Il signor Presley ha 35 anni, e la sua scorpacciata di successo comicia a saziarlo.
Adesso non importa più conquistare le ragazzine e le casalinghe oppresse con le sue tipiche torch songs all'insegna dell'amore adulto o della passione adolescenziale. Così, in piena era d'invasione rock da ogni fronte, viene presa dai produttori e dallo stesso la decisione di comporre un concept in salsa country, che mostra maggiormente gli aspetti celati della vita di Elvis.
Osservando solamente la cover raffigurante l'artista in età infantile e leggendo titolo e sottotitolo (I'm 10,000 Years Old) si ha l'idea di una presunta crisi interiore. Magari il performer sente davvero il peso degli anni e delle responsabilità sulle ossa.
Così, tra un brano e l'altro, piccole parti del pezzo I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago (curiosamente assente dalla tracklist) fungono da ponte sonoro accompagnando in maniera onnipresente le diverse interpretazioni in chiave bluegrass e rockabilly.
La marziale Tomorrow Never Comes e l'inesorabile Make The World Go Away sono pura sofferenza, che ben presto prende il sopravvento sulla frenesia delle altre incursioni musicali.
È un particolare momento personale ed artistico della famosa icona, e le composizioni dell'album in questione vengono talvolta oscurate in favore delle solite cover o colonne sonore appartenenti alla sua ricca discografia.
L'immagine di quel ciuffo ribelle tanto osannata ed imitata da milioni di giovani venne contaminata dalla realtà. La trasformazione a causa degli eccessi e della depressione fu inquietante, da re a giullare.
Elvis Country è un eccellente miscuglio made in USA rigorosamente ancorato a certe tradizioni sonore, e sicuramente una delle migliori uscite da parte di un ragazzo cresciuto dal popolo.
Il popolo ti erge, ti ama e ti sacrifica in nome dello scoop e della notizia a tutti i costi. Se risorgi non puoi più andartene.
E chissà se al tizio, sia fregato o meno dell'immortalità.
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07 I Really Don't Want to Know (02:46)
(Words & music by Howard Barnes - Don Robertson)
Oh how many arms have held you
And hated to let you go
How many, oh how many, I wonder
But I really don't want, I don't wanna know
Oh how many lips have kissed you
And set, set your soul aglow, yes they did
How many, oh how many, I wonder, yes I do
But I really don't want to know
So always make, make me wonder
And always make, make me guess
And even, you know even if I ask you
Oh darling oh don't you, don't confess
Just let it, let it remain your secret
Oh for darling, darling I love you so
No wonder, yeah no wonder, I wonder
Mmm, 'cause I really don't want, I don't wanna know
08 Snowbird (02:05)
Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting
for its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings a song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers
that will bloom again in spring
When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me,
that's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life
Is the thing I can't win
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know
that I would fly away with you
The breeze along the river seems to say
That she'll only break my heart again
should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes
where the peaceful waters flow
10 There Goes My Everything (02:59)
There goes my only possession
There goes my everything
I hear footsteps slowly walking
As they gently walk across the lonely floor
And a voice is softly saying
Darling this will be goodbye for evermore
There goes my reason for living
There goes the one of my dreams
There goes my only possession
There goes my everything
As my memory turns back the pages
I can see the happy years we've had before
Now the love that kept this heart beating
Has been shattered by the closing of the door
11 Funny How Time Slips Away (04:23)
Well hello there,
my it's been a long long time
How am I doin',
oh well I guess I'm doin' fine
It's been so long now and it seems that
It was only yesterday
Mmm, ain't it funny how time slips away
How's your new love,
I hope that he's doin' fine
Heard you told him, yes baby
That you'd love him till the end of time
Well you know, that's the same thing
that you told me
Well it seems like just the other day
Mmm, ain't it funny how time slips away
Gotta go now,
guess I'll see you hanging round
Don't know when though, oh
Never know when I'll be back in town
But I remember what I told you
That in time your gonna pay
Well ain't it surprisin' how time slips away
Yeah, ain't it surprisin' how time slips away
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