'll remember you" !!
Love this song - Elvis just seems to take a song and make it his own - love his singing so much - can you do Got my Mojo working from Love Letters LP by Elvis
5:11 Ronnie Tutt missed the 1st drum part, as you can see Elvis turns to Ronnie and gestures he missed it... 2nd time, he got it ! Which made Elvis smile 😊 5:54
Your reactions bring me utter joy! Try Dixieland Rock from king Creole or my way 1977 rapid city. Elvis was a gift to me in my life. Remains so loved and cherished 🙏❤️
Thank you Donna!
"Kentucky Rain" is a really good one!
I was leaving England with .y wife and daughter and this song came into my mind as I went through security . Got me pulled out of line for a full body scan !
You believe him when he sings. Talent is being able to sell your feelings. To make you feel. Such an artist who has long been underated as a great singer. He had so much going on as a "entertainer" Great note about about Guitarist James Burton, used last two strings on his guitar banjo strings. You are the best thanks.
Thanks Betsy!
Thank you for another great reaction of The King!
Thank YOU!
I enjoy your commentary more than any other. Thank you.
Wow, thanks Maria!
Check out at 5:15, Elvis motions to Ronnie Tutt that he wants to kick it in at that opening to the verse. You noticed at 5:58 that Ronnie came through and Elvis enjoyed it. Elvis orchestrated it.
Mama loved the roses from his album
Your commentary on your Elvis reactions are so inspiring. You are such an eloquent gentleman. I do not know if anyone has told you that. But you are definitely in your wheelhouse here. One of the finest reactions I have ever watched! Bravo!
Moving on: The ruralness I think how you put it is what caught my attention during your reaction particularly.
Instead of giving a hum- drum explanation I'll just give you the song info below:
"Make the World Go Away'" is a country pop song composed by Hank Cochran. It has become a Top 40 popular success three times: for Timi Yuro (1963), Eddy Arnold (1965), and the brother-sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond (1975). The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Price in 1963.
In 1999, the 1965 Eddy Arnold version of the song on RCA Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
History
Hank Cochran wrote the song while he was on a date at a movie theater in 1960 when the film inspired him. He left the theater quickly, and by the time he got home fifteen minutes later had composed "Make the World Go Away".
Ray Price recorded the song, and it scored No.2 on the Billboard country charts in 1963. The next year Eddy Arnold would make the song his signature hit, scoring No. 1 on the country music charts and then in 1965 No. 6 on the overall Billboard Hot 100 chart (his highest rated song ever).
Cochran was already a successful songwriter, having written two successes for Patsy Cline: "I Fall to Pieces" (with Harlan Howard) and "She's Got You". "Make the World Go Away" was recorded first by Ray Price and was one of Price's first songs to feature an orchestra and female chorus, a trend that continued with other songs like "Burning Memories" and "For the Good Times".
Price's album peaked at No. 2 on the country chart and No. 100 on the album chart.
Thank you so very much for just sharing your honest thoughts. Please keep doing what you are doing. You have a talent you know. I'm so glad your channel was recommended to me.
Peace & blessings to you & yours!
Wow, that's really appreciated!
@therewatchproject You are so welcome! I hope you are having a lovely Sunday 🙏💕
Your reactions and responses to Elvis performances are remarkable!!! Best ones! Can you do the two songs Elviks Co-wrote, the first one is "Thats someone you never forget" (he wrote it to his mom), and "You'll be gone". Also "impossible dream" - 1972 live.
Wow, thank you!
You should listen to Elvis' early 60's recordings when he reached his vocal peak. His cadence, vibrato and annunciation was in top form from studying opera during his Army stint and also being in the best shape of his life. Still the greatest vocalist in the world here.
Great point about how in-shape he must have been then. Will take a listen
Enjoy your videos, thankyou
Thank you Joanne!
A vocal coach I hold dear said to me about Elvis: I don't know what to say about him really, he does nothing by the book. He follows no rules. He just seems to sing as he sees fit.
The weird thing is that by him doing that it sounds better than anything you'd ever think of. I put it down to that incredible voice...but stil.. In his youth he got the question who he sounded like. Elvis answered: "I don't sound like anybody else".
How right he was.
I became an Elvis fan in early 1961. To this day I cannot stand listening to songs where I cannot understand the lyrics. Is that because Elvis was my first, and to be honest, my only rock star crush? Did his beautifully articulated lyric delivery spoil me for most other singer, particularly so in the rock genre? In the 80s before song lyrics were readily available, I hand wrote the lyrics to about 80% of Elvis songs. In fact, I only threw the folder out 2 years ago!
Great Reaction 👍👍😀
Thank you!! 😁
Hi Mike could you please react to the songs by Elvis on his Album Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis Tennessee. I think you reacted to one of the songs on the album already, Hurt. love watching and look forward to your Elvis reactions
Thanks Anna, have added it to the list!
Hi Mike, once again you synthesise the essence of this Elvis performance so brilliantly, picking up things that I perhaps no longer see/hear due to familiarity, or dare I say, I never previously noted. I particularly like your reference to the emotional plea in Elvis voice. There is a famous story of Elvis shooting out a television set while Robert Goulet was on it. One thing Elvis really, really hated is crooner type singers with all the technique in the world but without so much as a grain of emotional connection to the song. Elvis regarded these singers as lazy, selling their audience short.
I subscribed! I love your explanations , its more than a reaction! Love it ! ❤
Thank you so much!!
The shame of Elvis is that so many people hear his name and only think of his rock & roll songs from the 50s. There is so much more to him. His live performances are so incredible with so much emotion, that people often think his ballads, such as this, are about priscilla. "Pleading" is the word I always use. Elvis emphasizes the emotion by his body movements, such as bending over. You can feel the pain.
Great review.
Thank you!
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Somebody said that one could hear the dirt in Elvis voice as easily as one could hear the cement in Franks.
I think it was Eddy Arnold who recorded it in the late 50's. Love his all country music album.
Another great reaction Mike, I would love you to react to TWENTY DAYS AND TWENTY NIGHTS live in Vegas 1970 there is also a rehearsal footage of this song, and also TOMORROW NEVER COMES this one is audio, Elvis never performed this live on stage but both songs are unbelievable but then it's Elvis, please keep your reactions coming on this amazing man.❤❤❤❤
Thanks Jean, have added it to my 'to cover' playlist :-)
And this was the countriest of country songs, but he made it u overall.
Can you please play trouble from the film King creole please 🙏 😢 😭
Request, The IMPOSSIBLE DREAM FROM MSG 72. SPINE TINGLING PERFORMANCE 👍
This is actually a famous country song.
Noo1. History. End. Of.
Would love for you to do - Unchained Melody 1977 - it's so amazing - ua-cam.com/video/gfnZbjFPSrU/v-deo.htmlsi=qXtJcBQQLGoXJ5qw. Also Danny Boy is amazing - sung with such emotion - ua-cam.com/video/J_CcmOcBuzI/v-deo.htmlsi=UnEuGSZipK4mJYOO - not live. Thank you .
Hej Mike 🤩
Tak for endnu en fantastisk reaktion, jeg håber du vil reagere på denne: The sound of your cry - Take 3 - Her synger han virkelig igennem, du vil mærke denne sang helt ind i maven og jeg tror jeg kan love du får gåsehud😉
Link til video ua-cam.com/video/JozAJSrG_k8/v-deo.html
Du siger der er mange sange du ikke kender - for mig var mange af de bedste ikke dem der var så kendte, men nemlig dem ikke alle kender ❤
Thank you, have added to my 'to react to' playlist. Appreciate it :-)
YOU MISSED Elvis own reaction to the guitar solo twang you liked.
He started an octave too high
To many interruptions, I know you’re supposed to be reacting, but when you can’t even hear the song, it’s hard to listen to your critique
When I know he will be reacting to an Elvis song, I go and listen to it in full song and then appreciate Mikes reaction after. It somehow helps me to understand what he says about Elvis
Too bad the band/orchestra was a little «off» in this version…
Hi Mike! Again your spot on reaction to a Spectacular song from Elvis!! He is The Very Best! And give his ALL to his performance, Elvis feels the music through out his entire body, as I’ve said before: Elvis IS Music!! He loved to sing, and he wanted a reaction from his audience, our approval so to speak, it would validate exactly what he hoped to get from his audiences. What a perfectionist in his craft! Please react to “ I’ll Be There “, “ Tell Me Why “, ( from early in his career, but not released until 60 or 61’ I call this one: Raw Elvis, so Bluesy!! Not heard often, and I don’t know why! You’ll again be surprised at Elvis’s genre of music, his arrangement of a song, Elvis making it HIS song!! Thanks again Mike, I love how you explain just what an Elvis fan is thinking! As I’ve been listening to him for 69 years! 🕺🎶💗
Thanks you Judy! have added to the list!
@ thank you Mike, I appreciate that, I’ll be right here watching and listening to your reactions! Happy Holidays 🎄🎶🕺