@@GetaldineWhite Totally agree. I am a huge Willy and Waylon fan from back in the "Outlaw" days but you can't compare The KING's version to Willy's. It's unfair to Willy. 😂 ⚡️👑⚡️
I prefer Elvis version to any other version. Pep Shop Boys also did a great version, but still Elvis is better. The same happens with the song "My Way." Elvis version is, in my opinion is way better than Sinatra.
Sinatra was a crooner with an ultra-smooth delivery, and the lyrics to My Way are more suited to Elvis's interpretation: a guy giving the finger to the world and living his life on his own terms.
@ballybunion9 that's true. Even though Paul Anka, the writer of the English version of this song, said he wrote it with Sinatra in mind. He said that he begged Elvis not to cut the song because it didn't suit him. I disagree with him. This is a sad song. Sinatra lived almost a perfect life. Elvis, on the other hand, was miserable by the end of his short life. And when he sang it live, he sang it with passion, as if it almost hurt him to sing it. In Sinatra's version, I don't get that passion and feelings as I get with Elvis.
The writer of this song, Mark James passed away on June 8th. I always loved this song since its release on Separate Ways. I especially like the mix of the orchestra version that was released as a single in 1985. Thanks for the video.
Elvis's version trumps all others because of his voice and arrangements. No comparison. I definitely agree that the song should have been the A-side instead of B and a bigger hit for Elvis.
I love Willy and am a huge country music fan but his version cannot be compared to The KING's version. Not surprising because Big E puts a cap on every song he does. I would say that it's just my opinion but what it is-is fact! 👑 ✨️ *T⚡️C⚡️B* ✨️ 👑
Nu e doar părerea ta ,e un fapt, într-adevăr...ăsta a fost Elvis!Îmi place "o sole mio"dar cântat de Elvis, cu toate că a schimbate versurile, e super....și de neuitat ❤
I totally agree with you again. Always on my mind should have been the A side and with promotion could’ve been a huge global hit. He also should have done it live for sure. Why he chose not to do it, only Elvis himself would know that.
ELVISISTHEMAN Channel I agree with some of the comments. I only care for Elvis version of Always on My Mind. He didn't disappoint me in the least bc he sang it beautifully.❤🎉😊
I will take Elvis's version anytime that I will Willie Nelson's to me he's slaughtered the song I'm not a Willie Nelson fan never have been never will be
Two sad and somewhat depressing songs, for that reason I often do not listen to them all the way through but I guess that's just what he was feeling and going through at the time... Fool... I'm Leavin'... etc.
MEMPHISROCKS1; Great Video; Love This Song By ELVIS. There Is No Comparison Willie Nelson's Version Is A CRIPPLING Take On The Song And CANNOT CAMPARE To ELVIS PRESLEY'S Version. Like In The Past They Wouldn't Give ELVIS PRESLEY The Recognition And Credit He Deserved. ELVIS IS THE KING OF MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR A REASON.
Elvis would have been first to cut the song, and many others, had Colonel Parker not been so damned greedy. His contract was written in such a way that if he didn't get a cut out of the publishing rights, or own them outright, then Elvis wasn't allowed to cut the records. There's no telling how many hits have fallen by the wayside, along with untold millions of dollars due to the colonel's greedy policies. In addition to all of his other shady deals, he worked Elvis like a dog to cover his gambling debt, which led to Elvis's steadily increasing use of various uppers and downers to meet the demands and satisfy his contractual obligations. Colonel was just as responsible, if not more so, for Elvis's untimely death as anyone else! Greed killed Elvis Presley. May he rest in peace.
I think the reason this song was not a huge hit for Elvis was because it was on the B side. Us older people know that back in the day the B side song was always a throw away song or a song that was not expected to be a big hit and people never took B side songs seriously. Another song by Elvis that should've been a huge hit but was just okay and never became a huge hit was "Suspicion" and "Suspicion" was also on the the B side, it was on the B side of "Kiss Me Quick". Most people have never heard "Kiss Me Quick" and how "Suspicion" was not considered to be a better song than "Kiss Me Quick" is beyond me and how "Always on My Mind" didn't become a huge hit for Elvis is also beyond me. B side songs just were not considered hits but Elvis had so many Great songs even his B side songs were huge hits.
He never sang in concert, not once ever, that is one of the great mysteries to me. I think you are completely wrong and you are the first person I ever heard saying this is not a well known Elvis hit. This song was a hit in Europe/england for elvis
Yep, agree. Tbh, never heard Willie nelson sing it, so I've always known it as an Elvis song. Willie's version here sounds flat, whereas Elvis' has beautiful harmonies in it (but that's our Elvis) 😁 Yes, would have been good in Aloha too. 👑
I think the release on the b side WAS a big mistake, even tho the A side song was brilliant. This should have been an A single release, and it is much better than Willie’s version as Elvis sang it, and Willie virtually talked his way thru it. I do like Willie Nelson tho too, and a lot of his songs.👌😎
I agree 100%. I had a cassette tape of Elvis playing the song back in 80s and when Willie came out with his version I thought it was 3rd class to Elvis’ cover of it.
The creative mistakes made by his management team are mind boggling. Great tracks like It Hurts Me were b sides to mediocre songs. The great 69 sessions with American sound were never built on. At least in the UK, Always on my Mind is considered an elvis classic as it was released as an a side and made the top 10.
Well I've listened to Elvis and Nelson singing this song and I think by a well earned margin Elvis will always be the best in singing it sorry Nelson xxx ❤❤❤❤❤❤
- - - - - forgetting the moments in Elvis' life that we tend to correlate to the song, I otherwise vacillate back & forth between EP & Willie. This is one of the few songs that on any given day, I can go either way. Willie's version doesn't get bogged down in all those strings, his voice is superb in this period, and it's right up fron (not lost in instrumentation), and that unique guitar playing solo hits the spot. On day's that I want more drama, more depth, more emotion, I go with EP.
"Separate Ways" was a good commercial single for Elvis in the 1970s. "Always" is stronger, but neither side was an ideal follow-up to an almost No. 1 rocker like "Burning Love." I think "TROUBLE" was a top 10 country hit in 1975. It was in the pop top 40 for a few weeks, too.
Heard the song in 79 when I was 10 then my mom was saying she liked Willie's new song Always on My mind and she never knew Elvis originally made it. Willie ruined it. Elvis's version can't be touched by anyone. It was big thing in our house when Willie's came out of how good Elvis' was and how bad Willie's was.
Yes! Had wondered why Elvis wasn't more known for that song, having done the song originally. I really loved his version of it. Willie had a hit but I think of it as Elvis' song. Correction: This song may have been done by other artists before Elvis. I've been looking up info.on this, but some info. is conflicting about who did it first.😊💖
@@lindahamilton-uf7ys Really? I usually do a fact check and did think he was the original. Thanks for the info. I'll do some research. Brenda Lee is an amazing talent.
@@lindahamilton-uf7ys You're right about that. Brenda Lee and many other's recorded it and yes, she did it first. I was waiting on someone to say she did it first. Thank you
Here is some Info. that I found: Always On My Mind fun fact from: RamblinGamblinWillie // Article A common and popular mistake is to state that Elvis recording of Always On My Mind was a cover of an original Brenda Lee country hit. In fact, Always On My Mind was written for Elvis Presley by Mark James (Suspicious Minds) and it was recorded by Elvis in March 1972, before anyone else. It happens that RCA had already sheduled songs from '71 to be released as the first two singles during the first half of 1972, and then in the summer, it was Burning Love, from new batch of songs of the March session, the first one to came out, and so, Always On My Mind by Elvis, happened to be released until November '72, by then Brenda Lee, who recorded the song after Elvis, had released her version achieving a country hit with it but failing the Hot 100.
I preferred Seperate Ways. It was a good pairing for a 45 single. Mark James wrote Moody Blue and Suspicious Minds but it was a collaberation on Always on My Mind. I prefferd the Elvis on Tour take.
Beide Versionen sind Fantastisch . Elvis und Willi haben einen einzigartigen Stil und bringen das gleiche Gefühl auf verschiedener Weise . Gruß und Danke von Stephan aus Hamburg Germany
It was a hit in Europe. It was the a-side in the U.K. where it was a top ten hit, and went gold. It also got to no.4 in Canada. I`m sure it could have done as well as "Burning love" had it been a a-side in the U.S. I also agree that he botched the setlist for the Aloha From Hawaii. He should have done more commercial songs instead of Beatles covers and other pretty unknown songs. Aloha could have been a great opportunity to premier hits like "Good luck charm" "Return to sender" "Devil in disguise" "Don`t" "Surrender" "His latest flame" "One broken heart for sale" or "Crying in the chapel"
Yes! Elvis definitely didn’t need to sample other artist when he had such a vast collection of songs! I also think it’s because it was not on an A side in the US when the UK it was. The song still did very well for him overtime and became a legendary song of his.
@@ElvisistheMan_ Absolutely. The Elvis version of "Always on my mind" is the one people go to. Willies version is too slow. It would had been just an average song had it not been for Elvis`s version. Elvis made it into a fantastic song. Willie Nelson is a fantastic artist who i admire a lot, but he didn`t do a good job with "Always on my mind"
@@mikeivey7167 Why would he do a Beatles cover as his third song. The original version of "Something" is much better than Elvis`s version. I would rather want him to do "Always on my mind" or some of his older songs that he had never done live. He was doing a tv-special for the whole world, and not his regular Las Vegas act. He treated it like a Las Vegas show instead of a tv show. I think the song selection for his 68 comeback show was much better. He did his own material, and he played the songs people wanted to hear. "Something" "It`s over" and "What now my love" could and should have been left out of the set for his tv special. Elvis never played "Good luck charm" live even though it was an international no.1 hit. He stopped doing "In the ghetto" in 1970, and never sang any of the songs of his fantastic "From Elvis in Memphis" album. He could have done "Any day now" or "Wearing that loved on look". If he wanted to do songs like "Something" or "It`s over" he could have done it in Vegas. The people who produced his 1968 special had a lot of input in which songs Elvis should play. The people who produced the 1973 Aloha did not. That is why the 68 show is a classic, while the 73 concert was a regular Elvis concert. The 1973 show could have been much better had they treated it as a worldwide tv show instead of a Vegas concert. He should have played his own international greatest hits instead of cover songs. "The wonder of you" was the biggest selling hit in the UK in 1970 where it sold 1 million copies. It sold more in the UK alone then it did in the U.S. It was also a no.1 hit in many any foreign countries, and sold millions worldwide. It should have been played at his Aloha concert. I think the Aloha concert was a missed opportunity for Elvis. His song catalogue was second to the Beatles the greatest in history. He had so many great hits to choose from. I think he should have done "The wonder of you" "In the ghetto" "Good luck charm" "Return to sender" "Always on my mind" "Any day now" "If i can dream" "Crying in the chapel" "Surrender" "Don`t" "Are you lonesome tonight" "Love me tender" "She`s not you" "One broken heart for sale" and "It`s now or never" just to mention a few. They were all international big hits for Elvis, and would have suited a global audience like this. Elvis wasn`t performing for his usual home audience. He was performing for the world.
Cred că a fost sfătuit prost, în orice caz nu au prevazut impactul pe care îl va avea concertul din Hawaii, nu au crezut că va fi atât de mult urmărit...nu știu ce s-a întâmplat....Și eu cred că avea de unde să aleagă, din atâtea cântece...nu vom ști niciodată, dar dacă ar fi avut mai multe concerte afară, în afara USA, alta era situația, ar fi avut "experiență "!
(Urgent Warning) Elvis Presley's twin brother Jessie Presley the "first born male child" is "Not" buried at Graceland with the Presley family members, the reason being they cannot find the body or the Grave of Jessie Presley, Jessie Presley will be one of the Great Signs from heaven spoken of in the book of ( St.luke 21;11)"And Great Signs shall there be from Heaven", These Great Biblical signs will take place in the city of San Luis Obispo, California, The whole world will be Watching, all media's will focus on this Great Biblical event, Woe !
There are special artists AND special SONGS. BUT no matter how special a song or person IS its worth nothing if no one uses them right . Just like elvis's movie career. He was a great actor but no one knew his potential till it was too late.just like those songs Elvis himself didn't know their potential.
Getting off the subject, I was listening to Elvis last top ten hit Burning Love and thinking to myself that this would have been a great song for Elvis to have done a duet with of a female singer. If that had happened then I could have chosen Aretha Franklin. Can you imagine what an explosion that would have been.
Its so underrated, its a great track,the emotion he feels is sublime, yr probably right because red wrote it, wn version us BORING /=DuULL, the was like a clock on his wrist,lol
You made spot-on comments, take 3 of AOMM was the better version, imo, and this song plus T-r-o-u-b-l-e should have been big hits. Elvis surely promoted the latter a lot during his 1975 tours. If one compiles the best rock/blues/funk Elvis tracks from the 70’s, studio and live, one ends up with an absolute killer record. I don’t think the record company has ever tried to do that, it would prove how much Elvis rocked in his later years, when he wanted to.
Yeah Elvis promoted T-R-O-U-B-L-E a lot in ‘75. It’s funny he started to get more traction on the country charts in his later years. But, a lot of his tracks were a little more country/rock
@@ElvisistheMan_ Absolutely… I think in only relatively recent years is there more recognition (still not nearly enough imo …) of how special Elvis was as a cross-over musician, in every phase of his career, and certainly including the 1970’s: who else was mixing it all up, basically conducting all the other musicians in the studio (as well as live on stage), self-producing his own records in terms of arrangements, tempo etc, and coming up with something fresh every time ? Some tracks and albums worked better than others, and us fans may like or dislike certain songs more or less, but if there’s one thing to be said about the 1970’s is that he was true to himself, to the chagrin at the time of the “serious pop music critics” and the rock and roll purists. The pop/rock music critics were supposedly from the new progressive generation of the 60’s, but in fundamental ways they were close-minded and musically/culturally unaware outside their own bubble. For instance not able to acknowledge that someone can go from belting out raw rock and roll and blues to a MOR gentle crooner style and breezy pop, to gospels, and more in between, and then still be the coolest cat in the room, a very much believable musician, with integrity.
Jeez when you actually put them next to each other you're right Elvis is so much better. I admit I'm wrong. Just do much more emotions with Elvis then Willie
i really love the version with the strings on it, It's really Pretty, Oh and gives you Goose bumps to, Didn't He Dedicate this song once to Priscilla in a concert, And it was the one and only time that he would Ever Perform it on stage. I may be wrong, But Im'e Pretty sure he did. Anyway i love Both versions of the song, Especially when willy Nelson first started to sing it live much like he would sing it on the record, Then he would ether only sing a short version, Or do his oddly timed Lyrics Style to it and i never liked it so much when would do this to it. Respect to Willy though, because if we didn't have His version, We wouldn't have had The Kings version, So for that thanx Willy, They are both Legends in there own wright, Although Elvis will always be NO 1, Great video Mate, I enjoyed your video very much, Nice one pall.
Not only on the B side - But it was on "Camden Records" an sub division of RCA records. This was a huge Mistake. Why is my question? This was a potential top 3 hit in the country - but it was "hidden" with the Camden Label". It made me sick when i heard willie Nelson sing and have ha big hit with this Elvis Song ( I think written by Mark James - Suspicious Minds writer ). Another question is Who was responsible for Promoting a Recording ? Parker ? Elvis himself ? where was Joan Deary ( the RCA Executive in charge of Elvis' records ??. thanks for this information and exposing some things that many are NOT Aware of . Great Job as Always
Always on my mind was a top 20 hit for Elvis in the USA and a top 10 hit in the UK. Elvis made it a huge hit. Willie Nelson simply had another hit with it, but in the 70's Elvis had a big hit with it, no doubt about it. Separate Ways is another great hit for Elvis and a very powerful underrated song.
It never dawned on me that Elvis could have sang Always on My Mind and Separate Ways for the Aloha show! I think you should probably create some content now on the Aloha show Elvis should have given. I will say this; i don't mind Elvis singing a Beatles song on Aloha; there's nothing critically wrong with that decision, and it also showed that he was appreciative of great songwriting. But now that I think about it, Always on My Mind should have been a no-brainer. I don't know that Always on My Mind and Separate Ways should have both been included because of the melancholy nature (though they're probably no more melancholy than I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry), though they might have paired nicely with Suspicious Minds in a relationship block. I definitely think Elvis could have sung these songs as the filler songs for the American audience. I recall hearing that Elvis tried to pair things together: couple of oldies, couple of ballads, couple of rock songs. But from an artistic standpoint, you make a good point: Elvis missed a tremendous opportunity to stake his flag in the ground for these songs on the Aloha show. Had he done so, they would have been No. 1s.
It’s true that’s in the 80’s Nelson’s version and the Pet Shop Boys version in Europe were more popular than Elvis version. But from the 90’s on and with RU-vid Elvis version is nowadays by miles much more popular than the other two combined… the King lives on.
Its simple. Elvis version is superior because he sings it while Willie presents it one step away from his speaking cadence. There are other factors as to why songs don't hit. I was alway dumfounded as to how Willie's version became a sensation while Elvis's was always a footnote. As you say, Elvis prioritized the wrong song and putting it on the B side with no publicity could have kept it from taking off. Keep in mind Willie was in a groove during this point in the 80s and he was hitting on the charts with almost anything he put.
I like them both a lot but Elvis wins for me. They've both got very distinct and different voices, really pretty unique voices. When you hear a few words from Elvis or Willie on any song, you pretty much know straight away it's them. I think this probably plays a big part in "making the song his own" which is something they both tended to do quite often. If you type blue eyes crying in the rain into Google, the first thing you see is it's a Willie Nelson song. It's not though as it had been around for decades before he covered it. Anyway... I can see why some might prefer the stripped back style of Willie's version but Elvis sings it too damn well to play second fiddle to anyone else. It's E's song as far as I'm concerned.
There’s a certain quality to Willy’s version that I like. I think RCA missed an opportunity for a hit record on this one, at least in the United States.
Elvis Presley better voice and version icant stand the version by Willie Nelson it's ok but I'm a elvis fan, elvis is the man always be the man elvis presley is the greatest of all time nobody beat the king .William richards from dequincy Louisiana l
I’m sorry, but Willie Nelson‘s version of that song can’t even hold a candle to Elvis‘s version that is the voice is the voice is just don’t work with that song unless it’s Elvis‘s voice. Willie Nelson‘s doesn’t work with that sound. It sounds like something from that I don’t know what it’s like he’s trying to be Elvis and can’t even hold a candle to it. I’m sorry Willie Nelson’s good in his own music, but when he tries to do something like that, it don’t work I’m sorry it just dawned. Elvis did make that famous and I love you and think he didn’t or just stupid
