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Baby, let me be
Your lovin' teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck
And lead me anywhere
Oh, let me be (oh, let him be)
Your teddy bear
I don't wanna be a tiger
'Cause tigers play too rough
I don't wanna be a lion
'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough
I just wanna be
Your teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck
And lead me anywhere
Oh, let me be (oh, let him be)
Your teddy bear
Baby, let me be
Around you every night
Run your fingers through my hair
And cuddle me real tight
Oh, let me be (oh, let him be)
Your teddy bear
I don't wanna be a tiger
'Cause tigers play too rough
I don't wanna be a lion
'Cause lions ain't the kind you love enough
Just wanna be
Your teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck
And lead me anywhere
Oh, let me be (oh, let him be)
Your teddy bear
Oh, let me be (oh, let him be
Your teddy bear)
I just wanna be your teddy bear
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 03, 2011 - 19:04  Elvis Presley 1958 by rising70 http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_first_rays/  All rights reserved |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 11:20 2cats wrote: Bill, are you playing this for romeotuma? Today is his birthday you know. It is always great to hear dad sing... sigh... I miss him... |
| 2cats (Oklahoma) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 11:17 Bill, are you playing this for romeotuma? Today is his birthday you know. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 05:26 rocco1207 wrote: great segueway coming from "Graceland" to this. lawman wrote: Ooohhh - I disagree. "Clever", in a childlike sort of way, but musically it's going from the sublime to the ridiculous. Eee - I'm surprised at you Bill! Elvis-related quotes from Paul Simon: -Once I went all over N.Y. looking for a lavender shirt like the one he wore on one of his albums. -I had picked up the guitar because I wanted to be like Elvis Presley. -I felt wonderful when he sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water", even though it was a touch on the dramatic side, but so was the song. From: Elvis. The Last Word! by Sandra Choron & Bob Oskam. Citadel Press. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 05:19 Lonestar wrote: Maybe these lyrics weren't shoplifted from legitimate artists. Awesome!  |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 05:17 Hey, it is one of the 3 or 4 Elvis songs I like!  He was alright for a white boy, but he is no Chuck Berry, the true King of Rock and Roll. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 21:07 donnyballgame wrote: 4 tries at a flat joke Romeo. Just let it lie. This is no joke... mind your own business... it is soooo nice to hear my dad sing this song... miss you, dad... |
| donnyballgame (41*53'36.29N 87*38'20.43W) | Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 12:54 4 tries at a flat joke Romeo. Just let it lie. |
| bam23 (Berkeley) | Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 12:27 I dunno... For all that Elvis represented and represents for those who grew up with this, the sound is much too 50s shlock for me. Especially the background chorus. You can't please everyone and I have stopped pretending that I like Elvis. Sorry |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 12:24 "I'm all shook up and on drugs. . . " |
| WayUpNorth (Windswept Exile) | Posted: Oct 25, 2010 - 12:24 JSteven3 wrote: Nice segue from "Graceland" |
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Sep 23, 2010 - 20:00 Okay, now we're talking. A ten. The King is a God. I swear.  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 22, 2010 - 19:46 It is always very visceral for me to hear my dad sing... I love this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 21:01 Pieter wrote: Romeo? I miss my dad... it is always great to hear him sing... |
| Pieter (Sydney Australia) | Posted: May 19, 2010 - 04:42 Romeo? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 21:05  Elvis by ~liamail ©2007-2010 ~liamail Pastel on paper Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977) |
| FrankMc | Posted: Apr 17, 2010 - 10:32 He'll always be everyone's Teddy Bear. Well, maybe not—there were times he wasn't quite lovable or musically pleasing—but this is a great song. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 20:24 It is always great to hear my father sing... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 12, 2010 - 19:37 love it... I miss you, dad... |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Dec 24, 2009 - 17:02 Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Buddy Holly (1956): |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 10:26 Very nice!! |
| sherf (OCNY) | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 10:25 Don't want to be a tiger.... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 10:24 It is always good to hear dad sing... |
| BowTieDad (Stockholm, Sweden) | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 10:23 ouch |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 07:25 The Kaing!  |
| lawman (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 07:22 JSteven3 wrote: Nice segue from "Graceland" Ooohhh - I disagree. "Clever", in a childlike sort of way, but musically it's going from the sublime to the ridiculous. Eee - I'm surprised at you Bill! |
| mr_toad | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 07:22 bears enemy number one, they look so cutie, then you look like a big candy bar |
| JSteven3 | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 07:20 Nice segue from "Graceland" |
| conglif | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 18:34 Much credit for this goes to this man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Porter_(sound_engineer) (Porter also did all the old Roy Orbison hits, as well as many others.) Getting consistently good results wasn't easy in those days, and before it went on to the mastering lab, all of Porter's stuff had amazing sound quality (and some of it is now being properly re-mastered). ...Just thought I'd give the man his props. |
| macadavy (Cascadia's attic, eh?) | Posted: Oct 27, 2008 - 21:00 Good Golly Miss Molly! Did someone just say: "I'm goin' to Graceland"?  |
| mgkiwi (French Alps - rivet rivet) | Posted: Sep 26, 2008 - 05:10  |
| n4ku | Posted: Aug 25, 2008 - 15:49  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 25, 2008 - 15:49 I miss you, dad... |
| Lonestar (Probably Above You) | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 11:16 queenjill wrote: Doesn't do much for me. There are better Elvis songs with less awkward lyrics.
Maybe these lyrics weren't shoplifted from legitimate artists. |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 11:11 One viewing of Jailhouse Rock and I was a fan for life. Sex on a stick. |
| queenjill (banana stand) | Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 13:09 Doesn't do much for me. There are better Elvis songs with less awkward lyrics. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell, Wyo.) | Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 13:07 Beaker wrote: Hmmm. Not bad. With a bit of polish, a half-decent stage presence and some good management, this guy could have a promising future.
too bad, then. |
| mutepoint | Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 13:06 Hmmm. Not bad. With a bit of polish, a half-decent stage presence and some good management, this guy could have a promising future. |
| spraehbuer (London, UK) | Posted: Jan 18, 2008 - 02:50 this always reminds me of the series SPACED |
| (former member) (Something like a circus or a sewer) | Posted: Dec 17, 2007 - 16:30 Oh let me Oh let him be YO teddy bear. That tight rhythm just kills me. Brilliant. |
| EssexTex (Pork Palace-St Lucia) | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 07:55 Misterfixit wrote: Ah yes, but not to worry, Parker and that scum bag pill pusher doctor are both doing some serious time WAY down South where it's hot and there ain't no ice chiller blowing on the Loge seats up in the White part of the Balcony. See, I believe in a really terrible kind of Hell for suits like Parker, et al. Yep, they be burning. |
| EssexTex (Pork Palace-St Lucia) | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 07:53 Misterfixit wrote: Ah yes, but not to worry, Parker and that scum bag pill pusher doctor are both doing some serious time WAY down South where it's hot and there ain't no ice chiller blowing on the Loge seats up in the White part of the Balcony. See, I believe in a really terrible kind of Hell for suits like Parker, et al. Yep, they be burning. |
| EssexTex (Pork Palace-St Lucia) | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 07:52 This guy's good, he has a bright future ahead of him! |
| longplayderby (Orangeville Ontario Canada) | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 06:58 o2bnsv wrote: Maybe its a generational thing, but there is absolutely nothing about Elvis that is even remotely impressive. Let's face the truthful facts folks. If you do not like Elvis Presley's early material (like this example) you do not have any appreciation of popular music, or alone the eclectic collection of music that this station provides.  |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 06:44 Hearing this come around again I had a flashback to 1960 (I think) and I took my lovely April (of the Red Hair and million Angel Kisses Freckles) to see Elvis in concert. My old 1950 Kaiser Traveller sedan with the Continental Red Seal straight six engine and three-on-the-tree gear shift. Afterwards, sitting in the car with April next to me, I licked her tears from her face and gently hugged her .. knowing full well that her closed eyes were seeing Elvis. But that was OK with me, I loved her and she loved me and everything was just all right. |
| LuvsMusic (Houston, TX) | Posted: Nov 16, 2007 - 06:40 I never really liked Elvis...Hmmm, can't imagine why. |
| petercroob (Houston, Texas) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 11:52 I know it really is apples and oranges but sometimes I teeter on the Elvis Vs. Beatles debate. He is truly King. |
| crinky (New England) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 11:40 Misterfixit wrote: Of course we know, do we not, that this song is about Infantilism, Bondage and Discipline ...
"Put a chain around my neck .... Baby Bear ..." OMG! The Horror of it all! Why Elvis? WHY!  |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 11:40 bronorb wrote: He would still be alive today if it wasn't for Parker. Ah yes, but not to worry, Parker and that scum bag pill pusher doctor are both doing some serious time WAY down South where it's hot and there ain't no ice chiller blowing on the Loge seats up in the White part of the Balcony. See, I believe in a really terrible kind of Hell for suits like Parker, et al. Yep, they be burning. |
| Aural_not_Oral (Oregon City, The Real OC) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 11:38 Amusing, because it is so campy. I like Elvis at times, but this one is more for humor than musical appreciation. |