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Elvis Presley — All Shook Up
Album: #1 Hits
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Released: 1959
Length: 1:56
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Oh well bless my soul
What's wrong with me?
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug

I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm
Yeah yeah yeah

Oh well my hands are shaky
And my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck?

I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm
Yeah yeah yeah

Well please don't ask me what's on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but I feel fine
When I'm near that girl that I love best
My heart beats so, it scares me to death

She touched my hand
And what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup

I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm
Yeah yeah yeah

My tongue gets tied when I try to speak
My insides shake like a leaf on a tree
There's only one cure for this body of mine
That's to have that girl that I love so fine

She touched my hand
And what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup

I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm
Yeah yeah yeah

Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm
Yeah yeah yeah
I'm all shook up
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Classic in a very special way! I remember like it was yesterday, though I couldn't have been more than two or three, how my dad called my mother into the living room to see how I was bopping to this jam when he put it on the record player.  Hey, for real, my life was changed by Rock 'n' Roll... Thanks, RP, for keeping it lit!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I had no idea this was recorded at a tennis court
Posted 1 year ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

Interesting how a song about such intense emotion is so devoid of those feelings, just a casual bebop tune.  I guess that's why hard rock and R&B got so big in the 1970s, it wasn't devoid of any of that.  Just pulling a random song from memory, compare "All Shook Up" to "Kiss You All Over" by Exile, we went to that in just 20 years.  Kind of fascinating seeing music evolve.



It's the recording industry. Even if Elvis felt the lyric(s), especially in the 1950s, expressing feeling in the music, or at least the "new" rock music, wasn't important. It was all about the delivery. Elvis delivered.
Posted 1 year ago by rheckel    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Huh, I'm a bit surprised by the apparent low ratings for EP songs.  Yeah, he was an early version of Bieber, and most of his songs are pretty thin; still, this one is a CLASSSIC.  I've rated it a 9 although it's probably  more like an 8.x

Long Live RP!!




Sorry, but everything the King did is a perfect 10!!!!
Posted 1 year ago by johnmunsonjr    [ Reply ]
Interesting how a song about such intense emotion is so devoid of those feelings, just a casual bebop tune.  I guess that's why hard rock and R&B got so big in the 1970s, it wasn't devoid of any of that.  Just pulling a random song from memory, compare "All Shook Up" to "Kiss You All Over" by Exile, we went to that in just 20 years.  Kind of fascinating seeing music evolve.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
 bluejay08003 wrote:

I dunno.  7=Quite Likable, but not 8=Most Excellent or 9=Outstanding, and also better than 6=Pretty Good.  Most of the detraction is the comments, not the ratings.  It's an 8 for me.  

I grooved to the segue into this from Paul Simon's "Graceland".  As for "an early version of Bieber"?  Yeah, they were both pop sensations, bad boys, and had "unfortunate experiences" with addictive substances.  But Bieber has adopted styles that others also have adopted.  Elvis became popular for doing things that no "popular" (=white) artist was doing.  Heavens, just look at the top songs from 1955, before Elvis hit the scene.  Cover artists like Pat Boone made "black music" "respectable" (his cover of "Ain't that a Shame" was #9 in 1955).  Forgive me for editorializing, and I'm not really an Elvis fan, but as cultural phenomenon, Elvis really is The King!

All the unbelievable Black Musicians, Elvis, The Beatles and Pink Floyd.
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
There's probably more Elvis imitaters in the world than all others combined, 'nough said!
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Graceland to Elvis.  Bill is great.
Posted 5 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]

 bluejay08003 wrote:

I dunno.  7=Quite Likable, but not 8=Most Excellent or 9=Outstanding, and also better than 6=Pretty Good.  Most of the detraction is the comments, not the ratings.  It's an 8 for me.  

I grooved to the segue into this from Paul Simon's "Graceland".  As for "an early version of Bieber"?  Yeah, they were both pop sensations, bad boys, and had "unfortunate experiences" with addictive substances.  But Bieber has adopted styles that others also have adopted.  Elvis became popular for doing things that no "popular" (=white) artist was doing.  Heavens, just look at the top songs from 1955, before Elvis hit the scene.  Cover artists like Pat Boone made "black music" "respectable" (his cover of "Ain't that a Shame" was #9 in 1955).  Forgive me for editorializing, and I'm not really an Elvis fan, but as cultural phenomenon, Elvis really is The King!

***I totally agree with how badass Elvis was for his time.  And he served in the military which was pretty cool too.  And then he got TOO BIG (double entendre there...) and shit came crashing down....

I also liked the Graceland → the KING segue...BillG's a freaking genius at those segues, eh?  Even the obvious ones.  And you're right about how it used to be in America.... White vs. Black (Pat Boone vs. Little Richard) and then came the black sounding white guy and the music started to meld (as it should!) and yeah...Long Live RP!!

 

Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Huh, I'm a bit surprised by the apparent low ratings for EP songs.  Yeah, he was an early version of Bieber, and most of his songs are pretty thin; still, this one is a CLASSSIC.  I've rated it a 9 although it's probably  more like an 8.x

Long Live RP!!

 
I dunno.  7=Quite Likable, but not 8=Most Excellent or 9=Outstanding, and also better than 6=Pretty Good.  Most of the detraction is the comments, not the ratings.  It's an 8 for me.  

I grooved to the segue into this from Paul Simon's "Graceland".  As for "an early version of Bieber"?  Yeah, they were both pop sensations, bad boys, and had "unfortunate experiences" with addictive substances.  But Bieber has adopted styles that others also have adopted.  Elvis became popular for doing things that no "popular" (=white) artist was doing.  Heavens, just look at the top songs from 1955, before Elvis hit the scene.  Cover artists like Pat Boone made "black music" "respectable" (his cover of "Ain't that a Shame" was #9 in 1955).  Forgive me for editorializing, and I'm not really an Elvis fan, but as cultural phenomenon, Elvis really is The King!
Posted 6 years ago by bluejay08003    [ Reply ]

Huh, I'm a bit surprised by the apparent low ratings for EP songs.  Yeah, he was an early version of Bieber, and most of his songs are pretty thin; still, this one is a CLASSSIC.  I've rated it a 9 although it's probably  more like an 8.x

Long Live RP!!

Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
I like Ry Cooder's cover
Posted 6 years ago by maclochness    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
What the heck is a fuzzy tree, and why does it make one itch?

 
Funny you should ask.  Joe Fassler at The Atlantic wrote on this very subject:

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/why-songwriters-shouldnt-separate-words-and-music/372945/
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
love jeff beck's version !
Posted 8 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
What the heck is a fuzzy tree, and why does it make one itch?
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 nomnol wrote:


I agree there isn't anything that makes this good. I have the sound turned off.

 
Was never a fan...I did enjoy the parody involving constipation..."I'm all backed up"...
Posted 8 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Well, I don't agree, but you made me chuckle.

 

I agree there isn't anything that makes this good. I have the sound turned off.
Posted 8 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
Did he sing this on the Ed Sullivan Show?
Posted 8 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
It's too easy to forget the times that this song belonged in. Nowadays, it's simple and innocent. Back then, he was The Pelvis.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 hagz21 wrote:
I'm sorry, there just isn't enough booze to make Elvis sound good.
 
Well, I don't agree, but you made me chuckle.
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Doll all shook up.
Posted 9 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Saw this gold album on that long wall in the Graceland house gallery last year......... very impressive, unlike the green shag carpet.
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
I'm sorry, there just isn't enough booze to make Elvis sound good.
Posted 9 years ago by hagz21    [ Reply ]
Now that's R&R from it's early days! Ahh, jitter-buggin at it's best!

Posted 10 years ago by marty88210    [ Reply ]
Elvis Aaron Presley, January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977

Today is the day we lost you all those years ago...  Dad, I miss you so much...  just wanted to let you know that I am thinking about you and I love you...

Elvis - 1956 album photo Elvis-1956album_zpsa8817aa0.jpg
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

This post apparently contained an image that was dragged into the post editor. Sorry, but any text contained in the post after this point has been lost.
Posted 10 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano} ..... now wi motoring - Bill's on a roll 
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]

Elvis Aaron Presley, January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977

Today is my father's 79th birthday... everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches worships you, father... today, we will be very Elvish— elves for Elvis...

hope everyone in paradise has a marvelous birthday this year...

love you and miss you so much, father... we all look forward to your eternal return when you will sing like an angel for the world once more...  amor fati... 


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Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Thumbs up! :)
Posted 10 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
{#Clap} {#Clap} {#Clap}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]

Love to hear you sing, dad...  miss you to this day...  everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners in Graceland...  love this song...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog
Elvis Presley — All Shook Up

Yep, I see what ya did there ..  {#Bananasplit}{#Dance}


Posted 11 years ago by MilSF1    [ Reply ]

It is so wonderful to hear you sing, oh my father!  Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing!
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Yeah baby!!
Posted 11 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]


Love you so much, Dad!  So wonderful to hear you sing like an angel...  love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]


Everybody in my church loves this song...

miss you so much, dad... 
Posted 12 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Well, this is certainly a pleasant surprise! Thanks Bill for always mixing it up!!
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
Cool!
Posted 18 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
elvis in '68 black leather = good elvis in '74 cape = bad. the entire album '56 is astounding. some of the stuff on 1 is not so.
Posted 18 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
Elvis is a nice antidote to The Church...and always has been.
Posted 18 years ago by softjeans    [ Reply ]
Ok by me.....
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Soooo much better than the 70's Elvis. Wide belts just didn't make up for all the drugs and booze and bad movies.
Posted 18 years ago by rcurrier    [ Reply ]
Elvis, you are the man!
Posted 18 years ago by luin    [ Reply ]
it's elvis for cryin' out loud! nobody has ANYTHING to say?!
Posted 18 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]