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Rating: Mr. Presley is 35 years old, and his feast of success is beginning to satisfy him.
Now it no longer matters to win over young girls and oppressed housewives with his typical torch songs filled with adult love or adolescent passion. Thus, during a full rock invasion from every front, the decision is made by the producers and himself to create a concept album with a country flavor, which more prominently displays the hidden aspects of Elvis's life.
By just looking at the cover depicting the artist in his childhood and reading the title and subtitle (I'm 10,000 Years Old), one gets the idea of a presumed inner crisis. Perhaps the performer genuinely feels the weight of the years and responsibilities on his shoulders.
So, between one song and another, small parts of the track I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago (curiously absent from the tracklist) serve as a sound bridge, omnipresently accompanying the various interpretations in bluegrass and rockabilly style.
The martial Tomorrow Never Comes and the relentless Make The World Go Away are pure suffering, which soon takes over the frenzy of other musical incursions.
It is a particular personal and artistic moment of the famous icon, and the album's compositions sometimes are overshadowed in favor of his usual covers or soundtracks belonging to his rich discography.
The image of that rebellious lock of hair so praised and imitated by millions of young people was tainted by reality. The transformation due to excesses and depression was unsettling, from king to jester.
Elvis Country is an excellent USA-made mix strictly anchored to certain sound traditions, and definitely one of the best releases by a boy raised by the people.
The people lift you up, love you, and sacrifice you in the name of the scoop and the news at all costs. If you rise again, you can no longer leave.
And who knows if the guy even cared about immortality.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
07 I Really Don't Want to Know (02:46)
(Words & music by Howard Barnes - Don Robertson)
Oh how many arms have held you
And hated to let you go
How many, oh how many, I wonder
But I really don't want, I don't wanna know
Oh how many lips have kissed you
And set, set your soul aglow, yes they did
How many, oh how many, I wonder, yes I do
But I really don't want to know
So always make, make me wonder
And always make, make me guess
And even, you know even if I ask you
Oh darling oh don't you, don't confess
Just let it, let it remain your secret
Oh for darling, darling I love you so
No wonder, yeah no wonder, I wonder
Mmm, 'cause I really don't want, I don't wanna know
08 Snowbird (02:05)
Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting
for its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings a song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers
that will bloom again in spring
When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me,
that's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life
Is the thing I can't win
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know
that I would fly away with you
The breeze along the river seems to say
That she'll only break my heart again
should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes
where the peaceful waters flow
10 There Goes My Everything (02:59)
There goes my only possession
There goes my everything
I hear footsteps slowly walking
As they gently walk across the lonely floor
And a voice is softly saying
Darling this will be goodbye for evermore
There goes my reason for living
There goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possession
There goes my everything
As my memory turns back the pages
I can see the happy years we've had before
Now the love that kept this heart beating
Has been shattered by the closing of the door
11 Funny How Time Slips Away (04:23)
Well hello there,
my it's been a long long time
How am I doin',
oh well I guess I'm doin' fine
It's been so long now and it seems that
It was only yesterday
Mmm, ain't it funny how time slips away
How's your new love,
I hope that he's doin' fine
Heard you told him, yes baby
That you'd love him till the end of time
Well you know, that's the same thing
that you told me
Well it seems like just the other day
Mmm, ain't it funny how time slips away
Gotta go now,
guess I'll see you hanging round
Don't know when though, oh
Never know when I'll be back in town
But I remember what I told you
That in time your gonna pay
Well ain't it surprisin' how time slips away
Yeah, ain't it surprisin' how time slips away
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