Padre

[drjohncarpenter]

Please post on-topic.

[drjohncarpenter]

So sad how you missed that your latest attempt at a put-down was sabotaged by your misuse of "asking" in your query. Even after my pithy reply you still missed it. Hilarious.

Again, the devil is in the details, which is a lesson you will never learn.

Hilarious.

Yup. Hilarious and sad. Darn that "predictive text" ... such a nemesis.

So, what are your top 5 versions of "Padre"? Despite badgering me several times, it appears you have failed to answer the OP despite making TWENTY posts, and here we are on page 8. What a surprise.

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As far as a "Padre Top 5" I go this way:

Toni Arden
Sarah Vaughan
Valerie Carr
Marty Robbins
Teresa Brewer

Elvis doesn't make the cut.

[poormadpeter2]

So sad how you missed that your latest attempt at a put-down was sabotaged by your misuse of "asking" in your query. Even after my pithy reply you still missed it. Hilarious.

Again, the devil is in the details, which is a lesson you will never learn.

Hilarious.

Yup. Hilarious and sad. Darn that "predictive text" ... such a nemesis.

So, what are your top 5 versions of "Padre"? Despite badgering me several times, it appears you have failed to answer the OP despite making TWENTY posts, and here we are on page 8. What a surprise.

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As far as a "Padre Top 5" I go this way:

Toni Arden
Sarah Vaughan
Valerie Carr
Marty Robbins
Teresa Brewer

Elvis doesn't make the cut.

I have already spoken at length about where Elvis's version fit in to the versions listed in the opening post, which is just a little more interesting and worthwhile than giving a list of names of people who happened to record the song, without giving any reason as to your thinking.

http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=93029&start=150#p1491667

[drjohncarpenter]

Yup. Hilarious and sad. Darn that "predictive text" ... such a nemesis.

So, what are your top 5 versions of "Padre"? Despite badgering me several times, it appears you have failed to answer the OP despite making TWENTY posts, and here we are on page 8. What a surprise.

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As far as a "Padre Top 5" I go this way:

Toni Arden
Sarah Vaughan
Valerie Carr
Marty Robbins
Teresa Brewer

Elvis doesn't make the cut.

I have already spoken at length about where Elvis's version fit ...

TWENTY-ONE posts now, and you still haven't answered the OP's query.

I suggest you quit harassing others about something you are yourself unable to accomplish, even after being prompted.

[poormadpeter2]

Yup. Hilarious and sad. Darn that "predictive text" ... such a nemesis.

So, what are your top 5 versions of "Padre"? Despite badgering me several times, it appears you have failed to answer the OP despite making TWENTY posts, and here we are on page 8. What a surprise.

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As far as a "Padre Top 5" I go this way:

Toni Arden
Sarah Vaughan
Valerie Carr
Marty Robbins
Teresa Brewer

Elvis doesn't make the cut.

I have already spoken at length about where Elvis's version fit ...

TWENTY-ONE posts now, and you still haven't answered the OP's query.

I suggest you quit harassing others about something you are yourself unable to accomplish, even after being prompted.

People will look my analysis of the recordings and look at your ten word effor, and it won't be hard to distinguish which one had more thought go into it.

[drjohncarpenter]

TWENTY-ONE posts now, and you still haven't answered the OP's query.

I suggest you quit harassing others about something you are yourself unable to accomplish, even after being prompted.

People will look my analysis of the recordings and look at your ten word effor, and ...

Again, I suggest you quit harassing others about something you are yourself unable to accomplish, even after being prompted.

Thank you.

[poormadpeter2]

TWENTY-ONE posts now, and you still haven't answered the OP's query.

I suggest you quit harassing others about something you are yourself unable to accomplish, even after being prompted.

People will look my analysis of the recordings and look at your ten word effor, and ...

Again, I suggest you quit harassing others about something you are yourself unable to accomplish, even after being prompted.

Thank you.

Doc, you can suggest and request all you like, but you know I am right - and I would never lower myself to do something just because you requested it. The truth is that you set out to derail the thread from your first post here to your last. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it. It's just a shame the antics take place over and over again.

[drjohncarpenter]

Again, I suggest you quit harassing others about something you are yourself unable to accomplish, even after being prompted.

Thank you.

Doc, you can suggest and request all you like ...

Thanks. Hope it takes.

[goldbelt]

It's interesting to note that any discussion I've ever encountered regarding Elvis' musical legacy, his 1971 cover of Toni Arden's #13 pop success in 1958, "Padre" (Decca 30628), has never come up, not once, not ever.

And that has what to do with its inclusion on a 1978 LP exactly?

It's got nothing to do with the LP, but its another version of the song long before Presley did it, a version i never knew about and possibly others on this forum didn't knew about either, and the fact that the Doc posted the info separately and not in response to anyone else's post as he was just giving out some extra info, and then you came along and just wanted to try and start another arguement, so typical of you.

Thanks Doc for that info - its all part of the discussion topic about Padre.

Toni Arden's recording, chart position and even the recording itself was provided in MikeFromHolland's original opening post, along with many other versions and information.

Little surprise in your rush to defend this particular post and praise it's author for the information instead though, is there.

Check out Mike's opening post - there's this, plus lot's of information that's "all part of the discussion topic about Padre" - strange you were not impressed by it previously, since the 6th reply on the first page is yours. http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=93029#p1488781

Since this topic as gone 7 pages long i'd totally forget about the OPs info on the first page, so initially I thought the Docs info about Ardens version was the first to be mentioned, so i thanked him for the info - i hope this clears up your wrong impression of me. As for your comment about me not being impressed by the OPs post, you are wrong, again, yes, i'm not impressed with the actual song by anyone, I think it's rubbish. And yes, I will continue to defend anyone If I think their right and useful to this great forum.

On the contrary, it underlines the impression, if anything.

Whether you like the song or not was not the point. Your early reply on page 1 displayed no interest, commentary or gratitude with regard to the wealth of information provided - which was also "all part of the discussion topic about Padre".

You actually even now continue to display no interest in the additional information.

Your reply therefore appears not to be concerned with the information, but rather with jumping on an opportunity to praise a particular poster - whilst attempting to admonish PMP2 in the process.

Toni Arden's recording, chart position and even the recording itself was provided in MikeFromHolland's original opening post, along with many other versions and information.

Yes, but after seven pages I chose to revisit the artist who inspired the 1971 Elvis recording in making my point on how "Padre" is basically superfluous to Elvis' canon. And, if you look carefully, you'll see that I added some information not seen in the OP.

From your first post on page 1 you were obviously all about the research on this topic, eh?

You may be pleased to know that the Decca matrix number you provided did not go unnoticed - congratulations on adding those crucial parts of the puzzle to the discussion.

However, it won't have escaped your notice, I trust, that that was not really the point I was making.

To address your post further, no one was suggesting, were they though, that Padre was likely to be a huge talking point in a discussion of Elvis' greatest recordings.

[Davelee]

It's interesting to note that any discussion I've ever encountered regarding Elvis' musical legacy, his 1971 cover of Toni Arden's #13 pop success in 1958, "Padre" (Decca 30628), has never come up, not once, not ever.

And that has what to do with its inclusion on a 1978 LP exactly?

It's got nothing to do with the LP, but its another version of the song long before Presley did it, a version i never knew about and possibly others on this forum didn't knew about either, and the fact that the Doc posted the info separately and not in response to anyone else's post as he was just giving out some extra info, and then you came along and just wanted to try and start another arguement, so typical of you.

Thanks Doc for that info - its all part of the discussion topic about Padre.

Toni Arden's recording, chart position and even the recording itself was provided in MikeFromHolland's original opening post, along with many other versions and information.

Little surprise in your rush to defend this particular post and praise it's author for the information instead though, is there.

Check out Mike's opening post - there's this, plus lot's of information that's "all part of the discussion topic about Padre" - strange you were not impressed by it previously, since the 6th reply on the first page is yours. http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=93029#p1488781

Since this topic as gone 7 pages long i'd totally forget about the OPs info on the first page, so initially I thought the Docs info about Ardens version was the first to be mentioned, so i thanked him for the info - i hope this clears up your wrong impression of me. As for your comment about me not being impressed by the OPs post, you are wrong, again, yes, i'm not impressed with the actual song by anyone, I think it's rubbish. And yes, I will continue to defend anyone If I think their right and useful to this great forum.

On the contrary, it underlines the impression, if anything.

Whether you like the song or not was not the point. Your early reply on page 1 displayed no interest, commentary or gratitude with regard to the wealth of information provided - which was also "all part of the discussion topic about Padre".

You actually even now continue to display no interest in the additional information.

Your reply therefore appears not to be concerned with the information, but rather with jumping on an opportunity to praise a particular poster - whilst attempting to admonish PMP2 in the process.

Toni Arden's recording, chart position and even the recording itself was provided in MikeFromHolland's original opening post, along with many other versions and information.

Yes, but after seven pages I chose to revisit the artist who inspired the 1971 Elvis recording in making my point on how "Padre" is basically superfluous to Elvis' canon. And, if you look carefully, you'll see that I added some information not seen in the OP.

From your first post on page 1 you were obviously all about the research on this topic, eh?

You may be pleased to know that the Decca matrix number you provided did not go unnoticed - congratulations on adding those crucial parts of the puzzle to the discussion.

However, it won't have escaped your notice, I trust, that that was not really the point I was making.

To address your post further, no one was suggesting, were they though, that Padre was likely to be a huge talking point in a discussion of Elvis' greatest recordings.

I find it sad that you can not read or understand my post properly, and yet, you still accuse me of things i'm not doing when my post explains the answers you are looking for. So sad.

[MikeFromHolland]

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Just found another version, this time with Portugese lyrics. It's from 1960/1962:


PADRE DON JOSÉ as sung by GILDA LOPES
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[Chris Roberts]

Thanks Mike, I still consider Elvis's version the very best bar none.

[MikeFromHolland]

Thanks Mike, I still consider Elvis's version the very best bar none.

Padre is such a beautiful song...

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[GERRY]

Frustrating that It's now or never was like a one off, why wasn't it followed up by many more, especially just a few years later when chart success dried up.

I read that in 1958 Elvis said that Padre is one of his favorate songs, if Elvis would have sung this duting the sixties it would have been even better.

And i wonder why it was left until the 1970's to sing?

Anyway i like it.

[MikeFromHolland]

Frustrating that It's now or never was like a one off, why wasn't it followed up by many more, especially just a few years later when chart success dried up.

I read that in 1958 Elvis said that Padre is one of his favorate songs, if Elvis would have sung this duting the sixties it would have been even better.

And i wonder why it was left until the 1970's to sing?

Anyway i like it.

O yes, a 1960 version by Elvis would have been wonderful.

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[Juan Luis]

Elvis loved the song since the 1950's.

[mike edwards66]

Elvis loved the song since the 1950's.

I like it. Elvis attacks the final line with delicious venom. He was totally in hog heaven.

[fn2drive]

Yup. Hilarious and sad. Darn that "predictive text" ... such a nemesis.

So, what are your top 5 versions of "Padre"? Despite badgering me several times, it appears you have failed to answer the OP despite making TWENTY posts, and here we are on page 8. What a surprise.

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As far as a "Padre Top 5" I go this way:

Toni Arden
Sarah Vaughan
Valerie Carr
Marty Robbins
Teresa Brewer

Elvis doesn't make the cut.

I have already spoken at length about where Elvis's version fit ...

TWENTY-ONE posts now, and you still haven't answered the OP's query.

I suggest you quit harassing others about something you are yourself unable to accomplish, even after being prompted.

Should we be surprised. Same thing in the Tiger Man thread. All puffed up but cant take the pledge. Why no answer? Because he loves Elvis version and it is the best version of Padre-ignore everything else he may post. Elvis recorded it in the 70s with Jarvis at the recorder. That makes it the best. Then will hear about the defects in Padre but wont reject because it has some redeeming quality. Oh yea Elvis, 70s, Jarvis.

[MikeFromHolland]

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A few other versions:


Georges Jouvin - Padre Don José
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Chantal Pary - Padre don jose (1981)
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Miguel Amador - Padre Don José
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[drjohncarpenter]

"Padre" is the gift that keeps on giving.

[midnightx]

Definitely an achievement by Elvis Presley.

[mike edwards66]

Here's one that's remixed with a nice fitting video:

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Thanks, Mike. I defy anyone to watch that and not come away humming.

[drjohncarpenter]

Definitely an achievement by Elvis Presley.

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