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He=E2=80=99s big, he=E2=80=99s bad and =
he=E2=80=99s back with a new CD. Love him=20
or leave him, you cannot ignore him: Elvis is in the =
building.
A=20
King=E2=80=99s Ransom is a collection of 15 original songs =
that speak with a=20
powerful voice of the Yukon, love, spirituality and an =
occasional=20
reference to alcohol.
At the core, this album is all =
about the=20
emotion of classic rock and roll and the feelings this great =
music=20
evokes.
The music on this album is a history of popular =
music of=20
the late 20th century. The songs Candy and Welcome to the =
Yukon have=20
a straight-ahead rock-a-billy feel. Welcome to the Yukon has =
the=20
added benefit of being a primer of Yukon culture and some of =
its=20
colourful characters.
God You Heard My Prayers (But You =
Were=20
Drinking This Time) has a heavy blues riff that accentuates =
an=20
autobiographical on-stage event that involves the longing =
for love=20
and seven Spanish angels that =E2=80=9Clove only women and =
can never touch a=20
man=E2=80=9D.
The Elvis story continues with I Guess =
I=E2=80=98d Be Naked If He=20
Ruled In My Life, a song that documents a legal entanglement =
and a=20
judge who insists he dress down for the court. =E2=80=9CNo =
rhinestones! How=20
can a man shine if he can=E2=80=99t wear a few rhinestones =
baby?=E2=80=9D
There=20
is a surprising U2 groove in the song Double Single Hit This =
Time, a=20
new wave groove in Everybody=E2=80=99s Memory Is Somebody s =
Mind and=20
straight ahead rock and roll in the song Pink =
Cadillac.
=E2=80=9CWell I=E2=80=99m=20
a hunk of burnin=E2=80=99 love bolt of lightning coming =
back, sent straight=20
from heaven in my Pink Cadillac=E2=80=9D.
Seeking Comfort =
From a Can is a=20
song of prayer from one seeking salvation from the bondage =
of drink:=20
=E2=80=9CGod the demon I=E2=80=99ve been weaned on keeps me =
retching far from you.=E2=80=9D=20
If that is not poetry on the subject at hand then I =
don=E2=80=99t know what=20
is.
Elvis Presley has an innate proclivity to perform, a =
natural=20
in a world that resists the natural. He takes you out of =
your=20
comfort zone, asking you to challenge your own perception of =
who you=20
are. The quicker you get to that realization the faster you =
can get=20
in on the Elvis festival of love.
That he is the legend =
of Elvis=20
made flesh, placed here in the Yukon to continue the work of =
He=20
before, is self-evident. With the voice, the moves and the =
jumpsuit,=20
thine will be done.
A King=E2=80=99s Ransom is available =
throughout the=20
Yukon, wherever CDs are sold and is a fine addition to any =
CD=20
collection. You can check out and contact Elvis at his new =
website,=20
elvis-a-presley-graceland.com.
If you haven=E2=80=99t =
seen the=20
documentary, The Elvis Project, I would suggest you check it =
out. I=20
think this film should be handed out to new =
=C3=A9migr=C3=A9s to the Yukon as=20
a way of saying, =E2=80=9CLoosen up, we do things different =
up here.=E2=80=9D With=20
Elvis as cultural ambassador, we could do worse.
Ah, in a =
perfect=20
world: well, my perfect world.
Bill Polonsky is a =
music=20
programmer at CJUC 92.5 FM in Whitehorse and can be =
contacted at
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you =
need=20
JavaScript enabled to view it
Thank you very =
much.
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