| yury2 07.09.2006 09:59 |
Hi everyone. I bought an album recently "The very best of Elvis Presley". What do you think I have found there? I was quite amused, but there was a "Crazy little thing called love" in the song list... Absolutely the same lyrics and music. Elvis died in 1977, so it's clear, that he wrote the song before that time. In "The game" album is written, that author of the song in Mercury. Song was written in 1979. So, who is an author of the song? |
| thomasquinn 32989 07.09.2006 10:00 |
1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singer |
| Serry... 07.09.2006 10:05 |
Mozart |
| thomasquinn 32989 07.09.2006 10:06 |
Serry... wrote: MozartI find that gravely insulting towards CLTCL. |
| Rick 07.09.2006 10:07 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. |
| yury2 07.09.2006 10:09 |
What are you talking about? How the song could be articially created after Elvies died? |
| thomasquinn 32989 07.09.2006 10:09 |
<font color=blue>Rick wrote:To the best of my knowledge, he never got further than the odd lyric here and there.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. |
| The Fairy King 07.09.2006 10:11 |
<font color=blue>Rick wrote:LOL, Rick is right.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. ThomasQuinn, the almighty got it wrong? *gasp* Oh my... |
| yury2 07.09.2006 10:16 |
Anyway, I think Elvis wrote the song or someone else before..., but Freddie just sang it on his manner. |
| thomasquinn 32989 07.09.2006 10:16 |
yury2 wrote: What are you talking about? How the song could be articially created after Elvies died?Digitally. Very short samples from his vocals are digitally pasted together, and manipulated to be of the right frequencies. |
| Serry... 07.09.2006 10:16 |
There's absolutely fantastic version of Crazy Little Thing Called Love on Mozart's "Live at Wembley" DVD. Wolfy played some synths himself. |
| thomasquinn 32989 07.09.2006 10:17 |
yury2 wrote: Anyway, I think Elvis wrote the song or someone else before..., but Freddie just sang it on his manner.And you are wrong. |
| PieterMC 07.09.2006 10:17 |
yury2 wrote: What are you talking about? How the song could be articially created after Elvies died?It's a Elvis impersonator |
| john bodega 07.09.2006 10:17 |
He wrote Smoke on the Water. It's actually about thrush. |
| yury2 07.09.2006 10:20 |
Serry, ?? ???, ? ?????? ???????? ?????. ? ??????? ??? ??????????...? ?? ????? ???????? ????????? ?? ??????. ??? ?????. |
| yury2 07.09.2006 10:21 |
Serry, ti blja ohuenno umnij ja smotrju. Ja sprosil bez podjebonov, a ti mudak, daze otvetitj normaljno ne mozes. Queenfan herov. |
| thomasquinn 32989 07.09.2006 10:22 |
PieterMC wrote:An even more likely scenario. I really don't know what is around today. I heard a digitally created version of Frank Sinatra singing Crazy Little Thing Called Love in my local record shop the other day. Needless to say I nearly cried at the horrible notion.yury2 wrote: What are you talking about? How the song could be articially created after Elvies died?It's a Elvis impersonator |
| Serry... 07.09.2006 10:34 |
yury2 wrote: Serry, ti blja ohuenno umnij ja smotrju. Ja sprosil bez podjebonov, a ti mudak, daze otvetitj normaljno ne mozes. Queenfan herov.Yes I am ohuenno umnij. Enjoy! |
| zaiga 07.09.2006 10:35 |
To clear up any confusion: Freddie Mercury wrote "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" in 1979. The version on your CD is most likely by an impersonator, or digitally created (less likely IMHO, but you never know). |
| deleted user 07.09.2006 10:49 |
Elvis did not write this song the Cd you've got might be called The Very Best Of Dwight Yoakam cause i had this guy singing Crazy Little Thing and he did sound abit like Elivs but Elvis did not write the song Freddie wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love in the Bath if i'm not mistaken |
| thefairyfeller 07.09.2006 10:53 |
Serry... wrote: There's absolutely fantastic version of Crazy Little Thing Called Love on Mozart's "Live at Wembley" DVD. Wolfy played some synths himself.LOL! W. A. Mozart Live At Wembley '86 (1786) ;) |
| GreatKingSam 07.09.2006 11:03 |
<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote:To back Mr Quinn up, Elvis did not write any songs. Although, his name was added to the credit's of three songs (Heartbreak Hotel and two other songs which I forget) so he could generate more money, or something to that effect. That is the closest Elvis got writing a song.<font color=blue>Rick wrote:To the best of my knowledge, he never got further than the odd lyric here and there.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. The first manufactured Pop Star you could say. |
| john bodega 07.09.2006 11:07 |
GreatKingSam wrote:Nah, that was Jesus.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote:To back Mr Quinn up, Elvis did not write any songs. Although, his name was added to the credit's of three songs (Heartbreak Hotel and two other songs which I forget) so he could generate more money, or something to that effect. That is the closest Elvis got writing a song. The first manufactured Pop Star you could say.<font color=blue>Rick wrote:To the best of my knowledge, he never got further than the odd lyric here and there.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. |
| brENsKi 07.09.2006 12:34 |
<font color=blue>Rick wrote:but they were shit<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. |
| brENsKi 07.09.2006 12:35 |
Serry... wrote: There's absolutely fantastic version of Crazy Little Thing Called Love on Mozart's "Live at Wembley" DVD. Wolfy played some synths himself.the vienna bootleg from that tour is much better than the offical release...think it was playing to his compatriots...got him all fired up |
| Asterik 07.09.2006 13:38 |
<font color=orange><b>Freddies son</b wrote: Elvis did not write t but Elvis did not write the song Freddie wrote Crazy Little Thing Called Love in the Bath if i'm not mistakenYes he did, I think it was in a Munich hotel. |
| Poo, again 07.09.2006 13:45 |
Freddie wrote Elvis. |
| My Melancholy Blues 07.09.2006 13:45 |
link |
| deleted user 07.09.2006 13:51 |
FREDDIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MERCURYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! |
| gem27 07.09.2006 15:12 |
What do you mean Freddie or Elvis? are you on drugs! |
| Rick 07.09.2006 15:14 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:Doesn't matter. Quinnyboy could also say that he was wrong, but that seems a difficult thing.<font color=blue>Rick wrote:but they were shit<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. |
| gem27 07.09.2006 15:25 |
Rick i like you already! |
| deleted user 07.09.2006 16:54 |
can you give us a link to the compilation you're talking about? then we could clear up whether it's digital or an impersonator(he DEFinitely didn't cover it himself). |
| Carol! the Musical 07.09.2006 17:24 |
Pffffttt.. :p |
| Ben Lloyd 07.09.2006 17:30 |
yury2 deserves to die for that |
| Crezchi 07.09.2006 17:50 |
thefairyfeller wrote:Does anyone have this in FLAC or the original soundboard to share? lolSerry... wrote: There's absolutely fantastic version of Crazy Little Thing Called Love on Mozart's "Live at Wembley" DVD. Wolfy played some synths himself.LOL! W. A. Mozart Live At Wembley '86 (1786) ;) |
| Daburcor? 07.09.2006 18:03 |
How is this even a discussion? |
| SK 07.09.2006 18:13 |
<font color=blue>Rick wrote:Co-Wrote songs I believe...If you can even call it that, lets stop this silly arguement though. Cheers.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. |
| SilverShoes 07.09.2006 19:42 |
<font color=blue>Rick wrote:According to Scotty Moore, the guitarist on all the classic 50's era Elvis recordings, no he didn't.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. There ARE songs where Elvis is credited as co-writer, but according to Scotty, that was more of a tax dodge cooked up by Corporal Parker (or whatever his real name was) than any reflection of any actual input on the part of the pretender to the throne. |
| SK 07.09.2006 20:21 |
SilverShoes wrote:Thank you :) that clears everything up very nicely! :D<font color=blue>Rick wrote:According to Scotty Moore, the guitarist on all the classic 50's era Elvis recordings, no he didn't. There ARE songs where Elvis is credited as co-writer, but according to Scotty, that was more of a tax dodge cooked up by Corporal Parker (or whatever his real name was) than any reflection of any actual input on the part of the pretender to the throne.<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: 1) Elvis never wrote songs; he couldn't. 2) Freddie wrote it 3) The song you refer to was artificially created after the death of said singerWrong. Elvis DID write songs. |
| bas asselbergs 07.09.2006 21:46 |
Elvis is still alive, living from the royalties for "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". Freddie provided him with some pension-money this way, as he donated all royalties to the bank-account of the "keep Elvis alive foundation" and Elvis has a chipcard to this account. Elvis couldn't work anywhere anymore, so Freddie decided to help him. Elvis then gave him this song, and Queen happily jumped to the odd occasion. The story of Freddie in the bath and Phoebe giving him the guitar to compose it is only make-believe! All the rest i tell you is true ! Even Twitty Conway is an invention to fund Elvis a bit, as he ran out of money ! It's been a while you know, and remaining invisible for the world is expensive! |
| bas asselbergs 07.09.2006 21:48 |
Twitty Conway on the Brian May tour, was nobody else than The King himself! |
| SilverShoes 07.09.2006 22:02 |
bas asselbergs wrote: Twitty Conway on the Brian May tour, was nobody else than The King himself!Chuck Berry was playing with Brian? Far out!!!! |
| dancembunker 07.09.2006 23:15 |
i heard that freddie wrote it in the bath tub! |
| Bambi 07.09.2006 23:29 |
Freddie wrote CLTCL while taking a bubble bath..lol.... |
| The prophet's song 08.09.2006 02:18 |
Freddie wrote it as a tribute to Elvis, in a bathtub as pointed out already. Isn't it weird some people are trying to say Elvis wrote it, It'd be like saying J.R.R Tolkien wrote Harry Potter or something. |
| teleman 08.09.2006 03:25 |
Here's a picture of the first performance of CLTCL link |
| The prophet's song 08.09.2006 04:16 |
teleman wrote: Here's a picture of the first performance of CLTCL linkha ha ha wonderful! |
| deleted user 08.09.2006 05:01 |
yury2 wrote: Hi everyone. I bought an album recently "The very best of Elvis Presley". What do you think I have found there? I was quite amused, but there was a "Crazy little thing called love" in the song list... Absolutely the same lyrics and music. Elvis died in 1977, so it's clear, that he wrote the song before that time. In "The game" album is written, that author of the song in Mercury. Song was written in 1979. So, who is an author of the song?Didn't Freddie write it in the bath tub? |
| kween-iloveit 08.09.2006 07:32 |
HOW DID THIS GET TO 3 PAGES? THE SIMPLE ANSWERE WOULD HAVE BEEN "FREDDIE!" END OF |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 08:43 |
Hello I don't know a lot about musical history myself but understand these arguments come up a lot of the time. I've always know Crazy little thing called love to be a old song and never even realized Queen sang it. So when someone asked me who's song it was we ended up in a argument about its origins. I did a google search and found a YouTube video of Elvis Presley singing it but some people are arguing that it is a digitally created version of the song and that Elvis never sung it. Well I was born in 1985 so it came out before I was born but my father listened to all them bands so I grew up with that era of music. I am not sure but we used to have heaps of old vinyl Records so I'm going to look through those for a Elvis one and if its on any of them then that should settle the argument. Since they are no longer produced anywhere anymore as far as I know. So I'll let you all know how it turns out. If it's on a vinyl then Elvis sang it first but if its not that doesn't mean Freddy wrote it either as sometimes artist release song of other artist which were never released. I also have a lot of cassettes I can check through to. Ultimately if its on any of the Elvis ones then its a Elvis song if its not then further researching will still be required before I'll confidently say its a Freddy song. I'm backing it to of been a Elvis song though. |
| dysan 06.06.2018 08:55 |
If it would be anywhere it would be on 8 track cartridges. Dig them out. Good luck. |
| emrabt 06.06.2018 09:03 |
I can actually solve this as i have just watched a very interesting documentary. After Elvis died a guy named Jimmy Ellis was touted by his record company to be "Elvis in disguise" under the stage name of Orion. Each album Actually had a story on the back about Orion being a "megastar" who faked his death but goes on performing in disguise... And a book was written... he had albums called "He might be Elvis", and his songs being "Lost Elvis recordings" He would perform in a mask and had a very very similar voice. One of the things he recorded was a cover of Queen's Crazy Little Thing Called Love" not long after Queen in 1980. link And live footage of the song link |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 10:04 |
Well if you check Wikipedia about the song you will notice that it says originally sung by Elvis Presley. Wikipedia is 95% correct normally, plus if its been edited it normally says it at the top of the page until the edited facts are verified. It doesn't state that Elvis wrote it but says he originally sung it. Music history is full of lies and stealing of songs cover ups of misbehaviors and other shocking things. I wouldn't be surprised to find out with a little bit of digging that it was probably produced for the first time by a much older band like the Beatles or someone else lol. |
| dysan 06.06.2018 10:13 |
This is a great encapsulation of just how fucked up the planet is. |
| Holly2003 06.06.2018 10:18 |
dysan wrote: This is a great encapsulation of just how fucked up the planet is.If a fair percentage of the general pop. believes the world is flat, Australia is a hologram, and the stars are a projection from Earth, then believing Elvis originally sang CLTCL isn't that surprising. Depressing yes, surprising no. Humans are slightly evolved animals. |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 10:29 |
Well it says Elvis on Wikipedia sung it first but again it don't say he wrote it, and I think that is what the argument was originally about wasn't it |
| emrabt 06.06.2018 10:36 |
Wow you edited Wikipedia, awesome! You are so talented! Much respect brother! |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 10:39 |
I also noticed on the Wikipedia Elvis Presley song list page a song called "" A thing called love "" but it's a totally different song and if you ask me it don't even sound like Elvis singing it. |
| emrabt 06.06.2018 10:41 |
Wow, your skills amaze me! Keep at it! |
| emrabt 06.06.2018 10:43 |
This morning when I posted you hadn't edited yet so history was different, talk about Mandela effect! |
| dysan 06.06.2018 11:28 |
Elvis definitively sang Crazy Little Thing Called Love (written by Freddie Mercury) because it sounds like something off Roustabout. |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 11:34 |
Wikipedia removes false information after checking if its real or not. Plus it doesn't say at the top of the page it has been edited. So why you would accuse me of editing it is beyond me. Mate the fact is its there and doesn't have it marked out as edited meaning its been validated. I'll check it again in a few days to be sure its not false information. Sometimes people do play around with Wikipedia I know but like I said it normally has a heading at the top of the page to notify people if its been edited and at the moment it does not. |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 11:36 |
OK quick quiz who sung Cats in the cradle ?? |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 11:48 |
Any takers ? |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 11:50 |
And what was Elvis Presley's real last name ?? |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 11:53 |
And does anyone know where I have placed my opol(opal) card ?? I can't find it anywhere |
| Romeo07 06.06.2018 12:29 |
And I wasn't talking about crazy little thing called love I said there was a song called a thing called love on the Elvis song list page check it out its in the T section of the list. But it don't sound like Elvis someone is playing seriously queer games here and for what purpose its beyond me. |
| dysan 06.06.2018 13:16 |
I believe everything started going wrong with Clambake. |
| princesslina 08.06.2018 11:29 |
Freddie was the one who wrote "Crazy little thing called Love" definitely, not Elvis. |
| dysan 08.06.2018 14:29 |
I can't believe Shakin' Stevens hasn't been mentioned yet. He wrote Man On The Prowl. |
| Fireplace 10.06.2018 13:26 |
Romeo07 wrote: Any takers ?Harry Chapin, if you really need to know. |
| Marcos Napier 14.06.2018 00:22 |
Wikipedia also rated Hot Space with 5 stars. |
| Arnaldo "Ogre-" Silveira 14.06.2018 22:37 |
Romeo07 wrote: And what was Elvis Presley's real last name ??Bulsara. |
| ggo1 14.06.2018 23:18 |
Elvis didn't actually die in 1977. He faked his own death and then he made Crazy Little Thing Called Love with the rest of Queen in 1979. After the subterfuge worked so well he went away to run a fish and chip shop in Strathclyde. It's obvious that Freddie had nothing to do with the original recording if you listen to all the live shows where Freddie sang it. It sounds nothing like the original because Freddie can't actually sing like Elvis. Brian had always loved Scotty Moore and couldn't wait to play with Elvis and pretend to be Scotty. John eventually had to leave Queen because he couldn't keep the secret and that's why he's never seen in public. He is kept under armed guard in a mansion with no way to communicate. Roger was drunk during the recording session and never realised he was actually playing with Elvis, he just thought Freddie was wearing a particularly flamboyant cape that day. If you listen carefully you can also hear Elvis on songs recorded by Jo Dare and Blly Squire. The song You don't fool me was actually written about Elvis failure to keep his fake death a secret |
| princesslina 20.06.2018 01:36 |
Agreed on "Crazy Thing Called Love" was written by Freddie, not Elvis. |
| Thistle 22.09.2018 23:11 |
It's an ages old thread and I can't be arsed reading everything - the CLTCL sung by "Elvis" is actually an Elvis impersonator called "The King". link He also covered "Come As You Are", "Whisky In The Jar" among others. He's a good Elvis, and this is just meant to be fun, novelty stuff. link |
