We agree then. Interestingly enough, none other than Chris Isaac once said he liked Pat Boone. Maybe he was joking, as he often does, but pat had a few good ballads like “Moody River”. The Elvis debate is also interesting. When did Elvis die? There are several schools of thought:
- When he left Sun Records,
- When he went in the Army,
- 2 years after returning from service,
- After the comeback TV special and the Memphis album.
As far as I’m concerned, Elvis died when he went into the army. After he got out, the only stuff he produced was mostly sappy ballads and awful movies. I don’t know if Colonel Parker led him down that path or Elvis always wanted to go mainstream, but the total artistic worth of the crap he produced music-wise and movie-wise after he got out of the army doesn’t amount to one of the Elvis on velvet paintings.