| Jason DeLima 27.02.2007 20:37 |
..if Elvis died in '77, and Freddie wrote the song in '79, how could there be any recording of Elvis singing it? I mean I totally agree Freddie wrote it, but I wanna know how there is a recording of him. |
| PieterMC 27.02.2007 21:05 |
Elvis had a time machine and travelled into the future, heard the song, jumped back in time and then recorded the song. Shame he died before he had a chance to release his version. |
| teleman 27.02.2007 23:12 |
Elvis recorded the song at a Safeway grocery store in the parking lot before he seen working at WalMart. |
| Deacon Fan 28.02.2007 00:44 |
Elvis had the occasional dabblement into gayness, which isn't well known. Being mutual friends with David Hodo (of the Village People), the two eventually met in early 1976 when they all happened to be visiting New York. The song was in fact improvised/co-written by Elvis and Freddie one of those nights and recorded onto cassette. Mr. Hodo reminded Freddie of the session and gave him the tape upon the news of Elvis' death the next year. Mr. Hodo being the only other person knowing it existed, the two agreed that Freddie should take charge of the song and treat it as a tribute to Elvis without acknowledging Elvis' actual participation. Freddie re-recorded a demo and presented it to the band in 1979, and included some double-tracked vocal thing which was actually himself harmonizing so closely to Elvis from the cassette that nobody became wise to the fact that Elvis was actually included. And in fact, part of that '2nd demo' is mixed-in to the final version we all know. So Elvis does in fact appear on the Queen version, but never recorded, nor even wrote down the song himself properly.. it was merely a mutual drug-induced improvisational thing originally. |
| Crezchi 28.02.2007 01:40 |
JasonD. wrote: ..if Elvis died in '77, and Freddie wrote the song in '79, how could there be any recording of Elvis singing it? I mean I totally agree Freddie wrote it, but I wanna know how there is a recording of him.I am a huge Elvis fan and Collector, Elvis NEVER recorded this song! I don't know your source, but the source is idiotic! If there is a recording it is an impersonator and is fabricated. |
| Elizabeth Knightson 28.02.2007 05:09 |
I don't know where I read that Freddie wrote that song while taking a bath. I seriously doubt Elvis was in that bath too. |
| john bodega 28.02.2007 05:11 |
Simple enough. Elvis wasn't actually dead yet. Still isn't. |
| JoxerTheDeityPirate 28.02.2007 07:12 |
A very lame bunny wrote: Elvis had the occasional dabblement into gayness, which isn't well known. Being mutual friends with David Hodo (of the Village People), the two eventually met in early 1976 when they all happened to be visiting New York. The song was in fact improvised/co-written by Elvis and Freddie one of those nights and recorded onto cassette. Mr. Hodo reminded Freddie of the session and gave him the tape upon the news of Elvis' death the next year. Mr. Hodo being the only other person knowing it existed, the two agreed that Freddie should take charge of the song and treat it as a tribute to Elvis without acknowledging Elvis' actual participation. Freddie re-recorded a demo and presented it to the band in 1979, and included some double-tracked vocal thing which was actually himself harmonizing so closely to Elvis from the cassette that nobody became wise to the fact that Elvis was actually included. And in fact, part of that '2nd demo' is mixed-in to the final version we all know. So Elvis does in fact appear on the Queen version, but never recorded, nor even wrote down the song himself properly.. it was merely a mutual drug-induced improvisational thing originally.pass the bread dears,ive found the baloney..lol the thing is,some people are likely to take this as the truth.which is even funnier. |
| Eviltwin 28.02.2007 07:36 |
Elvis is not dead. |
| Rick 28.02.2007 08:06 |
<font color=red>?Sasha wrote: Elvis is not dead.Indeed, he just left the building. |
| gnomo 28.02.2007 08:22 |
Sorry, double post... |
| gnomo 28.02.2007 08:33 |
JasonD. wrote: how could there be any recording of Elvis singing it?It's not Elvis of course, but an imitator, who included the song in an album of his Elvis covers: can't remember his name, but there was a couple of threads about it, some time back. EDIT: convincingly Elvis-sounding version by Jimmy Ellis (AKA Jimmy Orion), not sure if also covered by DOUG CHURCH. HTH |
| john bodega 28.02.2007 10:40 |
I think it is safe to say that no controversy (that actually mattered) has ever been caused by a thread on Queenzone. |
| Wiley 28.02.2007 11:11 |
Of course it's an Elvis impersonator. I remember one of the other times someone else pointed this out (there's been many over the years) that he called people names and all that. His "proof" of the fact was that the song was in the album of an Elvis impersonator singing Elvis' covers. Minutes later someone noticed one of the other tracks was "Living la vida loca". A very brief controversy, hahaha :). |
| sparrow 21754 28.02.2007 11:31 |
i dont want to start any blasphemous rumors but i think God may have a sick sense of humor and when i die, i expect to find him laughing. |
| brENsKi 28.02.2007 13:40 |
Elizabeth Knightson wrote: I don't know where I read that Freddie wrote that song while taking a bath. I seriously doubt Elvis was in that bath too.no. but he was having a heart attack on the toilet six feet away ;-) |
| thunderbolt 31742 28.02.2007 13:53 |
According to Limewire, Dwight Yoakam = Elvis. Kind of like how Queen sang "Mr. Roboto" |
| Janet 28.02.2007 14:13 |
<font color=green>Bren<font color=orange>ski wrote:Oh dear...LOL!Elizabeth Knightson wrote: I don't know where I read that Freddie wrote that song while taking a bath. I seriously doubt Elvis was in that bath too.no. but he was having a heart attack on the toilet six feet away ;-) |
| jeffuk49 28.02.2007 14:14 |
Have to get "ask Elvis to sing it" BBC radio 2 very funny |
| write your letters in the sand 28.02.2007 14:15 |
PieterMC wrote: Elvis had a time machine and travelled into the future, heard the song, jumped back in time and then recorded the song. Shame he died before he had a chance to release his version.Pieter's right of course (again). This is all explained in the lyrics of '39. |
| Mr Faron Hyte 28.02.2007 14:24 |
A very lame bunny wrote: Elvis had the occasional dabblement into gayness, which isn't well known. Being mutual friends with David Hodo (of the Village People), the two eventually met in early 1976 when they all happened to be visiting New York. The song was in fact improvised/co-written by Elvis and Freddie one of those nights and recorded onto cassette. Mr. Hodo reminded Freddie of the session and gave him the tape upon the news of Elvis' death the next year. Mr. Hodo being the only other person knowing it existed, the two agreed that Freddie should take charge of the song and treat it as a tribute to Elvis without acknowledging Elvis' actual participation. Freddie re-recorded a demo and presented it to the band in 1979, and included some double-tracked vocal thing which was actually himself harmonizing so closely to Elvis from the cassette that nobody became wise to the fact that Elvis was actually included. And in fact, part of that '2nd demo' is mixed-in to the final version we all know. So Elvis does in fact appear on the Queen version, but never recorded, nor even wrote down the song himself properly.. it was merely a mutual drug-induced improvisational thing originally.My compliments on the creation of the word "dabblement". I always thought that was a chewing gum. |