Ezeregy dal, amit érdemes meghallgatni: 0274 Elvis Presley (1969): In the Ghetto Writer: | Mac Davis Producer: | Chips Moman (Felton Jarvis also credited) Label: | RCA Album: | From Elvis in Memphis (1969) Was this really the same Elvis who only recently could be heard performing unlistenable soundtracks to unwatchable films? The path that returned Elvis to credibility started with his 1968 TV special, which had climaxed with “If I Can Dream,” but “In the Ghetto” was another song of considerable substance, musically and lyrically. Guided by the safety-first principle of Colonel Parker, Elvis had never been much for music as social commentary, but a slew of assassinations, including those of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King (the latter in Elvis’s Memphis hometown), affected the star profoundly. Mac Davis—credited as Scott Davis to avoid confusion with another similarly named songwriter—also had an agenda. He wanted to describe the hopeless cycle of life in poverty, what he called “being born into a situation where you have no hope.” Davis had in mind a title: “The Vicious Circle.” However, as he admitted, “There’s nothing that rhymes with ‘circle.’” Elvis harbored doubts about tackling a song that was so outspoken against injustice. But ace producer Chips Moman of Memphis’s American Sound Studio knew that musing about giving the number to another artist would be all the convincing Elvis needed. During some of the most productive sessions of his career, Elvis gave everything in twenty-three takes of the song. “Crying in the Chapel” had been the last time that Elvis breached the U.S. Top Three. That had been 1965. Four years on, he was back where he belonged. The hit was merely the public confirming what the seen-it-all-before session guys had witnessed in the studio: “He just sang great,” said trumpet player Wayne Jackson. youtu.be/6am8V5KNJ4A
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