{"id":1915,"date":"2022-08-13T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/08\/13\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-the-king-dead-45-years\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T17:26:09","slug":"saturday-night-at-the-oldies-the-king-dead-45-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/08\/13\/saturday-night-at-the-oldies-the-king-dead-45-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night at the Oldies: ‘The King’ Dead 45 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elvis Presley died on 16 August 1977, 45 years ago. We can't let this weekend pass without a few tunes in commemoration.<\/span><\/p>\n

First a couple of 'Italian' numbers modeled, respectively, on O Sole Mio<\/a> and Torna a Surriento<\/a>: <\/span><\/p>\n

It's Now or Never<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Surrender<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Continuing in the romantic vein:<\/span><\/p>\n

Can't Help Falling in Love<\/a>.  A version<\/a> by Andrea Bocelli. A woman for a heterosexual man is the highest finite object. The trick is to avoid idolatry and maintain custody of the heart<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Gospel number:<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazing Grace<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

From the spiritual to the secular:<\/span><\/p>\n

Little Sister<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Marie's the Name of his Latest Flame<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Devil in Disguise<\/a>. "Woman is man's devil." (Turkish proverb)<\/span><\/p>\n

And then there was hokey stuff like this reflecting his time in the Army in Germany:<\/span><\/p>\n

Wooden Heart<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Marlene Dietrich, Muss i denn<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

You Tuber comment:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was taught this song, in German, by a lovely young woman. I was 21 years old. She was a bit younger in years but older in so many – – – so very many – – – ways. We had just finished a room-service breakfast in a sun-filled hotel room overlooking the Rhine in Koln (Cologne) in 1954. I was impatient to get dressed and leave. The song changed my mind. I never hear this song without thinking of that lovely morning. My tour was over. I left Germany 4 days later. I never saw or heard of her again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Can't leave out the overdone and hyperromantic:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Wonder of You<\/a>. (Per mia moglie<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Out of time. Next stop: dinner with Dan Bongino.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted by Bill Vallicella<\/a> on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 05:56 PM <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elvis Presley died on 16 August 1977, 45 years ago. We can't let this weekend pass without a few tunes in commemoration. First a couple of 'Italian' numbers modeled, respectively, on O Sole Mio and Torna a Surriento:  It's Now or Never Surrender Continuing in the romantic vein: Can't Help Falling in Love.  A version by Andrea Bocelli. A … Continue reading “Saturday Night at the Oldies: ‘The King’ Dead 45 Years”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}