You only have one Elvis song to sing - what would it be???

Hello all.

I`ll not give you my answer just now, but here we go...

I want you all to think commercially as well as what you feel is your best song - or a mix of both.

If you were asked to do a performance for say `live aid`(or any mixed age range audience) at the new Wembley and your brief was "I want you to do an Elvis song that everyone will know and join in with" what song would you choose any why?

Mine would be If I Can Dream as it is my favorite song & performance from Elvis. It is an iconic song & it's as relevant now as it what it was back when he first performed it on the '68 Comeback Special!

i think mine would be American Trilogy , everyone knows the GLORY GLORY'S , and a real emotional song

I think Id expect to them to do Suspicious minds but I think its nice to throw in somet different but even non Elvis fans seem to know every word to Suspisious minds. I just love it when they try do the moves, so funny

u wanna see me do the moves Lorna - even funnier lol

Little less conversation just cause i can sing it and it was a chart hit.

Paul.

Lorna wrote:

I think Id expect to them to do Suspicious minds but I think its nice to throw in somet different but even non Elvis fans seem to know every word to Suspisious minds. I just love it when they try do the moves, so funny

dont you mean CAUGHT IN A TRAP Lorna ??? as thats what i seem to get asked for a lot HEY ELVIS DO YOU KNOW CAUGHT IN A TRAP

EDDIE P wrote:

Lorna wrote:

I think Id expect to them to do Suspicious minds but I think its nice to throw in somet different but even non Elvis fans seem to know every word to Suspisious minds. I just love it when they try do the moves, so funny

dont you mean CAUGHT IN A TRAP Lorna ??? as thats what i seem to get asked for a lot HEY ELVIS DO YOU KNOW CAUGHT IN A TRAP

My buddy Jamie ( who is Downes Syndrome ) alway's asks for I CAUGHT A TROUT love him

I once got you know caught in a tramp

Paul

pauldb38 wrote:

I once got you know caught in a tramp

Paul

And have u ever been Paul ???

No but i once threw them a can of netto beans and they threw em back

Paul.

Polk salad Annie for me

Rockin T wrote:

Polk salad Annie for me

Superb song mate, good choice! I love performing! Polk Salad Annie

I`m gonna put mine in now.

I have found in general, the song that goes down best is `The wonder of you`.

Now I don`t dislike it, but it is not one of my favs.

I do feel, however, that it is the song that seems to go down real well with all ages - this is from my limited experience, BTW.

All of the other songs mentioned are great - if I was asking one of you guys to perform a song for me, all of the ones you have mentioned would be ahead of `The wonder of you`

What do you all think?

while i love The Wonder Of You , as it was probably the first Elvis song that i learnt to sing , i do agree with you bud , my wife actually as grown to quite dislike this song as it seems that i can never go a week without singing it , but like you say it is a crowd pleaser , wonder why that is ?

On a personal basis, I really like The Wonder of You as, to me, it seems to express how Elvis felt about his fans. He had a special bond with his fans, and the love of his fans and his need to perform for them kept him going at times. I don't know if it would be the song to sing in this instance though. Carol

To add to this:

Today, I asked a "non-Elvis" "Non ETA" friend, in her early 40's, who has never really paid much attention to Elvis or his music, and who has never seen an ETA, to name 3 Elvis songs that she'd heard of (using the example in the original post of a live aid performance with all generations in the audience and a song that most people would know) and she really didn't know any of his songs except (in her words)..."the one about blue shoes...?" and "isn't there one about "Love me tender, love me sweet"?

I wonder if this is typical in the "Non-Elvis, Non-ETA" crowd?

hi guys

burning love always seems to go down well for me. though i can't really pick a fave song i could maybe do a top five.

hey Mike good to see the dancing girls back. sorry backing singers he he . tell them they look lovely from me.

regards Jase

The best 1 Ive had was can you sing Wooden Horse!!! Mine has to be "Love the life I lead" and Marie's has to be Fairytale

thing is i always go through different fazes of fave songs..