Stones are my favorite band, Elvis is my fav solo, but never did the twain...
Elvis did McCartney/Lennon and Dylan turning in ok versions of "Something" and "Hey Jude" and a really nice version of "Tomorrow is a Long Time". What Jagger/Richards composition should have El taken a crack at?

I'm racking my brain, there has to be some common ground since the Stones and Elvis both loved and covered Chuck Berry.

Maybe "Honky Tonk Women" if he had James Burton and team to give it a southern funk feel? Love to hear some other suggestions.

"Wild Horses" seems like an easy one for Elvis to do...A lot of their ballads actually.

Thing is...Elvis was a bit conservative with songs especially when it came to lyrics. So. not all of the Stones stuff could work for E. Elvis recorded "Good Time Charlies Got The Blues" and took out a verse because it mentioned pill taking. Perhaps it was too close to home?

Other songs that might work

Ruby Tuesday
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Already Over Me
No Expectations


It's hard to pick a fast song because Elvis was more of a singer and relied on melodies and secure notes..not the shouting that Mick does at times.

play with fire
rip this joint
all sold out
dance little sister
anything really...
i don't think there's one thing in the Stones catalog that Elvis coudln't belt out of the park.
love to hear the STones do a great workup of an E number.

Elvis could have done a crackin' version of Rip This Joint in the early '70's Vegas style.

When he got fat before he died, he could have done a swell version of Beast Of Burden.

Elvis coulda done a smolderin' Worried About You and worked the dog outta Black Limo ....



ROCKMAN

lol...Had he survived a bit longer, he could have done some justice to Emotional Rescue.
"I'll be your Knight in shining armour"...seems to be written with Elvis in mind.

Yes, "No Expectations" came to mind. Would have fit in that period in the late sixties before Elvis went totally Vegas. Good call.

There's a few of them Mick solo numbers that Elvis coulda handled
....Party Doll...Evening Gown and maybe even a filthy take on Sweet Thang



ROCKMAN

Elvi could have nailed Evening Gown. He would have added a little more drama with horns and strings.

For Keith, I would have loved to hear El on "Little T and A". Colonel Parker would have stroked out!

Tit's and Ass with Soul, thank you very much.

Indeed Elvis liked Chuck Berry:

Promised Land, 1973 (one of Elvis' last true rockers from the 70's)




Johnny B. Goode, 1972 (James Burton rips this up)




Some songs The Stones could tackle of Elvis'

A Big Hunk O' Love (Keith would own this one)




You Asked Me To (a Waylon Jennings song that I could see Keith do solo)

Tumbling Dice & Casino Boogie. I can almost imagine an Elvis version of Happy.

Yeah, Little T & A would have been a hoot! Not to mention, Bitch!

With Elvis' love of gospel - Shine A Light

All Down the Line

Monkey Man

Dead Flowers would have fit perfectly on the album Elvis Country.

More suggestions: http://www.iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,829367,page=1

Tell Me

@#$%& Blues, with a slingle guitar - no kidding - it would have been awesome

I would like to hear Elvis sing "Undercover" and Stones could have made a smash hit of Elvis' "Watching the Detectives"

Watching the Detectives? That's by Elvis Costello isn't it?

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mckalk
Yes, "No Expectations" came to mind. Would have fit in that period in the late sixties before Elvis went totally Vegas. Good call.

Johnny Cash does a pretty good (if somewhat mounrnful) No Expectations.

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Stones are my favorite band, Elvis is my fav solo, but never did the twain...
Elvis did McCartney/Lennon and Dylan turning in ok versions of "Something" and "Hey Jude" and a really nice version of "Tomorrow is a Long Time". What Jagger/Richards composition should have El taken a crack at?

I'm racking my brain, there has to be some common ground since the Stones and Elvis both loved and covered Chuck Berry.

Maybe "Honky Tonk Women" if he had James Burton and team to give it a southern funk feel? Love to hear some other suggestions.

Ive seen Tom Jones perform HTW on a TV special and Elvis would have done a great version, easily.

So many he could have done justice too as he could master pretty much any vocal range, but especially anything the Stones wrote in a gospel, bluesy or country style would have worked easily.

Good call on 'Evening Gown'. Jerry Lee Lewis did that one really well.

An Elvis version of "Shine a Light" would have kicked all kinds of ass.

Shine a Light indeed

In '89 Entertainment Tonight (or a similar show) had an Elvis impersonator
sing MIXED EMOTIONS.


IORR............but I like it!

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mckalk
Stones are my favorite band, Elvis is my fav solo, but never did the twain...
Elvis did McCartney/Lennon and Dylan turning in ok versions of "Something" and "Hey Jude" and a really nice version of "Tomorrow is a Long Time". What Jagger/Richards composition should have El taken a crack at?

I'm racking my brain, there has to be some common ground since the Stones and Elvis both loved and covered Chuck Berry.

Maybe "Honky Tonk Women" if he had James Burton and team to give it a southern funk feel? Love to hear some other suggestions.

Ive seen Tom Jones perform HTW on a TV special and Elvis would have done a great version, easily.

So many he could have done justice too as he could master pretty much any vocal range, but especially anything the Stones wrote in a gospel, bluesy or country style would have worked easily.

Good call on 'Evening Gown'. Jerry Lee Lewis did that one really well.

Question is: would Elvis have coverd a Stones song even he liked it?

Because there is a second isusue here. Beside the Elvis'musicians playing a Stones number, you have also Elvis as a singer putting himself in Jagger's shoes.

In the late sixties and early seventies, I think Jagger had a too androgynous image to make this happen. Fancy the Jagger's ambivalent, mocked style when singing Honky Tonk Woman in 1969, there is hardly room for macho Elvis Presley to play it with his own style in the same days.

Jagger's image would have shadowed his performance.

SHINE A LIGHT...great choice.

PECMAN

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In '89 Entertainment Tonight (or a similar show) had an Elvis impersonator
sing MIXED EMOTIONS.

We have a guy over here called "The King" who's an Elvis impersonator with a twist. He covers songs by other 'dead' artists (or by bands who have 'dead' ex-members). It actually works better than the usual awful Elvis impersonators because theres no original Elvis version to compare it unfavourably to. So, you can close your eyes and imagine what may have happened had Elvis covered "LA Woman", "love will tear us apart", "Come as You Are", "Working Class Hero", "Dock of the Bay" etc. His albums were called "Gravelands" and "Return to Splendour" !

His versions of Whole Lotta Rosie and Come as You Are got a bit of airplay when they were released as singles a few years back. The videos are bound to be on youTube.

On one of his albums he covered Sympathy For The Devil, which was quite bizarre!

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Question is: would Elvis have coverd a Stones song even he liked it?

Because there is a second isusue here. Beside the Elvis'musicians playing a Stones number, you have also Elvis as a singer putting himself in Jagger's shoes.

In the late sixties and early seventies, I think Jagger had a too androgynous image to make this happen. Fancy the Jagger's ambivalent, mocked style when singing Honky Tonk Woman in 1969, there is hardly room for macho Elvis Presley to play it with his own style in the same days.

Jagger's image would have shadowed his performance.

Doubt it, to be honest.

To turn a Stones title on its head, its the song thats the thing, not the singer.

He didnt seem to have much of an issue covering songs by Little Richard, who was quite obviously as bent a nine-bob note right from the off. He also didnt seem to have any qualms about covering songs by The Beatles in the late 60s despite their drug-taking image which was at odds with what was publicly perceived to be his own at the time.

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The Joker
Question is: would Elvis have coverd a Stones song even he liked it?

Because there is a second isusue here. Beside the Elvis'musicians playing a Stones number, you have also Elvis as a singer putting himself in Jagger's shoes.

In the late sixties and early seventies, I think Jagger had a too androgynous image to make this happen. Fancy the Jagger's ambivalent, mocked style when singing Honky Tonk Woman in 1969, there is hardly room for macho Elvis Presley to play it with his own style in the same days.

Jagger's image would have shadowed his performance.

I don't think Elvis would've covered the Stones. Heck if he wanted to---he would have...but he had not. In fact, The Beatles, were the closest thing to the mainstream rock and roll that Elvis touched. Understandably so. Sure The Beatles had drug issues but the songs he covered were too irresistible to NOT cover. I mean, Elvis was just one of a long ass line of artists to cover the following songs:

Yesterday
Hey Jude
Something


I mean, those aren't really tough songs to cover...those songs are heavy on melodies and perfect for a singer. It was easy, in that regard, for Elvis to cover the Beatles...those songs have a life of their own. Socially, I think Elvis could handle The Beatles: "The Beatles wanna hold your hand...The Stones wanna burn your town." Elvis already felt a little threatened by The Beatles and their fame. Imagine his thoughts on The Stones and their rebellion and wild ways To me, The Stones were a bit more sloppy with their drug taking compared to the Beatles The Stones were always known for the drugs...and their fame was partly because of the drugs..SEX DRUGS and ROCK AND ROLL, right?

Elvis had no respect for junkies...people who took street drugs (cocaine, marijuana, LSD, heroine, etc). Ironic, because Elvis became a junkie of his own but believed in his mind that prescription pills were not the same as street drugs. Addictions are addictions, E!

Don't think Elvis was too connected to the current rock and roll scene of his time. His stepbrother showed him Zeppelin's "Stairway" and he apparently liked it. But never any mention of him listening to more from the band. Elvis liked a lot of music from everywhere...he loved opera, blues, gospel and loved soul/R&B. In fact, the last LP in his record player was of Sam Cooke's.

I believe rock and roll became a scarier monster to Elvis in the 70's. The wild, @#$%&, junkie image was the norm in rock and roll. Elvis was in his late 30's then and was way past any type of rebellion of his own or opportunity to redesign his image. He was amidst other younger bands. He was too prideful to cover anything more of The Beatles or to start with anything of The Stones.

"As Tears Go By" duh