Comments on: A week with The King http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2009/01/a-week-with-the-king/ Raising Bernard Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karen http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2009/01/a-week-with-the-king/comment-page-1/#comment-2147 Karen Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:30:53 +0000 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/?p=956#comment-2147 <p>No, I definitely preferred Presley's version over Bob's. But on the whole I remain somewhat repulsed by One Night.</p> No, I definitely preferred Presley’s version over Bob’s. But on the whole I remain somewhat repulsed by One Night.

]]> By: Claire Rhodes-Brandon http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2009/01/a-week-with-the-king/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Claire Rhodes-Brandon Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:59:46 +0000 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/?p=956#comment-2145 <p>One Night was not from the sixties, Elvis recorded it in 1957, (he was 22!). He didn't write the lyrics, he sang them brilliantly, as he did everything he recorded. C'mon, it's a song, not a political statement, how can you take it so literally and so seriously?!!!</p> <p>But I believe you're right when you say "....this is Elvis Presley offering to spend one wonderful night with her, so perhaps in fact that would be a dream come true for thousands of girls.." that statement is still true today!</p> <p>I'm glad you appreciated Tomorrow Is A Long Time, and you understood why they called him The Voice, please don't tell me after you hear Dylan's original version you think it's better....incidentally, not sure if you know, (or care, LOL), Dylan said that Elvis recording one of his songs was one of his proudest moments!</p> One Night was not from the sixties, Elvis recorded it in 1957, (he was 22!). He didn’t write the lyrics, he sang them brilliantly, as he did everything he recorded. C’mon, it’s a song, not a political statement, how can you take it so literally and so seriously?!!!

But I believe you’re right when you say “….this is Elvis Presley offering to spend one wonderful night with her, so perhaps in fact that would be a dream come true for thousands of girls..” that statement is still true today!

I’m glad you appreciated Tomorrow Is A Long Time, and you understood why they called him The Voice, please don’t tell me after you hear Dylan’s original version you think it’s better….incidentally, not sure if you know, (or care, LOL), Dylan said that Elvis recording one of his songs was one of his proudest moments!

]]> By: Pete http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2009/01/a-week-with-the-king/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 Pete Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:16:46 +0000 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/?p=956#comment-2144 <p>Sounds like our opinions of <em>Tomorrow Is A Long Time</em> were fairly directly opposite then.</p> Sounds like our opinions of Tomorrow Is A Long Time were fairly directly opposite then.

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