Music Review: Elvis Presley 'Viva Las Vegas'

Elvis Presley was a rare singer and performer that if he put his heart and soul into a song, much like Otis Redding and John Lennon, he could sing the phone book and it could sound rich, soulful, and powerful. Unfortunately, most of the material that Elvis was given was worse than the phone book, and Elvis really mailed in some of those movie soundtrack performances and other recordings in the latter stages of his career.

It was his 1968 “comeback special” (a misnomer in some senses, since Elvis had many charting singles and albums in 1967 and 1968 -- but it was an artistic comeback for sure) that Elvis regained his footing. Leaving dreck like “Long Legged Girl With The Short Dress On” behind, Presley sought to regain his title as the “King of Rock And Roll,” and on many counts, he succeeded...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!