065 - Elvis Presley - Having Fun With Elvis On Stage (1974) (with Nate Nemitz)

Jukebox Zeroes

The singer/musician/actor Elvis Presley may be best known by the moniker of "The King Of Rock n' Roll", but his discography is by no means perfect. In the 1970s, during the twilight of Elvis' career, his manager Col. Tom Parker (A figure already infamous with a reputation for exploiting the singer for all he was worth) compiled a record titled "Having Fun With Elvis Onstage", seeking to put out an Elvis record in which his parent label RCA would not make any money off it. (RCA would find out about it anyway and put it out themselves)
The record was a baffling mixture of stage banter, anecdotes, and jokes normally intended for the pauses in between songs. Removed of their proper context the whole record seemed like a blathering, incoherent mess. Though the record charted on Billboard, it was roundly lambasted by critics, and almost certainly pissed off a lot of Elvis fans.
On this episode of Jukebox Zeroes, Lilz & Patrick take on one of the oddest challenges they've ever faced: Reviewing a record that's roundly despised in a historical context, while technically not having any music on it. Nate Nemitz of Must Watch Movies joins them for all the action, as nonsensical stories, unprovoked crowd reactions, and Presley's own inaudible mush-mouth abound.
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