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- From: ingrcfb@bnr.ca (Charles Board)
- Subject: Re: INFO: ELVIS STAMP collectables
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- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 14:17:27 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan19.143737.16001@edsr.eds.com>, hkelly@tantalum.eds.com (Kelly Shuldberg) writes:
- |>
- |> Am I stupid or what?
-
- Well, since you asked..... :-)
-
- |>I know I'm stepping on some toes here
-
- OK, just stay off the Blue Suede Shoes..
-
- |>(flames
- |> welcome!), but I just don't get Elvis and the whole mystique that surrounds
- |> him. He had a mediocre voice at best,
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- You're entitled to your opinion, but in *my* opinion that is the single most
- ridiculous sentence I've seen on Usenet this year! With the possible exception of Marvin Gaye
- there hasn't been a male singer in 30 years that could match EP for sheer singing
-
- |>his recordings were way
- |> over-produced,
-
- Some were. Some were under-produced. I'll agree that the production sucked on just
- about everything after the '54 Sun sessions - the late-60's Memphis sessions excluded.
-
- |> and his song selection was almost pathetic!
-
- unfortunately, too often very true.
-
- |> He was BR Cyrus 45 years ago!
-
- well, 45 years ago would be 1948, about 6 years before he recorded anything :-)
- |>The King? I don't think so! Give me Bob Wills or Little
- |> Richard any day.
-
- I prefer Amos Milburn myself, but I find time to listen to and enjoy Messrs. Wills,
- Penniman AND Presley.
-
- |>
- |> h. kelly shuldberg
- |> hkelly@edsr.eds.com
- |> Albuquerque, NM
-