And so on to the second Elvis (or Elvis P as Max Bygraves calls him in 'Fings ain't what they used to be'!) flick which along with the next 2 sets up the best run of films and probably 3 of his best overall...It could be the story of Elv (or Schmelmann as he sometimes called in these parts!) with the rags to riches story of him making it as a rock star (hence the name change!)
Good Stuff-
-He's just a 'kid from the neighbourhood'
- Hot groupie in his dressing room- "That's kissin', cousin''
-"Jumpin' beans in his jeans"
-"Hey Sideburns"
For the songs we have a solid selection of rock 'n' roll tunes on one of the few LP soundtracks worth buying in the Elvo (another moniker at the Den house) cannon. First up the rather tame title track that gets an orchestral treatment over the opening titles; 'Got a lot o' lovin' to do' is a stone cold classic where Elvis tones down the moves onstage at a political rally where he gets up to 'boogie woogie'!; (Let's have a) Party which is heard twice is decent but not a patch on the Wanda Jackson version- this is another song sung on a truck!; 'Lonesome cowboy' features a foxy gal in shorts in the audience!; 'Hot dog' is another live track featuring screaming bobby soxxer types. Nice black striped shirt on Elv; 'Mean woman blues' is great and is his foray into singing in a barroom; 'Teddy bear' is another tune that you'll all know that I'm no fan of. This one is delivered onstage with a mean cowboy shirt and necktie.
Plenty of high points and I fear that this may be the template that gets watered down as we progress through the next 29. Elvis is Deke: a singer who makes it...his manager shocks the media with his wild image etc...After a hectic first half hour or so we move to a kinda love triangle. This has great songs (best yet!) with a relatively formulaic script. No songs are delivered in the 'musical style. A winner!
Elvis= Deke Rivers/ Jimmy Tompkins
Score= 7/10
Elvis Score= 3/3
Leading lady= Dolores Hart 7/10
Songs= 9/10
Viewed= 17/11/07
No comments:
Post a Comment