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Post by sliderocker on Oct 14, 2014 14:59:52 GMT -5
It's just that she could have done more with that song if she were going to do it. Instead, to my ear, it sounds like she did less. Given that you are right, Erik, about that song perhaps having a special place in her heart (which I don't doubt), that affection doesn't come across in the recording. To me, it's a very distant and impersonal reading which, given that we're talking about Linda, is rather surprising. Her version should reduce you to tears. Instead, all I get is yawns. She gave "Old Paint" more spirit than she did LMT. Others here may hear and feel more and that's good. I just wish I were one of them! It may have also been she was down over Elvis's passing and the arrangement may have reflected the mood she was in. Linda's version of LMT may sound sleepy to you but to me she sounded more like she was down, numb, blue and in a state of disbelief. Elvis may have meant as much to her as what she means to each of us. As far as doing LMT better, yeah, she could have but if she was down and that was reflected in her version, that made her version, her tribute far more real than the many songs from artists, who paid tribute to Elvis with either songs he recorded or songs they wrote and dedicated to his memory.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 14, 2014 15:15:40 GMT -5
I think linda did lmt in the same vein it was to be by elvis. a simple love song with sparse arrangement. a song one would sing to another person. I find it an intimate tune. a subtle. sweet. reverent version done by Linda!!!!! eddiejinnj
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Post by sliderocker on Oct 14, 2014 15:34:59 GMT -5
yeah but worn out?. we're about the same age and during that time I was listening to Mary Poppins and other little kids records. Some kids could wear out records in a very short time, but they were generally a little older. I remember wearing out some little kids records when I was six or seven. Worn out because they were the only records we had as kids and I had to share them with my younger brother and older sister, and who also took turns on wearing them out. But, it was better those little kids records than the solo artists and bands we were listening to just a short time later.
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Post by Dianna on Oct 14, 2014 15:40:34 GMT -5
well Lisa Marie must have had great hand eye coordination back then.. at that age I wasn't allowed to touch the stereo.. I remember my mom putting the needle down on the stereo for me as I sat holding the picture book. but then again my life was a lot different than Lisa Marie's she probably had everything at her beckon call and I understand Elvis gave in to her a lot.
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Post by sliderocker on Oct 14, 2014 16:20:32 GMT -5
well Lisa Marie must have had great hand eye coordination back then.. at that age I wasn't allowed to touch the stereo.. I remember my mom putting the needle down on the stereo for me as I sat holding the picture book. but then again my life was a lot different than Lisa Marie's she probably had everything at her beckon call and I understand Elvis gave in to her a lot. I rather imagine Lisa had someone putting the records on the stereo for her as well, although the thought of David Cassidy overkill might have caused whoever was playing the records for her to have grit their teeth and silently swear. From what I've read, Elvis spoiled Lisa a lot and Priscilla usually had to be the one to keep her from getting too far out of line. All of which leads me to wonder what Linda was like a parent to her two kids? Did she spoil them rotten like Elvis spoiled Lisa or did she keep them grounded? I thought I had recalled reading somewhere her kids didn't even know she had been a singer, and a very famous one at that. That's pretty good for someone to keep what they do a secret from their kids, and one has to wonder if her kids wondered what their mom did for a living?
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Post by Dianna on Oct 14, 2014 16:30:25 GMT -5
well Lisa Marie must have had great hand eye coordination back then.. at that age I wasn't allowed to touch the stereo.. I remember my mom putting the needle down on the stereo for me as I sat holding the picture book. but then again my life was a lot different than Lisa Marie's she probably had everything at her beckon call and I understand Elvis gave in to her a lot. I rather imagine Lisa had someone putting the records on the stereo for her as well, although the thought of David Cassidy overkill might have caused whoever was playing the records for her to have grit their teeth and silently swear. From what I've read, Elvis spoiled Lisa a lot and Priscilla usually had to be the one to keep her from getting too far out of line. All of which leads me to wonder what Linda was like a parent to her two kids? Did she spoil them rotten like Elvis spoiled Lisa or did she keep them grounded? I thought I had recalled reading somewhere her kids didn't even know she had been a singer, and a very famous one at that. That's pretty good for someone to keep what they do a secret from their kids, and one has to wonder if her kids wondered what their mom did for a living? Re Linda's kids.. I don't know I've read some things that lead me to believe the boy isn't much of a fan of his mom's music or maybe at that age kids act unimpressed.. my nephews are that.. they have an I don't give a shit attitude would make them look uncool..lol. I don't know for sure but I think she was a good parent..
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Post by POP80 on Oct 14, 2014 17:19:59 GMT -5
I get the impression that Linda is closer to her daughter than her son, but that's not unusual. Linda is such a private person and she was pretty much out of the limelight when she was raising her children, so it's not that surprising that they were unaware of her celebrity. Linda strikes me as very nurturing and I'm sure she was an excellent parent. I think she probably made an effort not to spoil her children and instill good values in them. It's no small feat to be a single mother and especially I admire her for choosing adoption.
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Post by Tony on Oct 14, 2014 18:09:41 GMT -5
I was looking at some social networking site that Linda's son was on- I forget which one. Some folks asked him questions. Did he have a normal upbringing? Yes Was he a fan of his mom's music? Not so much.
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Post by Tony on Oct 14, 2014 18:12:20 GMT -5
Love Me Tender-- there's not much of a song there anyway. I was never wild about Linda's version, but I didn't find any particular fault with it.
Other than Elvis, who has recorded a version of the song someone here likes. Other than supersinging the song, what could be done with it?
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Post by sliderocker on Oct 14, 2014 18:18:30 GMT -5
Even with being out of the limelight much of the time, Linda still released new recordings and her old recordings were fixtures on many radio stations, oldies and otherwise. It would've been hard for her kids not to have heard records and heard the disc jockeys mention her name and not wonder if that was their mom they were hearing and because of having the same name. Still, I have read of other children of celebrities who went through the same thing, did not know one (or both) of their parents was someone famous. Likewise, I think Linda is closer to her daughter than to her son. Think I read her daughter still lives with her whereas her son moved out. I don't think she spoiled them either although they might consder themselves spoiled by the way she raised them.
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Post by ausfan2 on Oct 14, 2014 18:45:59 GMT -5
Posted by Tony
A duet, Elvis Presley with Barbra Striesand, singing Love Me Tender.
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Post by sliderocker on Oct 14, 2014 18:56:30 GMT -5
Love Me Tender-- there's not much of a song there anyway. I was never wild about Linda's version, but I didn't find any particular fault with it. Other than Elvis, who has recorded a version of the song someone here likes. Other than supersinging the song, what could be done with it? There are several versions I've never heard and not too sure I'd want to hear some of them. But, I believe Percy Sledge recorded a version in the 60s and had a minor hit on the soul and pop charts with the song. And James Brown recorded a version in tribute to Elvis after he died. And I think B.B. King even did a version and seemed like there was a version by the Doors that was on youtube, which was an impromptu performance recorded between takes of their own original songs that they were working on. Skeeter Davis recorded a version that I'd like to hear but don't think it's on youtube. One can't supersing the song, nor should anyone even try for such histrionics as supersinging the song just wouldn't work. It's not that kind of song. That doesn't mean that someone couldn't give the song a good musical arrangement or couldn't come up with a good vocal performance. The problem isn't always in the song but the performer. There was an elevator version by some MOR vocal group, want to say it was by the Lettermen, that was an absolutely lethargic performance. One could likely find a performance they would like as LMT was one of those songs that every act and their mother recorded. They can't all be bad, can they?
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Post by Tony on Oct 14, 2014 21:47:54 GMT -5
I've got the superfluous Skeeter Davis version of Love Me Tender. When it cycles around on the ipod, I just hit the skip button.
Odd I've already forgotten the Streisand duet of Love Me Tender. I thought it was one of the best songs on her new album, but I found the whole album such a snooze that I never listened to it all the way through a second time.
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