[78-L] Five Faves

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

I fully agree with what you said.

BC

Le 13 janv. 11, à 13:47, Erwin Kluwer a écrit :

> 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
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> 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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