Showing posts with label songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label songs. Show all posts

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Why is 'Just Pretend' the first song on Lisa Marie Presley's list of favorite Elvis songs?


Lisa Marie Presley made a 12-song compilation on iTunes of her favorite songs by her father.

Why is "Just Pretend" the first song?

Maybe there is a hint in the lyrics:

Just pretend, I'm holding you
And whispering things soft and low
And think of me, how it's gonna be,
Just pretend I didn't go
When I walked away, I heard you say
If you need me, you know what to do
I knew it then, I'd be back again
Just pretend I'm right there with you

And I'll come flying to you, oh yes
All the crying is true
Oh, I will hold you and love you again
But until then, well just pretend

Oh, it's funny but I can't recall the things
We said or why you're crying
But now I know it was wrong to go
I belong here by your side

Seems like daughter wishing her dad was still around.


Sunday, May 13, 2012

Elvis Presley woke up astronauts. Which song was most popular among space travelers?

Did you know that NASA uses music to wake up astronauts on space missions? So says NASA's history division in this report (pdf). It lists various space missions and the music played on each. Here are a few songs of many not coming from the King of Rock n' Roll:

Of course, Elvis Presley is well-represented. Which songs? A bunch:

By my tally, "Hound Dog" is the Elvis song that astronauts awoke to the most.

Update: I later came across an old post on Elvis Today that is about this very topic. The blog confirms my conclusion about "Hound Dog."


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