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Elvis Presley — A Fool Such As I
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Released: 1959
Length: 2:31
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Now and then, there's a fool such as I
Pardon me if I'm sentimental when we say goodbye
Don't be angry with me should I cry
Now when you're gone, yet I'll dream a little dream as years go by
Now and then, there's a fool such as I

Now and then, there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love and now
You say that we are through
I'm a fool but I'll love you dear until the day I die
Now and then, there's a fool such as I

Now and then, there's a fool such as I
Now and then, there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love and now you say that we are
I'm a fool but I'll love you dear until the day I die
Now and then, there's a fool such as I

Now and then, there's a fool such as I
Now and then, there's a fool such as I
Now and then, there's a fool such as I
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 bc wrote:


Oh, he's not dead.  I just saw him at my local deli eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

No bacon?  I guess he's trying to cut back, or maybe he went vegetarian.
Not baritone, definitely bass. Low singing note for baritone is 2nd A below middle C Low singing note for bass is 2nd E below middle C. When the backing singer sings “now and then there’s a fool such as I”, the word “I” is the 2nd E below middle C. Now, of course Elvis was a baritone, if that’s what you meant.
 jwallstrom846 wrote:

The king is great.  But that bass backup singer is insane. 




Yes!  A GREAT BARITONE singer!!
One of my faves from The King.
aint this something

 jwallstrom846 wrote:

The king is great.  But that bass backup singer is insane. 




IN A GREAT WAY!!!  
The king is great.  But that bass backup singer is insane. 
 bc wrote:


Oh, he's not dead.  I just saw him at my local deli eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich.


Was it fried? If not, it wasn't him.
What is there to say? Oh yeah, we can compare Elvis with Justin Bieber!
who is the baritone?  love it, very fun
What a great song
Long Live RP
But my rating is ONLY 7 so I Skip
Theme song for the next "Fallout" video game :).
So boring it hurts. 
 Lazarus wrote:
...  everybody in my mushrooming multitude of homeless camps loves this emotive song more than public mastication gratification...

 

[mastication = chewing]   From The Institute for the Psychology of Eating website:  (click here)

Have you ever wondered why crunchy foods are so popular, why advertisers promote products on the basis of crunchiness – “super crunchy,” “extra crunchy,” “stays crunchy even in milk”? Have you noticed that whenever you eat your favorite brand of potato chips, pretzels, or crackers, they each have a similar degree of crunchiness? What advertisers understand and capitalize on is that crunching and chewing are primal activities, inborn urges dating back to the first life-forms that ever “crunched” on each other.

So important is the level of crunch that many years ago, potato-chip manufacturers developed a sophisticated apparatus to measure the perceived level of crunch that consumers hear in their heads. The most pleasurable decibel levels were deciphered, and potato chips were subsequently manufactured to these standard orgasmic crunch levels.

From a psychophysiologic perspective, chewing and crunching are natural outlets for inborn aggression.




Maybe the Resurrected Dead One is actually onto something .... ?  

I remember the Elvis 8 track tapes scattered about on the seat and floor of my mothers Buick...
Early mid Elvis is great,  even my 87yo mother once said she liked Elvis tho he was never heard in our house, just car radio
 ShoreGirl wrote:
Elvis.  Oh yeah!   Dead or alive, I love Elvis!  {#Kiss}{#Bounce} 

 

Oh, he's not dead.  I just saw him at my local deli eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
Bill, it's just a pleasure listening to you.
{#Dancingbanana}{#Music}{#Notworthy}
Thanks, Bill.
For me - it was WTMA in Charleston,South Carolina - 1973
Nice story Bill. For me in the UK it was Radios Luxembourg and Caroline, a few years later though {#Laughing}
Thanks Lazarus for sharing your story.  
 mattenuttall wrote:
This is amazing: Bill did say 1979! Finally, indirect proof that at least in 1979, Elvis was still alive. Note Bill made the same mistake on December 23 of 2015. Or, Bill's commentary was recorded and remains unchanged months later? Kinda takes away the perception of personal touch in the RP play list.

 
It does, doesn't it? Happens from time to time and it always hurts a little. But then again, we can't really expect Bill to sit in front of the mic 24/7 for a free station, can we?

Same with the re-use of some of the segments. A steady listener will detect those from time to time, and feel kind of "cheated" ... but again, we don't pay (much) for his work, and also it would be kind of a waste to only play these great sequences only once.
Steely Dan to Elvis...*sigh*...thank you Bill
 
My husband and I aren't real fans of Elvis, but we certainly appreciate the wide variety of genres, old and new, that you choose to play. Thank you!
Elvis.  Oh yeah!   Dead or alive, I love Elvis!  {#Kiss}{#Bounce} 
 chinaski wrote:
Hmm, interesting, it's March 27 and Bill just mentioned 1979 again so this must be a canned stream on auto shuffle.

 
Oops. Yes. That was a repeated music set, with mis-spoken intro.  Sorry about that.

Auto-shuffle? No. We choose to repeat music segments rather than let auto-anything control what plays. 
Hmm, interesting, it's March 27 and Bill just mentioned 1979 again so this must be a canned stream on auto shuffle.
{#Crown}I LIKE THE FOOL THREAD STEELY DAN NOW ELVIS U COULD GO ALL DAY JUST ON THAT ALONE LOL BEATLES FOOL ON THE HILL ECT / ROCK ON
This is amazing: Bill did say 1979! Finally, indirect proof that at least in 1979, Elvis was still alive. Note Bill made the same mistake on December 23 of 2015. Or, Bill's commentary was recorded and remains unchanged months later? Kinda takes away the perception of personal touch in the RP play list.
Lennon and Bowie must have got Bill excited when they requested this,
he said it was from 1979 
Great Grampa, come quick, they're playing YOUR music on the internet!
Scotty Moore's guitar is especially brilliant here
Wait a minute. Did Bill just say this was from 1979, or did I momentarily hallucinate?
 KevinM wrote:
I wish there was a zero rating

 
I guess you're more of a Lawrence Welk person.
https://howthehelldidienduphere.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/mr-t.jpg?w=300&h=237
I wish there was a zero rating
 kcar wrote:
The saga of Lazarus continues...
 
I miss my dad so much...  it is always quite poignant to hear him sing a cover of this song written by Bill Trader and originally recorded by Hank Snow in 1953...

everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...

hope you be having some delicious public mastication as pumpkin time approaches, kcar...  Grateful We're Not Dead...
 Lazarus wrote:
Miss you so much, Dad...  everybody in my mushrooming multitude of homeless camps loves this emotive song more than public mastication gratification...

 
The saga of Lazarus continues...
Can you imagine anyone singing like this today? Oh, wait that guy from Future Islands is pretty goofy.
Miss you so much, Dad...  everybody in my mushrooming multitude of homeless camps loves this emotive song more than public mastication gratification...
 enkay wrote:
Prince Lazarus, I presume?
 

I am just a humble rum-running stud...  just a ho ho ho...  hope you be having a very merry Friday...

it squeezes my gizzards to hear my father sing...  miss him so much...  love this song even more than public mastication gratification...
 

 
 
 Lazarus wrote:


My father was of German, Scottish, French, Jewish and Cherokee ancestry... his father had several low-paying jobs, including sharecropper and truck driver... his mother worked as a sewing machine operator... they met in Tupelo, Mississippi, and eloped to Pontotoc County where they married on June 17, 1933... my dad was born January 8, 1935, in a two room house, built by his father, in East Tupelo... my dad had an identical twin who was stillborn... my dad grew up as an only child and was very close to his momma...

In 1938, my grandfather was jailed for an eight dollar check forgery... while my grandfather was incarcerated, my grandmother lost the family home... my dad was bullied at school; classmates threw rotten fruit and stuff at him because he was different— he was quiet and he stuttered and they called him a "mama's boy"...

In 1946, my father got his first guitar, and the rest is history... he wound up in Memphis, Tennessee, where dad went to record stores that had jukeboxes and listening booths, playing old records and new releases for hours... my father was an audience member at the all-night black and white "gospel sings" downtown... Memphis Symphony Orchestra concerts at Overton Park were another favorite for my dad, along with the Metropolitan Opera...

my mother grew up in an area in Memphis called Germantown, which was right next to my father's property... people used to climb trees in my mother's yard to peer into my father's property... my mother met my father one day in January of 1962 while she was out for a walk in the neighborhood... my mother saw nothing but stars in my father's eyes, and he seduced her... it was just a one-night-stand... my father was soon on tour, and my mother realized she had become pregnant... she quickly married another man, because back in those days a pregnant single woman was a social taboo...

I was born in Memphis, at a hospital two blocks from the Mississippi River... we did not stay in Memphis for long, so I don't remember much... the man my mother married adopted me as his son, and they did not tell me the truth until I was 12 years old, living far away from my father... I sent my true father many letters, but I never heard from him, and he died about a month before I turned 15 years old, before I was old enough to visit him on my own... rest in peace, father...

love this song...


 

Prince Lazarus, I presume?



{#Crown} of rock and roll? yeah, {#Yell} CHUCK BERRY.{#Sunny} better singer, dancer{#Bananasplit}, all around better music maker {#Guitarist}. his biggest hurdle? not being of the {#Flamed} honkustrypuss.{#Fire} {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananapiano}{#Clap}{#Dance} ( or dare I say it BO DIDDLY ){#Shhh}
 SanFranGayMan wrote:
A bittersweet recollection, indeed, and sweet, btw. Grew up in Memphis also, but did not leave til college-30 days to the date of high school graduation. The South is weird, it grabs you and repels you at the same time. A tad like life I suppose.  

Lazarus wrote:


My father was of German, Scottish, French, Jewish and Cherokee ancestry... his father had several low-paying jobs, including sharecropper and truck driver... his mother worked as a sewing machine operator... they met in Tupelo, Mississippi, and eloped to Pontotoc County where they married on June 17, 1933... my dad was born January 8, 1935, in a two room house, built by his father, in East Tupelo... my dad had an identical twin who was stillborn... my dad grew up as an only child and was very close to his momma...

In 1938, my grandfather was jailed for an eight dollar check forgery... while my grandfather was incarcerated, my grandmother lost the family home... my dad was bullied at school; classmates threw rotten fruit and stuff at him because he was different— he was quiet and he stuttered and they called him a "mama's boy"...

In 1946, my father got his first guitar, and the rest is history... he wound up in Memphis, Tennessee, where dad went to record stores that had jukeboxes and listening booths, playing old records and new releases for hours... my father was an audience member at the all-night black and white "gospel sings" downtown... Memphis Symphony Orchestra concerts at Overton Park were another favorite for my dad, along with the Metropolitan Opera...

my mother grew up in an area in Memphis called Germantown, which was right next to my father's property... people used to climb trees in my mother's yard to peer into my father's property... my mother met my father one day in January of 1962 while she was out for a walk in the neighborhood... my mother saw nothing but stars in my father's eyes, and he seduced her... it was just a one-night-stand... my father was soon on tour, and my mother realized she had become pregnant... she quickly married another man, because back in those days a pregnant single woman was a social taboo...

I was born in Memphis, at a hospital two blocks from the Mississippi River... we did not stay in Memphis for long, so I don't remember much... the man my mother married adopted me as his son, and they did not tell me the truth until I was 12 years old, living far away from my father... I sent my true father many letters, but I never heard from him, and he died about a month before I turned 15 years old, before I was old enough to visit him on my own... rest in peace, father...

love this song...

 

 

I hope you are having a gay Friday...

it is always deeply moving for me to hear my father sing...  love this song...
 
The answer is 42.
A bittersweet recollection, indeed, and sweet, btw. Grew up in Memphis also, but did not leave til college-30 days to the date of high school graduation. The South is weird, it grabs you and repels you at the same time. A tad like life I suppose.  

Lazarus wrote:


My father was of German, Scottish, French, Jewish and Cherokee ancestry... his father had several low-paying jobs, including sharecropper and truck driver... his mother worked as a sewing machine operator... they met in Tupelo, Mississippi, and eloped to Pontotoc County where they married on June 17, 1933... my dad was born January 8, 1935, in a two room house, built by his father, in East Tupelo... my dad had an identical twin who was stillborn... my dad grew up as an only child and was very close to his momma...

In 1938, my grandfather was jailed for an eight dollar check forgery... while my grandfather was incarcerated, my grandmother lost the family home... my dad was bullied at school; classmates threw rotten fruit and stuff at him because he was different— he was quiet and he stuttered and they called him a "mama's boy"...

In 1946, my father got his first guitar, and the rest is history... he wound up in Memphis, Tennessee, where dad went to record stores that had jukeboxes and listening booths, playing old records and new releases for hours... my father was an audience member at the all-night black and white "gospel sings" downtown... Memphis Symphony Orchestra concerts at Overton Park were another favorite for my dad, along with the Metropolitan Opera...

my mother grew up in an area in Memphis called Germantown, which was right next to my father's property... people used to climb trees in my mother's yard to peer into my father's property... my mother met my father one day in January of 1962 while she was out for a walk in the neighborhood... my mother saw nothing but stars in my father's eyes, and he seduced her... it was just a one-night-stand... my father was soon on tour, and my mother realized she had become pregnant... she quickly married another man, because back in those days a pregnant single woman was a social taboo...

I was born in Memphis, at a hospital two blocks from the Mississippi River... we did not stay in Memphis for long, so I don't remember much... the man my mother married adopted me as his son, and they did not tell me the truth until I was 12 years old, living far away from my father... I sent my true father many letters, but I never heard from him, and he died about a month before I turned 15 years old, before I was old enough to visit him on my own... rest in peace, father...

love this song...

 



 


Should be at least a 9!


marvelous...  miss you so much, dad...
 


My father was of German, Scottish, French, Jewish and Cherokee ancestry... his father had several low-paying jobs, including sharecropper and truck driver... his mother worked as a sewing machine operator... they met in Tupelo, Mississippi, and eloped to Pontotoc County where they married on June 17, 1933... my dad was born January 8, 1935, in a two room house, built by his father, in East Tupelo... my dad had an identical twin who was stillborn... my dad grew up as an only child and was very close to his momma...

In 1938, my grandfather was jailed for an eight dollar check forgery... while my grandfather was incarcerated, my grandmother lost the family home... my dad was bullied at school; classmates threw rotten fruit and stuff at him because he was different— he was quiet and he stuttered and they called him a "mama's boy"...

In 1946, my father got his first guitar, and the rest is history... he wound up in Memphis, Tennessee, where dad went to record stores that had jukeboxes and listening booths, playing old records and new releases for hours... my father was an audience member at the all-night black and white "gospel sings" downtown... Memphis Symphony Orchestra concerts at Overton Park were another favorite for my dad, along with the Metropolitan Opera...

my mother grew up in an area in Memphis called Germantown, which was right next to my father's property... people used to climb trees in my mother's yard to peer into my father's property... my mother met my father one day in January of 1962 while she was out for a walk in the neighborhood... my mother saw nothing but stars in my father's eyes, and he seduced her... it was just a one-night-stand... my father was soon on tour, and my mother realized she had become pregnant... she quickly married another man, because back in those days a pregnant single woman was a social taboo...

I was born in Memphis, at a hospital two blocks from the Mississippi River... we did not stay in Memphis for long, so I don't remember much... the man my mother married adopted me as his son, and they did not tell me the truth until I was 12 years old, living far away from my father... I sent my true father many letters, but I never heard from him, and he died about a month before I turned 15 years old, before I was old enough to visit him on my own... rest in peace, father...

love this song...

 


A great example of how Elvis could interpret a song and make it his own.
Play Chuck Berry instead.

Miss you to this day, dad...  love this song soooo much...  sigh...
 
 RedGuitar wrote:
Or the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again"!
 
Tom Petty also has a cool song called "Fooled Again".
 Chi_Editrix wrote:
A great third song for this group would be "Who Will the Next Fool Be?" Jerry Lee Lewis recorded it, and Webb Wilder also performs this song from time to time. 
 
Or the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again"!

Didn't used to be able to stand Elvis.  I think it was growing up with those terrible movies on TV all the time.  But I find I like him more and more as time goes on.  I appreciate his music much more without all the junk that used to go along with him in the old days.


A great third song for this group would be "Who Will the Next Fool Be?" Jerry Lee Lewis recorded it, and Webb Wilder also performs this song from time to time. 
I can't believe how much I'm enjoying this :)

 
This is what RP is about—appreciating music and musical heritage. Gads, I was 9 when he made this and it does seem "heritage"—and it is—so be it. This is why I subscribe to RP-I get my musical envelope pushed in ways I never would. Not to mention all the new music I've found here. Head spinning...
 johnjconn wrote:


Italian??

Hell , I thought he was Hillbilly
 
Please. We prefer "Alto-American."

 
YES! the king. not enough king. More Elvis! 
Romeo, Romeo, you've outdone yourself this time, oh Romeo!
it's no "Blue Moon'...but still sweet..
I like a lot of Elvis's songs.  He really had a good voice.  My favorite is "It's Now Or Never."  The melody is the same as "O Sole Mio."  Fitting since he was Italian.
 unclehud wrote:
Grammar geeks, please help!  Proper usage?

"A fool such as I" ?? 
"A fool such as me"  ??

This trivial, otherwise insignificant, stuff drives me absolutely bonkers.
 

 csnyder wrote:

Pretty sure it should be me. He's an object in the sentence, not the actor.
 
In the bridge of the song ('now and then, there's a fool, such as I am, over you..."), the narrator is shown to be the subject of the sentence, not the object.  The noun "fool" is the object; "I" is almost always a subject pronoun.  If the pronoun "I" is used in the nominitive case, and/or is comparative, then the use is correct.  Generally, a subject pronoun follows the words "than" or "as" - the subsequent words "is" or "am" are usually implied, though it does sound awkward sometimes.  Great song, at any rate, so the grammar doesn't really matter.  One wouldn't want to correct the title to another one of his hit songs to "Love Me Tenderly".
Always like the sound of Elvis' early backup singers/band, especially the guy with the deep voice.
 drewd wrote:

It would be a fool such as I. ( I am ) as opposed to Me am. At least that's my take on it.....
 
Pretty sure it should be me. He's an object in the sentence, not the actor.
 unclehud wrote:
Grammar geeks, please help!  Proper usage?

"A fool such as I" ?? 
"A fool such as me"  ??

This trivial, otherwise insignificant, stuff drives me absolutely bonkers.

 
It would be a fool such as I. ( I am ) as opposed to Me am. At least that's my take on it.....
 romeotuma wrote:


It always squeezes my heart to hear my dad sing...  thank you soooo much...

 
 
Lisa?

Grammar geeks, please help!  Proper usage?

"A fool such as I" ?? 
"A fool such as me"  ??

This trivial, otherwise insignificant, stuff drives me absolutely bonkers.

Easy to dance along...even for geezers...or youngsters-!... And sing along with the Jordanaires-! That's always fun for anyone who can hold a tall beer and pretend... Elvis is a part of the American Tapestry...hard to imagine the world without him -ever...
 romeotuma wrote:


It always squeezes my heart to hear my dad sing...  thank you soooo much...

 
 


Been curious about you, Romeo. Was Elvis your dad? Would love to hear your story someday. :)
 Dr_Steele wrote:
nice "obscure" elvis... even though it is apparently a #1?! who knew?
 
 
There are still a few of us around that remember it well.  One of his better songs of that era.

 sirdroseph wrote:


I like this and I like some Elvis tunes. That is a FAR cry from the level of worship he IMO undeservedly enjoys. He was an excellent singer and entertainer that had a handful of pretty good tunes, nothing more, nothing less.
 

Blasphemy!!!
Perfect timing
Like it. Maybe some day you can play the Web Pierce version?
nice "obscure" elvis... even though it is apparently a #1?! who knew?
 
 Nice little "pick me up" this morning!  Had to get up and shimmy/shuffle around the office a wee bit ... {#Sunny}
I just realized that I'll give Elvis a 10, but if I actually liked the song better, it would get a 9.  My 10 is about the artist's influence, and my 9 is about the music itself.
 Proclivities wrote:


Yes; hundreds of millions of people actually like this.
 

I like this and I like some Elvis tunes. That is a FAR cry from the level of worship he IMO undeservedly enjoys. He was an excellent singer and entertainer that had a handful of pretty good tunes, nothing more, nothing less.
 romeotuma wrote:
Dad, it is always great to hear you sing...  I love you and I miss you...
 I have had an aunt who may have progeny related to you. Strange but true story.

That's funny...I swore that I saw him yesterday sitting in one of the rocking chairs outside the local Cracker Barrel Restaurant.

 
ick wrote:
I saw Elvis at the 7-11 buying Sno Balls.
 


 drews wrote:
In among the dross, Elvis came up with some cracking songs, backed up with the likes of Scotty Moore, and this is pretty good
  Didn't come up with any songs, but was a fine interpreter.

romeotuma wrote:
Dad, it is always great to hear you sing... I love you and I miss you...


That explains a lot {#Lol}


I actually thought romeotuma was Elvis.
This stuff will never catch on.
Another great guitar solo !  {#Guitarist}
thanka ver' musch ::sneer::
 Poacher wrote:
Ha! Too funny. . . This IS a joke playing this? Yes? 

No? You mean some people actually like this?

*Shakes head and sighs*
 

Yes; hundreds of millions of people actually like this.
In among the dross, Elvis came up with some cracking songs, backed up with the likes of Scotty Moore, and this is pretty good
 Decoy wrote:
Silversun Pickups - Three Seed
Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I

some one owes me $5
 

Same songs played tonight and started with Steely Dan's "Only a Fool Would Say That"

 jimbaca wrote:
Um...are you my long lost brother?
 

...that guy really got around...
Ha! Too funny. . . This IS a joke playing this? Yes? 

No? You mean some people actually like this?

*Shakes head and sighs*
Yummy!!!
I saw Elvis at the 7-11 buying Sno Balls.
 Jamunca wrote:

Rather low marks for this Elvis diddy. Oh and The King as Romeotuna's father? That is soooooo good for the laughter.


 

Well, both Romeotuna and "E" have a share a sordid Vegas history. That counts for a connection of sorts, doesn't it? {#Stupid}
 romeotuma wrote:


It is always soooo profound to hear by dad sing...

 
 

Um...are you my long lost brother?
I got fooled.
Silversun Pickups - Three Seed
Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I

some one owes me $5
el-vi-SAH!
$5 says "Won't get fooled again" is next. Any takers?

Rather low marks for this Elvis diddy. Oh and The King as Romeotuna's father? That is soooooo good for the laughter.


The Fool segue ah... Go on Bill! {#Propeller}
Perfection.  Bustin' out the TEN
A huh-huh!

 Randomax wrote:
OMG, I love Radio Paradise!!!!!!!!!
 
You and a gazillion of the rest of us!  {#High-five}
Thank ya, thank ya very much!

Always wanted to be a Jordanairre...

Wu wu, wu wu, wu wu,       ohhh ohhhhhhh ohhhhhhh oohhhhh                     such as IIIIIIIIII


OMG, I love Radio Paradise!!!!!!!!!
great guitarwork on this one!
Ack!
On my first EP !{#Yes}
 Marr wrote:
Sad but true. The man never wrote a single song in his entire life.
 

Neither, I believe, did Crosby, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, etc., etc. . . . the list goes on and on.
For all of the self-parody he became, you can't deny that voice. I found out shortly before her death that my mother carried this huge torch for him—especially his gospel and Christmas music. She was in her 40s when he hit it. Who'da thunk it?
 romeotuma wrote:


Elvis Presley was my father...
 

Seriously?
Sad to hear that Mt Rose Ski Area near Reno discontinued it's Elvis Day. I will miss seeing the lifties and other staff don Elvis wigs and spouting cliched Elvis lines.


happy birthday very much.