my ELVIS Elevator : Soldier Boy

Today as Elvis would've turned 81 is a perfect day of starting my personal elevator through his songs.



First Floor

One of the most earthly grounded pieces, calm and soothing! Still spiritually soft with the piano dancing around like snow flakes.... His grown-up voice along with humming choir of captains?!

That's what I love about this song (more than it's reasurring message of the girl's true love returning to the boy after some war - more or less real). Maybe inspired by Presley's own military time in Germany...?

Already as a boy I was able to hear Soldier Boy on a neighbor's big collection, then almost forgot it exists. Until this very christmas as the song comes slowly marching again, direct from album ELVIS IS BACK!

Believe the best line is : "it's written in the blue" [instead of the book or the stars or the sand]. Because the color feels extra blue here! And when he goes up a bit twisted to "O'er see or land" becomes a detail hard to forget.



Written by David Jones and Theodore Williams Jr.

Recorded in March to April 1960


Reminds me most of : Crying in The Chapel


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