Elvis Review / Derek And The Dominos Preview (Album 9)

(Elvis preview here) So, more Elvis. I like Elvis. This man have a voice. He is the King Of Rock. this album, however, is a little different than some of his other songs. That seems to happen often. There is one almost a cappella song, and there are some songs lyrically that sounded more like they should be in a new-school metal song than a 60s "classic rock" pop song. (In 'Dirty, Dirty Feeling': "I hear you're pretty good at runnin / but pretty soon you'll slip and fall / that's when I'll drag you home with me girl / I'm gonna chain you to the wall"). It's interesting. A lot of the songs sound like you would expect Elvis, singing about love and ladies lost; The Girl Of My Best Friend, Thrill Of Your Love, It Feels So Right. There are also a couple of war-themed songs - I believe that this is because Elvis just returned from the service (I think...). This is interesting, because this generation is almost gone and this time of the world continues to disappear from our view. It's a little sad. Elvis and his group of crooners help to you imagine what it was like to have love during the 1960s.

Favorite songs:

     Girl Of My Best Friend

     Soldier Boy

     Such A Night

Album: Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Artist: Derek And The Dominos

Release Year: 1970

"An almost fictitious group ended up making a double vinyl album that, though it bombed at the time, has since been re-evaluated as a rock classic thanks to its title track's single success. The Derek in question was Eric Clapton who, after stints with The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and (briefly) Blind Faith, recruited a band and created this, his first solo gem." - Michael Heatley

01 - I Looked Away

02 - Bell Bottom Blues

03 - Keep On Growing 

04 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

05 - I Am Yours

06 - Anyday

07 - Key To The Highway

08 - Tell The Truth

09 - Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad

10 - Have You Ever Loved A Woman

11 - Little Wing

12 - It's Too Late

13 - Layla

14 - Thorn Tree In The Garden

Here again is the website you can listen to the whole album on: Radio3.net

Also Spotify: iTunes

Also iTunes: Spotify

Gosh, the 70s is going to be my favorite decade.

~mfm