The only thing I remember from that period was people remarking how fat he had become. My wife and her girlfriend went to his Richmond, VA performance in 1974 (I think) and she had the same comment. She did like his performance but never bought his records or listened to Elvis at home.
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Hit Songs That Should Never Be Played On Radio Today
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The only thing I remember from that period was people remarking how fat he had become. My wife and her girlfriend went to his Richmond, VA performance in 1974 (I think) and she had the same comment. She did like his performance but never bought his records or listened to Elvis at home.
In the days before Madonna, WBCY in Charlotte, NC played "Charlotte's Best Rock". I found an ad for the station on microfilm. I remember Chuck Mangione being in the format, but the ad showed Carly Simon and Rita Coolidge. Sure, they played Styx and Stones (a TV ad), Elton John, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin, but they had their own definition of rock. The Top 40 station was 61 Big WAYS, but I assumed that WBCY, after being beautiful music, was going to be the first FM Top 40. It was a lot like Top 40 but not exactly. For real rock, there was WROQ.
Interestingly, in much of Latin America, Suspicious Minds was the first big Elvis hit and by any measurement, the biggest.
For some reason, much of his earlier stuff did not play as well internationally.
Of course, in much of Latin America CCR sold better and got more airplay than the Beatles ever did.
I hear you. It seems like Elvis had two separate careers. Personally, I liked him in the early rock & roll days from his beginnings through the black leather '68 Comeback Special. Then he went to the sequined jumpsuits and I lost interest. Kinda like the Beatles. They started out as a good rock & roll band but eventually got into the "Lucy In The Sky" and "Strawberry Fields" stuff with the goofy Sgt. Pepper outfits. That's when I gave up on them.
Most of the initial class of rock & rollers saw their careers over with by 1960.
Buddy Holly: deceased
Chuck Berry: in jail
Little Richard: retired
Jerry Lee Lewis: married his underage cousin
Carl Perkins: car wreck
Even Elvis' career had suffered due to his being in the Army, but he had built up enough goodwill with his fans that Parker was able to keep him in the public eye. A "lesser" star would have been a goner with that much time out of the limelight.
I further pointed out (earlier in this thread) that even most of the establishment's "replacement" stars saw their own careers suffering by 1963.
Elvis didn't "switch" to movies. He had been making movies since 1956.
I would say three careers. The initial "rock and roll" phase, the post-Army phase (most of the really lame movies here), and then the sequined jumpsuit phase right after the comeback special.
Those were Lennon songs. But I would hardly call any one career "misstep" a "jump the shark" moment. But if it leads to more of the same, then yes, it would be a jts moment.
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He switched to concentrating on movies as his primary focus, instead of something secondary to his recording and touring career. He also switched to releasing mostly soundtrack albums as his only record output.
You mean when they started using more than three chords...
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Some people have a limited appreciation for music. If you expect all rock songs to be three chords and a cloud of dust, it's no wonder you also support a 40 song playlist.
You misunderstand...you should be directing this comment at Fonz (whom I was quoting)...not me!
when they stopped playing rock & roll...................
I should point out that after his comeback special aired, he completed Charro, a western, which was already in production at the time, then made Elvis, That's the Way It Is (a documentary), then got out of the movie business for good.
They never really stopped playing rock and roll. Have you ever heard "One After 909" from Let It Be? Granted, they branched out a bit, but it did NOT mean that they had "stopped rocking."
Not to mention "And Your Bird Can Sing." (Even though I just did...)
With the exception of "Get Back", no Beatles US Top 10 single after 1966 was a rock & roll song.
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No, I had never heard it. And yes, it is a good rock & roll song. Wish I had heard it 40+ years ago. I had the LP back then, but most of us just played the hits or the stuff we heard on mainstream radio. My original post explained why I gave up on the Beatles back in 1967. There's no doubt that some gems are buried in those LPs that I have discovered over the years.
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The Beatles have whole catalogs of music which has never been released or heard publicly. And to limit your argument to USA top ten is meaningless as they were exceedingly popular around the world.
What would you call their other songs after 1966?
So I guess your point is that there might be some rock & roll songs in there.
I would say that their US Top 10 chart singles (except for "Get Back") were elevator music. (you asked)
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