šŸŽµ How Good Are They Really šŸŽµ Elvis Presley

In an effort to avoid going back to sleep and being late for work, letā€™s do this now

Hereā€™s the thingy after a quite respectable showing for Sugababes

Artist Rating
Aretha Franklin 4.64
Otis Redding 4.34
David Bowie 4.31
The Cure 4.28
Marvin Gaye 4.21
Stevie Wonder 4.17
Nirvana 4.15
Radiohead 4.13
The Supremes 4.13
Prince 4.11
Kate Bush 4.07
OutKast 4.07
Portishead 4.03
Jimi Hendrix 3.93
Joni Mitchell 3.89
Bruce Springsteen 3.84
Blondie 3.73
ABBA 3.66
Kanye West 3.65
Blur 3.61
BeyoncƩ 3.54
Bob Marley & The Wailers 3.48
Madonna 3.4
Toots & The Maytals 3.35
Sugababes 3.22
Rihanna 3.19
Jay-Z 3.14
The Rolling Stones 3.09
The Strokes 3.03
Girls Aloud 2.93
Britney Spears 2.85
Metallica 2.81
Oasis 2.71
Lady Gaga 2.61
Queen 2.6
Blink-182 2.21

And now itā€™s the turn of Elvis Aaron Presley

Elvisā€¦

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0 voters

Best single (taken from the number 1s compilation)

  • Heartbreak Hotel
  • Always On My Mind
  • Donā€™t Be Cruel
  • Hound Dog
  • Love Me Tender
  • Too Much
  • All Shook Up
  • (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
  • Jailhouse Rock
  • Donā€™t
  • Hard Headed Woman
  • One Night
  • (Now And Then Thereā€™s) A Fool Such As I
  • A Big Hunk Oā€™ Love
  • Stuck On You
  • Itā€™s Now Or Never
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?
  • Wooden Heart
  • Surrender
  • (Marieā€™s The Name) His Latest Flame
  • Canā€™t Help Falling In Love
  • Good Luck Charm
  • Sheā€™s Not You
  • Return To Sender
  • (Youā€™re The) Devil In Disguise
  • Crying In The Chapel
  • In The Ghetto
  • Suspicious Minds
  • The Wonder Of You
  • Burning Love
  • Way Down
  • A Little Less Conversation

0 voters

Suspect heā€™ll get a bit of a doing but i canā€™t ignore a load of great songs performed with character.

2 Likes

Was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me.

Suspicious Minds is a all time great though.

15 Likes

One of those acts where itā€™s almost impossible to separate the singer and music from the iconography, personal life aside. Had some belters without ever really resonating with me, so Iā€™ve gone for a 3.

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Would be a 4 from me based purely on the songs, Marieā€™s The Name, Burning Love and In The Ghetto especially, and Iā€™ve always had a soft spot for them even through being a terrible indie wanker for years. But Iā€™ve docked a point from other problematic artists and Iā€™m definitely going to with Elvis, lots of allegations and stories about his personal life, not to mention the ransacking of his black musical forebears with no credit given whatsoever, so itā€™s a 3 from me.

2 Likes

Influenced so much but leaves me cold.

Had it not been for reading that article about how dreadfully he abused women and his paedophilic tendencies Iā€™d have given him a 2 but itā€™s a 1.

Elvis was a hero to most but he didnā€™t mean shit to me

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Can never hear the first line of Jailhouse Rock without adding ā€œfirst of all, no he didnā€™tā€ after watching this loads years ago

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My favourite song of his is ā€˜If I Can Dreamā€™. Itā€™s not even that great a song but the vocal performance is incredible. The live version of ā€˜suspicious mindsā€™ is the defintive one for me too, recorded one is too slow. Loads of bangers as well so 4/5

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Only time he was on UK soil was a stop at Prestwick Airport. 5/5.

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A few good songs, a fucking annoying voice, and a massive load of shit. A very generous 2

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ā€œIiiiiiā€™m Elvisssssssā€

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He was an awful man to rob the Manics of the 1000th UK number one single.

Didnā€™t know that
Might up my vote

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Meh, boring music which gets 2/5 but busted down to 1/5 for the whole pedo thing

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In The Ghetto is incredible. Not gelled much with anything else.

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Never knew he couldnā€™t play guitar