I love the story 😂😂😂😂😂 Elvis was the most beautiful,handsome, gorgeous, pretty,foxy, adorable,and on and on man who ever walked this earth Love Me Some Elvis Presley just he's beauty was all that was needed to make women go crazy and of course he's singing definitely the singing to but yeah ✌️❤️💯
E's range here is outstanding, along with the instrumentation. I wish he had performed this song at All his concerts on a continuum. I really only know of one sequence of time when he introduced and performed the song live during its release and it was fabulous. This song has always been one of my favs~ among many! #EPForever ❤
I said it once it I’ll say it again I totally love your reaction videos. I come by and listen to them over and over and over. You’re the only one that could pause the video and tell a story. And I know your stories are sometimes made up, but they sound real. You’re freaking awesome just like Elvis. rest in peace Eddie Rabbitt and thank you so much for writing this song and giving it to Elvis Presley’s.
Ha Ha Ha As a fellow Floridian I know the difference between waking in New York and Florida!!! I can’t stop laughing 😂. Thank you for letting everyone else know.
This was a big hit for Elvis in 1970 (I was in high school). It got a lot of radio air play. And I have a vivid memory of a dreary, gray day..sitting, looking out the window at the pouring rain & this came on the radio. And I was in Kentucky (still am). It was a whole mood. 💙🌧☔💧☂️🌧🌂💧☔🌧💙
Seriously? I am not meaning that in a bad way --- His Early songs are beautiful - His voice was much higher -- and later Elvis couldn't hit the high notes He said - 1958 On Are beautiful but so are 56 57 -- I enjoy them because that's when He was so younggg and full of dreams -- and very very shy but onstage he was wicked -- Elvis was always shy and his friends say he was very insecure like with his neck he hated his neck being teased about it called names why He always had collars -- as said By Sirley that lived right behind Graceland - and good friends -- IF You listen to his early interviews in 1956 Wowwww amazing
Much of the ROCK AND ROLL sound came from Elvis' 1940s sessions in the Church scene in Memphis. Elvis WAS part of the change of modern music. He WAS a pioneer. Its not culture appropriation / culture vulture when you help to pioneer a new genre of music. Elvis never stole a song. He credited everyone. He jammed with and appreciated those that came before him. You can't STEAL "COOL" You can't steal "RHYTHM" You can't steal "SOUL". You can't STEAL "HOW TO DANCE". You can't steal "HOW TO SAAAAAANG". You either HAVE THESE SKILLS, or you do NOT. Elvis had ALL these skills and more.
Great reaction to a great song. Today remembering my visit to Memphis this time last year. Truly a magical experience. Another great story 🤣 I’m still waiting for the Elvis story book to be released. I can remember exactly what I was doing 46 years ago today as do hundreds of thousands of people across the 🌎. I was heartbroken. The greatest entertainer to grace Gods Earth. May he rest in eternal peace. Gone but never ever forgotten 💙
Thank you so much Ray! Kentucky Rain is one of my favorites too! I can’t wait to see the your tribute to Elvis Tomm ! He’s smiling down on you & us fans . He thought we’d forget him never could we . Elvis brung so many people together all over this world! He truly loved & cared about everyone! This world was better when he was alive but it’s still better cause we still have so much of him he left us to enjoy. Take care & God bless! Much love to you & family! 😍👑❤️
Good morning. I’m happy to hear you are getting a bigger place for what you do. I’m a very big fan of yours since stumbling on your reviews of the King !!!!!!! More than anyone else that “reviews” Elvis, all of whom are totally unaware of the power of his music, completely ignorant (no insult) of the phenomenon we all knew as Elvis Presley, truly deaf as to the world you are entering, all of you long after his death that are reborn during the experience we once knew as this one of a kind individual unlike anything you could ever hear again in anyone else and you quickly learned from the first song you would forever be moved by this man and his powerful voice. I’m listening to you now and am looking forward to tomorrow knowing you will be as moved as any of us fortunate enough to have shared his life and phenomenal career. Tomorrow is a date we all dread yet look forward to for him, we get to relive that day and feel the pain of losing him once again by remembering more vividly what a unique marvel he truly was !!!! On behalf of Elvis I wish to thank you once again for honoring him as you’ve done since listening to the first song , you’ve learned about the man who is his music, you’ve learned about his life, you’ve seen beyond the glitz and glamor and your soul is now linked with his forever. Every time you hear a song, any song, you search for Elvis singing it only to listen to music as only Elvis is able to give it life. Thank you so much. Elvis would be thrilled knowing he and his music has not been forgotten!!!!! Here are songs you might like to hear Fame and Fortune, Pieces of my Life, This is Our Dance, to name a few. Ask your wife or mother in law, they can help.
Thanks Ray, love this song and the whole album - Elvis in Memphis - is brilliant. That album was released in 1969, a year after the Comeback special and Elvis’ voice just sounds phenomenal !! Another side to Elvis and boy does he have a lot of sides. He’s just the best !! Can’t wait to see your tribute tomorrow. Thanks Ray 💙
Great reaction and great stories!! I don’t think you’ve done ** 1970 ( Rubbernecking 2:10 ) a fast pace groove song sitting around in a living room, his background singers are on the couch beside him singing 🎶🎵
Great reaction R’Elvis. You pick up all the nuances and subtle variations in Elvis’s singing, where he builds the song and delivers another masterpiece!! Thank you for a lovely start to our day here in England👌💕🕺🇬🇧
Please look for Elvis Presley rehearsal in Las Vegas the rehearsal it’s about 45 minutes will you please search for that it’s about the year 1970 thank you👍🏼🙏
You had me at "What the f*ck's the difference? You wanna know the difference is? The HEAT!" 😂😂😂 Preachin' to the choir here, Ray! I've been to Florida. Twice. Yep. Muggier than hell and buggier than any apocalyptic scene in a book or a movie 😁 But hey you got palm trees- and fun fact: Florida is the state with the most species of hummingbirds 🐦❤ I'm a lover of nature + I love hummingbirds, very unique birds- tiny but mighty 💪 And since we are on the subject of Fun Facts: Elvis was the music conductor in the studio on this track. Ronnie Milsap was the piano player on this track and Elvis kept telling Ronnie, "More thunder, Ronnie!" Because Elvis really wanted the piano to mimic the sound of thunder in certain parts of this song. Like I said before, Elvis knew what he wanted and he had a way of getting what he wanted musically wise. Another Fun Fact: The Lady Back Up Vocalists are The Blossoms. They sang back up for Elvis during his 1968 Comeback Special and are the three ladies you'll see with Elvis on the '68 Gospel Medley which features "Where I Could Go But To The Lord/ Up Above My Head/ Saved". Three songs in one. Darlene Love was a member of The Blossoms and was also in a bit part in Elvis's last film "Change Of Habit". You'll see her in the "Let Us Pray" scene as one of the ladies singing alongside Elvis. And Miss Darlene Love had always had nothing but good things to say about Elvis. For a sneak peak what it was like for her to work with Elvis read on: At one point, Presley proclaimed that “rock & roll music is basically gospel or rhythm and blues,” which, in the final broadcast, segued to a medley of gospel songs he especially enjoyed. “Elvis knew the old, old hymns of the church,” recalls Darlene Love, who sang backup on the NBC special with the Blossoms. “Whenever we had a break, he would go, ‘Darlene! Do you know this one?’ He’d go get his guitar, and I’d say, ‘Yeah. Come on, let’s sing it,’ and we’d go off in the corner to sing it.” The gospel sequence, filmed the day after the sit-down set along with the special’s infamous “bordello” sequence that was cut from the initial broadcast for time, also fulfilled another mission for Binder: “I wanted to let the world know that here was a guy who was not prejudiced, who was raised in the heart of prejudice, but who was really above all that,” the director told Guralnick. “The choir was originally all white,” Love recalls. “So they took the Blossoms with three black girls and put them in with the mix to make it sound more gospel. We thought that was going to be the end of it, but at the sessions, Elvis and the Blossoms got to talking - me mainly, because I had a big gospel background. Eventually he decided the Blossoms should be in the 1968 special.” Love remembers Presley as being “a little shy, very introverted” during the rehearsals. “He was very nervous because he hadn’t performed in years,” says the singer, who was so excited about working with Presley that she snuck into the audience to watch during the tapings. “When you talked gospel with him, though, he was just like a friend sitting down talking. But he was very nervous because he had become a movie star and hoped the performance would be all right. He was very concerned about, ‘How do I look? Do I look all right?’ He was just like a normal person, but he was Elvis Presley. So how could you be normal?” And for a fun story about Elvis, read here: By and large, though, Deasy remembers Presley as lighthearted during the recording sessions. “My wife was at the rehearsal, and Elvis came in and walked up behind her,” he says. “I said, ‘Kathie, I want you to meet Elvis.’ And she turns around and elbows him right in the chest, and of course, he fell back and acted like it really hurt. We all got a good laugh. That’s how cool he was.” Presley goofed around a lot at the rehearsals, too. He’d push recordings to just a few minutes before midnight - driving the music-union representatives crazy - only to finish perfectly on time. And when the band recorded “Guitar Man,” he came out of the vocal booth to dance to the music. “He was in such good shape,” Deasy says. “He was into karate, and he was physically very cool. He’s taller than you thought, but he was out there doing this dance while we were playing and it was a super connection. It became bigger than the music itself.” Presley’s easygoing manner didn’t stop his entourage from losing their cool trying to impress him, though. “From the moment he walked in the studio, it was almost like all the guys there were bowing down to him, but he didn’t care whatsoever,” Blaine recalls. “Once in a while, he’d say something like, ‘I’m a little bit thirsty,’ and 15 guys would run at him with Coke bottles. And because he was studying karate, all those guys were doing the same thing. Elvis would come into the studio and one guy would leap out at him, like he was going to kill him, and Elvis would go into his stance. It was really hysterical. “The demagoguery was just unbelievable, but Elvis was truly a gentleman and a sweetheart of a guy,” he continues. “He just acted the way a country boy would act.” At a press conference a few days before the taping, Presley was humble. “We figured it was about time,” he said of why he wanted to do the special. “Besides, I figured I’d better do it before I got too old.” * Note Mike Deasy was the guitarist on "If I Can Dream". Finally: I have to say every time I watch one of your reactions, Ray, I see your wife at times rolling on her side laughing. SHOUT OUT TO MRS. VIBE ❤❤❤ AND SHOUT TO MISS KATHRYN FOR THIS ONE THANK YOU! IT'S AN ELVIS CLASSIC 💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹 AND SHOUT OUT TO YOU RAY ALWAYS FOR GIVING US ALL HERE JOY & HAPPINESS MUCH LOVE 💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💐💐💐💐 TCB ⚡ & TLCS ❤ & peace ✌& blessings 🙏 to you & yours & to one & all here as well 💕
sammy...all I can say is WOW!!! I will read this over and over and over again...what a treasure of information...thank you for bringing so much for all of us to learn from and enjoy. ❤🤗🌼🌻
@@susyq810 I am actually really super stoked that this song was requested because I just discovered that article 🎶Yesterday🎶😊 And so I am just so happy to have a place I can share all this stuff I find on the internet! This is a truly great space you know? It's nothing but love and I LOVE that 💖 Thank you so very much Miss Susy Q 🌻💖💕 As always, your sweet soul shines through in all of your comments FACTS!
So glad I found this channel!!!!! Your reactions are so awesome!!! Another gospel song that he sings so beautifully is "Crying in the Chapel".......please check it out!
It’s almost impossible to auto tune Elvis voice there a video on that you can google it very interesting at Wings of Pegasus on why Elvis cannot be auto tuned. Freddy Mercury and others have been auto tuned but Elvis is impossible to be auto tuned.
@@sherrera66You're totally right! By auto-tuning it takes away the characteristics of hs voice & the way it should sound. Elvis' voice isn't suitable for autotune. Elvis often sang G4 and autotune doesn't read that verry well. (It's Now or Never, Suspicious Minds, I I Can Dream ect)
Hahaha! I like your Fifty Shades of Elvis storytime.... 😅😅💦💦Makes me sweat! Seriously tho... THIS is my favorite Elvis song!! It really paints a picture. And the passion, longing, determination in his voice, plus the tenderness, is off the charts sexy!!! Thanks Ray ❤🔥❤🔥
I absolutely loved everything about your reaction tonight...you know if you ever feel like ranting about anything we will listen.. Your studio is going to be beyond amazing!!! Miss Helene...thank you sooo much for all the support you give to Ray and his family.❤❤❤❤❤ Awww Ray ...another unique.... colorful...intriguing storytime from you with a twist to your seduction tale ending..(.sorry Kathryn)😂😂😂😂😢😢 You walked all the way to see your beautiful Stacy in the horrendous heat.....that's what love looks like❤ ❤❤ Get some rest and I look forward to tomorrow .
It is after midnight now, so it is the 46th anniversary of Elvis' death. It also happens to be my birthday, and what better gift than my own StoryTime with Ray! And I have one coming for you Ray. What's really funny is that 1) I am a voracious reader, so me coming out of the library hit the mark. 2) I also have a degree in Culinary Arts (along with 2 others), so Elvis as a chef was a hoot and right up my alley. And the prospect of Elvis with icing on his chest - my blood pressure is shooting up, and I need a drink. Where the story becomes fantasy is me being naked under a trenchcoat. Elvis would have tried to run, but he'd have never made it past me. Thank you for this reaction - can't wait to see the new crib and I'm betting on 100K before the end of September - if it even takes that long. Thanks again, Brother Ray - love to you and your family.
th-cam.com/video/A1tybhgfrHg/w-d-xo.html Here's a link to a live version that's even better. His voice is absolutely crystal clear even though it's 1970's audi technology which shows you how incredible he was as a singer. Mr. Vibe you should double up pretty soon and do this as a reaction believe me you'll be glad you did.
I think most of his live versions were Better than his recordings. Could be, because Parker and crew couldn't mess with it! You can hear pure Elvis in the lives, because He arranged and produced the sounds he wanted! He had the Best ear for music in the business as his orchestra leader Joe Gershew said,and he worked with alot of people!
Many singers sound like they're trying too hard to pull off certain vocal tricks. Elvis just did things so naturally, and his range was pretty impressive. Everything he did, he made it uniquely his regardless of who wrote it. You could say he and Roy Hamilton sounded quite a bit alike on Hurt. Polk Salad Annie, at first, was pretty close to Tony Joe Whites' original version, but Elvis tweaked them just enough!
Thank you ,I really love that song of Elvis..
One of my favourite songs ever❤❤
Brilliant. can't beat 1969-1970 Elvis!
I love Elvis I'm glad you did this reaction that was great thank you🎉🎉
A favorite of mine. R.I.P. Elvis. You will never be forgotten. Thank you, Relvis.❤
His story telling is amazing!!!!
I saw Elvis in the early 70’s! He was more handsome in person than in any movie or picture. He stole my heart~❤️
Kentucky Rain is my favorite Elvis song. Thank you for reacting to it.
Thank you Ray !!!! Everyone should hear Elvis ❤
Please look for change of habit 🙏
I love the story 😂😂😂😂😂 Elvis was the most beautiful,handsome, gorgeous, pretty,foxy, adorable,and on and on man who ever walked this earth Love Me Some Elvis Presley just he's beauty was all that was needed to make women go crazy and of course he's singing definitely the singing to but yeah ✌️❤️💯
E's range here is outstanding, along with the instrumentation. I wish he had performed this song at All his concerts on a continuum. I really only know of one sequence of time when he introduced and performed the song live during its release and it was fabulous. This song has always been one of my favs~ among many! #EPForever ❤
This is a beautiful song and he sings it better than anyone I’ve ever heard sing it. Thanks Relvis. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you Ray ❤
My favorite Elvis song, thanks for the reaction.
Of course seeing has I'm born and raised in KY and still here my fave song
My favorite. What a great song and his voice is AMAZING ❤
Thnxx for this request on this sad day...Some feelings never leave
,.. therefore let's celebrate his life & legacy‼️‼️🎤
TOP 10 Favorite -- I could listen to that song forever thanks Ray
It’s so surprising that songs like this - so great and being Elvis - and there’s no video of him singing it anywhere.
My favorite and so well done. This song should have won a grammy. His voice quality is unmatched . Thanks Ray.
hey my channel 46 years, we all in whit the king forever , tnks from the soul
I said it once it I’ll say it again I totally love your reaction videos. I come by and listen to them over and over and over. You’re the only one that could pause the video and tell a story. And I know your stories are sometimes made up, but they sound real. You’re freaking awesome just like Elvis. rest in peace Eddie Rabbitt and thank you so much for writing this song and giving it to Elvis Presley’s.
Cant wait for tomorrow
Cute and funny reactions. Love the story about you walking in the Florida heat. 😂
Thank you for featuring a tribute to Elvis tomorrow....I like to believe he will be smiling knowing he is being
remembered, appreciated and loved❤
🕺👑❤️🔥
تحفه أخرى من الملك
RELVIS
Ha Ha Ha
As a fellow Floridian I know the difference between waking in New York and Florida!!! I can’t stop laughing 😂. Thank you for letting everyone else know.
U r so crazy Ray u make me laugh with ur stories. One of the reasons I love u❤
Great song King ❤
This was a big hit for Elvis in 1970 (I was in high school). It got a lot of radio air play. And I have a vivid memory of a dreary, gray day..sitting, looking out the window at the pouring rain & this came on the radio. And I was in Kentucky (still am).
It was a whole mood.
💙🌧☔💧☂️🌧🌂💧☔🌧💙
This was my great grandpa’s favorite song. Im from KY and my grandparents knew Elvis personally from 66-77.
I didn't know much of young Elvis, but in the 70's in my teens, I LOVED this song. All his songs stuck with me....they were different.
Seriously? I am not meaning that in a bad way --- His Early songs are beautiful - His voice was much higher -- and later Elvis couldn't hit the high notes He said - 1958 On Are beautiful but so are 56 57 -- I enjoy them because that's when He was so younggg and full of dreams -- and very very shy but onstage he was wicked -- Elvis was always shy and his friends say he was very insecure like with his neck he hated his neck being teased about it called names why He always had collars -- as said By Sirley that lived right behind Graceland - and good friends -- IF You listen to his early interviews in 1956 Wowwww amazing
Much of the ROCK AND ROLL sound came from Elvis' 1940s sessions in the Church scene in Memphis. Elvis WAS part of the change of modern music. He WAS a pioneer. Its not culture appropriation / culture vulture when you help to pioneer a new genre of music. Elvis never stole a song. He credited everyone. He jammed with and appreciated those that came before him.
You can't STEAL "COOL" You can't steal "RHYTHM" You can't steal "SOUL". You can't STEAL "HOW TO DANCE". You can't steal "HOW TO SAAAAAANG". You either HAVE THESE SKILLS, or you do NOT. Elvis had ALL these skills and more.
I love this one 💙❤💯
ELVIS & CINNABON CREAM!!
Oh. Sorry. I just fainted.
Great reaction to a great song. Today remembering my visit to Memphis this time last year. Truly a magical experience. Another great story 🤣 I’m still waiting for the Elvis story book to be released. I can remember exactly what I was doing 46 years ago today as do hundreds of thousands of people across the 🌎. I was heartbroken. The greatest entertainer to grace Gods Earth. May he rest in eternal peace. Gone but never ever forgotten 💙
Oooh, I've been waiting for you to get to this one!
Fifty Shades of Ray is a show I'd binge watch. 😂
One of my favorite Elvis songs of all time.. I think it was written by Mac Davis
It was Eddie Rabbit who wrote.
Thank you so much Ray! Kentucky Rain is one of my favorites too! I can’t wait to see the your tribute to Elvis Tomm ! He’s smiling down on you & us fans . He thought we’d forget him never could we . Elvis brung so many people together all over this world! He truly loved & cared about everyone! This world was better when he was alive but it’s still better cause we still have so much of him he left us to enjoy. Take care & God bless! Much love to you & family! 😍👑❤️
A perfect example of Elvis doing Country music.
Written by the country songwriter Eddie Rabbit.
The shed will be a nice addition Relvis. Your story was entertaining . His voice is so soothing ❤
Good morning. I’m happy to hear you are getting a bigger place for what you do. I’m a very big fan of yours since stumbling on your reviews of the King !!!!!!! More than anyone else that “reviews” Elvis, all of whom are totally unaware of the power of his music, completely ignorant (no insult) of the phenomenon we all knew as Elvis Presley, truly deaf as to the world you are entering, all of you long after his death that are reborn during the experience we once knew as this one of a kind individual unlike anything you could ever hear again in anyone else and you quickly learned from the first song you would forever be moved by this man and his powerful voice.
I’m listening to you now and am looking forward to tomorrow knowing you will be as moved as any of us fortunate enough to have shared his life and phenomenal career. Tomorrow is a date we all dread yet look forward to for him, we get to relive that day and feel the pain of losing him once again by remembering more vividly what a unique marvel he truly was !!!!
On behalf of Elvis I wish to thank you once again for honoring him as you’ve done since listening to the first song , you’ve learned about the man who is his music, you’ve learned about his life, you’ve seen beyond the glitz and glamor and your soul is now linked with his forever. Every time you hear a song, any song, you search for Elvis singing it only to listen to music as only Elvis is able to give it life. Thank you so much. Elvis would be thrilled knowing he and his music has not been forgotten!!!!! Here are songs you might like to hear
Fame and Fortune, Pieces of my Life, This is Our Dance, to name a few. Ask your wife or mother in law, they can help.
Thanks Ray, love this song and the whole album - Elvis in Memphis - is brilliant. That album was released in 1969, a year after the Comeback special and Elvis’ voice just sounds phenomenal !! Another side to Elvis and boy does he have a lot of sides. He’s just the best !!
Can’t wait to see your tribute tomorrow.
Thanks Ray 💙
Great reaction and great stories!! I don’t think you’ve done ** 1970 ( Rubbernecking 2:10 ) a fast pace groove song sitting around in a living room, his background singers are on the couch beside him singing 🎶🎵
Great reaction R’Elvis. You pick up all the nuances and subtle variations in Elvis’s singing, where he builds the song and delivers another masterpiece!! Thank you for a lovely start to our day here in England👌💕🕺🇬🇧
Please look for Elvis Presley rehearsal in Las Vegas the rehearsal it’s about 45 minutes will you please search for that it’s about the year 1970 thank you👍🏼🙏
You had me at "What the f*ck's the difference? You wanna know the difference is? The HEAT!" 😂😂😂
Preachin' to the choir here, Ray! I've been to Florida. Twice. Yep. Muggier than hell and buggier than any apocalyptic scene in a book or a movie 😁
But hey you got palm trees- and fun fact: Florida is the state with the most species of hummingbirds 🐦❤
I'm a lover of nature + I love hummingbirds, very unique birds- tiny but mighty 💪
And since we are on the subject of Fun Facts: Elvis was the music conductor in the studio on this track. Ronnie Milsap was the piano player on this track and Elvis kept telling Ronnie, "More thunder, Ronnie!"
Because Elvis really wanted the piano to mimic the sound of thunder in certain parts of this song.
Like I said before, Elvis knew what he wanted and he had a way of getting what he wanted musically wise.
Another Fun Fact: The Lady Back Up Vocalists are The Blossoms. They sang back up for Elvis during his 1968 Comeback Special and are the three ladies you'll see with Elvis on the '68 Gospel Medley which features "Where I Could Go But To The Lord/ Up Above My Head/ Saved". Three songs in one.
Darlene Love was a member of The Blossoms and was also in a bit part in Elvis's last film "Change Of Habit". You'll see her in the "Let Us Pray" scene as one of the ladies singing alongside Elvis.
And Miss Darlene Love had always had nothing but good things to say about Elvis.
For a sneak peak what it was like for her to work with Elvis read on:
At one point, Presley proclaimed that “rock & roll music is basically gospel or rhythm and blues,” which, in the final broadcast, segued to a medley of gospel songs he especially enjoyed. “Elvis knew the old, old hymns of the church,” recalls Darlene Love, who sang backup on the NBC special with the Blossoms. “Whenever we had a break, he would go, ‘Darlene! Do you know this one?’ He’d go get his guitar, and I’d say, ‘Yeah. Come on, let’s sing it,’ and we’d go off in the corner to sing it.”
The gospel sequence, filmed the day after the sit-down set along with the special’s infamous “bordello” sequence that was cut from the initial broadcast for time, also fulfilled another mission for Binder: “I wanted to let the world know that here was a guy who was not prejudiced, who was raised in the heart of prejudice, but who was really above all that,” the director told Guralnick.
“The choir was originally all white,” Love recalls. “So they took the Blossoms with three black girls and put them in with the mix to make it sound more gospel. We thought that was going to be the end of it, but at the sessions, Elvis and the Blossoms got to talking - me mainly, because I had a big gospel background. Eventually he decided the Blossoms should be in the 1968 special.”
Love remembers Presley as being “a little shy, very introverted” during the rehearsals. “He was very nervous because he hadn’t performed in years,” says the singer, who was so excited about working with Presley that she snuck into the audience to watch during the tapings. “When you talked gospel with him, though, he was just like a friend sitting down talking. But he was very nervous because he had become a movie star and hoped the performance would be all right. He was very concerned about, ‘How do I look? Do I look all right?’ He was just like a normal person, but he was Elvis Presley. So how could you be normal?”
And for a fun story about Elvis, read here:
By and large, though, Deasy remembers Presley as lighthearted during the recording sessions. “My wife was at the rehearsal, and Elvis came in and walked up behind her,” he says. “I said, ‘Kathie, I want you to meet Elvis.’ And she turns around and elbows him right in the chest, and of course, he fell back and acted like it really hurt. We all got a good laugh. That’s how cool he was.”
Presley goofed around a lot at the rehearsals, too. He’d push recordings to just a few minutes before midnight - driving the music-union representatives crazy - only to finish perfectly on time. And when the band recorded “Guitar Man,” he came out of the vocal booth to dance to the music. “He was in such good shape,” Deasy says. “He was into karate, and he was physically very cool. He’s taller than you thought, but he was out there doing this dance while we were playing and it was a super connection. It became bigger than the music itself.”
Presley’s easygoing manner didn’t stop his entourage from losing their cool trying to impress him, though. “From the moment he walked in the studio, it was almost like all the guys there were bowing down to him, but he didn’t care whatsoever,” Blaine recalls. “Once in a while, he’d say something like, ‘I’m a little bit thirsty,’ and 15 guys would run at him with Coke bottles. And because he was studying karate, all those guys were doing the same thing. Elvis would come into the studio and one guy would leap out at him, like he was going to kill him, and Elvis would go into his stance. It was really hysterical.
“The demagoguery was just unbelievable, but Elvis was truly a gentleman and a sweetheart of a guy,” he continues. “He just acted the way a country boy would act.”
At a press conference a few days before the taping, Presley was humble. “We figured it was about time,” he said of why he wanted to do the special. “Besides, I figured I’d better do it before I got too old.”
* Note Mike Deasy was the guitarist on "If I Can Dream".
Finally: I have to say every time I watch one of your reactions, Ray, I see your wife at times rolling on her side laughing.
SHOUT OUT TO MRS. VIBE ❤❤❤
AND SHOUT TO MISS KATHRYN FOR THIS ONE THANK YOU! IT'S AN ELVIS CLASSIC 💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹
AND SHOUT OUT TO YOU RAY ALWAYS FOR GIVING US ALL HERE JOY & HAPPINESS MUCH LOVE 💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💐💐💐💐
TCB ⚡ & TLCS ❤ & peace ✌& blessings 🙏 to you & yours & to one & all here as well 💕
sammy...all I can say is WOW!!! I will read this over and over and over again...what a treasure of information...thank you for bringing so much for all of us to learn from and enjoy. ❤🤗🌼🌻
@@susyq810 I am actually really super stoked that this song was requested because I just discovered that article 🎶Yesterday🎶😊 And so I am just so happy to have a place I can share all this stuff I find on the internet! This is a truly great space you know? It's nothing but love and I LOVE that 💖
Thank you so very much Miss Susy Q 🌻💖💕 As always, your sweet soul shines through in all of your comments FACTS!
This was great! I love Darlene Love and the role she played on the Comeback Special. And I never heard those other stories thanks for sharing ❤
@@kats72951 You are most sincerely welcome 😊 My very humble pleasure 💜 Thank you so much for the lovely reply 💖📖💖🙏💕 Much love to you & yours 🌻💖💙💕
Wonderful information. I am always amazed and thankful for your knowledge and appreciation of Elvis. I love the stories. ❤️👏👏
So glad I found this channel!!!!! Your reactions are so awesome!!! Another gospel song that he sings so beautifully is "Crying in the Chapel".......please check it out!
I'm surprised everyone ain't sampling him and auto tuning everything he did
It’s almost impossible to auto tune Elvis voice there a video on that you can google it very interesting at Wings of Pegasus on why Elvis cannot be auto tuned. Freddy Mercury and others have been auto tuned but Elvis is impossible to be auto tuned.
👎 I like the way they were recorded just fine
@@sherrera66You're totally right! By auto-tuning it takes away the characteristics of hs voice & the way it should sound. Elvis' voice isn't suitable for autotune. Elvis often sang G4 and autotune doesn't read that verry well. (It's Now or Never, Suspicious Minds, I I Can Dream ect)
@@philipkoen5811 OK, musically ignorant here - what's a G4?
You can't auto tune Elvis voice! He has too many registers in his voice! That's why he's so amazing! It's been tried by a professional already!
4:49 Never come at us, Ray. UNLESS someone says Elvis stole music. Then it’s - “Fist to Elbow!” “Did he steal the voice TOO?!” 😂 Don’t activate me!
Hello from Kentucky 💙 also I love story time with Ray, glad you're feeling better! Can't wait for my merch to come! 🙏🏻
I appreciate ya
Congratulations on the 75,000 Ray! I'm so excited for you! Good things Do happen to good people!
Hahaha! I like your Fifty Shades of Elvis storytime.... 😅😅💦💦Makes me sweat!
Seriously tho... THIS is my favorite Elvis song!! It really paints a picture. And the passion, longing, determination in his voice, plus the tenderness, is off the charts sexy!!! Thanks Ray ❤🔥❤🔥
I absolutely loved everything about
your reaction tonight...you know if you ever feel like ranting about anything we will listen..
Your studio is going to be beyond amazing!!!
Miss Helene...thank you sooo much for all the support you give to Ray and his family.❤❤❤❤❤
Awww Ray ...another unique....
colorful...intriguing storytime from you with a twist to your seduction tale ending..(.sorry Kathryn)😂😂😂😂😢😢
You walked all the way to see your beautiful Stacy in the horrendous heat.....that's what love looks like❤ ❤❤
Get some rest and I look forward to tomorrow .
It is after midnight now, so it is the 46th anniversary of Elvis' death. It also happens to be my birthday, and what better gift than my own StoryTime with Ray! And I have one coming for you Ray. What's really funny is that 1) I am a voracious reader, so me coming out of the library hit the mark. 2) I also have a degree in Culinary Arts (along with 2 others), so Elvis as a chef was a hoot and right up my alley. And the prospect of Elvis with icing on his chest - my blood pressure is shooting up, and I need a drink. Where the story becomes fantasy is me being naked under a trenchcoat. Elvis would have tried to run, but he'd have never made it past me.
Thank you for this reaction - can't wait to see the new crib and I'm betting on 100K before the end of September - if it even takes that long. Thanks again, Brother Ray - love to you and your family.
Please if u can get change of habit 🙏 2 amazing songs in the movie ❤
th-cam.com/video/A1tybhgfrHg/w-d-xo.html
Here's a link to a live version that's even better.
His voice is absolutely crystal clear even though it's 1970's audi technology which shows you how incredible he was as a singer. Mr. Vibe you should double up pretty soon and do this as a reaction believe me you'll be glad you did.
I think most of his live versions were Better than his recordings. Could be, because Parker and crew couldn't mess with it! You can hear pure Elvis in the lives, because He arranged and produced the sounds he wanted! He had the Best ear for music in the business as his orchestra leader Joe Gershew said,and he worked with alot of people!
Elvis could have sang the dictionery, and it would have all been hits.
Elvis tribute for you :) th-cam.com/video/kK46e4RcqMI/w-d-xo.html
Mysogmists go straight to ROCK BOTTOM because I am INNOCENT and Forgiven and you obviously invested in POVERTY's Connection !
FOREST GUMP taught Elvis Presley the Rubber Legs movement Dance
way to ruin a Elvis tune.
Many singers sound like they're trying too hard to pull off certain vocal tricks. Elvis just did things so naturally, and his range was pretty impressive. Everything he did, he made it uniquely his regardless of who wrote it. You could say he and Roy Hamilton sounded quite a bit alike on Hurt. Polk Salad Annie, at first, was pretty close to Tony Joe Whites' original version, but Elvis tweaked them just enough!
Every note and sound is effortless. 👌💕🕺