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I didn’t feel like paying an additional $11.00 for internet access at the hotel last night, when I knew that we’d have free access today, so there was a bit of delay in posting last night’s show – but it’s be just in time for your weekend! Here’s what spun up on the Coverville slots:
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” – Eels (popularized by Elvis Presley)
“Heartbreak Hotel” – John Cale (originally by Elvis Presley)
“Show Biz Kids” – Rickie Lee Jones (originally Steely Dan)
“Do It Again” – Smashmouth (originally Steely Dan)
“Are You Lonesome Tonight (live)” – Elvis Presley
“Viva Las Vegas” – Bruce Springsteen (originally Elvis Presley)
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Very nice show! iPodderX pulled it down just in time for me to listen to as I finished packing for my trip to Vegas. Perfect timing. And with that, I’m off to the airport.
Viva Las Vegas!
Tim Dressen
Five Hundy by Midnight, The Original Las Vegas Podcast
http://www.fivehundybymidnight.com
Good show.
Ran across a list of Viva Las Vegas recordings.
http://www.jetcafe.org/~npc/gambling/viva_las_vegas.html
Quite a variety.
I was listening to a radio station from overseas and they plaed the original song Fade Into You by Mazzy Star I looked it up and found that a cover version of this song is on the album Causing A Catastrophe – Live by Flickerstick.
It would be great to hear it on your show
Brian,
I just finished listening to your Vegas show, great as usual. I was hoping you were going to play Bruce’s version of Viva Las Vegas and you did, but I just wanted to let you know that was originally on a compilation album called “The Last Temptation of Elvis” (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001ZUZS6/103-3085613-1883835?v=glance) about 15 years ago. Great stuff, check it out if you get a chance!
I’m not surprized by your experience trying to hand out stuff in Las Vegas. I walked up and down the strip when I was there recently and was overwhelmed by people trying to hand me cards and sex catalogs. The cards were for something like “Girls-Direct-to-Your-Room” and I must have had 50 or 60 offered to me over two days. After about 30 minutes I realized the only people trying to talk to me were either just plain nuts or being paid to hand me a phone number for prostitutes.
The Elvis song you played, “Are You Lonesome Tonight,” is, in fact, a cover. The original was by the Ink Spots (I think) – and this song is the only one ever suggested for Elvis to record by Col. Tom Parker.
Lee