He'll Have To Go
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Incomplete
And you forgot "Ill Never Fall In Love Again" - poor Elvis was so bored that he did not bothered to learn 2nd verse (listen Tom Jones) and preferred to sing the refrain again and again.
BigRed, Elvis sung many songs "incomplete" also in his best days. It was his choice to cut the song shorter, to exclude part of the lyrics. He did it, other artists also doing this.
>>> to only knowing one verse, and singing it over & over again.
- he sung it twice in He'll Have To Go. This can be hardly called over and over again.
>>> I imagine that He'll Have To Go was more of an informal rendition rather than a fully fledged attempt
- probably yes, it is his last studio song and Elvis was clearly disinterested to continue the session.
>>> and that perhaps explains the lack of lyrics. But Solitaire too? The songs are not just different, or personalised, but incomplete.
- not. You think that Elvis was writing down all the lyrics for all his songs that he cut in studio, from memory? These lyrics were GIVEN to him in form of lyrics sheets in many cases. And if he preferred to exclude the verse it was his decision. Also there was no need to learn every lyrics word by word. He READ many songs during the recording process i.e. MOODY BLUE... and it does not mean that he was lazy or disinterested. I have seen several recording sessions in my life and some singers read the lyrics as well. This is NORMAL. John Lennon did it too... see "Imagine" DVD.
>>> they are sorely lacking, and would have been better with the missing verses.
- you can tell it about "Good Times Charlies Got The Blues" too. Or about "Hound Dog" - Elvis version have completely different lyrics from the original by L&S. Or "How Great Thou Art" - Elvis version is very incomplete, you almost can say "butchered". Why to hell Elvis did not bothered to learn the complete lyric to one of his finest gospels? Was he drugged, lazy, disinterested in recordings back in 1966?
It was simply HIS CHOICE to make the song shorter, to change the lyrics in some parts... back in 1956 and also 20 years later.
BigRed, Elvis sung many songs "incomplete" also in his best days. It was his choice to cut the song shorter, to exclude part of the lyrics. He did it, other artists also doing this.
>>> to only knowing one verse, and singing it over & over again.
- he sung it twice in He'll Have To Go. This can be hardly called over and over again.
>>> I imagine that He'll Have To Go was more of an informal rendition rather than a fully fledged attempt
- probably yes, it is his last studio song and Elvis was clearly disinterested to continue the session.
>>> and that perhaps explains the lack of lyrics. But Solitaire too? The songs are not just different, or personalised, but incomplete.
- not. You think that Elvis was writing down all the lyrics for all his songs that he cut in studio, from memory? These lyrics were GIVEN to him in form of lyrics sheets in many cases. And if he preferred to exclude the verse it was his decision. Also there was no need to learn every lyrics word by word. He READ many songs during the recording process i.e. MOODY BLUE... and it does not mean that he was lazy or disinterested. I have seen several recording sessions in my life and some singers read the lyrics as well. This is NORMAL. John Lennon did it too... see "Imagine" DVD.
>>> they are sorely lacking, and would have been better with the missing verses.
- you can tell it about "Good Times Charlies Got The Blues" too. Or about "Hound Dog" - Elvis version have completely different lyrics from the original by L&S. Or "How Great Thou Art" - Elvis version is very incomplete, you almost can say "butchered". Why to hell Elvis did not bothered to learn the complete lyric to one of his finest gospels? Was he drugged, lazy, disinterested in recordings back in 1966?
It was simply HIS CHOICE to make the song shorter, to change the lyrics in some parts... back in 1956 and also 20 years later.
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he'll have to go
i like this song as on the moody blue cd and the alternate take.
i can imagine Elvis singing this in 1976 .
Long May He Reign - KING OF ROCK N ROLL.
i can imagine Elvis singing this in 1976 .
Long May He Reign - KING OF ROCK N ROLL.