#one of the most underrated songs ever

[harbingrs]

Take my head away from me Antoinette, sweet Marie Chop it off, squeaky clean I got thoughts nobody needs

[hooked-on-elvis]

"Heart of Rome" (1970/1971)

Written by Geoff Stephens, Alan Blaikley and Ken Howard, recorded by Elvis Presley on June 6, 1970 at the RCA’s Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee, "Heart of Rome" was released on the album "Love Letters from Elvis" on June 16, 1971.

MUSICIANS FOR THE TRACK Guitar: James Burton, Chip Young, Elvis Presley. Bass: Norbert Putnam. Drums: Jerry Carrigan. Piano: David Briggs. Organ & Harmonica: Charlie McCoy. OVERDUBS, Guitar: James Burton. Organ: David Briggs. Percussion: Jerry Carrigan. Percussion & Vibes: Farrell Morris. Steel Guitar: Weldon Myrick. Trumpet: Charlie McCoy, George Tidwell, Don Sheffield, Glenn Baxter. Saxophone: Wayne Butler, Norman Ray. Flute, Saxophone & Clarinet: Skip Lane. Trombone: Gene Mullins. Flute & Trombone: William Puett. Vocals: Elvis Presley, Mary Holladay, Mary (Jeannie) Green, Dolores Edgin, Ginger Holladay, Millie Kirkham, June Page, Temple Riser, Sonja Montgomery, Joe Babcock, The Jordanaires, The Imperials.

THE RECORDING SESSION

Studio Sessions for RCA on June 6, 1970: RCA’s Studio B, Nashville The last entry of the evening, “Heart Of Rome,” was an up-tempo dramatic ballad in the operatic vein of “It’s Now Or Never” or “Surrender”; it may have had a little more irony going for it than the earlier cuts, but by the end it had Elvis straining for the high notes — and the band struggling to keep awake. Excerpt: "Elvis Presley: A Life in Music" by Ernst Jorgensen. Foreword by Peter Guralnick (1998)

The song was recorded on the same day as the hits "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" and "Just Pretend", as well as "I Didn't Make It On Playing Guitar", "It Ain't No Big Thing ( But It's Growing)", "This is Our Dance" and "Life".

It was past midnight when they were working on "Heart of Rome", the last song recorded that night. Elvis, the recording team and musicians spent about ten hours working at the RCA's studio during the Nashville sessions from June 4 to 8, 1970, reporting each evening at 6pm and working until the wee hours, wrapping up the sessions around 4:30 am. Elvis and his band recorded 35 masters over the five-days 1970 recording sessions in Nashville.

June 1970, at RCA's Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

Top (left to right) David Briggs (piano), Norbert Putnam (bass), Elvis (vocals and guitar), Al Pachucki (engineer), Jerry Carrigan (drums/percussion); bottom Felton Jarvis (producer), Chip Young (guitar), Charlie McCoy (organ & harmonica/trumpet), James Burton (guitar).

ADDITIONAL INFO

Elvis on June 4, 1970 in Nashville, stepping out of a car at RCA's studio B parking lot on his way to the studio's back entrance. Photography source: elvis-collectors.com.

During that first recording session in Nashville in June 1970, Elvis would record the songs "Twenty Days And Twenty Nights", "I've Lost You", "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago", "Little Cabin On The Hill", "The Fool", "The Sound Of Your Cry", "A Hundred Years From Now" and "Cindy, Cindy".

[purplemoonabove]

I might as well declare this month not only Pride Month and the month of Juneteenth, but also Michael Jackson month when all day, any day not just the anniversary alone is dedicated to the King of Pop.

Listening to his music

Finding facts about him that you never knew before.

Watching his past performances and movies.

Anticipating for the creation of his biopic, his nephew portraying the King.

The musical and how well it played.

Anything in dedication to the King.

It’s been fifteen years now. Fifteen years since the legend continues to be one even when no longer present in our mortal lives.

Once more: Thank you for everything, Michael Joseph Jackson. May you continue to rest and shine in the heavenly afterlife.

Keep on smiling up there, you beautiful man 🥹❤️

[kyurochurro]

only now ive lost the main piece;

where might it be?

(redraw of the MV art for puzzle by kuwagata-p ft. hatsune miku, originally illustrated by ryono ♡ )

[fallingsatellive]

28. Most underrated band or artist?

21. Best album of all time?

(For music ask game)

Most underrated band or artist: MOST... like ever... Objectively it's safe to say I've never heard of them. But of the ones I listen to I think it's Arockalypse & the Amazing Trans-metropolitans because they were so underrated they flopped and never made the second album. And I wish I could have heard it. Pain

Best album of all time: Objectively it's safe to say A Thousand Suns

[mikrrokosmos]

firstly, ummmmmmmmm YOUR HEADER MISS MA'AM???????????? HOBI ONE CHANCE PLEASE SIR JUST ONE CHANCE LIKE I PROMISE I WON'T EPICALLY FUMBLE, JUST A SINGULAR CHANCE LIKE—

now that i have sufficiently recovered ♡ i have some questions for you ♡ all based on my own degenerate taste ofc ofc

yun or come back to me? lonely or domodachi? tokyo or uhgood? what if... or arson? hangsang or more? blue side or on the street? d-day or what do you think? the last or amygdala? snooze or people pt. 2? who or like crazy? set me free pt. 2 or smeraldo garden marching band? slow dancing or fri(end)s? love me again or rainy days? too sad to dance or shot glass of tears? yes or no or please don't change? moon or abyss? the astronaut or i'll be there?

the ptd in la concert really was a date for the Looks, huh? and hobi in that picture in particular is just *chefs kiss*

yun or come back to me? lonely or domadochi? tokyo or uhgood? what if… or arson? hangsang or more? blue side or on the street? d-day or what to you think? the last or amygdala? snooze or people pt 2? who or like crazy? set me free pt 2 or smeraldo garden marching band? slow dancing or fri(end)s? love me again or rainy days? too sad to dance or shot glass of tears? yes or no or please don’t change? moon or abyss? the astronaut or i’ll be there?

[half-doomed]

Everybody go here with me

[starryrosebud]

@targaryensource Targaryen Week 2023 || Day 6: favourite family dynamic- Aegon and Aenys(Father and son)

Quotes about them:

“He stopped eating, and even began to crawl as he had when he was one, as if he had forgotten how to walk. His father despaired of him…”

“Prince Aenys was the heir apparent, and King Aegon kept him close by his side. As the king moved about the realm from castle to castle, so did the prince”

“Prince Aenys was so oft in his sire’s company that his own instruction in the chivalric arts came largely from the knights of Aegon’s Kingsguard, and sometimes the king himself…”

“His father gave him coursers, palfreys, and destriers, but his favorite mount was his dragon, Quicksilver.”

“After the frustrations of his Dornish War, the king accepted the continued independence of Dorne, and flew to Sunspear on Balerion on the tenth anniversary of the peace accords to celebrate a “feast of friendship” with Deria Martell, the reigning Princess of Dorne. Prince Aenys accompanied him on Quicksilver”

Love how Aegon raised a decent human being all alone 🥰

[cocoabeloved]

SANTA TELL ME IF YOU'RE REALLY THERE DON'T MAKE ME FALL IN LOVE AGAIN IF HE WON'T BE HERE NEXT YEAR SANTA TELL ME IF HE REALLY CARES CAUSE I CAN'T GIVE IT ALL AWAY IF HE WON'T BE HERE NEXT YEARRRR

[rodeoromeo]

by the way I have a LOT to say about richard manuel and someday when I organize my thoughts I'll let you all know

[ooswald]

"In a million years

Never thought I'd see

The day you would choose your fear over me

'Cause many storms have come

And if not for you

I'd have been struck down

Disappeared at sea

I know it's hard for you

To take a compliment

But my life began

The day that you came in it"

[yourlocalsanitizedoctoling]

i should have probably reblogged this off the person who originally made the post huh.

anyway here's the song I'm talking about

and here's a YouTube video of the solo D in question

sorry for the long tags

NEVER apologize for leaving long tags when you reblog from me. i am reading it like its my daily newspaper in the morning. idc if idk shit about what ur talking about, its like checking out the gossip from the next town over

[darkacademiaarchivist]

TAKE PICTURES IN YOUR MIND OF YOUR CHILDHOOD ROOM MEMORIZE HOW IT SOUNDED LIKE WHEN YOUR DAD GETS HOME, REMEMBER THE FOOTSTEPS, REMEMBER THE WORDS SAID AND ALL YOUR LITTLE BROTHER'S FAVOURITE SONGS!!! I JUST REALIZED EVERYTHING I HAVE IS SOMEDAY GONNA BE GONE SO HERE I AM IN MY NEW APARTMENT IN A BIG CITY THEY JUST DROPPED ME OFF IT'S SO MUCH COLDER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SO I TUCK MYSTERIOUS IN AND TURN MY NIGHTLIGHT ON

[untimelyambition]

i love christian lee hutson so unbelievably much but his music makes me so suicidal ive fully had to stop listening to him

[sweaters-and-vertigo]

HOW DARE THEY!!! johnny cash sung to prisoners to lighten their spirits. he believed in prison reform and equality. he was anti war. he sung about people and issues that american society wanted to ignore. he sung about weed against the orders of his studio, using a song given to him by a fan/janitor of that studio. conservatives literally hated HIM.

sort of unrelated but…… while he didn’t actually write it, his version of “the ballad of ira hayes” was the BEST. it’s a true story about a native american man who was a hero in WW2 but still faced discrimination back home.

The kids on TikTok think that just because he was a classic country singer, Johnny Cash was conservative??? My babies he covered a Nine Inch Nails song in his seventies.

Classic country singers (the majority of which came from poor roots) were always talking about how much The Man sucked because they were taking money from poor rural folk. You’re gonna tell me that’s conservative?? Get outta here.

[whenyourbirdisbroken]

🎵🎸🎹 music ask game 🎵🎸🎹

what is your favourite song of all time?

what is your go-to karaoke song?

if you were to get lyrics tattooed on you, which would they be? (or tell about what you already have!)

if you were to get a non-lyrics music tattoo, what would it be? (or tell about one you already have!)

is there a song that always makes you cry, no matter what? what is it?

is there/what is a song that you secretly love but you hate to admit it?

is there/what is a song that always makes you think of your parents?

what do you think is the best song to play during sexy times?

who are your top three all time favourite bands or artists?

what band were you obsessed with as a child? do you still like them?

what is the best live music show you've ever been to?

who is a band or artist that you've never seen that you're dying to see?

what's an album cover that you would frame and put up in your house?

do you have any music related home decorations?

what is a song you are obsessed with at the moment?

is there/what is a song that has been ruined for you by an ex or a former crush/situationship/relationship?

what song do you listen to if you need to pump yourself up to do something difficult?

what's a song that you absolutely cannot help dancing to?

what do you think is the greatest love song of all time?

do you have any band t-shirts or other clothing items and what are they??

what is the best album of all time?

what band do you think has the best or most interesting story? (toxic breakup, bandmates in love, etc)

Do you create your own playlists? If so, how many do you have?

How many hours a day would you say you spend listening to music?

Is there any activity (walking, housework, studying, etc) that you cannot do without music?

Is there/what is a song that you always associate with a movie or tv show?

which musical artist's wardrobe would you like to steal for your own?

Most underrated band or artist?

Most overrated band or artist?

Do you sing along to songs in the car? In the shower? other places?