Official Score = 3 Devils[/caption]We all know who Elvis Presley is... I mean this guy was the true King of Rock! I mean this guy is still a chart topper! What with his JXL remix for, 'A Little Less Conversation,' hitting the U.S. and U.K. number 1 about a decade ago... So you know if this guy is still producing mega topper hits literally decades after he passed away that his music is still pretty bad ass!
Also, I mean Elvis's discography has a list of not just classic chart toppers but truly historically valuable legendary masterpieces such as, Blue Seude Shoes, Tutti Fruitti, Heartbreak Hotel, Shake Rattle & Roll, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, Loving You & Jailhouse Rock... to name just a few!
And speaking of Jailhouse Rock, This in my opinion maybe one of his most recognizable songs... At least, I found that to be the case...
What I mean by that is the fact that I grew up well over a decade after Mr. Presley died and to be honest, most of the people I know (including people who were old enough potentially to have been around to have listen to his music) had not really listened to his music, so I never really had the opportunity to really enjoy his music growing up! But the one song I frequently heard in movies or on TV in the background was Jailhouse Rock, and almost any time I would see one of those infomercials advertising the latest compilation of his music often times would give a segment of the famous music video that Mr. Presley did back in the 50s for this song!
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Elvis Presley singing, 'Jailhouse Rock' in the music video for the song.[/caption]Unfortunately though, I will admit that despite all of that, I didn't really get in to his music until I was watching the show, 'Las Vegas' a few years back and found that I really enjoyed the theme song to it, (which was the JXL remix of, 'A Little Less Conversation') and I gotta say that once I did I found that a lot of these ancient bands and groups were truly awesome, and I could definitely see why Elvis was in the top 10!
And once I started to really dig in to his music and started to listen to, Jailhouse Rock, I found that I really enjoyed it! The reason for that is the fact that I found that I really enjoyed the truly classic nature of a jail type set up that looked like it was taken straight out of the 50s... (I know that for that time that would have been considered to be modern, but I found the nature of it from my modern view point to be quite awesome!)
Also the song itself is pretty awesome! I mean from a historical stand point you could almost see how this song could be construed as the ancestor song for such songs as, 'Fuel' (From Metallica), 'Bordello Of Blood' (From Anthrax), and what I mean by that is that these song went to the extreme, and Elvis Presley was always pushing the barriers of what he could do... I think that, that may have been why he was always offending the middle class!
Anyway, the reason I mention this is because Jailhouse Rock was no different!
Another thing that made this song so impressive is the fact that besides incorporating the obvious rock & roll overtones that are predominant through out this song, you can also get a sense of a sort of, 'Blues' influence with in the song!
And lastly... Lets just be honest... The song is just plain cool!
http://youtu.be/gj0Rz-uP4Mk
