.............................................................................................................................................................................

ELVIS PRESLEY: 35 YEARS AGO

This is his extraordinary performance of ‘Unchained Melody' (his penultimate performance of the song, and the last professionally filmed), from June 21, 1977. Gruesome but impressive to witness the still-phenomenal voice struggling to be free of that corporeal and corporate tragedy:


Labels:

5 comments:

  1. Brent White17 August, 2012

    Peter Guralnick's description of this performance in "Careless Love" is some powerfully good writing.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous17 August, 2012

    Michael, thank you for posting this song. I have not made my journey to Elvis yet, but this was amazing. I am going to recommend to all my friends to listen to this performance.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous18 August, 2012

    A breath-taking performance, scary and compelling at the same time. Thanks for posting it.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Michael Gray18 August, 2012

    You're welcome - and Padraigh, thanks for Following me on Twitter.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Anonymous20 August, 2012

    "Corporeal and corporate tragedy"
    I say, "Amen!"

    Best to you Michael,
    Waldo

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)