I wouldn't feed this garbage to a razor back hog: Elvisarama #3, Jailhouse Rock, 1957

So it's film 2 of the 3 Elvis greats and the one you probably know best of all of 'em: Jailhouse Rock! I'll keep a lid on the booshwash jibber- jabba and focus on the platters that matter.

'Young and Beautiful'

-Slow tune sang in his prison cell

'I want to be free'

-Okayish tune at the prison talent show

'Don't leave me now'

-In the studio. Take 1= country version, take 2= with added backing vox (see the clip link). Nice sports coat Elvorino!

'Treat me nice'

-In the studio. Frickin' great (see the clip link). Nice sports coat Elvorino!

'Jailhouse rock'

-Classic alert! Elvis is going the full on MGM style big musical staging number in a clip you all know, and if you don't you will be severely spanked with a wet plimsoll.

'(You're so square) Baby I don't care'

-Weird film within a film moment

Weird Stuff-

Elvis commits manslaughter in a bar?!

Narration to the camera by the lawyer

Best bits

'You'll never make a guitar player: you got no rhythm in your bones'

'I wouldn't feed this garbage to a razor back hog'

'I'm gonna buy a guitar and sing love songs to you' Elvis to his landlady!

Elvis is a bad-ass, money- obsessed, bitter ex- con; a naive dude who defends an old trollops honour at the start. Again, the romance is underplayed (she's his manager/ producer) and Scotty Moore et al get on screen as well. As good, if not better, film than 'Loving you', albeit with a weaker soundtrack.

-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= Vince Everett

Score= 7/10

Elvis Score= 3/3

Leading lady= Judy Tyler 7/10

Songs= 9/10

Viewed= 26/11/07

Jumpin' beans in his jeans: Elvis filmarama 2: Loving you, 1957

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

Debra Paget's nice high waisted jeans (Elvis filmarama no 1: Love me tender, 1956)

In 2007 I braced myself and headed into uncharted waters with the task of watching all 31 of Elvis' films (for those of you interested a list of 'em is here). Over the coming weeks I'm gonna let you folks know what schizz I scribbled about 'em. I promise there will be some good, bad and extremely ugly songs and clips for you to lap up. First up: 'Love me tender'

First off I have to say that I have never been a big fan of the song 'Love me tender' which I find on the schnoozy side of boring (you get multiple versions here), that said I had high hopes for a 'gritty' first Elvis film. The plot is as follows: Elvis's brothers steal some cash under orders during the civil war and don't realise the war is over and decide to keep it. This one is in black and white and Elvis croaks at the end.

For the songs we have the musical theatre styled 'We're gonna move' ('nice song with deep backing vocals'); 'Love me tender'; 'Let me' ('Crazy song sung wearing a boot lace tie on the back of a truck'); 'Poor boy' ('Hillbilly accordian') Over all light on the songs with nothing much to remember/ write home about...

Elvis= Clint Reno

Score= 8/10

Elvis Score= 2/3

Leading lady= Debra Paget 5/10

Songs= 6/10

Viewed= 17/11/07

Elvis fact- Elvis's first word on screen' 'Vance!'

Plan B #81 Friday May 13th 2011

I used to do this yonks ago when we first started DJ'ing on Thursday nights at Plan B but the habit wore off...I may dig out the old Bugs Bunny notebook and post up some old set lists but for now gorge on my tunes from last night...there are one or two more eighties tracks than norm! A * indicates a Plan B debut!

Set one

The Rolling Stones- I'm free

Wilson Pickett- Don't fight it

Gene Thompson & The Counts- You don't love me

Tom Zacherle "The Cool Ghoul"- Dinner with Drac part 1*

Tom Waits- Union Square

Depeche Mode- Master and servant*

Sparks- Tips for teens

David Bowie- Modern love

Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Pump it up

The Clash- The guns of Brixton

Hank Mizell- Jungle rock

Joe Tex- I wanna be free

The Temptations- Get ready

Bobby Darin- You must have been a beautiful baby*

Bob Seger System- Ramblin' gamblin' man

The Equals- Black skin blue eyed boys

Rick James- Superfreak

Cameo- Word up*

The Champs- Tequila

The Surfaris- Wipe out

Marvin Gaye- Can I get a witness

The Who- Wont get fooled again

Set two

Salt n' Pepa- Push it

Talking Heads- Psycho killer

The Cult- She sells sanctuary*

Five by Five- Fire*

Eric Burdon & The Animals- It's all meat

Screamin' Jay Hawkins- I put a spell on you (60's version)*

Chuck Berry- Johnny B. Goode

Barry White- I'm gonna love you just a little more

I've never been on a horse: I'm Jewish

So back to that week old kipper stinking day gig after 11 days of firsts, seconds and blasts from the past!

Wizzard fall into the old overrated and therefore underrated trap here at Chez Den. It doesn't help that you can't find a fellow Wizzard fan anywhere in S12! This one has had a re-listen and sounds like someone has mixed some polyfila on it but I'm bringing it to you folks in this tasty vid...no one does Spectoresque circa 1973 better than Roy Wood. Interestingly the flipside (You got the jump on me) is by Rick Price and is billed as Wizzard feat Vile Len and Rhino...it's a goody! Nice pic of Roy doing his best blonde Gene Simmons impression an' all!

Wizzard- Angel fingers

Dropping in on an oft- neglected corner of my collection and it's time for a turn down doo-wop street. I have some stuff by these harmonising dudes but not this hot circle which I discovered when youtube told me that I might like it- fanks youtube! Not to be confused with those indie dudes from the early '90's ?!

The Pastels- Don't knock

And now we zip forward to just 3 years ago and the Beach Boys apers The Explorers Club. I genuinely thought this tune was the Boys when I heard on the end of the credits of 'Bored to Death' the other night. Another pleasant surprise for ol' Dennychops.

The Explorers- Do you love me

And the just ref'd above 'Bored to Death' I urge you to sniff it out. It isn't 'a bit crap' as my brother described it. It's the buttons on the rat's spats!

Bored to Death season 2 trailer

You're gonna have bank roll so big that when you walk down the street your pocket will look like it's got the mumps

So back in Densville it's almost time for a break from the sweatshop. With plenty on the slate lined up for the Easter and Republican bank holidays Den is in like flint tonight with a smattering of good stuff along with musings from the idea box.

The peepers are being cast over Rex Pickett's 'Sideways' which ain't a good book to be reading when you're trying to cut down on the grape juice. It just makes you wanna drink, drink, drink. Good read thus far but I could have done without Miles telling me what his pubes smelt like...

First out of the box is the just dug up from the vaults track from Len Barry from the same LP that spawned 'My baby must be a magician'. I like the fact that he's singing about the Yankees losing and bemoaning oodles of other stuff. There seems to be one picture of Len in the sixties in existence so here it is again...

Len Barry- Rainy side of the street

I like it when I get beened by a complete left-field act and these dudes are no exception...I was pointed in their direction by a friend of mine and I wasn't disappointed by their dirty garage sound. Kewlos haircuts and geetars to match blow the local pap out of the water. Now if only someone would book 'em for my home town...

Los Peyotes- Bdaaa!!!

And rounding things off we have my current fave cabaret singer Tricity Vogue. Known to strum a mean uke she is due to be co- starring with the fabby Dusty Limits soon. If you join her mailing list you can get a free mp3 of my current ear worm 'Everybody today is turning on'. So check out the blue lady, the Janus Sisters and any solo stuff for the correct balance of intellect, shits, and giggles!

Tricity Vogue- Careless drinker

Happy hunting all you live wires

Got the blues this week what with the BQ comedown...So we have a repost from Slade; Walken dancing his ass off; and two nice northern sides. What more could you want???

Crazy alt. 'Screaming Lord Sutch' type lyrics on this great Slade track from the LP/ film 'Slade in Flame'. This is a repost from last year's April blog but you get to see Noddy Holder singing in a coffin this time around...

Slade- This girl

The 'Pennies from heaven' hangover continues this week with Walken's turn as the pimp. Happy Birthday Christopher! You got some moves Mr.

Christopher Walken- Let's misbehave

I've been listening to a lot of Northern Soul these last few weeks. I dunno why I always find myself coming back to it but I do! These two are my fave raves at the mo. Bobby 'Blue' Bland is blowing my mind at the mo (check 'I pity the fool' and 'Turn on your love light' for more raves) and Sidney Barnes is cutting a very non- Red Bird release that is rarer than a Tory apology!

Bobby Bland- Ain't nothing you can do

Sidney Barnes- I hurt on the other side