Dead Elvis
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Dead Elvis | ||
Studio album by Death in Vegas | ||
Released | September 1997 | |
Genre | Electronica | |
Label | Concrete | |
Death in Vegas chronology | ||
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Dead Elvis (1997) |
The Contino Sessions (1999) |
1. Dead Elvis is a work for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, double bass and percussion, composed in 1993 by Michael Daugherty, associate professor of music at the University of Michigan. It uses a medieval Latin chant for the Day of Judgment as the principal musical theme and pits two different Elvis Presley images: "the hip, beautiful, genius, thin, rock-and-roll Elvis vs. the vulgar, cheesy, fat, stoned, Las Vegas Elvis." The work was commissioned by Boston Musica Viva and Chuck Ullery, principal bassoonist with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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2. Dead Elvis was the first album by British band Death in Vegas. It was released in 1997.
[edit] Track listing
- "All That Glitters" – 6:34
- "Opium Shuffle" – 5:02
- "GBH" – 5:09
- "Twist & Crawl" – 4:59
- "Dirt" – 5:52
- "Rocco" – 6:34
- "Rekkit" – 5:40
- "I Spy" – 3:50
- "Amber" – 4:13
- "Rematerialised" – 5:33
- "68 Balcony" – 5:07
- "Sly" – 3:33
[edit] Personnel
- Richard Fearless
- Tim Holmes
For other music relating to Elvis Presley, see also The King & Eye and Jason Morphew's song, "Elvis Was a Mama's Boy" from his 2001 album, Not for the Faint of Heart!.