Do not let Elvis babysit: Elvisarama #5, G.I. Blues, 1960

And so Elvis goes into the army after 'King Creole' and comes out and makes G.I. Blues which is set in Germany. Life imitating art? Well there's no scene of Elv heading into East Germany by accident in his tank; wrestling with Priscilla in her white daks and I hope to hell he never sang 'Wooden heart' to the boys in the platoon. Onwards and downwards here we go...

The platters that (don't really) matter...

'G.I. Blues'- Not bad but the barbershop grates a little...
'Doin' the best I can'- Nice ballad that is initiated by 'Blue suede shoes' playing on the juke
'Frankfurt special'-  Great tune in a train carriage...'Go special go!'
'Shoppin' around'- Pretty good...
'Tonight is so right for love'- OKayish...
'Wooden heart'- HITS ROCK BOTTOM! Singing in a Punch & Judy tent. Elvis loses his dignity for the first time on screen...The chorus is in German and the kids join in bleurgh!
'Pocketful of rainbows'- Duet sang in a bizarre cable car sequence
'Big boots'- Horrid lullaby sang to a kid (watch out for more of these turds in later flicks)
'Didja ever'- Patriotic tune with all the audience joining in!

Stuff...

*Lots of redheads!
*Bizarre puppet show
*'Blue suede shoes' on the jukebox...
*Elvis's crap babysitting!
*Elvis proposes..
*'Didja ever' sang to the camera
*First duet on screen
*First 'ROCK BOTTOM' moment!

Elvis= Tulsa McClean

Score= 6/10

Elvis Score= 2/3

Leading lady= 

Songs= 10 in total

Viewed= 8/12/07