Favorite Elvis song

[Veronica]

I'm going to have my students write a review of an Elvis song. Suggestions?


Veronica

[Zen]

In The Ghetto (just because it's so cheesily melodramatic)
or
A Little Less Conversation ( I do really like this one)

[rubywagon]

Suspicious Minds

[crazycanuck]

A little less conversation
or
Jailhouse Rock..(the tv footage makes me *swoon*..dang he was sexy in the early 60's..)

When i hear the word "Elvis"..all i can think of is Stockard Channing during the "Sandra Dee" scene in Grease

[XMcShiftersonX]

Well, my favorite Elvis song is "Baby, Let's play house"... but as far as the appropriateness of that for a class situation, hmmmm

[NbyNW]

Why not give them a few to choose from?

I gained a new appreciation for Can't Help Falling in Love after my HS choir sang the French song that it was derived from. That was a loong time ago. There's a research project for ya!

[SheFly]

I'm with Zen - LOVE In the Ghetto.

A few years ago we were in Vegas with friends, and went to a cheesy Elvis impersonator show. My friend was ASTOUNDED that I knew EVERY word to EVERY song he sang. I grew up in a house where Elvis and John Denver got put on the turntable Sunday mornings while my dad was making breakfast .

(Yes, I know all the words to John Denver's songs, too ).

SheFly

[Fredwina]

Hmm so many to choose from
1.In the Ghetto
2. Suspicious Minds (although this is a near tie)
3. Kentucky Rain
4 Teddy Bear

[PamNY]

Blue Moon of Kentucky would be my choice. Elvis doing a Bill Monroe song is cool.

[Fredwina]

or more to the point , what are you hoping to teach them? That could help narrow the list

[Veronica]

This assignment is really going to be about exposing them to something they may not have an awareness of.

It would not surprise me if 20 of them have never heard an Elvis song and if ten of them said, "Elvis, who?"

I'm also using these writing assignments to expose them to Beethoven and Mozart.

Veronica

[Crankin]

Veronica, your posts are making me miss teaching!
The part of teaching I really loved.

[PamNY]

I'm also using these writing assignments to expose them to Beethoven and Mozart.

Which Beethoven and Mozart are you using?

Mussorgsky might be nice for them, or something like the Ravel concerto for left hand (can't remember #). Years ago, Leonard Bernstein did "Young People's Concerts" and The Great Gate of Kiev was so much fun.

I'm sure there are better examples which I ought to remember but can't right now.

[Veronica]

I haven't picked the Mozart yet. But I'm going to use Beethoven's 5th. The part from Fantasia. I haven't decided if I'm going to show them the Fantasia bit or not. Kind of depends on the kind of class I have.

Yes, I'm doing all this planning for students I don't even have yet.

Veronica

[malkin]

What grade are they in?