Elvis Presley - Aloha From Hawaii - Via Satellite
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Artist: Elvis PresleyBrand: Aloha
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Live
CD Release Date: 1998-04-28
Music Label: Bmg / Elvis
Soundtracks:
- Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- See See Rider
- Burning Love
- Something
- You Gave Me A Mountain
- Steamroller Blues
- My Way
- Love Me
- Johnny B. Goode
- It's Over
- Blue Suede Shoes
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Hound Dog
- What Now My Love
- Fever
- Welcome To My World
- Suspicious Minds
- Introductions By Elvis
- I'll Remember You
- Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
- An American Trilogy
- A Big Hunk O' Love
- Can't Help Falling In Love
- Blue Hawaii
- Ku-U-I-Po
- No More
- Hawaiian Wedding Song
- Early Morning Rain
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Free Music Review: Elvis At The Top Of His Game
Hit: 5 Stars
I have always believed that the reason Elvis Presley attained the title of The King was because he was always at his very best when faced with a challenge that forced him to give of himself everything he had, if not more. ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE is a prime example of this.
Broadcast around the world on January 14, 1973, though not seen in America until April of that year, ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE really captures this towering figure of 20th century American pop culture at a pivotal time. He had rescued a career that was in danger of becoming extinct in 1968 with the Comeback Special; he repositioned himself on record with his 1969 Memphis and Nashville recordings; and his 1972 Madison Square Garden concerts were screamingly spectacular. And then came this.
Setting aside the bombast of the stage show itself (a product of his Las Vegas routine), the sheer magnitude of Elvis' talent by itself is a wonder to behold even today. He throws in not only the great stuff that had already made him a legend ("Hound Dog"; "Love Me"; "Blue Suede Shoes", etc.), but far newer material such as James Taylor's "Steamroller Blues" (which soon became one of the King's 106 Top 40 hits). He also touches on gospel material such as "You Gave Me A Mountain", and country classics such as "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"--all of these things being integral to that uniquely American musical animal called rock and roll. It doesn't hurt either that his band includes fine people like guitar master James Burton, one of the giants.
But for me, the high point of this album is one of the King's biggest latter-day showstoppers, namely "An American Trilogy", Mickey Newbury's adaptation of two Civil War anthems ("Dixie"; "Battle Hymn Of The Republic") and an African-American spiritual ("All My Trials"). He had already done it on his Madison Square Garden album of 1972 with great results, but here the effect is even more stirring and deeply heartfelt. This is a great example of American patriotism from the deep soil of our nation that will be remembered long after the post-9/11 bromides of Toby Keith and Darryl Worley are mercifully forgotten, and it is only fitting that it is Elvis who should be the one to carry it off. As would be part-and-parcel of many of his shows from here on out, the King concludes with that classic song from BLUE HAWAII, "Can't Help Falling In Love."
ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE would go on to be among the King's biggest-selling albums ever, reaching #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart in May 1973 and selling over one million copies. Unfortunately, it would also be the last time that Elvis would ever really be able to get a challenge of this magnitude. Without opportunities like this, though he didn't stop making great songs, the burning passion the world knew him for was replaced by a life of extreme excess that ended painfully and tragically with his untimely demise at the age of 42 on August 16, 1977 at his Graceland mansion.
But when one thinks of what the man was able to achieve during his lifetime, it is easier to put those excesses into a perspective that helps to destroy the image propagated by the tabloids. Elvis was the King, but in many important ways, he was a lot like us--flawed but human. And that comes shining through on this album, one of his greatest albums ever.
Aloha From Hawaii - Via Satellite Poster
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Media Type: CD
Artist: PRESLEY,ELVIS
Title: ALOHA FROM HAWAII-25TH ANNIVER
Street Release Date: 04/28/1998
Genre: OLDIES
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