[78-L] Five Faves

[Erwin Kluwer]

Elvis version is light years away
from Crudup's version.

Of course Elvis  was not the first white boy playing with black music...

But in my humble opinion is that the Sun recordings are singular. Even
compared with Bill Haley etc Elvis and companion  produced a sound which was
a complete reworking of American music...

 Not unlike the Bluegrass sound of Bill in 1956... There was a reason why
Bill was intrigued by
Presley's  Version of Blue Moon of Kentucky... !!

Elvis intro of Blue Moon of Kentucky is a piece of genius... Nobody has
 opened a song like that before(or after). The impact of sound of Baby let's
Play House was and remains unique...

The grotesque hicups, the spare simplicity.. The power of sound....The
hypnotic movement.. It was punk before it existed.

Compare Baby Lets Play hous, Mystery Train, That's All Right, Milcow Blues
Boogie, Blue Moon of Kentucky with the original version....!!!

These are no covers.. but new creations. The songs are basically dismantled
and  deeply reworked from American subconsciousness ...

(Maybe it needs a European no fully appreciate... I can tell you that
here these recording are held to the highest esteem and acknowledged as one
of the a key moments in Amercan Popular music by the most knowledgeable
music people  around..)

Just my cup of tea!

Erwin







On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:19 AM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> Wrong again. If you're talking about rock 'n' roll artists, Bill Haley
> covered black music before Elvis was even out of high school when he
> recorded Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88" in 1951 for Holiday.
>
> And Elvis' version of "That's All Right" is hardly an exact copy of
> Crudup's recording.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>
> > From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:29:17 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Five Faves
> >
>  > From: "Erwin Kluwer" <ekluwer at gmail.com>
> > > To me the most (sudden) radical and influential new sounds were created
> > > by:
> > > ODJB (oh yes, I  am ready for what you guys have to say about this..!!)
> > >
> > Important point here is that ODJB were NOT the first to play jazz...they
> > just happened to be the first to record it for an important label!
> > > Charlie Parker n 1945
> > > Bill Monroe in 1946
> > >
> > Both possible; I don't have the expertise here?
> > > Elvis on Sun
> > >
> > Again, Elvis didn't "create" anything new...he was just the first to copy
> > the work of Black performers. As well, he was very good-looking and
> > thus had gazillions of female teen-age admirers...! The Crudup tune
> > he "covered" is/was an almost exact copy of Crudup's original recording!
> >
> > Steven C. Barr
> >
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