Jungle room sessions

Have you ever noticed theres a pattern during some of these sessions depression?
Hurt
Last farewell
It's easy for you
For the heart
Bitter they are,harder they fall.
She thinks i still care
Solitaire
He'll have to go
Was he depressed by this point to record this many sad songs?

Elvis was singing sad songs for many years before 1976.

For example, most of the American songs are of a lost-love genre.

The real key to his emotional / physical / mental condition is in the performance.

"How's the world treating you" and "Indescribably blue" are two of Elvis' most brilliant 'depressing' songs. They were recorded in 1956 and 1966 respectively.

Being Elvis i would have thought there would have been more uptempo recordings like Way down . instead of all the slow ones which makes it my least favorite sessions.

Have you ever noticed theres a pattern during some of these sessions depression?
Hurt
Last farewell
It's easy for you
For the heart
Bitter they are,harder they fall.
She thinks i still care
Solitaire
He'll have to go
Was he depressed by this point to record this many sad songs?

Not at all.

Have you ever noticed theres a pattern during some of these sessions depression?
Hurt
Last farewell
It's easy for you
For the heart
Bitter they are,harder they fall.
She thinks i still care
Solitaire
He'll have to go
Was he depressed by this point to record this many sad songs?

When I listen to these session it feels to me like the end of the world is coming near.
How can one record so many sad songs in a row..? There is so much bright and
music filled with joy..
..it probably mirrored his overall condition..a reason why I don`t like these sessions
so much..

Right now for me it's pretty hard to listen to them - or watch the Aloha Special!

A theory I have is that all music can be categorized roughly into six categories based on the underlying feelings and emotions that are being expressed in that music.

1. Positively Self-Other related: I'm proud of myself, happy with myself, and happy with the people (or one specific person) around me. Can also mean happy with life itself, nature, God, whatever. Example: It's a wonderful world.

2. Positively Self related: Just proud of myself, I'm the hero, I'm happy with myself, no matter what others may think of that. Example: Tiger Man

3. Positively Other related: Connected with life, nature or in love with someone I feel connected to and she/he feels connected to me. I give love and get love in return. Example: I Love You, Because

4. Negatively Self related: I don't count, people don't see me, I'm not proud of myself, I have a low self esteem. Example: Feel So Bad

5. Negatively Other related: I can't connect with somebody else, or with nature, God, life itself. I feel rejected, my love isn't returned. I long for something, but can't reach what I long for. Example: well, see your list here. Not just depression, but a longing for something unreachable.A longing for connectedness. (Nash would call it a life time longing for the connectedness with his twin brother I guess. Or with his mother, for that matter).

6. Negatively Self-Other related: don't feel good about myself, I don't count, people don't see me, I'm nothing and I am not connected to anything or anyone else. Life sucks. I don't like life anymore: and this is where real depression comes in. Example: I'm so lonesome, I could cry.

This theory is based on the work of Dutch professor Hubert Hermans. His theory in Dutch: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelfkonfrontatiemethode

Would be interesting to categorize Elvis' self chosen music through the years...