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RAW (The Other Side Of Elvis) Alternate, Humorous & Sometimes Risque Studio & Home Recorded Tracks. This New 'RAW', Alternate Recording CD release is a collection of 27 studio / live / rehearsal tracks that weren't suitable for release 'because of rude language', unless it had a Parental Advisory warning on it. This CD release show's a different side of Elvis that we're not use to seeing. A very funny side. They even squeezed in a poem, 'Ode To A Robin,' which has a surprise ending. Lots of "f**k" in all its different inflections and "motherf**ker" is Elvis' favorite choice word of poetic spice. It starts out with a good example of Elvis' sense of humor. He says: "Did-did you hear the little poem that I wrote?" Elvis recites the words dead-serious, but the comical twist at the end breaks everybody up. It was taped by Elvis' girl friend Linda Thompson at her home. Four songs are taken from a 1970 rehearsal: 'Heart of Rome' gets the romantic treatment with lyric changes as "I'll take a p*** in every fountain." 'Memories' is a classic. While chewing gum, Elvis pants, imitates a cow, a dog, a cat and even Burton's wah-wah guitar. Hilarious! 'Stranger In My Own Home Town' is 5½ minute's long and it's transformed into a slow blues , in the tempo of 'Reconsider Baby' or 'Merry Christmas Baby.' And the poetry is at full bloom here: "I'm gonna start drivin' that motherf**kin' truck again" - - - "all 'em c**ksuckers stopped bein' friendly..." At the end he incorporates some of the members of the Memphis Mafia in an extra, spur-of-the-moment verse. And they tell me he didn't write songs! 'Don't Cry Daddy' is a great version. Elvis giggles a lot and does a lot of lyric changes like, "every time I cry I know, I beat my little children so..." , Elvis giggles some more and sings the chorus, "don't cry fatty..." Elvis is having a ball. 'Beach Shack' was recorded in the 60's. You'll never hear Elvis laugh harder. He's got the giggles all right. It sound's like someone's been smoking a little weed if you know what I mean. It's pretty funny though. 'Next Step Is Love' Elvis cracks himself up when he sings, "and the next step is sex..." In 'Suspicious Minds', I didn't think Elvis would ever get it right. He kept messing up in the same place. This is the first time that you could really hear the frustration in his voice. Elvis was getting really ticked off at himself. The Memphis sessions are represented with the well-known alternate take of 'Only The Strong Survive' where Elvis is reciting' a letter: "Listen, you little c**ksucker..." From a '74 rehearsal comes yet another "motherf**ker" as 'Promised Land' gets some poetic justice: "...the motherf**ker's on the line" . In 'Hurt,' Elvis incorporates words like "g**dammit", "sh*t", "c**ksucker" and "motherf**ker" to the lyrics during the recitation. The funny thing is that it's a complete take and not bad at all, except for the swearing, of course. Audio is terrible on this song. The reason for this is that it's a fifth generation reference copy. The original tape was allegedly destroyed by Felton Jarvis' wife, due to the vulgar (and tragic!) nature of the performance. Excellent CD! A MUST Have!! I found it at www.presleyproducts.com

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Elvis had a dark side. There is this CD out called RAW and I heard Elvis is very nasty in it. I seen it for sale at www.presleyproducts.com. Has anyone listened to this cd yet? What do you think of it?