I've been working with a very talented singer named Dean Hayek (the new Elvis),
for about a year or so. Dean is an Elvis stylist. He wanted to do a remake of
Suspicious Minds. I couldn't see the point... at fist. So we decided to do a
techno dance version, something like the recent Elvis release of "A Little Less
Conversation".

One day, Dean was doing a scratch vocal to a work track that I'd just finished,
when another client of mine Bam Bam (powerhouse voice, but quirky style) came
by. Bam immediately started singing along with Dean.

The idea of a duet came to my mind. They both disagreed, thought it was the
wrong song for a duet, and just plain didn't want to sing together. But I heard
something, and I'm the producer. So I put this thing together, and I would like
to know if you guru's think it could be a hit?

I know I could get a couple of black eyes, from your opinions.. but I asked for
it. Please download this file, rather than stream. Much better quality.
www.kingofsong.com/suspicious.html

Steve Dolmer

Well... You lost me...

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"SDOLMER" wrote in message
...
I've been working with a very talented singer named Dean Hayek (the new
Elvis),
for about a year or so. Dean is an Elvis stylist. He wanted to do a remake
of
Suspicious Minds. I couldn't see the point... at fist. So we decided to do
a
techno dance version, something like the recent Elvis release of "A Little
Less
Conversation".

One day, Dean was doing a scratch vocal to a work track that I'd just
finished,
when another client of mine Bam Bam (powerhouse voice, but quirky style)
came
by. Bam immediately started singing along with Dean.

The idea of a duet came to my mind. They both disagreed, thought it was
the
wrong song for a duet, and just plain didn't want to sing together. But I
heard
something, and I'm the producer. So I put this thing together, and I would
like
to know if you guru's think it could be a hit?

I know I could get a couple of black eyes, from your opinions.. but I
asked for
it. Please download this file, rather than stream. Much better quality.
www.kingofsong.com/suspicious.html

Steve Dolmer

In article ,
SDOLMER wrote:

I know I could get a couple of black eyes, from your opinions.. but I asked for it.

Good luck... Elvises with solid acts are changing car oil in Vegas,
while they wait for fry cook jobs to open up. The genre reached a peak
with Andy Kaufman and has declined ever since. On the other hand I'd
really like to see El Vez (the Latino Elvis!) again.

Why don't you, your singer, and BamBam agree to be locked in a room and
let out when you have an original act that does not involve Elvis?
That's serious advice. He can still wear the sequined boots or
whatever.

Based on your description, I was prepared to either really love it or really
hate it. But I think this is just a little too faithful to the spirit of the
original Elvis hit to elicit much passion. Sometimes you really have to
mess up something beyond recognition to make it your own. When the
Carpenters' debut cover of "Ticket to Ride" hit the airwaves, I was
convinced that any group capable of such a brilliant reworking would
probably never be heard from again. Guess I was wrong...

....Paul

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"SDOLMER" wrote in message
...
I've been working with a very talented singer named Dean Hayek (the new
Elvis),
for about a year or so. Dean is an Elvis stylist. He wanted to do a remake
of
Suspicious Minds. I couldn't see the point... at fist. So we decided to do
a
techno dance version, something like the recent Elvis release of "A Little
Less
Conversation".

One day, Dean was doing a scratch vocal to a work track that I'd just
finished,
when another client of mine Bam Bam (powerhouse voice, but quirky style)
came
by. Bam immediately started singing along with Dean.

The idea of a duet came to my mind. They both disagreed, thought it was
the
wrong song for a duet, and just plain didn't want to sing together. But I
heard
something, and I'm the producer. So I put this thing together, and I would
like
to know if you guru's think it could be a hit?

I know I could get a couple of black eyes, from your opinions.. but I
asked for
it. Please download this file, rather than stream. Much better quality.
www.kingofsong.com/suspicious.html

Steve Dolmer

SDOLMER wrote:

I've been working with a very talented singer named Dean Hayek (the new Elvis),
for about a year or so. Dean is an Elvis stylist. He wanted to do a remake of
Suspicious Minds. I couldn't see the point... at fist. So we decided to do a
techno dance version, something like the recent Elvis release of "A Little Less
Conversation".

One day, Dean was doing a scratch vocal to a work track that I'd just finished,
when another client of mine Bam Bam (powerhouse voice, but quirky style) came
by. Bam immediately started singing along with Dean.

The idea of a duet came to my mind. They both disagreed, thought it was the
wrong song for a duet, and just plain didn't want to sing together. But I heard
something, and I'm the producer. So I put this thing together, and I would like
to know if you guru's think it could be a hit?

I know I could get a couple of black eyes, from your opinions.. but I asked for
it. Please download this file, rather than stream. Much better quality.
www.kingofsong.com/suspicious.html

Steve Dolmer


What is the question?

My guess is that the question is "Is 'Suspicious Minds' by Elvis Presly
amenable to being a duet?".

In that case, yup. I vaguely remember the original being The Big E
harmonizing with himself, but last people I did that song with, we'd
duet the verses, then throw a third and maybe fourth part in on chorii.

HTH.

--
Les Cargill

In rec.audio.pro, (james) wrote:

In article ,
SDOLMER wrote:

I know I could get a couple of black eyes, from your opinions.. but I asked for it.

Good luck... Elvises with solid acts are changing car oil in Vegas,
while they wait for fry cook jobs to open up. The genre reached a peak
with Andy Kaufman and has declined ever since. On the other hand I'd
really like to see El Vez (the Latino Elvis!) again.

Why don't you, your singer, and BamBam agree to be locked in a room and
let out when you have an original act that does not involve Elvis?
That's serious advice. He can still wear the sequined boots or
whatever.

I agree with the other comments... this thing almost sounds like
the original with some "modern" sounding LP-scratchings or some stuff
thrown in.
I still have that "hey baby" mp3 from many months ago (hard disk
space is cheap and I keep everything I DL) - it's an original, and I
think I like it better than this remake. I like that last paragraph of
advice quoted above. If anyone ever asks any of you about the "E"
word, just say "the my-aim-is-true album is great, I really love Mr
Costello's music..."

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What I really wanted, was for you guys to download the song and listen to it.
So far the website shows no downloads have taken place as of 11:46pm 03,22,04.
But 6 opinions. I know an Elvis impersonator doing an Elvis song is dumb. But
this thing has a big twist to it. It's a duet with one guy who is a near clone
of Presley, the other sounds like nobody on earth. A very unusual combo. Take a
listen.

"SDOLMER" wrote in message
...
What I really wanted, was for you guys to download the song and listen to
it.
So far the website shows no downloads have taken place as of 11:46pm
03,22,04.
But 6 opinions. I know an Elvis impersonator doing an Elvis song is dumb.
But
this thing has a big twist to it. It's a duet with one guy who is a near
clone
of Presley, the other sounds like nobody on earth. A very unusual combo.
Take a
listen.

I didn't care for it. The first part (vocalist) just sounded like a remix of
the original. When the other vocalist came in (which sounded like Tom Jones
to me) I didn't know what to think. If you hadn't told me it was a duet I
wouldn't have known (is it the same guy singing in two different "Vegas
styles", etc.). Anyway, it doesn't work as a duet. And neither artist is
original enough, much less original enough to "cover" a song exactly in they
style they are clones of. Not trying to be harsh, just truthful.

I began to download about 6:30 PM and was cut off about 75% through the
song. So perhaps that would not register with the site's counter. Whether or
not this might have happened to any of the others whose word you question,
or whether they will take the time to so inform you, I cannot say...

....Paul

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"In the analog realm, it ain't "OVER" 'til it's over."

"SDOLMER" wrote in message
...
What I really wanted, was for you guys to download the song and listen to
it.
So far the website shows no downloads have taken place as of 11:46pm
03,22,04.
But 6 opinions. I know an Elvis impersonator doing an Elvis song is dumb.
But
this thing has a big twist to it. It's a duet with one guy who is a near
clone
of Presley, the other sounds like nobody on earth. A very unusual combo.
Take a
listen.

SDOLMER wrote:

What I really wanted, was for you guys to download the song and listen to it.

Not a feasibility for lots of dialuppers.

--
ha

I began to download about 6:30 PM and was cut off about 75% through the
song.

I was cut off at 50% and couldn't get it to download again as of last nite.



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SDOLMER wrote:
I know I could get a couple of black eyes, from your opinions.. but I
asked for it. Please download this file, rather than stream. Much better
quality.

I agree with most of the other comments. It's too close to the original
arrangement to be any interesting to my taste. Be it one or two guys
singing, they're just doing what was done already (and was done better),
and I don't hear much techno/ dance into it either. IMO, "Little less
conversation" was way more original, and that was a remix, not a remake!

Luck, Arjan

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