#this was just not a great birthday so far

[hooked-on-elvis]

ELVIS GEMS

Hey, friends! So, @buglass suggested a while ago for me to share some less known (or less mentioned) Elvis songs. I guess today I felt inspiration to. Note: This is my personal selection, based on my taste and vision - not necessarily meaning all the songs are not as appreciated as they should be or that they are technically and content-wise flawless. I just think they're great for different reasons, and that they should get more plays. Oh... song 5 in this list contains wisdom for life in the lyrics and it's something that's really meaningful today as we reach Elvis' 90th birthday. Hope you enjoy this short list!

"Blue Moon"

Album: "Elvis Presley" (1956) I don't think it's that unknown but when I see people talking about the ballads E recorded, this song is not much remembered. I love it very much!

"Fool, Fool, Fool"

Recorded during a studio radio session. KDAV Radio - Jan 6, 1955. First released first in the album: "The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50's Masters" (1992). This song is great Rock and Roll. When the guitar solo comes (0:56), it's impossible not to move.

"Dark Moon" and "Tennessee Waltz"

Album: "Elvis: The Home Recordings" (1999) Although the poor audio quality, those are songs I, particularly, get the most intense feeling of what it would be like to jam and harmonize with Elvis among, probably, all of his home/jam sessions recordings. I love to sing along with those tracks. Plus, I can always visualize E with his friends gathered around the piano he's playing... it's a plus. In "Tennessee Waltz" they mess up with the lyrics, it's annoying and fun at the same time.

"Once Is Enough" ♥

Soundtrack: "Kissin' Cousins" (1964) That song came to me randomly right now on my Spotify playlist but it fits like a glove in the mood today. I think the lyrics is pure "words of wisdom" material, and the melody is fun. And hey, it's Elvis' birthday! In this song he sings: "What's the good of reaching 90 if you waste 89? You got one life so live it If you don't it's a crime." Elvis didn't live to reach his nineties we would be celebrating with him today, but he lived quite the life in just forty-two years walking on this earth. People tend to pity on him, thinking he had such a tragic life story but, the way I see it, Elvis lived more than many of us ever will get to do. This song represents quite well the way he did things in life... not waiting 'till tomorrow, just going for it. "As a lightning-bolt" ⚡ El, you're amazing for leaving so many precious life lessons for us. We couldn't thank you enough, King. By the way, there's great gems among the soundtracks from his movies... this is just one of my favorites.This song is really a gem. ♥

"You Better Run"

First released in the album "Elvis Presley: Amazing Grace" (1994) Traditional arranged by Elvis and recorded during an informal gospel session filmed for the documentary "Elvis On Tour" (1972) on March 31, 1972 at RCA's Studio C, Hollywood.  This gospel tune was never officially recorded by Elvis, but he did sing it in concert on a few occasions. "You Better Run" was sung in a medley with "Bosom of Abraham," that's why they're quite similar in melody. Note: I love the latter song, one of my favorites by E, so "You Better Run" as similar as it is, it's like an extension but not as well known as "Bosom of Abraham" because wasn't featured in the documentary.

The footage below is composed of random scenes from "Elvis On Tour." As mentioned, the footage in which Elvis harmonizes "You Better Run" with his close friend and musician Charlie Hodge, plus JD Sumner and The Stamps Quartet didn't make it to the final cut of the 1973 music documentary and (for what I know) wasn't even released yet as an outtake. As we know, director Baz Luhrmann is working to get never-seen-before footage from Elvis' two documentaries finally out, so maybe this footage will be released in the not-far-away future. Fingers crossed.

"Almost"

Album: "Let's Be Friends" (1970) I'll never get over how sweet this song and the scene from the movie "The Trouble With Girls" in which Walter Hale (Elvis) performs it playing the piano are. I think 1:50 is way too short for such a beautiful song, it actually pissed me off how quick it ends.

"Loving Arms"

Album: "Good Times" (1974). When this song gets to 1:47 it hits hard in the soul. I just feel like crying every time (how did he do that?) Great song!

"It's Easy for You"

Master released on the album "Moody Blue" (1977), but here's the X-rated take 1 because it's so fun! This version below is on "Way Down In The Jungle Room" (2016)

"Pledging My Love"

Album: "Moody Blue" (1977). The lyrics is just so precious! "Making you happy is my desire, dear... Keeping you is my goal."

I could go on but Tumblr has limitations of 10 videos per post, unfortunately. I think I'm gonna share more in a bit. For now, I'd love to see what are the songs you think fits this list.

[marzipanandminutiae]

I Am Never Not Thinking About Charlotte Canda And The Commodification Of Dead Young (White, Conventionally Attractive) Women

so, Charlotte Canda was born around 1838 in New York City. likely adopted in infancy, she was raised by French expat Charles Canda and his wife Adele as their own. Charles ran a fashionable girls' school in Brooklyn where Charlotte was a great favorite, proving to be a polymath with skills in five languages, drawing, music, and amateur architectural design. she was nicknamed "The French Girl," and led something of a charmed life with her intellectual pursuits, loving parents, friends, and pet parrots

...and then she died in a carriage accident on the night of her 17th birthday

Charles had gotten out of the carriage to walk Charlotte's friend to her front door, the coachman stepped away for some reason, and the horses spooked and ran off with the coach- and Charlotte. she either attempted to jump out or was thrown out, at the corner of Broadway and Waverly Streets, and suffered fatal injuries. rumor is that her mother had had a premonition and begged her not to attend the party her friends were throwing, but rumors are common and confirmation of them, rare

like the rumors that sprung up after her death

since Charlotte had been so young, talented, and apparently beautiful- and her grave was an extravagant monument she'd designed herself for her aunt Clemence a year earlier -she excited the public's imagination. a Tragic Dead Maiden needed a Mourning Swain...and a year later, when family friend Albert Jarrett de la Marie killed himself, she got one

except that Albert's suicide was. um. extremely well-investigated. and stated in public records to have nothing to do with Charlotte. he left a suicide note, saying that he'd fallen in love with a married woman in Italy and couldn't bear to bring shame on his family. Charles Canda allowed him to be buried alongside the family plot in Green-Wood Cemetery because of their longstanding friendship

I've never seen contemporary evidence that Albert and Charlotte were even close, let alone married. the family papers are not known to survive, but other letters from the time of the incident do. and no mention is made of the supposed engagement between the two that pop history in NYC now loves to cite. they were society people- SOMEONE would have said something. or he would have...you know...mentioned Charlotte in his suicide note? at all?

this whole relationship between a barely 17-year-old girl and a 36-year-old man, fabricated because. some people just couldn't stand the idea that she died single, I suppose. (I'm not saying age gaps like that didn't happen back then, but they were FAR from the norm)

[everyfandomever]

My food fell on the floor and i couldnt help but start crying

[claitea]

i've had these scenarios written down since volo's debut in pokemon masters and i just really wanted to scribble them down and finally release them

[mintmoth]

Ibuki at the In This Moment concert, what will she do

[technitango]

oh great in episode 6 of 4 minutes my beloved. he's so fucked up. i love him.

[every-sanji]

[soup-scope]

huxley and damien are total girl dads

[floral-hex]

Thinking about this time last year when life was rough. mom was sick. had a breakdown at the hospital and walked around the parking garage for an hour thinking about throwing myself off.

Today was good. slept in. Chinese food with the family. Everyone is happy. Probably the happiest birthday I’ve had in years. Thankful for medication. Thankful for my family. for my new kitten and for noodles and pistachio pudding and coffee. going to see Sonic 3 in an hour. Nosferatu in the morning.

Despite everything, happy to be alive.

[toribookworm22]

Guys...

It's my birthday! ♥️

[waterlinkedgirl]

Toumyu Hanakoyomi 8&9

For something different from usual (no fancy picture because the Hanakoyomi is a drama cd and so doesn't have one), I'd like to give you all the 8th and 9th Hanakoyomi episodes! It's not very likely I'll be posting the rest of the Hanakoyomis, as it's very likely the episodes will be released on CD and I'd like to prevent folks substituting the tls for the actual episodes ^^;

The choice of Hanakoyomis is not at all because I'm biased noooo

Hanakoyomi 8 - Higanbana featuring Minamoto Kiyomaro, Nagasone Kotetsu, Kogitsunemaru, Suishinshi Masahide, Hachisuka Kotetsu

Hanakoyomi 9 - Cosmos featuring Onimaru Kunitsuna, Daihannya Nagamitsu, Kogitsunemaru, Tomoegata Naginata, Heshikiri Hasebe

[steelycunt]

FINAL MIDBLOCK ESSAY DONE!! I AM FREE!!

[milkbreadtoast]

someone called me 1 of their fav twsb artists....🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[0reblogufufu0]

Happy Birthday to the loveliest of friends, @snoobins <3

Twin stars

A universe apart

Just close enough

To wistfully gaze at the other

Knowing yet not

How fate will lead them together

[mouseleygraham]

it truly doesn’t even feel like my birthday tbh

[joyridingmp3]

weird though because like